1,390 entries in Cards / Sleights / Riffle Shuffle
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Charles T. Jordan Impromptu Card Reader from the bottom
Related to 1984 130
Karl Fulves, William P. Miesel Notes by Karl Fulves riffle stacking from the bottom
1984 130
Jack Merlin The Riffle Stack from "And A Pack of Cards" (1928)
Related to 1984 131
Purvis W. Miller Setting Up Poker Hands stacking two hands
Related to 1984 132
Lin Searles Las Vegas Shuffles - The Stock Shuffle from the bottom
Also published here 1984 132
Lin Searles Las Vegas Shuffles - The Cull Shuffle from the bottom, positions known
1984 135
Lin Searles The Cull-Stock Shuffle positions known, from bottom
1984 137
Jack Avis, Dr. James William Elliott On Dr. Elliott's Run-Ups
Also published here 1984 139
Karl Fulves Notes by Karl Fulves on Dr. Elliott's Run-Up System
1984 141
Dr. James William Elliott Running Up or Stacking Combinations copied from "Elliott's Legacy to the Conjuring Fraternity"
1984 142
Karl Fulves Run Up Problem stacking out-jogged cards, posed as a problem
1984 146
Harry Green One Shuffle Stacking
  • Pre-Established Breaks
  • Riffle Breaks
Variations 1984 147
Roy Walton The Double Ended Run Up stacking on top and bottom simultaneously
Also published here 1984 149
Karl Fulves More Shuffle Problems
  • Previous Erdnase
  • Dollar Deal
  • Haunted Transfer
  • Markers
1984 150
Karl Fulves Block Transfer Shuffles chapter intro, definition and information
1984 166
Karl Fulves Holding Back basics
1984 168
Karl Fulves Blocking Off
1984 169
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
Karl Fulves The Restacking Problem chapter intro
Related to 1984 191
Karl Fulves The Restacking Problem players leave or arrive after deck is already stacked, several solutions:
  • 4 Hands to 3
  • 5 Hands to 4
  • 5 Hands to 3
  • 3 Hands to 5
  • Mind Games (including finding some thought of cards (blindfold poker deal))
Related toVariations 1984 192
Karl Fulves A Cull Stock Shuffle applying Restacking Problem to cull stock shuffling
1984 200
Steve Beam False Faro diagonal pressure and swivel cut
Related to 1984 59
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
George Pierce, Charles T. Jordan, Karl Fulves Flying Colors No. 14, deck riffle shuffled twice by spectator, yet it separates into colors
1984 21
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
Edward Marlo Perfect False Riffle Shuffle very brief
1985 45
Top to Bottom Transfer without disturbing the top stock
1985 326
Riffle Stack basic procedure
1985 376
Hugh Johnston Hugh Johnston Shuffle
1985
Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Mystyx)
702
Edward Marlo, John Riggs Perfect False Riffle Shuffle variation
1985 210
Poker Trick Aces riffle shuffled in deck yet controlled (top stock control), then stacked with two shuffles (perfectly alternating near top)
1985 3
William Larsen Card Control cutting wanted card near bottom via riffle shuffle with glimpse, then face-up overhand shuffle
1985 10
Gamblers' Move top stock control with crimped deck (1937)
Related to 1985 10
Jack McMillen Gamblers' Riffle Stack riffle glimpsing cards (1937)
1985 10
T. Nelson Downs TND Dovetail Shuffle
1985 15
Charlie Miller Shuffle Misdirection apparent mistake or clumsiness, top stock control or addition from knee (1939)
1985 26
Charlie Miller False Riffle Shuffles brief
1985 27
Gamblers' Stock Control with bridge
Related to 1985 4
Four-Card Riffle Shuffle Control Stevens Control type
Also published here 1985 4
Gus Southall top stock control, top stock shuffled into deck (letter to Southall, 1960-03-26)
Also published here 1985 5
Face-Up Stock Stock Control top stock shuffled into deck
1985 6
One-Card Riffle Shuffle Control Stevens Control type
Also published here 1985 6
Dai Vernon False Shuffle with fair cut before strip out
Related to 1985 27
Dad Stevens Stevens Riffle Control
1986 103
Dai Vernon Vernon Block Transfer with Triumph Shuffle
1986 105
Steve Conner Triumphand Waterfall very bold in-the-hands false faro shuffle
Related to Feb. 1986
Apocalypse (Vol. 9 No. 2)
1168
Dai Vernon Triumph Shuffle
Apr. 1986
Apocalypse (Vol. 9 No. 4)
1195
Karl Fulves Shuffle Diagrams pen and paper method for riffle shuffle
Related to 1986 21
Karl Fulves Formations way to write out result of riffle shuffle on paper
Related to 1986 23
Karl Fulves Scribble Shuffles way to write out possible results after riffle shuffle on paper
1986 26
Karl Fulves Reverse Riffle Shuffles
1986 27
Karl Fulves C-Color problem of reconstructing original stack after riffle shuffle, no solution
1986 30
Dai Vernon The Vernon Triumph Shuffle
1986 74
Dai Vernon On the Push-Through Shuffle
1987 44
Dai Vernon, Fred Black Fred Black Shuffle Variation credit information
1987 113
Randy Tanner, Dai Vernon Triumphant False Shuffle
June 1987
Apocalypse (Vol. 10 No. 6)
1367
John Scarne Shuffle Control according to Fulves the real thing
1987 2
Karl Fulves Karl Fulves Notes on John Scarne's "Shuffle Control", combination with crimp
Related to 1987 5
Karl Fulves Any Named Ace any Ace is cut to in a shuffled deck, riffle cull
Inspired by 1987 6
Karl Fulves Erdnase Blind Shuffles comments on Erdnase's full deck false riffle shuffles
Related to 1987 17
Karl Fulves False Shuffles chapter intro
1987 17
Blind Shuffle - Second Method from Erdnase
Related to 1987 19
Blind Shuffle - Third Method from Erdnase
Related to 1987 20
John Northern Hilliard Hilliard's Inverted Vee
Related to 1987 20
William Larsen, Jack McMillen, T. Page Wright The L.W. False Shuffle from Genii, February 1937, with finesse by McMillen
1987 22
Edward Victor Victor's False Shuffle
Also published here 1987 23
J. W. Sarles J.W. Sarles False Shuffle no cover cards
1987 25
Karl Fulves Commentary on False Riffle Shuffles
1987 29
Karl Fulves Shuffle Tricks chapter intro
1987 30
Karl Fulves Shuttle Shuffle named card vanishes from deck in NPO, transfer shuffle from one half to the other
1987 34
Dai Vernon Vernon Triumph Shuffle with block transfer
1987 150
Falschmischen rot-schwarz
Related to 1987 26
Steve Draun The Web Shuffle special crimped card, the real work otherwise
Also published here 1987 20
Steve Draun The Perfect Blind Shuffle with triple cut
Also published here 1987 24
Ron Wilson Red/Black Shuffles spectator riffle and overhand shuffles the cards, the deck ends up almost separated in red and black
1987 25
Arthur H. Buckley Red-Black Riffle Shuffle
1988 230
Herb Zarrow The Zarrow Shuffle also as red-black shuffle
1988 53
Darwin Ortiz Four-Shuffle Riffle Stacking
1988 59
Darwin Ortiz Two-Shuffle Riffle Stacking
1988 60
Darwin Ortiz Strip-Out Shuffle with Block Transfer
Variations 1988 68
Edward Marlo Zarrow Shuffle Riffle Stacking
1988 76
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 Latest Riffle Shuffle Systems two shuffle stack
1988 65
Edward Marlo Five Card Stack stacking five cards in 2 shuffles
1988 66
Edward Marlo The Riffle Shuffle Culls blocking off
1988 67
Edward Marlo A Three Shuffle Cull using non-card-table-standard procedures
1988 68
Edward Marlo Full House Cull three shuffles
1988 69
Edward Marlo Marlo's Cull System
1988 70
Edward Marlo Full House Cull and Stack
1988 72
Edward Marlo Combination Cull Stack
1988 73
Edward Marlo Block Transfer Shuffle
1988 75
Edward Marlo Shuffling and Cutting to the Aces using riffle cull approach
1988 77
Edward Marlo The Flush Cull and Stack
1988 79
Edward Marlo Culling Two Sets of Fours demonstration cull
1988 81
Edward Marlo Sophisticated Cull Stack
1988 82
Edward Marlo From a Shuffled Deck
1988 84
Edward Marlo 5 Hands - One Riffle Shuffle stacking four cards
1988 86
Edward Marlo Center Riffle Shuffle Stack two shuffles, four cards
1988 88
Edward Marlo Efficient Full House Cull and Stack four shuffles at most
1988 89
Edward Marlo One Shuffle Stack
1988 90
Edward Marlo Expediting a Stack combining riffle shuffle with table faro
1988 92
Edward Marlo Revised Double Stack double duke
1988 92
Edward Marlo Logical Stack Procedure "Demo Riffle Stacks", four Aces in two, then one shuffles
1988 96
Edward Marlo A Royal Flush Stack "Demo Riffle Stacks", one shuffle stack
1988 98
Edward Marlo One Side Riffle Work while shuffling only one side is controlled
Related toVariations 1988 102
Edward Marlo The Roman Shuffle Stack
1988 103
Edward Marlo Roman Shuffle Plus Short Cards
1988 104
Edward Marlo Roman Shuffle Bottom Cull using short cards
1988 105
Edward Marlo New Approach Strip-Out Shuffle
1988 107
Edward Marlo Tip on the Push Thru
1988 108
Edward Marlo The Bluff Push Thru Shuffle
1988 109
Edward Marlo False Shuffle and Cut Combinations
  • First Method
  • Second Method
  • Third Method
  • Fourth Method
Related to 1988 113
Edward Marlo The Oh Henry Stack three methods, other sources mentioned
Related to 1988 138
Justin Higham False Shuffle Side-Faro False Shuffle
VariationsAlso published here 1988 14
Justin Higham Covered Block Transfer
Variations 1988 17
Justin Higham Covered Riffle Stack
1988 17
Justin Higham Multiple Cover Block Transfer
Variations 1988 17
René Lavand False Shuffle one handed, only photos
Related to 1988 34
Daryl Martinez The Shuffle Sequence divided deck sequence for twenty-card packet
1989 5
Dai Vernon On the Hay False Dovetail Shuffle variation on Henry Hay Shuffle
1989 44
Jerry Sadowitz Name a Card Triumph from shuffled deck using riffle culling
Inspired byRelated to 1989 95
Karl Fulves Angle Transfer center block transfer
1989 27
Karl Fulves Crazy Colors partial color separation shown after one riffle shuffle
1989 32
Bob King Controlled Surprise three shuffles and Aces are back on top
1989 3
Juan Tamariz The Cascade Shuffle - Total False Shuffle in Cascade with two strip out variations
Variations 1989/91 77
Paul Cummins, Martin A. Nash Honest Aces Shuffle Variation
1990 64
Harry Lorayne Imaginative Ace Controls two top stock controls with cutting sequences
1990 201
Ken Krenzel False Dovetail Shuffle
1990 169
Edward Marlo Two Shuffle Cull two riffle shuffles to cull full house, two more to stack it, "It is understood that the above information is to be used for entertainment purposes only."
1990 62
Bob King Supreme Control Aces shuffled into deck, back on top, top stock control with a crimp
Also published here 1990 8
Michael Powers CARDial Infraction one shuffle and cutting, second phase with Marlo/Gardner kicker
Inspired by 1990 32
Herb Zarrow Zarrow Shuffle brief
1990 8
Karl Fulves X Markes the Plot Aces lost with riffle shuffles and a straight cut, then dealt off the top again
Variations 1990
Cheat Sheet (Issue 2)
12
Herb Zarrow Zarrow Shuffle
1990 20
Justin Higham The Rapid Shuffle Stack four Aces
Related to Oct. 1990
Technomagic (Issue 4)
29
Justin Higham Reverse Rapid Shuffle Stack four Aces
Oct. 1990
Technomagic (Issue 4)
29
Justin Higham Slow-Motion Stripout Shuffle for hard surface, bottom section not part of the weave
Oct. 1990
Technomagic (Issue 4)
29
Justin Higham One Riffle Shuffle Stack four Aces
Dec. 1990
Technomagic (Issue 6)
42
Doug Edwards Easy Zarrow Shuffle simplified
Related to Feb. 1991
Apocalypse (Vol. 14 No. 2)
1892
Bill Kalush Phoniest Riffle Shuffle
Nov. 1991
Apocalypse (Vol. 14 No. 11)
1998
Alex Elmsley Just Lucky riffle stacking for four players in which top card is lost every time
1991 391
Simple Red-Black Shuffle
1991 235
Spectator's Red-Black Shuffle
1991 235
Edward Marlo Repeat Shank Shuffle Sans Block Transfer sequence to make it look as if the top cards are lost
July 1991 16
Roger Klause The Automatic Block Transfer
1991 121
Roger Klause The No-Count Zarrow two-shuffle, step instead of holding back specific number of cards
1991 125
Vanni Bossi A Tip for Riffle Shuffle Push-Off Little Finger Technique tip
1991 22
T. Page Wright False Shuffles and Cuts
1991 89
William Larsen, T. Page Wright The L. W. False Shuffle one half pushed over the other, fan cover
1991 90
Jack McMillen Incomplete Shuffle Subtlety starting a Zarrow type shuffle with secret incomplete shuffle (cards sticking out randomly), spectator can do and feel final square up
1991 91
Jim Roberts Hold 'um Stack
1991
Swindle Sheet (Issue 5)
52
David Driscoll Blind Riffle Stack Ace is on top and bottom, spectator puts third Ace on top or bottom without the performer knowing where, yet the performer stacks all three Aces
Inspired by 1991
Swindle Sheet (Issue 8)
91
Frank Thompson Frank Thompson's System on the fly
Variations 1991
Swindle Sheet (Issue 8)
91
Jerry K. Hartman, Karl Fulves College for Crooks four indifferent cards stacked to spectator, performer receives Aces
Inspired by 1991 432
Al Smith Slip Sliding Awaces Ace production with slip cuts, optional retaining of red/black separation with Zarrows
1991 4
Doug Edwards The Diffler Riffler similarities to Zarrow Concept
Apr. 1992
Apocalypse (Vol. 15 No. 4)
2057
Herb Zarrow Zarrow Shuffle brief
1992 8
Dai Vernon Triumph Shuffle Block Transfer
1992 9
Jack Carpenter Riffle Stacking Sequences
1992 100
Jack Carpenter Notes on Riffle Stacking
1992 103
Jack Carpenter The Carpenter Full-Deck False Shuffle Zarrow shuffle sequence
1992 149
Edward Marlo, James Swain One Shuffle Riffle Stack
Inspired by 1992 28
Edward Marlo, James Swain Block Stacking Sequence
Inspired by 1992 29
Alex Elmsley Just Lucky Shuffle four handed via three shuffles
Related to 1992 32
Gambler's False Riffle Shuffle with bridge
Related to 1992 10
Gamblers' Riffle Control with bridge
Related to 1992 10
Four Card Control Stevens Control with Triumph Shuffle principle
Also published here 1992 11
Frederick Braue One Card Control Stevens Control with Triumph Shuffle principle
Also published here 1992 12
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
Frederick Braue Braue Lace-Through False Shuffle
1992 14
Herb Zarrow Super-Mezcla Falsa Zarrow Shuffle
1992 87
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 Epilogue to Epilogue on a Jack Liuso satire article in Hierophant #4, Ed Marlo, Karl Fulves, Neal Elias letters, Ed Marlo letters, all on riffle shuffle work and Marlo & Daley, blindfold deal credit information
Dec. 1992 7
Jon Racherbaumer About the Block Transfer credit information and discussion, Ed Marlo and Al Leech letter
Dec. 1992 23
Justin Higham False Shuffle Side-Faro False Shuffle, improved handling
Inspired by Mar. 1992
Tech-Notes (Issue 1)
6
Justin Higham Top Down Riffle Stack four Aces, stacking from top down
Inspired byRelated to May 1992
Tech-Notes (Issue 3)
28
Justin Higham Block Transfer Finesse
Inspired by May 1992
Tech-Notes (Issue 3)
29
Steve Draun Push-Through Shuffle and Triple Cut
Related toAlso published here 1993 28
Steve Draun The W.E.B. Shuffle special crimped card, the real work otherwise
Also published here 1993 72
Herb Zarrow Zarrow Shuffle
1993 120
Karl Fulves Riffle Shuffle Center Control getting angle jog from step
1993 160
Riffle Stacking
1993 167
Dai Vernon, Ernest Earick Vernon Shuffle Transfer, variant 1
Inspired by 1993 170
Ernest Earick Poker Blind two shuffle stack for four cards, five hands
1993 178
Dai Vernon, Ernest Earick Vernon Shuffle Transfer, variant 2
Inspired by 1993 180
Ernest Earick Tandem in One one shuffle stack for two quartets, five players, random positions
1993 182
Ernest Earick The Case of the Inconstant Player adjusting five player stack if up to three leave or two arrive
Related to 1993 192
Jon Racherbaumer On the Stevens Control credit information
Related to 1993
The Olram File (Issue 14)
7
Edward Marlo Stevens Control Riffle Culling handling
Also published here 1993
The Olram File (Issue 14)
9
リフルシャフル (Riffle shuffle)
1993 34
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 36
Bob King Supreme Control Aces shuffled into deck, back on top, top stock control with a crimp
Also published here 1993 14
Bob King A Stack of Stacks four riffle shuffle stacking systems, assisted by a Breather Crimp
Inspired by 1993 19
Mike Bornstein Bornstein's Shift bottom block transfer, deck on edge
1993 36
Bob King Supreme Control Aces shuffled into deck, back on top, top stock control with a breather crimp
Also published here 1993 180
Eddie Fechter Small Stock False Shuffle
1993 203
René Lavand One-Handed False Shuffle and Cut
Related to 1993 58
Sid Fleischman The False Shuffle - Who Needs It?
1993 155
Sid Fleischman The Push Through False Shuffle Made Easy No. 1, reducing friction
  • Big Tip
  • A Bigger Tip
1993 157
Sid Fleischman The Zarrow Shuffle - Fleischman Handling No. 2, cards lifted on edge for squaring
1993 160
Vicente Canuto Mezclas Auténticas on shuffle methods
1993 55
Vicente Canuto 2.- Mezcla por Hojeo en la Mesa o a la Americana
1993 57
Vicente Canuto 1.- Para Conservar un Grupo Inferior false riffle shuffle to retain bottom stock
1993 75
Vicente Canuto 2.- Para Conservar un Grupo Superior false riffle shuffle to retain top stock
1993 75
Vicente Canuto La Mezcla en Cascada in the hands riffle shuffle and waterfall
1993 192
Allan Ackerman Some Thoughts on the Zarrow Shuffle
1994 52
Allan Ackerman The Slip Shod for setting up a Zarrow
Variations 1994 169
Herb Zarrow, Dai Vernon Zarrow Shuffle
1994 453
T. Nelson Downs Four Perfect Riffle Shuffles to Restore Full-Deck Order no perfect faros, but blocks are released (riffle shuffle stacking type)
1994 1085
Allan Ackerman A Bottom Block Transfer Technique
1994 16
Allan Ackerman On the Strip Out Shuffle brief tips
1994 17
Karl Fulves Double Time riffle shuffle control, shuffled and two piles formed and top cards named
1994 28
Karl Fulves Top Secret aces lost via tabled shuffles without crimps, then back on top
1994 90
Frank Thompson Frank Thompson's Method top stock riffle control
  • Thompson Ace Cutting
1994 94
Karl Fulves Parallel Offset automatic rear jog claim
1994 123
Gene Maze Table Replacement Control selection cut into tabled deck followed by riffle shuffle
1994 48
Gene Maze Push-Through Subtlety tilting deck for strip-out
1994 52
Martin A. Nash Up-and-Down Shuffle transferring top cards to bottom during riffle shuffle
1994 70
Herb Zarrow, Edward Marlo, David Neighbors Zarrow Shuffle
Sep. 1994
The Minotaur (Vol. 6 No. 3)
3
Meir Yedid Fake Faro Flourish riffling sound during unweaving
Related to 1994 29
Herb Zarrow Zarrow Shuffle description checked by Herb Zarrow according to p. 230
1994 17
Roger Crosthwaite Minus 51 Riffle Stack one-shuffle riffle stack
1994 24
Bob Irons Irons Control top stock
1994 75
Bob Irons Bottom Running-Cut placing a key card above the top stock during running cut, bottom strip
1994 104
Bob Irons Breather Stacking cull-stack, Aces and Kings have breather crimp
1994 106
Bob Irons One Shuffle Riffle Stack "riffle-off and double-break action"
Related to 1994 170
S. W. Erdnase Erdnase Squaring Action after riffle shuffle
1994 231
Roger Crosthwaite Punch Stack
Inspired by 1994 232
Ellison Poland Tabled Slough-Off Control with controlled riffle shuffle
1994 4
Danny Archer The Archer Shuffle full-deck false shuffle, cards are riffled in hands, waterfalled, and stripped out
Also published here 1994 7
Joseph K. Schmidt C.U.S.S. - A Riffle Shuffle Run-Up System "Cut Up Stock Stack"
1995 30
Joseph K. Schmidt The Double C.U.S.S. dealing Aces and Kings on the same deal
1995 36
Joseph K. Schmidt A Hell of a Poker Game Part I: Dealing four Aces with cards face up throughout.
Part II: Dealing Kings to the devil's hand and the Aces to your hand for a surprise finish.
Part III
Part IV: Dealing two hands - Kings to third hand, Aces to your hand.
1995 39
Joseph K. Schmidt "Clumsy Joe's" Riffle Shuffle Run-Up exploiting a reversed card
Related to 1995 49
Joseph K. Schmidt The "Sore-Armed" Bandid another system
1995 52
Darwin Ortiz Darwin's Bottom Runup System
Related toAlso published here
  • Genii, Mar. 1993
1995 178
Darwin Ortiz The Sting stacking & culling demo
Inspired by 1995 184
Roberto Giobbi Riffle Shuffle Techniques Introduction
1995 103
The Closed Riffle Shuffle
1995 105
S. W. Erdnase Squaring after the Shuffle
1995 107
The Open Riffle Shuffle
1995 108
Riffle Shuffle Stock Controls
  • Control of the Top Stock
  • Control of the Bottom Stock
  • Tip For Both Shuffles
1995 109
The Waterfall Riffle Shuffle
1995 110
The Spring Riffle Shuffle flourish shuffle
Related to 1995 176
Jack Merlin Jack Merlin Riffle Shuffle flourish
Related to 1995 177
Karl Fulves Tells All tells in riffle shuffle work
1995 3
Karl Fulves In Conclusion
1995 4
Karl Fulves Terms of Engagement chapter 2 intro, on practicing riffle shuffle work, surface, consistency, ...
1995 5
Karl Fulves The standard grip
1995 7
Karl Fulves Refinements
1995 8
Karl Fulves Cardboard Shuffle #1 exercise
1995 10
Karl Fulves Stretch Test exercise with rubber band
1995 11
Karl Fulves Not By The Book chapter 3 intro
1995 12
Karl Fulves Hold Backs chapter 4 intro
1995 19
Karl Fulves Hold One exercise
1995 19
Karl Fulves Holding Back Two exercise
1995 20
Karl Fulves Holding Back Three exercise
1995 22
Karl Fulves Mix Up exercise
1995 22
Karl Fulves Holding Back Four exercise
1995 23
Karl Fulves Don't Let The Left Hand... exercise
1995 24
Karl Fulves Hands Together exercise
1995 24
Karl Fulves Same But Different exercise
1995 24
Karl Fulves Flat Stax exercise with hold-backs and slip cuts
1995 24
Karl Fulves Accelerated Aces exercise with hold-backs and second deal
1995 26
Karl Fulves Cardboard Shuffle #2 exercise with card case and deck
1995 27
Karl Fulves ReStackJack jacks stacked for four-handed game, restacking for three players
1995 28
Karl Fulves A Glassic Test exercise, stacking with halves on top of glasses
1995 29
Karl Fulves Clipped Blocks stacking exercise for thick block hold-backs using paper clips
1995 31
Karl Fulves Bottom Hold stacking from the bottom
1995 32
Karl Fulves The Even Riffle chapter 5 intro, on riffle faro (real riffling) stacking, center stacking
1995 33
Karl Fulves Not So Primitive even riffle exercise
1995 35
Karl Fulves Lift Off even riffle exercise
1995 39
Karl Fulves Triple Trap even riffle exercise for interlacing top three cards
1995 39
Karl Fulves Same Time... even riffle exercise
1995 41
Karl Fulves ...Same Place even riffle exercise
1995 41
Karl Fulves At The Top even riffle exercise
1995 42
Karl Fulves Cardboard Shuffle #3 cardboard gimmick to practice low lift shuffles
1995 45
Karl Fulves Timed Release partial table faro at top
1995 47
T. Nelson Downs Downs Poker Trick
Related to 1995 48
Karl Fulves 3 Aces 4 Hands 1 Shuffle
1995 49
Karl Fulves Thumb Tips
1995 51
Karl Fulves Drop Offs chapter 6 intro
1995 52
Karl Fulves Cardboard Shuffle #4 exercise with card case, tape recorder suggestion for sound control
1995 52
Karl Fulves Quick Release drop off exercise, with additional "Conditions"
1995 54
Karl Fulves Larger Blocks drop off exercise
1995 57
Karl Fulves Blackjack For Three riffle stacking
1995 59
Karl Fulves The Poker Cheat three card stacking with short-cut
Inspired by 1995 61
Karl Fulves It Won't Work on the nature of riffle shuffle work
1995 62
Karl Fulves Two Card Stud riffle shuffle handling of Bruce Elliott overhand shuffle effect
1995 63
Theo Hardison Running Up Two reprinted from "Poker" (1914)
1995 64
Karl Fulves Running Up Three with note by Judson Cameron from "Cheating At Bridge" (1933)
1995 64
Karl Fulves, Jack Merlin Running Up Four "The first appearance in the magical literature of a four-card run-up was Jack Merlin's"
Related to 1995 65
Purvis W. Miller, Karl Fulves Miller Lite running up two poker hands, "See also The Downs-McGuire Letters."
Inspired by 1995 67
Karl Fulves Pre-Established Breaks chapter 7 intro
1995 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 69
Karl Fulves Pick-Up Poker stacking with pick-up technique
1995 72
Karl Fulves Multiple Breaks
  • The Triple Break
  • Mastering Triple Breaks
  • Large Blocks
1995 73
Karl Fulves Rock 'n Riffle riffling with fingers and transferring break to thumb
1995 76
Karl Fulves Double Break actually page 76A
1995 76
Karl Fulves Heavyset holding back large blocks
1995 77
Karl Fulves Center Breaks
1995 78
Karl Fulves Three?Four?Five? "quick one-shuffle run-up that can be used for any number of hands"
1995 79
Karl Fulves Bottom Breaks
1995 80
Karl Fulves Break Offs hit double lift applied to riffle shuffle break technique
Inspired by 1995 81
Karl Fulves Practicing Break Offs without a table
1995 82
Karl Fulves Speed Stacking
Inspired by 1995 83
Karl Fulves Re-Riffle "easy way to correct an error"
1995 85
Karl Fulves Stripper Controls
Related to 1995 86
Karl Fulves Equal Riffle on the timing of riffling both packets
1995 87
Karl Fulves Crimp Work short comment
1995 87
Karl Fulves Cheat Shuffle simplification
1995 87
Karl Fulves Putting Up Threes with slick Aces, illustrated Maskelyne's text
Inspired by
  • "Sharps and Flats" (1894)
1995 89
Karl Fulves Double Duke In One
1995 91
Karl Fulves Securing Threes cull-stack combination
  • The Underlying System
  • Adjustments
1995 102
Tommy Lake The Lake Run-Up one-shuffle
1995 108
Karl Fulves Much Into Little exercise for one-shuffle riffle stack
1995 109
Karl Fulves Red-Blue Timing player joins game, restacking problem, with exercise with odd-backed cards
1995 110
Karl Fulves Added Notes added to revised edition (ca. 1995?)
1995 17
Edward Marlo Marlo's Variation Of The Zarrow Shuffle
  • First Variation
  • Second Variation
  • Third Variation
  • Fourth Variation (see "Gambler's False Shuffle" reference)
  • Marlo's False Shuffle
  • A Cutting Action
  • Easy Technique For The Zarrow Shuffle
Inspired byAlso published here 1995
Facsimile (Issue 3 (Marlophile 1))
17
Simon Aronson The Aronson Stripout with final three-packet cut on table
  • Push Through Variation
  • Front Lift Variation
Related toVariations 1995 65
Edward Marlo Bonus Riffle Shuffle Finesse end tapping of deck on table before strip-out
1995 241
Jerry K. Hartman Strip Cut Shuffle full-deck false riffle shuffle, interlacing big blocks
Also published here 1995 69
Paul Cummins Personal Triumph
1996 1
Martin A. Nash Honest Aces Shuffle leaving four Aces jogged on the table for cutting effect
1996 8
Paul Harris The Perfectionist
  • The Perfectionist (red and blacks are apparently mixed but remain separated)
  • Transposed Perfectionist (reds and blacks transpose)
  • Mixed-Up Perfectionist (reds and blacks mix themselves)
Also published here 1996
The Art of Astonishment — Book 3 (Issue Close-up Kinda Guy)
109
Spectator Riffle Shuffles Once
1996
The Art of Astonishment — Book 3 (Issue Magical Arts Journal)
254
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 Scarne's Secret intro about Scarne's riffle culling and on the nature of riffle shuffle work with analogies
1996 1
Karl Fulves Riffle Glimpse chapter intro
1996 14
Karl Fulves Two Handed Glimpse riffle glimpse exercise with either hand
1996 18
Karl Fulves How Fast? discussion of speed of riffling with analogies from movies
1996 19
Karl Fulves Stop Order riffle glimpse exercise
1996 23
Karl Fulves Concluding Notes on riffle glimpse
1996 24
Karl Fulves Sizing Up Breaks chapter intro
1996 25
Karl Fulves How Small A Break? exercises
1996 27
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, 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 50
Karl Fulves Angled Square-Up
1996 60
Karl Fulves Reverse Step
1996 61
Karl Fulves Two Step blocking off two cards in one shuffle
1996 61
Karl Fulves Advanced Placement
1996 64
Karl Fulves Blocking The Aces exercise for riffle culling
1996 65
Karl Fulves Mastering The Riffle Stop exercises for riffle culling
1996 67
Karl Fulves Blocking Out X
1996 69
Karl Fulves Not Here what to do when wanted card was not glimpsed in riffle culling
1996 71
Karl Fulves Open Handed
1996 72
Karl Fulves In-Line Breaks
1996 76
Karl Fulves Peripherals riffle cull exercise with odd-backed card
1996 77
Karl Fulves Stand-Up Maneuvers comment
1996 80
Karl Fulves End Tap
1996 82
Karl Fulves A Note On Timing releasing cards during riffle shuffle, exercise
1996 104
Karl Fulves Center To Center stacking challenge, posed as problem
Related to 1996 109
Karl Fulves No Breaks chapter intro
1996 110
Karl Fulves Shuffle Crimp riffle cull with crimp
Related to 1996 110
Karl Fulves Short End short card as key
1996 118
Karl Fulves No-Break Cull using thick or short card
1996 119
Karl Fulves Cull-Stock Notes chapter intro
1996 122
Karl Fulves Color Cull exercise, culling five red cards to bottom
1996 123
Karl Fulves Cull To The Top
1996 124
Karl Fulves Royal Cull two pair or better riffle culled
1996 125
John Scarne The Flush Cull
1996 125
Karl Fulves A Quick Pair riffle culling a pair, including "Tips On The Handling"
1996 126
John Scarne John Scarne's Method blocking off above the card
Related to
  • "The Cull Riffle of the Mysterious Kid" (Revelations, 1984)
1996 129
Karl Fulves Four Of A Kind problems with riffle culling four-of-a-kind
1996 131
Karl Fulves The Edge edge marked cards and riffle culling
1996 132
Karl Fulves Cool Hand Duke cull stack
  • No Kings In Packet
  • One King In Packet
  • Two Kings In Packet
  • Three Kings In Packet
  • The Routine
1996 134
Karl Fulves Retaining Full Deck Order - Push Thru Method riffle culling a card while retaining order of rest
1996 137
Karl Fulves Zarrow Shuffle Method riffle culling a card while retaining order of rest
1996 138
Karl Fulves No Looking chapter intro, about glimpsing for card during riffle culling with shiner type things
1996 146
Karl Fulves Nail Glimpse clear nail polish
1996 147
Karl Fulves Stationary Shiner for Shuffle Work
1996 149
Karl Fulves Glimpse via Scarne shiner glimpse with Scarne's blocking off method (p. 129)
1996 150
Karl Fulves Transfer Cut bottom stock to top
Inspired by 1996 160
Karl Fulves, Sammy Green Con Man's Cut marking off where to cut
1996 163
Karl Fulves Blackjack Cut moving slug of high cards to bottom after shuffle and cut by shill
1996 165
Karl Fulves Option Cut bringing a glimpsed card to either top or bottom after it's blocked off
1996 170
Karl Fulves, John Scarne Cut For High Card
1996 175
Karl Fulves Reparation cull-stacking a pair
1996 179
Karl Fulves Retaining Top Stock two shuffles and straight cut, two procedures
1996 181
Karl Fulves Shuffle Functions
1996 183
Karl Fulves Bottom Stock Stays blocking off technique used
1996 184
Karl Fulves Bottom Stock To Top
1996 185
Karl Fulves Stock Transfer bottom stock control despite obviously losing it
1996 186
Karl Fulves Two Edged spectator and performer remember any card they see during riffle shuffle, performer cuts to both cards, blocking off twice
1996 187
Karl Fulves Securing Break after blocking off
1996 192
Karl Fulves, Alek Akalaitis All Angle Square Up fine work
1996 198
Karl Fulves Center Stacking
1996 201
Gary Najarian Practicing Riffle Stacking
1996 203
Dai Vernon Dai Vernon False Shuffle
Related to 1996 8
Herb Zarrow Zarrow Shuffle
1996 9
Dai Vernon Triumph with Triumph Shuffle
Related to 1996 26
Push-Through Shuffle
1996 113
Karl Fulves Riffle Shuffle Transfer two cards in center brought to top and bottom
Related to 1996 37
Harry Riser Erdnase Aces tabled one-at-a-time Ace production, using riffle shuffle work from Erdnase
Inspired byVariations 1996 52
Dai Vernon Triumph Shuffle
1996 44
Eddie Tullock Eddie's Breakthrough Shuffle
  • Doing the Breakthrough Shuffle Standing Up
  • Shuffling at the Table
1996 12
Dad Stevens Dad Stevens' Other Shuffle no interlacing
Related toVariations 1997 57
Jack Carpenter Riffle 'n' Roll one-shuffle stack, Aces for five hands
1997 77
Jack Carpenter Running Load running cut to prepare and preload for riffle stacking
1997 78
William Goodwin The Delayed False Shuffle in-the-hands-spread delay
1997 15
Svengali Shuffle
1997 247
Svengali Shuffle
1997 255
Svengali Shuffle
1997 259
Svengali Shuffle
1997 324
John Luka Zarrow Shuffle Finesse
1997 87
Doug Edwards Easy Zarrow Shuffle Finesse on the Zarrow, bevelled packets
Related to 1997 83
Doug Edwards Shank Shuffle Finesse Bevelled deck
1997 89
Doug Edwards Roll Over And Strip Deck is flipped over before strip out action as a subtlety
1997 93
Eric Anderson Shufflesque
1997 37
Simon Lovell Pushthroughriffleshufflethinks
1997 86
Dieter Ebel Der falsche Hindu strip-out during hindu shuffle that follows the riffle shuffle
1997
Intermagic (Vol. 21 No. 2)
57
Ariel Frailich Imp Cop Handling card lapped from riffle shuffle
Inspired by 1997 38
Frank Thompson, Edward Marlo Thompson-Marlo False Shuffle delayed strip-out
1997 58
Jerry Sadowitz Culling From the Top Third of the Pack using Zarrow Shuffle, with the sections:
  • Culling One Card
  • Culling Any Card in the Top Third, Culling Any Two/Three/Four Cards in the Top Third
  • Staggering For Two
  • Zeros
Variations 1997/98 1
Jerry Sadowitz Culling From the Bottom Third of the Pack using Zarrow Shuffle, with the sections
  • Culling One Card
  • Culling Any Card in the Lower Third, Culling Any Two/Three/Four Cards in the Lower Third
  • Staggering For Two
  • Zeros
1997/98 9
Jerry Sadowitz Culling From the Top and Bottom Third using Zarrow shuffle
1997/98 15
Jerry Sadowitz The Elusive Fourth Card how to handle the fourth card when culling a quartet, with sections:
  • Controlling a Fourth Card, Left of Centre
  • Controlling a Fourth Card, Right of Centre
1997/98 17
Jerry Sadowitz Final Notes on riffle culling with the Zarrow Shuffle
1997/98 25
Dad Stevens Stevens Cull brief
1998 13
Martin A. Nash Honest Aces Shuffle leaving four Aces jogged on the table for cutting effect
1998 18
Andrew Wimhurst Faster Shuffle one-shuffle Stack, five hands
1998 25
Andrew Wimhurst Cooler Shuffle actually a set up cut for Zarrow or Strip Out
1998 44
Herb Zarrow A Brief Description of the Zarrow Shuffle
1998 45
Roberto Giobbi Riffle Shuffle Techniques, Part 2
1998 627
Herb Zarrow The Zarrow Dynamic breakdown of the basic procedure
1998 629
Herb Zarrow The Zarrow Shuffle
1998 632
Herb Zarrow, Juan Tamariz, The Direct Zarrow Shuffle
  • With a Slip Cut
  • A Shuffle Strategy by Juan Tamariz
  • A Refined Block Cover
  • With Running Cuts
1998 634
The Pull-Through False Shuffle basic method
1998 637
Dai Vernon Vernon's Pull-through Shuffle Variant delayed strip-out
1998 641
Dai Vernon The Triumph Shuffle
1998 642
Various A Combination False Shuffle Zarrow and Triumph combined
1998 645
Martin A. Nash Controlling the Top Stock with a Riffle Shuffle
1998 645
S. W. Erdnase A Combination False Shuffle and Cut
1998 646
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
Dai Vernon, Juan Tamariz, Fred Black A red-black False Shuffle spectator pushes cards together
1998 649
Roberto Giobbi An In-the-hands False Shuffle
Also published here 1998 651
Gene Maze Cutting After a Push-Through Shuffle
Winter 1998 158
Joseph K. Schmidt Riffle Stacking from the Bottom credit information
Winter 1998 168
Lee Asher The Low Down Control
1998 1411
Harry Levine Handling the Shuffle one-handed riffle shuffle
1998 143
Jack Avis, Dr. James William Elliott Mystery of Elliott's Last Legacy interpretation of the Dr. Elliott runup system
Inspired by
  • "Elliott's Last Legacy", p. 318
Also published here
1998 60
René Lavand One-Hand False Shuffle strip-out shuffle
1998 18
Jeff Busby The Texans and Shuffle Work on using (bevel) edge-work in riffle shuffle context
Related to 1998 102
Jeff Busby Zarrow Shuffle Controls on Karl Fulves and his claims and slants regarding Jeff Busby
Related to 1998 103
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
Jeff Busby Riffle Shuffle Convincer combination of tabled faro with Zarrow to apparently shuffle twice and have a fair squaring action (optionally by spectator) after the Zarrow with still incompletely squared deck
Inspired by
  • Jack McMillen concept from "L. W. False Shuffle" (William Larsen Sr., T. Page Wright, Genii, Feb. 1937)
Related to
1998 113
Jeff Busby Vernon Triumph Shuffle Handling
1998 113
R. Paul Wilson Vested Sand three-of-a-kind riffle cull
Inspired by
  • "Major Dalby's Brag Stack" riffle cull (Jerry Sadowitz, The Crimp #15, Aug. 1993)
May 1998
Magic (Vol. 7 No. 9)
75
R. Paul Wilson Canister Jury three-of-a-kind riffle cull and stack
Inspired by
  • "Major Dalby's Brag Stack" riffle cull (Jerry Sadowitz, The Crimp #15, Aug. 1993)
May 1998
Magic (Vol. 7 No. 9)
76
Danny Archer Waterfall, Waterfall full-deck false shuffle, cards are riffled in hands, waterfalled, and stripped out
Also published here July 1998
Magic (Vol. 7 No. 11)
68
Guy Hollingworth Regarding the false shuffle. in the hands strip-out shuffle with waterfall
Variations 1999 169
Guy Hollingworth, Dai Vernon In-the-hands Triumph Shuffle
Variations 1999 252
James Swain Two Full-Deck Controls push-though and cut sequences
1999 87
Alex Elmsley Just Lucky Shuffle for 4 players in 3 shuffles
1999 140
James Swain Just Lucky Eight Card Stack double Duke
1999 144
Dad Stevens Stevens Control
1999 11
Andrew Wimhurst Stevens Cull Bit tip
1999 18
Allan Ackerman, Steve Forte The Bottom Up Zarrow a.k.a. BUZ
Also published here 1999 8
Allan Ackerman False Shuffle Display Bottom-Line precursor
Related toAlso published here 1999 33
Steve Mayhew The Zarrow Sequence stacking the cards, so the spectator can shuffle
1999 11
Dai Vernon Triumph Shuffle
1999 9
Roger Crosthwaite One Shuffle Riffle Stack
1999 110
Ellis Stanyon The Riffle Shuffle (Genuine) No. 3
1999 278
Ellis Stanyon Technical Terms for shuffle work
1999 278
Ellis Stanyon The "Riffle" Shuffle No. 8
1999 280
Ellis Stanyon The Waterfall Shuffle No. 17
1999 305
Ellis Stanyon The One-Handed Waterfall Shuffle No. 18, shuffle two-handed
1999 305
Justin Higham Combination Riffle Stack
  • Method One
  • Method One Plus Sucker Hand
  • Method Two
  • Method Three
  • Method Four
  • Method Five
Inspired by 1999 49
Justin Higham Double-Minus-2 Riffle Stack Aces put on top, one shuffle, then five-handed game dealt
  • 2 to 6 Hands Inclusive
  • 7 to 13 Hands Inclusive
1999 51
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 Note on the Strip-Out Shuffle
1999 56
Justin Higham Fake Zarrow Shuffle
Related toVariations 1999 58
Justin Higham Finessed Fourth Alternative
Inspired by 1999 59
Dan MacMillan, Edward Marlo Full Deck Control riffle shuffle and two cuts, delayed strip-out
Related to Apr. 1999
Onyx (Issue 7)
25
Ken Simmons Delayed Strip-Out/Push-Thru Shuffle
Apr. 1999
Onyx (Issue 7)
25
Peter Gröning Clean Cut Shuffle ends with clean cut
  • As a Block Transfer
    • From Bottom to Top
    • From Top to Bottom
1999 146
Fredric P. Lamazor C. False Cut/Shuffle (on the table) Sequence list of various techniques with short tips and comments
1999 5
Fredric P. Lamazor Push-Through Ploys
1999 5
Lee Asher Red Black Separation using Pulp Friction
2000 10
Riffle Shuffle Stacking
2000 918
Roberto Giobbi Final Observations on stacking
2000 920
Steve Bedwell The Hollariz False Shuffle
Inspired by 2000 23
Baltazar Fuentes No Slip Cut Single Zarrow Shuffle NSCSZS
running-cut set-up
Inspired by 2000 10
Baltazar Fuentes Fast Five Hand Poker Stack one shuffle, with pre-setting
2000 35
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
Martin Gardner, Charlie Miller Miller's Strip-Out push-through sequence with a straight cut, credited to Miller, letter from Martin Gardner from 1992
2000
Charlatan (Issue 4)
43