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hi i recently started expanding my full deck retention shuffles however i got a problem

i most of the times perform in the pub mostly standing but when i do table magic i ofcourse dont have a closeup pad

i find it is alot harder to do a zarrow shuffle or pushtrough shuffle without one...

i now use a sort of step to elevate the packet that i work with that get stripped out for instance in the push trough... so that i can grip the cards better... when i dont do that the bottom card of the packet i need to strip does not get in my grip...

what can i do to make this better?

i know the

heinstein
zarrow
up the ladder
push through shuffle
false riffle shuffle

i also say a full deck retention of Dan Fishman
http://vimeo.com/10472034 (link)

does any one now where i can learn this on which dvd?

It actually tells you at the start of the clip

I had a look but could only find it in book form, BUT, almost everywhere I looked it was out of stock. The only one I came across which has it in stock is Elmwood Magic, they are based in the USA, which might not be much use to you. Heres the link http://www.elmwoodmagic.com/full/books- ... __8148.htm

Forgot to say. Do you have Expert at the Card Table, and Royal Road ? While parts of it were blurry due to the speed of the shuffle, it looks like a combination of shuffles from those two books.

jim

yes i do own both of those:D thanks

Pablo Amira's got a lovely false shuffle in his 52 Pieces of Paper book.

maybe an 'in the hands' false cut would suffice, i use George McBride's from his BBM DVD.

George Mcbride? I learned to do a push through on a table, it just took time. Much like a classic force I practiced when I didn't need to actually have a false shuffle. Of course, I never need a false shuffle as I don't work with a stack. But I really enjoy the push through shuffle followed by an up the ladder cutting series.

The reality of the situation is all you really need is a false cut.

As has been mentioned: The shuffles in RRTCM are great as a basis for improvement.

I think I brilliant false shuffle is Guy Hollingworth's false waterfall shuffle which requires no table.

And once again I'd vote for some kind of false cut, prefering more 'pass' style false cuts.

bmat wrote:George Mcbride?

yup - this DVD

http://www.bigblindmedia.com/McBrideTheDVD.htm