{"id":6017,"date":"2023-09-03T21:37:14","date_gmt":"2023-09-03T21:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/robertjwallace.com\/?p=6017"},"modified":"2023-09-03T21:42:19","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T21:42:19","slug":"one-shuffle-eddie-a-four-ace-production","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertjwallace.com\/es\/one-shuffle-eddie-a-four-ace-production\/","title":{"rendered":"One Shuffle Eddie: una producci\u00f3n de cuatro ases"},"content":{"rendered":"

I found this in Marlo’s Magazine Vol. 5. Basically it is a Triumph style production of four face up aces in different locations in the deck. I like that the aces are widely separated in the production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Begin with the aces secretly face down on top of the deck. I let the spectator shuffle the deck and then use my two step cull to get the aces on top. Of course there are other methods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Set the deck on the table in preparation for a riffle shuffle. With your right hand get a thumb break under the top two aces. At the same time lift up half of the cards as your hand takes over the break under the top two aces. Strip out all of the right hand cards under the top two aces as your left hand drops those aces onto the bottom half of the deck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The right hand comes back over the deck as if completing a cut, but keeps the halves separated at the rear. The right hand then pulls its half to the right and flips it face up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now spread both halves down, but keep the top two aces in the face up half hidden. Display the two halves, one face down and the other face up. Square them up and take them in position to begin a riffle shuffle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Start the riffle by dropping one ace from the face up half and then riffling half of the face down cards on top of it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then drop the second face up ace and continue to riffle the left hand cards until you are left with the two face down aces. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your right hand is still holding half of its portion. Let half of those cards riffle off, then drop the lower aces of the left hand. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Riffle the remaining right hand cards and then drop the last ace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The order from the top down is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. A face down Ace<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. A quarter of the deck face up<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. A face down Ace<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. A quarter of the deck face up<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. A quarter of the deck face down<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. A face up Ace<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. A quarter of the deck face down<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  8. A face up Ace.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Here is what Marlo says to do next. I don’t use this method. What I do follows this description.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Deck is in an elongated condition at this stage. Right hand grasps the ends of face up cards and tilts them forward leaving the face down cards and two projecting face up Aces behind the the tilted cards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Left thumb next pushes on the inner side of the tabled cards in order to push them forward until they ride onto the tilted cards. This is Marlo’s technique for the Tabled Reverse and is shown in progress in Fig. 66. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Note that each hand is cupped around their respective ends of deck. This, plus the elongated cards, give ample cover for the reversing of the tabled packet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Once the tabled cards have ridden up onto the upright cards, palms of each hand push The ends of the cards flush. Let the deck fall forward and face down. Cut about 13 cards from top to bottom, then ribbon spread deck, faces down, to reveal all cards are one way except the 4 Aces which are face up in different parts of the deck.<\/p>\nMarlo’s Magazine Vol. 5 page 68<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

    I find it easier to simply square up the cards. You can then perform the following display to show the deck mixed up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Your right hand lifts about two thirds of the deck slightly off the table. Make sure that you are cutting to a face down card. At the same time your left hand is cutting about one third of the top of the deck, making sure to cut to a face up card.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Your right hand moves forward and to the right as your left hand moves forward and to the left. Each hand drops its cards to the table and lifts up half of their respective packets. Be sure to cut the right hand packet between two face down cards (not at a face up ace), and the left hand packet between two face up cards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Take the cut of packets and drop them forward of the packets that they were cut from.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    You now are displaying five packets on the table in a V formation. Three of the packets show face down cards, and two show face up cards. This is a standard Triumph display.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Reverse the action. Pick up the last cut packets with each hand. Rotate the wrists to display the bottom side of the packets as you mention the cards are mixed some face up and some face down. Rotate the wrists back palm down and drop those packets back on the other two packets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Pick up those combined packets with each hand and repeat the wrist turns, over and back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The drop the right hand cards on the last packet on the table followed by dropping the left hand packet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    There will be a natural break at the middle of the deck. Lightly cut off, with the right hand, half of the deck at this break. Move the right hand to the right as your left hand takes the remaining cards. Both hands are grasping the packets between the thumbs and middle fingers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Lift up each packet by the ends, closing the packets together as if closing a book. Continue to rotate the deck and place it face down onto the table. At this point all of the cards, except the four aces are face down. The bottom card is a face up ace. Simply cut about eight cards from the top to the bottom of the deck and then spread the deck to show all the cards face down except the four aces, face up in different parts of the deck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Here is a video of a practice session of mine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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