Sleight · Adept
Riffle Shuffle Control
Table-riffle while keeping the stock intact.
The purpose
Retain the top and/or bottom stock through a fair-looking table riffle shuffle by controlling which cards fall first and last.
Handling, step by step
- 1
Drop your stock first or last so it stays together.
- 2
Square fairly and openly.
- 3
Optionally pull the stock through to the top.
Drills
Hold the top
Riffle so the top stock falls last and remains on top; verify.
Success: Top stock survives two riffles.
Watch for these tells
- Watching the cards fall.
- An unnaturally even riffle.