Tabled

107 entries in Cards / Sleights / Switches / Deck & Thick Packet Switches / Technical / Tabled
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Professor Hoffmann Conjurers' Table - The Servante
1889
Tricks with Cards
36
Capt. J.E. Stone Switching the Pack: I. Using Well in Table
Related to 1938
Greater Magic
206
Robert Parrish Okito Box Deck Switch openly placing bottomless box (quasi a deck shell) from deck to another deck (Blizzard Switch)
 		1939
Do That Again!
35
A Handkerchief Switch as deck is set down and handkerchief picked up
 		1943
25 Methods for Switching Decks
8
An Easy Box Switch as some large box is moved from one place of the table to another
 		1943
25 Methods for Switching Decks
13
Another Box Switch as some large box is moved away, box has secret opening at back
 		1943
25 Methods for Switching Decks
13
Black-Art Switch using servante in table
 		1943
25 Methods for Switching Decks
14
Elmer P. Ransom Handkerchief Deck Switch deck on tabled handkerchief
 		1948
The Fine Art of Magic
121
George G. Kaplan The Trap-Door 'Kerchief silk for switching objects
 		1948
The Fine Art of Magic
268
Packet Switch small packet, lap
 		Aug. 1949
The Phoenix (Issue 184)
737
Switching a Deck - Three Methods three methods, all use the lap
Related to 1973
Super Subtle Card Miracles
99
Cheat's Deck Switch brief
 		June 1973
Kabbala — Volume 2 (Vol. 2 No. 6)
43
Francis Carlyle Carlyle's Cold Deck Switch
1975
The Magic of Francis Carlyle
117
Gene Maze Propel Lap Switch tabled, described with a card case
 		1977
Packet Switches (Part Five)
344
Chair Pulling Deck Switch brief
 		1978
The Book of John
14
Deck Switch gambler's table edge switch
 		1978
Ned's Ultimate Poker Stack
5
Edward Marlo Marlo's Covered Deck Switch
Related toVariations 1979
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 3
113
Edward Marlo Another Marlo Deck Switch
1979
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 3
118
Edward Marlo Marlo's Visual Retention Deck Switch
1979
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 3
120
Edward Marlo Marlo's Double Undercut Deck Switch
1979
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 3
122
Edward Marlo Cased Switches - 1st Approach: To switch one deck for another while in card case, lapping
 		1979
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 3
278
Vincent Sabatino Fifty One Below deck beneath cover card is switched, lapping
 		1979
CardMagic
55
Antonio Ferragut Sustitutivos del "Lapping" study on lapping, deck switching techniques, Servantes
  • Misiones de la Tecnica de Lapping
    • A. No Hay Por Qué Prescindir del Servante
    • A. 1. Servantes Validos en Cartomagia, y en el Caso que nos Ocupa
    • A.2. Utilización del Tapete como Servante
      • 2.1 El tapete servante
      • 2.2 El tapete doble (Camilo)
        • 2.2.2 Descarga suave post-pausa (Ferragut)
    • A. 3. Utilización de Accesorios Para Disimular el Servante
      • 3.1 Idea sobre los juegos de sociedad
      • 3.2 Una idea loca: El mini-servante volante
    • B. Hay Que Prescindir del Servante
      • 1.1 Utilización comodines y Tabla de valores
      • 1.2 Descargas directas sobre el mazo
      • 1.3 Carga y descarga bajo otras cartas
      • 1.4 Carga y descarga bajo el estuche
    • B. 1. Sin Utilizar Bolsillos Ni Utiles
    • B. 2. Utilización de Los Bolsillos Sin Otros Utiles
    • B. 3. Utilizando Bolsillos y Utiles
      • 3.3 Técnica del cambio secreto de objetos
 		July 1979
Circular de la Escuela Mágica de Madrid (Vol. 5 No. 55)
224
Edward Marlo Marlo Card Switch table edge, also as packet or deck switch
 		1980
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 4
204
Edward Marlo First Switch, Second Switch, Third Switch card, packet or deck switch, lapping or palm to palm, Tenkai palm
Variations 1980
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 4
213
Edward Marlo More Deck Switches
  • Ringing In The Deck
  • Taking Deck Out Of Play
  • Before and After Rest Position
six methods, tabled
 		1980
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 4
222
Gene Maze HalfDeck No. 1 switching half the deck, concept suggested by Vincent Sabatino, lapping
 		1980
The Gene Maze Card Book
24
Gene Maze HalfDeck No. 2 switching half the deck, cutting sequence, lapping
 		1980
The Gene Maze Card Book
25
Gene Maze HalfDeck No. 3 switching half the deck, cutting sequence, lapping
 		1980
The Gene Maze Card Book
26
Edward Marlo Ruffle Shuffle deck switch at table edge
 		1981
The Lost Pages of the Kabbala
59
Gary Ouellet Uses for the Ouellet Switch
  • as a force
  • as a packet switch
  • as a knockout poker demonstration
 		1981
Threshold
21
Edward Marlo, Carmen D'Amico Au Courant Card Switch using lap
Also published here 1982
Card Finesse
106
Packet Switch
Jan. 1982
Spell-Binder (Vol. 1 No. 9)
169
Stephen Tucker Double Decker seated deck switch, deck accidentally falls on the floor, with effect where performer is able to name position of any card
 		Apr. 1982
Spell-Binder (Vol. 1 No. 12)
221
Edward Marlo The Curled Grip
1983
Marlo without Tears
185
Edward Marlo Flat Palm Grip
1983
Marlo without Tears
187
Edward Marlo Natural Deck Switch lapping, also as partial switch of half deck
  • Getting Rid of the Switch-Out Deck
 		1983
Marlo without Tears
276
Gambler's Switch swept off table edge
 		1984
The Cardmanship of Roberto Giobbi
11
Lapping Switch
Aug. 1985
Apocalypse (Vol. 8 No. 8)
1103
Tony Slydini Slydini Switch II using card cases
 		1986
The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 5
30
Dan MacMillan Modified Version of Marlo's Covered Deck Switch
Inspired by 1986
Riffling the Pasteboards
56
David Regal Deck Switch table edge
 		1987
Star Quality — The Magic of David Regal
209
Edward Marlo Marlo Deck Switch lapping
 		1987
Special Effects
105
Gambler's Deck Switch brief
 		1988
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 6
226
Lap Switch deck switch done with packet
 		1988
The Magic Way
150
René Lavand Packet Switch on table, apparently both halves are being shuffled
 		1988
Slow Motion Magic
81
Edward Marlo Simplex Card Switch from 1 to 52 cards
 		1989
So Soon?
5
Classic Table Edge Switch
1989/91
Sonata
167
Harry Lorayne Half Deck Switch scooping in lap
 		1990
Trend Setters
77
Gene Maze Full Deck Switch No. 1
1990
Cheat Sheet (Issue 2)
11
Kenneth Hense The Sting Switch
Related toVariations 1991
Swindle Sheet (Issue 7)
75
Karl Fulves Notes by Karl Fulves on the Sting Switch, also as Half Deck Switch, with unusual brainwave method
Inspired by 1991
Swindle Sheet (Issue 7)
77
Cold Decks
Also published here
  • How Gamblers Win (Dick & Fitzgerald, 1868)
 1991
Swindle Sheet (Issue 8)
96
Karl Fulves The Rabbit Switch as burn card is moved to bottom
 		1992
Cheat Sheet (Issue 10)
96
Gambler's Deck Switch lap
 		1994
More Greater Magic
1239
Roger Crosthwaite Card Case Switch using Tenkai Palm, table edge
 		1994
Roger's Thesaurus
19
Deck Switch used with half deck, lapping
 		1996
Inside Cardmagic — Band 2
118
Ken Krenzel Wrap Switch as deck is wrapped in napkin at table edge
 		1997
Ingenuities
170
Alexander de Cova Secret Deck Switch with table and silk, stand-up, substitution principle
Also published here 1997
Seminarunterlagen 1997
12
Alexander de Cova Stand-up Deck Switch with table and silk, substitution principle
Also published here 1998
Secrets No. 2
43
Ellis Stanyon Changing the Pack on the Table No. 18, as object is picked up from table, cooler starts behind it, substitution principle?
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
265
The Gambler's Deck Switch table edge
 		2000
Card College — Volume 4
865
Deck Switch used with half deck, lapping
 		2000
Concertos for Pasteboard
117
Barry Price A Switch In Time lapping
 		2000
Escamotage 1
48
John Cornelius One-Handed Deck Switch at table edge with servante and holder
 		2001
The Award-Winning Magic of John Cornelius
172
David Regal Deck Switch
Also published here 2002
Constant Fooling 2
80
David Regal Deck Switch
Also published here Jan./Feb. 2002
Mr. Gadfly (Vol. 2 No. 1)
14
Steffi Scarne Notes On The Sting Switch on John Scarne doubling Paul Newman in The Sting
Related to 2004
Latter Day Secrets (Issue 9)
356
Juan Tamariz Deck Switches
  • A. Seated at the Table
  • B. Inside the Pocket
  • C. With Gimmicks
  • D. Other Switches
  • E. Switching Half of the Stack
 		2004
Mnemonica
346
Chris Randall Expertalk: Chris Randall on the Deck Switch hold-out in trouser fold or shoe
Also published here May 2007
MAGIC (Vol. 16 No. 9)
88
Audley Walsh Audley Walsh's Capper from 1949 letter, partial half-deck switch for dealing five pat hands
Related to 2009
Prolix (Issue 6)
358
Benjamin Earl Switchman - DS 1 cut to table
Inspired by
  • Steve Forte switch from Gambling Protection Series
 Oct. 2010
Gambit (Issue 2)
10
Gabi Pareras Deck Switch direct deck switch while performer demonstrates how to shuffle cards
 		2011
A Book in English
73
Justin Higham Ringing In a Fooler tabled deck switch choreography involving a packet
  • Fake Deck Switch
  • The "Appearing-Deck" Packet Switch
 		2011
More Pseudo Card-Cheating and Related Switches
12
Roberto Giobbi The Ribbon Spread Deck Switch
2013
The Art of Switching Decks
59
Roberto Giobbi The Relax Lap Deck Switch
2013
The Art of Switching Decks
63
Bill Woodfield, Roberto Giobbi, Max Malini The Chair Adjustment Deck Switch
Inspired by
  • "Think" (William Woodfield, Genii, Vol. 12 No. 7, March 1948, p. 200)
 2013
The Art of Switching Decks
65
Alexander de Cova Peter Duffies Kartenspiel Austausch cut cover
  • Zur Technik
  • Die Ausgangsposition
  • Die Feinheit
  • Die Slydini Philosophie
  • Die Cover-up Action
Inspired by
  • Deck Switch, Peter Duffie, Move Mastery 2
Also published here 		Nov. 2013
New Avantgarde Magic (Issue 12)
22
Alexander de Cova Duffies Deck Switch cut cover
  • Zur Technik
  • Die Ausgangsposition
  • Die Feinheit
  • Die Slydinis Methode
  • Die Cover-up Action
Inspired by
  • Deck Switch, Peter Duffie, Move Mastery 2
Also published here 		2015
Burners — Vol. 3
230
John Hostler Revolving Deck Switch two decks are openly in play and secretly switched for each other
 		2018
Firkin of Deipotent Trouvailles
59
The Scoot as chair is adjusted, deck under thigh
 		2018
The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 2)
131
Charlie Miller, Max Malini The Scoot Variation as chair is adjusted
 		2018
The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 2)
133
Chair Cooler adjusting chair
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
542
Steve Forte standard slide-off
2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
544
Steve Forte back-cut slide-off
2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
545
Steve Forte Left-hand-cut Cooler
2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
547
Steve Forte left-hand-cut-off-the table cooler
2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
548
Steve Forte Standard Dealer Switch
2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
549
Steve Forte delayed dealer switch
2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
550
Steve Forte I-cooler "illogical"
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
550
Steve Forte undercut cooler (traditional) The Sting
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
551
Steve Forte interlocked fingers clean-up hold-out position for palming a deck
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
553
Steve Forte undercut cooler (nontraditional) held by ends, shown by hustler FOF
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
553
Steve Forte Off-the-table Cooler during off-the-table cut
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
555
Steve Forte Forearm Coolers forearm cover
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
556
Steve Forte f-cooler forearm cover
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
557
JB casino coolers hustler JB
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
559
Steve Forte big-mitt switches comments about big hands
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
560
Steve Forte cash-coolers bills as cover
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
560
Steve Forte half deck-in-each-hand cooler
2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
562
Steve Forte overhand-shuffle cooler hustler MD
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
563
Steve Forte one-handed cooler one-handed tabled cut
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
563
Edward Marlo, Carmen D'Amico Au Courant Card Switch using lap
Also published here 2020
Output (Issue 12)
3
Chris Randall Expertalk: Chris Randall on the Deck Switch hold-out in trouser fold or shoe
Also published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
620
Jimmy Smith In the Hands (Simple Switch) as hands meet, deck then spread on table
 		2025
Conover — Volume 4: Selections from the Tim Conover Notebooks
14
Bob Stencel In the Hands (Cutting Table Switch) as hands meet, deck then cut onto table
 		2025
Conover — Volume 4: Selections from the Tim Conover Notebooks
15
Tim Conover In the Hands (Cutting Table Switch - left hand steals) as deck is cut onto table, then left-hand steal
 		2025
Conover — Volume 4: Selections from the Tim Conover Notebooks
15