ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PLAYING CARD FLOURISHES i ii iii iv CONTENTS FOREWORD xi ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xii INTRODUCTION PHILOSOPHY TOOLS OF THE TRADE HOW TO USE THIS BOOK 13 ONE-HAND SINGLE CUTS 15 Charlier Pass 19 Thumb Cut 21 Pinkie Cut 22 Herrmann Cut 23 Scissor Cut 25 Horizontal Turn Cut 27 Vertical Turn Cut 29 Vertical Spin Cut 30 Roll Cut 32 LCut 34 Extension Cut (X Cut) 36 Index Cut 38 "Pincer Grip Cut" 40 Helicopter Throw Cut 42 Straight Throw Cut 44 Roll Throw Cut 46 Flip Throw Cut 47 Hindu Throw Cut 49 Aerial Cut 50 ONE-HAND MULTIPLE CUTS 53 Charlier Tri-Cut 57 Thumb Tri-Cut 58 Turning Tri-Cut 60 Extension Tri-Cut 62 Running Thumb Cut 64 Charlier/Thumb "Shuffle" 67 "Five-Packet" Cut 69 L-X Quad Cut 72 Running L Cut 76 L-X Interpolation 78 Six-Packet Display Cut 82 v Flip-Flop Cut 87 One-Hand Cut Miscellany 89 FANNING 91 Pressure Fan 95 Thumb Fan 97 Finger Fan 99 Side-Spring Fan 101 One-Hand Close 103 Twirl Close 105 Fan Twirl 108 Reverse Pressure Fan 111 Reverse Thumb Fan 113 One-Hand Reverse Close 114 Left-Hand One-Hand Indices Fan 115 Right-Hand One-Hand Blank Fan 118 Right-Hand One-Hand Indices Fan 119 Twin Fans 122 SFans 123 Card Circle 124 Fan Within a Fan 127 Giant Pressure Fan 131 Giant Thumb Fan 134 Giant Angle Fans 135 One-Hand Giant Fan 137 Giant Circle 139 Closing Giant Fans and Circles 140 Flower Fan 145 Automatic Flower Fan 148 Fan Miscellany 151 SPRINGS and DROPS 153 Basic Spring 157 Waterfall Drop 159 Flat Drop 162 Cascade 163 Double Spring 165 Upside-Down Spring 166 Very Long Spring 167 Overhead Spring 168 Behind-the-Back Waterfall Drop 171 vi One-Hand Waterfall/Double Waterfall Drop 172 One-Hand Spring 173 Virtual Electric Deck 174 Springing Miscellany 176 TWO-HAND SINGLE CUTS 177 Pivot Cut 181 Paddlewheel Cut 183 Inversion "Cut" 189 Drop Cut 192 Cross Drop Cut 197 Forward Tumble Cut 202 Reverse Tumble Cut 207 Twirl Cut 213 Two-Hand Helicopter Throw Cut 220 Two-Hand Roll Throw Cut 222 Two-Hand Flip Throw Cut 224 Behind-the-Back Deck Separation 225 Arm-Roll Cut 228 TWO-HAND MULTIPLE CUTS 231 Running Pivot Cut 235 Quick Triple Cut 238 Butterfly Cut 240 Riffle Cut 244 Thumb Riffle Cut 247 Charlier Combo Cut 253 Paddlewheel Combo Cut 257 Pincer Combo Cut 261 Juggle Cut 264 Triple Transfer Cut 269 Twirl Transfer Cut 273 Loop Transfer Cut 277 Half Gearscrew Cut 283 Full Gearscrew Cut 285 Tower Cut 292 Two-Hand Cut Miscellany 299 ARM-SPREADS 301 Basic Arm-Spread, Turnover and Glide Catch 305 Opposite-Hand Scoop Catch 308 Same-Hand Fall Catch 309 vii Opposite-Hand Fall Catch 311 No-Turnover Down Catch 311 Full-Deck Cross Catch 313 Half-Turnover Down Catch 315 Half-Turnover Up Catch 316 Changeover Arm-Spread 317 Upright Arm-Spread 319 Giant Arm-Spread 323 Behind-the-Back Catch 324 Elbow Double Arm-Spread 325 Forearm Double Down Catch 328 Back-Arm Reverse 330 Continuous Same Back-Arm Catch 333 Continuous Alternating Back-Arm Catches 337 Double Back-Arm Catches 347 Arm-Spread Miscellany 347 TWO-HAND SHUFFLES 349 Basic Waterfall Shuffle 353 Cross-Hand Waterfall Shuffle 356 Double and Triple Waterfall Shuffles 358 Spread Shuffle 363 Flat Drop Shuffles 365 Spring Shuffles 366 Double Fan Shuffles 367 Turning Overhand Shuffle 370 ONE-HAND SHUFFLES 375 Standard One-Hand Riffle Shuffle 379 Turning One-Hand Riffle Shuffle 382 One-Hand Table Riffle Shuffle 384 One-Hand Overhand Shuffle 387 "Pincer Grip Shuffle" 390 Shuffle Miscellany 394 10 DECK FLIPS TWIRLS AND SPINS 395 Thumb Twirl 399 Corner Twirl 402 Corner Thumb Twirl 407 Palm Twirl 410 Finger Twirl 413 Quick Deck Spin 417 viii Deck Twist 419 Flash Toss 423 Regrip Flip 426 Flip Back 428 Deck Flip 430 Helicopter Deck Spin 431 Twisting Deck Flip 433 Arm Roll 434 11 TABLE FLOURISHES 437 Two-Hand Twirl Deal 441 One-Hand Twirl Deal 443 Two-Hand Roll Deal 446 One-Hand Roll Deal 447 Multiple Deal 448 Basic Ribbon Spread and Turnover 452 Split Spread 454 Double Spread 457 Upright Spread 459 Meshing Spread 461 Table Fans 463 TCut 466 One-Hand Square Cut 468 Two-Hand Square Cut 470 Running Square Cut 473 Fall Cut 478 Rolling Cut 482 Flap Cut 484 Wing Cut 487 Chaos Cut 489 Cross Cut 493 Pyramid Cut 498 Deck Bounce 503 Pad Roll 506 Deck Put-Downs 507 Deck Pick-Ups 509 Table Flourish Miscellany 513 12 THROWING AND JUGGLING 515 Throwing For Distance 519 Throwing For Accuracy 520 ix Boomerang Card 522 Helicopter Card 525 Snap Throw 526 Long Thumb Propulsion 527 Short Thumb Propulsion 529 Pinkie Propulsion 530 Index Finger Propulsion 531 Card Twirl 532 Thumb Wrap 534 One-Finger Spins 536 Juggling 540 Brushing 542 Ultra-Miscellany 544 SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 545 x