Bottom Stock

38 entries in Cards / Sleights / Riffle Shuffle / Riffle on the table / False / Partial / Bottom Stock
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Unknown For One Card controlling top card or bottom and top card
 		1897 New Era Card Tricks 46
S. W. Erdnase II. To Retain the Bottom Stock
Related to 1902 The Expert at the Card Table 36
S. W. Erdnase V. To Retain Bottom Stock. Riffle II and Cut IV Combination Riffle and Cuts
Related to 1902 The Expert at the Card Table 44
Unknown To Keep Certain Cards in View overhand and basic riffle shuffle methods for:
1. The bottom card
2. The top card
3a. A number of cards (jog shuffle)
3b. A number of cards (lift shuffle)
 		1938 Greater Magic 165
Unknown To Control "Top" and "Bottom" Cards by Riffle Shuffle
1941/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 1 257
Arthur H. Buckley Bottom Stock Blind Shuffle
1946 Card Control 102
Unknown Retaining the Bottom Card or Cards
1948 The Royal Road to Card Magic 30
Bill Simon The Bottom Stock Control
1952 Effective Card Magic 180
Edward Marlo N.B. for the Bottom Stock "No Breaks", using scratch edge marked key card
 		1959 Riffle Shuffle Systems 56
Dai Vernon Side Riffle Shuffle bottom stock
 		1960 More Inner Secrets of Card Magic 51
Unknown The Riffle Shuffle mention of top and bottom stock control
 		1977 The Magic Book 30
Doug Edwards A Las Vegas Cut running false cut, top and bottom control
 		1978 Cardmania 35
Joseph K. Schmidt The "Un-False" Shuffle
  • I - The Hand Off
  • II - The "Ladder-Job" (based on Jeff Busby)
Also published here Nov. 1985 Epoptica (Issue 7) 430
Unknown トップカード、ボトムカードを動かさない方法 (Method for retaining top/bottom card) With riffle shuffle
 		1993 Larry Jennings's Card Technique 36
Unknown Riffle Shuffle Stock Controls
  • Control of the Top Stock
  • Control of the Bottom Stock
  • Tip For Both Shuffles
 		1995 Card College — Volume 1 109
Karl Fulves Bottom Stock Stays blocking off technique used
 		1996 Blocking Off 184
Karl Fulves Stock Transfer bottom stock control despite obviously losing it
 		1996 Blocking Off 186
S. W. Erdnase A Combination False Shuffle and Cut
1998 Card College — Volume 3 646
Lee Asher The Low Down Control
1998 The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 68) 1411
Unknown Simple Bottom Stock Control tabled riffle shuffle and center cut
 		2001 My Best Self-Working Card Tricks 65
Joseph K. Schmidt The Un-False Shuffle cutting sequence to lead into a top stock control, double duke application
Related toAlso published here 2001 Charlatan (Issue 5) 55
Edward Marlo Kid Royal Concept delayed strip out
  • Block Strip Out with Triple Cut
  • To Keep the Bottom Stock
Also published here 2007 Marlo on Erdnase 36
Jerry K. Hartman ToBo False Shuffles – Riffle Shuffle false tabled riffle shuffle to retain both top and bottom stock
 		2007 Card Dupery 16
Roberto Giobbi Combination Riffle and Cuts - To Retain Bottom Stock. Riffle II and Cut IV notes
Related to Sep. 2011 Genii (Vol. 74 No. 9) 21
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
Juan Villarejo Control Inferior de los Ases
2017 El Mago en la Mesa de Juego — Volumen I 13
Shane Cobalt Riffle Shuffles
Related to 2019 The Acorn Notes 16
Edward Marlo Throw-Off Riffle Shuffle Control
Also published here 2019 Output (Issue 2) 21
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 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1 62
Steve Forte Boxing the Deck cutting a quarter to the top and then splitting in center for riffle shuffle
 		2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1 91
Steve Forte Double- and Triple-cuts (top or bottom slugs) strip cut, optionally followed by riffle shuffle
 		2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1 93
Steve Forte Three-part Positioning Strip (bottom slug) strip cut, optionally followed by riffle shuffle
 		2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1 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 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1 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 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1 99
Steve Forte Riffling Up
  • JN false cut
by gambler JN, bottom slug riffled into deck, followed by boxing cut
Variations 2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1 108
Steve Forte Spring Riffle-Off riffling off slug at once
 		2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1 108
Steve Forte Forte's Favorites - bottom slug procedure combination
 		2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1 113
Steve Forte Bottom-slug Demo
2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2 845