Secret Subtraction

1980 reprint (three-in-one compilation)
1970
Written by Jerry K. Hartman
Work of Jerry K. Hartman
22 pages (Paperback), published by Tannen Magic Inc.
Illustrated with drawings
Language: English
29 entries
Cover photograph
Creators Title Comments & References Page AA Categories
Jerry K. Hartman Preliminaries general technical background and some credit info of top-of-deck, Braue-style add-on/switches, six contexts to add top card(s) to a packet, three methods to obtain initial break below card(s)
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One-hand Multiple Break brief, multiple push-off
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Jerry K. Hartman Covered Break-Maker breakless add-on of multiple cards to a packet, deck is beveled and right second finger riffles top of deck below packet
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Jerry K. Hartman Obtain Break from Out-jog
Also published here 4
Jerry K. Hartman Flourish Count Add-On each card Flourish-Counted face down beneath packet after being peeling onto deck, “to avoid the unnatural action of tabling and retaking the deck or the rather cumbersome repositioning of the deck required by the standard methods”
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Dai Vernon Flourish Count
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Jerry K. Hartman Flourish Count Secret Addition switch out any three of the four Aces, regardless of their order
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Jerry K. Hartman Secret Subtraction The Basic Action
  • Variation 1
  • Variation 2
  • Variation 3
  • Variation 4
  • Variation 5
    • New Faces #1
    • New Faces #2
  • Variation 6
  • Variation 7
    • Sandwich Switch (a)
    • Sandwich Switch (b)
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Jerry K. Hartman Secret Subtraction – The Basic Action as example, three of four Aces are stolen back onto deck as fourth is peeled, switching them out
VariationsAlso published here 7
Jerry K. Hartman Secret Subtraction – Variation 1 switch out first and second Aces of packet or second and third
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Jerry K. Hartman Secret Subtraction – Variation 2 similar to Variation 1, switch out first two Aces, next two Aces get left face up on deck after peeling them
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Jerry K. Hartman Secret Subtraction – Variation 3 switch out three Aces, leaving them below top card of deck
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Jerry K. Hartman Secret Subtraction – Variation 4 ditch Ace(s) on top of deck without switching in card(s) in their place
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Jerry K. Hartman New Faces #1 (Variation 5)
three Twos and one King change into three Kings and one Two, achieves Secret Subtraction of all four cards, including the last one peeled
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Jerry K. Hartman New Faces #2 (Variation 5)
four Twos change into four Kings in same suit order, achieves Secret Subtraction of all four cards, including the last one peeled
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Jerry K. Hartman Secret Subtraction – Variation 6 to rearrange order of packet, Elevator trick as example, Ace-Two-Three rise from middle of deck to top individually
Related to 10
Jerry K. Hartman Secret Subtraction – Variation 7
  • (a) switch out Ace of Clubs for Ace of Spades (from top of deck) as it is placed face down between red Aces
  • (b) faceup Ace of Clubs between faceup red Aces is switched for Ace of Spades as it is turned face down and replaced between them
Related to 11
Jerry K. Hartman Applications
  • Aces to Aces
  • Twin Twist
  • Small World
  • Redone-bury Delusion
  • Instant Sandwich
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Jerry K. Hartman Aces to Aces Ace packet, two openly turned face down, then all are shown to be face down, then turned over to show they are not Aces, the indifferent cards are inserted into deck reversed, deck is spread revealing four faceup Aces
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Edward Marlo Diminishing Lift
Related to 14
Jerry K. Hartman Twin Twist two selections, red Aces tabled face down, black Aces sandwich two cards in deck which turn out to be the red Aces and tabled cards are the selections
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Jerry K. Hartman Small World spectator mixes four reds and four blacks, chooses a color and hands you four cards, he separates all four of one color
Inspired by 16
Frederick Braue Braue Reversal reversed card to bottom
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Equivoque asking spectator to choose “red” or “black”, does not change outcome
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Jerry K. Hartman Redone-bury Delusion
Related to 18
Reverse Biddle Steal add card from bottom of deck as you peel cards off top
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Jerry K. Hartman Re-deal Force
VariationsAlso published here 19
Jerry K. Hartman Instant Sandwich black Aces are buried together in middle of deck, red Aces are placed face down to top and bottom, they instantly travel into deck between black Aces
  • Variation: red Aces travel from pocket to middle of deck between black Aces
Related to
  • “Trap and Trade” (Jerry K. Hartman, Card Devilry, 2017, p. 45)
Also published here 		20
Jerry K. Hartman Notes three brief tips
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Data entered by Yehuda Rauch, April 2021.