Tips for Misdirection, Cover & Angles

106 entries in Cards / Sleights / Palming / Tips for Misdirection, Cover & Angles
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Enlever la carte Classic top palm
 		1786
Testament de Jérôme Sharp
109
The Regular Palm
1897
New Era Card Tricks
29
S. W. Erdnase To Maintain the Bottom Palm While Dealing delaying its use
Related to 1902
The Expert at the Card Table
93
S. W. Erdnase Holding Out for the Cut
Related to 1902
The Expert at the Card Table
110
S. W. Erdnase Replacing Palm When Cutting two for top, one for bottom
Related to 1902
The Expert at the Card Table
113
Handing Pack for Shuffling with palmed cards
 		1902
The Modern Conjurer
44
Charles Bertram The Palm - A New and Perfectly Deceptive Method "immeasurably superior to any other", handing deck to be shuffled with right hand
 		1904
Modern Card Manipulation
23
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Bent Card Subtlety
1910
Kartenkünste
32
Victor Farelli Common Faults
  • Curling the Forefinger
  • Stiffness of the Arm
  • Spreading the Thumb
 		1933
Farelli's Card Magic — Part One
53
Nate Leipzig The Longitudinal Grip how to hold the deck with card in classic palm
 		1933
Farelli's Card Magic — Part One
54
Jean Hugard The Palm in Action holding out, positions, tips for both hands
 		1940
Expert Card Technique
179
Nate Leipzig The "Slap" Aces holding fan while palming
 		1940
Expert Card Technique
246
Lee Noble Click card vanishes and appears in cigarette case
 		Dec. 1948
The Phoenix (Issue 167)
670
Paul LePaul A Useful Acquitment spreading the deck with palmed card
VariationsAlso published here 1949
The Card Magic of Le Paul
67
Dr. Jacob Daley Applied Misdirection for the side steal
 		1950
Expert Card Technique
473
Edward Marlo Bits of Misdirection for a variety of different Palming Techniques
 		1956
Action Palm
39
Edward Marlo The Drop Cover
1956
Action Palm
41
Edward Marlo The Wrist Turn
1956
Action Palm
42
Edward Marlo Holding Out tips
 		1956
Action Palm
50
Dai Vernon Card Against Body Subtlety
1957
The Dai Vernon Book of Magic
75
Edward Marlo On "Holding Out" tips
 		1959
Seconds, Centers, Bottoms
117
Matt Schulien The Palm one or multiple cards, standard methods with tips
 		1959
The Magic of Matt Schulien
18
James Steranko The Push Off Spread holding out a lateral palmed card during in-the-hands spread
 		1960
Steranko on Cards
30
Dai Vernon Tips for Palming
1961
Further Inner Secrets of Card Magic
37
Edward Marlo Overhand Shuffle Gesture to hide palmed cards
 		1961
Card to Wallet
19
Cliff Green Tip on the Palming of Cards thumb position
 		1961
Professional Card Magic
30
Charlie Miller How Not to Palm a Card common mistakes pointed out:
1. Forgetful Freddie
2. The Little Finger Fault
3. Where's the Audience?
4. The Corpse in the Closet
5. Placement
6. The Duck-Bill Thumb
 		1961
An Evening with Charlie Miller
67
Cough Cover reason to get hand away from deck
 		1972
Million Dollar Card Secrets
106
Dai Vernon Vernon's Get Away For Gamblers No. 43, strategy when suspected of palming
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
15
Cough Card Steal No. 564, cough cover after palm with hand that's palming the card
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
157
Harry Lorayne Afterthoughts about palming cards
 		1977
The Magic Book
74
Dai Vernon Card Against Body Subtlety
1979
CardMagic
152
Edward Marlo A Palming Tip handling deck with palmed cards
 		1980
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 4
86
Gene Maze Unit Grip and Rest Positions
1980
The Gene Maze Card Book
10
Dan MacMillan The Pen-tastic Move writing with card palmed
 		1981
Cards — With a Different Touch
22
Ross Bertram With a Card in the Tenkai Position what to do while holding out
 		1983
Bertram on Sleight of Hand
144
Ross Bertram Angles about angles of Tenkai Palm
 		1983
Bertram on Sleight of Hand
171
Ross Bertram The Way of All Flesh palming tip
 		1983
Bertram on Sleight of Hand
248
Edward Marlo Overhand Shuffle Gesture claimed with 1961 date
 		1984
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 5
162
Edward Marlo Spread Finger Classic Palm Hold Out
1984
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 5
247
Edward Marlo Misdirection Brushing
Related to 1984
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 5
310
Martin A. Nash Disarming Hide-Out fanning deck while cards are in Gambler's Cop
 		1984
The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 3
48
Martin A. Nash Disarming Hide-Out fanning deck while cards are in Gambler's Cop
 		Jan. 1984
Apocalypse (Vol. 7 No. 1)
873
Dick Koornwinder Cut Cover tip for removing the left hand after a bottom palm
 		1984
Diverting Kreations
3
Frederick Braue FB Palmaid gimmick on leg height with sticky substance to leave card there during spectator's shuffling (1936)
 		1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 1)
11
Frederick Braue On Palming how to get used to it and what to do if caught
 		1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 5)
9
Dai Vernon On the Top Palm Topping the Deck finesse
Related toVariations 1987
The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 1
57
Dai Vernon After the Bottom Palm tips for removing the left hand from the deck
 		1987
The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 1
63
John C. Wagner Thoughts on the Gambler's Cop
1987
The Commercial Magic of J.C. Wagner
29
Larry Jennings Tip on Gambler's Cop for better angles
 		1988
The Cardwright
88
Gambler's Hold Out Position rest position with classic palmed cards
Related toVariations 1988
The Cardwright
102
Larry Jennings Gambler's Cop Display management for cop, showing apparently empty hand
 		1988
The Cardwright
156
Gary Kurtz Another example - Palming a Card
1989
Misdirection and Direction
12
Bruce Cervon Chair Holdout sitting on cards
 		1990
Ultra Cervon
69
Open Finger While Classic Palming for manipulation
 		1991
Carneycopia
39
Overhand Shuffle Gesture
1991
Roger Klause: In Concert
165
Vanni Bossi The "Open Fingers" Hold of a Secretly Palmed Card on Table Edge table edge position for classic palm (1980)
Also published here 1991
Escorial 1991 — The Erdnase Year
13
Vanni Bossi Position of the Hand Palming a Card, Resting on Table Top tip on palming
 		1991
Escorial 1991 — The Erdnase Year
14
Louis Haley A Reverse Palm Sleight cards in back palm, performer turns around to show both sides of hands, pure bluff as hands turn with body
 		1991
Page Wright's Manuscript
148
Charles Aste Jr., Undercover Cop cop position and transition at table edge
Related to 1992
Card Finesse II
88
Double Palm Throw-Off gestures when both hands are palming cards
 		1992
Card Finesse II
103
Frederick Braue Palm Delay Subtlety turning top card over immediately after palm
 		1992
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 6)
19
Arturo de Ascanio Psicologia del Empalme I. Importancia del Empalme. Sus Dificultades.
II. La Cobertura del Empalme
1. El Pre-Empalme
2. El Momento del Empalme
3. La Retirada de la Mano libre
A) El efecto "tubo"
B) Ley del movimiento prioritario
4. Conservación de la Carta empalmada
A) Naturalidad
a) Naturalidad estática
b) Naturalidad dinámica
B) Diversión
a) Diversión mental
b) Diversión fisica
C) Soltura despistante, utilización inocua
a) Soltura despistante
b) Utilización inocua
D) Cadencia
5. Deposito o Devolución de la Carta empalmada
III. Conclusión
Also published here 1992
La Magia de Ascanio — Vol. 6
48
Gary Kurtz Performing a One Hand Top Palm
Related to 1992
Leading with your Head
12
Michael Close After the Palm what to do after bottom palm
 		1993
Workers Number 3
50
Michael Close How to Avoid "Framing"
1993
Workers Number 3
56
Various, Roberto Giobbi Concealing Palmed Cards in the Hand a good collection of natural covers
 		1996
Card College — Volume 2
277
Paul LePaul A Useful Acquitment palmed cards loaded into center during in-the-hands spread
 		1997
Notes
13
Ellis Stanyon The "Ruffle," How to Make it No. 29, riffling one or two handed, also for straightening out cards after bridge or palming
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
17
Ellis Stanyon Chapter 15: Various Methods of Palming Cards comments on palming
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
237
Ellis Stanyon Cover for Palm moving left hand away, motivation riffle or squaring
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
240
Ellis Stanyon Palming in Connection with Pulling Up the Sleeves - Production from Left Elbow No. 14
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
247
Ellis Stanyon Palming when Crossing Hands - Production from Left Knee No. 15
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
247
Ellis Stanyon Masking the "Palm" with the Balance of the Pack No. 19, choreography for palm
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
249
Ellis Stanyon How to Make the "Ruffle" No. 1, one- or two-handed riffle, also for covering sleights or straightening palmed cards
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
291
Barry Price Now what? palming without tell
 		2000
Palming: For The Terrified
19
Wesley James The Mime Shuffle "A Palm Cover Action", claimed by Wesley James, see also p. 10
 		2000
Ambitious Undertaking
15
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Bent Card Subtlety
2002
Hofzinser's Card Tricks
40
John Carney Timing and Management where to hold hands and other palming tips
 		2002
The Book of Secrets
58
Wesley James The Simulated Shuffle - A Palm Cover claimed by Wesley James
 		2004
Enchantments
188
Arturo de Ascanio The Psychology of Palming
  • The Importance of Palming and Its Difficulties
  • Covering the Palm
  • The Pre-Palm
  • The Palm Proper
  • Withdrawal of the Free Hand
  • The Tube Effect
  • Law of Primary Motion
  • Holding Out
  • Naturalness
  • Static Naturalness
  • Dynamic Naturalness
  • Misdirection
  • Disarming Looseness-Innocent Use of the Hand
  • Timing
  • The Replacement
  • Conclusion
Also published here 2005
The Magic of Ascanio — The Structural Conception of Magic
77
Arie Vilner Le Paul Subtlety - Under the Spread spreading the deck with palmed card and holding out while gripping one's other arm
Inspired by 2009
Underhanded Delivery
28
Paul LePaul A Useful Acquitment spreading deck with palmed card between the hands
 		2010
Reinventing the Real
52
Eric Evans Subterfuge and Artifice commentary on the classic palm
 		2012
53 Friends
3
James Steranko, Guy Hollingworth The Lateral Palm position, angles, covers
 		2015
Renovations
6
Ricky Smith Learning Palming
Also published here 2015
Nothing as it Seems
17
Alexander Hansford Thoughts on the Tenkai Palm
2016
Sprezzatura
4
Vanni Bossi A Rested Palm table edge position for classic palm
Also published here 2016
The Aretalogy of Vanni Bossi
74
Roberto Giobbi Classic Palm Hold how to hold the deck with card palmed
 		2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Jan 4)
6
Camilo Vázquez, Roberto Giobbi Management for the Palm for one-handed palm
 		2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue June 29)
187
Dai Vernon, Roberto Giobbi The Vernon Top Palm
  • Gestures and Poses
  • Position of the Deck and Cover
Inspired by 2016
Standup Card Magic
75
Alexander de Cova Palm Holdout rest position with classic palmed cards, same as in Jennings's book
Related to 2016
Burners — Vol. 4
232
Ricky Smith Learning Palming
Also published here 2017
Threeve
7
Mike Pisciotta On Practicing Palming Cards
2017
The Workshop — The Notes of Mike Pisciotta
21
Denis Behr Managing the Palm on holding out while the spectators are shuffling
 		2018
Handcrafted Card Magic — Volume 3
55
Bruce Cervon Chair Holdout sitting on cards
 		2018
Handcrafted Card Magic — Volume 3
57
Benjamin Earl Holding-Out
  • Palming from the Top
  • Palming from the Bottom
 		2018
Roleplayer
20
Benjamin Earl Technical Points about Palming rest positions, covers
 		2019
The Shift #2
39
Steve Forte Holding Out - The Process with switching and clean-up examples
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
536
Steve Forte going south holding out the palmed card or storing it under table
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
541
Steve Forte interlocked fingers clean-up hold-out position for palming a deck
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
553
Steve Forte Thumb Clips off the deck, hold-out at table edge
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
577
Dai Vernon Palming Subtleties what to do with the palming hand, from private lecture notes by P. Howard Lyons
 		2022
Dai Vernon: The Spirit of Magic
82
Dai Vernon Fluttering Finger Gesture while Palming from private lecture notes by P. Howard Lyons
 		2022
Dai Vernon: The Spirit of Magic
87
Dai Vernon Palming tips, letting fingers flutter, from private lecture notes by Gene Matsuura
 		2022
Dai Vernon: The Spirit of Magic
105
Juan Tamariz Palming Tip crotch position
 		2022
Letters from Juan — Volume 2
30