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Doug casually false shuffles the deck.

OFF HAND OVER HAND

By Doug Edwards
To those watching this appears to be a quick, overhand shuffle. The movement of the hands
resembles a normal overhand shuffle, however the order of the cards remains unchanged.
Performed unstudied, without looking at the hands, this is very effective.

Hold the deck in the right hand, firmly held by the thumb at one top corner and the first finger
at the adjoining long corner. The remaining fingers rest lightly on the end of the deck.
The tip of the fourth finger brushes against the corner of the deck, the pressure of the pad of
the finger tip levering out the middle portion of the deck.

The open left hand is palm up under the cards. The right hand moves down, the fourth finger
pulls away and the center section of the deck is released to fall onto the left palm.

The released stock rests on the left palm, the face of the stock tilted to rest against the left
finger tips.
The right hand at this point holds the front and back stock with a gap between them. The right
hand makes a downward gesture, releasing the front stock which falls in front and on top of
the center stock in the left palm.

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The left fingers curl in to cause the cards in the left hand to fall forward against the ball of the
thumb.
Finally throw the remaining stock held in the right hand down onto the left palm where it lands
behind cards already in the left hand.
The deck is now back in its original order.
Off Hand Over Hand Doug Edwards. Photographs by Richard Robinson.
Magic Show is 2006 by Robinson Wizard, Inc.

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