1,397 entries in Cards / Sleights / Riffle Shuffle
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
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
Andrew Wimhurst The Wimhurst False Shuffle Strip Out Shuffle with Jogged Fan
2001 2
Andrew Wimhurst On the Lavand False Shuffle One Handed False Shuffle using second Hand for strip out
2001 4
Simple Bottom Stock Control tabled riffle shuffle and center cut
2001 65
David Malek Strip Out Shuffle With a Block Transfer also as a top stock control
Inspired by 2001 21
David Malek Comedy Shuffle obviously fake riffle shuffle
2001 26
David Malek Hustlers Shuffle full or half deck
2001 33
David Malek Thoughts on Shuffling
2001 40
David Malek Malek Riffle Stack Refinement top card is not stacked in last shuffle
2001 50
Harry Lorayne New Red/Black Shuffle with in-the-hands variation in Afterthoughts
Inspired by 2001 49
Stevens Control Variation
2001 117
R. Paul Wilson Antipathy red and black cards riffle shuffled together and "unshuffled" again, using Engblom's Anti-Faro
2001 7
Karl Hein The Heinstein Shuffle fake in-the-hands cascade
Apr. 2001
Genii (Vol. 64 No. 4)
50
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
Steve Reynolds From Erdnase to Zarrow
  • Mole Notes
Bottom Line Zarrow square up finesse
Inspired byAlso published here May/June 2001
Mr. Gadfly (Vol. 1 No. 1)
27
David Regal The World's First Card Trick top card after spectator's shuffle is predicted
2002 7
Darwin Ortiz Strip-Out Shuffle with Block Transfer
2002 56
Bill Malone The Malone Shuffle bold, simulation weave, lengthwise, for correction see reference "False shuffle fix"
Related toAlso published here Feb. 2002
Magic (Vol. 11 No. 6)
66
Edward Marlo Two Shuffle (Zarrow) Stack four cards, three hands
2003 56
David Ben In-the-Hands Zarrow Shuffle tilt
2003 91
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 Hoffmann + Erdnase connecting multiple shift, diagonal palm shift and false shuffles
Related to 2003
Off The Books (Issue 10)
184
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
Red / Black Shuffle with small packet, riffle shuffle on table
2003 90
Luis H. Trueba Mezcla Falsa Auténtica in the hands false riffle shuffle, strip-out cut
2003 132
Break via Blocking Off picking up a break near bottom of tabled deck
Also published here 2003 40
Edward Marlo Shuffling Around the Crimp
Related toAlso published here 2003 16
Karl Fulves A Rusduckian Shuffle Rusduck's top-bottom-removal as analog to riffle shuffle
Related to 2004 9
Karl Fulves The Pure Riffle dealing alternative to riffle shuffle
2004 10
Karl Fulves Riffle Shuffle, How Defined
2004 16
Karl Fulves Paper & Pencil Shuffles notation for riffle shuffle, partitions
2004 19
Stephen Minch Gary Plants on the Zarrow Shuffle
2004 11
Stephen Minch The Common Tells
  • Exposing the Gap
  • The Fanning of the Cover Cards
  • Tipping the Deck
  • Raising the Block for Its Insertion
2004 12
Gary Plants Zarrow Shuffle - Plants Handling
  • The Split
  • The Weave
  • The Strip-out
  • Opening the Gap
  • The Block Insertion
Related to 2004 16
M. J. Oeink The Oeink Shuffle no cover Zarrow
2004 26
The Honest Riffle Shuffle
2004 27
Wesley James False Riffle Shuffles essay and introduction
2004 285
Wesley James The Zarrow Shuffle
  • The Problems
  • WJ on the Zarrow
  • Recap
2004 288
Jack Merlin, Wesley James The Merlin Push-Through thorough
Related to 2004 315
Wesley James An Alternate Strip-Out Procedure three-packet cut
Related to 2004 319
Wesley James, Al Cooper The Strike Push-Through
2004 322
Ron Bauer The Bevel is in the Details
2004 20
Ron Bauer Table Riffle Shuffles
  • Easy Table Riffle Shuffle
  • Fundamentals of False Table Riffle Shuffling
  • Casino-Style Table Riffle Shuffle
2004 21
Juan Tamariz Cards to Pocket bringing four-of-a-kind together in memorized deck, travel to pocket as example
Other Methods
  • A. With Ray Grismer's Shuffle
  • B. With the Zarrow Shuffle
2004 104
Herb Zarrow Zarrow Shuffle with double cover
Also published here 2004 335
Juan Tamariz Other Kinds of False Shuffles
  • A. This is a false shuffle I devised for a half stack, in which spectators appear to shuffle the whole deck. It's quite deceptive.
  • B. Variation for Strippers
  • C. Another method in which the spectator appears to shuffle the whole deck while only shuffling half the cards.
2004 344
Burling Hull The Pass Surpassed three-card control with crimp and honest riffle shuffle around block with selection
Also published here
  • Bulletin of Latest Sleights and Tricks, 1914
2004
Charlatan (Issue 8)
99
Getting a Break During a Shuffle
2004 10
Aaron Shields Double Duke Stack
Inspired by
  • "Stud Poker - Riffle Run-Up" (Revelations, 1984, p. 215)
2004 35
Herb Zarrow Zarrow Shuffle very brief
2005 42
B.J. Bueno Muy Bueno Shuffle with fake tabled cascade ala Steve Forte
Oct. 2005
The Penumbra (Issue 9)
2
Edward Marlo Perfect False Riffle Shuffle with credit information
Oct. 2005
The Penumbra (Issue 9)
2
David Ben Six Player Stack using table faros and false dealing
Oct. 2005
The Penumbra (Issue 9)
14
Justin Higham False Shuffle Side-Faro False Shuffle
Also published here 2005 5
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
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
Jack Avis Demo Deal two hands with one riffle
2006 148
Jack Avis Lace Through False Shuffle and Cut
2006 169
Jack Avis Zarrow Shuffle Thoughts with cutting sequence
2006 185
Jack Avis A Zarrow Shuffle Setting-up Technique Zarrow stacking
2006 186
Jack Avis A Zarrow Shuffle Tip
2006 187
Doug Edwards The Drunken Master Shuffle simple false riffle shuffle, tabled
2006 18
Doug Edwards The Hidden Strip-Out cover for strip-out of center block, preparation for covered Zarrow shuffle
2006 22
Edward Marlo Perfect Shuffle shuffling directly under top card, brief
Also published here 2006 57
Bruce Cervon Block Transfer Pushover cull riffle shuffle with block transfer, push through
2007 25
Bruce Cervon Cull Riffle
2007 26
Bruce Cervon false shuffle and block transfer strip out with block transfer
2007 53
Doug Edwards The Z-E Shuffle bottom half stays intact only
2007 151
Karl Fulves Stevenz Stevens Control combined with Zarrow Shuffle
2007
Prolix (Issue 3)
155
Karl Fulves Hop Skip avoiding upward movement of right packet in Zarrow Shuffle
2007
Prolix (Issue 3)
157
Edward Marlo Shuffling Around the Crimp
Related toAlso published here 2007 140
Bob King Variation of the Stevens' Control
2007 192
Edward Marlo Marlo's Control Stevens Control alternative
Also published here 2007 192
Jon Racherbaumer Riffle Shuffling
2007 29
Edward Marlo Strip-Out Shuffle
Related to 2007 30
Edward Marlo Roman Shuffle
Also published here 2007 32
Edward Marlo Kid Royal Concept delayed strip out
  • Block Strip Out with Triple Cut
  • To Keep the Bottom Stock
Also published here 2007 36
Edward Marlo 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 2007 37
Jon Racherbaumer On the Steven's Control comments
Related to 2007 47
Edward Marlo Stevens Control Riffle Culling handling
Also published here 2007 48
Jerry K. Hartman ToBo False Shuffles – Riffle Shuffle false tabled riffle shuffle to retain both top and bottom stock
2007 16
Arthur Finley Finley's Weave Shuffle Cover No. 697, riffle delay before strip-out, type of false shuffle not clear
Also published here 2007 29
Arthur Finley Finley's Pull Thru Shuffle No. 704, riffle delay before strip-out, also to loosen the cards
Also published here 2007 30
False Riffle Shuffle no cover cards
2008 268
Svengali Shuffle to false shuffle a Svengali Deck
2008 288
Justin Higham Fake Zarrow Shuffle modified handling of Fake Zarrow Shuffle from Collected Card Notes
  • Second Version
  • Third Version
Inspired by 2008 10
Justin Higham Svengali-ish Convincer Zarrow/Shank shuffle convincer with unsquared deck (deck left in slight reverse faro condition)
Related toVariations 2008 12
Edward Marlo Controlled Riffle Shuffle From Advanced Fingertip Control, how to time the shuffle properly to avoid sandwich cards
Related to 2008 45
Dai Vernon To Keep the Colours Separated
Also published here 2008 70
Richard Kaufman Genii Speaks on Herb Zarrow, Zarrow Shuffle, DVDs, Walter Gibson, Ricky Jay, David Blaine, Uri Geller, Alan Greenberg, Marco the Magi, Muhlenberg College
Feb. 2008
Genii (Vol. 71 No. 2)
10
Roberto Giobbi Sliding the Break cutting to break, tabled
Feb. 2008
Genii (Vol. 71 No. 2)
14
David Ben After the Shuffle on the Zarrow Shuffle
Feb. 2008
Genii (Vol. 71 No. 2)
56
Herb Zarrow The Zarrow Shuffle detailed explanation
Feb. 2008
Genii (Vol. 71 No. 2)
57
David Ben Vernon. It all started with Vernon. long essay on the Zarrow Shuffle, credit information, reproduced letters and excerpts from early books
Feb. 2008
Genii (Vol. 71 No. 2)
61
To make a "False Shuffle" - Fourth Method fans pushed into each other and stripped out again (Zarrowesque concept)
Also published here Feb. 2008
Genii (Vol. 71 No. 2)
63
Second Method can be done without table, with photo illustrations
Also published here Feb. 2008
Genii (Vol. 71 No. 2)
64
Third Method similar to second method, can be done without table, with photo illustrations
Also published here Feb. 2008
Genii (Vol. 71 No. 2)
65
Gambler's False Shuffle similar to Zarrow concept
Also published here Feb. 2008
Genii (Vol. 71 No. 2)
73
Frank Shank Shank Shuffle
Feb. 2008
Genii (Vol. 71 No. 2)
76
Edward Marlo, Herb Zarrow Ed Marlo & Herb Zarrow Letters regarding the Zarrow Shank controversy
Feb. 2008
Genii (Vol. 71 No. 2)
79
Harry Lorayne The Riffle Diffle block shuffle
Also published here Apr. 2008
Genii (Vol. 71 No. 4)
24
Roberto Giobbi Rule of the Eye misdirection for Double Lift, Zarrow Shuffle, Elmsley Count
June 2008
Genii (Vol. 71 No. 6)
16
Roberto Giobbi Red-Black False Riffle Shuffle
Also published here Oct. 2008
Genii (Vol. 71 No. 10)
18
Derek DelGaudio The DelGaudio Shuffle Truffle Shuffle
Also published here Oct. 2008
Genii (Vol. 71 No. 10)
20
Herb Zarrow Falsa mezcla Zarrow Zarrow Shuffle
2008
El Manuscrito (Vol. 1 No. 5)
69
Manuel Montes Mezcla Zarrow en mi manejo
2008
El Manuscrito (Vol. 1 No. 5)
71
False Shuffling basic partial false shuffle, overhand and riffle shuffle
2008 136
Fred Robinson, Dr. Jacob Daley Table-Edge Hold-Out held by thumb, steal via riffle shuffle
Related to 2009 187
Benjamin Earl The Simulation Shuffle without bridge, for Malone credit see issue 2, p. 20
Inspired byRelated to Jan. 2009
Gambit (Issue 1)
10
Karl Fulves The Restacking Problem when a player leaves
  • Restock In Blocks
  • Restack Repeat
Related to 2009
Prolix (Issue 6)
401
Herb Zarrow Le mélange Zarrow
2009 29
Joe Artanis Le mélange Artanis delayed strip out
2009 31
Arie Vilner The False Faro Shuffle with bridge into jogged packets and passive strip-out
Related to 2009 64
Arie Vilner The Cut-First Shuffle with honest cut to delay strip-out, shuffle can start in the hands
Variations 2009 67
Arie Vilner The CFS Version 2 - The "V" Shuffle riffling lengthwise
Inspired by 2009 68
Steve Beam Accidental Push-Through Shuffle to exchange two halves
2010 100
Roberto Giobbi A Red-Black False Riffle Shuffle application
Inspired byAlso published here 2010
Secret Agenda (Issue Apr 3)
104
Dai Vernon Top-Stock Control with Riffle Shuffle alternative for Stevens Control
2010
Secret Agenda (Issue May 26)
157
Roberto Giobbi Top Stock Control
Related to
  • Top Slug Control in Steve Forte's Casino Protection
2010
Secret Agenda (Issue Dec 20)
379
Derek DelGaudio Sky Shuffle knacky, with alternatives, inspired by Juan Tamariz
  • Version 2
  • Tips
Also published here 2010 3
Derek DelGaudio Worraz Shuffle ribbon spread
Also published here 2010 6
Benjamin Earl The Shape Shuffle
Related to Oct. 2010
Gambit (Issue 2)
8
Benjamin Earl Quick Little Stack two cards, pseudo mates
Oct. 2010
Gambit (Issue 2)
21
Derek DelGaudio Cielo Mezcla knacky, with alternatives, inspired by Juan Tamariz
  • Version 2
  • Tips
Also published here 2010 7
Derek DelGaudio Worraz Shuffle ribbon spread
Also published here 2010 13
Derek DelGaudio Truffle Shuffle false riffle shuffle, in the hands
Also published here 2010 18
Julian W. Terry Scarne Riffle Glimpse comment
Also published here
  • Linking Ring, March 1966
2010
Prolix (Issue 7)
466
Karl Fulves E. J. Oeinck
Related to
  • The Sphinx, Jan. 1938
2010
Prolix (Issue 8)
498
Karl Fulves Z-Proper details of the Zarrow Shuffle
2010
Prolix (Issue 8)
547
Karl Fulves The Zero Shuffle "opposite" of Zarrow Shuffle
2010
Prolix (Issue 8)
548
Karl Fulves The No-Jump Method practice drill for Zarrow shuffle with ruler
2010
Prolix (Issue 8)
548
Karl Fulves In The Tunnel practice drill for Zarrow shuffle
2010
Prolix (Issue 8)
549
Karl Fulves A Belief System
2010
Prolix (Issue 8)
550
Román García Aplicaciones de la Mezcla Lateral ideas and handling for the faro fan
  • La mezcla lateral
  • La extirpación
2010 133
Troy Hooser Stepped Dad Shuffle
Inspired byRelated to 2010 120
Alexander de Cova Anwendung mit Zarrowshuffle using wide card for Zarrow shuffle
Also published here 2010 16
Roberto Giobbi False Shuffles and Cuts easy top and bottom stock controls with riffle shuffle or overhand shuffle
2010 115
Tony Cabral The Sting, Too riffle stacking demonstration, three fours-of-a-kind
Inspired by 2010 29
Tony Cabral The Pub Shuffle "A New-ish Red/Black Shuffle"
2010 33
Dad Stevens Stevens Control
Also published here 2010 66
Gary Plants Zarrow Shuffle Ideas
  • Introduction
  • Version One
  • Version Two
2011 13
Alexander de Cova Zarrow Mischen finesse
2011 3
Harry Lorayne Bottom Block Slip Cut
2011 51
The Street Magician's False Shuffle in the hands and on the table, halves are rotated
2011 82
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
Dan Buck, Dave Buck New Riffle Shuffle "new get-ready for the riffling action"
Oct. 2011
Genii (Vol. 74 No. 10)
53
Justin Higham Appendix B - Illusory Dovetail Shuffle intro and credit information
2011 43
Justin Higham Illusory Dovetail Shuffle Zarrow concept
Related toVariations 2011 44
Justin Higham Gilded Illusory Dovetail Shuffle
Inspired by 2011 47
Justin Higham Further Notes
2011 48
Darwin Ortiz The Spectator's False Shuffle spectator shuffles, performer squares
2012 39
Edward Marlo Strip-Out False Shuffle
2012 41
Riffle Shuffle Transfer card from top to bottom
2012 94
Double-Cover Zarrow Shuffle brief
2012 128
Classic Red/Black Shuffle
2012 161
Darwin Ortiz Red/Black Shuffles
  • with Zarrow Shuffle
  • Strip-Out with real running cut
  • Red/Black Double-Cover Zarrow Shuffle
  • Divided Deck Up-the-ladder Cut
2012 166
Darwin Ortiz Strip-Out Shuffle with Block Transfer
2012 209
Jason England Riffle Shuffle Control with reverse breather crimp
2012 2
Steve Reynolds Before You Sit to Shuffle
2012 1
Steve Reynolds First Misconception on false shuffling and shuffling styles
2012 2
Steve Reynolds Second Misconception
2012 3
Steve Reynolds Fale Square Up: Four Parts
2012 4
Steve Reynolds Part One: The True Shuffle
  • The Starting Grip
  • Practice Aid
  • The Split
  • The Weave
2012 5
Steve Reynolds Part Two: The Two Square Ups
  • The True Square Up
  • The False Square Up
  • Holding Back
  • Setting the Fan
  • The Unweave and Lift
  • The Simulated Square Up/Bobble Cover
  • Second Thrust
2012 13
Charles Nyquist, Jack McMillen The Drop Shuffle spectator pushes messy halves together, rosetta shuffle (but retains a small stock on top)
Related to 2012 32
Shane Cobalt Zarrow Shuffle Placement setting a key at the top and bottom of two halves
2012 3
Dad Stevens Stevens Control brief
2012 238
Alexander de Cova Anwendung mit Zarrowshuffle using wide card for Zarrow shuffle
  • Der Zarrow ohne Gimmick
  • Der Zarrow mit Gimmick
  • Mein Zarrow Mischen in Bildern
Also published here Nov. 2012 35
Jason Ladanye Red-Black Faro Shuffle red-black false riffle shuffle with faro
2013 88
Herb Zarrow Zarrow Shuffle brief
2013 192
Herb Zarrow The Really Inside Zarrow Shuffle bowed top card
2013 30
Doug Edwards Shove Over Shuffle
2013 36
Lance Caffrey Method #9: Hybrid Stacking combination of Hindu and Riffle Shuffle
2013 96
Jack Carpenter Fan Zarrow fan shuffle Zarrow
July 2013
Genii (Vol. 76 No. 7)
32
Dan Buck, Dave Buck Swirly flourish for in-the-hands riffle shuffle

2014 37
Joseph Barry A Ruse for Magicians... fine strip out
Also published here 2014 8
Herb Zarrow The Zarrow Shuffle
2014 83
Joseph Barry A Ruse for Magicians... "the false, real shuffle ruse"
Also published here 2014 6
Tony Cabral The Pub Shuffle getting into position
Variations 2014 27
Juan Tamariz La Mezcla que no Mezcla from Anti-faro condition
2014 150
Simon Aronson Aronson Stripout 2.0 Stripout false shuffle, multiple running cuts during the stripout
  • 1. Bottom Cut Shuffle
  • 2. Top Cut Shuffle
  • 3. Two Shuffle Version
Inspired byRelated to 2014 30
Kiko Pastur Mezcla que No Mezcla Plus inspired by Tamariz' "Mezcla que no mezcla", various methods to get deck in anti-faro condition
  • Llevar las cartas a salida lateral
  • Pivotar las cartas
  • Falsa imbricación
  • Variante swing
2014 232
Dai Vernon Triumph False Shuffle
2014 11
Tabled Riffle Shuffle red/black shuffle
2015 35
Harry Lorayne In-Hand False Riffle Shuffle strip-out, no cascade
Related to 2015 36
Karl Fulves Miller's Logic on a conversation with Charlie Miller about the referenced Zarrow shuffle
Related to 2015
The Lowdown (Issue 1)
5
Karl Fulves Short Cull riffle culling with four short cards over the Aces
2015
The Lowdown (Issue 1)
15
Alexander de Cova Anwendung mit Zarrow-Shuffle using wide card for Zarrow shuffle
  • Der Zarrow mit dem Gimmick
Also published here 2015 99
Justin Higham Pre-Faroed Shank Shuffle Zarrow/Shank shuffle convincer with ribbon spread before square-up (deck left in slight reverse faro condition)
Inspired byRelated to 2015 3
Justin Higham Notes on the Shank Shuffle handling the unweave and lifting of one half, Oeink
  • Spring-Off Method
  • Failed Square-Up Method
2015 5
Justin Higham Pseudo Riffle Cull a la The 75% Production locating / producing a four-of-a-kind via improvisation
  • 100% Pseudo Riffle Cull-Stack
Inspired by 2015 14
Joseph Barry No Thanks to Zarrow riffle cull without Zarrow or blocking off
Inspired by Feb. 2016
Operandi (Issue 1)
13
Joseph Barry Casual Strip-Out Shuffle shuffle in hands, strip-out on table
Feb. 2016
Operandi (Issue 1)
18
Roberto Giobbi The Charlie Chaplin False Shuffle
Related to 2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue June 19)
176
Roberto Giobbi False Shuffles short intro
2016 37
Roberto Giobbi The True Shuffle for use on stage
  • The Overhand Shuffle
  • The Waterfall Riffle Shuffle
  • The Hindu Shuffle
2016 37
Roberto Giobbi In-the-Hands False Riffle Shuffle
Also published here 2016 43
Helder Guimarães One Time Zarrow Shuffle
June 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 6)
36
Roy Walton The Double Ended Run Up stacking on top and bottom simultaneously
Also published here 2016 72
Jack Carpenter Hustler's Stock Control Shuffle top and bottom stock simultaneously, jogged-slug stripping approach
Inspired by 2017 40
Stevens Control brief
2017 40
Edward Marlo Perfect False Riffle Shuffle shuffling directly under top card, brief
2017 50
Red-Black Shuffle center pull-out
2017 160
Juan Villarejo Control Superior de los Ases two shuffles, with variation
2017 8
Juan Villarejo Control Inferior de los Ases
2017 13
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
Dad Stevens, Juan Villarejo El Control de Stevens on the Stevens Control
  • Realización del Control de Stevens
  • Colocación de una Carta Guia por Medio del Control de Stevens
Inspired by 2017 36
Juan Villarejo Preparación para Realizar la Mezcla Zarrow for setting up a Zarrow Shuffle
2017 45
Juan Villarejo Preparación para Realizar la Mezcla por Colores for setting up a Red-Black Shuffle
2017 49
David Ben Thoughts on the Stevens Control
Apr. 2017
Genii (Vol. 80 No. 4)
85
Herb Zarrow Zarrow Shuffle Handling buckling the single cover card, bubble cover
2018 38
Dai Vernon Push Through Shuffle Sequence no details on actual push-through
Related to 2018 49
Johnny Thompson The Faux Papa Stevens Control aka "The Polish Dad Stevens", easier alternative
2018 164
Strip-Out Shuffle with Block Transfer brief
2018 166
Johnny Thompson Undercut Transfer cut and riffle shuffle to transfer top card to bottom
Inspired byRelated to 2018 204
Charlie Miller Stripout Shuffle with Block Transfer
2018 286
Asi Wind Strip-Out False Shuffle
Inspired by 2018 131
Martin A. Nash Up-and-Down Shuffle transferring cards from top to bottom with riffle shuffle
2018 21
Edward Marlo Zarrow Stacking
2018 23
Jason Ladanye, Edward Marlo Strip-Out with Block Transfer Handling building four packets
Inspired by 2018 277
Setting Up Fine Incomplete Faro Condition with strip-out shuffle action
2018 10
Steve Beam The F.T.R.&B. Shuffle Director's Cut and red/black shuffle
2018 236
Steve Reynolds Get a Grip on Marlo's "Angular Grip", "cover grip"
2019 12
Steve Reynolds Bottom Line Review very brief outline of Bottom Line Zarrow square up finesse
Also published here 2019 15
Edward Marlo, Steve Reynolds Strip Out Shuffle Variant
Inspired byVariations 2019 19
Steve Reynolds Push Through Shuffle Variant
Inspired by 2019 27
Edward Marlo, Steve Reynolds Covered Up Shuffle using Bottom Line
  • Half Mem Deck Handling
Inspired by 2019 33
Steve Reynolds BTZ Combo
2019 41
Steve Reynolds Blind Bluff Shuffle two shuffle combination, strip-out with bluff/mock riffle
2019 47
Steve Reynolds Bluff Spread Shuffle getting into bluff/mock shuffle
2019 51
Steve Reynolds Backstory comments and credit information
  • Starting Grip/Cover Grip
  • Strip-out Shuffle (Edward Marlo)
  • Push-Through Shuffle (Steve Reynolds)
  • Blind Shuffle Bluffs (on the bluff/mock shuffle)
  • Bottom-Line Technique
  • Bottom-Line Perfect False Shuffle
  • Bottom-Line Cover-Up Shuffle
Related to 2019 55
Tomas Blomberg Spaed Shuffle multi-shuffle sequence, blocks
Inspired by 2019 69
Harapan Ong Zipper Zarrow bold table spread bluff
2019 77
Spectator's Color Riffle Shuffle
2019
The Neat Review (Issue 1 - London 2019)
83
Ricardo Martin Mezcla Falsa Total false strip out shuffle, with top cards moving from packet to packet
2019 81
Joshua Jay Group Shuffle aka Intercourse Shuffle, cards shuffled together face-up/face-down with spectator
Related toAlso published here 2019 68
Shane Cobalt Riffle Shuffles
Related to 2019 16
Lorenz Schär The Merrow-Shuffle combination of the Zarrow and the Jack Merlin shuffle
2019 57
Barry Govan One Shuffle Stack
Related to 2019 18
Spectator's Red-Black Shuffle riffle shuffle
2019 170
Helder Guimarães, Juan Tamariz Shuffle that Doesn't Shuffle Handling in-the-hands
Inspired by
  • "Shuffle that Doesn't Shuffle" (Juan Tamariz, Magic From The Heart DVDs, 2017)
2019 180
Michael Powers Finessed Gallo Shuffle Triumph shuffle type
Inspired by
  • "The M.G. Strip-Out" (Mike Gallo, Allan Hayden's Card Sharp on Duty, 1983)
2019 186
Edward Marlo Throw-Off Riffle Shuffle Control
Also published here 2019
Output (Issue 2)
21
Steve Reynolds On the Tip-Up Cover
  • Angle Jog
  • Crimp
  • Break/Step
2019
Output (Issue 2)
24
Patrick G. Redford F.A.L.S.E. Shuffle Tabled false shuffle, can spread on table push interwoven halves together
2019 244
Tony Cabral The Pub Shuffle
Inspired by 2019 9
Steve Forte Chapter 2 - False Shuffles
  • Introduction
  • terminology
2020 55
Steve Forte False Table Riffle Shuffles intro
2020 57
Steve Forte Professional Table Riffle Shuffle
2020 57
Steve Forte Carrying Top Slugs only straight riffles and no additional cuts
  • splitting and switching sides
  • riffling off the thumbs
  • split-cover
  • one-hand protected-position
  • overprotecting slugs
  • tap fake (Frank Thompson)
2020 59
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 62
Steve Forte Carrying Big Slugs
  • building slugs
  • split, immediate riffle, and push - top slugs (SIRP)
  • split, immediate riffle, and push - bottom slugs
Related to 2020 65
Steve Forte On Tabled Breaks on holding a thumb break with deck in riffle shuffle position
2020 78
Steve Forte delaying the strip top slug, riffle shuffle and cut combination, break held near bottom during shuffle
2020 88
Steve Forte Boxing the Deck cutting a quarter to the top and then splitting in center for riffle shuffle
2020 91
Steve Forte Positioning False Cuts and Strips intro, slug brought to center and marked off by break, jog, step
Related to 2020 93
Steve Forte Double- and Triple-cuts (top or bottom slugs) strip cut, optionally followed by riffle shuffle
2020 93
Steve Forte Three-part Positioning Strip (top slug) strip cut, optionally followed by riffle shuffle
2020 94
Steve Forte Three-part Positioning Strip (bottom slug) strip cut, optionally followed by riffle shuffle
2020 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 95
Steve Forte Automatic Brief automatic jog during running cut
2020 98
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 99
Steve Forte Riffling Down, Riffling Up top slug riffled down and brought back to top
2020 102
Steve Forte Natural Break at slug when squaring up after riffle shuffle
2020 102
Steve Forte I-strip (illogical) slug riffled down, followed by triple strip
2020 104
Steve Forte Riffling Down Twice
  • single-card brief
  • multiple-card bevel-brief ("don't-let-go" principle)
2020 105
Ron Conley Conley Three-riffle Variation three consecutive riffles, always burying top slug, riffle shuffling with break
Related toVariations 2020 107
Steve Forte Riffling Up
  • JN false cut
by gambler JN, bottom slug riffled into deck, followed by boxing cut
Variations 2020 108
Steve Forte Spring Riffle-Off riffling off slug at once
2020 108
Steve Forte Stevens Control discussion of its value (spoiler: none)
2020 109
Steve Forte False Shuffling Procedures intro
2020 112
Steve Forte Forte's Favorites - strip-dump (top slug) procedure combination
2020 112
Steve Forte Forte's Favorites - bottom slug procedure combination
2020 113
Steve Forte Carrying Half Decks intro comments
2020 113
Steve Forte Double-slug Riffles carrying two quarter-deck slugs to effectively carry half the deck
  • double-slug - top/bottom
  • double-slug - top/top
  • double-slug - bottom/bottom
2020 113
Steve Forte Summary on slug controls and false cut
2020 116
Steve Forte The Push-Through introduction and details of basic handling
  • technical observations
    • position of hands
    • pre-riffle split
    • riffle
    • riffle-separation
    • pushing action
    • square-up before the square-up
    • pushing through
    • squaring action/moment
    • brief size
    • SCS (split, cut, or strip)
    • hand cover
    • rhythm
2020 117
Steve Forte Speed-through
2020 127
Steve Forte Protected Push-through more cover
2020 128
Steve Forte Fake Square-up - One Hand right hand moves towards left
2020 129
Steve Forte Fake Square-up - Two Hands X configuration
2020 130
Steve Forte Rough Hustlers' Push-through X configuration
Related to 2020 131
MD's Push-through bumped through
2020 132
Steve Forte Half-deck Push-through push-through action used to retain half the deck
2020 134
Steve Forte Variants brief outlines of further variations
  • the conductor
  • single push
  • back push-through (Richard Turner)
  • tapper
  • twisting split (dovetail shuffle on the table)
  • pointed riffle
  • mirror strips (push-through with break)
  • riffling interlaced cards
  • two-step push-throughs (honest cut before strip-out)
  • one riffle push-through/pull-out
  • the mysterious kid (handling for two-step push-through, alternative by Steve Forte)
2020 134
Steve Forte Dead-cuts strip-out used as cutting to an Ace
2020 139
Steve Forte Easy Block-transfer discussing lack of use in cheating
  • killing x-cards
  • adding x-cards
  • carrying full decks
2020 140
Steve Forte Summary
2020 143
Steve Forte The Pull-Out Shuffle
  • technical observations
    • simplicity of method
    • angling
    • finger stops
    • square-up (technical)
    • square-up (visual)
2020 145
Steve Forte Back-stop left thumb as stop
Related to 2020 146
Rod the Hop Rod-the-Hop's Pull-out (front-stop) strip-out during running strip cut
2020 147
Steve Forte Fake Square-ups
  • long-push
  • three-push
2020 149
Steve Forte Magicians' Pull-outs
  • fine squeeze and square-up
  • two-hand square-up (related to "Rough Hustlers' Push-through")
  • one-card 'block' transfer (Triumph Shuffle, with further applications by Forte)
Related to 2020 151
Steve Forte Sliding Slug Pull-outs sliding slugs sell the square-up
  • top-slug slide-over
  • bottom-slug slide-over
2020 154
Steve Forte Off-the-table Pull-Out for large slugs, up to thirty cards
2020 157
Steve Forte Sliding Off-the-table Pull-out
2020 158
Edward Marlo Marlo's Off-the-table Pull-out previously unpublished
2020 159
Steve Forte Other Variants short comment
2020 160
Steve Forte Summary
2020 161
Steve Forte The Zarrow Shuffle
  • classification
    • Card Cover
    • Hand Cover
    • No Cover
    • Off-the-table Variants
  • technical observations
    • independent card movement
    • movement of halves
    • lift
    • gaps
    • tilt
    • top-card pop
    • matching up
    • practice
    • repeatability
    • angles
    • riffle-shuffle tells
    • experimentation
    • setup cuts/strips
    • context
2020 162
Steve Forte Setup cuts/Strips three cutting sequences to set up for the Zarrow
2020 167
Three-push Zarrow by hustler VO
2020 169
Steve Forte No-cover Zarrows Oeink
2020 169
Steve Forte Bookmaker's Zarrow cards shuffled by the short ends
2020 170
Steve Forte Circle-Zarrow
Variations 2020 171
Steve Forte Tap-Zarrow ledge as halves are tapped against each other before riffling
2020 172
Steve Forte No-interlace Zarrows no interlacing during riffle itself
2020 173
Steve Forte Reverse-Zarrow top half slightly twisted backwards
2020 174
Steve Forte Lift-Zarrow whole deck slightly lifted from table and dropped during square-up
Related to 2020 175
Steve Forte Back-Load Zarrow square-up as deck is moved back
2020 176
Steve Forte Variants brief outlines of further variations
  • cover-Zarrow (Gary Plants)
  • deep riffle
  • long push
  • snap-bevel
  • pinned corner
  • dribble-Zarrow
  • dead-hand Zarrow
  • short square-up
  • top-card cover (double cover)
  • off-the-table Zarrow (deck on its side on table)
Related to 2020 177
Steve Forte, Bob White partial Zarrow only top or bottom half of riffle unwoven, details for top slug
2020 180
Steve Forte spacer Zarrow riffle stacking application, the very top of the shuffle can be legitimately spaced out
2020 181
Steve Forte Other Zarrows brief outlines of even further variations
  • saw-Zarrow
  • spring-Zarrow
  • other bevel-based Zarrows
  • bent top card
  • sliding bottom slug
2020 181
Steve Forte Summary
2020 183
Steve Forte Off-the-Table False Riffles, Strips, and Cuts intro
2020 200
Steve Forte False Off-the-table Riffles (slugs) protected positions and protection grip for in-the-hands shuffles
  • top slugs
  • bottom slugs
2020 201
Steve Forte Building Bottom Slugs adding cards to bottom slug via riffle-squeeze, for poker scam "Countdown" or "Laying Sets"
Related to 2020 205
Steve Forte Cover-cards for bottom slug
  • single cover-card (in-the-hands riffle followed by cut)
  • double cover-cards
2020 206
Steve Forte Off-the-table Shuffle-over "shuffle-over" = unweave and one half slides on top of the other
2020 207
Steve Forte Table Shuffle-over with OTT Square-up square-up on end
2020 208
Steve Forte F-shuffle-over left thumb between shuffled halves
2020 210
Steve Forte F-ledge-shuffle block false shuffle
2020 211
Steve Forte Poker Shuffle-over no-cover circle-Zarrow
Inspired by 2020 212
Steve Forte Noise Maker one half riffled against top card of other half which bounces around
2020 212
Steve Forte Faking the Cascade credit information, tabled real cascade
2020 213
Steve Forte f-cascade with fake cascade, displacing one card
2020 214
Steve Forte Riffle-splits positioning cuts and strips done in the hands, splitting at a break for in-the-hands riffle
Related to 2020 217
Steve Forte Summary
2020 226
Steve Forte Chapter 3 - Stacking and Culling
  • Introduction
2020 229
Steve Forte Riffle Stacking introduction, general information, myth-busting, run-up hustler PS
  • Riffle-stacking Truths
    • difficulty
    • the big secret
    • stacking and culling
    • culling logic
    • cardmen
    • card-table protocol
    • perception
  • technical observations
    • riffle off the thumbs
    • speed
    • playing cards
    • the eyes
    • splits
    • beveling the halves
    • position of the thumbs
    • open riffle
    • hold-backs
    • one-handed protected-position
    • under-slug
    • practice
2020 242
Steve Forte Spacer-stack top few cards actually interlaced
2020 250
Steve Forte After-the-riffle stack card slid to top after end of shuffle
2020 251
Steve Forte Transfers and Riffle Stacking using transfers to complement riffle stacking, see following two items
2020 251
Steve Forte bottom-to-top stack (f-transfer) without requiring double hold backs on both sides
Related to 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 Peek Stack another player is allowed to peek during riffle shuffle
2020 253
Steve Forte Other Variants
  • slip-cut stack (avoiding double hold-backs)
  • strip-stack
  • best riffle stack (combining f-transfer and spacer-stacking)
2020 254
Steve Forte Summary
2020 255
Steve Forte Culling general comments about culling in gaming context
2020 272
Steve Forte Stevens' Riffle Cull myth-busting commentary and reality check
2020 272
Steve Forte riffle-brief jog held during riffle shuffle
Related to 2020 337
Steve Forte Ordinary Methods of Stocking, Locating and Securing analysis and fact checks, riffle stacking credit information
  • Recommendation
Related to 2020 655
Steve Forte box/riffle brief dead-cut method after a riffle shuffle
2020 760
Steve Forte bevel/riffle brief dead-cut method after a riffle shuffle
2020 760
Steve Forte off-the-table riffle and cascade with break wedge break
2020 763
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 765
Steve Forte Push-Through with Break holding break during riffle shuffle, reestablishing it after push-through
2020 797
Steve Forte Bottom-slug Demo
2020 845
Steve Forte Riffling Down Demo
2020 846
Steve Forte No Aces on Top top stock control demo
2020 846
Steve Forte Riffle-kill x-card riffled into Ace slug on top
2020 855
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
Steve Forte Slug Control Exposés clean top stock control demos
  • riffle exposé
  • exposé #2
2020 861
Steve Forte Watch The Top Of The Deck three procedure outlines for clean top stock control demos
2020 863
Steve Forte The 21st Card center slug control demo, card at twenty-first position is retained during riffle shuffle
2020 864
Steve Forte 2nd phase: red-black-riffle setups methods to set up for red/black shuffle
  • the red-black riffle
2020 878
Steve Forte 3rd phase - face-up red-black riffle shuffles
2020 880
Steve Forte push-through with single-card strip involving a real strip cut of three single cards
2020 882
Steve Forte Zarrow as full-deck demonstration
Related to 2020 883
Steve Forte three piles (pull-out) as full-deck demonstration
2020 884
Steve Forte riffle stack as a demo
Related to 2020 890
Steve Forte Percentage Stacking four Aces on top, two riffle shuffles, dealt in five-handed game, with second deals
2020 896
Steve Forte Hold' em Spacer-Stack any number from four to ten chosen, pair of Aces stacked to that number in clean-looking way with other Aces in flop and river
2020 903
Steve Forte Red-Black Hold 'em clean stacking of ten-handed hold 'em game, using red-black shuffle
2020 904
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 991
Steve Forte upside-down cascade after tabled shuffle
2020 999
Steve Forte Master High-Low Strip/Riffle Shuffle percentage red-black shuffle, a few mistakes can happen on top, center and bottom
2020 1018
Ryan Schlutz Cut-Shuffle-Cut sequence to keep a key card next to a selection during in-the-hands riffle shuffle and cut sequence
2020 112
Jack Carpenter On the Spade Shuffle: Carpenter's False Shuffle blocks, bottom-line cover
Inspired by 2020
Output (Issue 7)
10
Steve Reynolds On the Bottom-Line Cover credit information
2020
Output (Issue 7)
10
Alexandra Duvivier Simplified Waterfall False Shuffle in the hands strip-out shuffle with waterfall
Inspired by July 2021
Elixir (Vol. 3 No. Special Duvivier Issue)
19
Roberto Giobbi Practical Examples use of gaze
  • The Eye Onstage
  • Zarrow Shuffle
  • Elmsley Count
  • Coin Vanish
2021 41
Moritz Mueller The Moritzworth Shuffle in the hands strip-out shuffle with waterfall, strip-out delayed by honest cut
Inspired by 2021 62
Lawrence Hass False Shuffles and False Cuts comments and references of what Eugene Burger used
2021 125
Roberto Mansilla, Dai Vernon The Triumph of the False Shuffle
  • Artifices
one-shuffle solution for Triumph Shuffle as false shuffle
Inspired by Aug. 2022
Genii (Vol. 85 No. 8)
52
Joshua Jay Group Shuffle handling for riffle shuffle with two persons who riffle their sections together in-the-hands
Also published here Aug. 2022
Genii (Vol. 85 No. 8)
56
Dan Buck, Dave Buck Manfred Shuffle brief
Sep. 2022
The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 9)
425
Herb Zarrow Zarrow False Shuffle
Related to 2022 102
Bernardo Sedlacek Bringing Chaos to the Zarrow Shuffle cards left behind and thrown into the middle
2022
Conundrum (Issue 1)
48
Dai Vernon, Dad Stevens Dad Steven's Cut Before Strip Out delayed strip-out, from private lecture notes by Gene Matsuura
2022 106
Dai Vernon, Henry Christ Henry Christ Spin Pass False Shuffle from private lecture notes by Gene Matsuura
2022 107
Bill Malone The Malone Shuffle bold, simulation weave, lengthwise, for correction see p. 77
Related toAlso published here 2022 50
Rafael Benatar Expertalk: Rafael Benatar on the Pullout Shuffle Triumph Shuffle handling
Inspired byAlso published here
  • MAGIC, Sep. 2004
2022 334
Luis Otero Expertalk: Luis Otero on the Push-Through Shuffle sequence with four packets
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Sep. 2006
2022 542
Andi Gladwin Spread Shuffle two tabled spreads pushed into each other, same as Martin Lewis's
Related toAlso published here
  • MAGIC, Dec. 2010
2022 990
Dave Collins Expertalk: Dave Collins on the Double Wide False Riffle Shuffle cards never pushed together, cutting sequence with open strip-out with incompletely riffle shuffled deck
Also published here
  • MAGIC, June 2011
2022 1038
Jean-Pierre Vallarino False Spread-Shuffle full-deck false shuffle, deck riffled on table, tipped up onto edges to be squared, deck is openly spread in hands, cards are stripped apart
2022 23
Andrew Frost A "Shuffled" Deck on hiding a thirteen-card stock
2023 20
Alexander Hansford Red/Black Shuffle Combination overhand shuffle followed by honest riffle shuffle
2023 42
Allan Ackerman False Shuffle Display Bottom-Line precursor
Also published here 2024 214
Allan Ackerman Some Thoughts on Blind #2 sideways shuffle
Inspired by 2024 21
Allan Ackerman The Bottom-up Zarrow AKA The BUZ Shuffle a.k.a. BUZ
Also published here 2024 47