Lessons in Card Mastery

2012
Written by Darwin Ortiz
Work of Darwin Ortiz
281 pages (Hardcover), published by Ortiz Publications
Illustrated with drawings by Tony Dunn
Language: English
97 entries
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Creators Title Comments & References Page Categories
Michael Vincent Foreword
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Darwin Ortiz Introduction
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Darwin Ortiz Hole-Card Play four selections are lost and dealt in five-card Stud, performer gets two Aces
Inspired by 3
Darwin Ortiz, David Britland Tabled Control Sequence using crimp, see also p. 150
Inspired by 4
Darwin Ortiz Positively Fifth Street hold'em demo, three selections in flop, Aces for performer
 		9
Martin A. Nash Nash Tabled Multiple Shift
Also published here 11
Darwin Ortiz Positively Fifth Street Redux variation for poker players
 		16
Darwin Ortiz Grifter's Game predicted card lies next to named card, proposition bet presentation
 		19
Darwin Ortiz Near-Top Glimpse near top of face-up deck, left-hand and right-hand version
 		20
Darwin Ortiz Best of the Best position of thought-of-card named, center dealing any named card, memorized deck
 		23
Allen Kennedy Kennedy Center Deal
26
Darwin Ortiz Best of the Best 2 memory demonstration, memorized deck, faro
Inspired by 31
Calculating Positions after One Faro memorized deck
 		32
Darwin Ortiz The Spectator's False Shuffle spectator shuffles, performer squares
 		39
Edward Marlo Strip-Out False Shuffle
41
Darwin Ortiz Spectator Shuffles Twice application
Inspired by 44
Darwin Ortiz Passing Through with four-of-a-kind
Also published here 47
Darwin Ortiz Stripper Switch
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Darwin Ortiz Hard Target two selections found by red jacks
Related toAlso published here 55
Simon Aronson, Alex Elmsley Undo Influence Principle
56
Darwin Ortiz Sudden Impact deck is flicked at peeked card
Inspired by 61
Howard Albright Inner-End Crimp bridge
Also published here
  • "Albright's Advanced Card Magic", p. 5
 62
Darwin Ortiz Supercharged Nine-Card Location updated handling
Inspired byRelated to 67
Jean-Jacques-Maurice Talazac Packet Top Change
71
Jerry Andrus Fan Flip Over
75
Neal Elias A Cutting Discovery
76
Edward Marlo, Tony Kardyro K.M. Move
77
Father Cyprian Cyprian Revelation
78
Darwin Ortiz Pop-Out Cut one-handed Forton
 		79
Eddie Fechter Hindu Shuffle Revelation
81
Edward Marlo, Carmen D'Amico Throw Stab
Related to 83
John Benzais Benzais Cut
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John Scarne Scarne Card Fold
85
Darwin Ortiz One Shot, One Kill performer cuts off certain number of cards and directly at selection, three phases
Related to 91
Breather Crimp
92
Riffle Shuffle Transfer card from top to bottom
 		94
Darwin Ortiz Twelve the Hard Way twelve cards from one suit produced to match selection, mistake, transformation in different suit
Inspired by
  • Benjamin Earl's "Full Suit Production"
 99
Darwin Ortiz, Benjamin Earl Twelve Card Production
100
Karl Fulves, Allan Ackerman Double Control producing doubles
 		101
Darwin Ortiz 52 Pick-up triumph ending in new pack order, eight faro shuffles
Inspired byRelated to 109
Jerry Andrus Fake Slop Shuffle
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Darwin Ortiz Fast Company Triumph, second phase effect like "Play It Straight"
Inspired byRelated to 121
Darwin Ortiz Break to Jog Technique as deck is set on table
 		122
Simon Aronson Underspread Force
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Double-Cover Zarrow Shuffle brief
 		128
Darwin Ortiz Fast and Furious spectator and performer mix cards face-up/face-down and straighten them up except one, match
 		135
Francis Carlyle, Darwin Ortiz Mishmash Force Handling
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Darwin Ortiz Bulletproof controlling four-of-a-kind, then Ace production
 		149
Darwin Ortiz Corner Crimp inner left
 		149
Darwin Ortiz Ace-Turnover Flourish from tabled deck
 		151
Darwin Ortiz Tabled Double Undercut
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Steve Freeman Freeman Revelation
153
Darwin Ortiz Thoughts on Crimp Work
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Darwin Ortiz Rouge et Noir aces lost and found, then colors separate
Inspired by 157
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser, Edward Marlo Underspread Cull
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Classic Red/Black Shuffle
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Darwin Ortiz Removing a Corner Crimp
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Darwin Ortiz Red/Black Shuffles
  • with Zarrow Shuffle
  • Strip-Out with real running cut
  • Red/Black Double-Cover Zarrow Shuffle
  • Divided Deck Up-the-ladder Cut
 		166
Darwin Ortiz Divided-Deck Up-the-Ladder Cut
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Paul Curry Spread Shuffle for people who cannot riffle shuffle properly
 		169
Darwin Ortiz Limitless kind of impromptu shuffle-bored
 		171
Slop Shuffle
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Darwin Ortiz Calculated Risk Tantalizer with named card
Inspired by 179
Darwin Ortiz Pinky Estimation
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Darwin Ortiz Sinister Glimpse left-handed
 		181
Darwin Ortiz Billion Dollar Brain number of face-down cards in mess named, then actual order
 		189
Darwin Ortiz Daley's Delight Variation with half deck, spectator apparently shuffles whole deck
 		190
Darwin Ortiz Doppelganger travelers, suits according to spectator's wishes
Inspired by 197
Darwin Ortiz Ortiz Bluff Multiple Shift
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Morris Loewy Loewy Palm
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Darwin Ortiz Sweating Bullets cutting the Aces, then Aces controlled (faros), then new pack order
Inspired by 207
Darwin Ortiz Strip-Out Shuffle with Block Transfer
209
Hindu Shuffle False Cut
213
Darwin Ortiz, Paul Griffin Ideas for "Vernon's Aces"
Related to 216
Mark Ennis The Uninvited Guest card from one sandwich to another
Inspired byRelated to 221
Ken Krenzel Chopstick Double Lift
222
Darwin Ortiz, Jack Carpenter Fast and Loose three transpositions, duplicate
Inspired by 227
Roger Klause One-Handed Double Lift
229
Dai Vernon Two-Card Push-Off or Marlo?
 		229
Darwin Ortiz Card Sense three cards from three piles divined
Inspired by
  • "Extra-Sensory Perception" (Zens's The Cardology of Tomorrow, 1941, p. 38)
 233
Darwin Ortiz, Larry Jennings Palm-Spread Glimpse
Related to 235
Darwin Ortiz Double Tap two cards pocketed by spectator while back is turned, divined instantly, memorized or Si Stebbins type stack
Inspired by
  • "Eliminator" (Adrian Sullivan, marketed effect)
 241
S. W. Erdnase Riffle Shuffle Glimpse
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Bottom Buckle Glimpse
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Darwin Ortiz Case Card any named card is left behind in case
Related to 247
Dai Vernon Topping the Deck
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Edward Marlo, Bruce Ikefugi Card from Case
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Darwin Ortiz Test Your Luck spectator stabs random card next to named card
Related toVariationsAlso published here 255
Darwin Ortiz New Darwin's Wild Card updated handling
Inspired by 261
Edward Marlo Glide Variation
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Ken Krenzel Stud Double Lift
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Push-In Change Roterberg
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Edward Marlo Face-Up Startler
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Side Steal Palm brief
 		270
Tony Kardyro, Edward Marlo K.M. Move
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Darwin Ortiz Himber Wallet Switch switching packet of cards
 		272
Darwin Ortiz Sorcerer's Apprentice spectator and performer locate each other's cards
Related toVariations 277
Data entered by Denis Behr, March 2013.