Duffie's Card Compulsions

1995
Written by Peter Duffie
Work of Peter Duffie
269 pages (Hardcover), published by Kaufman and Greenberg
Illustrated with drawings by Joseph K. Schmidt
Language: English
83 entries
Cover photograph
Creators Title Comments & References Page AA Categories
Roy Walton Introduction
8
Peter Duffie Foreword
9
Peter Duffie On Bottom Dealing some general comments
 		13
Peter Duffie LePaul Second Deal as Double Lift Substitute for packet, comments
 		14
Peter Duffie The Three Packet Shuffle
Inspired by 19
Peter Duffie Mis-Read Palmistry using pseudo mates
 		23
Peter Duffie City Slickers Kings find Queens
 		26
Peter Duffie Marriage on the Rocks
Variations 30
Peter Duffie Sherlock Never Married Ace Change kicker
Inspired by
  • "Sherloct" (Phil Goldstein, Abracadabra #2410)
 36
Peter Duffie Baker Street Branch a certain value is needed and chosen
Inspired by
  • "Sherloct" (Phil Goldstein, Abracadabra #2410)
 41
Peter Duffie Dearly Departured
Inspired by 44
Peter Duffie Exodus
49
Peter Duffie The Lucky Ten two piles dealt, top card of one pile is thought-of number, top card of other pile selection
  • "No Crimp But Still Lucky"
Also published here 53
Peter Duffie Just for Starters
Inspired by 56
Peter Duffie Aces Apace red Aces in deck change place with black Aces, visual surprise ending
Also published here 60
Peter Duffie Aces at Once selection included
 		64
Peter Duffie Divisory Capacity
Inspired byVariations 69
Peter Duffie Credit Information
69
Peter Duffie Widowed in Sandwiches
Inspired by 73
Peter Duffie The Claustrophobic Cards in Sandwiches
Inspired by 77
Peter Duffie Triple Trauma small packet, reverse faros
Inspired by
  • "A Tribute to Fulves" (Mike Rogers, The Complete Mike Rogers)
 81
Peter Duffie The Ultimate Truth
Inspired byRelated toVariationsAlso published here
  • Imagine, 1991, p. 7
 84
Peter Duffie A Pocketful of Lies packet in pocket, cards removed to answer truth or lie
Related to 86
Bernard Rasmussen Alternate Opening for "The Ultimate Truth"
Inspired byVariations 87
Peter Duffie Truth Serum
Inspired by 90
Peter Duffie Widespread on the pack
Inspired by 93
Peter Duffie A Hint of a Tint Universal Card with color changing deck kicker
Inspired by 97
Peter Duffie Pokericulous
Inspired by
  • "Pokericulum" (Stewart James)
Related to 		100
Peter Duffie Four-Knowledge
Inspired byRelated toVariations 102
Paul LePaul, Peter Duffie LePaul Second Deal Handling
104
Peter Duffie Four-Knowledge (Without Seconds)
Related to 107
Peter Duffie A Great Deal of Thought overhand shuffle placement
Inspired by
  • trick in "Imagine" (Duffie)
 110
Peter Duffie Triggered Hofzinser
Inspired by 113
Peter Duffie No-Trigger Hofzinser
116
Peter Duffie A Mild Solution
117
Peter Duffie Caprice two Cards, repeats, pocket ruse
Inspired by 119
Peter Duffie Two Timing actually different effect
Also published here
  • Imagine
 126
Peter Duffie Jet Lag actually different effect
 		128
Peter Duffie Centerpoint pseudo explanation/teaching, card in center of packet rises to top after counting the packet, pass and false deals
VariationsAlso published here 131
Peter Duffie Cardtell Variation of "Centerpoint"
Also published here 134
Peter Duffie Sleuthsayers
136
Peter Duffie A Willfull Sandwich Transposition
Inspired by 140
Peter Duffie Fortuitous Card Catcher completely Off-Beat Presentation
Inspired by
  • "The Official Card Catcher" (Peter Duffie, Imagine)
 143
Peter Duffie The Case in Hand with selection and Case
Related to 146
Peter Duffie Red an Black Scenario
152
Peter Duffie Epitaph for a Card Cheat one-at-a-time reduction of hands
Inspired byRelated to 156
Peter Duffie Fastack with bluff, interesting
Related to
  • "Judas Shuffle" (Imagine)
 161
Peter Duffie The Judas Shuffle (and Applications)
  • To Stack Four Aces for a Four-Handed Game
  • To Stack the Aces for Any Number of Hands
  • To Stack a Royal Flush (5 Cards)
  • The Judas Fastack Shuffle
 		167
Peter Duffie Eleven Plus stay stack principle, number prediction
VariationsAlso published here
  • Imagine
 170
Peter Duffie Eleven Plus Plus stay stack principle
 		173
Peter Duffie Almost But not Quite
Inspired by 174
Peter Duffie The Working Assambly
Inspired by 176
Peter Duffie Mixed Reaction Miraskill & Gilbreath
 		182
Peter Duffie The Maze Connection four times stop, off-beat effect
Inspired by 186
Peter Duffie The Vegas Connection Gilbreath thing
 		190
Peter Duffie Flight of Hand three Selections travel from between Aces to Kings, credit information
 		194
Dai Vernon Vernon's Fake Count off the top of the deck, starting with block
Related to 196
Peter Duffie The Protection Racket three Selections travel from between Aces to Kings
 		199
Peter Duffie Only a Game Down under Deal, different Effect
 		202
Peter Duffie Rooms for Maneuver also inspired by Hotel Mystery
 		205
Peter Duffie Two Decks But With a Single Thought two prepared decks
Inspired by 209
Peter Duffie The Self-Seekers
Inspired by
  • "Jubilee Countdown" (Roy Walton, Fifty Years Later)
  • "Chiefly Yourselves" (Roy Walton, Linking Ring)
 213
Peter Duffie Within You Without You
Inspired by 217
Peter Duffie Re-Scan Variant using spelling
Inspired by 223
Peter Duffie No Two Ways About It two signatures transpose
Inspired by
  • "Writing a Wrong" (Peter Duffie, Magic, Sept. 1993)
Related toVariations 		226
Peter Duffie Changing Sides selfworking version of "No Two Ways..."
Inspired byRelated to 229
Peter Duffie Thoughts on the Bottom Estimation & Bottom Deal
Related toVariations 232
Peter Duffie The Final Solution
Inspired by 235
Peter Duffie The Packet Palm as packet is turned over
 		242
Peter Duffie Center Block Palm from center or top, multiple cards
Inspired by 244
Walter "Sonny" Day The Day Double Lift interesting push-off
Inspired byRelated toVariations 247
Peter Duffie The Grift Shift bluff type
 		248
Peter Duffie The Nulling Factor clean up for reversed deck under top card
Inspired by
  • "Nullifactor" (Stewart James, 1951)
 250
Peter Duffie The Correction Pass for cleaning up a faced deck
Inspired by
  • "Paul Curry Half Pass" (Something Borrowed, Something New)
 252
Peter Duffie The Double Innercut top card to anywhere near bottom
 		253
Peter Duffie The Double Overcut bottom to top
Related to 255
Peter Duffie The Production Cut
257
Peter Duffie Peek Break Technique for getting break above selection
 		258
Stanley Collins Stanley Collins' Replacement for a normal double lift handling
 		260
Peter Duffie Spin Cut Lapping
262
Peter Duffie Toss-In Lap Switch card is switched/lapped as it is tossed through deck
Related to 264
Peter Duffie P.O.U.S. (Palm Off Utility Sleight) in the act of apparantly turning packet over
Inspired by 266
Peter Duffie Duffie's Depth Deception subtlety
Variations 268
Data entered by Denis Behr.