2,170 entries in Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle)
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Steve Forte Hold-back side-jog & block slip shuffle combo, top or bottom slug, using flat-break
2020 195
Steve Forte Flat-Break retaining contact to side-jogged card during overhand shuffle
2020 195
Steve Forte Chop front-and-back throws, top or bottom slug, or entire deck with optical throws
2020 196
Steve Forte Carrying Half Decks and Full Decks intro and double base-throw as full deck false shuffle
2020 197
Steve Forte Matching Runs Hunter type, also as one-shuffle with packet exchange
2020 197
Steve Forte Overhand Butt/Lace Shuffle
2020 198
Steve Forte Summary
2020 199
Steve Forte Wash/Scramble
  • Wash/Scramble (top slug)
  • Weeding (top slug)
2020 223
Steve Forte Chapter 3 - Stacking and Culling
  • Introduction
2020 229
Steve Forte Haymow general milk build discussion
2020 230
Steve Forte Segmented Haymow breaking up the run of singles
Related to 2020 232
Steve Forte Milks-stack consecutive milks, Klondike shuffle
2020 233
Steve Forte No-Haymow Haymow drawing from the bottom without top card cover
Inspired by 2020 234
Jack Carpenter The Money Stack includes pulling off two (or more) cards at a time
2020 236
Steve Forte Tools for Overhand-Shuffle Stacking
  • overhand-shuffle transfer (double-cut in overhand shuffle position)
  • center-pickup (exchanging right-hand packet with a part of left-hand packet)
2020 237
Steve Forte Reverse-position Stack positioning certain cards from the bottom, "countdown" scam
Related to 2020 239
Steve Forte After the Stack by run-up hustler DH, stack with slug of x-cards on top which can be legitimately overhand shuffled
2020 240
Steve Forte Summary
2020 241
Steve Forte Faro Stacking introduction
2020 256
Steve Forte Classification
  • off-the-table
  • top to bottom
  • bottom to top
  • riffle faro
2020 257
Steve Forte The Faro Process general comments and rules regarding faro stacking
2020 258
Steve Forte Off-the-table Faro Stack slough-off, hustler MG
2020 260
Steve Forte Bottom-to-top Stack tabled
2020 261
Steve Forte Basic Faro Stack partial faro into deck, extra cards removed afterwards
2020 262
The Faro System by hustler PMH, using "faro twist"
2020 263
faro twist by hustler PMH, table faro with break, after faro the break can be taken above or below the card that is faroed into the break
2020 264
Steve Forte Skip-Stack faro stacking for odd number of players
2020 267
Steve Forte Single Hole-card Hold' em Stack faro stacking for odd number of players, three-of-a-kind
2020 267
Steve Forte Riffle Faro only bottom half faroed, also while holding break
2020 268
Steve Forte Faro Review how to work out faro stacks and pre-faro stacks
2020 270
Steve Forte Faros and the Second Deal
2020 271
Steve Forte Summary
2020 276
Steve Forte overhand shuffle briefs with story about hustler KP
2020 334
Steve Forte New-Theory Brief fine incomplete faro
2020 346
Steve Forte Stock Shuffle analysis and fact checks
  • Annotators
  • Recommendation
Related to 2020 658
Steve Forte The Erdnase System of Stock Shuffling analysis and fact checks
  • Annotators
  • Recommendation
Related to 2020 660
Steve Forte The Erdnase System of Cull Shuffling analysis and fact checks
  • Recommendation
Related to 2020 664
Inflated Side-Cut inflated half pushed into side of other half
2020 827
Bill Malone Overhand Red-Black Shuffle in three parts that are put down on the table
2020 878
Steve Forte haymow getting into incremental haymow (segmented?)
Related to 2020 889
Steve Forte faro stack on doing a simple faro stack for laypeople
2020 890
Steve Forte The 2-1-2-4 Faro Stack dealing the Aces after one faro for a five-handed game
2020 906
Steve Forte Balancer Faro Stack eon shuffle and one cut to stack the four Aces for hold 'em
2020 907
Steve Forte One-shuffle Stacks
  • one faro - four players - four aces
  • tap-tap stack
  • heads-up double-duke
  • dupes stack (duplicate Aces)
2020 915
Steve Forte Distribution Faro bottom cards of one half aired to space them out more in a single faro
2020 1029
Woody Aragón, Steve Beam Wiper Move false shuffle for face-up/face-down deck from hands to table
Related toAlso published here 2020 29
Andi Gladwin Undu Shuffle with center packet throw, also as red-black shuffle
Inspired by 2020 119
Andi Gladwin BTT Shuffle No. 4, bottom to top, shuffling bottom card to top
2020 137
Ryan Schlutz Bottom Stock Control in-the-hands spread shuffle
Also published here 2020 33
Ryan Schlutz Top Stock Control dropping bunches on table
Also published here 2020 34
Tony Cabral Two Routines - One: The Braue Poker Deal Redux faro stacking demo, spectator choses type of poker game
Inspired byAlso published here
  • “Cheats & Deceptions” column in M-U-M Magazine
2020 60
Benjamin Earl The Shuffle Pass Mahatma Pass handling with optical shuffle
2020 43
Steve Beam Up with Milk bringing bottom card to the top using an overhand shuffle
Also published here 2020 65
Steve Beam Flash Cards hindu shuffle force, showing various different cards at the bottom of the pack first
2020 121
Bob Macey Looking Up hindu shuffle force convincer, face-up shuffle
2020 123
Bob Macey, Steve Beam 52 Proof hindu shuffle forcing a card directly after Macey's Looking Up, two methods
2020 123
Jeff Altman Hindu Shuffle Force Finesse
2020 125
Steve Beam Force Multiplier hindu shuffle force for multiple cards
Related to 2020 126
Steve Beam Cumulative Control multiple card control with hindu shuffle
2020 127
Steve Beam Samaritan Shuffle hindu shuffle to prepare to halves for Gilbreath shuffle
2020 129
Steve Beam Shufflicious finding mate of selection, using Ground Control procedure
Related to 2020 131
Steve Beam The Doubly Discrepant Force procedure to control and force a number of cards, using the hidnu shuffle
2020 135
Jerry Andrus Drunken Shuffle
2020 137
Steve Beam The Spring Roll packet mixed, yet order retained, but nor face-up/down orientation
Also published here 2020 138
Steve Beam Stock-Out Shuffle cards are mixed face-up/face-down while retaining order
Also published here 2020 138
Steve Beam The Joystick false shuffle for face-up/face-down deck from hands to table
Also published here 2020 139
Ramón Riobóo Max Factor mathematics for dealing and re-dealing any amount of cards in several hands to end up in the same order
2020 153
Ramón Riobóo Going Deep three mentally selected cards are quickly found in a pile of thirteen cards
Variations 2020 156
Steve Beam Depth Finder multiple cards are mentally selected and found, with variation
  • Vertical Drop
Inspired by 2020 157
Steve Beam The Cognac Killer die is thrown and number used to deal hands, repeated and cards on top end up to be Aces etc.
2020 161
Reinhard Müller Forks and Power Outlets ten cards are used, every ninth is removed and performer ends with a Royal Flush
2020 205
Lewis Jones Personal Best cutting four packets, top cards equal birth year of spectator, with reverse faros
2020 271
Edward Marlo The Double Stack four Kings stacked with two faros, then Aces overhand stacked to eight hands as surprise, from unpublished notes
2020
Output (Issue 6)
10
Steve Reynolds Combo Shuffle top and bottom stock control
2020
Output (Issue 7)
2
Edward Marlo Red Black Shuffle with Break
Dec. 2020
Genii (Vol. 83 No. 12)
46
Harry Lorayne Utility Mixer Additions with variations, for small packets, Charlier Shuffle type action
Inspired by 2020 58
Greg Chapman Technique, Theory and Applications discussion of the faro shuffle
  • Quality and Condition of Cards
  • Regular Cut vs Traditional Cut Cards
  • Full and Partial Shuffle
  • In the Hands vs Tabled Faro
  • In-Faro vs Out-Faro
  • Straddle-Faro
  • How to Learn and Practice the Faro Shuffle
  • Top-down vs Bottom-up
2020 11
Greg Chapman How to execute a perfect shuffle - in-the-hands, top down
  • A Closer Look at Interlacing the Two Packets
  • Starting the Weave for In vs Out
2020 15
Greg Chapman How to execute a perfect shuffle - in-the-hands, bottom up
  • Bridging the Shuffle Flourish
2020 19
Greg Chapman Splitting 26/26 - How to split perfectly in half using estimation (in the hands)
2020 20
Greg Chapman Adjustments to Correct Estimation Errors without Elmsley mention
  • Adjustment - for one card too many in the top packet during an out-faro
  • Adjustment - for one card too few in the top packet during and out-faro
  • Adjustment - for one card too many in the top packet during an in-faro
  • Adjustment - for one card too few in the top packet during and in-faro
Related to 2020 21
Greg Chapman How to do a Perfect Tabled Faro no riffling
2020 22
Greg Chapman Eight Perfect Out-Faros
2020 25
Greg Chapman Fifty-two Perfect In-Faros
2020 25
Greg Chapman Splitting 26/26 - Stacked Deck and Key Card Peeks
2020 26
Greg Chapman Calculating the New Position for Any Card After Each Out-Faro
2020 27
Greg Chapman Out-Faro Charts
2020 28
Greg Chapman Six Belts
Related to 2020 29
Greg Chapman Fixed Floating Key Cards in a Stacked Deck 18-35 principle
    • High Card
    • Hold'em
  • Work in the Cards
  • Other Positions
2020 30
Greg Chapman The Faro Shuffle and the Stacked Deck short comment on quartets and Si Stebbins
2020 36
Greg Chapman To Bring Multiple Cards to Specific Positions short note
2020 36
Greg Chapman Anti-Faro comment
2020 36
Greg Chapman In-Faro Calculations: Calculating the new position for any card after each in-faro
2020 37
Greg Chapman 51-Card Faro allowing cuts
2020 38
Greg Chapman The Morphing Stack on using the different faro states of a stack for different routines
Related to
  • Greg Chapman, The Devil's Staircase, 2014
2020 39
Greg Chapman A Difficult Sleight
2020 41
Greg Chapman Faro Shuffle Philosophy
2020 41
Greg Chapman More Faro Descriptions, Theory, Techniques and Routines a few faro references
2020 43
Lift Shuffle Displacement
2020 210
Larry Jennings The Double Slop Shuffle "Second Exercise in Holding Multiple Breaks"
slop shuffle triumph with two selections
2020 354
Richard Kaufman Overhand Shuffle Techniques intro and terminology
2020 356
Larry Jennings New Third Finger Break hiding break at top, with scenarios as control
2020 357
Larry Jennings Additional Overhand Shuffle Work with the Third Finger Break stock control, displacement
2020 360
Larry Jennings Overhand Shuffle Jog (Jennings Finesse) side-jog, see reference for credit
Also published here 2020 364
Larry Jennings The Last Card throwing to the last card
2020 367
Larry Jennings Erdnase False Overhand Shuffle (Jennings Finesse) chops, concealing the breaks
Inspired by 2020 368
Gordon Bruce Gordon Bruce False Overhand Shuffle jogged blocks
Related to 2020 375
Larry Jennings Red/Black Shuffle for Key shuffling singly around key card
Related to 2020 377
Edward Marlo Lessinout Stack
June 2021
Genii (Vol. 84 No. 6)
67
Roberto Giobbi Hindu Shuffle bottom stock control as example for Actions of Confirmation
2021 15
Roberto Giobbi Subtle Injog Shuffle top stock control as example for Actions of Confirmation
2021 15
Roberto Giobbi The Intelligent Injog Shuffle and Cut
2021 55
Roberto Giobbi The Lift Shuffle - A Study in the Polyvalence of a Sleight
  • Control the top stock in one shuffle
  • Control top and bottom stocks in one shuffle
  • Force one or several cards
  • Control a selected card
  • Eliminate cards that lie on top of a wanted card
  • Invert the order of individual cards on top of the deck
  • Invert the order of two groups on top of the deck
  • Bring a card from the top to a specific number
  • Key Card Placement
  • Cull one or several cards to the bottom of the deck in a single overhand shuffle
  • False shuffle the entire deck
Also published here 2021 145
Simon Black, Moritz Mueller S&M Shuffle cards shuffled by dropping packets from in-the-hands spread onto table with both hands, reverse spread
2021 40
Dani DaOrtiz Weave shuffle setup (for magicians) setting break above force card via in-the-hands-weave shuffle
2021 39
Charles T. Jordan Divided Deck Shuffle
2021 20
Edward Marlo, Bob Page Faro Slough-Off
2021 16
Ed McGowan, B.J. Bueno The McGowan-Bueno Peek incomplete faro control, card peeked from upper half which is then stripped out with selection secretly in-jogged, can be glimpsed
June 2022
Elixir (Vol. 3 No. Florida Issue Part One)
1
Jon Racherbaumer Mathematician vs. Psychic vs. Magician
  • Exhumations
sixteen-card packet, spectator choses card and its position, it's divined, in repeat it is the only odd-backed card
Inspired byAlso published here Nov. 2022
Genii (Vol. 85 No. 10-11)
92
Scott Baird The FUJ Shuffle "Faro Utility Jog"
card peeked in incomplete faro condition, water fall square-up, then card can be glimpsed and controlled, with Si Stebbins application idea
Related toVariations Jan. 2022
The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 1)
36
Scott Baird S.W.I.S.S. - Shake Well Into Si Stebbins presentational framework for Si Stebbins Secret, red black separated cards instantly mix, using fine incomplete faro condition for Svengali riffle
Inspired byRelated to Mar. 2022
The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 3)
110
Boyet Vargas 4CS (Four Card Swindle) Deal dealing and collecting a four-card packet multiple times, final order determined by knowing one card
Dec. 2022
The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 12)
537
Lift Shuffle Brief, as top stock false shuffle
Related to 2022 100
George McBride Thought Processor card and its position thought of from nine-card packet, located with anti-faros
Related to 2022 34
Shimpei Katsuragawa Hindu False Shuffle Hunter false shuffle adapted to Hindu shuffle
Related to 2022 121
Shimpei Katsuragawa, Ben Daggers Drop Shuffle Handling false shuffle, packets dropped onto table, simplified
Inspired by
  • "The Drop Shuffle" (upcoming book "The Elusive Illusive", Ben Daggers)
2022 155
Dai Vernon Blind Shuffles (Erdnase) comments, from private lecture notes by Gene Matsuura
Related to 2022 107
Tony Kardyro Preparing a Faro Deck soap on edges
2022 6
Woody Aragón, Steve Beam Wiper Move false shuffle for face-up/face-down deck from hands to table
Also published here 2022 12
Mark Aspiazu Greek Triumph using Greek Shuffle
Also published here 2022 26
William Goodwin Secret Cased Faro Shuffle quick faro shuffle as deck is cased
Also published here 2022 90
Edward Marlo Down-Jog Displacement oil and water context, secret antifaro for very small packet
Also published here 2022 186
William Eston Expertalk: William Eston on the False Faro Shuffle
Also published here 2022 253
Martin Gardner Expertalk: Martin Gardner on the Hindu Shuffle control to bottom
Also published here
  • MAGIC, May 2006
2022 503
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
Giancarlo Scalia Chaotic Direct Steal palm/drag steal during table wash shuffle
2022 122
Steve Beam Beam's Red & Black Shuffles intro
2022 124
Steve Beam Shuffle Number One three-shuffle sequence
2022 124
Steve Beam Shuffle Number Two
Inspired by 2022 125
Dai Vernon Overhand Shuffle Stack
2022 41
Jerry Andrus Andrus Slop Shuffle with face-up/face-down cards
2022 42
Juan Tamariz Anti-Faro Motivation time arrow patter
2022 34
Laurie Ireland, Charles T. Jordan Ireland Shuffle
2022 18
Ben Daggers Overhand False Shuffle back and forth shuffle, optical parts, also to reverse all but one card
2022 71
Ben Daggers Drop Shuffle packets dropped on table from top and bottom of the deck, complete false shuffle
Inspired by 2022 81
Adriano Zanetti "The Stabbed Card" rubber-banded deck, one spectator peeks into deck and remembers suit, another a value, composite card stabbed in paper-wrapped deck
Related to Jan. 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 1)
56
Jonathan Friedman Your Lucky Card
  • WWPD
deck riffle shuffled, suit of selection taken out and reverse-faro-plunger elimination until one remains, it is also predicted with text on the back of the other cards of that suit
June 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 6)
52
Howard Hamburg Un-Faro-able gaffed card added to borrowed deck that jams in faro shuffles
Sep. 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 9)
65
Griffin Watt Thanks to Hideo incomplete faro production of four Kings one by one, they then change to Aces
Inspired by
  • "Seed to Flowers or Culling the Aces" (Hideo Kato, Precursor #72)
Sep. 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 9)
79
Rafael Benatar Deconstructing the Overhand Shuffle: Part 1
  • Thoughts...

  • The Left-hand Grip
  • The Right-hand Grip
  • Running Cards
  • Shuffling Actions
  • How Many Shuffling Actions are Natural?
  • The Shuffling Attitude
  • The Simplest Task (bringing top card to bottom, products for dry hands)
  • Suiting the Context
  • The Second Simplest Task (bringing bottom card to top)
  • Releasing a Packet Minus the Bottom Card
  • An Exercise
  • A Superior Handling
  • The Two-Step Verification
  • The Vernon Solution
  • Combinations
Related to Nov. 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 11)
56
Dai Vernon The Vernon Solution shuffling the bottom card to top with break
Nov. 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 11)
60
Kyle Leon, Ryan Pilling Sloppy Oil and Water full-deck oil and water with slop shuffle
  • 1. The Slop Shuffle
  • 2. Oil and Water
  • 3. Final Reveal
Oct. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 10)
1057
Scott Baird Peeked Key Triumph Control face-up/face-down incomplete faro condition
Nov. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 11)
1082
David Williamson False Faro Shuffle
2023 24
Alex Elmsley Constant Stack
Related to 2023 34
Justin Higham Anson Chen Improvises on improvisation, fake faro principle idea
2023 37
Alexander Hansford Red/Black Shuffle Combination overhand shuffle followed by honest riffle shuffle
2023 42
Luis Otero Horizontal Shuffle Handling Charlier type false shuffle
Related to
  • "Horizontal Shuffle" in Sachs's "Sleight of Hand"
2023 33
Rafael Benatar Deconstructing the Overhand Shuffle: Part 2
  • Thoughts...

  • On the Injog
    • How Large Should an Injog Be?
    • The Pinky's Task
  • Disguising the Injog
    • The Rhythm
    • The Upward Beat
    • The Angled Jog
    • The Delayed Injog
    • The Careless Mess
    • The Double Tap
  • On the Outjog
different handlings (see following entries)
  • Expanding our Progress
Related to Jan. 2024
Genii (Vol. 87 No. 1)
56
Steve Beam The Steve Beam Continuous Shuffle out-jog for control or top stock control in a single shuffle
Jan. 2024
Genii (Vol. 87 No. 1)
59
José Benzecri The Benzecri Shuffle Greek/Weave shuffle handling
Jan. 2024
Genii (Vol. 87 No. 1)
59
Rafael Benatar A Simple Full-Deck False Shuffle Greek & Hunter combo
Jan. 2024
Genii (Vol. 87 No. 1)
59
Juan Tamariz The Tamariz Handling Greek shuffle handling
Jan. 2024
Genii (Vol. 87 No. 1)
59
Rafael Benatar Practicing the Overhand Shuffle
Jan. 2024
Genii (Vol. 87 No. 1)
60
Rafael Benatar Counting Without Counting overhand shuffle run
Jan. 2024
Genii (Vol. 87 No. 1)
60
Francesco Fontanelli The Lateral-Jog Shuffle side-jog instead of in-jog
2024 20
Allan Ackerman A Multiple Slip Shuffle specific number of cards
Also published here 2024 33
Allan Ackerman Bottom Stet Overhand Shuffle Handling bottom stock remains, block slip shuffle handling
Related to 2024 34
Jennifer Gwinn, Allan Ackerman Acrobatic Anything Gymnastic Aces with named four-of-a-kind
Inspired by 2024 59
Edward Marlo, Allan Ackerman Down-Jog Displacement Handling without cover card
Inspired by 2024 146