147 entries in Cards / Sleights / Riffle Shuffle / Riffle on the table / Transfers & Displacements
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Louis Nikola Riffle Shuffle as Pass Substitute
1937 396
Edward Marlo Top Block Transfer (and Strip Out Shuffle)
Variations 1959 30
Edward Marlo To Transpose with Top Block Transfer and Strip Out to transpose top four cards with four cards underneath
1959 36
Edward Marlo Top Block Control using block transfer strip-out
1959 38
Edward Marlo Block Transfer correct fingering for Strip Out Shuffle Block Transfer
1959 40
Edward Marlo The Block Slip Cut No. 1 after riffle shuffle
1959 41
Edward Marlo Block Slip Cut No. 2 after riffle shuffle
1959 43
Edward Marlo The Block Center Cut transfering a block from center
1959 44
Edward Marlo To Get Cards to the Bottom from top to bottom with riffle shuffle
1959 46
Edward Marlo To Bring Bottom Cards to the Top with riffle shuffle
1959 48
Edward Marlo To Keep the Bottom Stock partial strip out shuffle
Also published here 1959 51
Edward Marlo Right and Left Block Transfer
1959 116
Edward Marlo Rearranging Aces to Five Order using block transfer shuffles
1959 119
Edward Marlo The Block Transfer Applied with Zarrow Shuffle
1959 128
Dai Vernon Transferring a Bottom Stock to the Top
Variations 1960 52
Edward Marlo Strip Out Riffle Transfer transferring x cards to bottom during strip out shuffle
1964
The Patented Shuffle (Issue 1 Patented False Shuffle)
12
Edward Marlo Top-Block-Transfer comments about retaining order during block transfers, doing Triumph with stacked deck
1964
The Patented Shuffle (Issue 4 Transfers)
Edward Marlo Top Block Transfer
1964
The Patented Shuffle (Issue 4 Transfers)
1
Edward Marlo Block Transfers chapter intro
1964
The Patented Shuffle (Issue 4 Transfers)
1
Edward Marlo Bottom Block Transfer
1964
The Patented Shuffle (Issue 4 Transfers)
3
Edward Marlo Combination - Top and Bottom Block Transfers deck cut into four packets, Kings on top and Aces on bottom, order retained
1964
The Patented Shuffle (Issue 4 Transfers)
4
Edward Marlo Center Block Transfer stacking while retaining order
1964
The Patented Shuffle (Issue 4 Transfers)
14
Edward Marlo The Double Block Transfer stacking while retaining order
1964
The Patented Shuffle (Issue 4 Transfers)
16
Edward Marlo Block Transpositions exchanging two blocks on top of deck while retaining order of rest, strip out and zarrow methods, double cover Zarrow (Fig. 47)
1964
The Patented Shuffle (Issue 4 Transfers)
18
Edward Marlo Incomplete Block Transfer exchanging two blocks on top and bottom of deck
1964
The Patented Shuffle (Issue 4 Transfers)
20
Edward Marlo Placement Process placing top card to (almost) any position with tabled riffle shuffle, rest of order retained
1964
The Patented Shuffle (Issue 4 Transfers)
22
Edward Marlo Card Placement (Deck Shuffled) placing top card to (almost) any position with tabled riffle shuffle
1964
The Patented Shuffle (Issue 4 Transfers)
36
Edward Marlo Flexible Placement (Deck Shuffled) placing top card to (almost) any position with tabled riffle shuffle
1964
The Patented Shuffle (Issue 4 Transfers)
37
Edward Marlo Four Aces Top To Bottom transferring block to bottom without cutting, inspired by Art Altman's method, two methods
1964
The Patented Shuffle (Issue 4 Transfers)
48
Edward Marlo 4 Aces From Bottom To Top transferring block to top without cutting, two methods
1964
The Patented Shuffle (Issue 4 Transfers)
50
Karl Fulves Block Transfer credit information
1970
Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue Second Supplement)
61
Karl Fulves The Block Transfer general comments
1970
Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue Second Supplement)
74
Karl Fulves Setting Up The Move with block transfer
Related to 1970
Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue Second Supplement)
74
Karl Fulves The Negative Transfer to get rid of top cards
1970
Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue Second Supplement)
75
Karl Fulves A Note On The Proceedings comment on block transfer described before
1970
Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue Second Supplement)
76
Karl Fulves Top Card Cover block transfer variation
1970
Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue Second Supplement)
76
Karl Fulves The Double Transfer shifting blocks in both directions simultaneously
1970
Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue Second Supplement)
77
Karl Fulves Theoretical Strippers special cut, negative transfer (block transfer) as application
1970
Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue Third Supplement)
88
Karl Fulves Essential Erdnase idea of applying block transfer shuffle
Inspired by 1971 3
Edward Marlo To Transpose with the Shank Shuffle transpose two blocks in the deck
1972 23
Edward Marlo Center Card or Block Transfer with credit information on Center Transfer
1972 53
Edward Marlo Face-Down Center Transfer
1972 59
Dr. Jacob Daley, Dai Vernon Daley's Version Of Vernon's Stud Poker "Hole" Card Shuffle No. 317, bottom stock kept there and finally cut to top, with picking up break as interlaced cards are pushed together
  • Daley's Variation (without crimp)
1972 82
Dr. Jacob Daley Demonstration Four Ace False Shuffle No. 543, Aces on top, another card placed face up on top, top card lost with riffle shuffles yet Aces remain on top, block transfer
1972 152
Karl Fulves The Block Transfer definition of term
1973 7
Karl Fulves Block Transfer angled block technique
1973 13
Karl Fulves Bottom Transfer angled block technique
1973 14
Karl Fulves The Simulated Center using Bottom Transfer to simulate a Center Transfer
1973 16
Karl Fulves Riffle Placement any named card placed in twenty-sixth positions in two shuffles
1973 18
Karl Fulves, Dr. Jacob Daley Riffle Shuffle Trap sandwiched card (sandwich in the pack) is exchanged during one riffle shuffle
1973 19
Karl Fulves, Dr. Jacob Daley Imprisoned Aces aces interlaced with indifferent cards in pack, indifferent cards removed by shuffling, posed as a problem
Variations 1973 20
Karl Fulves Negative Stock Shuffle changing the number of players of a stacked set, posed as a problem
Related to 1973 21
Karl Fulves Block Loading applied to: reversed card in center is transfered to 8. position
1973 54
Karl Fulves Side Center Transfer transfering side jogged cards during riffle shuffle
1973 64
John Carney Daley-Carney Aces aces interlaced with indifferent cards in pack, indifferent cards removed by shuffling
Inspired by 1973 (ca.) 9
Martin A. Nash Up-and-Down Shuffle transfering cards from top to bottom or bottom to top
Related to 1975 58
Karl Fulves The General Transfer Block Transfer applications with the Zarrow shuffle
1975 32
Karl Fulves The Zarrow Transfer block transfer applications, partial zarrow
1975 34
Karl Fulves The Add-Subtract Option using Stevens Control to add or remove x cards to/from top stock
1975 106
Karl Fulves The Add-Add Option using Stevens Control to add cards to given set-up on top in 2 or more different places
1975 107
Karl Fulves Reverse Zarrow sliding-block model, pen-and-paper notation for Zarrow shuffle problems
  • Terminology
  • Subtraction Shuffle, Zarrow Analogs, Sliding Blocks
  • First Block Form
  • Second Block Form
  • Fourth Block Form
  • The Three-Shuffle Problem
  • The Stock Problem (rearranging order of top cards)
  • Reverse Zarrow
1975 28
Jerry Andrus Bottom to Top Transfer by correcting a faro shuffle
1976 25
Dan MacMillan Shank Bottom Transfer bottom block transfer
  • Technique 1
  • Technique 2
  • Technique 3
Inspired by 1977 42
Allan Ackerman Top-to-Bottom Block Transfer
1978 96
Break via Blocking Off picking up a break near bottom of tabled deck
Also published here 1979 23
Martin A. Nash Up & Down Shuffle transfering cards from top to bottom or bottom to top
1980 3
Jeff Busby Top Stock Control Zarrow and crimp combo
Related to 1981
Arcane (Issue 5)
54
Derek Dingle Riffle Shuffle Transfer to Bottom
1982 145
Dai Vernon Shuffle Transfer to Top
1982 145
Mike Bornstein M.B. Shift bottom block transfer, deck on edge, push through shuffle
1982 9
Karl Fulves Center Transfer definition and credit information
1983 10
Edward Marlo No-Angle Center Transfer
1984 46
Edward Marlo Two-Shuffle Stripout Sequence with Block Transfer
1984 56
Karl Fulves Daley's Stacked Deck Problem removing card from a stack without disturbing the rest
1984 114
Dr. Jacob Daley The Riffle Shuffle Trap card placed between red aces changes into card later chosen, two riffle shuffles
1984 117
Karl Fulves The Z-Transposition exchanging two cards with 1 Zarrow shuffle without disturbing the rest
1984 125
Karl Fulves Block Transfer Note as a sandwich effect
1984 126
Karl Fulves Block Transfer Shuffles chapter intro, definition and information
1984 166
Karl Fulves Simplex Transfer basic block transfer
1984 170
Karl Fulves Flourish Transfer bottom to top block transfer
1984 173
Karl Fulves Cut Substitute block transfer in the initial cutting action
1984 175
Karl Fulves Triumph Transfer variation of Vernon's Triumph Shuffle with block transfer
1984 176
Karl Fulves The Larger Block Triumph Shuffle block transfer with multiple cards
1984 177
Karl Fulves Bottom Transfer Triumph Shuffle as a bottom block transfer
1984 178
Karl Fulves Combination Transfer Triumph Shuffle as top and bottom transfer at once
1984 179
Karl Fulves Utility Transfer block transfer
1984 180
Karl Fulves Subway Transfer block transfer combined with the loading of a card in the block
1984 182
Karl Fulves Advanced Course in Cheating center card of four poker hands is an ace, they are shuffled together using block transfers
1984 187
Roy Walton Triple Cut Zarrow Triple Cut Zarrow bringing cards from top to bottom
1984 53
Dai Vernon Transferring a Bottom Stock to the Top
1984 54
Top to Bottom Transfer without disturbing the top stock
1985 326
Dai Vernon Vernon Block Transfer with Triumph Shuffle
1986 105
Karl Fulves Shuttle Shuffle named card vanishes from deck in NPO, transfer shuffle from one half to the other
1987 34
Darwin Ortiz Strip-Out Shuffle with Block Transfer
Variations 1988 68
Dai Vernon Block Transfer Technique with Push-Through Shuffle
1988 37
Dai Vernon The Top-Stock Riffle Reverse reverse order of top eight cards
1988 186
Edward Marlo Block Transfer Shuffle
1988 75
Justin Higham Covered Block Transfer
Variations 1988 17
Justin Higham Multiple Cover Block Transfer
Variations 1988 17
Karl Fulves Angle Transfer center block transfer
1989 27
Roger Klause The Automatic Block Transfer
1991 121
Dai Vernon Triumph Shuffle Block Transfer
1992 9
Frederick Braue Four Ace Location aces placed on top and shuffled in deck, actually two shuffled to bottom and then produced via friction toss
1992 13
Vanni Bossi The Shuffle Control that Liked to Darwin Ortiz tabled riffle shuffle controls with Aces in-jogged at different positions during part of the shuffling
  • 1 - Control on Top of the Deck
    • The Second Shuffle
    • Cut and Control Over the Deck
  • 2 - Moving the Four Aces from Top to Bottom
  • 3 - Moving the Four Aces from Bottom to Top
  • 4 - Positioning Two Aces on Top and Two on Bottom of the Deck
  • Notes
1992 1
Jon Racherbaumer About the Block Transfer credit information and discussion, Ed Marlo and Al Leech letter
Dec. 1992 23
Justin Higham Block Transfer Finesse
Inspired by May 1992
Tech-Notes (Issue 3)
29
Dai Vernon, Ernest Earick Vernon Shuffle Transfer, variant 1
Inspired by 1993 170
Dai Vernon, Ernest Earick Vernon Shuffle Transfer, variant 2
Inspired by 1993 180
Mike Bornstein Bornstein's Shift bottom block transfer, deck on edge
1993 36
Allan Ackerman A Bottom Block Transfer Technique
1994 16
Martin A. Nash Up-and-Down Shuffle transferring top cards to bottom during riffle shuffle
1994 70
Ellison Poland Tabled Slough-Off Control with controlled riffle shuffle
1994 4
Roy Walton Triple Cut Zarrow bringing cards from top to bottom
1996 21
Dai Vernon Transferring a bottom stock to the top
1996 22
Karl Fulves The Shallow Cut solutions if the named card is near the top or bottom and it should be brought to top with tabled riffle shuffle, using Side Effects Deck
1996 41
Karl Fulves Transfer Cut bottom stock to top
Inspired by 1996 160
Karl Fulves Bottom Stock To Top
1996 185
Karl Fulves Riffle Shuffle Transfer two cards in center brought to top and bottom
Related to 1996 37
Roberto Giobbi The Block Transfer the top stock is maintained with a Triumph Shuffle as part of three-shuffle sequence, Stevens Control alternative
1998 648
Jeff Busby Recycling Shuffle stock control with edge-marked key card
Related to 1998 107
Jeff Busby Automatic Block Transfer edge-marked key combined with Zarrow
1998 108
Justin Higham Covered Block Transfer
  • Second Method (Simplex Strip-Out Shuffle)
  • Third Method (Triumph Shuffle)
Inspired by 1999 55
Justin Higham Multiple-Cover Block Transfer
  • Second Method
Inspired by 1999 56
Justin Higham Finessed Fourth Alternative
Inspired by 1999 59
Peter Gröning Clean Cut Shuffle ends with clean cut
  • As a Block Transfer
    • From Bottom to Top
    • From Top to Bottom
1999 146
Stevens Control Variation
2001 117
Dai Vernon, Ernest Earick Transferring a bottom stock to the top - Handling brief
Mar./Apr. 2003
The Penumbra (Issue 6)
7
Karl Fulves Mill Work putting in edge work with other objects, knife or coin
Related to 2003
Off The Books (Issue 5)
84
Karl Fulves Shift As Shuffle connecting multiple shift, diagonal palm shift and block transfers in riffle shuffle work, application to shuffle any card to top Open Index like
Related to 2003
Off The Books (Issue 10)
185
Break via Blocking Off picking up a break near bottom of tabled deck
Also published here 2003 40
Bruce Cervon Block Transfer Pushover cull riffle shuffle with block transfer, push through
2007 25
Bruce Cervon false shuffle and block transfer strip out with block transfer
2007 53
Karl Fulves Stevenz Stevens Control combined with Zarrow Shuffle
2007
Prolix (Issue 3)
155
Fred Robinson, Dr. Jacob Daley Table-Edge Hold-Out held by thumb, steal via riffle shuffle
Related to 2009 187
Riffle Shuffle Transfer card from top to bottom
2012 94
Darwin Ortiz Strip-Out Shuffle with Block Transfer
2012 209
Juan Villarejo Cortar la Baraja Obteniendo un As en cada Paquete en la Parte Superior shuffling, so an Ace is on top of two halves
2017 15
Juan Villarejo Cortar la Baraja Obteniendo un As en cada Paquete en la Parte Inferior shuffling, so an Ace is on top of two halves
2017 15
Johnny Thompson The Faux Papa Stevens Control aka "The Polish Dad Stevens", easier alternative
2018 164
Johnny Thompson Undercut Transfer cut and riffle shuffle to transfer top card to bottom
Inspired byRelated to 2018 204
Martin A. Nash Up-and-Down Shuffle transferring cards from top to bottom with riffle shuffle
2018 21
Jason Ladanye, Edward Marlo Strip-Out with Block Transfer Handling building four packets
Inspired by 2018 277
Steve Forte Easy Block-transfer discussing lack of use in cheating
  • killing x-cards
  • adding x-cards
  • carrying full decks
2020 140
Steve Forte Transfers and Riffle Stacking using transfers to complement riffle stacking, see following two items
2020 251
Steve Forte f-transfer right third finger angles bottom card
Related to 2020 251
Steve Forte top-to-bottom reverse stack
2020 253
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