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66 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
 		1936 The Jinx (Issue 22) 130
Unknown 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
Unknown 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
Brother John Hamman The Double Deal Switch card is pulled from packet in right hand end grip onto deck
Variations 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
Unknown 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
Unknown 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
 		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
Unknown 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
Unknown 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
 		1989 The Secrets of Brother John Hamman 16
Unknown Small-Packet Double Deal
1989 The Secrets of Brother John Hamman 241
Unknown Small-Packet Double Deal Turnover
1989 The Secrets of Brother John Hamman 244
Unknown, 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
Unknown 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
Unknown Double Lift top and bottom card
 		1996 La Magia de Pablo Domènech 24
Unknown 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
 		1999 Collected Card Notes 25
Unknown Double Deal
1999 Labyrinth (Issue 11) 14
Unknown 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
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 Bold Double Deal
Related to
  • Here's New Magic (Joe Berg, 1937, p. 6)
 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
Unknown 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
Unknown 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
Unknown Double Deal Turnover brief, with packet
 		Oct. 2011 Genii (Vol. 74 No. 10) 14
Allan Ackerman The Burnable Bottom Deal more a transfer to top, covered side steal
 		2012 The Cardjurer 29
Unknown 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
Unknown Double Deal Turnover
2017 Wabi-Sabi 10
Edo Huang Bottom Double double deal turnover
 		2017 Daily Dose 50
Unknown 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
Unknown Double Deal small packet
 		June 2021 Genii (Vol. 84 No. 6) 64
Unknown Double Deal Turnover brief
 		July 2021 The Disclaimer (Vol. 1 No. 4) 104