Monte Throw & Switches

102 entries in Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Monte Throw & Switches
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Unknown The "Three Card" Trick with bent corner
 		1876 Modern Magic 76
Unknown Monte Throw
1890 More Magic 52
Unknown Three Card Monte two methods for the Throw Switch
Related to 1902 The Expert at the Card Table 117
Unknown The "Three-Card" Trick monte throw
 		1911 Modern Card Manipulation 102
Unknown The Throw
1934 Card Manipulations (Issue 3) 66
Theodore DeLand Two Card Monte Move
1940 The Jinx (Issue 85) 542
Chris Charlton Modern Monte using different switches
 		1940 The Jinx (Issue 107) 640
Eddie Joseph Monte Switch fan of three cards, apparently top card tabled but second card taken instead
 		1941 How Gamblers Win 8
Unknown The Monte Throw
1943 Tricks and Sleights 5
Unknown (b) The False Throw
1955 Cy Endfield's Entertaining Card Magic — Part II 7
Dai Vernon The Throw
1961 Further Inner Secrets of Card Magic 15
Unknown The Secret Move monte switch
 		1976 Now you see it, now you don't! 54
Trevor Lewis Monte Plus (or Hallucination)
Related toVariationsAlso published here June 1978 Apocalypse (Vol. 1 No. 6) 67
Ken Krenzel, Trevor Lewis Monte Plus Plus out-jogged handling
Inspired byAlso published here July 1978 Apocalypse (Vol. 1 No. 7) 81
Frank Garcia The Underthrow fair throw
 		1978 Don't Bet On It 32
Frank Garcia The Hype Move or Switch
1978 Don't Bet On It 33
Frank Garcia Putting the "Ear" in or Putting the "Lug" in
  • The Bent or Crimped Corner
  • The Bent Corner
  • Still Another Method of "Putting The Ear In"
 		1978 Don't Bet On It 39
Panama Joe The "One-Handed Toss" or the "Coup de Grace" Move
1978 Don't Bet On It 50
Frank Garcia "The Innocent Flip"
1978 Don't Bet On It 64
Charles Bertram It's So Old, It's New method is unbent card, one short
 		1978 Don't Bet On It 84
Trevor Lewis The Trevor Lewis Clean Exchange
1978 Don't Bet On It 86
Dai Vernon Optical Monte Move
1978 Don't Bet On It 90
Unknown Two-Card Monte Move
1978 Spaced Out 1
Gregg Webb Mid-Air Exchange Han Ping Chien with cards, monte throw application
 		1978 The Chronicles (Issue 8) 1139
Unknown Monte Throw
1978 The Chronicles (Issue 8) 1139
Edward Marlo Monte Switchout to switch out the money card for an x-card, lapping
 		1979 Marlo's Magazine Volume 3 275
Karl Fulves Right Angles Sandwich displacement as crossed sandwich (à la Paul Harris' bizarre type) is shown
 		1979 The Nyria Effect 55
Edward Marlo A Three Card Monte step 39
Related to 1980 Marlo's Magazine Volume 4 243
Philip T. Goldstein Mexican Turnover Variation three card monte context
 		July 1980 Apocalypse (Vol. 3 No. 7) 367
Chuck Smith Moving Monte Switch two cards moved around on table, one switched
 		1980 Hierophant (Issue The Last Hierophant) 20
Unknown The Monte Throw
1981 The Complete Walton — Volume 1 194
Trevor Lewis Monte Plus Move credited to Edward Victor
 		1982 Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. 15) 283
Trevor Lewis Monte Plus Switch
1983 Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. 22) 425
Trevor Lewis Monte Plus Switch
July 1984 Apocalypse (Vol. 7 No. 7) 940
Unknown Monte Miracle No. 70, no bend, using optical illusion and handling cards at right angles
 		1984 More Self-Working Card Tricks 104
Peter Duffie Monte Plus Variation as three cards are turned over, different choreography
Inspired by 1984 Contemporary Card Magic 10
Unknown Monte Throw
1984 Contemporary Card Magic 23
Brother John Hamman Signed Card Switch
1985 The Collected Almanac (Vol. 2 No. 14) 127
Ken Krenzel, Trevor Lewis Monte Plus Plus out-jogged handling
Also published here 1986 Mirage 12
Darwin Ortiz The Monte Throw
1988 Darwin Ortiz at the Card Table 37
Trevor Lewis Monte Plus
1988 More Secrets 15
René Lavand Long Top Change monte switch type
 		1988 Slow Motion Magic 101
Brother John Hamman Signed Card Switch
Variations 1989 The Secrets of Brother John Hamman 49
Ken Krenzel Monte Plus Plus outjogged
 		1989 Magician Foolers 23
Trevor Lewis Monte Plus Move
Oct. 1989 Intermagic (Vol. 15 No. 1) 32
Edward Marlo, John Bannon "Signed Card" Switch tabled card is placed between apparent mates and switched for one of them
Also published here 1990 Heart of the City 4
Edward Marlo On The Marlo Switch tabled card is placed between apparent mates and switched for one of them
Also published here 1990 Heart of the City 6
Edward Marlo, John Bannon "Signed Card" Switch tabled card is placed between apparent mates and switched for one of them
Related toAlso published here 1991 Smoke and Mirrors 17
Edward Marlo On The Marlo Switch tabled card is placed between apparent mates and switched for one of them
Related toAlso published here 1991 Smoke and Mirrors 19
Dai Vernon Optical Monte Move
1991 Smoke and Mirrors 41
Trevor Lewis, Scott Robinson Monte Move
1991 The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 38) 698
Ken Krenzel Monte Plus Plus Switch
1992 The Collected Almanac (Issue ) xvi
Brother John Hamman, Jack Carpenter Signed Card Displacement Variation
1992 Modus Operandi 17
Ken Krenzel, Trevor Lewis Monte Move
1992 Stunners! 437
Brother John Hamman The Signed Card Switch
1994 The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 53) 971
Dave Oestreicher Optical Sandwich
Inspired by 1995 The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 58) 1111
Trevor Lewis Monte Plus Move
1996 Miracles with Cards 97
Gordon Bean, Brother John Hamman Hamman Switch Variation tabled
 		1997 The Expert's Portfolio No. 1 49
Ken Krenzel Sluggard's Monte three slow-motion sequences:
  • The Slow Show
  • Slow Second
  • Slow Slip
Inspired byRelated to 1997 Ingenuities 186
Unknown Monte Toss Switch Tips to make it convincing
 		1999 Kort 12
Unknown Two-Card Monte Move
1999 Close-Up & Personal 60
Brother John Hamman, Roberto Giobbi Scoop Up Sandwich Switch switching center card of sandwich for outer card, for Signed Card type routines
 		2000 Card College — Volume 4 836
Unknown Optical Monte Move
2000 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3 40
Trevor Lewis Monte Plus Move
2000 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3 42
Trevor Lewis Monte Move
Oct. 2001 Ego (Vol. 1 No. 5) 23
David Regal The Hype with unbent cards
 		2002 Constant Fooling 2 160
Trevor Lewis Monte Plus Twist topological switch as cross-wise held cards are turned over
Also published here
  • Esolc, 1981, p. 21
 Mar. 2002 Ego (Vol. 1 No. Special TSD Convention Issue) 9
Trevor Lewis, Ken Krenzel Monte Move
Related to 2003 Card College — Volume 5 1106
Ken Krenzel Monte Plus Plus
2005 Ackerman 2004 41
Dai Vernon Optical Move
2005 Overlap 43
Jacques Terrien The Monte Move odd fake exchange of two cards
 		Dec. 2006 Antinomy (Vol. 2 No. Annual 2006) 33
Alan "Ace" Greenberg Monte Switch new switch
 		2007 Best of Friends — Volume III 143
Edward Marlo Marlo's Monte cards bent upwards at sides instead of downwards
Also published here
  • The Sorcerer's Eyes, Vol. 3 No. 33-36, 1981
 2007 Marlo on Erdnase 172
Michael "Mike" Müller Griffe/Techniken
  • Grundsätzliches
 		2007 EasyStreetMonte 6
Unknown WurfMischen honest throw shuffle
 		2007 EasyStreetMonte 8
Unknown MonteWurf (klassisch)
2007 EasyStreetMonte 11
Unknown FalschWurf (klassisch)
2007 EasyStreetMonte 12
Unknown FalschWurf (doppelt)
2007 EasyStreetMonte 16
Unknown FalschAufdecken II (Flip) two cards used to flip over the card that lies between them
 		2007 EasyStreetMonte 20
Justin Higham, Edward Marlo Longitudinal Monte Switch
2008 Dexterity Manual 34
Fred Robinson Three Card Monte off-beat move
 		2009 The Magic of Fred Robinson 122
Trevor Lewis Monte Move with several variations, outjogged and others
 		2009 Routines Matter 105
Ken Krenzel Monte Plus Plus out-jogged handling
Also published here 2009 High Spots 54
John Guastaferro One-Handed Signed Card Switch
2010 One Degree 26
Ken Krenzel, Tom Stone Monte Plus Plus Variation with a double backer
 		2011 Maelstrom 170
Tom Stone Paper Clip Switch
2011 Maelstrom 177
Ken Krenzel, Trevor Lewis Monte Plus Plus
2011 Maelstrom 184
Trevor Lewis, Ken Krenzel Monte Move
2011 Full Frontal Mayhew 9
Trevor Lewis Monte Plus
Also published here 2011 Special Effects 78
Ken Krenzel Monte Plus Plus
Also published here 2011 Special Effects 80
Harry Lorayne Monte Plus with Four-Card Spread
Inspired by 2011 Special Effects 82
Trevor Lewis Monte Move
2011 Kreationen 10
Trevor Lewis Monte Plus
Mar. 2011 Antinomy (Vol. 4 No. 3) 35
Brother John Hamman Sandwich Switch
2014 Art Decko 132
David Oestreicher Optical Sandwich Similar to Hamman Sandwich Switch
 		2014 Art Decko 196
So Sato Monte Plus type Switch
2016 The Secrets of So Sato 82
Joey Burton, Paul Vigil Sosi Switch
Inspired by
  • "Sosi Switch" (Joey Burton, Catch 33)
 2017 The Doors of Deception 57
Trevor Lewis Monte Plus Move
2017 Secrets 60
Trevor Lewis, Ken Krenzel Monte Plus Plus
2020 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 12 238
Dai Vernon The Optical Move
2020 Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy 224
Trevor Lewis Monte Plus Move
July 2021 Elixir (Vol. 3 No. Special Chicago Issue #1) 16
Trevor Lewis, Ken Krenzel Monte Plus Plus Switch
2022 The Glasgow File — Volume 1 139