Cutting the High Card

42 entries in Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Cutting the High Card
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Tom Sellers Cut spectator and performer each have half the deck, performer wins at cutting the high card
 		1931
Magical Pleasantries
20
Winning the Cut cutting the high card with spectator, stacked
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
223
P. Howard Lyons High in Denmark cutting the high card with all quartets in descending order
 		Sep. 1957
Ibidem (Issue 11)
7
North Bigbee Decromancy routines for a new deck
  • cutting high card / to the Ace of Spades
  • finding selection (impromptu stripper)
 		Dec. 1963
The New Phoenix (Issue 385)
367
Art Johnston The Choice is Yours spectator choses one of three piles, bottom highest card wins ("Bankers and Brokers")
 		1967
Deck-Sterity
144
Steve Shimm Game-Playing Machines article about simple computer programs applied to (card) games
  • Banker And Broker (cutting the high card)
  • The Tic-Tac-Toe Machine
  • Computer At The Card Table
  • The Machine As Innovator
Related to Nov. 1969
Epilogue (Issue 7)
52
Paul Curry A Show Of Hands cutting the high card with the spectator, the magician has the influence when he wins and loses
 		1974
Paul Curry Presents
96
Nick Trost High-Low Cutting Pack specially cut deck
 		1975
Gambling Tricks with Cards — Part Two
26
Hannes Höller Unentschieden game of high cards with only eight cards, always same value card
 		1978
Einfach Wunderbar — Wunderbar Einfach
82
Ray Grismer Hi-Lo Even Money Aces and Faces punched
 		1988
The Punch Letters
10
Randy Wakeman Anything I Can Do, You Can Do Better cutting high card presentation, eventually a four-of-a-kind found, Christ Force
 		1989
Randy Wakeman Presents
92
Karl Fulves High Stebbins
  • (A) spectator cuts packet and takes top card, performer next, high card wins
  • (B) high card wins with twelve-card packet, three cards each, performer has better odds
  • (C) high card wins variation with better odds for performer
  • (D) high card wins combined with faro shuffle to shift odds to first or second player
 		1991
Swindle & Cheat
10
Gazzo Macee A Gentlemen's Game routine about the game High Card, Aces end up in performer's pocket
 		Sep. 1991
The Minotaur (Vol. 3 No. 3)
5
Jerry K. Hartman Piker Poker spectator plays “Cut High Card” against performer and wins, performer changes spectator’s to a lower card and his own to a higher card to win
Inspired by 1995
After Craft
160
Karl Fulves, John Scarne Cut For High Card
1996
Blocking Off
175
Stanley Collins Banker & Broker three piles made, the one with the highest card on the bottom wins, spectator thinks he saw an Ace on the bottom of one, Given the Slip
Related to 2000
Latter Day Secrets (Issue 3)
68
John Scarne Double Play two spectators cut deck and remember bottom card while performer's back is turned, performer shuffles, names both cards and their positions, then cuts to two Aces, risky, exploiting corner crimp property when cutting from ends or sides
 		2001
Charlatan (Issue 6)
67
Chris Wardle One Up! spectator cuts to card, performer takes next card, spectator looses multiple times, last card with spectator getting an Ace and performer a gag card Sixteen of Hearts
  • Alternative Presentations
 		2006
Beyond Svengali
30
Bruce Bernstein Bernstein's Bet Trick that fooled Einstein, with bills, High Card presentation
Also published here 2008
Under the Influence
1
Grace Ann Morgan +1 spectator cuts to four cards, performer cuts to one higher each, with Si Stebbins variation
Also published here 2009
Weapons of Mass Deception
12
Steve Beam One Upsmanship performer cuts one card higher than spectator, stack
Inspired by
  • "A Cut Above" (Paul Hallas, Tricks from the Overground)
 2010
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8
118
R. Paul Wilson, Chad Long Luck Versus Skill multiple phase gambling themed routine with cutting the high card culminating in a variation of "Shuffling Lesson"
Inspired by 2010
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8
155
Tom Gagnon Bilateral Bottom Deal two-handed version of Lateral Bottom Deal
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here 2011
Avant-Cards
188
Karl Fulves Banker - Broker intro, about the game and the transfer sleight, credit information
Related to 2012
Prolix (Issue 10)
631
John Scarne Cheating by The Book (belly) strippers
Related to
  • Scarne On Cards
 2012
Prolix (Issue 10)
635
John Scarne The Banker's Secret sucker set-up for banker broker
 		2012
Prolix (Issue 10)
635
Bruce Bernstein Bernstein's Bet Trick that fooled Einstein, with bills, High Card presentation
Also published here 2012
Unreal
87
Steve Mayhew Cuts Like A Mayhew spectator gives pack a riffle shuffle, winning at cutting to high card
 		2014
Mayhew
78
R. Paul Wilson Aces Reloaded Ace cutting effect
Inspired by 2015
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9
129
Michael Feldman Cutting High Magician always cuts to high card, spectator always to a low card
 		2017
A New Angle
110
Jason Ladanye High-Card Hustle multi-phase cutting the high card, set-up reachable via faros from new deck order, faros
 		2018
Game Changer
263
Jason Ladanye The Art of War spectator and performer each turn over cards, higher card wins, spectator loses throughout whole deck, faros
 		2018
Game Changer
325
Jan Logemann High Five two spectators cut (deeper) in two halves, four cards of same value show up, cutting the high card presentation, money prize is split in two
Inspired by
  • Aldo Colombini trick
 2019
Eine Inselbegabung tourt mit 52 Freunde
8
Patrick G. Redford ... This Means War! Cut high card, spectator keeps winning. Play game of war with spectator, magician always wins.
 		2019
Sleightly Out Of Order
180
Lee Asher The Touch
  • Phase One - Cutting For High Card
  • Phase Two - Blackjack
  • Phase Three - Poker - Five Card Draw
 		May 2020
Elixir (Vol. 3 No. 1 Part 2 (Spring #2))
229
Steve Forte Cutting the Aces intro
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
746
Steve Forte deck setups all fours-of-a-kind together
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
769
Steve Forte Two-At-A-Time Aces cutting to two Aces at once
  • two aces: v-strip
  • split, cut, carry
  • triple center-cuts
  • high-card wins
  • double dead-cuts
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
782
Chris Rawlins One Card Poker spectator shuffles, then takes top cards, as does performer, both are Aces, other Aces found on top and reversed in center
  • Ad Card Secrets
  • Reverse Approach
Variations 2020
Un-Luck
5
Greg Chapman Fixed Floating Key Cards in a Stacked Deck 18-35 principle
    • High Card
    • Hold'em
  • Work in the Cards
  • Other Positions
 		2020
Faro Fundamentals
30
Roger Crosthwaite More Ace-Cutting
Inspired by
  • "Loo Lung Revisited" (Roger Crosthwaite, Tribute to Farelli)
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Mar. 2006
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
485
Grace Ann Morgan Plus One spectator cuts to four cards, performer cuts to one higher each
Also published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
974