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S. W. Erdnase Preface
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1902 3
S. W. Erdnase Introduction
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1902 9
S. W. Erdnase Professional Secrets
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1902 13
S. W. Erdnase Hold Outs information and opinion
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1902 14
S. W. Erdnase Prepared Cards information and opinion
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1902 15
S. W. Erdnase Confederacy
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1902 19
S. W. Erdnase Two Methods of Shuffling
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1902 20
S. W. Erdnase Primary Accomplishments false shuffling and cutting
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1902 21
S. W. Erdnase Possibilities of the "Blind"
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1902 21
S. W. Erdnase Uniformity of Action
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1902 22
S. W. Erdnase Deportment
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1902 22
S. W. Erdnase Display of Ability
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1902 23
S. W. Erdnase Greatest Single Accomplishment bottom dealing
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1902 23
S. W. Erdnase Effect of Suspicion
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1902 24
S. W. Erdnase Acquiring the Art
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1902 24
S. W. Erdnase Importance of Details
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1902 25
S. W. Erdnase Technical Terms
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1902 25
S. W. Erdnase Blind Shuffles - I. To Retain Top Stock
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1902 29
S. W. Erdnase II. To Retain Top Stock and Shuffle Whole Deck
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1902 31
S. W. Erdnase III. To Retain Bottom Stock and Shuffle Whole Deck
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1902 32
S. W. Erdnase Erdnase System of Blind Riffles and Cuts - I. To Retain the Top Stock
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1902 33
S. W. Erdnase II. To Retain the Bottom Stock
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1902 36
Blind Cuts - I. To Retain Bottom Stock. Top Losing One Card
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1902 39
II. To Retain the Complete Stock
Also published here
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1902 40
III. To Retain the Top Stock running cut with break
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1902 41
S. W. Erdnase IV. To Retain the Bottom Stock
Also published here
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1902 42
S. W. Erdnase V. To Retain Bottom Stock. Riffle II and Cut IV Combination Riffle and Cuts
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1902 44
Fancy Blind Cuts - I. To Retain the Complete Stock
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1902 44
S. W. Erdnase II. To Retain the Complete Stock
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1902 45
One-Handed Fancy True Cut tabled
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1902 46
To Indicate the Location for the Cut - I. This is located by the Crimp bridge crimp, for use after overhand shuffle
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1902 48
S. W. Erdnase II. This is located by the jog for use after overhand shuffle
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1902 50
III. This is located by the crimp bridge crimp, for use after riffle shuffle
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1902 51
IV. This is located by the jog for use after riffle shuffle
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1902 51
S. W. Erdnase Bottom Dealing featuring the Erdnase Grip
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1902 52
S. W. Erdnase Top and Bottom Dealing with One Hand using the Erdnase Bottom Deal, also mention of Stud Bottom Deal
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1902 56
S. W. Erdnase Second Dealing two methods
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1902 58
S. W. Erdnase Ordinary Methods of Stocking, Locating and Securing different methods while toying with the deck
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1902 60
Stock Shuffle milk build, drawing only from the bottom without top card cover, also for more hands at once
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1902 65
S. W. Erdnase Erdnase System of Stock Shuffling
  • Two-Card Stock
  • Three-Card Stock
  • Four-Card Stock
  • Five-Card Stock
  • Twelve-Card Stock--For Draw Poker
  • Euchre Stock--Four-Handed Game-1
  • Euchre Stock--Four-Hande Game-2
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1902 68
S. W. Erdnase The Erdnase System of Cull Shuffling
  • To Cull Two Cards
  • To Cull Three Cards
  • To Cull Four Cards
  • To Cull Nine Cards
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1902 78
S. W. Erdnase Top Palm. First Method
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1902 83
S. W. Erdnase Top Palm. Second Method
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1902 85
S. W. Erdnase Bottom Palm. First Method with left little finger option
Also published here
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1902 86
S. W. Erdnase Bottom Palm. Second Method
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1902 88
S. W. Erdnase Bottom Palm When Cards Are Riffled almost tabled after riffle shuffle, two methods
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1902 90
S. W. Erdnase To Maintain the Bottom Palm While Dealing delaying its use
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1902 93
S. W. Erdnase To Hold the Location of Cut while Dealing delaying a shift or similar action
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1902 94
S. W. Erdnase Shifts
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1902 95
Two-Handed Shift
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S. W. Erdnase The Erdnase Shift. One Hand
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1902 99
S. W. Erdnase Erdnase Shift. Two Hands
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1902 102
S. W. Erdnase To Ascertain the Top Cards while Riffling and Reserve them at Bottom see elegant title, tabled double cut
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1902 103
S. W. Erdnase Mode of Holding the Hand how to hold the hand for poker playing
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1902 104
S. W. Erdnase Skinning the Hand to rearrange a heavy poker hand
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1902 106
S. W. Erdnase Dealing Without the Cut dealing from half pack to avoid shift and simplify bottom deal
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1902 109
S. W. Erdnase The Player without an Ally
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1902 109
S. W. Erdnase Replacing the Cut as Before bold
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1902 110
S. W. Erdnase Holding Out for the Cut
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1902 110
S. W. Erdnase Shifting the Cut tips for the card table
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1902 111
S. W. Erdnase Dealing Too Many dealing too many cards in a game, double deal is only hinted at
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1902 112
S. W. Erdnase Crimping for the Cut using crimp in a game, player cuts to crimp
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1902 113
S. W. Erdnase Replacing Palm When Cutting two for top, running cut, one for bottom
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1902 113
S. W. Erdnase The Short Deck playing with a short deck, card table advantage
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1902 116
Three Card Monte two methods for the Throw Switch
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1902 117
S. W. Erdnase The Longitudinal Shift
Also published here
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1902 130
S. W. Erdnase The S.W.E. Shift color change mention on page 136
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1902 134
Jack Merlin The Hop off the Bottom switching hand in a game, Jinx Switch
Also published here
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1927/28 10
Gamblers' False Cut - Retaining Bottom Stock tabled, straight cut, bottom cards slid back to bottom
Also published here
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1940 79
Fred Robinson The Bottom Deal from full grip
Also published here
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1950 62
Dai Vernon The Chinese Second Deal one-handed pop-over flourish
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1959 71
, Edward Marlo Unorthodox Second Deal top card is buckled, also as third deal by Marlo
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1959 2
The Movie Second unorthodox
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1959 54
Edward Marlo Mechanical Seconds effect application: Aces change to Kings
Also published here
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1959 90
Edward Marlo The No Touch Theory three methods
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1959 124
Retaining the Top Stock up to twenty cards, shown by a gambler in Reno
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1960 49
Edward Marlo Marlo's Patented False Shuffle
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1964
The Patented Shuffle (Issue 1 Patented False Shuffle)
1
Larry Jennings Interlock Steal unloading cards under top cards
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1967 51
Mexican Joe Mexican Joe's Table Pass bringing only bottom slug back to bottom
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1967 123
Charlie Miller Charlie Miller's Table Pass
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1967 124
Edward Marlo Immediate Bottom Deal immediately after deck is placed from right into left hand
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Winter 1968
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 4 No. 2nd Folio)
219
Edward Marlo, S. W. Erdnase Marnase False Cut also as slip cut
Also published here
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Apr. 1971
Kabbala — Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 4)
32
Nick Trost High Card Poker Deal poker deal from packet of high cards, spectators receive Ace-high straights, performer gets winning four of a kind, uses Gilbreath principle
Also published here
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1972 157
Frank Thompson F.T. Cut
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1973 143
Derek Dingle Roll-Over Aces
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1973 92
Edward Marlo Breakless Curry Change one or multiple cards
Also published here
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1975
The Hierophant (Issue 7 Resurrection Issue)
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Larry Jennings King's Triumph four Kings instead selection
Also published here
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1975
The Hierophant (Issue 7 Resurrection Issue)
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Nick Trost High-Card Poker poker deal from packet of high cards, spectators receive Ace-high straights, performer gets winning four of a kind, uses Gilbreath principle
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1975 21
Derek Dingle Volteando los Ases. (Roll-Over Aces) translated by Jesus Etcheverry
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July 1975 15
Dan MacMillan The Shuffle Palm tabled riffle shuffle
Inspired by
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1977 28
Allan Ackerman Ackerman Variation on the One Handed Center Deal
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1978 101
Jack McMillen Gamblers' Stack tabled, straight cut, bottom cards slid back to bottom
Also published here
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1985 11
Larry Jennings King's Triumph with four Kings instead of selections
Also published here
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1986 124
Dai Vernon Enlarging a Break
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1987 10
Dai Vernon The Vernon Simple False Cut
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1987 41
Dai Vernon, John Rakinakis, Dr. James William Elliott On the Second Deal tips
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1987 98
Edward Marlo The Cigar Bottom Deal cigar or pen held between right first and second finger, third finger take
Also published here
  • The New Tops, Dec. 1967
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1988 332
Steve Forte On Roger Klause
1991 129
Karl Fulves* (reviewer) Steve Forte Gambling Tapes by Steve Forte 1992
Cheat Sheet (Issue 10)
102
Steve Draun Tabled Breakless Double Undercuts
  • Top to Bottom
  • Bottom to Top
Also published here
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1993 22
S. W. Erdnase Bottom Dealing abbreviated description
Also published here
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1993 235
S. W. Erdnase Bottom Palm. Second Method brief
Also published here
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1993 167
Steve Forte Addendum with cup, variation of Control 7
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  • Gambling Protection Series Vol. 4
1995 20
Martin Gardner* Addendum about Steve Forte's demonstration on Gambling Protection Series Vol. 4
1995 38
Michael Close (reviewer) Steve Forte's Gambling Protection Series Volumes 1-4 by Steve Forte
reviewed together with Mac King
July 1995
MAGIC (Vol. 4 No. 11)
77
Jon Racherbaumer Indecent Exposure? on exposure, Steve Forte on Hidden Secrets of Magic
1996
Facsimile (Issue 4)
8
James Swain The Pass Palm top cards into left hand classic palm
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1996 149
Roberto Giobbi Aktuelles aus der Zauberszene on Hank Moorehouse, Lance Burton, Herb Zarrow, Ron Wohl, Milt Larsen, Steve Bedwell, Joe Givan, Matt Schulien, John Bannon, Simon Aronson, Chuck Schulien, Jim Krenz, David Solomon, Ed Marlo, Eugene Burger, Frances & Jay Marshall, Danny Korem, John Corenlius, Eddie Fields, Stephen Minch, Jon Racherbaumer, Fred Bravour, Max Maven, Guy Hollingworth, Vanni Bossi, Lennart Green, Aurelio Paviato, Steve Forte, Richard Vollmer, Christian Scherer, Rico Leitner
  • Lance Burton: Première im Monte Carlo
  • Magical Empire
  • Steve Bedwell
  • Schulien's It's Magic
  • David Solomon
  • Eugene Burger in Biggs
  • Seminar von Danny Korem
  • Jim Krenz
  • Unfreiwilliger Humor
  • Eddie Fields
  • Fred Bravour im Zauberring Basel
  • Max Maven in Basel
  • Für Erdnase Fans
  • 2. Dreiländerkongress 1998
1996
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 58 No. 4 & 5)
129
Nick Trost High-Card Poker Deal poker deal from packet of high cards, spectators receive Ace-high straights, performer gets winning four of a kind, uses Gilbreath principle
Also published here
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1997 113
Allan Ackerman, Steve Forte The Bottom Up Zarrow a.k.a. BUZ
Also published here
1999 8
S. W. Erdnase The Longitudinal "Pass" No. 24, brief
Also published here
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1999 309
Nick Trost High Card Poker Deal poker deal from packet of high cards, spectators receive Ace-high straights, performer gets winning four of a kind, uses Gilbreath principle
Also published here
Variations
1999 60
Steve Forte Springing the Aces
  • Beginner's Corner
springing flourish stopped right at Aces one by one
Also published here
Variations
Dec. 2000
Channel One (Vol. 2 No. 6)
10
Anthony Miller Biography on Steve Forte
Dec. 2000
Channel One (Vol. 2 No. 6)
11
Dan Buck, Dave Buck Expeditiousness in-the-hands
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2001 31
Steve Forte (reviewer) Another Look at Erdnase's The Expert at the Card Table by S. W. Erdnase June 2001
Genii (Vol. 64 No. 6)
70
Nathan Kranzo The Big Push deck is sprung face up and stopped at a blank card, blank is tabled and this is repeated three more times, on last time the blank is changed into an Ace and other three tabled cards are now Aces
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2001 [1]
Steve Forte Spring Street Aces Revelation springing deck and stopping at specific card
2001 [1]
Edward Marlo The Breakless Curry Change
Also published here
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2002 7
Steve Forte Standing Spread deck is standing on edge on the table, double spread
2002 12
Steve Forte Ironing Cards achieving different snap in plastic cards
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  • "Phantoms Of The Card Table" (2003)
2003
Off The Books (Issue 5)
76
Steve Forte Introduction
2004 7
Gary Plants Zarrow Shuffle - Plants Handling
  • The Split
  • The Weave
  • The Strip-out
  • Opening the Gap
  • The Block Insertion
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2004 16
Steve Forte The Strip running cut with jog, top stock
2004 9
B.J. Bueno Muy Bueno Shuffle with fake tabled cascade ala Steve Forte
Oct. 2005
The Penumbra (Issue 9)
2
James Swain (reviewer) Steve Forte's Casino Game Protection by Steve Forte Apr. 2005
Genii (Vol. 68 No. 4)
36
R. Paul Wilson Steve Forte: Catch Me If You Can
Oct. 2005
Genii (Vol. 68 No. 10)
50
Bill Malone Bill Malone on Steve Forte
Oct. 2005
Genii (Vol. 68 No. 10)
56
Michael Close (reviewer) It's Not Magic, But... by Steve Forte
on Steve Forte and his Casino Game Protection book
Mar. 2005
MAGIC (Vol. 14 No. 7)
80
Steve Forte Steve Forte Writes of His First Class in Psychology 101
Mar. 2005
MAGIC (Vol. 14 No. 7)
81
Steve Forte Seven-Card Stud Stack
Feb. 2006
Genii (Vol. 69 No. 2)
28
Steve Forte One Shuffle Stack Aces shown in face-up spread, after one shuffle a six-handed game is dealt
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Mar. 2006
Genii (Vol. 69 No. 3)
26
Allan Ackerman Easy Forte Aces buried in four packets, deck assembled, apparent centers are dealt in a game
Inspired by
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May 2006
Antinomy (Vol. 2 No. 2)
17
Don May May's No Strip Out Multiple Shift five methods, with bluff spacing
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2007 115
S. W. Erdnase The Erdnase One Hand Shift
Also published here
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2007 13
Edward Marlo Marnase False Cut
Also published here
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2007 49
James Swain (reviewer) A Look at Steve Forte's Poker Protection by Steve Forte Feb. 2007
Genii (Vol. 70 No. 2)
22
Steve Forte Introduction on Richard Turner
Apr. 2007
Genii (Vol. 70 No. 4)
68
Dani DaOrtiz Viajando por E.E.U.U. about the journey though the USA, Miguel Angel Gea, Christian Engblom, Katia, 4F, Vanni Bossi, Alfonso Aceituno, Ed Ellis, Magic Castle, Rafael Benatar, Dean Dill, Johnny Thompson, Penn & Teller, Steve Forte, Michael Weber, Max Maven
2007
El Manuscrito (Vol. 1 No. 1)
13
Fred Robinson The Fred Robinson Bottom Deal from full grip
Also published here
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2009 72
Steve Forte Tips from the Experts bottom dealing tips
2009 22
Jason England, Steve Forte Another Shuffle Stack seven-handed game, pseudo stack
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2009 9
Richard Kaufman Genii Speaks on Uri Geller, Ali Bongo's passing, David Copperfield biography in France, Steve Forte's Gambling Protection Series on DVD, John Carney
Mar. 2009
Genii (Vol. 72 No. 3)
10
Richard Kaufman (reviewer) Gambling Protection Series by Steve Forte
DVD release
Mar. 2009
Genii (Vol. 72 No. 3)
11
Joe M. Turner (reviewer) Gambling Protection Series (3-DVD set) by Steve Forte Apr. 2009
Genii (Vol. 72 No. 4)
76
Brad Henderson (reviewer) Gambling Protection Series by Steve Forte Mar. 2009
MAGIC (Vol. 18 No. 7)
88
Roberto Giobbi Top Stock Control
Related to
  • Top Slug Control in Steve Forte's Casino Protection
2010
Secret Agenda (Issue Dec 20)
379
Benjamin Earl Switchman - DS 1 cut to table
Inspired by
  • Steve Forte switch from Gambling Protection Series
Oct. 2010
Gambit (Issue 2)
10
Steve Draun Breakless Double Undercut Top to Bottom
Also published here
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2010 277
Pedro Lacerda Lacerda Multiple Shift single cut from hands to table
Also published here
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2011 58
Jörg Alexander Weber Switch with Bills
Also published here
Inspired by
  • Dice Switch on "Gambling Protection Video Vol. 4" (Steve Forte, 1986)
2011 34
Steve Forte Paint Poker "Steve Forte's Routine"
poker deal from packet of high cards, spectators receive Ace-high straights, performer gets winning four of a kind, uses Gilbreath principle
Also published here
  • Sal Piacente's DVD Expert Magic Lecture Notes, Volume 2 (2004)
Inspired by
2011 692
Steve Forte, Roberto Giobbi The Money Switch adapted from reference, using bills
Inspired by
  • "Poker Protection" (Steve Forte, p. 106)
2013 69
Steve Forte Foreword
2013 6
Jack Merlin The Hop Off the Bottom switching poker hand after deal
Also published here
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2015 366
Frank Thompson F.T. Cut
Also published here
Variations
Feb. 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 2)
53
John Cottle (reviewer) Poker Protection by Steve Forte Sep. 2017
Operandi (Issue 3)
17
Jack Carpenter Scarne's Dream deck is fanned and instantly four outjogged Aces appear in fan
Variations
2017 47
Ricky Smith The Bar on Spring Street spectator selects card, performer then stops springing flourish at three Aces which match selection
Also published here
Inspired by
2017 40
Steve Forte Spring St. Aces Production stopping at an Ace during springing flourish
2017 43
Steve Forte Steve Forte & Bill Malone
July 2017
Genii (Vol. 80 No. 7)
91
Steve Beam, Frank Thompson F. T. Cut different uses for the F.T. Cut
  • As a Control
  • Bottom to Top Cut
  • Delayed Gratification
  • Red / Black Shuffle
Also published here
Variations
2018 223
Steve Forte Spring Street Aces Revelation springing stopped right at selection
2019 22
S. W. Erdnase To Retain the Complete Stock
Also published here
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2019 20
S. W. Erdnase To Retain the Top Stock
Also published here
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2019 21
S. W. Erdnase To Retain the Bottom Stock
Also published here
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2019 22
Steve Forte Dedication - Ray Goulet
2020
Steve Forte Preface
2020
Steve Forte Acknowledgments
2020
Steve Forte Chapter 1 - Gambling Sleight of Hand - The Hobby
  • Introduction
  • Terminology
2020 1
Steve Forte Gambling Sleight of Hand as a Hobby
    • the moves
    • how gambling moves evolve
    • new gambling moves
    • the best gambling moves
    • story-moves
    • story-skill
    • legends
    • challenging moves
    • card-table protocol
  • Suckers
  • Gambling Devices
2020 2
Steve Forte Studying Gambling Sleight of Hand
    • learning curve
    • doing moves versus studying moves
    • card players' standards
    • explanations of methods
    • execution versus application
  • Sources
    • books
    • video
    • personal instruction
    • card players
    • cheaters
    • mentors
2020 11
Steve Forte Technical Considerations
  • the ultimate goal
  • detail
  • being natural
  • artificial moves
  • the simple things
  • the lessons (1 to 10)
  • the magic mindset
  • expert status
  • demonstrations
2020 19
Steve Forte Cheaters and Magicians
  • sophisticated sleight of hand
  • no comparison
  • deceptive standards
  • differences
2020 31
Steve Forte Practice
  • The Biggest Mistake You Can Make
  • Practice Basics
    • technical analysis
    • alternating true and false moves
    • speed and rhythm
    • mirrors
    • acting
    • video recording
    • objective criticism
    • conditions and consistency
    • seated position
    • table surface
    • angles
    • playing cards
    • challenging practice techniques
    • artificial practice techniques
    • practice lists
    • time management
    • hustlers and practice
    • visualization
2020 36
Steve Forte Last Thoughts
  • how to read Gambling Sleight of Hand
  • researcher
  • author's perspective
  • credits
  • obvious solutions
  • secrets
  • opinions
  • mission statement
2020 47
Steve Forte Summary summary of what the books are about
2020 52
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
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2020 65
Steve Forte Legitimate Table Cuts and Strips different honest cuts, strip cuts, center strip, Scarne Cut
2020 69
Steve Forte False Table Cuts and Strips intro
2020 71
Steve Forte Scrape-cut tabled straight undercut
  • technical observations
    • clear the bottom half quickly
    • observer's perspective
    • tilt
    • lifting the bottom half
    • instantaneous action
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2020 71
Steve Forte Table-cut (poker) tabled straight forward cut
  • technical observations
    • hand cover
    • speed
    • lifting the initial half
    • cutting with one hand
    • carrying cut with one hand
    • squaring action
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2020 73
Steve Forte Table Double-Cuts second straight cut undoes first cut, two handlings, "don't-let-go" principle
  • center-center cut
Related to
  • "Double Cut" (Evans, How Gamblers Win, 1865)
Variations
2020 76
Steve Forte Gamblers' Cut triple undercut
  • technical observations
    • consistency
    • cutting direction
    • break size
    • grip
    • last cut
2020 77
Steve Forte On Tabled Breaks on holding a thumb break with deck in riffle shuffle position
2020 78
Steve Forte Up The Ladder
  • technical observations
    • starting grip
    • first undercut
    • eliminate the first stepped packet
    • cover
    • stripping direction and angle
    • only one stepped packet per strip
    • last stripped packet
    • number of strips
    • pace
  • automatic break (transition into riffle shuffle)
  • no stepped packets (Ed Marlo)
  • carrying half decks with UTL
2020 80
Steve Forte CTB Cut/Strip "center, top, bottom", fake running cut to break near bottom
  • technical observations
    • double-cut
    • center packet
    • gaps
    • two distinct phases
Also published here
Related to
2020 83
Steve Forte Carrying Slugs with running/strip cuts, intro
2020 86
Steve Forte Erdnase False Strips improvements for the Erdnase system and its set-up cut
  • top slug
  • bottom slug
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2020 86
Steve Forte delaying the strip top slug, riffle shuffle and cut combination, break held near bottom during shuffle
2020 88
Steve Forte pick-up strip (top slug) single strip action, tabled lift shuffle
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2020 89
Steve Forte over-the-top (bottom slug) single strip action
2020 89
Steve Forte Base-Strip running cut off the bottom
  • technical observations
    • instant start
    • clearing the bottom half
    • lifting the bottom half
    • exaggeration
    • tilting
2020 90
Steve Forte Hidden Secrets - False Strip/Cut as used in television show "Hidden Secrets of Magic" (1996), "don't-let-go" principle
Inspired by
2020 91
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
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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
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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 Poker Lecture Outline, c1982 two pages of Forte's first lecture notes
2020 100
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
Also published here
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 to
Variations
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
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
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
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
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