In Order to Amaze

A Collection of Memorized-Deck Magic

2016
Written by Pit Hartling
Work of Pit Hartling
252 pages (Hardcover), published by Selfpublished
Illustrated with photographs
Language: English
59 entries
This publication has been reviewed by
Cover photograph
Creators Title Comments & References Page AA Categories
Pit Hartling Acknowledgements
7
Simon Aronson Foreword - Good Things Come in Small Packages...
9
Pit Hartling Introduction
14
Pit Hartling Catch Me If You Can named card is found with sandwich cards in a deck, then in a second deck that hasn't been touched, with "Alternative handlings":
  • Culling and forcing the detectives
  • No culling needed: Two memorized decks
  • Security method: No memorization necessary
Related to 16
Under-the-Spread Sandwich Load
19
Pit Hartling The False Frame of Reference on Darwin Ortiz' term
 		22
Pit Hartling The Heavyweight human scale, cut-off packets weighed and number of cut-off cards predicted
Related to 26
Bubble Glimpse brief
 		31
Dai Vernon Perfect-Pitch False Count
Related to 34
Pit Hartling Sherlock selection found in deck shuffled by spectator, returns to stack, interlocking chains
Related toVariations 40
Pit Hartling Close Encounters three cards inserted by spectator from another deck lie next to their duplicates
 		48
Pit Hartling Using a lift shuffle to cut the deck at a specific spot face-up shuffle
 		54
Pit Hartling Cutting a Card to the Top as utility or for "named card to top"
 		56
Pit Hartling The Core named card remains after reverse-faro procedure until single card remains
Related toAlso published here 60
Pit Hartling Thought Exchange performer and spectator each glimpse a card in one half, they locate each other's cards, half stack
Inspired byRelated to 70
Incomplete Faro Peek one half stacked to get position of selection
 		73
Step Glimpse
74
Spread with Jog
76
Laurie Ireland Overhand Shuffle with Key overhand shuffle with a card at known position
Related to 78
Pit Hartling Duplicity two poker hands dealt after spectator's riffle shuffle, exact deal duplicated with second deck by performer, bottom deals
Related toVariations 80
Pit Hartling Echoes three selections predicted with their mates
 		92
Pit Hartling Truth and Artistic Truth
100
Pit Hartling The Poker Formulas any poker hand dealt, using printed formulas
 		102
Pit Hartling Just Like That performer and spectator each think of a card, they locate each other's cards
VariationsAlso published here 112
Pit Hartling, Denis Behr Quartets controlling named four-of-a-kind in memorized deck
Related to 116
Pit Hartling Top of the Heaps named four-of-a-kind comes to top of four piles
 		122
Pit Hartling Magical Thinking - Magical Gestures and Causality
128
Pit Hartling The Jennings Revelation with a named quartet
Inspired by 129
Pit Hartling A Riffle Culling Demonstration named four-of-a-kind to top
 		130
Pit Hartling Murphy's Law last four cards in deck consist of named four-of-a-kind
 		132
Denis Behr Plop Replacement replacing multiple cards into a stacked deck
Related to 136
Paul Harris, Jay Ose The spectator (false) cuts the deck before the deal
Related to 138
Pit Hartling Mental Snapshots on the spectator's recollection of key moments
 		138
Pit Hartling The Chosen spectator touches four cards, they're a named four-of-a-kind
 		140
Dai Vernon Strip-Out Addition right-hand version
 		144
Pit Hartling On free choices
148
Pit Hartling Identity four random card reversed in spread instantly transform into selections, then back
 		150
Pit Hartling, David Jade Ribbon Spread Hide-Out Transformation
Related to 155
Pit Hartling The Illusionist performer cuts to named four-of-a-kind one by one, these cards then turn out to be four cards put in pocket in beginning
 		160
Denis Behr Fake Back-Pocket Placement
163
Pit Hartling Back-Pocket Load from thumb palm
 		165
Pit Hartling Prologues and Callbacks
167
Pit Hartling Four-Way Stop spectators stop at four cards during deal, they turn out to be named four-of-a-kind
 		168
Edward Marlo, Pit Hartling A Push-Off Third Deal
Related to 175
Pit Hartling The Right Kind of Wrong four values cut to in one deck are used to count down to named four-of-a-kind in second deck
 		178
Larry Jennings Reaping the Aces I
Related to 181
Pit Hartling The Stack-Dependents chapter intro
 		186
Pit Hartling Fairy Tale Poker eight-handed poker deal in which wanted hands appear, all hands full-house or better
 		190
Áriston To exchange the position of two cards
Also published here 197
Pit Hartling Quick Change performer finds straight flush to fit selection, then changes the card to make a Royal Flush to fit second selection, for Tamariz or Aronson stack
Inspired by 200
Pit Hartling Poker Night at the Improv all possible poker hands produced in increasing order, "Any Poker Hand the Magician Calls For"
 		210
Juan Tamariz Triple Antifaro eight-packet deal
 		213
Steve Beam Beam's Choice Production
216
Noel Stanton Pivot Color Change brief
 		220
Card Reverse bottom card pushed out and around, Bommerlunder Königswende
 		222
Pit Hartling Game of Chance color of every third card used in multiple phase gambling game
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here 232
Alex Elmsley Constant Stack
Related to 243
Pit Hartling Last Word
247
Pit Hartling Bibliography
248
Data entered by Denis Behr, February 2016.