Top Bottom

77 entries in Cards / Sleights / False Dealing / Double Deals / Top Bottom
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster Double Deal top and bottom removed simultaneously at penultimate count and bottom card dropped on deck so it appears at next number
 		1896
Der moderne Kartenkünstler
70
L. Vosburgh Lyons Double Deal Turnover crude
 		July 1936
The Jinx (Issue 22)
130
The Double Deal - a.
1940
Expert Card Technique
27
Jean Hugard The Double Deal - Second Method - b. applying Erdnase Bottom Deal
 		1940
Expert Card Technique
29
Double Deal
1953
The Cardician
170
Edward Marlo Double Deal
1959
Seconds, Centers, Bottoms
11
Warren Wiersbe Wiersbie's Double Deal to the left side, see also "Added Technique for Wiersbie Double Deal" on page 85
 		1959
Seconds, Centers, Bottoms
82
Edward Marlo Double Deal Count in-the-hands
 		Oct. 1959
Ibidem (Issue 18)
16
Edward Marlo Spread Bottom Deal as two cards are dropped from in-the-hands-spread on the table
Related to Fall-Spring 1971
Hierophant (Issue 5-6)
269
Brother John Hamman The Double Deal Switch card is pulled from packet in right hand end grip onto deck
VariationsAlso published here Summer 1972
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 7 No. 7th Folio)
533
Jerry K. Hartman End-grip Double Deal top and bottom card dealt as one using end grip
 		1972
Packet Magic
11
Gene Maze Double Deal Switch
1977
Packet Switches (Part Four)
261
Double Deal Turnover brief
 		1978
Here's My Card
92
Frederick Braue The Fred Braue Double Deal historical comments
  • The Normal Deal
  • The Double Deal
 		1978
Fred Braue on False Deals
6
Double Deal straddle grip
 		Nov. 1979
Apocalypse (Vol. 2 No. 11)
267
Edward Marlo Marlo's Deceptive Double Deal stud type
 		1982
Card Finesse
89
Ken Krenzel Variation on Stab-ility see Afterthoughts
 		Mar. 1984
Apocalypse (Vol. 7 No. 3)
897
Stephen Tucker Twice as Clear card at named number, performer deals
 		Apr. 1984
Spell-Binder (Vol. 3 No. 36)
708
Brother John Hamman Double Deal Turnover small packet
 		1984
Seven Deadly Miracles
16
Edward Marlo Latest Open Double Deal apparently two top cards are taken, really bottom top
 		1985
Formula One Close-Up
75
To Count Off Five Cards as Four from deck
 		1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 1)
24
Ben Harris Double Deal Stop Force
1986
1 a.m. The Sequel
7
Edward Marlo Double Deal Turnover small packet
 		1987
The Commercial Magic of J.C. Wagner
158
Jerry Sadowitz Smile Away named card is only reversed card on top, gag intro
Inspired by 1987
Inspirations
2
Small Packet Double Deal Turnover
1988
The Cardwright
28
Justin Higham Faceup Open Double Deal
Inspired by
  • "Easy Open Double Deal" (Ed Marlo, Linking Ring, Sep. 1963)
 1988
Utility Card Sleights
19
Bill Kalush Single to Double Double Deal Turnover
 		Mar. 1989
Apocalypse (Vol. 12 No. 3)
1616
Brother John Hamman The Double-Deal Switch card is pulled from packet in right hand end grip onto deck
Also published here 1989
The Secrets of Brother John Hamman
16
Small-Packet Double Deal
1989
The Secrets of Brother John Hamman
241
Small-Packet Double Deal Turnover
1989
The Secrets of Brother John Hamman
244
, Alex Elmsley Double Deal from Small Packet
1991
The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1
243
Gene Maze Double Deal
  • The Left-Hand Grip & Dealing Action
  • The Right-Hand Take
 		1994
Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing
23
Gene Maze One-Handed Open Double Deal apparently top two cards are dealt on table one-handed, really one comes from bottom (Michael Skinner?)
 		1994
Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing
113
Edward Marlo Open Double Deal
1994
Roger's Thesaurus
162
The Double Deal Turnover shown to Wilson by Sadowitz
 		1995
The Little Black Book
9
Edward Marlo Double Deal with small packet
 		1995
M.I.N.T. — Volume II
357
Edward Marlo Small Packet Double Deal
1995
M.I.N.T. — Volume II
371
R. Paul Wilson The Double Deal Turnover
1995
Chaos Theories
29
Double Lift top and bottom card
 		1996
La Magia de Pablo Domènech
24
Double Deal
Feb. 1999
Genii (Vol. 62 No. 2)
37
Justin Higham Count-Action Bottom Deal cards counted from left-hand dealing position into right-hand dealing position
  • Necktied Version
  • Count-Action Double Deal
  • As a Switch
Also published here 1999
Collected Card Notes
25
Double Deal
1999
Labyrinth (Issue 11)
14
Covered Double Deal bottom and top card of packet are taken as one beneath right hand’s card that provides cover
 		Mar. 2000
Onyx (Issue 10)
7
Earl Nelson Double-Deal Switch Handling card is pulled from packet in right hand end grip onto deck (here onto case)
Inspired byAlso published here Oct. 2001
Magic (Vol. 11 No. 2)
66
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson Double Deal Turn-Over
  • Straddle Grip DDT
  • End-Over-End DDT
Related toAlso published here 2003
Card Conspiracy — Vol. 1
56
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson End-Over-End DDT
Also published here 2003
Card Conspiracy — Vol. 2
155
Wesley James Small Packet Double Deal
2004
Enchantments
217
Wesley James Double Deal discussion and sources
 		2004
Enchantments
269
Joe Berg, Wesley James Bold Double Deal
Inspired by 2004
Enchantments
421
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson Open Double-Deal Switch Chapter 8
top two cards are apparently placed on table, second card switched for bottom deal, credit information, "Covered Bottom Deal"
 		2004
Diamonds from Coal
56
Kostya Kimlat Double Deal Turnover with Full Deck
2004
Card Work, Card Play
9
Kostya Kimlat Double Deal Turnover with a Small Packet
Related to 2004
Card Work, Card Play
9
Kostya Kimlat One-Hand Alignment double deal turnover with small packet, pushing bottom card with left fingers
 		2004
Card Work, Card Play
10
Kostya Kimlat Kick Alignment double deal turnover handling for small packet, three-way display
Related to 2004
Freebie 5
13
Packet Double Deal
2004
Deviant Practices
26
The Double Deal
2006
Erik Nordvall Lecture Notes Asia 2006
2
Jack Avis Double Side Deal top card apparently retained in left hand while balance of packet is tabled, bottom card is retained
Related to 2006
Rara Avis
53
Jack Avis Left Side Double Deal top card apparently retained in left hand while balance of packet is tabled, bottom card is retained, with Directed Verdict application
Related to 2006
Rara Avis
170
Andi Gladwin Swivelswitch card is reversed in center of deck and switched in that process, spread double deal
  • Swiveltwo (variation)
 		2006
Sometimes it's Hard to be a Cardman
25
Jerry K. Hartman Add-in Technique Ascanio Spread type of action to back-spread cards from bottom while peeling cards from top, used to add selections between the Aces
 		2007
Card Dupery
54
Covered Double Deal bottom and top card of packet are taken as one beneath right hand’s card that provides cover
 		2007
Card Dupery
113
Robin Robertson Spread Double-Deal Turnover
2011
Prolix (Issue 9)
574
Double Deal Turnover brief, with packet
 		Oct. 2011
Genii (Vol. 74 No. 10)
14
Allan Ackerman The Burnable Bottom Deal more a transfer bottom card to top, covered side steal, as pseudo bottom deal demonstration
Also published here 2012
The Cardjurer
29
Double Deal Turnover straddle grip
 		2013
The Magic of Steven Hamilton
54
Edo Huang Bottom Double top-bottom double deal turnover
 		2015
Card Coffee Collective
51
Double Deal Turnover
2017
Wabi-Sabi
10
Edo Huang Bottom Double double deal turnover
 		2017
Daily Dose
50
Double Deal Turnover
2018
Pure Imagination
44
Steve Forte Bottom Loader double deal and unloading bottom card on top for next deal
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1
466
Steve Forte On Double Dealing top-top versus top-bottom
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
955
Brother John Hamman Double Deal Switch card is pulled from packet in right hand end grip onto deck
 		2020
Output (Issue 6)
18
Double Deal small packet
 		June 2021
Genii (Vol. 84 No. 6)
64
Double Deal Turnover brief
 		July 2021
The Disclaimer (Vol. 1 No. 4)
104
Earl Nelson Double-Deal Switch Handling card is pulled from packet in right hand end grip onto deck (here onto case)
Also published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
12
Justin Higham Count-Action Double Deal cards counted from left-hand dealing position into right-hand dealing position
Also published here 2023
Combined Card Notes
17
Allan Ackerman The Burnable Bottom Deal more a transfer bottom card to top, covered side steal, as pseudo bottom deal demonstration
Also published here 2024
All In — Volume 2
7