Slop Shuffles

87 entries in Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Slop Shuffles
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Ralph W. Hull (6) Topsy-Turvy Climax slop shuffle triumph with preliminary phase in which cards are really shuffled face-up/face-down
 		1932 "Eye-Openers" 12
Unknown Separating the Colors slop shuffle
Related to 1940 Expert Card Technique 115
Kent Arthur "Never Idle" Cards slop shuffle Triumph with twelve card packet
 		1940 The Jinx 51-100 (Issue 81) 526
Martin Gardner Improved Topsy-Turvy Deck up to three selections, with slop shuffle followed by a riffle shuffle
Related to 1940 12 Tricks with a Borrowed Deck 4
Jean Hugard, Frederick Braue The Slop Reverse
1941 The Stripper Deck 14
Warren Wiersbe The Hindu "Slop Shuffle"
1944 Action with Cards 12
James G. Thompson Jr. One Way to One-Way using slop shuffle for orientating a borrowed deck which has a one-way feature
 		1944 The Phoenix 51-100 (Issue 60) 244
Phil Thomas Neat Slop Shuffle different handling for the slop shuffle triumph
Related to 1944 The Phoenix 51-100 (Issue 60) 246
John Hamilton Super Slop Shuffle two phases, separating into odd and even, all odd in one direction and evens in the other after real face-up/face-down shuffle, then triumph effect, see Back Room #90 for Ed Marlo ideas
Related to 1945 The Phoenix 51-100 (Issue 87) 354
Edward Marlo One-Way Sorting with Slop Shuffle
Related to 1945 The Phoenix 51-100 (Issue 90) 367
Don Medley 2. The Sloppy Shuffle
Sep. 1945 Hugard's Magic Monthly — Volumes I, II, III and IV (Vol. 3 No. 4) 150
Sid Lorraine, Arthur H. Buckley Slop Shuffle
1946 Card Control 196
Roger Barkann Follow the Leaders routine with red/black effects
  • prediction of red / black relationship (Phoenix No. 1)
  • Out of this World (not explained)
  • Follow the Leader (not explained)
  • Slop Shuffle Color Separation
Related to 1946 The Phoenix 101-150 (Issue 102) 409
Sid Lorraine A Tipsy Trick slop shuffle
 		1948 The Royal Road to Card Magic 183
Eddie Joseph Cards in Confusion slop shuffle variations
  • Genuine Confusion (two methods)
  • Pseudo Confusion (two methods)
 		1951 More Dumbfounders with Cards 2
Eddie Joseph Confusingly Simple false slop shuffle
Related to 1951 More Dumbfounders with Cards 15
Sid Lorraine Slop Shuffle
1955 Kardyro's Kard Konjuring 33
Jerry Andrus A Drunken False Shuffle false slop shuffle
Related to 1956 Andrus Deals You In 91
John Benzais Modernized Slop Shuffle
1967 Deck-Sterity 103
Sid Lorraine Slop Shuffle
1967 Between Two Minds 9
Sam Schwartz Tri-Multaneous
  • Part 1: mate & selection appear at same time after slip slop shuffled packed is gone through in pairs
  • Part 2: Sam-Ultaneous
  • Part 3: two chosen cards show up at same position in two packets, using two odd-numbered piles
see also p. 348
Inspired by
  • "Break Even" (Howard Lyons, Ibidem #4)
  • "Mini-Miracle" (John Hamilton, Linking Ring, April 1967)
  • Sam-Ultaneous (Sam Schwartz, 1962)
Variations 		Apr. 1970 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 5 No. 6) 334
Bruce Cervon Optic Delusion! slop shuffle, order is maintained
Also published here 1971 Magick (Issue 32) 159
Unknown The Reversed Card slop shuffle triumph
 		1972 The Living End 116
Martin Gardner Slop Shuffle Separation red black separation, credited to Gardner
Related to Apr. 1974 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 9 No. 6) 726
Martin A. Nash Doing that Segregationist's Shuffle slop shuffle, secret red/black separation, see p. 444 for additional crediting
 		1975 Ever So Sleightly 79
Philip T. Goldstein Disguise aces, slop shuffle, three aces + x, x is transformed into last ace
 		1977 Scattershot 20
Bob Farmer Double-Dazzling Slop Shuffle Triumph two selections, deck shuffled face up into face down, two cards are reversed, indicator cards to find selections, then deck is separated into red and black cards
Inspired by 1982 Fork Full of Appetizers 15
David Britland PanACEa slop shuffle
 		1983 Cardopolis (Issue 1) 8
Ken De Courcy Slop-Shuffle Separation Separating deck into red-black while slop shuffling
 		1983 Four Ace Intro's 16
Unknown Slop Shuffle with small packet
 		1984 Fork Full of Appetizers — Book 2 12
Sid Lorraine Slop Shuffle
Dec. 1987 Intermagic (Vol. 13 No. 2) 79
Bruce Cervon Optic Delusion slop shuffle
Also published here 1988 The Cervon File 22
Unknown Slop Shuffle
1988 First there was a dream 46
Jerry Sadowitz Slop Shuffle Variation culling four of a kind while slop shuffling
 		1989 Cards on the Table 22
Brother John Hamman, Sid Lorraine Slop Shuffle Variation
1989 The Secrets of Brother John Hamman 90
John Bannon On Sid Lorraine's Slop Shuffle
1991 Smoke and Mirrors 25
Terry LaGerould Flip-Flop Shuffle tabled slop shuffle
 		1992 Pasteboard Presentations 14
Larry Becker Slop-Psy Turvy using the Slop Shuffle to force a card, first card that is face down
 		1992 Stunners! 289
Jerry Mentzer Reverse Faro Substitute slop shuffle as reverse faro
 		1993 Card File 55
Unknown Slop/Drunken Shuffle as separation
 		1994 Roger's Thesaurus 138
Edward Marlo Slop Shuffle Or Triumph? slop followed by riffle shuffle, no selection, Aces face-up at end
Related to 1995 Facsimile (Issue 3) 47
Paul Cummins Personal Slop... using slop shuffle
 		1996 from a shuffled deck in use... Part Two 20
Sid Lorraine Slop Shuffle
1997 The Card Magic of Nick Trost 74
John Moran Sloppy Triumph in the hands version of Play It Straight, slop shuffle
Inspired by 1998 The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 70) 1464
René Lavand Another Credential Trick (A Triumph) slop shuffle triumph with signed card, tabled
 		1998 The Mysteries of my Life 31
Steve Beam The Fantasy presentation for Slop-Shuffle triumph
 		2000 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3 135
Harry Lorayne One Extra Little Maneuver slop shuffle Triumph
 		2001 Personal Collection 457
Unknown Slop Shuffle Separation
2001 Pasteboard Presentations II 31
Sid Lorraine Slop Shuffle
2002 Scams & Fantasies with Cards 176
Sid Lorraine, Ron Bauer Sid Lorraine's Slop Shuffle
2002 Fair & Sloppy 22
Roberto Giobbi Separating the Colors commentary and correction, slop shuffle
Related to May 2002 Genii (Vol. 65 No. 5) 17
Jerry Andrus, Juan Tamariz Andrus Slop Shuffle with a face up/face down deck
 		2004 Dear Mr. Fantasy 146
Jerry Sadowitz Slop Shuffle Variation culling with the slop shuffle
 		2004 Dear Mr. Fantasy 150
Sid Lorraine Slop Shuffle
2004 Random Acts of Magic 139
Sid Lorraine, Ron Bauer Slop Shuffle Triumph brief
 		2004 Time Machine 12
Sid Lorraine Slop Shuffle
2004 Sankey Unleashed 1
Jerry Andrus Drunken Shuffle
2004 Mnemonica 196
Bob Farmer Slop Shuffle Royal Flush
  • Flim-FlaMagic
 		Aug. 2005 Genii (Vol. 68 No. 8) 31
Eric Mead Face-Down Slop restoring order of riffle shuffled packet
 		2006 Tangled Web 104
Eric Mead Topsy-Turvy Slop restoring order of riffle shuffled packet
 		2006 Tangled Web 105
Steve Beam Disoriented slop shuffle triumph with court cards, selection also is the only card looking into the other direction
 		2006 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6 43
Harvey Cohen "Sloppy" Presentation slop shuffle triumph
 		2007 Best of Friends — Volume III 258
Sid Lorraine Slop Shuffle
2007 The Magician's Ltd Cookbook 53
Henry Evans Suit Yourself deck riffle shuffled by spectator, slop shuffle triumph, then deck shown in new deck order, slop shuffle to undo spectator's shuffle
Variations Oct. 2007 Antinomy (Vol. 3 No. 3) 15
Sid Lorraine Slop Shuffle
2008 Subtle Card Creations — Volume 1 286
Justin Higham Deal Shuffle Slop style shuffle with both hands in Mechanics grip, just pushing over packets from left to right hand. Can be used as:
  • Key card placement
  • Control (top or bottom)
 		2008 Dexterity Manual 14
Jerry Andrus, Steve Beam Drunken Shuffle Andrus' false slop shuffle with new applications:
  • Basic False Shuffle
  • The Rollover
  • Endless Stripper
  • The Muffle Shuffle
  • Triumph
 		2010 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8 256
Steve Beam Stock Answer cards are mixed face-up/face-down while retaining order
Variations 2010 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8 260
Steve Beam Live Stock cards are mixed face-up/face-down while retaining order, table version
Inspired by 2010 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8 261
Steve Beam Stock Out Shuffle cards are mixed face-up/face-down while retaining order
Inspired byAlso published here 2010 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8 262
Steve Beam Up Chuck False Shuffle combo of Charlier Shuffle and Slop Shuffle
 		2010 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8 263
Steve Beam The Spring Roll packet mixed, yet order retained, but nor face-up/down orientation
Also published here 2010 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8 264
Jerry Andrus Fake Slop Shuffle
2012 Lessons in Card Mastery 113
Unknown Slop Shuffle
2012 Lessons in Card Mastery 173
Ramón Riobóo Disparity Updated handling of the Dudeney Parity Principle. Cards are dealt into a grid on the table as directed by the audience. The cards are reassembled by folding rows and columns onto each other - again controlled by the audience - yet the selections are found reversed in the packet.
Related to 2015 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10 88
Eric Hu Interactive Triumph slop shuffle triumph, spectator and performer hold half the deck for the reveal
 		Oct. 2015 Genii (Vol. 78 No. 10) 40
Benjamin Earl Finessed Slop Shuffle
2016 Psychologica 10
Don May Slop-Shuffle Cull Separation
2018 Solomon's Secrets 32
Jerry Andrus Drunken Shuffle Slop Shuffle
 		2019 The Buena Vista Shuffle Club 75
Asi Wind Gang of Four slop shuffle triumph, in second phase a card is chosen from the face-down spread, when deck is gathered and re-spread, all mates turned over
Inspired by
  • "Twin Souls" (Dani DaOrtiz, DVD Que Raro)
 2019 Paper Work 27
Ramón Riobóo My Packet-Turnover Shuffle Mixing a face-up / face-down deck while keeping the face-up cards still face-up, slop shuffle style
Related toVariations 2019 Second Thoughts 25
Jerry Andrus The Andrus Drunken False Shuffle Slop Shuffle
 		2019 Sleightly Out Of Order 46
Patrick G. Redford Stack Safe Decurtait Control Card glimpse, control and false shuffle all together, does not destroy stack
 		2019 Sleightly Out Of Order 218
Jerry Andrus Drunken Shuffle
2020 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 12 137
Steve Beam The Spring Roll packet mixed, yet order retained, but nor face-up/down orientation
Also published here 2020 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 12 138
Steve Beam Stock-Out Shuffle cards are mixed face-up/face-down while retaining order
Also published here 2020 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 12 138
Larry Jennings The Double Slop Shuffle "Second Exercise in Holding Multiple Breaks"
slop shuffle triumph with two selections
 		2020 Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy 354