Double Deals

125 entries in Cards / Sleights / False Dealing / Double Deals
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster Double Deal top and bottom removed simultaneously at penultimate count and bottom card dropped on deck so it appears at next number
 		1896
Der moderne Kartenkünstler
70
S. W. Erdnase Dealing Too Many dealing too many cards in a game, double deal is only hinted at
Related to 1902
The Expert at the Card Table
112
Charles T. Jordan Double Deal brief
 		1920
Ten New Sleight of Hand Card Tricks
17
L. Vosburgh Lyons Double Deal Turnover crude
 		July 1936
The Jinx (Issue 22)
130
Tommy Rozum Double Deal Display from packet towards the back
 		Mar. 1939
The Jinx (Issue 54)
388
d. As a False Table Count on a tabled packet with double deal
 		1940
Expert Card Technique
16
The Double Deal - a.
1940
Expert Card Technique
27
Jean Hugard The Double Deal - Second Method - b. applying Erdnase Bottom Deal
 		1940
Expert Card Technique
29
John Brown Cook The Transfer of a Card double deal from centre for short ambitious card sequence
 		1946
Card Control
80
Double Deal
1953
The Cardician
170
Edward Marlo Double Deal
1959
Seconds, Centers, Bottoms
11
Warren Wiersbe Wiersbie's Double Deal to the left side, see also "Added Technique for Wiersbie Double Deal" on page 85
 		1959
Seconds, Centers, Bottoms
82
Edward Marlo Center Double Deal short mention, from Erdnase grip
 		1959
Seconds, Centers, Bottoms
107
Edward Marlo Double Deal Count in-the-hands
 		Oct. 1959
Ibidem (Issue 18)
16
Nate Leipzig Ambitious Card Quickie double deal turnover, from center and top
 		1963
Dai Vernon's Tribute to Nate Leipzig
162
Edward Marlo Marlo's Card Throw face down from a face down deck
Inspired by 1967
Riffle Shuffle Finale (Issue Card Throw)
1
Edward Marlo Marlo's Action Lift for the Open Prediction
Fall 1969
Hierophant (Issue 1)
24
Dai Vernon Block Deal dealing a block as one card, without push-off
 		1970
Expanded Lecture Notes
9
Edward Marlo Spread Bottom Deal as two cards are dropped from in-the-hands-spread on the table
Related to Fall-Spring 1971
Hierophant (Issue 5-6)
269
Brother John Hamman The Double Deal Switch card is pulled from packet in right hand end grip onto deck
VariationsAlso published here Summer 1972
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 7 No. 7th Folio)
533
Jerry K. Hartman End-grip Double Deal top and bottom card dealt as one using end grip
 		1972
Packet Magic
11
Dai Vernon Vernon's Vanish Of Peeked Card By Sleight Of Hand No. 112, double deal, break picked up during peek, position known afterwards
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
33
Martin A. Nash Knock-Out Add-On on a tabled packet with double deal, see p. 442 for additional crediting
 		1975
Ever So Sleightly
29
Karl Fulves Strike/Pull Deal double deal beneath top card
 		July 1975
Epilogue (Issue 24)
229
Karl Fulves Strike/Strike Deal double deal beneath top card
 		July 1975
Epilogue (Issue 24)
229
Gene Maze Double Deal Switch
1977
Packet Switches (Part Four)
261
Double Deal Turnover brief
 		1978
Here's My Card
92
Frederick Braue The Fred Braue Double Deal historical comments
  • The Normal Deal
  • The Double Deal
 		1978
Fred Braue on False Deals
6
Martin A. Nash The Center Double Deal
1979
Sleight Unseen
334
Edward Marlo The Two Card Deal four methods
Related to 1979
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 3
69
Double Deal straddle grip
 		Nov. 1979
Apocalypse (Vol. 2 No. 11)
267
Push-Off Double Deal from small packet
 		1980
Exclusive Card Secrets
67
Double Deal from break
 		1981
Cardworks
129
Edward Marlo Marlo's Deceptive Double Deal stud type
 		1982
Card Finesse
89
Martin A. Nash, Jim Cooper Delayed Action Center Deal as a double deal
 		1982
Card News '82
61
Simon Lovell Dealing Pairs (The Double Deal)
1983
Second to None
22
Robert Gardner Stab-ility using double deal from center and impromptu double backer
 		Mar. 1984
Apocalypse (Vol. 7 No. 3)
897
Ken Krenzel Variation on Stab-ility see Afterthoughts
 		Mar. 1984
Apocalypse (Vol. 7 No. 3)
897
Stephen Tucker Twice as Clear card at named number, performer deals
 		Apr. 1984
Spell-Binder (Vol. 3 No. 36)
708
Double Deal Technique
1984
Contemporary Card Magic
17
Brother John Hamman Double Deal Turnover small packet
 		1984
Seven Deadly Miracles
16
Edward Marlo Latest Open Double Deal apparently two top cards are taken, really bottom top
 		1985
Formula One Close-Up
75
To Count Off Five Cards as Four from deck
 		1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 1)
24
Charlie Miller Charles Miller Notes: 3.15.40 - To Deal Four as Three (1940)
 		1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 3)
1
Nate Leipzig, John Brown Cook The Transfer of a Card not really a Deal
 		1985/87
Daryl's Ambitious Card Omnibus
88
Irv Weiner The One-Card Double Lift not really a Deal
Related to 1985/87
Daryl's Ambitious Card Omnibus
90
Irv Weiner The Ambitious Double-Deal
1985/87
Daryl's Ambitious Card Omnibus
91
Ben Harris Double Deal Stop Force
1986
1 a.m. The Sequel
7
Dai Vernon The "New Theory" Double Deal see third method in Marlo reference
Related to 1987
The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 1
100
Edward Marlo Double Deal Turnover small packet
 		1987
The Commercial Magic of J.C. Wagner
158
Edward Marlo The Sail Count from deck to table
 		1987
Special Effects
112
Jerry Sadowitz Smile Away named card is only reversed card on top, gag intro
Inspired by 1987
Inspirations
2
Jerry Sadowitz The Push Off Double Deal onto the table
Inspired by 1987
Inspirations
103
Jerry Sadowitz End Notes on the Double Deal comments and application notes
 		1987
Inspirations
114
Darwin Ortiz Gambler's Double Deal
1988
Darwin Ortiz at the Card Table
61
Small Packet Double Deal Turnover
1988
The Cardwright
28
Justin Higham Faceup Open Double Deal
Inspired by
  • "Easy Open Double Deal" (Ed Marlo, Linking Ring, Sep. 1963)
 1988
Utility Card Sleights
19
Bill Kalush Single to Double Double Deal Turnover
 		Mar. 1989
Apocalypse (Vol. 12 No. 3)
1616
Brother John Hamman The Double-Deal Switch card is pulled from packet in right hand end grip onto deck
Also published here 1989
The Secrets of Brother John Hamman
16
Small-Packet Double Deal
1989
The Secrets of Brother John Hamman
241
Small-Packet Double Deal Turnover
1989
The Secrets of Brother John Hamman
244
Ken Krenzel Front Double Deal
1990
Close-up Impact!
96
, Alex Elmsley Double Deal from Small Packet
1991
The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1
243
Double Deal
Also published here 1991
Card Craft
319
Double Deal
Nov. 1991
Magic (Vol. 1 No. 3)
45
Gene Maze Double Deal
  • The Left-Hand Grip & Dealing Action
  • The Right-Hand Take
 		1994
Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing
23
Gene Maze One-Handed Open Double Deal apparently top two cards are dealt on table one-handed, really one comes from bottom (Michael Skinner?)
 		1994
Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing
113
Edward Marlo Open Double Deal
1994
Roger's Thesaurus
162
The Double Deal Turnover shown to Wilson by Sadowitz
 		1995
The Little Black Book
9
Darwin Ortiz Gambler's Double Deal
1995
Cardshark
147
Karl Fulves Covered Side Steal as Double Deal center and top card removed as the top card and turned over
 		1995
The Fine Print (Issue 2)
30
Edward Marlo Double Deal with small packet
 		1995
M.I.N.T. — Volume II
357
Edward Marlo Small Packet Double Deal
1995
M.I.N.T. — Volume II
371
R. Paul Wilson The Double Deal Turnover
1995
Chaos Theories
29
Double Lift top and bottom card
 		1996
La Magia de Pablo Domènech
24
Edward Marlo The Sail Count from deck to table
 		1997
Solomon's Mind
31
Simon Lovell Simple Double Deal
1997
Simon Says!
111
Irv Weiner, Howard Schwarzman, Edward Marlo Out-Jog Alignment Move card near the top is out-jogged and shown, top card secretly slid out to be aligned with it
 		Jan. 1998
Onyx (Issue 2)
9
Double Deal
Feb. 1999
Genii (Vol. 62 No. 2)
37
Justin Higham Count-Action Bottom Deal cards counted from left-hand dealing position into right-hand dealing position
  • Necktied Version
  • Count-Action Double Deal
  • As a Switch
Also published here 1999
Collected Card Notes
25
Double Deal
1999
Labyrinth (Issue 11)
14
The Double Deal two cards are dealt as one
 		2000
Card College — Volume 4
934
Covered Double Deal bottom and top card of packet are taken as one beneath right hand’s card that provides cover
 		Mar. 2000
Onyx (Issue 10)
7
Earl Nelson Double-Deal Switch Handling card is pulled from packet in right hand end grip onto deck (here onto case)
Inspired byAlso published here Oct. 2001
Magic (Vol. 11 No. 2)
66
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson Double Deal Turn-Over
  • Straddle Grip DDT
  • End-Over-End DDT
Related toAlso published here 2003
Card Conspiracy — Vol. 1
56
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson End-Over-End DDT
Also published here 2003
Card Conspiracy — Vol. 2
155
Wesley James Small Packet Double Deal
2004
Enchantments
217
Wesley James Double Deal discussion and sources
 		2004
Enchantments
269
Joe Berg, Wesley James Bold Double Deal
Inspired by 2004
Enchantments
421
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson Open Double-Deal Switch Chapter 8
top two cards are apparently placed on table, second card switched for bottom deal, credit information, "Covered Bottom Deal"
 		2004
Diamonds from Coal
56
Kostya Kimlat Double Deal Turnover with Full Deck
2004
Card Work, Card Play
9
Kostya Kimlat Double Deal Turnover with a Small Packet
Related to 2004
Card Work, Card Play
9
Kostya Kimlat One-Hand Alignment double deal turnover with small packet, pushing bottom card with left fingers
 		2004
Card Work, Card Play
10
Kostya Kimlat Kick Alignment double deal turnover handling for small packet, three-way display
Related to 2004
Freebie 5
13
Packet Double Deal
2004
Deviant Practices
26
The Double Deal
2006
Erik Nordvall Lecture Notes Asia 2006
2
Jack Avis Double Side Deal top card apparently retained in left hand while balance of packet is tabled, bottom card is retained
Related to 2006
Rara Avis
53
Jack Avis Flip-Up Put Back Count - A Utility Move every card angled up with the left thump
  • First, the Method of Counting
  • To Count Less
  • As a Force
  • The Double Deal Double Lift
  • Double Deal
 		2006
Rara Avis
154
Jack Avis Left Side Double Deal top card apparently retained in left hand while balance of packet is tabled, bottom card is retained, with Directed Verdict application
Related to 2006
Rara Avis
170
Andi Gladwin Swivelswitch card is reversed in center of deck and switched in that process, spread double deal
  • Swiveltwo (variation)
 		2006
Sometimes it's Hard to be a Cardman
25
Jerry K. Hartman Add-in Technique Ascanio Spread type of action to back-spread cards from bottom while peeling cards from top, used to add selections between the Aces
 		2007
Card Dupery
54
Covered Double Deal bottom and top card of packet are taken as one beneath right hand’s card that provides cover
 		2007
Card Dupery
113
Double Deal dealing two cards as one from top
 		2007
Card Dupery
250
Double Deal brief
Also published here 2010
Card Magic USA
93
Robin Robertson Spread Double-Deal Turnover
2011
Prolix (Issue 9)
574
Double Deal Turnover brief, with packet
 		Oct. 2011
Genii (Vol. 74 No. 10)
14
Allan Ackerman The Burnable Bottom Deal more a transfer bottom card to top, covered side steal, as pseudo bottom deal demonstration
Also published here 2012
The Cardjurer
29
Double Deal Turnover straddle grip
 		2013
The Magic of Steven Hamilton
54
R. Paul Wilson The C.C. Center setting up for Center Deal with "The Consistent Control", as Stop Trick, Key Card Placement, Double Deal
 		2014
Card Men
57
Edo Huang Bottom Double top-bottom double deal turnover
 		2015
Card Coffee Collective
51
Double Deal Turnover
2017
Wabi-Sabi
10
Edo Huang Bottom Double double deal turnover
 		2017
Daily Dose
50
Double Deal Turnover
2018
Pure Imagination
44
Steve Forte Bottom Loader double deal and unloading bottom card on top for next deal
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1
466
Steve Forte On Double Dealing top-top versus top-bottom
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
955
Steve Forte Heel Break Push-Off
2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
1019
Andi Gladwin Double Deal with Master Pushoff
 		2020
The Boy Who Cried Magic
93
Brother John Hamman Double Deal Switch card is pulled from packet in right hand end grip onto deck
 		2020
Output (Issue 6)
18
Double Deal small packet
 		June 2021
Genii (Vol. 84 No. 6)
64
Double Deal Turnover brief
 		July 2021
The Disclaimer (Vol. 1 No. 4)
104
Andrew Frost Double Deal also for false counting
 		2022
Double Lift
84
Earl Nelson Double-Deal Switch Handling card is pulled from packet in right hand end grip onto deck (here onto case)
Also published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
12
Juan Tamariz Slide-Under Double top and third card (secretly reversed) turned face-down, end grip alignment
 		2022
Letters from Juan — Volume 5
22
Justin Higham Count-Action Double Deal cards counted from left-hand dealing position into right-hand dealing position
Also published here 2023
Combined Card Notes
17
Allan Ackerman The Burnable Bottom Deal more a transfer bottom card to top, covered side steal, as pseudo bottom deal demonstration
Also published here 2024
All In — Volume 2
7