Monday, June 8, 2020

Cross-references for Gambling Sleight of Hand, chapter 2


Here are my attempts at creating a list of cross-references for Gambling Sleight of Hand, chapter 2. Steve Forte has very kindly given me permission to share this online. I am sure it is far from complete, but I hope some other students and historians may find it useful.

In my own studies, I have found the following resources particularly useful, and I recommend them highly:

Enjoy,

Andru




Draft cross-references for Gambling Slight of Hand by Steve Forte, chapter 2
Compiled by Andru Luvisi, 2020

Page 56 One Hand Protection Position
Compare with left-hand position in Erdnase blind riffle to retain top stock.
The Expert at The Card Table (1902) by S. W. Erdnase
https://www.loc.gov/resource/rbc0001.2010houd11604/
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Artifice_Ruse_and_Subterfuge_at_the_Card/_7wyAQAAMAAJ

Page 58 The shuffling procedure "always ends with a riffle."
Compare with comments on the "end bridge" on page 142 of Sharps and Flats (1894) by John Nevil Maskelyne.
https://archive.org/details/sharpsflatscompl00maskuoft/page/n8/mode/2up
Compare also with comments on False Cut Number Three on page 22 of Card Cheats-How They Operate (1950) by Floyd Moss.

Page 59 Splitting and Switching Sides
Compare with Erdnase comments in fourth paragraph of blind riffle to retain bottom stock.

Page 60 Riffling off the Thumbs
Compare with Erdnase comments at the end of first paragraph of blind riffle to retain top stock.

Page 65 SIRP
Some insight into the timing may be gained by watching move #8 in the 52 video on the Gambling Protection Series DVDs (2009).

Page 69 Center Strip
This can also be used as a bottom slug control.
See page 66 of Casino Game Protection (2004) by Steve Forte.
See page 69 of Poker Protection (2006) by Steve Forte.

Page 69 'circle,' 'loop,' or 'round-n-round'
See page 552 of Scarne's Complete Guide to Gambling (1961) by John Scarne.
See page 652 of Scarne's New Complete Guide to Gambling (1974) by John Scarne.
See page 432 of Scarne's Encyclopedia of Card Games (1983) by John Scarne.

Page 71 Scrape Cut
See page 181 of Greater Magic (1938) by John Northern Hilliard, method b figures 4, 5.
See page 15 of The Card Expert (1938) by Lynn Searles.
See page 21 of Hugard's Magic Monthly volume 19 numbers 1 and 2, September and October 1961.
Compare with The Vernon Simple False Cut on page 41 of The Vernon Chronicles Volume 1 (1987) by Stephen Minch.
This cut is also demonstrated in the Gambling Protection Series DVDs volume 1 (1984).

Page 73 Use of n-stripper as brief for cutting
Some magicians believe that the description of "Bathroom Strippers" on page 70 of Dai Vernon's Inner Secrets of Card Magic (1959) by Lewis Ganson was based on a technique for creating n-strippers.
See the Richard Turner DVD Double-Signed Card Routine (2004) for instructions on how to create n-stripper cards and how to pull them out of the deck, under the name "Turner Key Card."
See page 424 of Casino Game Protection (2004) by Steve Forte.
See page 74 of Poker Protection (2006) by Steve Forte.
See page 32 of Confessions of a Crossroad Gambler (2008) by Gentlemen Jack Newton for a story about n-strippers being used in 1962. The technique for pulling them out of the deck is not described, and they are just called "strippers," but from the description of how they are made and applied in a game it is clear that the author is discussing n-strippers.

Page 73 Forward base cut
See "Simulated Cut " on page 43 of The Complete Illustrated Book of Card Magic (1969) by Walter Gibson.
See "Marnase False Cut" by Edward Marlo on page 32 of Kabbala volume 1 number 4 (1971).
Compare with Cooper's Cut on page 95 of Million Dollar Card Secrets (1972) by Frank Garcia.

Page 76 Table Double-Cuts
Compare with the One-Two False Cut on page 146 of Super Subtle Card Miracles (1973) by Frank Garcia.
Compare with False Cut on page 22 of …and a Pack of Cards (1927) by Jack Merlin.
The idea of assembling the packets overlapping, followed by squaring them up, can be found on page 114 of Magician Nitely (1974) by Jerry Mentzer, page 204 of Fechter (1993) by Jerry Mentzer, page 75 of Marlo Without Tears (1983) by Jon Racherbaumer, and page 44 of Revelations (1984) by Dai Vernon, applied to the 2nd Erdnase fancy blind cut.
See also pages 79 and 81 of GSOH.

Page 76 center-center cut
See page 46 of How Gamblers Win or The Secrets of Advantage Playing Exposed second edition (1868).
https://books.google.com/books?id=NiI0GQAACAAJ
This is demonstrated in the John Scarne video Cheating in Gambling (1949) – This video used to be available online, but I cannot find a complete copy currently available.

Page 77 never let go
The earliest mention I have found of this principle is on page 22 of Poker by Hardison (1914) by Theo Hardison. This is a variation on the Gamblers' Cut where the 3rd packet is cut by the left-hand.

Page 77 Gamblers' Cut
This is demonstrated in the John Scarne video Cheating in Gambling (1949).
See page 22 of Poker by Hardison (1914) by Theo Hardison.
See page 98 of Hugard's Magic Monthly volume 19 number 9, May 1962.
This is demonstrated in the old film set At The Poker Table, using a step instead of a break.
https://archive.org/details/at.the.poker.table
It is also demonstrated byJohn Scarne in the movie The Sting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVCjSstPvXI
See the Gambling Protection Series DVDs volume 1 (1984).
In The Cheat DVD (1990), Richard Turner illustrates this move in the "Eight of Clubs" false cut.
See page 104 of Poker Protection (2006) by Steve Forte.

Page 79 cutting direction
As mentioned above, page 22 of Poker by Hardison (1914) by Theo Hardison describes a variation where the 3rd cut is made by the left-hand.
In The Cheat DVD (1990), Richard Turner illustrates this move performed with alternating hands in the "Ace of Clubs" false cut.
Several older magic books contain a crude version of this cut, with alternating hands, where the separations are maintained at the front of the deck.
See page 16 of Blackstone's Modern Card Tricks (1932) by Harry Blackstone (Walter Gibson), page page 11 of Blackstone's Modern Card Tricks and Secrets of Magic (1941) by Harry Blackstone (Walter Gibson), page 39 of Blackstone's Tricks Anyone Can Do (1948) by Harry Blackstone (Walter Gibson), page 44 of The Complete Illustrated Book of Card Magic (1969) by Walter Gibson, page 180 of Greater Magic (1938) by John Northern Hilliard, page 258 of The Tarbell Course in Magic volume 1 (1941), and page 34 of Now You See It, Now You Don't! (1976) by Bill Tarr.
See page 552 of Scarne's Complete Guide to Gambling (1961) by John Scarne for a version of the 'circle,' 'loop,' or 'round-n-round' where cuts are made with alternating hands.
See page 652 of Scarne's New Complete Guide to Gambling (1974) by John Scarne for a version of the 'circle,' 'loop,' or 'round-n-round' where cuts are made with alternating hands.
See page 432 of Scarne's Encyclopedia of Card Games (1983) by John Scarne for a version of the 'circle,' 'loop,' or 'round-n-round' where cuts are made with alternating hands.

Page 79 last cut
See the references above for "Page 76 Table Double-Cuts."
See also pages 76 and 81 of GSOH.

Page 79 last paragraph
Compare with improved Erdnase top slug control on page 87.

Page 80 Up The Ladder
The earliest description resembling this move I am aware of is on page 13 of Poker to Win (1931) by Al Smith.
On page 63 of The Annotated Erdnase (1991), Darwin Ortiz writes "This card hustling move, which was introduced to the magic fraternity by Charlie Miller, may not have existed in Erdnase's time." Charlie Miller wrote an introduction for the Gambler's Book Club reprint of Poker to Win, in which he described meeting Al Smith in 1931 and referred to him as "a personal and valued friend." Is it possible that Charlie Miller learned this move from Al Smith?
See also, page 78 of Expert Card Technique (1940) by Jean Hugard and Frederick Braue, and page 178 of The Best in Magic (1956) by Bruce Elliott.

Page 81 last stripped packet
See the references above for "Page 76 Table Double-Cuts."
See also pages 76 and 79 of GSOH.

Page 82 automatic break
For other, different approaches that achieve a similar goal, see page 645 of Card College, volume 3 (1998) by Roberto Giobbi, and Double- and triple-cuts (top or bottom slugs) page 93 of GSOH.

Page 82 no stepped packets
The description on page 13 of Poker to Win (1931) by Al Smith uses breaks instead of steps, but it is less developed and the separations are held at the front side of the deck.

Page 83 carrying half decks with UTL
This procedure seems to carry the entire deck.

Page 83 CTB Cut/Strip
See page 176 of Effective Card Magic (1952) by Bill Simon for a false cut that retains both a top and bottom stock and bears some conceptual resemblance to a CTB that starts with a double undercut.
A peculiar variation of this cut with a single card "top" is described by Harry Lorayne as "Gambler's False Cut" on page 8 of Hugard's Magic Monthly volume 16 number 1, June 1958 and demonstrated in Gambling U.S.A. (1959).
https://archive.org/details/0763_Gambling_U_S_A_02_45_51_24
The CTB is demonstrated in the old film set At The Poker Table.
https://archive.org/details/at.the.poker.table
Jay Ose demonstrates this cut, using a step, in the video The Cincinnati Kid Plays According to Hoyle (1965)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KQiuvX1xKI
See page 46 of Rim Shots (1973) by Harry Lorayne for a variation where a small packet from the bottom stays on the table the whole time, to facilitate performing the cut on a smooth surface.
See page 59 of Ever So Sleightly (1975) by Stephen Minch for a variation where the left-hand performs the first undercut.
See also page 38 of The Vernon Chronicles volume 1 (1987) by Stephen Minch and page 257 of The Annotated Erdnase (1991) by Darwin Ortiz.
The Vernon Cold Deck Cut on page 168 of Dai Vernon's Ultimate Secrets of Card Magic (1968) by Lewis Ganson begins with a CTB instead of ending with one.

Page 87 bottom slug
Compare with the procedure described on page 332 of GSOH.

Page 88 delaying the strip
Compare with the top stock control on page 178 of Effective Card Magic (1952) by Bill Simon.
See page 421 of Casino Game Protection (2004) by Steve Forte.
See page 70 of Poker Protection (2006) by Steve Forte.

Page 90 Base-Strip
See move #2 in the 52 video on the Gambling Protection Series DVDs (2009).
See page 13 of The Card Expert (1938) by Lynn Searles.
See page 78 of Expert Card Technique (1940) by Jean Hugard and Frederick Braue.
See The Vernon Simple False-Cut on page 41 of The Vernon Chronicles Volume 1 (1987) by Stephen Minch.
See page 65 of Casino Game Protection (2004) by Steve Forte.
See page 69 of Poker Protection (2006) by Steve Forte.

Page 91 Hidden Secrets – False Strip/Cut
Move #4 in the 52 video on the Gambling Protection Series DVDs (2009) is a combination of this cut (with a right-hand base cut instead of center cut) and the Three-part positioning strip on page 94.
Other comments on the Hidden Secrets special can be found on pages 842 and 940.

Page 93 Double- and Triple-cuts (top or bottom slugs)
For other, different approaches that achieve a similar goal, see page 645 of Card College, volume 3 (1998) by Roberto Giobbi, and automatic break on page 82 of GSOH.

Page 94 Three-part Positioning Strip (top slug)
A crude version of this sequence, where the separations are held at the front side of the deck, can be found on page 101 of Card Control (1946) by Arthur Buckley.

Page 95 Three-part Positioning Strip (bottom slug)
This handling can easily maintain both top and bottom slugs simultaneously.

Page 95 F-strip
See the Gambling Protection Series DVDs volume 1 (1984) and page 69 of Poker Protection (2006) by Steve Forte.
In The Cheat DVD (1990), Richard Turner demonstrates a variant of this move where the right thumb lifts up on the jog to get the break in the "9 of Clubs" false cut.
See page 69 of Expert Card Technique (1940) by Jean Hugard and Frederick Braue for an example of a jog used during an in the hands strip cut.
See page 108 of Dealing With Cheats (1973) by A. D. Livingston for a cryptic description of what seems like a top stock control performed during a tabled strip cut using a jog.
See "Hayden's Running Cut" on page 32 of Card Sharp on Duty (1983) by Allan Hayden for a top stock control that uses a jog during a tabled strip cut.

Page 98 carrying bottom slugs
This handling can simultaneously carry a top slug as well. It can also be used without the jog to position a key card next to a slug.
In The Cheat DVD (1990), Richard Turner illustrates this move in the "Ten of Clubs" false cut.
See page 104 of Roger's Thesaurus (1994) by Roger Crosthwaite and Justin Higham.
Also see the movie Shade (2003), where the character Vernon, played by Stuart Townsend, shuffles the deck and controls the 4 aces.

Page 99 f-strip with double-cut
This is demonstrated in move #7 in the 52 video on the Gambling Protection Series DVDs (2009).

Page 99 Don't Let Go
Compare with sequence in Erdnase's combination riffle and cuts to retain bottom stock.
See page 65 of Casino Game Protection (2004) by Steve Forte.
See page 69 of Poker Protection (2006) by Steve Forte.

Page 102 Riffling Down
A related but less refined handling can be found on page 71 of Expert Card Technique (1940) by Jean Hugard and Frederick Braue.
Another subtle handling can be found on page 75 of Roger's Thesaurus (1994) by Roger Crosthwaite and Justin Higham.

Page 105 multiple-card bevel-brief
Compare with the riffle-brief on page 337.
See move #17 in the 52 video on the Gambling Protection Series DVDs (2009).

Page 108 Riffling Up
See page 102, Bottom Stock Blind Riffle, of Card Control (1946) by Arthur Buckley.
See page 180, Bottom Stock Control, of Effective Card Magic (1952) by Bill Simon.

Page 114 double-slug - top/top
Move #8 in the 52 video on the Gambling Protection Series DVDs (2009) is this shuffle with the set up cuts from page 115.

Page 117 The Push-Through
See page 186 of The Sharper Detected and Exposed (1863) by Jean-Eugene Robert-Houdin.
https://archive.org/details/sharperdetectede00robe/mode/2up
See page 45 of How Gamblers Win or The Secrets of Advantage Playing Exposed (1865).
https://books.google.com/books?id=NiI0GQAACAAJ
See page 138 of Sharps and Flats (1894) by John Nevil Maskelyne.
https://archive.org/details/sharpsflatscompl00maskuoft/page/n8/mode/2up
See page 224 of Fools of Fortune (1890) by John Philip Quinn.
https://archive.org/details/FoolsOfFortuneOrGamblingAndGamblers/page/n2/mode/2up
See page 98 of Card Control (1946) by Arthur Buckley.
See page 43 of Dai Vernon's More Inner Secrets of Card Magic (1960) by Lewis Ganson.
See page 208 of Revelations (1984) by Dai Vernon.
See the Gambling Protection Series DVDs volume 1 (1984).

Page 124 option #3
This variation is demonstrated in the opening credits for the movie Shade (2003).

Page 125 SCS (split, cut, or strip)
See page 109 of The Card Magic of Le Paul (1949) by Paul Le Paul for a novel strip out shuffle combined with an up the ladder finish.
See page 23 of Taking the Edge (1981) by R. Martin Allen for a strip out shuffle combined with an up the ladder finish.
See page 211 of Revelations (1984) by Dai Vernon for a discussion of finishing a strip out shuffle with up the ladder.
In The Cheat DVD (1990), Richard Turner illustrates a pull through shuffle ending with a triple-cut in the "Queen of Diamonds" false shuffle.
In The Cheat DVD (1990), Richard Turner illustrates a pull through shuffle ending with a base strip in the "Ten of Diamonds" false shuffle.

Page 128 Protected Push-through
Charlie Miller demonstrates this variation in an old home movie.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkeJggTnN1Y

Page 130 Fake Square-up -Two Hands
See move #9 in the 52 video on the Gambling Protection Series DVDs (2009).
The act of drawing the deck back towards yourself during the final cut is discussed by Jack Merlin on page 22 of …and a Pack of Cards (1927).

Page 134 Half-deck Push-through
This approach, using a pull out, is demonstrated in move #7 in the 52 video on the Gambling Protection Series DVDs (2009).

Page 137 mirror strips
Move #6 in the 52 video on the Gambling Protection Series DVDs (2009) is a combination of this technique and the "killing x-cards" technique on page 141 of GSOH.

Page 138 the mysterious kid
Compare the handling in the paragraph beginning with "Incidentally" with "Push-Through Shuffle and Triple Cut" on page 28 of Secrets Draun From Underground (1993) by Richard Kaufman.

Page 141 killing x-cards
Move #6 in the 52 video on the Gambling Protection Series DVDs (2009) is a combination of this technique and the "mirror strips" technique on page 137 of GSOH.

Page 145 The Pull-Out Shuffle
Page 182 of The Man Who Was Erdnase (1991) by Bart Whaley with Martin Gardner and Jeff Busby claims that "The Pull-Out Shuffle appears for the first time in The Expert."
For a pull-out shuffle with a large brief, see "The Interlocking Shuffle" on page 25 of Farelli's Card Magic (1935?).
http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/151430
For a pull-out shuffle with a large brief, see page 173 of Greater Magic (1938) by John Northern Hilliard.

Page 147 Rod-the-Hop's Pull-out
Season 3 episode 15 "The System" of Mission Impossible (1969), at 36:12, includes Tony Giorgio performing what appears to be a strip out shuffle where the strip out simulates a three-part running cut. He first strips out the bottom half of the left-hand cards, followed by the top half of the left-hand cards.
See "The M.G. Strip-Out by Mike Gallo" on page 30 of Card Sharp on Duty (1983) by Allan Hayden for a strip out shuffle where the strip out occurs under cover of an apparent three-part running cut.
Jack Carpenter has a strip out shuffle where the strip out occurs under cover of an apparent three-part running cut.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KcQBONKAQ0
There is a wonderful video of Rod demonstrating this shuffle online.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Suw-T-Nngc4

Page 151 Magicians' Pull-outs
See page 67 of Expert Card Technique (1940) by Jean Hugard and Frederick Braue.
Charlie Miller demonstrates this shuffle in an old home movie.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkeJggTnN1Y

Page 152 one-card 'block' transfer
See "The Push Through Simplified" on page 101 of Card Control (1946) by Arthur Buckley.
See page 23 of Stars of Magic (1975 for the Robbins reprint in book form, originally published in 1946). Vernon provides both a red-black shuffle and a whole deck shuffle, and alludes to the possibility of a block transfer (though he does not explore the possibility) in the red-black description where he says "one or more cards from the left packet must remain on top."

Page 155 bottom-slug slide-over
Compare with Vernon push through variation on page 138.

Page 157 Off-the-table Pull-Out
Here are some other off the table pull out shuffles that may be of interest.
See The "Waterfall" Blind Shuffle on page 26 of Farelli's Card Magic (1935?).
http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/151430
See page 58 of The Amateur Magicians Handbook (1950) by Henry Hay.
See page 103 of The Card Magic of Le Paul (1949) by Paul Le Paul.
See page 44 of The Vernon Chronicles volume 3 (1989) by Stephen Minch.

Page 162 The Zarrow Shuffle
Charlie Miller demonstrates this shuffle in an old home movie.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkeJggTnN1Y
For a bold variation, see the Marlo Perfect False Riffle Shuffle on page 3 of Expert Card Conjuring (1976) by Alton Sharpe.

Page 167 setup #3
Steve Forte demonstrates this handling in The Hand is Quicker Than The Eye.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Zx90tBX21g

Page 169 No-cover Zarrows
See page 70 of Expert Card Technique (1940) by Jean Hugard and Frederick Braue.
See page 26 of Gary Plants on the Zarrow Shuffle (2004) by Stephen Minch.
See the DVD Gary Plants on the Zarrow Shuffle (2014).
See page 82 of Casino Game Protection (2004) by Steve Forte.

Page 177 cover-Zarrow (Gary Plants)
See Gary Plants on the Zarrow Shuffle (2004) by Stephen Minch.
See the DVD Gary Plants on the Zarrow Shuffle (2014).

Page 178 pinned corner
Compare with page 87 of L.I.N.T. (1977) by John Luka

Page 179 top-card cover
See the Zarrow riffle stack on page 76 of Darwin Ortiz at the Card Table (1988) by Darwin Ortiz.

Page 179 off-the-table Zarrow
See page 178 of Any Second Now (1977) by Stephen Minch.
See page 160 of The Charlatan's Handbook (1993) by Sid Fleischman.

Page 187 In-jogs
The standard methods discussed are described in Erdnase and The Royal Road to Card Magic (1949) by Jean Hugard and Frederick Braue.

Page 189 Out-jogs
An alternative approach to maintaining a top stock using an out jog is described in Outjog Pass on page 12 of …and a Pack of Cards (1927) by Jack Merlin.

Page 191 Side-jogs
The side jog is used by Erdnase to lay a brief in his 2nd method to indicate the location for the cut.
See page 11 of Magic of the Hands (1940) by Edward Victor.
Riffle-splits are described on page 217 of GSOH.

Page 192 Place-break
See page 46 of Card Control (1946) by Arthur Buckley.

Page 192 Pick-up Shuffle
The standard method is described on page 129 of The Royal Road to Card Magic (1949) by Jean Hugard and Frederick Braue.
This is also demonstrated in the Gambling Protection Series DVDs volume 1 (1984).

Page 193 Pick-up Shuffle as a full-deck control
See page 49 of the March 1949 (volume 29 issue 1) Linking Ring.
See page 3 of Magic from Holland (1970) by Ger Copper.
This shuffle is demonstrated in the Gambling Protection Series DVDs volume 1 (1984).

Page 196 Chop
This shuffle is demonstrated in the Gambling Protection Series DVDs volume 1 (1984), along with a slip shuffle variation for retaining only the bottom card and a stacking technique for disguising the running of individual cards to the top of the deck.
This is often referred to as the "Optical Shuffle."
The basic principle of this full deck control is applied to the very old-fashioned horizontal shuffle in the 3rd false shuffle in Modern Magic (1877) by Professor Hoffman.
https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.200313
See page 122 of The Worlds Best Book of Magic (1927) by Walter Gibson.
See page 61 of Card Manipulations (1934-1936) by Jean Hugard.
See page 63 of Magic Without Apparatus (1945) by Camille Gaultier.
See page 143 of The Royal Road to Card Magic (1949) by Jean Hugard and Frederick Braue.
Page 189 of Greater Magic (1938) by John Northern Hilliard describes the Optical Shuffle, along with the idea of running a single card to the top during each throw to the top to add a small number of cards to the top.
See page 11 of Blackstone's Modern Card Tricks (1932) by Harry Blackstone (Walter Gibson), page 8 of Blackstone's Modern Card Tricks and Secrets of Magic (1941) by Harry Blackstone (Walter Gibson), page 36 of Blackstone's Tricks Anyone Can Do (1948) by Harry Blackstone (Walter Gibson), and page 54 of The Complete Illustrated Book of Card Magic (1969) by Walter Gibson.
See page 13 of The Magic of Rezvani (1949) by Maurice Sardina.
Page 53 of The Modern Conjurer (1902) by C. Lang Neil contains a shuffle combining the pick-up shuffle and the chop shuffle to allow the last packet to be thrown to the top of the left-hand cards.
https://archive.org/details/modernconjurerdr00neil
The "Wiggle-Woggle" shuffle on page 254 of The Tarbell Course in Magic volume 1 (1941) contains a particularly bold variation of this shuffle.
Page 260 of Card College volume 2 (1996) by Roberto Giobbi contains a variation that does not involve alternate throws to the bottom.

Page 197 base throws
See page 29 of Ireland Writes a Book (1931) by L. L. Ireland.
This technique is demonstrated by Allan Ackerman in his DVDs The Expert at the Card Table (2008) on disk two in the Bonus Blind Stock.

Page 197 Matching Runs
See page 61 of Card Manipulations (1934-1936) by Jean Hugard.
See page 167 of Greater Magic (1938) by John Northern Hilliard.
See page 254 of The Tarbell Course in Magic volume 1 (1941).
See page 24 of The Royal Road to Card Magic (1949) by Jean Hugard and Frederick Braue.

Page 198 Overhand Butt/Lace Shuffle
See Erdnase's 4th blind shuffle, retaining entire order.

Page 201 photo 157
Dai Vernon uses this style of shuffling for a top stock control on page 49 of Dai Vernon's More Inner Secrets of Card Magic (1960) by Lewis Ganson.

Page 205 Building Bottom Slugs
For more information on the countdown/3-card trick, see Stocking For A Draft on page 51 of How Gamblers Win or The Secrets of Advantage Playing Exposed (1865).
https://books.google.com/books?id=NiI0GQAACAAJ
See Playing the Count Down on page 87 of Combined Treatise on Advantage Card Playing and Draw Poker (1905) by F. R. Ritter.
See Three Card Draw Trick on page 20 of Poker to Win (1931) by Al Smith.
See also pages 239 and 891 of GSOH.
The breakoff action described will be familiar to magicians from Frank Kelly's Bottom Placement on page 184 of The Tarbell Course in Magic volume 3 (1943).
It is also used in the Tip-over change on page 85, and the Bottom Rear Palm on page 137, of Expert Card Technique (1940) by Jean Hugard and Frederick Braue. This action is demonstrated as a one-handed bottom palm while setting down half of the deck in the Gambling Protection Series DVDs volume 3 (1986).
An unusual use of this action to position a card beneath a spread can be found in The Paragon Move on page 165 of Encyclopedia of Impromptu Card Forces (2010) by Lewis Jones.

Page 206 Cover-cards
This contains elements resembling shuffling down/shuffling up.
For an example of shuffling down with an Off The Table riffle shuffle, see page 59 of More Card Manipulations (1938-1941) by Jean Hugard.
For examples of shuffling down and shuffling up, see page 27 of Card Control (1946) by Arthur Buckley.

Page 207 Off-the-table Shuffle-over
See Erdnase's 3rd blind shuffle, retaining entire order.
See Page 7 of Blackstone's Modern Card Tricks (1932) by Harry Blackstone (Walter Gibson), page 5 of Blackstone's Modern Card Tricks and Secrets of Magic (1941) by Harry Blackstone (Walter Gibson), page 32 of Blackstone's Tricks Anyone Can Do (1948) by Harry Blackstone (Walter Gibson), and page 51 of The Complete Illustrated Book of Card Magic (1969) by Walter Gibson.
See page 169 of Greater Magic (1938) by John Northern Hilliard.
See page 255 of the Tarbell Course in Magic volume 1 (1941).
See page 12 of Card Control (1946) by Arthur Buckley.
See page 52 of The Card Expert Entertains (1948) by Dariel Fitzkee.
See page 59 of How to do Tricks With Cards (1949) by Bill Turner.
See page 19 of Top Secrets of Magic (1956) by J. G. Thompson Jr.
See the movie Pickpocket (1959) at 32:36 for an excellent demonstration of this shuffle.
This is demonstrated in the old film set At The Poker Table.
https://archive.org/details/at.the.poker.table

Page 214 f-cascade
A related action is demonstrated in move #10 in the 52 video on the Gambling Protection Series DVDs (2009).

Page 215 center-strip
See page 7 of Blackstone's Secrets of Magic (1929) by Harry Blackstone (Walter Gibson) (NOTE: later reprints leave out the chapter on slight of hand with playing cards) and page 117 of Blackstone's Modern Card Tricks and Secrets of Magic (1941) by Harry Blackstone (Walter Gibson).
See page 16 of Close-up Card Magic (1976) by Harry Lorayne.

Page 216 top slugs
The standard method is discussed on page 3 of Card Manipulations (1934-1936) by Jean Hugard.
For an alternative handling based on a jog, see page 69 of Expert Card Technique (1940) by Jean Hugard and Frederick Braue.
For an approach using the left pinky, see page 77 of Card Control (1946) by Arthur Buckley.
See page 93 of Poker Protection (2006) by Steve Forte.

Page 217 Riffle-splits
See pages 70 and 94 of Expert Card Technique (1940) by Jean Hugard and Frederick Braue.

Page 218 slap cut
See the last 2 actions of method C on page 181 of Greater Magic (1938) by John Northern Hilliard.

Page 219 from hands to table
See "An Easy Lesson" by Martin Gardner on page 276 of The Jinx Winter Extra (1937-1938).
See page 177 of Greater Magic (1938) by John Northern Hilliard.
See the false cut at the bottom of page 171 of More Card Manipulations (1938-1941) by Jean Hugard.
See page 17 of 12 Tricks with a Borrowed Deck (1940) by Martin Gardner.
See page 38 of Ted Annemann's Full Deck of Impromptu Card Tricks (1943) by Ted Annemann.
See page 197 of The Tarbell Course in Magic volume 3 (1943).
See A Cute False Cut on page 111 of Card Control (1946) by Arthur Buckley.
See page 145 of The Royal Road to Card Magic (1949) by Jean Hugard and Frederick Braue.
See page 23 of How to do Tricks With Cards (1949) by Bill Turner.
See page 47 of 52 Amazing Card tricks (1949) by W. F. (Rufus) Steele.
See page 20 of Handbook of Card Sleights (1954) by Al Leech.
See page 19 of Top Secrets of Magic (1956) by J. G. Thompson Jr.
See Winnipeg False Cut on page 93 of Million Dollar Card Secrets (1972) by Frank Garcia.
See page 39 of Annemann's Card Magic (1977) by Ted Annemann.

Page 220 off-the-table scrape-cut
See the Strip Cut False Shuffle on page 27 of Farelli's Card Magic (1935?).
http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/151430
See page 32 of Steranko on Cards (1960) by James Steranko.
This move is demonstrated on the Gambling Protection Series DVDs volume 1 (1984).

Page 221 Other Variants
Steps 5-7 of The Cut Pass on page 170 of More Card Manipulations (1938-1941) by Jean Hugard is an in the hands version of the gambler's cut.
The Flourish False Cut from Russ Burns on page 135 of Card Cavalcade Finale (1979) by Jerry Mentzer is an in the hands version of CTB/Vernon cold deck cut with a showy rotation of the top 3rd of the deck.
The Hindu shuffle false cut on page 213 of Lessons in Card Mastery (2012) by Darwin Ortiz is an in the hands version of CTB/Vernon cold deck cut.
See page 4 of 12 Tricks with a Borrowed Deck (1940) by Martin Gardner for a "Reversed Hindu Shuffle" that can be used to bring multiple selections to the bottom of the deck.
The Hindu Shift on page 19 of Card Control (1946) by Arthur Buckley double cuts the top card to the bottom without any get ready.
The Hindu Double-Undercut on page 36 of The Vernon Chronicles Volume 1 (1987) by Stephen Minch double cuts the bottom card to the top without any get ready.

Page 221 Off-the-table Slip-cuts
The standard method described is illustrated by Michael MacDougall in the article "America Gambling" in the February 6, 1939 issue of Life Magazine.
https://books.google.com/books?id=ckoEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA45
The standard method is demonstrated in the John Scarne video Cheating in Gambling (1949).
See page 874, issue 219 of The Phoenix (1950).
See page 70 of Close-up Card Magic (1976) by Harry Lorayne.
See page 60 of The Annotated Erdnase (1991) by Darwin Ortiz.
For a handling based on a heel break, see Vernon on the "Endfield" Slip Cut on page 41 of The Vernon Chronicles volume 3 (1989) by Stephen Minch.

Page 222 bottom slip-cut
Dai Vernon used this action in his Multiple Card Control on page 453 of Expert Card Technique third edition (1950) by Jean Hugard and Fred Braue, and his Multiple Peak Control on page 134 of Dai Vernon's Ultimate Secrets of Card Magic (1968) by Lewis Ganson.

Page 223 Wash/Scramble
See page 420 of Casino Game Protection (2004) by Steve Forte.
See page 67 of Poker Protection (2006) by Steve Forte.

Page 223 Wash/Scramble (top slug)
See page 421 of Casino Game Protection (2004) by Steve Forte.
See page 67 of Poker Protection (2006) by Steve Forte.

Page 224 Weeding (top slug)
See page 420 of Casino Game Protection (2004) by Steve Forte.
See page 66 of Poker Protection (2006) by Steve Forte.
This is demonstrated in move #1 in the 52 video on the Gambling Protection Series DVDs (2009).

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