Push Through

78 entries in Cards / Sleights / Riffle Shuffle / Riffle on the table / False / Push Through
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Riffling False riffle shuffle, in the hands and on the table
 		1927
The Nikola Card System
49
Jack Merlin The Lace Thru False Shuffle push through variation
Related toAlso published here 1927/28
Merlin's Master Manipulations
10
The "Lace-Through" Table Shuffle
1933
Farelli's Card Magic — Part One
45
5a. The push through
1938
Greater Magic
172
The Blind Riffle
1946
Card Control
98
False Table Riffle Shuffle and Cut finesse
 		1946
Card Control
99
The Push Through Simplified
1946
Card Control
101
Edward Marlo Push-Through Shuffle open push-through action
 		1953
The Cardician
20
Edward Marlo New Push Thru Shuffle two methods of handling
 		1959
Riffle Shuffle Systems
82
Dai Vernon The Pull Through Shuffle one shuffle, three-shuffle sequence, Mysterious Kid version with fair cut and delayed strip-out
Related toVariations 1960
More Inner Secrets of Card Magic
43
False Shuffle
1968
Al Koran's Professional Presentations
124
Dai Vernon Vernon's Pull Thru Shuffle Variation No. 90, delayed strip-out
Related to 1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
27
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's - A Different False Shuffle No. 201, cryptic, "push thru like 4 ace stripping trick"
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
49
Jack Merlin Jack Merlin's Lace Three Shuffle Improved No. 360, typo, should be "Lace Thru", brief
Also published here 1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
101
Arthur Finley Finley's Weave Shuffle Cover No. 697, riffle delay before strip-out, type of false shuffle not clear
Related toAlso published here 1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
188
Arthur Finley Finley's Pull Thru Shuffle No. 704, riffle delay before strip-out, also to loosen the cards
Related toAlso published here 1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
189
Karl Fulves Push Thru Shuffle definition of term, no handling details
 		1973
Riffle Shuffle Technique — Preliminary Notes on Part One
3
Karl Fulves Continuous Push-Thru no regripping for the strip out action
 		1973
Riffle Shuffle Technique — Preliminary Notes on Part One
8
False Riffle Shuffle and Three Way Cut strip-out sequence with three packets
 		1975
New and Novel Knowledge
10
Dai Vernon Final Remarks and Suggestions brief comment on the Triumph Shuffle and Push-Through Shuffle
 		1976
The First California Lecture
11
Martin A. Nash The Nash Full-Deck Shuffle Control push-through and Zarrow combination sequence, see p. 446 for additional crediting
 		1977
Any Second Now
177
Push-Through with Block Transfer
1978
Arch Triumphs
24
Bill Simon Airing The Strip-out finesse
Related to 1982
Card Finesse
47
Charlie Miller False Riffle Shuffles brief
 		1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 2)
27
Dai Vernon False Shuffle with fair cut before strip out
Related to 1985
Thinking About Magic
27
Dai Vernon On the Push-Through Shuffle
1987
The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 1
44
Steve Draun The Perfect Blind Shuffle with triple cut
Also published here 1987
The Magic of Steve Draun
24
Edward Marlo Tip on the Push Thru
1988
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 6
108
Edward Marlo The Bluff Push Thru Shuffle
1988
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 6
109
Vanni Bossi A Tip for Riffle Shuffle Push-Off Little Finger Technique tip
 		1991
Escorial 1991 — The Erdnase Year
22
Frederick Braue Braue Lace-Through False Shuffle
1992
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 6)
14
Steve Draun Push-Through Shuffle and Triple Cut
Related toAlso published here 1993
Secrets Draun from Underground
28
Sid Fleischman The Push Through False Shuffle Made Easy No. 1, reducing friction
  • Big Tip
  • A Bigger Tip
 		1993
The Charlatan's Handbook
157
Gene Maze Push-Through Subtlety tilting deck for strip-out
 		1994
Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing
52
Simon Aronson The Aronson Stripout with final three-packet cut on table
  • Push Through Variation
  • Front Lift Variation
Related toVariations 1995
Simply Simon
65
Paul Cummins Personal Triumph
1996
from a shuffled deck in use... Part One
1
Karl Fulves Retaining Full Deck Order - Push Thru Method riffle culling a card while retaining order of rest
 		1996
Blocking Off
137
Dai Vernon Dai Vernon False Shuffle
Related to 1996
Miracle Material
8
Push-Through Shuffle
1996
Miracles with Cards
113
Simon Lovell Pushthroughriffleshufflethinks
1997
Simon Says!
86
The Pull-Through False Shuffle basic method
 		1998
Card College — Volume 3
637
Dai Vernon Vernon's Pull-through Shuffle Variant delayed strip-out
 		1998
Card College — Volume 3
641
Gene Maze Cutting After a Push-Through Shuffle
Winter 1998
The Looking Glass (Issue 4)
158
James Swain Two Full-Deck Controls push-though and cut sequences
 		1999
21st Century Card Magic
87
Dan MacMillan, Edward Marlo Full Deck Control riffle shuffle and two cuts, delayed strip-out
Related to Apr. 1999
Onyx (Issue 7)
25
Ken Simmons Delayed Strip-Out/Push-Thru Shuffle
Apr. 1999
Onyx (Issue 7)
25
Fredric P. Lamazor C. False Cut/Shuffle (on the table) Sequence list of various techniques with short tips and comments
 		1999
Card Sleight of Hand Innovations And Improvements
5
Fredric P. Lamazor Push-Through Ploys
1999
Card Sleight of Hand Innovations And Improvements
5
Martin Gardner, Charlie Miller Miller's Strip-Out push-through sequence with a straight cut, credited to Miller, letter from Martin Gardner from 1992
 		2000
Charlatan (Issue 4)
43
David Malek Hustlers Shuffle full or half deck
 		2001
Rebel without a Pause
33
Jack Merlin, Wesley James The Merlin Push-Through thorough
Related to 2004
Enchantments
315
Wesley James An Alternate Strip-Out Procedure three-packet cut
Related to 2004
Enchantments
319
Wesley James, Al Cooper The Strike Push-Through
2004
Enchantments
322
Jack Avis Lace Through False Shuffle and Cut
2006
Rara Avis
169
Bruce Cervon Block Transfer Pushover cull riffle shuffle with block transfer, push through
 		2007
Bruce Cervon's Castle Notebooks — Volume 1
25
Arthur Finley Finley's Weave Shuffle Cover No. 697, riffle delay before strip-out, type of false shuffle not clear
Also published here 2007
Arthur Finley, aka Henry Gavin: The Artistry of His Work
29
Arthur Finley Finley's Pull Thru Shuffle No. 704, riffle delay before strip-out, also to loosen the cards
Also published here 2007
Arthur Finley, aka Henry Gavin: The Artistry of His Work
30
Steve Beam Accidental Push-Through Shuffle to exchange two halves
 		2010
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8
100
Dai Vernon Push Through Shuffle Sequence no details on actual push-through
Related to 2018
The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 1)
49
Steve Reynolds Push Through Shuffle Variant
Inspired by 2019
Beyond the Z
27
Steve Forte The Push-Through introduction and details of basic handling
  • technical observations
    • position of hands
    • pre-riffle split
    • riffle
    • riffle-separation
    • pushing action
    • square-up before the square-up
    • pushing through
    • squaring action/moment
    • brief size
    • SCS (split, cut, or strip)
    • hand cover
    • rhythm
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1
117
Steve Forte Speed-through
2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1
127
Steve Forte Protected Push-through more cover
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1
128
Steve Forte Fake Square-up - One Hand right hand moves towards left
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1
129
Steve Forte Fake Square-up - Two Hands X configuration
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1
130
Steve Forte Rough Hustlers' Push-through X configuration
Related to 2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1
131
MD's Push-through bumped through
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1
132
Steve Forte Half-deck Push-through push-through action used to retain half the deck
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1
134
Steve Forte Variants brief outlines of further variations
  • the conductor
  • single push
  • back push-through (Richard Turner)
  • tapper
  • twisting split (dovetail shuffle on the table)
  • pointed riffle
  • mirror strips (push-through with break)
  • riffling interlaced cards
  • two-step push-throughs (honest cut before strip-out)
  • one riffle push-through/pull-out
  • the mysterious kid (handling for two-step push-through, alternative by Steve Forte)
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1
134
Steve Forte Dead-cuts strip-out used as cutting to an Ace
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1
139
Steve Forte Easy Block-transfer discussing lack of use in cheating
  • killing x-cards
  • adding x-cards
  • carrying full decks
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1
140
Steve Forte Summary
2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1
143
Steve Forte Push-Through with Break holding break during riffle shuffle, reestablishing it after push-through
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
797
Steve Forte push-through with single-card strip involving a real strip cut of three single cards
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
882
Dai Vernon, Dad Stevens Dad Steven's Cut Before Strip Out delayed strip-out, from private lecture notes by Gene Matsuura
 		2022
Dai Vernon: The Spirit of Magic
106
Luis Otero Expertalk: Luis Otero on the Push-Through Shuffle sequence with four packets
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Sep. 2006
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
542
Roberto Giobbi Subtle Push-Through Shuffle cut and shuffle sequence
 		2024
Unexpected Agenda (Issue Oct. 25)
310
Juan Tamariz The Missing-Hour Shuffle riffle shuffle on the table and spread in un-squared condition, then cards are pushed together at an angle
 		2024
Flamenco
16