Other Positions

108 entries in Cards / Sleights / Palming / Other Positions
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
A Perpendicular Palm kind of perpendicular lateral palm
 		1890
More Magic
136
Moisture Palm card clings to hand when pressed on top of tabled deck
 		Aug. 1896
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 8)
115
Das Kartenstehlen - II. Methode "Die Kartenschule von Carl Willmann"
top palm into kind of clip palm with thumb against first finger
 		Jan. 1897
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 3 No. 1)
3
Das Kartenstehlen - VII. Methode "Die Kartenschule von Carl Willmann"
left first finger pushed cards back which are stolen into right hand thumb palm, also as (repeated) color change
 		Apr. 1897
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 3 No. 4)
52
Paul Valadon Bent in Half Palm from classic palm position
 		1902
The Modern Conjurer
81
Karl Meyer Das Kartengreifen "Schule der Magie"
  • choreography of one-handed palm and fan production from elbow
  • steal of bottom packet into right-hand thumb clip, left first finger pushes packet out (throw cut)
 		Sep. 1904
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 4 No. 9)
137
Back of the Hand Steal top card stolen off tabled deck with sticky/wet back of the hand
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
257
The Fan "Steal" from packet in hand in preparation for production
 		1938
Greater Magic
21
New Finger Clip Palm
1938
More Card Manipulations (Issue 1)
39
Thumb Palm
1939
More Card Manipulations (Issue 2)
47
Stanley Collins Bent Palm-Off from Packet cards bent in half
 		1940
The Jinx (Issue 118)
697
Thumb Steal Color Change palm off can be used to produce fans (context), thumb palm
 		1942
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 2
179
Tom Sellers A Card Flourish bent-in-half palm
 		1942
That's Good!
7
Arthur H. Buckley A Novel Palm
Related to 1946
Card Control
74
Side Steal side steal to weird palm
 		1946
Card Control
82
Arthur H. Buckley The Palm Unsurpassed card almost bent in half
 		1946
Card Control
91
Arthur H. Buckley The Thumb Palm Move (An original piece of manipulative deception) transfer to show hands emtpy utilizing back thumb palm
 		1946
Card Control
131
Edward Victor An Invisible Palm cards held with first and second finger and base of thumb, third and fourth finger spread out
 		1946
Further Magic of the Hands
2
Jack (?) Larkin Larkin's Throw Palm
Mar. 1948
The Phoenix (Issue 146)
586
Lewis Ganson "Card Production Supreme"
  • Method for Holding the Cards
  • To Change the Cards from One Hand to Another
  • To Interlock the Fingers
  • To Bring the Cards into the Back Palm Position
  • To End a "Back and Front Palm" Card Routine
 		1950
Routined Manipulation — Part One
83
Tony Kardyro "Hot Weather Handy" card through table, card sticks to back of wet hand
 		1955
Kardyro's Kard Konjuring
23
Edward Marlo Palm Positions introducing four palming positions
 		1957
Side Steal
27
Jerry Andrus Back Palm in-jogged card clipped between knuckles of right hand from back
 		1957
Up Close with Andrus
5
Jerry Andrus A Mystery with Rubber Bands center steal from cross-wise rubber-banded deck into left hand
 		1957
Up Close with Andrus
5
Thumb Clip alternative palm position
 		1959
The Magic of Matt Schulien
21
Dai Vernon Other Methods of Palming Gambler's palm and unconventional clip palm with third, fourth and fifth finger
 		1961
Further Inner Secrets of Card Magic
39
Dai Vernon One Handed Palm unusual right clip position, multiple or single
Variations 1961
Further Inner Secrets of Card Magic
41
Thumb Clip Palm palm position is explained
 		1961
Card Switches
3
Latest Thumb Clip Palm palm position is explained
 		1961
Card Switches
3
Thumb Palm Steal packet stolen
 		1969
Wonderful Routines of Magic
103
Productions of Single Cards - Second Method bent thumb crotch palm
 		1969
Wonderful Routines of Magic
112
Chris Gosselin Palming from Pre-Kelly Placement
1971
Expert Card Chicanery
64
Bruce Cervon Paralyzed - Left Hand Bottom Palm palm with card almost bent in half
VariationsAlso published here Jan. 1971
Talisman (Vol. 1 No. 45)
287
Bottom Glimpse Palm No. 527, palm after gambler's glimpse with card almost bent in half, followed by spreading cards
Related to 1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
148
Karl Fulves Imp Cop card lapped from riffle shuffle or put in a position where it is held at a corner at the table edge
Variations 1973
Riffle Shuffle Technique — Preliminary Notes on Part Two
40
Karl Fulves The Direct Cop tabled, from center, kind of flat palm
 		1973
Riffle Shuffle Technique — Preliminary Notes on Part Two
86
Karl Fulves Direct Cop - Second Method tabled, from center, kind of longitudinal laterl palm
 		1973
Riffle Shuffle Technique — Preliminary Notes on Part Two
88
Patrick Cook, Ross Bertram A Riffle Shuffle Cop bottom cards in right hand angle palm type
 		1975
Afterthoughts
110
Karl Fulves Shadow Steal top card of tabled spread slid under hand
 		1975
Methods with Cards — Part 1
72
Karl Fulves Moisture Steal card sticks to back of hand
 		1975
Methods with Cards — Part 3
198
Jerry Andrus Drag Strip card steal, center
 		1976
Andrus Card Control
32
Gene Maze Primary/Basic Grip hold-out position for card/packet
 		1977
Packet Switches (Part Four)
247
Bill Wisch Palm Change No. 2 bottom card shown and apparently placed into center, palmed in unusual left hand position
 		1977
Palm Change 1 & 2
8
Dan MacMillan The Flexible Palm first finger takes hold of corner at thumb
Inspired byRelated to 1977
The Gamblers' Palm Revisited
12
Dan MacMillan Palm Transfer from Gamblers' Palm to Flexible Palm and Back Again
  • Example 1 (holding deck in End Grip with card in Flexible Palm)
  • Example 2 (holding deck in perpendicular End Grip with card in Flexible Palm, Hindu Shuffling)
  • Example 3 (ribbon spreading deck with palmed card)
  • Example 4 (maintaining thumb break as above)
  • Example 5 (riffle shuffling on the table with palmed card)
 		1977
The Gamblers' Palm Revisited
13
Dan MacMillan Side Steal to Flexible Palm
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here 1977
The Gamblers' Palm Revisited
17
Looy Simonoff Koplooy! thumb clip steal as card is pushed in (misdirection style)
 		1978
Here's My Card
106
Table Edge Holdout held with thumb at edge of table
 		1978
Transpo Trix
63
Bottom Placement Steal
Feb. 1979
Apocalypse (Vol. 2 No. 2)
162
Eric Mason Put and Take card under beer coaster, move also as a force
 		Nov. 1979
Pabular (Vol. 5 No. 11)
762
Karl Fulves Card Purse Palm a bit unclear
 		1979
Card Under Glass
89
Paul Harris A Force switch of card in tabled spread, card slid around under palm
 		1979
Close-up Entertainer
55
Edward Marlo Table Edge Holdout thumb clip position
 		1980
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 4
69
Manipulator's Steal from back of packet
 		1980
The Upside Down Toppit — Volume II
9
Johnny Cooper Folding Steal card folded in half and palmed off
 		1980
Polished Presentations
23
Dan MacMillan The Flexible Palm palm position
Related to 1981
Close-Up With Cards
34
George Joseph The Pinch Palm thumb palm
 		1982
Hand Mucking
2
George Joseph Switching Palms
  • Classic Palm To Gamblers Palm
  • Classic Palm To Pinch Palm
  • Gamblers Palm to Classic Palm
  • Gamblers Palm to Pinch Palm
  • Pinch Palm to Classic Palm
  • Pinch Palm to Gamblers Palm
 		1982
Hand Mucking
3
Edward Marlo The Curled Grip
1983
Marlo without Tears
185
Edward Marlo Olram's Cop alternative for Benzais Cop
 		1983
Marlo's Plus Package
75
Ross Bertram To Palm a Card by its Edge
1983
Bertram on Sleight of Hand
138
Edward Marlo As a Rear Clip Palm bottom, left hand
 		1984
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 5
137
Edward Marlo Marlo's Cop from bottom into left hand rear clip palm
 		1984
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 5
160
Edward Marlo An Effect from the 40's two selections produced from air, thumb clip steal from deck
 		1984
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 5
293
Eric DeCamps Bottom Card Cop different cop palm position
 		1985
The Magic of Eric DeCamps
11
Ray Kosby Sandwich Vanish sandwiched card vanishes via a one-handed palm
Inspired by 1986
Scratching the Surface
9
Karl Fulves Steal from Packet card palmed out of poker hand or small packet into left thumb clip
 		1987
Secret Session — Part Two
45
Bruce Cervon Paralyzed palm with card almost bent in half
Related toAlso published here 1988
The Cervon File
185
Bruce Cervon Culling the Paralyzed Palm card is spread-culled and palmed
 		1988
The Cervon File
188
Edward Marlo New Palm Position clipped to palm with third and fourth fingers
Related toAlso published here
  • The New Tops, Jan. 1966
 1988
M.I.N.T. — Volume I
203
Edward Marlo New Tabled Palms featuring a "Basic Grip" which is some sort of modified Tenkai palm
  • 1st Approach (deck on table)
  • 2nd Approach (as deck is placed on table)
  • Variation of 2nd Approach
  • 3rd Approach (which squaring up after shuffle action)
  • Variation of 3rd Approach (LTP)
  • Extension of 3rd Approach
  • In the Hands
  • For a Number of Cards
  • Off the Bottom
Also published here
  • The New Tops, July 1967
 1988
M.I.N.T. — Volume I
291
Philippe Socrate Deck to pocket load variation of old stage manipulation, stealing all except top card into thumb clip palm
 		1989
Williamson's Wonders
78
Edward Marlo Fingertip Side Steals four methods
 		1990
That's It
1
Alex Elmsley The Thumb Palm Addition adding cards from bottom to top
 		1991
The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1
119
Moisture Palm card sticks to hand
 		Oct. 1991
The Olram File (Issue 10)
2
Vanni Bossi Bent Card Palm
Related toAlso published here 1991
Escorial 1991 — The Erdnase Year
23
Edward Marlo Bent Clip
Related to June 1991
Technomagic (Issue 12)
94
Jon Racherbaumer Quick Clip Cop left hand thumb clip from center
 		1992
Card Finesse II
138
Karl Fulves Breakaway Palm top card palmed either in right hand, or held in unusual clip position between left fingers for color change application
 		1992
Deceptive Practices
53
Angelo Carbone Herrmann Pass Palm palming thick packet from bottom in edge grip position
 		1994
Humbug
11
Roger Crosthwaite Clip Palm unusual clip position before getting into LTP
 		1994
Roger's Thesaurus
90
Dominique Duvivier Holding Clout Stealing and adding cards secretly, with table
Related to 1996
Magie Duvivier
25
Jack Avis Thumb Clip Steal
  • As a Color Change
  • as part of an Ambitious Card Routine
Related to 1998
Vis à Vis
34
Guy Hollingworth Methods of controlling & palming. Four: Bent Cop several applications, good angles compared to gambler's cop
Related toVariations 1999
Drawing Room Deceptions
143
Ellis Stanyon Palming a Card with the Fingers Open No. 11, cards bent in half from classic palm position and held by thumb
  • Supplementary Note (illustration and clarification by Karl Fulves)
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
243
Baltazar Fuentes Kick Kut Kop swing cut palm, into kind of perpendicular cop position
Inspired by 2000
I'm Dancing
8
Al Baker Thumb Clip Palm top card in right hand
 		2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Instructions)
546
Wesley James Palming... essay and basic palm positions
  • Classic Palm
  • Classic Palm Grip with First Finger (Marlo)
  • Thumb Palm
  • Gambler's Flat Palm
Related to 2004
Enchantments
121
Dave Campbell Thumb Palm Change a bit like stage manipulation steal from back of deck into thumb palm as color change with double
 		2004
The Dave Campbell Legacy
413
Vernon Winiecke Open Finger Color Change with a thumb clip type steal from back
 		2006
Prolix (Issue 1)
52
Fred Robinson Moisture Steal with back of hand
 		2009
The Magic of Fred Robinson
199
Ken Krenzel The Fantraction into a thumb-clip type palm
 		2009
Relaxed Impossibilities
63
Ken Krenzel The Clip Slip from center into left hand, thumb clip position, see also John Carney's handling (Secrets)
 		2009
Relaxed Impossibilities
90
Thumb Clip Palm from small packet
 		2010
One Degree
62
Karl Fulves The Banker-Broker Move given the slip
  • Notes On Process
 		2012
Prolix (Issue 10)
632
Daniel Madison Rotation Palm Stealing card out of the middle of the deck on table, in the action of rolling up sleeves
 		2014
Placebo
43
Steve Forte One-card Mucks - chop similar to Throw Change, Blackjack application, one of two cards stolen in thumb clip, then switched in later round, with scenarios
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
507
Steve Forte Thumb Clips off the deck, hold-out at table edge
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
577
Steve Forte thumb-clip left-hand thumb clipped card replaced to top
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
583
Steve Forte off-the-table left-hand thumb clipped card replaced to bottom
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
586
Alexander Hansford Tenkai Palm Variation into angly perpendicular cop position from center, overhand shuffle while holding card out
Inspired by 2021
Often Rarely That Simple
177
Dai Vernon Top Palm classic palm variation, no text, unclear
 		2022
The Neat Review (Issue 4 - Everywhere & Nowhere 2022)
78
Robert Gardner Watch Palm card to pocket with watch as hold-out
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Jan. 2012
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
1092
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Optical Center Steal card apparently inserted into outer end of deck can be either palmed in right hand or controlled to top, in addition to also having a different card out-jogged in its place, uses modified palm grip (combination of lateral and Tenkai palms), see also application on p. 89
 		2022
Vallarino
12
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Italian Palm modified grip for classic palm, allows little finger to be free, facilitates loading palmed card to bottom of tabled packet (mucking type of action), see also p. 171
 		2022
Vallarino
30
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Optical Center Steal used here to apparently insert card between two tabled cards and immediately stolen out
 		2022
Vallarino
89
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Optical Center Steal technique used here to steal card (double) apparently inserted on bottom of tabled packet and loaded on top, see also application on p. 89
 		2022
Vallarino
261
"The brush" gambler’s sleight, muck-style load beneath tabled packet, see also related technique on p. 30 (“Italian Palm”)
 		2022
Vallarino
266