Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2

Forte Years of Research

2020
Written by Steve Forte
Work of Steve Forte
589 pages (Hardcover), published by Selfpublished
Illustrated with photographs
Language: English
427 entries
Cover photograph
250 per page
Creators Title Comments & References Page Categories
Steve Forte Target Practice black Aces in one half and red Aces in the other half, halves shuffled together and all Aces are together
  • 1st phase
  • 2nd phase (simplified free-cut principle and table faro)
 		871
Steve Forte Indicator Cards four face-up indifferent cards riffle shuffled in deck next to an Ace each
 		873
Steve Forte Riffle Get-Together
  • 1st phase (red Aces and Ace of Spades in different parts, together after one riffle shuffle)
  • 2nd phase (all Aces in separate parts, together after two riffle shuffles, sort of multiple shift)
 		874
Steve Forte Face-up Shuffling Demonstration Aces cut to one by one from face-up deck with face-up riffle shuffle in which cards change all the time
 		876
Steve Forte Red-Black Demonstration openly red-black divided deck stays separated despite several different shuffles
 		877
Steve Forte 1st phase: red-black cuts/strips strip cuts that retain a color separation or sometimes half the deck
 		877
Bill Malone Overhand Red-Black Shuffle in three parts that are put down on the table
 		878
Steve Forte 2nd phase: red-black-riffle setups methods to set up for red/black shuffle
  • the red-black riffle
 		878
Steve Forte 3rd phase - face-up red-black riffle shuffles
880
Daryl Martinez Six-Pile Display for red-black shuffle demonstration
 		881
Steve Forte Full-deck False Shuffle Demos as demonstrations, see following items
 		882
Steve Forte push-through with single-card strip involving a real strip cut of three single cards
 		882
Steve Forte Zarrow as full-deck demonstration
Related to 883
Bill Malone three piles, three strips false strip-cut
 		883
Steve Forte three piles (pull-out) as full-deck demonstration
 		884
Steve Forte Quick Three-pile Triumph strip-out shuffle
 		885
Steve Forte Jennings Four-Ace Triumph featuring a thumb-fan display with out-jogged cards which hide orientation of cards
Inspired by 886
Steve Forte Stacking and Culling Demonstrations intro
 		889
Steve Forte Standard Stacks on simple stacking demonstrations, intro
 		889
Steve Forte haymow getting into incremental haymow (segmented?)
Related to 889
Steve Forte riffle stack as a demo
Related to 890
Steve Forte faro stack on doing a simple faro stack for laypeople
 		890
Steve Forte laying sets as a demo, full house completed on the draw of a multi-handed game
Related to 891
Steve Forte casino slug scam memorizing a short sequence and carrying it
 		892
Steve Forte high-low stack alternating high-low stack, full or partial
 		893
Steve Forte Pick-up Double-Duke two Kings and two Queens stacked, yet then three of each are dealt in two hands
 		895
Steve Forte Percentage Stacking four Aces on top, two riffle shuffles, dealt in five-handed game, with second deals
 		896
Steve Forte Direct Stack Aces lost in deck, shuffle and cut, Aces dealt to any player with four to seven hands, with bottom deals and insertion at proper spots already into tabled deck
 		897
Steve Forte direct stack #2 Aces lost in deck, shuffle and cut, Aces dealt to any player with four to seven hands, with bottom deals and insertion at estimated spots in the hands with corrections
 		898
Steve Forte 1-4 Riffle Stacking riffle stacking demo with one Ace, then all four
Related to 899
Steve Forte The Practice Drill gradually stacking the Aces with explanation of concept, involves second dealing
 		900
Steve Forte Hold-Backs holding back large numbers as demo, pre-established
 		901
Steve Forte Random-Card Stack a selected card is riffle stacked, along with the Aces as a surprise
 		902
Steve Forte Hold' em Spacer-Stack any number from four to ten chosen, pair of Aces stacked to that number in clean-looking way with other Aces in flop and river
 		903
Steve Forte Red-Black Hold 'em clean stacking of ten-handed hold 'em game, using red-black shuffle
 		904
Steve Forte Riffle Down, Riffle Down two Aces on each half, two riffle shuffles and Aces dealt, using second deals
 		905
Steve Forte The 2-1-2-4 Faro Stack dealing the Aces after one faro for a five-handed game
 		906
Steve Forte Balancer Faro Stack eon shuffle and one cut to stack the four Aces for hold 'em
 		907
Steve Forte Cut-Stacking four Aces cut into deck one at a time without shuffling, then deal
 		908
Heel & Little Finger Z-Break see also end notes about holding two breaks
 		908
Book Break
908
Steve Forte Turn-Around Break step to break after 180 degree turn of deck
 		909
Steve Forte Pushoff Cut-stacking four Aces cut into deck one at a time without shuffling, then deal
 		910
Steve Forte Pushoff-Cut top card apparently cut into center but really positioned under a small number from top
 		910
Steve Forte Slip-In Placement handling for slipping bottom card of several into break near top
Related to 911
Steve Forte Cut Anytime Stacking spectator can call out "cut" anytime during deal
 		912
Steve Forte Insertion Stack Aces inserted into different parts, then apparent false dealing demo
 		913
Steve Forte Jog Placement setting several injogs at certain positions and inserting cards there
 		913
Steve Forte One-shuffle Stacks
  • one faro - four players - four aces
  • tap-tap stack
  • heads-up double-duke
  • dupes stack (duplicate Aces)
 		915
Steve Forte Overhand Shuffle Cooler Stack Aces stacked, other players get good hands as well
 		917
Steve Forte Legit Stripped Cooler Aces for dealer and fours-of-a-kind for other players after real strip cut
 		918
Steve Forte Slug, Transfer, Ace Stack, Cooler Ace control, followed by deal of good hands for everyone
 		919
Steve Forte Stripper Stack Aces fairly lost in table spread, dealt after single cut
 		920
Steve Forte Riffle-Cull Coincidence apparently riffle culling the Aces
 		921
Steve Forte, Salverio Piacente Sal's Cull/Stack position of Aces in face-up spread noted, then apparently stacked for seven players
Related to 922
Steve Forte Quads Cull named four-of-a-kind produced after two honest riffle shuffles by spectator, impro
 		923
Steve Forte One-Ace-At-A-Time Cull & Stack in-the-hands pseudo cull-stack demo
Related to 924
Steve Forte False Dealing Demonstrations intro
 		926
Steve Forte Real-Deal Second Deal Demonstrations
926
Steve Forte One-Card Demo second deal demo, getting a break before the second deals
 		927
Steve Forte Five Inches Above The Deck top card lifted cleanly and pitched forward
 		928
Steve Forte Face-up Second Deal Exposé Aces distributed face-up near top, punch type demo
 		930
Steve Forte No Punch Kings and Queens Kings and Queens face-up distributed in deck, five-handed deal, four Aces kicker in another deal
 		931
Steve Forte Second Deal Surprise strike seconds with protruding top card, "funky illusion"
Related to 932
Steve Forte High Cards - Low Cards four-handed game dealt after honest riffle shuffle by spectator, all low cards to target, all high cards to dealer
Related to 933
Steve Forte Gilbreath and the Perfect Bridge Deal punch type deal with full suit and one honest shuffle before the deal, faro
 		935
Steve Forte Go-to Bottom Deal Demonstration direct with real bottoms
 		936
Steve Forte Bottom Deal Demonstration combining different bottom deal methods for a demo
 		936
Steve Forte Any Number of Players four to seven hands, faro, filling in bottoms for pre-stacked deal
 		937
Steve Forte Ready Off The Bottom bottom deal announced, deck turned over and fair deal from face-up deck delivers Aces to dealer, play on words
 		938
Steve Forte Face-up Double-duke Aces and Kings shuffled into deck face up before double-duke deal, bottom deals
 		939
Steve Forte TV Center Deal Aces fairly lost in the center, requiring consecutive bottoms, from "Hidden Secrets of Magic"
Variations 940
Steve Forte Red-Black Centers ten black cards placed in middle of twenty red cards, black cards deal
 		941
Steve Forte Breakless Center Deal dealing one from a slug of cards, estimation and block push-off
 		941
Steve Forte Thirds Deal or fourth, fifth..., starting with break
 		942
Steve Forte Center Deal Any Card Called card in center named by spectator which is then dealt out
 		944
Steve Forte First-Finger Corner Short Location first finger riffles upward in dealing grip
 		944
Steve Forte Center Dealing Technique from first-finger break
Inspired by 944
Steve Forte No Shuffle, No Cut, No-Setup Centers Aces cut into center, then dealt out
 		946
Steve Forte Immediate Center Deal two methods
 		948
Third Deal unit control
 		948
Steve Forte Dealing From The Middle Piles red and black Aces are cut into different parts of the deck, immediately dealt out with pseudo centers
 		950
Steve Forte Any Aces? order shown to be random, then four Aces dealt to dealer, bottom deals
 		953
Steve Forte Fast Face-up Aces five-card poker hand with one Ace put on top of deck and dealt out again, now has two Aces, repeated until it has four Aces
 		954
Steve Forte Playing Heavy four poker hands dealt, other players have too many card but royal flush for dealer
 		955
Steve Forte On Double Dealing top-top versus top-bottom
 		955
Steve Forte The Super Deal demo of seconds, thirds and fifths, then all Aces dealt at once
 		956
Steve Forte Gambling Routines
958
Steve Forte Blackjack Switch bad blackjack hand and face of two halves changes into Ace and Jack of Spades, both halves flipped over
 		958
Steve Forte Four Piles - Four Aces deck cut into four piles, Ace put on top of each and piles gathered, Aces found on top, using double lifts
 		960
Steve Forte Cop Palm-Off right first finger squeezes top card into palm
 		961
Steve Forte Four Card Monte three indifferent cards and an Ace tabled, the all change to Aces, face-up bottom deals
 		962
Steve Forte Gone! Aces shown, then thrown face-up onto deck, they change into indifferent cards
 		963
Steve Forte Stripped and Stripped Again deck cut into three piles, random card turned face-up, legitimate strip cuts done with each packet to produce matching cards, "on my top-ten list of favorite stunts", see also end comments on p. 970
Variations 966
Steve Forte Easy Stripped and Stripped Again getting into position with overhand shuffles
Inspired by 969
Steve Forte Face-up/Face-down Stripped and Stripped Again four piles cut, each pile strip cut face-up and face-down so indifferent cards are seen, then Aces revealed
Inspired by 969
Steve Forte Stripped and Stripped Royal Flush version that ends with Royal Flush revelation
Inspired by 970
Steve Forte Hidden Aces twenty cards counted face-up off the deck, while no Ace is seen, the Aces are dealt from the packet
 		971
Steve Forte Heel Break Transfer Cut from bottom to top, retaining break
 		971
Steve Forte Not In My Half spectator has half the deck, spectator and performer do the same shuffles and cut, performer cuts to Aces one by one, spectator to indifferent cards, halves exchanged for last Ace
 		973
Steve Forte Cut Any Number Of Cards any number called for cut off
 		974
Steve Forte the 20-30 cut performer cuts off twenty cards, then thirty cards, using red-black shuffle
 		975
Steve Forte You Can't Miss twenty cards cut off, if not enough are cut, palmed cards are shown, gag
 		976
Steve Forte Snatch The Last Ace Ace production one by one, last Ace snatched out of air
 		977
Steve Forte Odds and Ends
979
Steve Forte flip-over aces
Inspired by
  • "Cutting Discovery" (Neal Elias)
 979
Steve Forte springing the aces springing flourish stopped right at Aces one by one
 		980
Steve Forte charlier revelation cutting at thumb-clipped card in center, no break
 		980
Steve Forte lucky-cut Aces appear reversed in deck widely separated in different positions after one cut
 		981
Inflated Distribution Side-Cut inflated half pushed into side of other half to distribute top cards widely
 		981
Steve Forte pinochle Ace revelation framed by pinochle deal
 		982
Steve Forte aces are easier to remember Ace revelation with a gag
 		982
Steve Forte cutting checks cutting off a group each of one, two, three, four and five cards, running the scale
 		982
Steve Forte instant-jog revelation card appears face-up out-jogged from one half
 		983
Steve Forte palmed-card revelation card appears face-up out-jogged from deck
 		984
Steve Forte ambitious aces
985
Steve Forte mates card cut to and removed, cutting to mate and other two matching values
 		985
Steve Forte ace catch deck tossed into right hand, Ace appears face-up from center, thumb clip
 		986
Steve Forte the floating cut bottom half seems to cling at upper half during tabled cut
 		987
Steve Forte royal flush deal second deal demonstration, becomes red royal flush production despite only showing black royal flush cards earlier
 		988
Steve Forte shift revelation Ace appears face-up on top during pass-cut, also as a routined four-ace revelation
 		989
Steve Forte ribbon-spread selection incomplete ribbon spread is spread on the table and a card slid out apparently at random during closing it
 		991
Steve Forte holding out - leaking card palmed, it leaks out and is seen, then vanishes from palm, top card of deck is not it
 		992
Steve Forte chop transposition red and black Aces transpose
 		993
Ace of Diamonds Display showing Ace of Hearts as Diamonds
 		993
Steve Forte hearts, clubs, diamonds, and 28th from the top card found with one-handed false cut
 		995
Steve Forte Flourishes on Flourishes, Alexander Popov, Buck Twins
 		996
Steve Forte thumb-spread (table position) immediate table spread, turnover and gathering
 		996
Ray Goulet ray's ribbon spread double ribbon spread turned on its edge and gathered one-handed
 		997
Steve Forte spring-spread
998
Steve Forte one-handed split-over deck cut for riffle shuffle and both halves are flipped over with one hand
 		998
Steve Forte upside-down cascade after tabled shuffle
 		999
Steve Forte reverse strip flourish running cut
 		999
Steve Forte propelled spin-cut deck in riffle shuffle position, top half spins up and flips over
 		999
Steve Forte screwdriver-cut deck flipped face-up during tabled cut in two stages, real or false
 		999
Steve Forte packet spins, snaps, and twirls flourishy way to place last packet of a strip cut to the top
 		1000
Steve Forte one-handed back-somersault cut deck in riffle shuffle position, card from bottom tossed up and it flips back on top
 		1000
Steve Forte one-handed bottom slug Charlier
1001
Steve Forte three-packet flip tabled
 		1002
Steve Forte up-down flip tabled
 		1003
Steve Forte pancake cut flourish flip-over cut, tabled
 		1004
Steve Forte jump-deal cards jump off the deck
 		1004
Steve Forte, Ray Goulet wrong-direction deal card shoots out in wrong direction
 		1005
Steve Forte sky-high stud deal
1005
Steve Forte dealing two hands at the same time
1006
Steve Forte face-up/face-down deal
1006
Steve Forte blackjack hole-card turnover with another card
 		1007
Steve Forte up-down toss
1008
Steve Forte aces airborne Aces spin out of center of deck at once and are caught
 		1009
Steve Forte round and round single cards flip around two halves in both hands
 		1010
Steve Forte Fakes
1012
Steve Forte Holding Out Ace cutting fails, then Aces shown to be palmed
 		1012
Steve Forte holding out #2 four Aces appear
 		1012
Steve Forte Overhand Action Cop
1012
Steve Forte Faking the Shift
  • Vernon pass/false cut
  • slip-cut
  • multi-card tilt
 		1013
Steve Forte Super-fast Hop fake shift demo, one-handed
 		1014
Steve Forte Tilt Shift bluff spacing multiple shift
Related to 1016
Steve Forte Multi-card Shift Convincers cards in LJ Steal position in deck, dribbling and diagonal spreading, then single cut from hand to table (like Pedro Lacerda)
Related to 1017
Steve Forte Dealing The "Snake" fake demo in which high and low cards are apparently separated with snake crimp
 		1018
Steve Forte Master High-Low Strip/Riffle Shuffle percentage red-black shuffle, a few mistakes can happen on top, center and bottom
 		1018
Steve Forte The "Brush" fake demo, hand becomes better as expected during pseudo-demonstration of Brush
 		1019
Steve Forte Heel Break Push-Off
1019
The Count Switch
1019
Steve Forte Short-Term Memory memory system for instantly memorizing ten cards in order, combined with half a memorized deck to pseudo demo, Sal Piacente story
 		1021
Steve Forte Rain Man memorizing the whole deck as pseudo demo, one real shuffle, interlocking chain principle
 		1024
Steve Forte Blackjack Challenge Deal dealer must draw to twenty-one, stack
  • 1st phase - 7 cards - XXX5655
  • 2nd phase - 8 cards - X9X2XXXX (before the draw)
  • 3rd phase - 7 cards - 6A9X383 (switch dealer's hole-card)
  • 4th phase - 7 cards - 89XXAAA (shuffle first four cards)
  • 5th phase - 12 cards - X9X758332722 (1-3 hands)
 		1025
Steve Forte These Cards Are Marked! high-low separation, using one-way
 		1027
Steve Forte Impressions
1029
Jack Carpenter, Steve Forte Do That Again deck fanned and four Aces instantly appear face-up and out-jogged in fan
Inspired by 1029
Steve Forte Distribution Faro bottom cards of one half aired to space them out more in a single faro
 		1029
Lennart Green, Steve Forte The Speed of Light Ace appears (apparently jumps) in other hand in various ways
 		1031
Steve Forte BAM Aces! inspired by a Buck Twins production similar to reference
Inspired by 1035
Steve Forte Total Recall Scanning shuffled deck, spectator cuts off about a quarter, rest dealt through two at a time, then all missing values named, not easy
  • TRS
  • the system
 		1037
Steve Forte Summary gambling demos
 		1042
Steve Forte Chapter 10 - Closing Thoughts
  • Personal Decisions
  • Perspective
  • Conversations
  • Beginners
  • Experienced Cardmen
  • Recap
  • Volume 3?
  • Errors
  • Good Luck
 		1045
Steve Forte Appendix - Newspaper Articles
  • Las Vegas SUN, 1962
  • Review Journal, 1963
  • Review Journal, 1967
 		1055
Steve Forte Appendix - Marked Card Summary
  • 1. Foreign Substances
  • 2. Removing Part of the Printed Design
  • 3. Changing the Shape
  • 4. Other Alterations
  • 5. Touch Work
  • 6. Exploiting Manufacturing Variances
  • 7. Invisible Spectrum
  • 8. Asymmetries
  • 9. Defects
  • 10. Esoteric Systems
  • Summary
 		1057
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Data entered by Denis Behr, March 2020.