Steps, Jogs, Breaks

88 entries in Cards / Sleights / Riffle Shuffle / Riffle on the table / Steps, Jogs, Breaks
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Dai Vernon Basic Formation of a step
1960 More Inner Secrets of Card Magic 41
Dad Stevens To bring cards to the top Steven's Control
Variations 1960 More Inner Secrets of Card Magic 55
Max Malini Card Revelation ploy for finding an apparently forgotten card,step handling
 		1962 Malini and His Magic 68
Edward Marlo Blocking Off Bottom Cards obtaining break above bottom cards during riffle shuffle
 		1964 The Patented Shuffle (Issue 1 Patented False Shuffle) 11
Edward Marlo Distribution Shuffle setting four angle jogs
Related to 1964 The Patented Shuffle (Issue 3 Shuffle and Cut Discoveries) 9
Edward Marlo Obtaining and Maintaining stacking four cards in one shuffle, stepped blocks, two methods
 		1964 The Patented Shuffle (Issue 4 Transfers) 7
Edward Marlo Marlo Short Card like single stripper card, with handling and method to locate it like tapping, airing, ...
Related to 1964 The Patented Shuffle (Issue 5 I Shuffled the Cards) 9
Edward Marlo Marlo Edge Reader - Putting in the Work edge marking system for Bee back, handling and locating in riffle shuffle position
 		1967 Riffle Shuffle Finale (Issue Edge Reader) 1
Edward Marlo Marlo's Upward Riffle getting a preparation break for holding-back-work
 		1972 The Shank Shuffle 50
Edward Marlo Bottom Break for Riffle Shuffling
1972 The Shank Shuffle 64
Karl Fulves Automatic Rear Jog
1973 Riffle Shuffle Technique — Preliminary Notes on Part Two 52
Karl Fulves No-Crimp Ace Cutting setting four side jogs
Related to 1973 Riffle Shuffle Technique — Preliminary Notes on Part Two 84
Karl Fulves The Acrobatic Pack pack is divided at chosen card with a flick, using riffle shuffle jog setting
Related to 1975 Riffle Shuffle Technique — Part One 32
Karl Fulves Riffle Shuffle Technique - Part Two comments on the Stevens Control
 		1975 Riffle Shuffle Technique — Part Two 97
Frederick Braue Fred Braue's Notes Stevens Control with Triumph Shuffle principle
  • Four Card Control
  • One-Card Control
Also published here 1975 Riffle Shuffle Technique — Part Two 98
Frederick Braue A Letter to Southall Stevens Control with Triumph Shuffle principle, 1960-03-26
Also published here 1975 Riffle Shuffle Technique — Part Two 99
Dai Vernon, Dad Stevens The Stevens Control detailed description
 		1975 Riffle Shuffle Technique — Part Two 101
Karl Fulves Further Applications applications and routines using the Stevens Control (all remaining entries in this book)
 		1975 Riffle Shuffle Technique — Part Two 105
Dad Stevens, Martin A. Nash Stevens Control - as a Cull several applications in the routines to follow
 		1979 Sleight Unseen 425
Martin A. Nash Honest Aces Shuffle
1979 Sleight Unseen 428
Martin A. Nash Honest Aces Variation variation with doubles distributed in the deck
 		1979 Sleight Unseen 432
Martin A. Nash Honest Aces Shuffle
1980 Jacks or Better 2
Edward Marlo Angle-Jogging Second-from-Bottom Card tabled riffle shuffle position
 		1983 Marlo without Tears 36
Dai Vernon Basic Formation of a Step
1983 The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 2 56
Edward Marlo Bottom Break to Riffle Shuffle Break transferring break into riffle shuffle position
 		1983 The Card Puzzle 24
Edward Marlo Techniques for Ace Cutting two methods
 		1984 Marlo's Magazine Volume 5 202
Harry Green One Shuffle Stacking
  • Pre-Established Breaks
  • Riffle Breaks
Variations 1984 Riffle Shuffle Technique — Part Three 147
Karl Fulves Holding Back basics
 		1984 Riffle Shuffle Technique — Part Three 168
Karl Fulves Blocking Off
1984 Riffle Shuffle Technique — Part Three 169
Dad Stevens Stevens Riffle Control
1986 The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings 103
Paul Cummins, Martin A. Nash Honest Aces Shuffle Variation
1990 Spectacle 64
Karl Fulves Riffle Shuffle Center Control getting angle jog from step
 		1993 By Forces Unseen 160
Jon Racherbaumer On the Stevens Control credit information
Related to 1993 The Olram File (Issue 14) 7
Karl Fulves Double Time riffle shuffle control, shuffled and two piles formed and top cards named
 		1994 Crooked Tales 28
Karl Fulves Top Secret aces lost via tabled shuffles without crimps, then back on top
 		1994 Crooked Tales 90
Karl Fulves Parallel Offset automatic rear jog claim
 		1994 Crooked Tales 123
Gene Maze Table Replacement Control selection cut into tabled deck followed by riffle shuffle
 		1994 Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing 48
Karl Fulves Pre-Established Breaks chapter 7 intro
 		1995 Setting Up Exercises 69
Karl Fulves Pick Ups
  • Inside Pick-Up
  • Center Pick Up
  • Outside Pick Up
  • Technical Points
  • Double Pick Up
  • 3- and 4-Card Pick-Ups
  • Mastering Pick-Ups
 		1995 Setting Up Exercises 69
Karl Fulves Multiple Breaks
  • The Triple Break
  • Mastering Triple Breaks
  • Large Blocks
 		1995 Setting Up Exercises 73
Karl Fulves Rock 'n Riffle riffling with fingers and transferring break to thumb
 		1995 Setting Up Exercises 76
Karl Fulves Double Break actually page 76A
 		1995 Setting Up Exercises 76
Karl Fulves Center Breaks
1995 Setting Up Exercises 78
Karl Fulves Bottom Breaks
1995 Setting Up Exercises 80
Karl Fulves Break Offs hit double lift applied to riffle shuffle break technique
Inspired by 1995 Setting Up Exercises 81
Karl Fulves Practicing Break Offs without a table
 		1995 Setting Up Exercises 82
Karl Fulves Crimp Work short comment
 		1995 Setting Up Exercises 87
Martin A. Nash Honest Aces Shuffle leaving four Aces jogged on the table for cutting effect
 		1996 from a shuffled deck in use... Part Two 8
Karl Fulves Sizing Up Breaks chapter intro
 		1996 Blocking Off 25
Karl Fulves How Small A Break? exercises
 		1996 Blocking Off 27
Karl Fulves, John Scarne Blocking Off "This principle, invented by John Scarne, is called blocking off."
  • Blocking Off Defined
  • Blocking Off
  • Parallel Offset
  • Conditions
  • Right Side Glimpse
 		1996 Blocking Off 50
Karl Fulves Angled Square-Up
1996 Blocking Off 60
Karl Fulves Reverse Step
1996 Blocking Off 61
Karl Fulves In-Line Breaks
1996 Blocking Off 76
Karl Fulves End Tap
1996 Blocking Off 82
Karl Fulves No Breaks chapter intro
 		1996 Blocking Off 110
Karl Fulves, Sammy Green Con Man's Cut marking off where to cut
 		1996 Blocking Off 163
Karl Fulves Blackjack Cut moving slug of high cards to bottom after shuffle and cut by shill
 		1996 Blocking Off 165
Karl Fulves Securing Break after blocking off
 		1996 Blocking Off 192
Karl Fulves, Alek Akalaitis All Angle Square Up fine work
 		1996 Blocking Off 198
Harry Riser Erdnase Aces tabled one-at-a-time Ace production, using riffle shuffle work from Erdnase
Inspired byVariations 1996 The Feints and Temps of Harry Riser 52
Martin A. Nash Honest Aces Shuffle leaving four Aces jogged on the table for cutting effect
 		1998 Down Under Deals 18
Dad Stevens Stevens Control
1999 Low Down Dirty Tricks 11
William Zavis Aces Up blocking off principle, credit information
Also published here
  • The Sphinx, Vol. 49 No. 8, Oct. 1950
 2000 Charlatan (Issue 2) 19
Joseph K. Schmidt The Stevens Control handling of the Stevens Control
Related to 2005 Charlatan (Issue 10) 119
Joseph K. Schmidt J.K.S. on Stevens handling of the Stevens Control
Related to 2005 Charlatan (Issue 10) 122
Karl Fulves Stevenz Stevens Control combined with Zarrow Shuffle
 		2007 Prolix (Issue 3) 155
Bob King Variation of the Stevens' Control
2007 The Wisdom of Solomon 192
Edward Marlo Marlo's Control Stevens Control alternative
Also published here 2007 The Wisdom of Solomon 192
Jon Racherbaumer On the Steven's Control comments
Related to 2007 Marlo on Erdnase 47
Roberto Giobbi Sliding the Break cutting to break, tabled
 		Feb. 2008 Genii (Vol. 71 No. 2) 14
Dad Stevens Stevens Control brief
 		2012 The F.F.F.F. Book 238
Jack Carpenter Hustler's Stock Control Shuffle top and bottom stock simultaneously, jogged-slug stripping approach
Inspired by 2017 The Expert's Portfolio No. 2 40
Unknown Stevens Control brief
 		2017 The Expert's Portfolio No. 2 40
Dad Stevens, Juan Villarejo El Control de Stevens on the Steven's Control
  • Realización del Control de Stevens
  • Colocación de una Carta Guia por Medio del Control de Stevens
Inspired by 2017 El Mago en la Mesa de Juego — Volumen I 36
David Ben Thoughts on the Stevens Control
Apr. 2017 Genii (Vol. 80 No. 4) 85
Steve Reynolds On the Tip-Up Cover
  • Angle Jog
  • Crimp
  • Break/Step
 		2019 Output (Issue 2) 24
Steve Forte On Tabled Breaks on holding a thumb break with deck in riffle shuffle position
 		2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1 78
Steve Forte Automatic Brief automatic jog during running cut
 		2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1 98
Steve Forte Natural Break at slug when squaring up after riffle shuffle
 		2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1 102
Steve Forte Riffling Down Twice
  • single-card brief
  • multiple-card bevel-brief ("don't-let-go" principle)
 		2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1 105
Ron Conley Conley Three-riffle Variation three consecutive riffles, always burying top slug, riffle shuffling with break
Related toVariations 2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1 107
Steve Forte Stevens Control discussion of its value (spoiler: none)
 		2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1 109
Steve Forte box/riffle brief dead-cut method after a riffle shuffle
 		2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2 760
Steve Forte bevel/riffle brief dead-cut method after a riffle shuffle
 		2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2 760
Steve Forte TCCB Aces "top, center, center, bottom", cutting deck into four piles on table, Aces revealed on top and bottom of the piles
  • getting into TCCB order
    • simultaneous top and bottom slip-cuts
    • two traditional slip-cuts
    • eliminating one slip-cut
    • eliminating both slip-cuts
    • Zarrow
    • TCCB riffle
Variations 2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2 765
Steve Forte Push-Through with Break holding break during riffle shuffle, reestablishing it after push-through
 		2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2 797
Steve Forte ribbon-spread selection incomplete ribbon spread is spread on the table and a card slid out apparently at random during closing it
 		2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2 991