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 ====== Controlled Cascade ====== ====== Controlled Cascade ======
  
-Controlling a riffle shuffle's cascade can prevent the two packets from fully coalescing, providing an advantageous position for the magician to manipulate further. The origins of the concept stem from shuffling the deck with each packet sidejogged from each other. This results in a shuffled deckbut with each original packet still sidejogged. The cascade doesn't affect the jog. It was used for [[cards:false_riffle_shuffle|false shuffles]], allowing the magician to strip the packets apart and return the deck to its previous order. This shuffle is commonly referred to as the Henry Hay False Shuffle due to its appearance in Henry Hay's //The Amateur Magician'Handbook//, 1950, p. 58but Max Katz described the same shuffle two years prior in //[[http://askalexander.org/display/38697/Hugard+s+Magic+Monthly/11|Hugard’s Magic Monthly]]//, Vol. No. 2July 1947, p. 333.+Controlling the cascade following a riffle shuffle can prevent the two packets from fully coalescing, providing an advantageous position for the magician to manipulate further. The origins of the concept stem from shuffling the deck with the two packets misaligned with each other. This results in a shuffled deck but with each original packet separately jogged. The cascade doesn't affect the jog. This idea is used for [[cards:false_riffle_shuffle|false shuffles]] and allows the magician to strip the packets apart and to return the deck to its previous order. The concept seems to have been originated by Gus Southall for use with Howard De Courcy'one-handed shuffle. See //[[http://askalexander.org/display/38695/Hugard+s+Magic+Monthly/53|Hugard'Magic Monthly]]//, Vol. 3 No. 7, Dec. 1945, p. 175for the De Courcy shuffle and //[[http://askalexander.org/display/38696/Hugard+s+Magic+Monthly/82|Hugard’s Magic Monthly]]//, Vol. No. 10March 1947, p. 304, for Southall's false-shuffle variant, mentioned in Fred Braue's column.
  
-A later improvement eliminated the open sidejog during the riffle. This was done by keeping the riffle square, but then applying pressure to opposite corners of the cards during the cascade to allow the packets to end in the same position as the Katz shuffle. This was created by Steve Beam and published in //The Trapdoor//, No. 4, 1984, p. 59. Both Eric Anderson and Guy Hollingworth are often cited as the creators of this concept, but they were over a decade late to the party, publishing their handlings in //Ah-Ha//, 1997, p. 37, and //Drawing Room Deceptions//, 1999, p. 169, respectively.+The two-handed variant is commonly referred to as the Henry Hay False Shuffle, due to its appearance in Henry Hay's //The Amateur Magician's Handbook//, 1950, p. 58; but Max Katz described nearly the same shuffle two years prior in //[[http://askalexander.org/display/38697/Hugard+s+Magic+Monthly/11|Hugard’s Magic Monthly]]//, Vol. 5 No. 2, July 1947, p. 333, just a few months after Southall's shuffle was mentioned there. 
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 +A later improvement eliminated the open sidejog during the riffle. This was done by keeping the riffle square, but then applying pressure to opposite corners of the cards during the cascade to allow the packets to end in the same jogged position as in the Katz shuffle. This approach was created by Steve Beam and published in //The Trapdoor//, No. 4, 1984, p. 59. Both Eric Anderson and Guy Hollingworth are often cited as the creators of this concept, but they were over a decade late to the party, publishing their handlings in //Ah-Ha//, 1997, p. 37, and //Drawing Room Deceptions//, 1999, p. 169, respectively.
  
 Instead of using the concept for a false shuffle, Joshua Jay used the sidejogged position for an application of the [[cards:ribbon_spread_hideout|ribbon spread hideout]], allowing half the deck to be hidden during a spread. Jay included the application in //The Magic Atlas//, 1999, p. 61. Instead of using the concept for a false shuffle, Joshua Jay used the sidejogged position for an application of the [[cards:ribbon_spread_hideout|ribbon spread hideout]], allowing half the deck to be hidden during a spread. Jay included the application in //The Magic Atlas//, 1999, p. 61.
  
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