Thumb Count

30 entries in Cards / Sleights / Counting Cards / Thumb Count
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Jack Merlin Thumb and Finger Counting
1927/28 Merlin's Master Manipulations 12
Jack Merlin First Method thumb count with two hands
 		1927/28 Merlin's Master Manipulations 12
Jack Merlin Second Method thumb count with one hand, also for finding a card in the center and turning it over on top
 		1927/28 Merlin's Master Manipulations 12
Jack Merlin To Place a Selected Card in a Given Position in the Pack
1927/28 Merlin's Master Manipulations 12
Jack Merlin Vibrating Cards three selection produced one handed from the middle of the deck, pulled out with the thumb one by one
 		1927/28 Merlin's Master Manipulations 13
Jack Merlin Throwing a Card in the Air and Catching in the Pack at a Chosen Number
1927/28 Merlin's Master Manipulations 14
Jack Merlin Telling the Amount of Cards Cut by a Spectator performer knows amount of cards cut to, then asks for another number and cuts that number himself
 		1927/28 Merlin's Master Miracles 8
William Larsen The Riffle-Down quickly getting break at any small number, preparing with two breaks
Variations 1933 Page Wright's Notebook 28
Audley Walsh Thumb Count Stacking
1936 The Jinx (Issue 21) 122
Edward Victor The "E.V." Invisible Double Lift using a thumb count
Related to 1937 Magic of the Hands 4
Unknown The Top Thumb Count
1940 Expert Card Technique 183
Audley Walsh Thumb Count Stacking
1943 Full Deck of Impromptu Card Tricks 7
Bert Allerton The Allerton Top Palm featuring the thumb count
 		1946 Card Control 69
Unknown Thumb Count From Top
1948 The Card Expert Entertains 101
Unknown Note on the Double Lift thumb count
 		1949 52 Amazing Card Tricks 56
Edward Marlo Throw in Location thumb riffle estimation to 19/20th position , two methods
Related to 1955 The New Phoenix 301-348 (Issue 329) 125
Edward Marlo Marlo's Double Count using partial secret incomplete faro condition to quickly place cards at wanted positions, two methods (faro and table faro)
Related to 1969 Hierophant (Issue 2) 69
Edward Marlo Marlo's Double Count second procedure "Marlo's Double Count"
Inspired by 1970 Hierophant (Issue 3) 164
Unknown Thumb Count
1972 The Living End 163
Walt Lees Thumb Count hand held upside down
 		1981 Four Professional Card Tricks 9
Wallace Lee Thumb Count hand held upside down
 		1981 The Complete Cannibal Act 14
Unknown Thumb Count
1983 The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 2 71
Ross Bertram Subtle Thumb Count as Double Lift get-ready
 		1983 Bertram on Sleight of Hand 93
T. Page Wright Chapter 5 - The Riffle Count intro
 		1991 Page Wright's Manuscript 162
T. Page Wright A Cut at Any Number using thumb count (with right hand shielding the count) and several finesses like pre-established breaks, mis-hearing and so on
 		1991 Page Wright's Manuscript 162
Sid Fleischman An Aside on the Thumb Count
1993 The Charlatan's Handbook 120
Roger Crosthwaite Rapid Thumb Count rhythmic
Related to 1994 Roger's Thesaurus 109
Unknown Thumb Counting plus suggestions for management of this technique
 		1995 Card College — Volume 1 197
Unknown Thumb Count brief
 		2004 Mnemonica 355
Unknown Thumb Count
2009 The Magic of Fred Robinson 131