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The only means of stocking cards with an overhand shuffle heretofore published has been the Erdnase method, given in his book on page 68 et seq. While it possesses the merit which he claims for it, his method has the decided drawback that varying calculations must be made in dealing different numbers of hands, and this can be very confusing to the operator since there is no definite pattern to the shuffles. It is for this reason that the Erdnase shuffles are so little used, even amongst the experts.

The method to be given here has one great advantage; the runs of cards during the shuffles are always governed by the number of hands to be dealt, and there is no further calculation to be made or any odd number of cards to be run. If four hands are to be dealt, the number 4 governs and controls the shuffle throughout and this is the only number which need be kept in mind.

Moreover, the shuffle is considerably less involved than the Erdnase shuffle and, once its nature is understood, it cannot be easily forgotten. We would suggest that the reader compare, in actual practice, the Erdnase method of stocking two cards with that given below. The far greater facility of the latter will be appreciated at once. The various movements of the cards in the action will be greatly clarified in the reader’s mind if he will reverse the desired cards when practicing the shuffles; thus he will be enabled to watch each card and note how the stock is made. There is a definite pattern in the shuffles and this is repeated for each card; once this is noted the shuffles are made with swiftness and certainty that only comes from full comprehension of the material with which one works.