He is technically superlative, his thinking is great and his taste is impeccable. I can honestly say that Ben is one of the most talented card magicians I have ever met. I then had the good fortune of meeting and becoming friends with him. Of course, I was surprised to see how similar his Grey Shuffle is to mine. I saw Bens Past Midnight dvds and thought they were great. Then in December 07, Bens Past Midnight came out. I heard from a friend that I had to meet Ben and see his work. It was about that time I started to hear a whisper of the name Ben Earl and his shuffle. The publishing business being what it is, it came out 14 months later. Then at Magic Live 2007, I agreed to give it to Richard Kaufman/Genii.
Still, I struggled with the idea of putting it out and, if so, where. To be honest, I never intended to publish it (publishing has not been for me), however, it was already beginning to spread. There went any chance of a secret, but it was a good little secret while it lasted. I showed it to guys I trust like Chris Kenner, Jason England, Michael Weber, Eric Mead, Bill Malone, Steve Forte, John Lovick, David Williamson, Mike Close, Brad Henderson, Bob Kohler, Steve Freeman, Gary Plants, and Ricky Jay. Later that night I went over to Dan and Daves house and, while showing them the shuffle, I discovered you could add a cascade to it. Several years ago I went to Las Vegas and was shown an amazing shuffle by Steve Forte. I just wanted to give a bit of background and info on the shuffle. There are other differences to Hein's shuffle, as well - the outer corner is interlaced instead of the inner corner, no cover card, etc. In all other shuffles of this type, the cards are unwoven and then the springing happens. However, Derek happens to like the fact that the deck is cut in his shuffle - the bottom card changes with every shuffle, which enhances the deceptiveness.Īs to the differences between this and Karl Hein's shuffle (and all other in-the-hands false riffle/cascade shuffles): In the Truffle Shuffle, the springing/cascade begins while the halves are still interlaced. Derek has experimented with ALL of these, and discusses the various options in his video explanation on Dan & Dave's site.
There are several alternative ways to get back to the original order, as some have figured out and mentioned earlier in this thread. The shuffle does have a way to maintain a step, so you can cut back to the original order in fact the step happens almost automatically after the cascade.
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