Two in the Hand, One in the Pocket

124 entries in Random Object / Two in the Hand, One in the Pocket
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Unknown Other very pretty tricks with Bals "Two in the Hand and One in the Pocket" precursor, one phase
 		1634 The Art of Legerdemain Discovered 16
Unknown Ein Kügelchen werfe ich weg... two in the hand one in the pocket with balls rolled from bread, one is always thrown away
 		1939 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 1 No. 1) 13
Unknown The Three Wandering Sponge Balls spectator's hand and two in the hand, one in the pocket
 		1941/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 1 163
Edward Marlo Triple Dice Routine two in hand one in pocket, with surprises (shrinking dice, coin appearance)
 		1943 Shoot the Works 9
Harry Blackstone, Walter B. Gibson Super Magic two in the hand, one in the pocket with paper balls and variations
 		1944 The Phoenix 51-100 (Issue 55) 224
Sam Leo Horowitz Malini-Bey Chink-A-Chink with three-in-the-hands one-in-the-pocket finale
Inspired by 1947 Stars of Magic (Vol. 3 No. 3) 46
Bruce Elliott Dice Tip sort of two in the hand one in the pocket routine, with small dice
 		1947 The Phoenix 101-150 (Issue 132) 531
Harvey P. Graham Peas two in the hand one in the pocket routine, with peas, Mendel's laws of genetic presentation
 		1950 The Phoenix 201 — 250 (Issue 209) 836
Lu Brent Making a Production out of the Pyramid Puzzle using the Magic Pyramid Puzzle for Do As I Do, then Two in the Hand
 		1952 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1952) 7
J. B. Bobo, George F. Wright The Gadabout Coins two in the hand, one in the pocket
Inspired by
  • "The Alleurian Coins" by George F. Wright in "The Linking Ring" 1/1950
Variations 		1952 Modern Coin Magic 182
Milton Gitlin Eeny, Meeny, Miny two in the hand one in the pocket patter
 		1953 The Phoenix 251 — 300 (Issue 286) 1145
Bruce Elliott The Eternal Cups and Balls three cups, with two in the hand one in the pocket sequence
 		1953 Classic Secrets of Magic 176
Gerald Kosky How Many? two in the hand one in the pocket with dice, involving blank and large die
Also published here 1954 Routined Manipulation Finale 69
Lewis Ganson Basic Effect two in the hand, one in the pocket
 		1954 Routined Manipulation Finale 100
John Scarne, Verne Chesbro, James G. Thompson Jr., Ben Dalgin Spheroid Skulduggery balls appear, split and change into small skull then into bigger skull, two in the hand one in the pocket
Also published here 1956 Top Secrets of Magic 57
Dai Vernon Three Ball Transposition classic effect with silk as table and pop-up-move
Related toVariations 1957 The Dai Vernon Book of Magic 61
Dai Vernon Climax for a Dice Routine two in the hand one in the pocket start, ending with jumbo and miniature die
Related to 1957 The Dai Vernon Book of Magic 183
Royal H. Brin, Jr. Stand-Up Coin Opener two coins in left hand, one travels to right and is put in pocket, then travels back
 		1966 The New Modern Coin Magic 389
Milton Kort The Mexican Gadabout Coins with purse in which coins travels back at the end, two handlings
Inspired byVariations 1966 The New Modern Coin Magic 405
Jerry McDermott Nuts To You surprising final load
 		1966 The New Modern Coin Magic 406
Ali Bongo Fruit Salad two in the hand with miniature fruits, can of fruit salad as climax
 		1966 The Bongo Book 31
Horace E. Bennett Unfair Shake two in the hand (here dice cup) one in the pocket, then die change color and size twice, as a kicker a shot glass appears under the cup
 		1967 The Art of Close-Up Magic — Volume 1 113
Frederica Three Little Pigs two in the hand, one in the pocket with plastic pigs, as a kicker the pigs change into a bigger toy fiugre
 		1967 The Art of Close-Up Magic — Volume 1 281
Gerald Kosky The Magic Ring ring and three colored stones, variation of two in the hand, one in the pocket, as a climax the ring has three stones set in it
Also published here 1969 The Art of Close-Up Magic — Volume 2 283
Unknown Siempre Unidas - Realización 1 two coins in the hand one in the pocket, they all come together
 		1969 Monedas, monedas... (y monedas) 64
Allan Ackerman Small Change combo
 		1971 The Esoterist 21
Unknown Back, Back and Restored match broken in three pieces, two in the hand one in the pocket sequence, restoration
 		1971 At the Drop of a Match 12
Dr. James Hoy Bills of Beelzebub! "two in the hands, one in the pocket" with crumbled bills and a three-dollar bill
 		1972 Magick (Issue 48) 238
Horace E. Bennett The Half Crown Affair american penny and half crown in hand, one placed in pocket & travels back, transposition with spectator in which one coin grows
 		1973 Close-up Cavalcade 68
Oscar Pladek A Modern Chinese Marvel "two in the hand, one in the pocket" routine, credit information on the plot, with pop-up move, five phases
Related toAlso published here Apr. 1973 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 8 No. 6) 611
Arthur Setterington Disc-O bottle tops assembly, through table and two in the hand one in the pocket, with chinese coin finale
 		Nov. 1974 Pabular (Vol. 1 No. 3) 30
Amedeo Vacca Never Say Die! two in the hand one in the pocket
 		1974 Amedeo's Continental Magic 44
Patrick Page 5. The Sponge Ball Move "two in the hand one in the pocket" sequence
 		1974 Ten Thoughts on Close-Up 4
Oscar Pladek Ein Moderne Chinesisches Wunder "two in the hand, one in the pocket" routine, with pop-up move, five phases
Also published here July 1974 Intermagic (Vol. 2 No. 1) 11
Father Cyprian A Dice Opener two in the hand one in the pocket, using Lin Searles squashed die and pop-up die under close-up mat, six phases
 		Apr. 1975 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 10 No. 6) 956
David Bornstein Orient Express "Coin Tricks"
 		Aug. 1975 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 10 No. 10) 1037
Jerry Mentzer 3 Penny Trick jumbo coin finale for "two in the hands, one in the pocket"
 		1975 Super Cents 9
Jerry Mentzer Sponge Shenanigans "two in the hands - one in the pocket" routine, with different ball or object as climax
 		1975 Close Up Cues 5
Gerald Kosky How Many? Two in the hand with three dice, one blank die as climax
Also published here 1975 The Magic of Gerald Kosky 211
Gerald Kosky Gypsy Ring Two in the Hand using a ring and three different jewels, as a climax jewels are on ring
Also published here 1975 The Magic of Gerald Kosky 221
Frank Garcia The "Slick" Routine two in hand, one in pocket
 		1976 The Encyclopedia of Sponge Ball Magic 118
Bob Elliott The Bob Elliott Razzle Dazzler two in the hand, one in the pocket
 		1976 The Encyclopedia of Sponge Ball Magic 171
Frank Garcia Two in the Hand, One in the Pocket Bit
1976 The Encyclopedia of Sponge Ball Magic 206
Larry Jennings Coins and Handkerchief
Related toAlso published here Nov. 1976 Pabular (Vol. 3 No. 3) 325
Patrick Page The Sponge Ball Effect two in the hands routine
 		1976 The Big Book of Magic 115
Ron Baillie Würfelschwindel multi-phase sponge dice and cup routine
Also published here
  • The Gen, Nov. 1954
 Feb. 1976 Intermagic (Vol. 3 No. 3) 52
Unknown The Come Back Coins all three vanish as climax
 		1976 Now you see it, now you don't! 112
Bill Tarr Mini Sponge-Ball Routine with spectator's hand
 		1976 Now you see it, now you don't! 150
Larry Jennings Vernon Ball Routine Done With Coins
1977 Larry Jennings on Card & Coin Handling 9
Stephen Minch Fly-Catcher plastic flies in amber-colored plastic, two in the hands and one in the pocket routine, plastic frog finale
 		1977 Creations of a Magical Madman 49
Wilbur T. Kattner All Together "two in the hand one in the pocket" with three unshelled peanuts, then washer, nut and bolt
 		1977 Innovative Magic No. 3 22
Jim Cozzens Two in the Hand is Worth Three on the Table two in one hand and one in the other hand
 		1977 Innovative Magic No. 1 4
Harry Lorayne Three Times and Out
1977 The Magic Book 260
Harold J. Kelly Die Allgegenwärtigen Streichhölzer two in the hand, one in the pocket with heads of matches
Also published here
  • Hugard's Magic Monthly, June 1947
 July 1977 Intermagic (Vol. 4 No. 3) 103
Frank Garcia The "Frank Garcia" Routine
1978 The Real Secrets of the Three-Ball Routines 22
Romaine The Perplexing Persian Pearls
  • The Production
    - The 'Split' To Two
    - The Table Transposition
    - The Pocket Transposition
    - The Split To Three
    - First Three Ball Transposition
    - Second Three Ball Transposition
    - Hiding Them In The Sand
    - Finding Them In The Sand
    - The Fourth Dimension
    - Plucking From The Air, The Stroke
    - Eyes And Ears
    - The Gambling Game
 		1978 The Real Secrets of the Three-Ball Routines 45
Dr. Jacob Daley Chromo-Spheres different colored balls, including variation by Frank Garcia
Variations 1978 The Real Secrets of the Three-Ball Routines 76
Lewis Ganson Introduction
1979 Two in the Hand and One in the Pocket 7
Lewis Ganson The Extra Ball Principle in Practice
1979 Two in the Hand and One in the Pocket 8
Lewis Ganson The Climax foreign object as climax
 		1979 Two in the Hand and One in the Pocket 11
Gerald Kosky How Many? dice routine
VariationsAlso published here 1979 Two in the Hand and One in the Pocket 11
Unknown Sweet Trick sugar cubes appear, two in the hand... routine, jumbo sugar cube finale
 		1979 Two in the Hand and One in the Pocket 17
Eddie Joseph Back Again coin, ring and key used for "two in the hands..." routine, coin shower as finale
 		1979 Two in the Hand and One in the Pocket 20
Gerald Kosky The Magic Ring ring and three different colored stones, "two in the hands..." routine, stones in ring as finale
 		1979 Two in the Hand and One in the Pocket 21
Dai Vernon, Lewis Ganson Bells classic effect with silk as table and pop-up-move
Inspired by 1979 Two in the Hand and One in the Pocket 23
Lewis Ganson Coke Capers using Ravelle & Andree's "Coke Capers" props
 		1979 Two in the Hand and One in the Pocket 29
Ken De Courcy A Routine for Coke Capers using Ravelle & Andree's "Coke Capers" props
 		1979 Two in the Hand and One in the Pocket 29
Lewis Ganson Other Routines using other props for "Two in the hands..." routines
  • Cigarettes
  • Matches
  • Coins
  • Dice
  • Miniature Models
  • Toys
 		1979 Two in the Hand and One in the Pocket 32
Lewis Ganson Conclusion
1979 Two in the Hand and One in the Pocket 34
Mary Wolf A Little Bit of Coke (a-Cola) "two in the hand..." with miniature cans, then miniature bottle, normal bottle and coins appear
 		1980 John: Verse Two 131
Ken Brooke Something from Nothing routine
Also published here 1980 Ken Brooke's Magic — The Unique Years 59
Stephen Tucker Goodness Gracious Great Balls of ......Sponge? sponge rabbit climax, routine with two in the hand, one in the pocket phase
 		1982 Spell-Binder (Vol. 1 No. 11) 195
Stephen Tucker A New Move with Sponge Eggs move to steal two balls in two in the hand, one in the pocket routines
 		1982 Spell-Binder (Vol. 1 No. 11) 196
Ron Fredrick The Sponge Routine routine with purse frame, "two in the hands one in the pocket", using cubes instead of balls/spheres
 		1982 The Professional Routines of Ron Fredrick 24
Michael Rubinstein The Commuting Coins Routine coins seen to be put in pocket
Inspired by 1982 Intermediate and Advanced Coin Technique 31
Michael Rubinstein Stand Up Three Coin Routine coin vanishes and reappears, becomes up to three coins, traveling to pocket phases
  • Variations
 		1982 Intermediate and Advanced Coin Technique 79
Ross Bertram Minus Equals Plus one of three coins removed, comes back to spectator's hand
 		1983 Bertram on Sleight of Hand 72
Roy Baker The What's It's Name Dice Trick two in the hand, one in the pocket with dice, climax with jumbo dice production
 		1983 Baker's Capers 17
Jamy Ian Swiss Hippity "Cop" ungaffed Hopping Halves
Also published here Apr. 1984 Apocalypse (Vol. 7 No. 4) 906
Peter Samelson "The Peter Production" final production of some item like lime
 		1984 Theatrical Close-Up 42
Jim Snapp Biology Lesson #1 "Biology Lession # 1", two in the hand one in the pocket with napkins, water squeezed out of one as climax
 		1984 (ca.) Magic of my Friends 6
John M. Bauman The Missing Link three chain links for "two in hand - one in pocket" with lock appearance finale
 		Sep. 1985 Apocalypse (Vol. 8 No. 9) 1110
Larry Jennings Coins and Handkerchief silk is held by spectators as table
VariationsAlso published here 1986 The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings 107
Sol Stone The Chaperone two in hand, one in pocket
 		Sep. 1986 Apocalypse (Vol. 9 No. 9) 1249
Jamy Ian Swiss Hippity Cop ungaffed Hopping Halves
Also published here 1987 An Interesting Application of That Principle 35
Edward Marlo Gad-About Aces four Aces shown, named one vanishes and is taken from pocket, repeated, then five Aces shown and one put in pocket, repeat
VariationsAlso published here
  • The New Tops, Dec. 1963
 1988 M.I.N.T. — Volume I 32
René Lavand ... And I Still Have Three Little Balls breadcrumbs routine, balls placed aside always end up inside cup
Also published here 1988 Slow Motion Magic 114
Dr. Edward G. Ervin One from Two No. 4, two coins clearly shown, one placed in pocket, it comes back, featuring three-coin arrangement that can be shown from both sides as two coins, also for six-as-three coins
Variations 1989 Self-Working Coin Magic 5
Ken Brooke Bälle aus dem Nichts routine
Also published here Oct. 1990 Intermagic (Vol. 15 No. 4&5) 132
Jamy Ian Swiss Hippity Cop ungaffed Hopping Halves
Also published here 1990 Thaumatolatry II 21
Gary Para Para Hands two in the hands one in the pocket with doll hands, eye ball as climax, Mr. Jimmy
 		1991 The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 37) 673
Doc Eason Nuts and Bolts Opener "two in the hands one in the pocket" routine with nuts and bolt, all nuts screwed on bolt as finale
Inspired by
  • "All Screwed Up" (Genii)
 1991 ca. A Shot in the Act 6
Unknown Come-Back Bread Crumb two in hand, one away, it returns, repeat
 		1993 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 8 64
René Lavand Three Bread Cumbs breadcrumbs routine, balls placed aside always end up inside cup
Also published here 1993 Magic From The Soul 216
Nate Leipzig Two in the Hand... with sugar cubes, short note from Hilliard's notebook
 		1994 More Greater Magic 1091
Paul Gertner Chinese in the Hand two in the hand, one in the pocket with transformation of all three into Chinese coins
 		1994 Steel and Silver 79
Gerald Deutsch As Should You with two bills
 		July 1996 Apocalypse (Vol. 19 No. 7) 2671
John Luka Chromo Balls different colored balls, with color change beginning
Inspired by 1997 L.I.N.T. — Pocket Stuff for Close-Up Magicians 93
Sam Schwartz Bottled penny and quarter in hand, hand-pocket sequence, chosen coin travels into miniature bottle, first marketed in 1964
Related to 1997 The Fine Print (Issue 6) 151
Gene Gordon Three Dice Monte routine with two white dice and one red die, traveling and transformations, large red die finale (or vanish)
Inspired by Jan. 1998 Onyx (Issue 2) 5
Milton Kort The Nomad Coins Three different coins fly from hand to hand, pocket to hand, hand to under card
Inspired by 1999 Kort 183
David Regal Found $ Two in the hand, one in the pocket routine with crumpled bills, then turn into twenty dollar bills
 		1999 Close-Up & Personal 153
James G. Thompson Jr. Zwei in die Hand... balls appear, split and change into small skull then into bigger skull, two in the hand one in the pocket
Also published here 1999 Intermagic (Vol. 23 No. 3) 94
Ron Bauer Gadabout Coins Revisited
Inspired by 2000 Gadabout Coins Revisited 1
Christian Scherer Der Glücklose Würfelspieler - Eine Dice-Stacking Routine four phases
1. three in the hands one in the pocket
2. dice stacking and traveling of dice from hand to under cup
3. spectator has to guess where the red die is and loses
4. jumbo die production
 		2000 Der glücklose Würfelspieler 16
Gerald Kosky Wieviele? two in the hand one in the pocket with dice, involving blank and large die
Also published here 2000 Intermagic (Vol. 24 No. 1) 33
David Regal Battery Power two in the hands... with climax
 		2002 Constant Fooling 1 190
Jack Avis Three Pellet Routine "Two in Hand, One in Pocket"
 		2006 Rara Avis 211
Andrew Galloway British Gadabout Coins with purse
Inspired by 2006 Diverting Coin Magic 39
Sveroni Die Kunst der Ablenkung sponge balls routine, two in the hands element, color change of balls
 		2009 ... oder so! 28
Brian Roberts Death By Peanut routine with unshelled peanuts
Inspired by Aug. 2010 Genii (Vol. 73 No. 8) 21
Christian Scherer Die Kraft des Qi two in the hand one in the pocket with Baoding Balls, then a big ball appears just to vanish under a handkerchief
 		2014 Schlaglichter 60
Dr. Stanley Jaks Life - Wisdom - Death two in the hands one in the pocket with two miniature skulls and an owl
Also published here
  • "Life - Wisdom - Death" in "The Sphinx" September, 1951.
 2014 The Incredible Dr. Jaks 176
Alexander de Cova Dice-Opener routine with four dice, jumbo dice finale
 		2015 Burners — Vol. 1 80
Kainoa Harbottle Gadabout You
Inspired by Nov. 2016 Genii (Vol. 79 No. 11) 34
Jamy Ian Swiss Hippity Cop ungaffed Hopping Halves
Inspired byAlso published here 2016 It's Another Interesting Application Of That Principle 23
Johnny Thompson Balls in the Net with credit information, Silent Mora, Ed Marlo, Oscar Pladek, David Roth
  • Phase I
  • Phase II: The Repeat
  • Phase III: Pocket to the Hand
  • Phase IV: Twice to Pocket
  • Phase V: The Three Ball Vanish
 		2018 The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 1) 147
Christian Scherer Die Vierte Dimension portal presentation for three ball routine / balls and net, with two in the hands elements
 		2018 Die Vierte Dimension 4
Kostya Kimlat Back Into the Nest peanut in shell, shell vanishes, "two in the hands, one in the mouth", back reappears around peanuts
 		May 2020 Elixir (Vol. 3 No. 1 Part 1 (Spring #2)) 221
John Carney Mora Ball Routine with glass bowl
 		2020 Sleights & Insights 68
Michael Rubinstein Vegas Math multi-coin production as finale
Inspired byAlso published here
  • At the Table lecture, 2017
 2020 Rubinstein Coin Magic 222
Michael Rubinstein Stealth Showcase
  • Phase Two: Coins Across
  • Phase Three: Gadabout Coins
Also published here
  • New York Coin Magic Seminar Vol. 10, dvd
 2020 Rubinstein Coin Magic 232
Dai Vernon Three-Ball Transposition from private lecture notes by Gene Matsuura
Related to 2022 Dai Vernon: The Spirit of Magic 97
Peter Lentini Paper Balls napkin torn into four pieces, one given to spectator, two-in-the-hands... with other three pieces, they restore minus the piece the spectator is holding
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Mar. 2003
 2022 Talk About Tricks (Issue 1) 174