The quickest to forget were the easiest moves, probably because i did not practice them much. This is what I found worth re-doing after a month or so:

• little finger break section from chapter 1 (one handed break under one card, and break under multiple cards while doing a spread)
• some of the false cuts
• whoops control
• couple of finer points with post-peek controls
• more practice with riffle shuffle stock controls (particularly the left-hand starting cuts)

The double lift seems to be an extensive topic, and this chapter is just the first part of the description. The method in this chapter depends as much on techique as on presentation and attention management.

A reasonable video that covers part of Giobbi’s instructions – here

Tricks – I do like the simpleness of the second trick in this chapter – A Card in Hand.

Both tricks are quite nice even when you know how they are done. These are probably the first tricks in the book I really enjoyed.

A decent glide video here

Waterfall shuffle and

A reasonably close approximation of closed riffle shuffle (but finger positions are slightly sloppier than what Giobbi describes)

Check out the Royal Flush Finale trick for several nice production moves.

There is really nothing to comment on  for this chapter.

Videos:
Criss-cross force
Balducci
10-20 force

Tricks – in my opinion there is a ton of more impressive tricks with force than the one in this chapter, Giobbi must be saving them for later

Diagonal insertion requires a bit of practice – with a mirror… I noticed I was showing the front of the deck.

All peeks are simple.

One card middle pass is a monster to learn… I skipped it – I still practice it but did not want to stop progressing. Many internet posts say that this control is rarely used and the original Ken Krenzel’s one is easier.Of course Theory11 is not the final authority in any way, but just a sample of opinions… We’ll see if I learn it or not. I am starting to get a feeling Giobbi prefers Bee style of cards, for some reason.

The Shamus card trick is not too interesting (well I just dont like any math-related tricks, probably because I’m a mathematician by education, hehe). The other trick – question – is nice and allows you to apply any control you want.
No videos today, this chapter is quite self explanatory (as all others are, though)

Both tricks at the end of the chapter are quite enjoyable, although the second one is slightly contrived from my point of view as a spectator

More videos from my favorite presenter on eHow (no I have no idea who he is and I am not promoting his stuff, he just happens to be following some of the initial Giobbi’s material better than others)

Basic false cuts

triple cut and some other variations

Overhand shuffle is an important instrument. It looks like the Americans do not like it – even lay people use some sort of riffle shuffle – but Europe and Australia are pretty much still in the overhand land. It is important while learning this shuffle to re-learn finger positions, because you probably learned them wrong, especially left index and middle finger.

A video from my favourite eHow presenter. There are many other overhand shuffle videos on eHow, but this guy’s technique corresponds to the book most, in my opinion.

Running single cards and control of top/bottom card turned out easy enough.

Injog shuffle for top stock control is tricky at first. In addition to what is said in the book, pay close attention to the position of the right thumb on the last picture in this section (bottom picture on page 45 in my edition, just before check points). The right thumb holds the lower packet in the outer joint crease while the rest of the cards are held in place by the outer phalanx. A little research on the Internet turned up a quote from Harry Lorayne saying that this is the best way of controlling both packets independently. This way you can release the last cards of the packet above the break onto the left hand’s packet while ensuring that all cards below the break will stay in your right hand.

Injog shuffle for bottom stock control is much easier.

Tricks: I did not like the Thought Stealer – I guess I just do not like any sort of spelling and card counting tricks, but the other trick, Spectator Cuts to Aces, is good and easy to learn.

All-round Square up took a few seconds so figure out the deck’s trajectory – it is turned 180 degrees and at the same time it is tilted 90 degrees sideways and then back into horizontal position.

Some videos that seem to follow the techniques:

Dealing position, overhand grip, spreading
Dribbling cards
Swing cut
Breaks – little finger and thumb
Ribbon spread