General Comments

67 entries in Cards / Sleights / Riffle Shuffle / General Comments
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
S. W. Erdnase Two Methods of Shuffling
Related to 1902 The Expert at the Card Table 20
Bill Simon The Simon System of False Riffle Shuffles
1952 Effective Card Magic 178
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Observations on the Riffle Shuffle
1958 The Cardiste (Issue 7) 9
Edward Marlo Top-Block-Transfer comments about retaining order during block transfers, doing Triumph with stacked deck
 		1964 The Patented Shuffle (Issue 4 Transfers)
Edward Marlo I Shuffled the Cards chapter intro
 		1964 The Patented Shuffle (Issue 5 I Shuffled the Cards) 1
Karl Fulves Riffle Shuffle Analogs models to visualize effect of riffle shuffle on the order
  • Partitions
  • The Five-Card Partition
  • General Shuffle Analogs
  • Polyominoes
  • Pseudo-Polyominoes
  • The Matchbox Analog
  • A Note On Matchbox Analogs
  • And A Note On Ordered Polyominoes
Related to 1968 Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups 47
Karl Fulves Riffle Shuffle Techniques commentary on Reflected Set-Ups, Interlocking Stacks, ... in combination with riffle shuffle
 		1969 Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue Gray Codes) 24
Karl Fulves Displacement Techniques on the definition of "riffle shuffle"
 		1969 Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue Displacements) 33
Karl Fulves Accountable some mathematics of the riffle shuffle
 		1970 Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue Second Supplement) 71
Unknown Two Letters credit fight over riffle shuffle work, Marlo/Daley controversy
 		1971 Epilogue (Issue 13) 106
Edward Marlo Concluding Observations more Zarrow, Shank comments
 		1972 The Shank Shuffle 89
Karl Fulves False Shuffles definition of term, no handling details
 		1973 Riffle Shuffle Technique — Preliminary Notes on Part One 2
Karl Fulves Riffle Shuffle Problems chapter intro, posing several problems (all the remaining entries in this manuscript)
 		1973 Riffle Shuffle Technique — Preliminary Notes on Part One 17
Karl Fulves Bibliographical Notes some riffle shuffle sources in print
 		1973 Riffle Shuffle Technique — Preliminary Notes on Part One 22
Karl Fulves Notes On Shuffle Effects
1973 Riffle Shuffle Technique — Preliminary Notes on Part Two 81
Karl Fulves Editorial Comments credit fight over Marlo regarding Jordan Count, Block Transfers and more
 		1975 Epilogue (Issue 23) 221
Karl Fulves Shuffle Matters on various riffle shuffle credits
 		1983 Shuffle Off 15
Karl Fulves Introduction
1984 Riffle Shuffle Technique — Part Three 109
Karl Fulves Controlled Shuffles chapter intro
 		1984 Riffle Shuffle Technique — Part Three 112
Karl Fulves More Shuffle Problems
  • Previous Erdnase
  • Dollar Deal
  • Haunted Transfer
  • Markers
 		1984 Riffle Shuffle Technique — Part Three 150
Karl Fulves Shuffle Diagrams pen and paper method for riffle shuffle
Related to 1986 Color Capture 21
Karl Fulves Formations way to write out result of riffle shuffle on paper
Related to 1986 Color Capture 23
Karl Fulves Scribble Shuffles way to write out possible results after riffle shuffle on paper
 		1986 Color Capture 26
Karl Fulves Reverse Riffle Shuffles
1986 Color Capture 27
Karl Fulves C-Color problem of reconstructing original stack after riffle shuffle, no solution
 		1986 Color Capture 30
Karl Fulves Erdnase Blind Shuffles comments on Erdnase's full deck false riffle shuffles
Related to 1987 Riffle Shuffle Methods 17
Karl Fulves False Shuffles chapter intro
 		1987 Riffle Shuffle Methods 17
Karl Fulves Commentary on False Riffle Shuffles
1987 Riffle Shuffle Methods 29
Karl Fulves Shuffle Tricks chapter intro
 		1987 Riffle Shuffle Methods 30
T. Page Wright False Shuffles and Cuts
1991 Page Wright's Manuscript 89
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 Racherbaumer Papers (Issue 2) 7
Jon Racherbaumer On the Stevens Control credit information
Related to 1993 The Olram File (Issue 14) 7
Sid Fleischman The False Shuffle - Who Needs It?
1993 The Charlatan's Handbook 155
Roberto Giobbi Riffle Shuffle Techniques Introduction
 		1995 Card College — Volume 1 103
Karl Fulves Tells All tells in riffle shuffle work
 		1995 Setting Up Exercises 3
Karl Fulves In Conclusion
1995 Setting Up Exercises 4
Karl Fulves Terms of Engagement chapter 2 intro, on practicing riffle shuffle work, surface, consistency, ...
 		1995 Setting Up Exercises 5
Karl Fulves The standard grip
1995 Setting Up Exercises 7
Karl Fulves The Even Riffle chapter 5 intro, on riffle faro (real riffling) stacking, center stacking
 		1995 Setting Up Exercises 33
Karl Fulves Thumb Tips
1995 Setting Up Exercises 51
Karl Fulves Drop Offs chapter 6 intro
 		1995 Setting Up Exercises 52
Karl Fulves It Won't Work on the nature of riffle shuffle work
 		1995 Setting Up Exercises 62
Karl Fulves Added Notes added to revised edition (ca. 1995?)
 		1995 Shuffle Off 17
Karl Fulves Scarne's Secret intro about Scarne's riffle culling and on the nature of riffle shuffle work with analogies
 		1996 Blocking Off 1
Karl Fulves Shuffle Functions
1996 Blocking Off 183
Roberto Giobbi Riffle Shuffle Techniques, Part 2
1998 Card College — Volume 3 627
Ellis Stanyon Technical Terms for shuffle work
 		1999 Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks 278
David Malek Thoughts on Shuffling
2001 Rebel without a Pause 40
Karl Fulves A Rusduckian Shuffle Rusduck's top-bottom-removal as analog to riffle shuffle
Related to 2004 When Psychics Play Poker 9
Karl Fulves The Pure Riffle dealing alternative to riffle shuffle
 		2004 When Psychics Play Poker 10
Karl Fulves Riffle Shuffle, How Defined
2004 When Psychics Play Poker 16
Karl Fulves Paper & Pencil Shuffles notation for riffle shuffle, partitions
 		2004 When Psychics Play Poker 19
Wesley James False Riffle Shuffles essay and introduction
 		2004 Enchantments 285
Jon Racherbaumer Riffle Shuffling
2007 Marlo on Erdnase 29
Jon Racherbaumer On the Steven's Control comments
Related to 2007 Marlo on Erdnase 47
Karl Fulves A Belief System
2010 Prolix (Issue 8) 550
Steve Reynolds Before You Sit to Shuffle
2012 The Zarrow Work Book 1
Steve Reynolds First Misconception on false shuffling and shuffling styles
 		2012 The Zarrow Work Book 2
Steve Reynolds Second Misconception
2012 The Zarrow Work Book 3
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 Beyond the Z 55
Steve Forte Chapter 2 - False Shuffles
  • Introduction
  • terminology
 		2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1 55
Steve Forte False Table Riffle Shuffles intro
 		2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1 57
Steve Forte Positioning False Cuts and Strips intro, slug brought to center and marked off by break, jog, step
Related to 2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1 93
Steve Forte False Shuffling Procedures intro
 		2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1 112
Steve Forte Summary on slug controls and false cut
 		2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1 116
Steve Forte Off-the-Table False Riffles, Strips, and Cuts intro
 		2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1 200
Steve Forte Summary
2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1 226