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Shikina Loyal user Los Angeles 260 Posts |
I recently purchased a few of the Card College titles even though I always assumed that my skill level was beyond what seemed like the basic topics covered in Card College. So I'm a little surprised by the fact that I've gotten caught up on one of the first sleights I glanced at. In short, Volume 2 describes how to "control the top and bottom stocks" using the overhand shuffle. My problem is that the technique requires the magician to simultaneously catch a break from an injogged card AND an outjogged card.
Does anybody use this shuffle? Are there any handling finesses that you could give me as I can't seem to reliably turn both jogged cards into usable breaks? |
wsduncan Inner circle Seattle, WA 3619 Posts |
Slowly at first.
A LIGHT touch. Repetition. |
NeoMagic Inner circle I have... 2017 Posts |
For the top stock, I much prefer the Overhand Lift Shuffle from Royal Road to Card Magic, pp. 129-131. For the bottom stock, a partial overhand shuffle suffices. I've never been a big fan of jog shuffles.
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tonyj New user 34 Posts |
I was recently trying to do Ron Bauer's TTT (a variation of the DL) and couldn't even come close and got really frustrated, thinking this isn't for me. I left it alone and came back after a gap of several days. To my amazement, I had started to get a feel for it. It was by no means perfect but I began to believe that the technique was actually possible and it made me persevere. I'm still not there yet, but it's getting closer.
As for the technique you are trying, it is one that I do practice a lot. I have no immediate use for it, but it seems to me to be a useful exercise in its own right. |
mxray Loyal user 276 Posts |
Shikina, don't be discouraged. Your post could have been written by me.
Before I bought the Card College series, I knew several intermediate to advanced moves, but realized I had some "holes" in my skills. So I to decided buy and go through them to fill in the missing spots. I too was a bit frustrated that although I could do other much more advanced moves, I had trouble doing the overhand shuffle jog control. For me, it was because I have never really used the overhand shuffle at all. My main performance venue is that I deal cards for a casino party company. Since I could already control cards to the top and bottom using a standard table riffle shuffle, I continue to use that. I also personally feel that for a dealer (who has been using a table riffle) to suddenly switch to an overhand looks highly suspicious. Like tonyj, I just make the overhand jog control part of my daily practice. At some point, if I have to do something impromptu without a table, then I can use that. But I will always prefer a table riffle first, whether I am controlling a card or just simply shuffling. MXRay |
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