Slop Shuffle

Slop Shuffle is a False Shuffle, created in the 1920s by Sid Lorraine, in which you apparently shuffle cards face-up and face-down.

First published in Subtle Problems You Will Do written by Stewart Judah and John Braun (1937).

Variations

• Improved Topsy-Turvy Deck by Martin Gardner in 12 Tricks with a Borrowed Deck (1940)
• Neat Slop Shuffle by Phil Thomas in Phoenix No. 60, May 12, 1944, page 246.
• Super Slop Shuffle by John P. Hamilton in Phoenix No. 87, July 6, 1945, page 354.
• Super Slop Shuffle - Ideas by Edward Marlo in Phoenix No. 90, August 17, 1945, page 367.
• Modernized Slop Shuffle by John Benzais in Deck-Sterity by Harry Lorayne (1967)
• Fair & Sloppy by Ron Bauer, No. 9 in the Ron Bauer Private Studies Series (1998, revised 2002).

References

• Phoenix No. 62, June 9, 1944, page 255, para. 16.