Riffle Shuffle Controls Part 2: Blocking Off

“He was so good that tears came to my eyes…I couldn’t conceive of Mr. Stevens. When I was a boy, I used to think that if a man was locked up in Alcatraz or went to Siberia and had nothing but a pack of cards and practiced for twenty years, he might do something like that.”

– Dai Vernon –

Contents

1. Stop & Think
   • Riffle and Think
   • Remotely Possible
   • Thoughts Of Others
   • Telltale Color
   • Notes
2. The Riffle Glimpse
   • Reflex Action
   • Color Fast
   • Color Double
   • Two Handed Glimpse
   • How Fast?
   • Random Stop
   • Stop Order
   • Concluding Notes
3. Sizing Up Breaks
   • Tossing Quarters
   • How Small A Break?
   • Royal Reunion
4. Side Effects
   • Side Effect Deck
   • Fourthcoming
   • Named Triumph
   • Transfer Notes
   • The Shallow Cut
   • Simple Stebbins
   • Cheat Deck
5. Block Off
   • Blocking Off Defined
   • Blocking Off
   • Parallel Offset
   • Conditions
   • Right Side Glimpse
   • Stop Sign
   • Take-A-Chance Note
6. More Block Controls
   • Angled Square Up
   • Reverse Step
   • Two Step
   • Two By Four
   • Advanced Placement
   • Blocking The Aces
   • Mastering Riffle Stops
   • Blocking Out X
   • Not Here
   • Scarne’s Block Release
   • In Line Breaks
   • Peripherals
7. Card Effects
   • Applications
   • No Contact Location
   • Your Card Mine
   • Beginners Only
   • M & M
   • The Value Of X
   • Multitudinous
   • Lost, Found
8. More Card Effects
   • Pat Hand Pete
   • Krypto
   • Trifecta
   • Well Spelt
   • Spell Re-Tell
   • The Block Trap
   • Tracer
   • A Note On Timing
   • Fork Lift
   • Return To Base
9. No Breaks
   • Shuffle Crimp
   • Thickset
   • Short End
   • No-Break Cull
   • Topped Gaff
10. Cull/Stock Shuffles
    • Color Cull
    • Cull To The Top
    • Royal Gathering
    • The Flush Cull
    • A Quick Pair
    • John Scarne’s Method
    • Four Of A Kind
    • The Edge
    • Cool Hand Duke
    • Retain Full Deck Order
    • Improv-Aces
    • Sign-Steal-Deliver
11. No Looking
    • Peek Mirrors
    • Reflection
    • Swing Out Shiner
    • Glimpse Via Scarne
    • Hull’s Electra Trance
12. Cut Controls
    • Block Cut
    • 3-Way Cut
    • Miller’s The Gambler
    • Transfer Cut
    • Con Man’s Cut
    • Blackjack Cut
    • Bait & Switch
    • Option Cut
    • Scarne’s Aces
13. Gambling
    • Gambler’s Den
    • Cut For High Card
    • Leverage
    • Reparation
    • Retaining Top Stock
    • Shuffle Functions
    • Bottom Stock Stays
    • Bottom Stock To Stop
    • Stock Transfer
    • Two Edged
    • Subconscious Secret
    • Scarne’s Triple Threat
    • All Angle Square Up
    • Center Stacking

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