33,997 entries in Cards / Sleights
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
The Force Advice on the Classic Force
1938 191
Stanley Collins Contingency Correction as an out for the classic force
Related toVariations 1938 193
Jean Hugard The Handkerchief Force
Variations 1938 195
John Scarne Forcing Cards Behind the Back
1938 196
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser To Force any Number from One to Eight
1938 196
Stewart Judah A Card Force
Related toAlso published here 1938 197
A Psychological Force spectator counts to a card, is supposed to choose the position the performer demonstrated
1938 198
To Force the Second Card of a Row of Four
1938 198
For Forcing One of Two Cards or Piles on the Table
1938 199
A Psychological Force miracle if Ace of Hearts is named, juke box
1938 199
Modern Methods of Palming Cards - An imperceptible method of palming the top card(s)
1938 199
Judson Cole, Jean Hugard The Top Card, One Hand Only
1938 200
Morris Loewy The Top Card with Left Hand Only
1938 201
Tenkai Ishida Palming One Card. Tankai's Method "Tenkai" misspelled in title
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1938 202
A Number of Cards left thumb pushes up, possible Horowitz credit on page 1105
Related to 1938 203
John Northern Hilliard Holding a Break in the Pack
1938 204
The Base of the Thumb Break greek break
1938 204
With the First Joint of the Middle Finger flesh break
1938 204
One-Hand Pass from Flesh Break on the Deal very brief
1938 204
Sam Leo Horowitz Holding the Break After a Spectator Peeks at a Card
1938 205
Capt. J.E. Stone Switching the Pack: I. Using Well in Table
Related to 1938 206
Capt. J.E. Stone II. Using a Hat and Blindfold
1938 206
Capt. J.E. Stone III. Using a Handkerchief and Coat Pocket
Related to 1938 207
Capt. J.E. Stone IV. Using a Cardcase and Coat Pocket
1938 207
Capt. J.E. Stone V. To Exchange Decks During a Trick two methods
1938 207
Capt. J.E. Stone VI. Using a Prepared Cardcase deck shell
1938 208
John Northern Hilliard Final Observations and Caution
1938 209
One Hand: a. Dealing face upwards
Related to 1938 209
One Hand: b. Dealing face downwards
1938 210
Dai Vernon By Means of a Faked Card hole in top card
1938 210
John Northern Hilliard Caution
1938 211
With One Hand: a. Dealing face upwards
1938 211
With One Hand: b. Dealing face downwards
1938 212
Tenkai Ishida The Tenkai Color Change
Variations 1938 212
Sam Leo Horowitz The Horowitz Color Change
1938 213
Reversing Whole Pack - 1st Method
1938 215
Reverse Sleight center to bottom
1938 216
The Elbow Catch
1938 218
A Card Juggle throwing deck from behind shoulder and kicking it upwards with shoe
1938 218
A True Cut with One Hand as in Erdnase
Related to 1938 219
Dai Vernon A Flourish Count
1938 220
"Butting" or Interweaving the Cards
1938 220
Bottom Card Glimpse brief
1938 229
Nate Leipzig The Flying Card when doing waterfall flourish, only selection drops to floor
1938 231
End Crimp
1938 233
William H. McCaffrey A Self Working Trick using a no-touch force
1938 237
Top Card Glimpse when looking at bottom card
1938 246
Rub a Dub Vanish
1938 256
Turning the Deck
1938 298
William Larsen The Four Ace Deal thumb riffle stacking
1938 305
A Maneuver for Stud Poker buckling bottom card glimpse
1938 306
One Hand Quarter Fold brief
Also published here 1938 308
Professor Hoffmann Table Edge Switch with Servante
1938 326
A Palm Switch
1938 326
Mexican Turnover
1938 327
Arthur Leroy Breast Pocket Switch miscredited to Hal Leroy
Related to 1938 328
Forcing the Mental Selection of a Card and Tricks Therewith by spreading, by riffling
Related to 1938 329
Forcing the Mental Selection by Prearrangement only court card among number cards, two methods
1938 333
Forcing a Corner-Shorted Court Card
1938 333
Passing the Cards Before a Spectator
1938 334
Forcing a Card by Springing the Cards forcing second card
1938 335
Locating a Card After the Spectator's Cut
1938 336
Side Slip Reverse basically Future Reverse
Related to 1938 339
Psychological Forces - Red or Black red is more often named than black...
1938 340
The Seventh Position
1938 341
The Second (and Third) Card forcing a card in a tabled row of five
1938 341
The Third Card from a packet of ten cards
1938 342
Method No. 4. A Comedy Rising Card not so deceptive, more a production
1938 395
Al Baker A Prediction svengali deck dealt into two piles repeatedly until one card remains, with half-deck clean-up switch
Also published here 1938 433
Two Card Monte Move double facer and backer
1938 443
Forcing Packs Three-Way Forcing Deck plus switch
1938 450
H. Adrian Smith Out of Hands Force spectator forces card to himself
1938 465
The Double Lift with a Short Card with ambitious card phase
1938 475
Open One-Hand Top Change "Ultra Move"
Related to 1938 475
Fred Heaman A Visible Transformation Two of Clubs to Two of Spades
Variations 1938 491
Cross Cut Force
1938 500
Perpendicular Hide-Out behind Fan
1938 505
Ralph W. Hull The Force with Pop-Eyed Eye-Popper deck
1938 531
Al Baker Red-Black Detection method to set up during trick
Also published here 1938 542
Cardini The Cardini Ace Trick Aces shuffled into pack (by performer) end up on bottom, featuring Cardini's Overhand Shuffle Multiple Shift
Related toVariations 1938 545
Psychological Flash Force card at face of deck is flashed to spectator in the hope that he'll later name it
Related to 1938 559
Poker-Hand Switch tabled, bold
1938 561
Think-a-Card Ruse bottom card flashed to spectator, hoping that he later thinks of it
1938 599
Pockets topit, application for billiard ball or deck of cards
1938 628
Bert Allerton Deck Switching Gimmick for a switch behind the back...
1938 900
Tom Bowyer, S. W. Erdnase Indetectable improvement (?) on DPS
Inspired by Jan. 1938
The Jinx (Issue 40)
264
Martin Gardner Red/Black Overhand Shuffle
1938
The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1937/38)
274
Martin Gardner Red/Black Riffle Shuffle
1938
The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1937/38)
274
Charles T. Jordan, Laurie Ireland Red/Black Overhand Shuffle
1938
The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1937/38)
275
Gambler's Throw Switch weird
Feb. 1938
The Jinx (Issue 41)
283
Theodore Annemann Yggdrasil three phase routine with ESP cards, duplicates added from belt
Also published here Feb. 1938
The Jinx (Issue 41)
284
Blois Houghton Sensitive Soul deck separates at selection when kicked on floor, crimp instead of salt
Also published here May 1938
The Jinx (Issue 44)
299
Harris Solomon Hindu Shuffle Display
May 1938
The Jinx (Issue 44)
303
Clayton Rawson The Force That Couldn't Be Done spectator cuts, bottom pile secretly turned over
Also published here July 1938
The Jinx (Issue 46)
315
Bluff Table Pass accidentally leaving cards behind on table
Related to 1938
The Jinx (Issue Summer Extra 1938)
325
Riffle Shuffle Glimpse tabled, for third card from top
Dec. 1938
The Jinx (Issue 51)
356
Laurie Ireland The Bottom Deal two methods (see p. 6 for second method), later second deal from same grip
1938 3
Laurie Ireland The Second Deal earlier bottom deal from same grip
1938 7
Tabled Slip Cut
1938 10
Laurie Ireland The False Count also off the top of the deck
1938 12
Dr. Jacob Daley Snap!! "A Quick Trick", card appears out-jogged from fan, with "take any card" gag by Daley
Also published here 1938 11
Buckle Top Glimpse
1938 17
Card Transformation
1938 27
Jean Hugard New Color Changes
1938 29
The Visible Color Change
1938 29
The Roll Down Color Change credit information
1938 30
Color Change with Fingers Wide Apart
1938 31
Dr. James William Elliott The Riffle Pass I
1938 32
Purvis W. Miller The Riffle Pass II
1938 32
Alexander Herrmann The Herrmann Pass
1938 33
The "Spring" Force forcing second card
Related to 1938 36
New Light on the Glide "The correct method is this:"
1938 37
New Finger Clip Palm
1938 39
New Throw Change of a Packet of Cards
1938 40
Frederick Braue Replacing a Palmed Card on the Top of the Deck one-handed top palm in reverse
1938 41
Jean Hugard The Top Change credit information
1938 42
The Bottom Change
1938 44
Jean Hugard Locations
Related to 1938 46
Walter B. Gibson Jog Control as top half is replaced
1938 46
Frederick Braue The Delayed Location - I. On the Table spread with side-jog
1938 47
Frederick Braue The Delayed Location - II. The Spring with side-jogged card
  • a. Onto The Table
  • b. Into The Hand
1938 47
Jogging the Selection
1938 47
Jog and One Hand Fan
1938 48
Fan Control spectator inserts card in fan
a/. (Automatic Jog Control)
b/. Riffle Control
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1938 49
Laurie Ireland Misdirection for Two Handed Pass top card slides accidentally to the floor
1938
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1938)
15
Franklin M. Chapman Card Reverse
Aug. 1938
Chap's Scrapbook (Vol. 1 No. 2)
4
Al Baker Effect 2 double backer, Christ Force type challenge location, setting double back key card
Related to 1939
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Effects 1, 2, and 3)
498
Theodore Annemann Nail Nick Key Control
1939
The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1938/39)
368
Theodore Annemann Bottom Deal Stop Trick small packet after spectator stops
1939
The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1938/39)
368
Stabbing Force break
1939
The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1938/39)
368
Theodore Annemann Riffle Force with break
1939
The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1938/39)
369
Gordon R. McKenney Ace in Hole two selections in two halves appear at same position, out for lost card
Related to 1939
The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1938/39)
373
Charles Nyquist, Pierre L. O. A. Keeler P. L. O. A. Keeler switch of paper sheets between slates
1939
The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1938/39)
376
Tommy Rozum Pick-up Force cards picked up from tabled deck one by one until spectator stops
  • Forcing One Card
  • Forcing One Card Several Times
  • Forcing Several Cards
Mar. 1939
The Jinx (Issue 54)
388
Tommy Rozum Double Deal Display from packet towards the back
Mar. 1939
The Jinx (Issue 54)
388
Card under Envelope Addition envelope with card underneath is placed on pile to add (force) card
Apr. 1939
The Jinx (Issue 55)
389
L. Vosburgh Lyons Addition from Jacket Edge packet under jacket in paper clip, palmed off and added
Apr. 1939
The Jinx (Issue 55)
393
Theodore Annemann Eagle Location risky location in which spectator shuffles his own card back
Related to May 1939
The Jinx (Issue 56)
397
Theodore Annemann, Light on the Hindu Shuffle control to top
May 1939
The Jinx (Issue 56)
398
Theodore Annemann The Consecutive Hindu Shuffle multiple control in one hindu shuffle
May 1939
The Jinx (Issue 56)
399
Theodore Annemann The Hindu Force dropping from bottom of right hand to left hand packet
May 1939
The Jinx (Issue 56)
399
Theodore Annemann The Simplex Hindu Location simple, key card placement
May 1939
The Jinx (Issue 56)
399
Wild Card Turnover Move double facer and normal card
June 1939
The Jinx (Issue 57)
406
Tom Sellers A Four Ace Move
Related to 1939
The Jinx (Issue Summer Extra 1939)
414
Tom Sellers Transforming Break into Step
1939
The Jinx (Issue Summer Extra 1939)
414
Theodore Annemann Getting rid of Double Facer
Inspired by July 1939
The Jinx (Issue 58)
418
Hindu Shuffle Display
Oct. 1939
The Jinx (Issue 61)
438
James G. Thompson Jr. Utility Routine Svengali deck with the different cards stacked, ends clean, bridge deal finale
Also published here Oct. 1939
The Jinx (Issue 63)
443
Case Flap between Cards and Deck
Nov. 1939
The Jinx (Issue 66)
459
Orville Wayne Meyer To Do a Miracle psychological force, spectator hopefully names the card that has been over-exposed earlier in a routine
Related to Nov. 1939
The Jinx (Issue 68)
470
Deck Switching Servante mention
Dec. 1939
The Jinx (Issue 73)
491
Louis Lam The El-El Bluff Force weird force in which card next to previous selection is forced
Variations 1939 9
Addition and Switch
1939 14
Robert Parrish Cover Card Deck Switch apparently red and blue deck (= red deck with blue cover card), cover dragged over to other deck
Related toAlso published here 1939 33
Jean Hugard Hindu Shuffle Display
1939 34
Robert Parrish Okito Box Deck Switch openly placing bottomless box (quasi a deck shell) from deck to another deck (see Blizzard Switch)
1939 35
Countdown Force
1939 36
Second-from-Top Glimpse
1939 38
Oscar Weigle Nu-Locato key card placement after peek
1939 39
Under-the-Spread Force
1939 40
Robert Parrish Friction Toss Control
1939 40
Paul Curry The Curry Turn-Over Change
VariationsAlso published here 1939 6
b control of card picked from table, application for Curry Turn-Over Sleight
1939 8
Francis Carlyle The "Carlyle" Snap Double Lift exploiting crimp/bend
Related toAlso published here 1939 8
R. M. Jamison The Jamison Double Lift spin action
1939 10
Orville Wayne Meyer Riffle Shuffle Control in the hands
1939 11
The Riffle Location control to known position near top
1939 14
Gerald Kosky An Easy Bottom Deal stud off the back
Variations 1939 15
R. M. Jamison The Never Fail Card Force
Variations 1939 16
Replacement of Palmed Cards tabled pack pushed away with open hand and thumb
1939 17
The Vertical Palm
1939 18
The New Packet Change
1939 19
Purvis W. Miller Setting up Poker Hands with the Riffle Shuffle mentioning pre-established breaks
1. To Run up Three Cards in a Four-Handed Game of Poker
2. To Set Up Two Hands, Threes in Each Hand, in a Four Hand Game
Related toVariations 1939 21
Purvis W. Miller The Barnyard Shuffle cull-stack combination, face-up shuffle
Variations 1939 23
Jules D'Hotel A New Top Card Production card pushed out and pivoted upwards behind deck
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1939 25
Jean Hugard To Flourish or Not to Flourish? short essay and trick, calendar presentation (months, weeks, ...)
1939 30
Reverse Blank Fan
1939 31
T. Nelson Downs, Newton Hall Downs Change Variation
1939 40
Thumb Palm
1939 47
Joseph Cottone Change Over Palm
1939 51
Tom Sellers Flip Flap top half hurtles away and selection is seen face up
1939 9
Eddie Joseph False Count glide position, similar to a Biddle steal
1939 12
Mercury Card Fold into fourths under deck
Apr. 1939
Chap's Scrapbook (Vol. 1 No. 10)
4
Michael F. Zens Card Addition cards and envelopes
Nov. 1939
Chap's Scrapbook (Vol. 2 No. 5)
2
Force Card Addition first dropping cards apparently by mistake
1939 17
Dropping a Card on the Floor flat, so it does not turn over
1939 19
Glide False Count for six-card repeat
1939 36
Jerry Nadell One Hand Fancy Deal as in Chinese Second Deal
1939 46
Turning the Top Card
1939 47
Faked Cards for Flourish two cards with strips in middle, holding deck together for juggling flourish
Related to 1939 82
Card Case for Pocket Switch
1939 85
Dr. Stanley Jaks Symphronismus der Zahlenkarten ten number cards are dealt on the table and one is selected by naming a number, rest of the deck is dealt in three piles and cards on the bottom match selected cards
1939
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 1 No. 1)
5
Jean Hugard Eine Karte unter Deckung eines Tuches zu forcieren cut force under handkerchief
1939
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 1 No. 2)
9
Telepathie? cards dealt on table in four piles, top cards match date of borrowed coin
1939
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 1 No. 3&4)
27
Dai Vernon The Lift Get-Ready squeeze break, uncredited
Related toVariations 1940 4
The Lift
1940 5
The Double Lift Turnover two methods
Related toVariations 1940 8
The One Hand Push-Off
Variations 1940 8
The Push-Off Second Deal a. The Left Hand Grip
b. The Deal
Variations 1940 13
d. As a False Table Count on a tabled packet with double deal
1940 16
c. The Push-Off Stud Poker Deal
1940 16
The Strike Second Deal
1940 17
The Bottom Deal
1940 20
The Middle Deal - a., c.
1940 24
The Middle Deal - b., d., e.
1940 24
The Double Deal - a.
1940 27
The Double Deal for small stacks on top on the deck
1940 28
S. W. Erdnase Erdnase Bottom Deal
1940 29
Jean Hugard The Double Deal - Second Method - b. applying Erdnase Bottom Deal
1940 29
Jean Hugard The Side Slip two methods
Related to 1940 31
Max Malini Two Covers for the Side Slip
1940 33
Max Malini Malini's Side Slip palm or to top
1940 33
Jean Hugard The Delayed Side Slip
1940 34
Jean Hugard The Bottom Side Slip to the bottom
1940 35
Jean Hugard The Invisible Turn-Over Pass
1940 37
Louis Zingone The Zingone Perfect Table Pass
Related to 1940 39
The Flesh Grip Pass
1940 41
The Jog Pass
1940 42
Frederick Braue The Braue Pass
1940 43
Charles Bertram The Charlier Pass - Color Change
1940 45
Charlier Charlier Cut
1940 45
The Charlier Pass - To Control a Card
Related toVariations 1940 46
The Finger Palm Pass Improved
Related to 1940 47
Frederick Braue The Braue Diagonal Tip-Up Palm
Variations 1940 49
The Swing Palm
1940 49
The Thumb-Count Palm
1940 50
Face Card Palm, Right Hand two methods
1940 51
The Crosswise Palm
1940 53
New Vertical Palm small packet
Related to 1940 54
Gambler's Squaring Palm
1940 55
The Gamblers' Flat Palm strange position
1940 56
Jean Hugard The Hugard Top Palm
1940 57
Frederick Braue The Flip-Over Palm attributed to Fred Braue in "Vis à Vis"
Related toVariations 1940 58
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser The Hofzinser Bottom Palm
1940 59
Frederick Braue The Braue Bottom Palm
1940 60
Frederick Braue Delaying the Braue Bottom Palm
1940 61
Louis Zingone The Zingone Bottom Palm two methods (packet and full deck)
Related to 1940 62
Charlie Miller Perfect Riffle Shuffle two methods
Related toVariations 1940 65
Charlie Miller The Strip-Out False Shuffle
1940 67
Hindu Shuffle Variation to control a card
1940 69
False Shuffle Retaining Top Stock
Related to 1940 69
Gambler's False Shuffle similar to Zarrow concept
VariationsAlso published here 1940 70
Retaining Top Stock
Related to 1940 71
Jean Hugard A System of Stock Shuffling for two, three, four, five cards
1940 73
Off the Table False Riffle Shuffle
Related to 1940 76
The False Running Cut two methods
1940 77
Gamblers' False Cut Up the Ladder
1940 78
Gamblers' False Cut - Retaining Bottom Stock tabled, straight cut, bottom cards slid back to bottom
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1940 79
The Fadeaway Card Change
Related toVariations 1940 81
The Slide Top Change
1940 83
The Tip-Over Change with a one-handed get ready
Related to 1940 85
The Throw Top Change
1940 85
August Roterberg The Push-In Change
1940 87
The Drop Switch similar to tip-over change
Related toVariations 1940 88
The Little Finger Crimp
1940 90
The Regular Crimp Corner Crimp while spreading
1940 90
The Peek Crimp
1940 91
The Gamblers' Crimp isolated card
Related to 1940 91
Card Marking Crimp marking system
1940 92
The Specator Peek Improved
1940 93
Third Finger Flesh Break
1940 94
After the Spectator Peek
1940 94
The Spectator Peek - The Last Word third finger break
1940 94
Glimpsing a Card
1940 95
A New Glimpse erdnase break
Related to 1940 95
Top Card Glimpse palming
1940 96
The Gambler's Glimpse
Related to 1940 97
The Glimpse after the Peek two methods
1940 98
Covers for the Glimpse three covers
Related to 1940 100
The Side Jog diagonal push-in
1940 102
The Jog at the Break transforming a break into a jog, two methods
Variations 1940 102
Automatic Jog No. I, II, III three methods (including Plunger)
1940 104
Facing The Deck one-handed, Charlier-Pass
1940 107
Righting the Faced Deck one-handed, Charlier-Pass
1940 108
Automatic Reverse while displaying top cards
Also published here 1940 109
Righting a reversed Bottom Card
1940 109
Frederick Braue Facing the Bottom Card overhand shuffle cover, see references for credit information
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1940 110
Faced Deck Turnover
Related toAlso published here 1940 112
Vesting a Card
1940 113
Louis Zingone The Zingone Thumbnail Gauge cutting off packet of known number
Related toVariations 1940 114
Separating the Colors slop shuffle
Related to 1940 115
Emergency Card Stabbing break, also for when the selection is known to be one of a few cards but not which one
1940 120
The Drop Control subtle, card is put in deck which is dribbled in other hand, card controlled to seventh from top
1940 121
The Tap tapping a produding card "through" the squared pack
Related toVariations 1940 122
Charlie Miller The Single Card Bridge overhand shuffle position
1940 123
A New Glide side glide, à la Kelly Bottom Placement attributed to Vernon in Enchantment reference, but Braue in Braue Notebooks reference
VariationsAlso published here 1940 123
Establishing a Break from a Bridge
Related to 1940 124
Bridge
1940 124
Transfer of Thumb-Count Break to Little Finger
Also published here 1940 125
Enlarging a Break uncredited, possibly claimed by Braue in Notebooks, see reference
Related toAlso published here 1940 125
Ruffle Return heel break
1940 126
Bridge whole deck
1940 127
The Mexican Turnover
Variations 1940 128
The Spread Cull on "other side" of spread
Related toVariations 1940 129
The Double-Face facing top and bottom card
1940 130
Bottom to Top to shuffle block to top, paragraph 4
1940 130
Gambler's Card Marking System with crimps
Related to 1940 131
The Nature of the Palm position
1940 134
Rear Palming the Top Card including transfer from regular to rear palm
1940 135
The Bottom Rear Palm
Related to 1940 137
The Rear Palm Side Slip
Related to 1940 138
The Little Finger Push-Out side steal to rear palm
1940 139
The Rear Palm Exchange
1940 140
Replacement Rear Palm
1940 140
In Lieu of the Double Lift using Rear Palm
1940 141
Using the Rear Palm tips
Related to 1940 141
The Perfect Faro Shuffle
1940 143
Fred Black The Shuffle faro tables
Related to 1940 145
Fred Black The Endless Belts
Related to 1940 147
Fred Black Chart of Seventeen
Related toVariations 1940 147
Perfect Shuffle Stock using faro for alternating set-ups
1940 149
Frederick Braue Braue Poker Deal see also following routines
Variations 1940 149
The Eighteenth Card using 18-35-faro-principle with honest shuffle, risky
1940 150
Trewey The Color Change
1940 161
Trewey The Correct Method of Stealing the Card for color change
1940 161
The Impossible Color Change left thumb across top card
Related to 1940 163
The Pressure Fan
1940 164
The Covinous Color Change nice choreographed to show hands empty
1940 164
The Top and Bottom Changes suggestions for uses as simple changes
1940 166
Fan Flourish placing the fan on the table
1940 166
Sprining the Cards - A New Method
1940 166
Jean Hugard Secret Addition of Cards to the Pack vest pocket, clipped to pocket, three methods
1940 171
Replacement by Laying the Hand Flat on the pack... ... and Drawing it towards you
1940 173
Buckling the Palmed Cards
1940 174
Using the Riffle Flourish
1940 175
Using the Front Finger Palm
1940 175
The Deck Placed Sideways
1940 176
Dropping the Packed
1940 176
In Turning the Top Card
1940 176
Replacing a Card at the Bottom of the Pack
1940 176
Jean Hugard The One. Hand Top Palm footnote
1940 177
Frederick Braue One Hand Replacement One-handed palm in reverse, for credit information see reference
Related to 1940 177
Jean Hugard The Palm in Action holding out, positions, tips for both hands
1940 179
Jean Hugard The Side Count "bubble count"
1940 183
The Top Thumb Count
1940 183
The Bottom Thumb Count three methods
1940 185
The Overhand Count
1940 186
The Classic Force
1940 186
The Fan Force similar principle
1940 187
The Table Spread Force risky, Toss Force
1940 188
The Perfect Score Card Force
1940 188
Jean Hugard Using a Force
1940 190
The Multiple Force using multiple glide
1940 190
Four Card Force calculating and dealing
Related to 1940 191
The Lost Card how to locate a lost but known card
1940 192
Arranging the Set-Up Pack how to quickly stack a deck "at home"
1940 195
Shuffling the Cards half deck
1940 196
The Spectator Shuffle retaining half deck, spectator helps shuffling
1940 196
Cull Shuffle for three cards
1940 215
Cull Shuffle - Second Method footnote
1940 216
Paul Rosini A Rosi-Cruzian Mystery daub, button storage, two phases, red-black separation during first phase that is used in second phase
Variations 1940 219
Glimpsing Bottom Card of Face-up Pack
1940 229
Nate Leipzig The "Slap" Aces holding fan while palming
1940 246
Le Temps Switch
Variations 1940 249
The Migratory Aces with travelers finale
1940 252
Buckle Count
1940 255
Charlie Miller Spread Hide-Out four as three
1940 257
An Expert at Figures using addition force
1940 268
Dai Vernon Dai Vernon's Mental Force
1940 271
One-Handed Deal
1940 280
Cover for the Ambitious Card Double Lift
1940 287
Rub-A-Dub-Dub transformation and vanish
Related toVariations 1940 301
The Card Through the Magazine bottom placement
1940 302
Mercury Fold fourths, mention of Malini's "Card to Mouth"
Related toVariations 1940 304
Folding a Card sixth, palm
1940 305
Charlie Miller The Danbury Deliver fingertip peek, four cards with edge-marks
Related to 1940 307
Two Card Catch
1940 309
Top Change from end grip
1940 313
Jack McMillen McMillen's Card from Pocket card apparently removed from inside pocket with hand holding deck, really from deck
Related toAlso published here 1940 314
Jog & Step Fan fan with jog or step
1940 326
The Psychic Stop! at seventh position, psychological
Related toVariations 1940 330
Ultima Thule Location kind of KM-Move, bold
1940 332
Hindu Shuffle Glimpse
1940 334
Louis Zingone Reverse Supreme mental reverse, bluff spacing in fan
Related toVariations 1940 344
Louis Zingone Block of Reversed Cards Hidden in Fan tight fan
1940 345
Break Transfer from pinky to overhand shuffle position
1940 348
Palm Load under Top Card
Related to 1940 376
Double Lift from Fan probably Vernon's
1940 377
Forcing a Stranger Card
1940 380
Percy Abbott The Certain Card Trick
Also published here 1940 403
Fan Glimpse from behind by bending corner
Related to 1940 403
The Spectator Peek in context of "missed" peek
1940 411
Audicity Peek actually for palmed card
1940 411
Svengali Shuffle how to shuffle a Svengali Deck
1940 412
Charlier The Charlier Shuffle
1940 412
The Matchbook Easel using a matchbook as a display stand for a card
Also published here 1940 413
Second Deal Aid roughing fluid on thumb
Related to 1940 414
The Kaufman Card Stand another display method for stand up poker routines
1940 414
A False Count count off more cards from the deck as pretended
1940 415
To Deal Four as Three
1940 415
Magic Powder v. Rabbit's Foot motivation to reach in the pocket
1940 416
False Table Deal buckle undercount on the table
1940 416
The Pass cover for seated performance
1940 418
Left Hand Bottom Replacement
1940 419
Friction Bottom Slip Cut
1940 454
Edward Marlo Two Pets - A. First Pet bridged deck
1940
Early Marlo (Issue Pasteboard Presto)
8
Edward Marlo B. Second Pet bridged deck
1940
Early Marlo (Issue Pasteboard Presto)
9
Edward Marlo Marlo's Rosini card glimpsed, no break, deck cut and card spelled to, deck crimp during spectator's peek
1940
Early Marlo (Issue Pasteboard Presto)
10
Edward Marlo The First Miracle spectator looks at any card in table spread while performer looks away, self-crimp
Related toVariations 1940
Early Marlo (Issue Pasteboard Presto)
11
Instantaneous Double Lift bridged double
1940
Early Marlo (Issue Pasteboard Presto)
15
Air Pressure Turnover brief
1940
Early Marlo (Issue Pasteboard Presto)
18
Edward Marlo The Ambitious Card facilitating double lift by bending top cards
1940
Early Marlo (Issue Pasteboard Presto)
19
Henry Christ Stop When Ready cards turned over one by one and placed onto deck in out-jogged condition
Related toVariationsAlso published here Jan. 1940
The Jinx (Issue 74)
496
Charles T. Jordan Bewildero spectator remembers card and position from face, then procedure heavy control/steal
Jan. 1940
The Jinx (Issue 77)
508
Tom Sellers Credit Card Force on another card
Related to Feb. 1940
The Jinx (Issue 79)
517
Val Evans Glide Display hiding face of one card
Feb. 1940
The Jinx (Issue 79)
517
Theodore Annemann Double Lift Reverse
Feb. 1940
The Jinx (Issue 80)
522
Theodore Annemann Rightening Reverse while rightening another card
Feb. 1940
The Jinx (Issue 80)
522
Burling Hull Slip Control selection switched out with slip force type action
Feb. 1940
The Jinx (Issue 80)
522
Kent Arthur "Never Idle" Cards slop shuffle Triumph with twelve card packet
Feb. 1940
The Jinx (Issue 81)
526
Audley Walsh The Mystic Twelve cards pocketed and another remembered, performer divines position of selection and number of cards in pocket, reverse-count force
Related toVariations Mar. 1940
The Jinx (Issue 82)
531
Key Card Shuffle Subtlety
Mar. 1940
The Jinx (Issue 83)
533
Minoe Fan/Ping Pong Bat Force stop force with prop
1940
The Jinx (Issue 84)
538
Theodore DeLand Two Card Monte Move
1940
The Jinx (Issue 85)
542
Dr. Jacob Daley Second Card from the Top Slip Pass
Related to 1940
The Jinx (Issue 85)
543
Walter B. Gibson Card Case Glimpse "Flap-Flap" card put in card case is glimpsed later
1940
The Jinx (Issue 86)
548
T. Nelson Downs Out for Classic Force
1940
The Jinx (Issue 87)
551
Hindu Force
1940
The Jinx (Issue 88)
555
Theodore Annemann Riffle Force with break
1940
The Jinx (Issue 95)
586
Stuart Towne, Don Diavolo Diavolo Hide-Out Fan hiding packet underneath one-handed fan
1940
The Jinx (Issue 96)
592
B. B. Low Card Vanish underneath Handkerchief dummy stick sewn in handkerchief
1940
The Jinx (Issue 96)
593
Cross Cut Force
1940
The Jinx (Issue 96)
593
Henry Hardin The Appearing Card in the Pocket showing pocket empty with card in corner of pocket
1940
The Jinx (Issue 97)
596
Flatwise Drop of Card on the floor
1940
The Jinx (Issue 97)
599
Herb Runge "Two-Faced" Force spectator stabs behind back, using duplicate
1940
The Jinx (Issue 98)
602
Karl Germain The Flash Card Change deck in glass
1940
The Jinx (Issue 98)
603
Cross Cut Force
1940
The Jinx (Issue 99)
606
Bent Corner in Fan Glimpse
1940
The Jinx (Issue 101)
615
, Art Lyle Double Discard cheating technique, see also page 664
Related to 1940
The Jinx (Issue 102)
617
Allan Howell Counting Force making some piles
1940
The Jinx (Issue 104)
626
Chris Charlton Modern Monte using different switches
1940
The Jinx (Issue 107)
640
Jim Wheeler Stabbing Force with Knife
1940
The Jinx (Issue 107)
641
Les Vincent Countdown Force any number up to ten, set-up with Eights and Nines
1940
The Jinx (Issue 108)
643
Verne Chesbro Fake Drawing cheating move
Related to 1940
The Jinx (Issue 108)
647
Tenkai Ishida Palming One Card: Tenkai's Method (too) brief
1940
The Jinx (Issue 110)
654
Theodore Annemann Simple Force bold
1940
The Jinx (Issue 113)
670
Corner Crimp in Fan selection secretly crimped from behind
1940
The Jinx (Issue 114)
674
Don Diavolo, Stuart Towne Diavolo Hide-Out Fan brief, hiding packet underneath one-handed fan
1940
The Jinx (Issue 116)
686
Crocker Xkwizit! two hinged cards in deck to keep cards together while shuffled freely
Related toVariations 1940
The Jinx (Issue 117)
689
Pointer Reverse using a card as pointer while turning over rest of deck
1940
The Jinx (Issue 117)
691
Stanley Collins Bent Palm-Off from Packet cards bent in half
1940
The Jinx (Issue 118)
697
Henry Hardin Hindu Dream cards in hat, shaken and top card removed four times
Also published here 1940
The Jinx (Issue 119)
701
Short Card & Riffle Shuffle two cards stay together
1940
The Jinx (Issue 121)
707
The Faced Deck - The Secret Turn Over four methods, including one by Decremps & Prof. Hoffmann
1940 6
The Gambler's Table Change
1940 8
The Spread Pass
1940 9
The Thumb Slide with immediate palm-off
Related toVariations 1940 10
An Easy Force small number named
Related to 1940 13
Reversing the Bottom Card Two Methods, deck turned over above bottom card, Bottom Reverse
1940 14
Francis Carlyle The Carlyle False Count I. To Count a Number of Cards Showing Less Than There Are.
II. To Count a Number of Cards as More Than They Really Are.
Related toVariations 1940 15
Purvis W. Miller The Miller Card Case extra compartment for adding cards
Variations 1940 17
Joseph Cottone The Cottone Spider-Grip False Cut
1940 19
Joseph Cottone Tilt Position in different context
1940 20
Side Slip very brief
1940 36
Two Card Monte Move
1940 37
Set-up in front of Audience
1940 39
Bridge of bottom few cards
1940 41
Back Slip Force
1940 46
Reverse at Side
1940 50
Paul Curry Reversed Card Transfer Switch as reversed card is transferred to bottom
Related to 1940 50
Laurie Ireland Misdirection Card Change misdirection for top and bottom change
1940
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1940)
3
Laurie Ireland Buckley Change Variation variation on the floor / throw change
1940
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1940)
14
13 - The "Top Peek". While preparing for overhand shuffle
1940 28
14 - Fan Crimp. Crimping corner in a fan of cards
1940 28
15 - The "Deck Crimp".
1940 29
17 - Fan jog. Control of card after inserting in fan
1940 31
18 - The quarter-bridge. Way to bridge the deck so spectator will cut within bank of cards.
1940 31
19 - Gambler's Bridge. Bridging the deck in the context of a cut
1940 32
20 - The "Change" Throw. The Throw Change
1940 33
23 - Forced replacement of wrong card. Stab wrong card into pack to find right card
1940 38
Charles Hopkins 33 - When force is missed.
1940 46
39 - The "Cut Break". Way to preserve the break after the deck is cut
1940 55
40 - Estimating the cut.
1940 56
Max Holden 41 - The "Cut Force". basically Max Holden's Cross Cut Force
1940 57
42 - "Blindman's 'Bluff'." Way to glimpse a card when met with a heckler, even when deck is held behind back the entire time (card also chosen behind the performer's back)
1940 58
Louis Lam Amazo card cut to is revealed, with a deck with 32 cards
1940 4
Corner Bend Glimpse while fanning cards to the spectator
1940 4
Double Lift Reverse
1940 8
Joseph Ovette, Louis Lam A Tip on Slow Motion Card Vanish thin card stuffed in thumb tip, with other method by Louis Lam for thumb nail method
1940 11
S. W. Erdnase Erdnase In-Jog Shuffle top stock control, also as control of one selection
1940 3
Martin Gardner Improved Topsy-Turvy Deck up to three selections, with slop shuffle followed by a riffle shuffle
Related to 1940 4
John Snyder Reversed Hindu Shuffle "shown to my by John Snyder", cards controlled to bottom, dragged by friction of fourth finger
1940 4
Martin Gardner Pad Spread Principle spreading deck lightly with reversed cards so they don't show, then with more force so they appear
Related to 1940 7
Tenkai Ishida Optical Revolve credit in "Cut the Cards", p. 24
Variations 1940 9
Martin Gardner Double Lift Reverse straightforward
1940 11
False Cut bottom half stripped out in hindu shuffle grip and tabled
1940 17
Martin Gardner Plunger Glimpse sandwiched card secretly pushed out at the back via plunger principle
1940 19
Martin Gardner Sandwiched Card Glimpse with center card outjogged
1940 20
Martin Gardner Simple Sandwich Load with a double lift
1940 20
Bob Hummer Jogged Card to Inside Pocket injogged card, deck held in right hand, card secretly transferred to inner right pocket
1940 6
Bob Hummer Replacement In-Jog top half placed on lower half, top card of bottom half in-jogged
1940 6
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Addition with Newspaper addition of cards, newspaper with cover over cards
Oct. 1940
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 2 No. 2&3)
6
Eddie Joseph Everywhere Yet Nowhere three cards are placed in card stand and one selected it matches selection from second deck
1940 ca. 3
Eddie Joseph Throw Change Variation to palm top and bottom card from small packet and produce them from pocket
1940 ca. 12
Edward Victor The "Pass" Again bottom cover pass
1940 ca. 7
Edward Victor The E. V. Semi-Circular Color Change card stolen from back of deck into gambler’s flat palm type of grip and deposited on face
1940 ca. 9
Edward Victor Reverse Back-slip card is slipped off bottom onto face of top half, used to make top half’s face card change, delayed change and instantaneous change
1940 ca. 12
Edward Victor Method of Reversing the Bottom Card as deck is placed into left hand, for application see reference
Related to 1940 ca. 13
Edward Victor A Move for the “Rising Cards” (Sleight of Hand Method) wrong card rises from deck changes into selection, finger pushes cards up from back, for applications see references
Related toVariations 1940 ca. 15
Edward Victor Key Card – Spring Glimpse top half is squeezed to be sprung and bottom card is sighted
1940 ca. 22