Divided Deck

80 entries in Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck

Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	Categories
Charles T. Jordan	Red/Black Shuffle	running single cards in the center	Also published here Red/Black Shuffle (Charles T. Jordan, 1975) Red/Black Shuffle (Charles T. Jordan, 1992)	1919/1920	Thirty Card Mysteries	27	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck
Charles T. Jordan	Red-Black Shuffle	riffle and overhand		1933	Page Wright's Notebook	38	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck Cards / Sleights / Riffle Shuffle / Riffle on the table / False / Divided Deck
	7. Red and black location	featuring Jordan's false shuffle, Telltale Color glimpse of odd-backed card		1938	Greater Magic	174	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Divided Deck Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / Glimpse / Center without mark-off
Martin Gardner	Red/Black Overhand Shuffle			1938	The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1937/38)	274	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck
Charles T. Jordan, Laurie Ireland	Red/Black Overhand Shuffle			1938	The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1937/38)	275	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck
Martin Gardner	Red/Black Overhand Shuffle			1943	Full Deck of Impromptu Card Tricks	69	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck
	Red-Black Overhand Shuffle			May 1944	The Phoenix (Issue 60)	245	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck
	Red/Black Shuffle	cards drawn singly in the center		1947	Watch This One!	53	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck
George G. Kaplan	Using the Corner-Short to Retain a Prearranged Deck in Order	using corner-short as divider		1948	The Fine Art of Magic	19	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Divided Deck Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Short Cards / Corner Short Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck
Martin Gardner	The Red-Black Shuffle	Overhand Red-Black Shuffles Hindu Red-Black Shuffles	Also published here The Red-Black Shuffle (Martin Gardner, Dai Vernon, Edward Marlo, 1975)	June 1950	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 8 No. 1)	674	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Hindu Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck
Neal Elias	Center Key Card Shuffle	red/black shuffle around center to retain key card there		Mar. 1959	Ibidem (Issue 16)	9	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Key Card Subtleties Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck
Laurie Ireland, Theodore Annemann	Red/Black Shuffle for Key	retaining a key at its twenty-sixth position, credit information by Marlo	Related to Mein Überhand-Falschmischen (Jan Torell, 1984) Overhand Shuffle with Key (Laurie Ireland, 2016) Red/Black Shuffle for Key (Larry Jennings, 2020) Ibidem 26	1962	Estimation	32	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Key Card Subtleties Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli)	A. The Red and Black Set-Ups	a) The False Shuffle b) How to get the set-up secretly (some methods) c) Delaying the red and black pack d) the alternate pack 1. Transformation of the Separated Pack into the Alternating Pack (faro) 2. Transformation of an alternating Pack into the Separated Red and Black Pack i. ii. (two-card challenge location) iii. e) Some few routining suggestions		Apr. 1963	Ibidem (Issue 28)	25	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Divided Deck Cards / Sleights / Culling / Red-Black Separations Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge multiple Card Location Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Red-Black Stack (not simply divided)
Edward Marlo	Alternated Red & Black Shuffles	overhand and riffle shuffle used to preserve alternating set-up (including real riffle shuffle with fine incomplete faro)		1973	Marlo's Objectives	20	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck Cards / Sleights / Riffle Shuffle / Riffle on the table / False / Divided Deck Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Red-Black Stack (not simply divided)
Charles T. Jordan	Red/Black Shuffle	running single cards in the center	Also published here Red/Black Shuffle (Charles T. Jordan, 1919/1920)	1975	Charles T. Jordan: Collected Tricks	129	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck
Martin Gardner, Dai Vernon, Edward Marlo	The Red-Black Shuffle	Overhand Red-Black Shuffles Hindu Red-Black Shuffles The Center Pull Out The Center Lever Out Cutting Colors Naming Colors Marlo's Red-Black Shuffle Step Version or Marlo Shuffle Use of Bridge Cut Flourish Version The Fred Black Shuffle Step Version of Fred Black Shuffle Three-Cut Shuffle	Also published here The Red-Black Shuffle (Martin Gardner, 1950) Red-Black Riffle Shuffles (Martin Gardner, 1950) More Red-Black Riffle Shuffles (Martin Gardner, Dai Vernon, Edward Marlo, 1950) Red-Black Riffle Shuffles-Conclusion (Martin Gardner, 1950)	Jan. 1975	Circular de la Escuela Mágica de Madrid (Vol. 1 No. 1)	8	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Hindu Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck Cards / Sleights / Riffle Shuffle / Riffle on the table / False / Divided Deck
	Color Separation Shuffle	jog shuffle		1976	The Epitome Location	15	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck
Allan Ackerman	Streamlined Oinl and Water			1978	Here's My Card	77	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck
Laurie Ireland	Red-Black Shuffle	brief		1980	Colors on the March	8	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck
	Red/Black Shuffle	Jordan		1982	Something for Everyone	1	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck
Charles T. Jordan	Red-Black Shuffle			1983	Bertram on Sleight of Hand	243	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck
	Divided Deck False Shuffle	Ireland/Jordan		1984	Rund um den Zaubertisch	13	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck
T. Nelson Downs	TND Dovetail Shuffle			1985	The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 2)	15	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck Cards / Sleights / Riffle Shuffle / Riffle on the table / False / Divided Deck
, Harry Lorayne	Alternating Red & Black Overhand Shuffle	preserving alternating set-up		July 1987	Apocalypse (Vol. 10 No. 7)	1371	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck
Ron Wilson	Red/Black Shuffles	spectator riffle and overhand shuffles the cards, the deck ends up almost separated in red and black		1987	The Uncanny Scot, Ron Wilson	25	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Spectator shuffles - Subtleties Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck Cards / Sleights / Riffle Shuffle / Riffle on the table / False / Divided Deck
Laurie Ireland, Darwin Ortiz	Red/Black Shuffle	with break	Related to Red/Black Shuffle with Break (Edward Marlo, 1988) On the Red-black Overhand Shuffle (Roberto Giobbi, Laurie Ireland, Charles T. Jordan, 2003)	1988	Darwin Ortiz at the Card Table	53	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck
Edward Marlo	Red/Black Shuffle with Break		Related to Red/Black Shuffle (Laurie Ireland, Darwin Ortiz, 1988) Also published here Jordan/Ireland Shuffle Finesse (Edward Marlo, 2019)	1988	M.I.N.T. — Volume I	264	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck
	Red-Black Shuffle	single cards at center		1989	Out of this Hemisphere	1	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck
Daryl Martinez	The Shuffle Sequence	divided deck sequence for twenty-card packet		1989	Out of this Hemisphere	5	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck Cards / Sleights / Riffle Shuffle / Riffle on the table / False / Divided Deck
Sid Lorraine	Red/Black Shuffle	jog shuffle, added to later printing than 1989 (no year given)		1989	Out of this Hemisphere	8	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck
Jerry Sadowitz	A Million to One	spectator shuffles deck and cuts it into two equal piles - one is red one black		1989	Cards on the Table	11	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Spectator shuffles - Subtleties Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Spectator / Miscellaneous
Harry Lorayne	Alternating Red & Black Overhand Shuffle	preserving alternating set-up		1989/91	Sonata	213	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck
	Divided Deck Shuffle	with break between halves		1991	Page Wright's Manuscript	182	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck
	Divided Deck Shuffle	run in the center		1992	Ein Profi packt aus...	21	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck
Charles T. Jordan	Red/Black Shuffle	running single cards in the center	Also published here Red/Black Shuffle (Charles T. Jordan, 1919/1920)	1992	Charles Jordan's Best Card Tricks	120	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck
Karl Fulves	"Dealing Dovetail Detection" Notes	No. 95, on the divided deck shuffle		1992	Charles Jordan's Best Card Tricks	121	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck
	Red-Black Shuffle			1993	Cartomagia Fundamental	82	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck
Laurie Ireland	Red-Black Shuffle	brief		1994	Las Vegas Kardma	156	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck
Charles T. Jordan	Red-Black Shuffle			1995	Card College — Volume 1	113	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck
	Red Black Overhand Shuffle	Jordan/Ireland		1995	Inside Cardmagic	112	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck
	Red/Black Overhand Shuffle			1995	What's Up Deck?	87	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck
Charles T. Jordan, Larry Jennings	Red/Black Overhand Shuffle	with verbal ploy to cover single run		1997	Jennings '67	113	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck
Jim Zachary	Jimbo's Sneaky Shuffle Action	divided deck overhand shuffle with one half short		1997	Simon Says!	138	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Svengali Principle / Other Applications & Handling of Long-Short-Deck Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck
Charles T. Jordan	False Overhand Shuffle	red/black shuffle		2001	Paul Curry's Worlds Beyond	185	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck
Harry Lorayne	New Red/Black Shuffle	with in-the-hands variation in Afterthoughts	Inspired by Red-Black Riffle Shuffle (1973)	2001	Personal Collection	49	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck Cards / Sleights / Riffle Shuffle / Riffle on the table / False / Divided Deck
Steve Beam	The Underhand Shuffle	The Basic Shuffle Double Undercut Alternative Top Stock Retention Face Up Throw-Off Center Card Retention Center Stock Retention Red / Black Shuffle Controlling A Selection with Retention of Full Deck Order Controlling A Freely-Replaced Selection Retaining Full-Deck Order		2001	The Underhand Shuffle	3	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Shuffle Controls Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / Transfers & Displacements Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Partial Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Full Deck / Miscellaneous
Roberto Giobbi	Ireland Red-Black Shuffle	with break to eliminate long single run	Also published here On the Red-black Overhand Shuffle (Roberto Giobbi, Laurie Ireland, Charles T. Jordan, 2003)	May 2001	MAGIC (Vol. 10 No. 9)	74	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck
Laurie Ireland	Ireland Shuffle			2002	Scams & Fantasies with Cards	49	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck
Charles T. Jordan	Red-Black Shuffle			Sep./Oct. 2002	The Penumbra (Issue 3)	6	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck
Steve Beam	R&B Shuffle		Variations Shuffle Number Two (Steve Beam, 2022)	2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	248	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck
Roberto Giobbi, Laurie Ireland, Charles T. Jordan	On the Red-black Overhand Shuffle	finesse to eliminate long single run	Related to Red/Black Shuffle (Laurie Ireland, Darwin Ortiz, 1988) Also published here Ireland Red-Black Shuffle (Roberto Giobbi, 2001) Red-Black Overhand Shuffle (Roberto Giobbi, 2008)	2003	Card College — Volume 5	1119	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli)	I. General Procedures	procedures in which the spectator and/or performer shuffles but retains certain aspects of the red-black distribution of the deck Procedure A Procedure B Procedure C Procedure D: Into This Universe Procedure E: Into Two Universes Procedure F: Multiple Shuffle Procedure		Mar. 2006	The Penumbra (Issue 10)	13	Cards / Principles / Riffle Shuffle Concepts / Divided Stack Cards / Sleights / Controls / Spectator shuffles - Subtleties Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck Cards / Sleights / Riffle Shuffle / Riffle on the table / False / Divided Deck
Steve Beam	Northern Ireland Shuffle	variation on the Ireland Red/Black Overhand Shuffle, minimising single card run	Variations Shuffle Number Two (Steve Beam, 2022)	2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6	229	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck
Lennart Green	Placement Piles Deal	card at specific position retained despite carelessly dropping piles from the hand onto the table, like Jordan/Ireland shuffle onto table		2008	The Green Northern Lights Magic	39	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Shuffle Placement Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck
Roberto Giobbi	Red-Black Overhand Shuffle		Also published here On the Red-black Overhand Shuffle (Roberto Giobbi, Laurie Ireland, Charles T. Jordan, 2003)	Feb. 2008	Genii (Vol. 71 No. 2)	14	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck
	Red/Black Overhand Shuffle with Break			2008	Zarrow: A Lifetime of Magic	253	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli)	I. General Procedures (continued)	Procedure G	Related to I. General Procedures (Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli), 2006)	Nov. 2009	The Penumbra (Issue 11)	2	Cards / Principles / Riffle Shuffle Concepts / Divided Stack Cards / Sleights / Controls / Spectator shuffles - Subtleties Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck
Jon Allen	Divided Deck Shuffle with Spectators	deck distributed, center packet shuffled by performer		2009	Experience: The Magic of Jon Allen	95	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Divided Deck Cards / Sleights / Controls / Spectator shuffles - Subtleties Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck
Steve Beam	Northern Ireland Shuffle	brief		2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	104	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck
Karl Fulves	Running The Aces	"Notes On A Classic Principle" running cards singly in the center 27th Position		2011	Xtra Credit (Issue 9)	64	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck
Steve Beam	Northern Ireland Shuffle	variation on the Ireland Red/Black Overhand Shuffle, minimising single card run		2011	FFFF-ing Great Card Moves	3	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck
Steve Beam	The Underhand Shuffle - A Primer	The Work Finer Points Why It Works Double Undercut Alternative Top-Stock Only Cutting The Pack Face Up Throw-Off Retaining a Card Near the Center Retaining the Middle Stock Red/Black Shuffle As a Full-Deck Control		2011	FFFF-ing Great Card Moves	5	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / Transfers & Displacements Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Partial Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Full Deck / Miscellaneous
Jerry Sadowitz	Spectator Shuffles Red/Black Deck		Related to A Million to One (Jerry Sadowitz, 1989)	2013	Red Black	3	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Spectator shuffles - Subtleties Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck
Steve Beam	The Under Cover Shuffle	Overhand false shuffle Drop & Swap Control		2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10	234	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Partial
Jerry Sadowitz	Spectator Shuffles Red/Black Deck		Related to A Million to One (Jerry Sadowitz, 1989)	2015	Red Black 2.0	3	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Spectator shuffles - Subtleties Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck
Laurie Ireland, Charles T. Jordan	The Ireland shuffle			2018	Kino.	94	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck
Edward Marlo	Jordan/Ireland Shuffle Finesse	starting with break	Also published here Red/Black Shuffle with Break (Edward Marlo, 1988)	2019	Beyond the Z	42	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck
Charles T. Jordan	Divided Deck Overhand Shuffle			2019	Paper Work	13	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck
Bill Malone	Overhand Red-Black Shuffle	in three parts that are put down on the table		2020	Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2	878	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck
Andi Gladwin	Undu Shuffle	with center packet throw, also as red-black shuffle	Inspired by Off-Hand Overhand Shuffle (Doug Edwards, 1997)	2020	The Boy Who Cried Magic	119	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Full Deck / Single Runs & Jogs
Edward Marlo	Red Black Shuffle with Break			Dec. 2020	Genii (Vol. 83 No. 12)	46	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck
Charles T. Jordan	Divided Deck Shuffle			2021	Bewildering Impuzzibilities	20	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck
Steve Beam	Beam's Red & Black Shuffles	intro		2022	Gagnon's Inner Sanctum	124	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck
Steve Beam	Shuffle Number One	three-shuffle sequence		2022	Gagnon's Inner Sanctum	124	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck
Steve Beam	Shuffle Number Two		Inspired by R&B Shuffle (Steve Beam, 2002) Northern Ireland Shuffle (Steve Beam, 2006)	2022	Gagnon's Inner Sanctum	125	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck
Laurie Ireland, Charles T. Jordan	Ireland Shuffle			2022	The Elusive Illusive	18	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck
Alexander Hansford	Red/Black Shuffle Combination	overhand shuffle followed by honest riffle shuffle		2023	NeatCon 2023	42	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck Cards / Sleights / Riffle Shuffle / Riffle on the table / False / Divided Deck
Roberto Giobbi	False Shuffle Synergy	combination that retains a red/black alternating order, starts with divided deck		2024	Unexpected Agenda (Issue Oct. 23)	308	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Partial Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Red-Black Stack (not simply divided)
Charles T. Jordan	Divided Deck Overhand Shuffle			2024	Repertoire II	81	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck
Charles T. Jordan	Red-Black Overhand Shuffle	"Ireland Shuffle"		2024	Flamenco	112	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck