635 entries in Cards / Sleights / Riffle Shuffle / Riffle on the table / False
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Helder Guimarães One Time Zarrow Shuffle
June 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 6)
36
Jack Carpenter Hustler's Stock Control Shuffle top and bottom stock simultaneously, jogged-slug stripping approach
Inspired by 2017 40
Stevens Control brief
2017 40
Edward Marlo Perfect False Riffle Shuffle shuffling directly under top card, brief
2017 50
Red-Black Shuffle center pull-out
2017 160
Juan Villarejo Control Superior de los Ases two shuffles, with variation
2017 8
Juan Villarejo Control Inferior de los Ases
2017 13
Dad Stevens, Juan Villarejo El Control de Stevens on the Stevens Control
  • Realización del Control de Stevens
  • Colocación de una Carta Guia por Medio del Control de Stevens
Inspired by 2017 36
Juan Villarejo Preparación para Realizar la Mezcla Zarrow for setting up a Zarrow Shuffle
2017 45
Juan Villarejo Preparación para Realizar la Mezcla por Colores for setting up a Red-Black Shuffle
2017 49
Herb Zarrow Zarrow Shuffle Handling buckling the single cover card, bubble cover
2018 38
Dai Vernon Push Through Shuffle Sequence no details on actual push-through
Related to 2018 49
Johnny Thompson The Faux Papa Stevens Control aka "The Polish Dad Stevens", easier alternative
2018 164
Strip-Out Shuffle with Block Transfer brief
2018 166
Charlie Miller Stripout Shuffle with Block Transfer
2018 286
Edward Marlo Zarrow Stacking
2018 23
Jason Ladanye, Edward Marlo Strip-Out with Block Transfer Handling building four packets
Inspired by 2018 277
Setting Up Fine Incomplete Faro Condition with strip-out shuffle action
2018 10
Steve Beam The F.T.R.&B. Shuffle Director's Cut and red/black shuffle
2018 236
Steve Reynolds Bottom Line Review very brief outline of Bottom Line Zarrow square up finesse
Also published here 2019 15
Edward Marlo, Steve Reynolds Strip Out Shuffle Variant
Inspired byVariations 2019 19
Steve Reynolds Push Through Shuffle Variant
Inspired by 2019 27
Edward Marlo, Steve Reynolds Covered Up Shuffle using Bottom Line
  • Half Mem Deck Handling
Inspired by 2019 33
Steve Reynolds BTZ Combo
2019 41
Steve Reynolds Blind Bluff Shuffle two shuffle combination, strip-out with bluff/mock riffle
2019 47
Steve Reynolds Bluff Spread Shuffle getting into bluff/mock shuffle
2019 51
Steve Reynolds Backstory comments and credit information
  • Starting Grip/Cover Grip
  • Strip-out Shuffle (Edward Marlo)
  • Push-Through Shuffle (Steve Reynolds)
  • Blind Shuffle Bluffs (on the bluff/mock shuffle)
  • Bottom-Line Technique
  • Bottom-Line Perfect False Shuffle
  • Bottom-Line Cover-Up Shuffle
Related to 2019 55
Tomas Blomberg Spaed Shuffle multi-shuffle sequence, blocks
Inspired by 2019 69
Harapan Ong Zipper Zarrow bold table spread bluff
2019 77
Spectator's Color Riffle Shuffle
2019
The Neat Review (Issue 1 - London 2019)
83
Ricardo Martin Mezcla Falsa Total false strip out shuffle, with top cards moving from packet to packet
2019 81
Shane Cobalt Riffle Shuffles
Related to 2019 16
Lorenz Schär The Merrow-Shuffle combination of the Zarrow and the Jack Merlin shuffle
2019 57
Spectator's Red-Black Shuffle riffle shuffle
2019 170
Helder Guimarães, Juan Tamariz Shuffle that Doesn't Shuffle Handling in-the-hands
Inspired by
  • "Shuffle that Doesn't Shuffle" (Juan Tamariz, Magic From The Heart DVDs, 2017)
2019 180
Michael Powers Finessed Gallo Shuffle Triumph shuffle type
Inspired by
  • "The M.G. Strip-Out" (Mike Gallo, Allan Hayden's Card Sharp on Duty, 1983)
2019 186
Edward Marlo Throw-Off Riffle Shuffle Control
Also published here 2019
Output (Issue 2)
21
Steve Reynolds On the Tip-Up Cover
  • Angle Jog
  • Crimp
  • Break/Step
2019
Output (Issue 2)
24
Patrick G. Redford F.A.L.S.E. Shuffle Tabled false shuffle, can spread on table push interwoven halves together
2019 244
Tony Cabral The Pub Shuffle
Inspired by 2019 9
Steve Forte Carrying Top Slugs only straight riffles and no additional cuts
  • splitting and switching sides
  • riffling off the thumbs
  • split-cover
  • one-hand protected-position
  • overprotecting slugs
  • tap fake (Frank Thompson)
2020 59
Steve Forte Carrying Bottom Slugs only straight riffles and no additional cuts
  • shadowing
  • splitting end to end versus corner to corner
  • lift or leave (see also p. 636)
  • don't ignore the top slug
  • splits
2020 62
Steve Forte Carrying Big Slugs
  • building slugs
  • split, immediate riffle, and push - top slugs (SIRP)
  • split, immediate riffle, and push - bottom slugs
Related to 2020 65
Steve Forte delaying the strip top slug, riffle shuffle and cut combination, break held near bottom during shuffle
2020 88
Steve Forte Boxing the Deck cutting a quarter to the top and then splitting in center for riffle shuffle
2020 91
Steve Forte Double- and Triple-cuts (top or bottom slugs) strip cut, optionally followed by riffle shuffle
2020 93
Steve Forte Three-part Positioning Strip (top slug) strip cut, optionally followed by riffle shuffle
2020 94
Steve Forte Three-part Positioning Strip (bottom slug) strip cut, optionally followed by riffle shuffle
2020 95
Steve Forte F-strip strip cut with laid jog, optionally followed by riffle shuffle
  • technical observations
    • first stripped packet
    • second stripped packet
    • remaining stripped packets
    • orientation of stripped packets
    • squaring options
    • tight stripping actions
    • split and riffle
    • stripping thin, splitting halves
    • carrying bottom slugs
    • automatic brief
    • f-strip with double cut
Related to 2020 95
Steve Forte Don't Let Go strip cut, followed by riffle shuffle, "don't-let-go" principle (typo in text, should be "bottom slug")
2020 99
Steve Forte Riffling Down, Riffling Up top slug riffled down and brought back to top
2020 102
Steve Forte I-strip (illogical) slug riffled down, followed by triple strip
2020 104
Steve Forte Riffling Down Twice
  • single-card brief
  • multiple-card bevel-brief ("don't-let-go" principle)
2020 105
Ron Conley Conley Three-riffle Variation three consecutive riffles, always burying top slug, riffle shuffling with break
Related toVariations 2020 107
Steve Forte Riffling Up
  • JN false cut
by gambler JN, bottom slug riffled into deck, followed by boxing cut
Variations 2020 108
Steve Forte Spring Riffle-Off riffling off slug at once
2020 108
Steve Forte Stevens Control discussion of its value (spoiler: none)
2020 109
Steve Forte Forte's Favorites - strip-dump (top slug) procedure combination
2020 112
Steve Forte Forte's Favorites - bottom slug procedure combination
2020 113
Steve Forte Carrying Half Decks intro comments
2020 113
Steve Forte Double-slug Riffles carrying two quarter-deck slugs to effectively carry half the deck
  • double-slug - top/bottom
  • double-slug - top/top
  • double-slug - bottom/bottom
2020 113
Steve Forte The Push-Through introduction and details of basic handling
  • technical observations
    • position of hands
    • pre-riffle split
    • riffle
    • riffle-separation
    • pushing action
    • square-up before the square-up
    • pushing through
    • squaring action/moment
    • brief size
    • SCS (split, cut, or strip)
    • hand cover
    • rhythm
2020 117
Steve Forte Speed-through
2020 127
Steve Forte Protected Push-through more cover
2020 128
Steve Forte Fake Square-up - One Hand right hand moves towards left
2020 129
Steve Forte Fake Square-up - Two Hands X configuration
2020 130
Steve Forte Rough Hustlers' Push-through X configuration
Related to 2020 131
MD's Push-through bumped through
2020 132
Steve Forte Half-deck Push-through push-through action used to retain half the deck
2020 134
Steve Forte Variants brief outlines of further variations
  • the conductor
  • single push
  • back push-through (Richard Turner)
  • tapper
  • twisting split (dovetail shuffle on the table)
  • pointed riffle
  • mirror strips (push-through with break)
  • riffling interlaced cards
  • two-step push-throughs (honest cut before strip-out)
  • one riffle push-through/pull-out
  • the mysterious kid (handling for two-step push-through, alternative by Steve Forte)
2020 134
Steve Forte Dead-cuts strip-out used as cutting to an Ace
2020 139
Steve Forte Easy Block-transfer discussing lack of use in cheating
  • killing x-cards
  • adding x-cards
  • carrying full decks
2020 140
Steve Forte Summary
2020 143
Steve Forte The Pull-Out Shuffle
  • technical observations
    • simplicity of method
    • angling
    • finger stops
    • square-up (technical)
    • square-up (visual)
2020 145
Steve Forte Back-stop left thumb as stop
Related to 2020 146
Rod the Hop Rod-the-Hop's Pull-out (front-stop) strip-out during running strip cut
2020 147
Steve Forte Fake Square-ups
  • long-push
  • three-push
2020 149
Steve Forte Magicians' Pull-outs
  • fine squeeze and square-up
  • two-hand square-up (related to "Rough Hustlers' Push-through")
  • one-card 'block' transfer (Triumph Shuffle, with further applications by Forte)
Related to 2020 151
Steve Forte Sliding Slug Pull-outs sliding slugs sell the square-up
  • top-slug slide-over
  • bottom-slug slide-over
2020 154
Edward Marlo Marlo's Off-the-table Pull-out previously unpublished
2020 159
Steve Forte Other Variants short comment
2020 160
Steve Forte Summary
2020 161
Steve Forte The Zarrow Shuffle
  • classification
    • Card Cover
    • Hand Cover
    • No Cover
    • Off-the-table Variants
  • technical observations
    • independent card movement
    • movement of halves
    • lift
    • gaps
    • tilt
    • top-card pop
    • matching up
    • practice
    • repeatability
    • angles
    • riffle-shuffle tells
    • experimentation
    • setup cuts/strips
    • context
2020 162
Steve Forte Setup cuts/Strips three cutting sequences to set up for the Zarrow
2020 167
Three-push Zarrow by hustler VO
2020 169
Steve Forte No-cover Zarrows Oeink
2020 169
Steve Forte Bookmaker's Zarrow cards shuffled by the short ends
2020 170
Steve Forte Circle-Zarrow
Variations 2020 171
Steve Forte Tap-Zarrow ledge as halves are tapped against each other before riffling
2020 172
Steve Forte No-interlace Zarrows no interlacing during riffle itself
2020 173
Steve Forte Reverse-Zarrow top half slightly twisted backwards
2020 174
Steve Forte Lift-Zarrow whole deck slightly lifted from table and dropped during square-up
Related to 2020 175
Steve Forte Back-Load Zarrow square-up as deck is moved back
2020 176
Steve Forte Variants brief outlines of further variations
  • cover-Zarrow (Gary Plants)
  • deep riffle
  • long push
  • snap-bevel
  • pinned corner
  • dribble-Zarrow
  • dead-hand Zarrow
  • short square-up
  • top-card cover (double cover)
  • off-the-table Zarrow (deck on its side on table)
Related to 2020 177
Steve Forte, Bob White partial Zarrow only top or bottom half of riffle unwoven, details for top slug
2020 180
Steve Forte spacer Zarrow riffle stacking application, the very top of the shuffle can be legitimately spaced out
2020 181
Steve Forte Other Zarrows brief outlines of even further variations
  • saw-Zarrow
  • spring-Zarrow
  • other bevel-based Zarrows
  • bent top card
  • sliding bottom slug
2020 181
Steve Forte Summary
2020 183
Steve Forte Table Shuffle-over with OTT Square-up square-up on end
2020 208
Steve Forte F-ledge-shuffle block false shuffle
2020 211
Steve Forte Poker Shuffle-over no-cover circle-Zarrow
Inspired by 2020 212
Steve Forte Noise Maker one half riffled against top card of other half which bounces around
2020 212
Steve Forte Faking the Cascade credit information, tabled real cascade
2020 213
Steve Forte riffle-brief jog held during riffle shuffle
Related to 2020 337
Steve Forte Push-Through with Break holding break during riffle shuffle, reestablishing it after push-through
2020 797
Steve Forte Bottom-slug Demo
2020 845
Steve Forte Riffling Down Demo
2020 846
Steve Forte No Aces on Top top stock control demo
2020 846
Steve Forte Riffle-kill x-card riffled into Ace slug on top
2020 855
Steve Forte Top/Bottom Transfer Demo Aces shown on top, two riffle shuffles without further cuts and they are shown on bottom, then back to top
  • top to bottom - two riffles
  • bottom to top - two riffles (Frank Thompson inspired)
  • bottom to top - one riffle
  • face-up transfer
  • psychological transfer
Inspired by 2020 857
Steve Forte Slug Control Exposés clean top stock control demos
  • riffle exposé
  • exposé #2
2020 861
Steve Forte Watch The Top Of The Deck three procedure outlines for clean top stock control demos
2020 863
Steve Forte The 21st Card center slug control demo, card at twenty-first position is retained during riffle shuffle
2020 864
Steve Forte 2nd phase: red-black-riffle setups methods to set up for red/black shuffle
  • the red-black riffle
2020 878
Steve Forte 3rd phase - face-up red-black riffle shuffles
2020 880
Steve Forte push-through with single-card strip involving a real strip cut of three single cards
2020 882
Steve Forte Zarrow as full-deck demonstration
Related to 2020 883
Steve Forte three piles (pull-out) as full-deck demonstration
2020 884
Steve Forte Master High-Low Strip/Riffle Shuffle percentage red-black shuffle, a few mistakes can happen on top, center and bottom
2020 1018
Jack Carpenter On the Spade Shuffle: Carpenter's False Shuffle blocks, bottom-line cover
Inspired by 2020
Output (Issue 7)
10
Steve Reynolds On the Bottom-Line Cover credit information
2020
Output (Issue 7)
10
Roberto Giobbi Practical Examples use of gaze
  • The Eye Onstage
  • Zarrow Shuffle
  • Elmsley Count
  • Coin Vanish
2021 41
Roberto Mansilla, Dai Vernon The Triumph of the False Shuffle
  • Artifices
one-shuffle solution for Triumph Shuffle as false shuffle
Inspired by Aug. 2022
Genii (Vol. 85 No. 8)
52
Herb Zarrow Zarrow False Shuffle
Related to 2022 102
Bernardo Sedlacek Bringing Chaos to the Zarrow Shuffle cards left behind and thrown into the middle
2022
Conundrum (Issue 1)
48
Dai Vernon, Dad Stevens Dad Steven's Cut Before Strip Out delayed strip-out, from private lecture notes by Gene Matsuura
2022 106
Bill Malone The Malone Shuffle bold, simulation weave, lengthwise, for correction see p. 77
Related toAlso published here 2022 50
Rafael Benatar Expertalk: Rafael Benatar on the Pullout Shuffle Triumph Shuffle handling
Inspired byAlso published here
  • MAGIC, Sep. 2004
2022 334
Luis Otero Expertalk: Luis Otero on the Push-Through Shuffle sequence with four packets
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Sep. 2006
2022 542
Andi Gladwin Spread Shuffle two tabled spreads pushed into each other, same as Martin Lewis's
Related toAlso published here
  • MAGIC, Dec. 2010
2022 990
Dave Collins Expertalk: Dave Collins on the Double Wide False Riffle Shuffle cards never pushed together, cutting sequence with open strip-out with incompletely riffle shuffled deck
Also published here
  • MAGIC, June 2011
2022 1038
Andrew Frost A "Shuffled" Deck on hiding a thirteen-card stock
2023 20
Alexander Hansford Red/Black Shuffle Combination overhand shuffle followed by honest riffle shuffle
2023 42
Allan Ackerman False Shuffle Display Bottom-Line precursor
Also published here 2024 214
Allan Ackerman Some Thoughts on Blind #2 sideways shuffle
Inspired by 2024 21