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 ====== Full-Deck False Hindu Shuffle ====== ====== Full-Deck False Hindu Shuffle ======
  
-John Cornelius published the Oh-Calcutta Shuffle in //[[http://askalexander.org/display/12815/Apocalypse/29|Apocalypse]]//, Mar. 1982, Vol. 5 No. 3, p. 604. In this false Hindu shuffle, packets are drawn only from the bottom of the deck, resulting in a complete false shuffle.+John Cornelius published the Oh-Calcutta Shuffle in //[[http://askalexander.org/display/12815/Apocalypse/29|Apocalypse]]//, Vol. 5 No. 3, Mar. 1982, p. 604. In this false Hindu shuffle, packets are drawn only from the bottom of the deck, resulting in a complete false shuffle.
  
 James Steranko published the same idea in //[[http://askalexander.org/display/14992/Steranko+On+Cards+Volume+One/39-40|Steranko on Cards]]//, 1960, p. 37. He used it as part of a multiple shift, but recognized its potential: "This keeps the deck in its original order, which is another advantage of this particular shift." James Steranko published the same idea in //[[http://askalexander.org/display/14992/Steranko+On+Cards+Volume+One/39-40|Steranko on Cards]]//, 1960, p. 37. He used it as part of a multiple shift, but recognized its potential: "This keeps the deck in its original order, which is another advantage of this particular shift."
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 +The same concept---but applied to the overhand shuffle---seems to have been independently created by both John Kennedy and Eric Mead. Their handling was taught in Michael Close's ebook, //Closely Guarded Secrets//, 2004, p. 90.
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 +===== Precursor =====
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 +Pulling the bottom portion of the deck off as though it was the top portion was used as a key card placement before its use in a full-deck false shuffle. In //[[https://askalexander.org/display/38378/The+Sphinx/9|The Sphinx]]//, Vol. 48 No. 3, May 1949, p. 65, this bottom pull-off placement was credited to Bert Allerton.
  
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