Strike

110 entries in Cards / Sleights / False Dealing / Second Deal / Strike
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Eduard W. Lufa Zum Kartenkunststück "Denken und Vergessen" details on the strike second deal which was not explained earlier, bottom deal mentioned
Inspired by Sep. 1900 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 6 No. 9) 134
Dr. Reinhard Rohnstein Eine neue Methode des Abzählens "Schule der Magie"
selection placed on top, small number named and card shown at that position, extra card placed on top and then glide/strike second deal
 		Apr. 1904 Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 4 No. 4) 51
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Unit Block Control Second Deal block backjogged
 		1910 Kartenkünste 146
Jack Merlin Seconds
1927/28 Merlin's Master Manipulations 7
Unknown The Strike Second Deal
1940 Expert Card Technique 17
Unknown Second Dealing - Method 2
Variations 1942/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 2 190
Unknown Second Dealing - Method 3
1942/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 2 191
Arthur H. Buckley Buckley´s Method for Dealing Seconds
1946 Card Control 47
Unknown A Strike (Method of Dealing Seconds) Stud Deal
 		1946 Card Control 118
Unknown Necktie Second Deal as simple switch
 		1946 At the Table Tricks 12
Unknown The Second Deal
1948 The Card Expert Entertains 95
Vynn Boyar Ghostly Seconds "shutter method" (no touch theory), full grip, left thumb apparently never moves
 		1949 Ghostly Seconds 2
Bill Simon The Second Deal The Component Parts of the Second Deal
1. Position of the Deck in the Left Hand
2. The Movement of the Left Thumb
3. The Grip with the Right Fingers
4. The Strike
5. The Motion of the Hands

Exercises
1. The Normal Deal
2. The Immovable Thumb
3. The Immovable Card

Performing the Deal
Concluding Thoughts
 		1952 Effective Card Magic 71
Unknown The Second Deal strike method
 		1954 Handbook Of Card Sleights 26
Tony Kardyro "Coming Thru!" top card placed on table, deck on top, selection appears face-up on top via air pressure turn-over, featuring a second deal with right-hand end grip and buckling action
Inspired by 1955 Kardyro's Kard Konjuring 26
Dai Vernon Tips for Experts - Second Dealing
1957 The Dai Vernon Book of Magic 193
Edward Marlo The Take Second Deal
1959 Seconds, Centers, Bottoms 16
Edward Marlo The Stud Second
1959 Seconds, Centers, Bottoms 22
Edward Marlo Two Strike Methods
1959 Seconds, Centers, Bottoms 31
Unknown The Movie Second unorthodox
Related toVariations 1959 Seconds, Centers, Bottoms 54
Edward Marlo The S.F. Second Deals two methods
Also published here 1959 Seconds, Centers, Bottoms 80
Edward Marlo S.F. Natural Second Deal
Also published here 1959 Seconds, Centers, Bottoms 82
Edward Marlo The No Touch Theory three methods
Related toVariations 1959 Seconds, Centers, Bottoms 124
Edward Marlo No Touch Stud Deal
1959 Seconds, Centers, Bottoms 128
Charlie Miller Dealing Seconds tip
 		1961 The Magic of Charles Earle Miller 44
Unknown Easy Downjog Second Deal
1961 The Magic of Charles Earle Miller 65
Eddie Fay Second Dealing
1969 Expert Card Mysteries 25
Ellison Poland More About Seconds
1969 Wonderful Routines of Magic 75
Frank Garcia All-Angle Second Deal from a card cheat from Miami...
 		1973 Super Subtle Card Miracles 91
Frank Garcia Stud Poker Method third finger take, All-Angle type
 		1973 Super Subtle Card Miracles 94
Frank Garcia Frozen Thumb Principle
1973 Super Subtle Card Miracles 96
Roger Crabtree Crabtree's 2nd right first finger lifts card up at outer right corner
 		1974 Necromancer (Vol. 2 No. 4) 6
Karl Fulves Strike/Strike Deal double deal beneath top card
 		1975 Epilogue (Issue 24) 229
Francis Carlyle The Second Deal classic strike second deal
 		1975 The Magic of Francis Carlyle 163
Edward Marlo E.Z. Second Deal large strike surface
 		1977 Marlo's Magazine Volume 2 216
Harvey Rosenthal Pop-Up Second Deal taken at bottom right corner
 		1977 Packet Switches (Part Three) 187
Martin A. Nash The Second Deal see p. 447 for additional crediting
 		1977 Any Second Now 188
Martin A. Nash Stud Second Deal
1977 Any Second Now 235
Simon Lovell Second Deal easy continuous strike deal
 		Mar. 1978 Pabular (Vol. 4 No. 7) 547
Frederick Braue The Second Deal
1978 Fred Braue on False Deals 2
Frederick Braue Parallel Thumb Second Deal from letters to Gus Southall, with practice tips
 		1978 Fred Braue on False Deals 10
Frederick Braue FB Slow-Motion Second Deal buckling the top card
 		1978 Fred Braue on False Deals 40
Dr. James William Elliott Dr. Elliott's Second Deal
Related to
  • "Dr. Elliott's Method of Dealing Seconds" (Tricks and Illusions, 1903, Will Goldston, p. 73)
 1978 Fred Braue on False Deals 41
Unknown Second Dealing stud deal
 		1978 Fred Braue on False Deals 41
Unknown The Easiest Version
1978 The second now you see it, now you don't! 74
Martin A. Nash The Slavic Second perpendicular deck in dealing position
 		1979 Sleight Unseen 318
Howard Albright Simple Second Deal downjogged top card
 		1979 Marlo's Magazine Volume 3 356
Unknown Necktie Second two sentences explenation
 		Dec. 1980 Pabular (Vol. 6 No. 12) 964
Unknown The Second Deal
1981 The Complete Walton — Volume 1 201
Slydini The Slydini Second Deal card is pushed off to left
 		1982 The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 1 65
Ken Krenzel Krenzel's Natural Grip Method variation on The Slydini Second Deal
 		1982 The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 1 68
Simon Lovell Strike Deals - The Top Sweep Deal
Variations 1983 Second to None 8
Simon Lovell The Side Sweep Deal
1983 Second to None 13
Simon Lovell Scaling Cards from the Strike
  • Scaling From The Top Sweep Deal
  • Scaling From The Side Sweep Deal
 		1983 Second to None 15
Simon Lovell Dealing Studs from the Strike
  • Studs From The Top Sweep Deal
  • Dealing Studs From The Side Sweep Deal
 		1983 Second to None 16
Simon Lovell Scaling Cards from the Stud
1983 Second to None 17
Simon Lovell A Variation on the Top Sweep Deal
Inspired by 1983 Second to None 17
Edward Marlo Punch Strike Deal three different positions
 		1984 Marlo's Magazine Volume 5 2
Edward Marlo 3 Positions for 2nd Deal punch deal context
 		1984 Marlo's Magazine Volume 5 24
Edward Marlo Modified Mechanic's Grip for punch deal
 		1984 Marlo's Magazine Volume 5 26
Jon Steinfeld LF Triple S Little Finger Stud Strike Second
 		Nov. 1986 Apocalypse (Vol. 9 No. 11) 1276
Dai Vernon, John Rakinakis, Dr. James William Elliott On the Second Deal tips
Related to 1987 The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 1 98
Edward Marlo The No Touch Theory strike second deal
 		1987 The Magic of Steve Draun 26
Edward Marlo, Steve Draun Easy Unit Control Finessed Unit Control
Also published here 1987 The Magic of Steve Draun 29
Unknown Second Deal brief
 		1990 The Minotaur (Vol. 2 No. 3) 4
Unknown Necktie Second brief
 		1990 Focus 128
Unknown "Necktie" Second Deal for single card
 		1990 Top Secret Stuff 6
Paul Douglas A Brief Second practice method for dealing strikes with increasingly finer cut-offs at corner
 		1991 Swindle Sheet (Issue 9) 103
Jack Carpenter Notes on the Strike Second Deal
1992 Modus Operandi 134
Jack Carpenter Flop Seconds dealing cards in other hand one by one before turning them over at once
 		1992 Modus Operandi 157
Gene Maze The Underhand Stud Second Deal brief
 		1994 Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing 22
Edward Marlo Beveled-Edge Second Deal using No Touch Theory
Inspired byAlso published here
  • The New Tops, Aug. 1968
 1995 M.I.N.T. — Volume II 23
Walter Scott Second Deal
1999 21st Century Card Magic 126
Unknown The Strike Second Deal
2000 Card College — Volume 4 938
Wesley James Second Dealing - A Developmental Perspective
  • Appearance Factors
    • Grip
    • Take
  • Technique Factors:
    • Covert
      • Method
        • Push-Off
        • Two Card Push-Off
        • One-Card Push-Off
        • No Push-Off or Dead Thumb
        • Strike
        • Take
        • Side Strike
    • Overt
      • Action
      • Cover

all with references
 		2004 Enchantments 228
Wesley James The Option Second Deal including "The Countervailing Motion Principle"
 		2004 Enchantments 254
Jason England The Strike Second Deal
  • The Sail
  • Delayed Timing
  • The Emerging Angle
  • Back Design
  • The Left Fingers as a Gauge
  • The Brief
  • Dealing Speed
  • Sound
  • Dead-hand Deals
  • Dead-thumb Deals
  • Necktieing
 		2006 Second Thoughts 2
Jason England The Big Question strike or push-of second deal
 		2006 Second Thoughts 14
Charlie Miller Charlie Miller on the Second Deal
Also published here
  • MUM, Nov. 2002
 2006 Secrets of an Escamoteur 29
Unknown Necktie Second Deal
2006 Power Plays 71
Doug Edwards Not A "Brief" Second
2006 Brass Knuckles 166
Doug Edwards The New D E Al
2006 Brass Knuckles 169
Edward Marlo No-Touch Second Deal
Related to 2007 Marlo on Erdnase 87
Edward Marlo S. F. Second Deals two methods
Also published here 2007 Marlo on Erdnase 92
Edward Marlo S. F. Natural Second Deal
Also published here 2007 Marlo on Erdnase 93
Fred Robinson Second Deal from full grip
 		2009 The Magic of Fred Robinson 105
Roberto Giobbi Unorthodox Second Deal
Related to
  • "Second Deal" (Douglas Francis, The Sphinx, Vol. 47 No. 1, March 1948, p. 6)
  • The Movie Second (Unknown, 1959)
 2010 Secret Agenda (Issue Jan 27) 33
Unknown Necktie Second Deal
2013 The Magic of Steven Hamilton 127
Tony Cabral On The Second Deal
  • The Brief
  • The Timing
  • The Rhythm
  • The Carpenter Angle Clash Theory
  • Move the Deck Hand
 		2014 Notes From A Mechanic 5
Ricky Smith Learning Second Dealing practice tips
Also published here 2015 Nothing as it Seems 21
Dai Vernon Strike on 2nd Street thoughts on the speed of false dealing from a lecture transcript
 		2016 Hidden Agenda (Issue Jan 29) 33
Ricky Smith Learning Second Dealing practice tips
Also published here 2017 Threeve 14
Steve Forte Strike Seconds intro
 		2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1 352
Steve Forte Demonstration Strike Seconds comments about exhibition deals, brief size, apparently immovable top cards
 		2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1 353
Steve Forte Marlo's No-Touch Second comments on the deal
Related to 2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1 355
Steve Forte Walter Scott's Second Deal comments on the deal
Related to 2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1 356
Steve Forte Standard Strike Second
  • technical observations
    • terminology
    • conditions
    • playing cards
    • bevel
    • framing the deck (grip)
    • mechanic's grip (aka natural grip)
    • dealing thumb
    • dead thumb
    • briefs
    • right thumb
    • right thumb lift
    • retraction
    • dealing-thumb lift
    • dealing-thumb ending position
    • the take
    • deck-hand movement
    • dealing down
    • dealing direction
    • pitching
    • little-or-no-spin pitching
    • early pitching
    • stud deals
    • "necktie the deck"
    • noise
    • speed
    • rhythm
    • dealing tops
    • viewing angle
    • the body
    • dealing skill
 		2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1 359
Steve Forte Questionable Information strike second myths
  • delaying the left-thumb pushing action
  • elliptical path
  • emerging angles
  • melting action
  • difficulty factor
Related to 2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1 372
Unknown Deal-down Strikes by hustler VO, top card starts pushed forward so second card is initially not exposed
 		2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1 375
Steve Forte Casino Pitch Strikes
2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1 377
Steve Forte Top-side Brief top card pushed to the left
 		2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1 379
Steve Forte Middle-side Brief straddle grip, top card pushed to left
 		2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1 380
Steve Forte Back-corner Strikes take at back right corner
 		2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1 380
Steve Forte Natural Strikes left thumb starts at side of deck
 		2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1 381
Steve Forte Hit-card Strikes strike with fingers, stud
 		2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1 382
Steve Forte Stud Strikes
  • standard stud strike
  • underhand pause and pitch
  • underhand snap-scissors pitch
 		2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1 383
Slappers Slappers take from the front
Variations 2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1 385
Steve Forte Hanging Seconds far push-off of top card
Inspired byRelated to 2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1 386
Steve Forte Back Strikes right thumb strikes at inner end
 		2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1 428
Steve Forte No-finger Strikes base of right thumb strikes
 		2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1 429