Standup Card Magic

Card Magic for Parlor and Stage

first German edition: 2014
2016
Written by Roberto Giobbi
Work of Roberto Giobbi
280 pages (Hardcover), published by Hermetic Press
Illustrated with photographs
Language: English
80 entries
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Creators Title Comments & References Page Categories
Roberto Giobbi Thanks!
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Roberto Giobbi Nothing but a Deck of Cards!
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Roberto Giobbi Introduction quasi Card College 6
  • On the Nature of This Book
  • References and Bibliography
  • Left-Right
  • A Final Detail about Detail
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Roberto Giobbi Chapter 1: The Standup Card Conjurer
  • Rules Are Guidelines
  • The Standup Card Conjurer
  • Definition
  • Formal Elements
  • The Fascination of Standup Magic
  • History
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Roberto Giobbi The Parlor
  • Chair Arrangement
  • Platform and Technology
  • The Bear Pit
  • The Performing Area
  • The Table
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Roberto Giobbi Selecting Tricks
  • What Is the Effect?
  • Simple and Clear
  • Cards as Objects
  • Openers
 		9
Roberto Giobbi The Performance in the Parlor
  • How to Look into the Audience
  • Body Language and Elbows
  • How to Introduce and Show a Deck
 		10
Roberto Giobbi, Juan Tamariz How to Make the Invisible Visible
  • Jumbo Indices, Giant Cards and Hybrids
  • Professional Card Stands
  • Improvised Card Stands
  • The Tamariz Shadow Rule
  • The Spectator Shows a Card
 		12
Roberto Giobbi Going into the Audience
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Roberto Giobbi Applause
  • How Do You Get Applause?
  • Lack of Applause
 		19
Roberto Giobbi The Script
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Roberto Giobbi Concluding Remarks
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Roberto Giobbi Chapter 2: Spectator Management
  • Interaction with Spectators
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Roberto Giobbi The Spectator Onstage
  • Spectators and Communication
  • Spectators and Dramatic Construction
  • Spectators and Psychological Construction
  • Homo Ludens
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Roberto Giobbi Selection Criteria for spectators that should assist
  • Numerus Clausus
  • Selection Test
  • Man or Woman?
  • A Woman Who Knows Playing Cards
  • What Age?
  • General Remarks
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Roberto Giobbi, Ted Lesley The First Step when a spectator comes onto stage
  • Invitation
  • The Way of the Inchworm
  • Props
  • Interactive Questions
  • One, Two, Three
  • The Lesley Ploy
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Roberto Giobbi Interaction with the Spectator
  • Thank You Very Much!
  • The Personal Touch
  • Win-Win
  • Dealing with Problem Spectators (hecklers)
  • Dismissing the Spectator
  • Concluding Remarks
 		30
Roberto Giobbi Chapter 3: Card Technique for the Standup Performer
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Roberto Giobbi False Shuffles short intro
 		37
Roberto Giobbi The True Shuffle for use on stage
  • The Overhand Shuffle
  • The Waterfall Riffle Shuffle
  • The Hindu Shuffle
 		37
G. W. Hunter, Dai Vernon, Roberto Giobbi The G. W. Hunter False Shuffle
Related to 39
Roberto Giobbi Cut-Shuffle-Cut framing for the Hunter shuffle
 		40
Roberto Giobbi The False Weave Shuffle
  • True Weave Shuffle
  • False Weave Shuffle
 		41
Roberto Giobbi The Optical False Shuffle only referenced
Related to 43
Roberto Giobbi In-the-Hands False Riffle Shuffle
Also published here 43
Roberto Giobbi False Cuts
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Larry Jennings The Jennings False Cut
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Roberto Giobbi The False Swing Cut
  • From the Hand in to the Hand (straight cut)
  • From the Hand to the Table
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Roberto Giobbi The Partial False Cut
  • Shuffle and Cut in Combination - Top
  • Shuffle and Cut in Combination - Bottom
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Roberto Giobbi Card Controls
  • Controlling Single and Multiple Cards
  • Scenario 1
  • Scenario 2
  • Scenario 3
 		50
Roberto Giobbi The Parallel Shift side steal dynamics
  • Variation
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Roberto Giobbi The Lift-Shuffle Control
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Roberto Giobbi Control with Dribble and Side Shuffle
  • Optional Preliminary Procedure
  • Selection Procedure
  • The Side-Control Shuffle
  • Additional Options
Related toAlso published here 55
Jack McMillen, Roberto Giobbi Variation with an Injog Shuffle
Inspired by
  • Control in "Jack McMillen" (Michael Landes)
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Michel Gammenthaler, Roberto Giobbi The Fast Control
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Dai Vernon, Roberto Giobbi The Dai Vernon Multiple Shift
  • Insertion of the Cards
  • False Insertion
  • Control Shuffle
  • With Chosen Cards
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Roberto Giobbi Forces short intro
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Roberto Giobbi Classic Force Light more or less giving force card to spectator
  • Original Form
  • The Failsafe Classic Force
  • Notes on the Classic Force
Also published here 65
Roberto Giobbi The Riffle Force with break, for stand-up use
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Roberto Giobbi The Hindu-Shuffle Force for stand-up use
  • Hindu Force from a Distance
  • Forcing Multiple Cards with a Hindu Shuffle
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Roberto Giobbi The Peek Force
  • Peek and Force
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Peter Warlock The Cut Force
  • How It Looks
  • How It Works
Related toAlso published here
  • "Tour de Force" (Warlock's Way)
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Roberto Giobbi Palming short intro
 		75
Dai Vernon, Roberto Giobbi The Vernon Top Palm
  • Gestures and Poses
  • Position of the Deck and Cover
Inspired by 75
Roberto Giobbi The One-handed Palm tips on management
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Morris Loewy The Loewy Palm
  • Technique and Management
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Roberto Giobbi, Edward Marlo The Bottom Palm - The Due Tempi Palm delayed
Related to 79
Roberto Giobbi The Color Change
  • The Classic Color Change
  • Concluding Remarks
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Roberto Giobbi The Top Change
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Roberto Giobbi, Edward Victor The Glide
  • The Classic Glide for Standup Magic
  • Variation ("A New Glide" handling)
Inspired by 84
Roberto Giobbi The Double Lift and Double Turnover for stand-up use
  • Showing a Double Card
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Cliff Green, Roberto Giobbi A Fine Double Lift
Inspired by 88
Roberto Giobbi The Replacement
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Roberto Giobbi False Dealing- The Second Deal for stand-up use, end grip
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Roberto Giobbi Forcing second deal
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Roberto Giobbi The Bottom Deal for one-time use in stand-up situation
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Roberto Giobbi, Dai Vernon The Classic Top Change
  • The Top Change from End Grip (credit information)
  • The Cross Top Change (Vernon)
  • Concluding Remarks
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Roberto Giobbi Card Call "Cabaret Card Divination" of a bunch of cards, last card predicted in letter
Inspired by 105
The Job-Sharing Shuffle several spectators shuffle, distinct groups kept separated
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Patrick Page, Roberto Giobbi And Yet It Is! apparently wrong card found, changes to correct one
Inspired by
  • "The Unknown Solider's Card Trick" (Patrick's Pages of Magic, Lecture Notes 1973)
Related to
  • "The Three to Two of Spades" (Ken de Courcy, Ken on Kards - Card Magic for Non-Card Men)
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Vanni Bossi The Fool's Metamorphosis named card rises to top of deck on glass, transposes with joker
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Vanni Bossi Pre-show within the Show "name your favorite card"
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Jim Ryan, Roberto Giobbi Vice Versa two spectators get the wrong card each, then they transpose, thoughts on transpositions
Inspired byAlso published here 137
Edward Marlo, Roberto Giobbi Double Selection & Control two card control
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Roberto Giobbi A Comedy of Errors Queens change into other matching set, Queens from different pockets, standup staging with glasses
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Roberto Giobbi Prediction at Risk card from red-backed deck matches card from blue-backed deck, also predicted in envelope, Himber wallet
Inspired by 156
Roberto Giobbi, Theodore Annemann The Three Roses red-backed card put in blue-backed deck, deck in glass, card named in three stages, it's odd-backed card
Inspired by 166
Roberto Giobbi, Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Hofzinser's Triple Prediction three cards in handkerchief in spectator's hands, they turn out to be later signed selections, dropping double backers
Inspired by
  • "Die Drei Kräfte" (Hofzinsers Kartenkünste)
Related to
  • "Winter-Sommer" (Hofzinser's Zauberkünste)
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Roberto Giobbi The Devil's Messenger three signed selections shuffled back, messenger brings envelope from back with those selections, credit information, Universal Card Scam
Inspired byRelated to 187
Theodore Annemann, Roberto Giobbi Jinx Switch Version
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Roberto Giobbi, Fred Kaps Swiss Poker named card to cigarette
Inspired byRelated to 195
Roberto Giobbi Verbal Range Force getting spectator to name high card
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Cigarette Switch
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Roberto Giobbi Card in Lemon deck changes into lemon underneath handkerchief, selection inside lemon
Inspired byAlso published here 211
Bottom Card All-Around Square-up Glimpse bottom two cards
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Roberto Giobbi Napoleon's Game "Nap Hand Deal", three spectators play cards, performer divines cards in hands and makes weakest hand win
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Roberto Giobbi Stickler detailed description, single card stabbed, newspaper cover, credit information
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Roberto Giobbi Déjà vu "Card Routines from Other Books by Roberto Giobbi That Are Suitable for Parlor and Stage"
- Card College 1-5
  • Light Trilogy
  • Confidences
  • The Art of Switching Decks
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Roberto Giobbi Works Cited
  • Books
  • Magazines
  • Lecture Notes
  • Internet
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Roberto Giobbi Envoy
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Data entered by Denis Behr, February 2017.