1,057 entries in Cards / Sleights / False Count
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Brother John Hamman The Hamman Count
1989 213
Edward Marlo Push-Off False Count off the to of deck, to reposition card
1989 9
Karl Fulves Block Exchange Counts as used in Elmsley Count
1989 2
Karl Fulves MacCount four cards, Ace travels from pocket back to packet, featuring count that shows all cards but changes order
Variations 1989 3
Sam Schwartz Interrupted Elmsley Count cards no three and four are counted in reverse order
1989 7
Karl Fulves Up The Ladder "swindle count in which any small number of cards can be counted as any larger number, and any number of cards can be concealed"
1989 14
Karl Fulves Demi-Device 2&2, featuring a displacement count
1989 21
Karl Fulves Gammatron four-as-four in which all cards are seen but order changed
1989 39
Karl Fulves Overcount Off the Deck here two as three
1989 25
Bill Wisch Top Secret Count false counts off the top of the deck, over, under, hiding cards
Variations 1989 39
Bill Wisch Six Card Repeat Count
1989 41
Alex Elmsley Elmsley Count
1989 43
Bruce Cervon, Brother John Hamman Hamman Count Switch
1989 145
The Jordan Count
1989 150
Edward Marlo Undercount to Table small packet counted onto table one by one, hiding one card
1989 23
Randy Wakeman Overcount with Packet
1989 25
Edward Marlo Broken-up Elmsley Count
1989 71
Ellis Stanyon Stanyon Count three-as-four Elmsley count
1989 72
Edward Marlo OPEC Count
1989 96
Alex Elmsley The Elmsley Count
1989 81
Charles T. Jordan The Jordan Count
1989 81
Alex Elmsley Everchange Count four as five while hiding one
Also published here May 1989
Inside Out (Issue 6)
14
Edward Marlo 4-as-5 Count
Also published here
  • Sticks & Stones #13, 1978
May 1989
Inside Out (Issue 6)
16
Jon Racherbaumer Karl Fulves: The Great Pretender eight pages on credit fights, J. W. Sarles
  • Item One: Marlo & Double Vanish & Recovery
  • Item Two: Scorpio Switch vs. Another Sandwich Switchout (The New Tops, June 1985)
  • Item Three: Spectator cut the Aces plot
  • Item Four: Bottop Change
  • Item Five: Jordan Count
  • Item Six: Oil & Water effect
Related toAlso published here Oct. 1989
Inside Out (Issue 7)
7
Alex Elmsley Elmsley-Count (Vier als vier)
1989 75
Juan Tamariz, Francis Carlyle Note III - False Count Tamariz' version of Carlyle's false count
Inspired by 1989/91 243
Gary Kurtz Zarrow's Triple Buckle
1990 58
Alex Elmsley Elmsley Count
1990 2
Charles T. Jordan Jordan Count
1990 5
Buckle Count
1990 19
Jerry K. Hartman DRED - Discrepant Reverse Elmsley Display used to vanish an ace in an assembly
1990 30
Charles T. Jordan The Jordan Count
1990 12
Edward Marlo The Olram Count
Related to 1990 30
Wesley James Counts
1990 1
Wesley James Six New Counts chapter intro
Related to 1990 2
Wesley James Ducked Jordan (4-2) last card to bottom
1990 3
Wesley James The Carry Count (4-4) bottom card stays into place, one of four hidden, note on the Veeser concept
Variations 1990 4
Wesley James The SPEC-3 Count (2-3) one of four hidden
1990 6
Wesley James The Ducked SPEC-3 (2-2) one of four hidden
1990 7
Wesley James Spec-4 (2-4) one of four hidden
1990 8
Wesley James SWAPEC (3-2) one of four hidden
1990 9
Edward Marlo, Norman Osborn Unlimited Display
1990 4
Gary Ouellet The Paradise Count
  • The Paradise Count
  • The Starting Position
  • The Top Pull-Up
  • The Bottom Push-Down
  • The Bottom Pull-Down
1990 87
Gary Ouellet The Paradise Elmsley Count
1990 94
Gary Ouellet The Paradise Jordan Count
1990 97
Gary Ouellet The Paradise 2/4 Count
1990 99
Gary Ouellet The Paradise Hammon Count Hamman count variation
1990 101
Four as Three Count off the top of the deck
Also published here 1990 4
Simon Aronson Upjog Upset Unlimited Count
Inspired by 1990 65
Jordan Cotler Jordan Count
1990 3
Alex Elmsley Elmsley Count
1990 4
Brother John Hamman Hamman Count
1990 27
Philip T. Goldstein Haback Count combination of Hamman Count and Flushtration Count, first published in "Son of Bat, Jr.", August 1976
1990 56
Jack Avis Siva Count
1990 70
Edward Victor Eye Count
1990 70
Philip T. Goldstein Snap-Turn Count 2/4
1990 71
Ellis Stanyon Stanyon Count
1990 74
Philip T. Goldstein Ghostback Count
1990 76
Edward Marlo, Norman Osborn Unlimited Display Sequence
1990 84
Edward Marlo Marlo's Broken Elmsley just an Elmsley Count with a pause to disguise repeated suits
1990 19
Edward Marlo Unlimited Count
1990 96
Jeff Busby Four As Four Count same objective as Jordan Count
1990 3
Bob Farmer Modified Hamman Count
1990 10
Shigeo Takagi Jumbo Card Elmsley Count
1990 74
Broken-Up Elmsley Count first (?) two cards are tabled after being counted
1990 17
Alex Elmsley Elmsley Count some fine details
1990 26
Larry Jennings Extended Elmsley Count sequence to show the reds and blacks mixed
1990 29
Charles T. Jordan Jordan Count brief
1990 30
The "expert-grip" Elmsley Count
1990 5
Alex Elmsley Elmsley Count fingertip or dealing position
1990 3
Charles T. Jordan Jordan-Count
1990 5
Brother John Hamman Hamman-Count
1990 7
Philip T. Goldstein Haback-Count combination of Hamman Count and Flushtration Count
1990 12
Buckle-Count
1990 15
Alex Elmsley The Elmsley Count
1991 23
Persi Diaconis Avoiding Grip Shifting handling tip (now standard)
1991 51
Alex Elmsley Five-as-five Ghost Count combining Elmsley Count and Eric de la Mare False Count, Five-as-Five while hiding one
Related to 1991 55
Alex Elmsley Everchange Count four as five while hiding one
VariationsAlso published here 1991 74
Alex Elmsley Neverchange Count four as five, hiding one
1991 81
Eric de la Mare de la Mare False Count four as five, variation of Stanyon Count
Also published here 1991 232
John Carney, Brother John Hamman Hammanesque "A False Spread Display", casual spread alternative to Hamman Count
1991 212
John Bannon On The Elmsley Count brief
1991 19
Charles T. Jordan Jordan Count brief
1991 50
Charles T. Jordan The Jordan Count brief
1991 74
Brother John Hamman Hamman Count
1991 128
Karl Fulves Upcount four black cards removed, but selection was red, still found in packet, false count with upjogged cards
1991 45
Norman Osborn, Edward Marlo Unlimited Display
1991 6
Biddle False Count three as five
June 1991
The Minotaur (Vol. 3 No. 2)
6
Alex Elmsley Elmsley Count
1991 27
Paul Harris P.H. Snap Count audible, two as three
1991 22
Der Buckle Count
Dec. 1991
Intermagic (Vol. 16 No. 4 & 5)
194
Push Off False Count
Dec. 1991
Intermagic (Vol. 16 No. 4 & 5)
195
Stanley Collins Collins Aces Packet False Count
1991 123
T. Page Wright New Collins Aces Packet False Count from dealing position
1991 124
T. Page Wright A False Count from end grip, reverse biddle steal
1991 132
T. Page Wright Slip Count-Back faces towards spectators, card slid from right-hand side towards left, reverse cull at other side
1991 301
Jon Racherbaumer The Great Pretender: Karl Fulves eight pages on credit fights, J. W. Sarles
  • Item One: Marlo & Double Vanish & Recovery
  • Item Two: Scorpio Switch vs. Another Sandwich Switchout (The New Tops, June 1985)
  • Item Three: Spectator cut the Aces plot
  • Item Four: Bottop Change
  • Item Five: Jordan Count
  • Item Six: Oil & Water effect
Also published here Sep. 1991 6
Alex Elmsley Elmsley Count
1991 22
Charles T. Jordan Jordan Count
1991 23
Jerry K. Hartman P. M. Count end-grip, hides bottom
Also published here 1991 133
Jerry K. Hartman Two-Sided Counts turning cards face up and face down in process, hiding surface
  • Over Count
  • Up Count
1991 134
Brother John Hamman Hamman Count
1991 361
Jerry K. Hartman Cautious Count Jordan style count
1991 406
Jerry K. Hartman Brainwave Dactet ten-card brainwave
Also published here 1991 508
Ronnie Ramin False count three cards counted as three, order is displaced
1991 16
Ronnie Ramin The Faces Display face-up five-card packet, three picture cards above two spot cards, packet shown to be all spot cards, "similar to Daryl's Combo Count"
1991 18
Derek Dingle Elmsley Count Variation No. 3
Also published here Oct. 1991
Magic (Vol. 1 No. 2)
38
Philip T. Goldstein Haback Count
Oct. 1991
Magic (Vol. 1 No. 2)
39
Modified OPEC
Feb. 1991
Technomagic (Issue 8)
64
Michael Close Steranko Outdone handling for the last double card
Related to 1991
Magic Man Examiner (Vol. 1 No. 3)
2
Jeff Busby, Edward Marlo Neo-Jordan Count
Related to 1992 53
Jon Racherbaumer Useful Definitions
  • Count
  • Disposition
  • Plane State
1992 56
Bob Stencel, Alex Elmsley Relaxed Elmsley Count
1992 57
Alex Elmsley The Elmsley Count
1992 19
Jack Carpenter, Alex Elmsley Extended Elmsley Count with five cards, showing a card twice
1992 102
Jon Racherbaumer What About the Buckle Count? credit essay referring to notes by Stephen Minch
Related to Apr. 1992
The Olram File (Issue 11)
8
Alex Elmsley Elmsley Count
1992 51
James Swain, Bill Malone The J. S. Count actually displays using KM style switch, thereafter referred to as "J.S. Switch"
  • To show three cards to be same card
  • To perform Brother Hamman's Gemini Count
  • Gemini Count Variation
  • To perform Daryl Martinez's Diamond Bar
1992 67
Brother John Hamman Hamman Count brief
1992 103
Veeser Count Variation
1992 765
Brother John Hamman Hamman Count brief
1992 3
Jon Racherbaumer Jumpless Hamman Count
1992 19
Edward Marlo Unlimited Count
1992 12
Biddle Steal Count
Dec. 1992
The Minotaur (Vol. 4 No. 4)
7
Brother John Hamman Hamman Count brief
Dec. 1992
The Minotaur (Vol. 4 No. 4)
7
Arturo de Ascanio Dos Juegos con la Cuenta de "Pasa Paquete" om the Buckle Count (Las Cuentas de "Pasa Paquete" y "Deja Paquete")
1992 56
Fred Kaps Voltea Angular after an Elmsley count, the cards are singly turned and dropped on the table, hiding one surface
Also published here 1992 11
Elmer Biddle Biddle Count
1992 27
Ellis Stanyon Two-as-Three Count
1992 72
Terry LaGerould Modified Elmsley Count showing both sides
1992 77
Philip T. Goldstein Haback Count combination of Hamman Count and Flushtration Count
Oct. 1992
Magic (Vol. 2 No. 2)
50
Mac King, Mark Aspiazu Howdy! I'm Mac King and This is My Count five as six (for example), with snapping sound
Related to Sep. 1992
Magic Man Examiner (Vol. 1 No. 4)
12
Steve Draun Finessed Clayton Rawson Fan Concealment not a count
1993 96
Rafael Benatar As a False Count featuring the Pivoting Double
1993 9
Doug Edwards Fake-Take Count
Apr. 1993
Apocalypse (Vol. 16 No. 4)
2201
Philip T. Goldstein, Michael Close Haback Count Variation flushtration hamman count combo
1993 106
Jon Racherbaumer, Stephen Minch More on the Buckle Count corrections and additions to the article, quotes from correspondence with Stephen Minch
Inspired by Sep. 1993
The Olram File (Issue 13)
6
Jon Racherbaumer For the Record credit information on the Jordan Count
1993
The Olram File (Issue 15)
6
Edward Marlo Side-Jog Pull-Down in example twelve cards counted as nine
1993
The Olram File (Issue 15)
15
グライドによるフォールスカウント (Glide as a False Count)
1993 65
バックルカウント (Buckle Count)
1993 87
テーブル上へのバックルカウント (Buckle Count above a table)
1993 88
Elmer Biddle ビドルムーブによるフォールスカウントI (Biddle Move as a False Count I)
1993 89
Elmer Biddle ビドルムーブによるフォールスカウントII (Biddle Move as a False Count II)
1993 89
Alex Elmsley エルムズレイカウント (Elmsley Count)
1993 132
Charles T. Jordan ジョーダンカウント (Jordan Count)
1993 133
Brother John Hamman ハーマンカウント (Hamman Count)
1993 134
ダブルバックルカウント (Double Buckle Count)
1993 150
Dai Vernon Die "Buckle - Zählmethode"
1993 17
Philip T. Goldstein The Jorback Count concealing one face and two backs, back count meets Jordan
1993 112
Alex Elmsley The Elmsley Count
1993 15
Vicente Canuto Capitulo 12: Las Cuentas Falsas, 1a Parte chapter intro
1993 237
Vicente Canuto La Cuenta Bucle buckle count
1993 237
Vicente Canuto La Cuenta por Empuje push-off count
1993 239
Alex Elmsley Cuenta Elmsley fingertip and dealing grip methods
1993 253
Paco Rodas Elmsley Count Variation placing cards on the table during the count
1993 256
Charles T. Jordan Cuenta Jordan
1993 258
Elmer Biddle Cuenta Biddle Biddle Steal, as a steal and a false count
1993 259
Brother John Hamman La Cuenta Hamman
1993 261
Paul Harris P.H. Snap Count audible, two as three
1994 98
Alex Elmsley The Elmsley Count
1994 171
Alex Elmsley 5 as 6 False Count
1994 219
Alex Elmsley Everchange Count Variation
Inspired by 1994 464
Karl Fulves Practicing Push-Off Count see box
1994 14
Brother John Hamman Hamman Count two as three
Dec. 1994
The Minotaur (Vol. 6 No. 4)
13
Alex Elmsley Elmsley Count brief
Dec. 1994
The Minotaur (Vol. 6 No. 4)
13
5-as-4 Count brief
1994 86
Alex Elmsley Everchange Count four as five while hiding one
1994 175
Edward Marlo 4-as-5 Count four as five while hiding one, Everchange Count handling
Inspired byAlso published here
  • Sticks and Stones No. 13, 1978
1994 177
Edward Marlo Unloading/Putback False Count
Inspired by 1994 178
Jack Avis Upright Count
Inspired by
  • "Perfect False Count" (Brian MacCarthy, Modern Sleights, 1934, p. 10)
1994 179
Cy Endfield, Bill Simon Endfield-Simon Count four as five
Also published here 1994 182
Jack Avis Flip Up Put Back Count cards counted off the top of the deck, left thumb flips the cards up one by one
  • The Genuine Count
  • The False Count
  • The Force
1994 188
Roger Crosthwaite The Elmsley Count with credit information
1994 195
Eric de la Mare De La Mare Count four as five
Also published here 1994 217
Alex Elmsley Das Elmsley- (oder Ghost-)Zählen
May 1994
Intermagic (Vol. 18 No. 3)
104
Charles T. Jordan Das Jordan-Zählen
May 1994
Intermagic (Vol. 18 No. 3)
104
Brother John Hamman Hamman Count brief
1994 109
Jack Carpenter Two Moves – The Tabled Elmsley Switch Elmsley Count done onto the table, applied in "Full Reverse" (p. 16), see "Errata" in Issue #3 (p. 32) for small crediting correction
Related to 1994
Labyrinth (Issue 2)
13
Dai Vernon Vernon's Fake Count off the top of the deck, starting with block
Related to 1995 196
Darwin Ortiz Elmsley Count with deck in hands
1995 33
Bob King Slide Count cards taken from left dealing position into right fingertips, card stolen back
1995 8
Verbal Backwards Counting
1995 6
Alex Elmsley The Elmsley Count fingertip handling
1995 24
Edward Marlo The "Slip Count" Principle credit information
Related toAlso published here
  • The New Tops, Aug. 1969
1995 58
Edward Marlo The Marlo Technique for the Slip Count
1995 59
Edward Marlo The Center Variation slip count from middle of packet
1995 63
Edward Marlo A Marlo Extra utility false count, or vanishing card in packet, reversed cards and pulldown, stud turnover to bottom
Related to 1995 148
Edward Marlo No Break Multiple Pull Down Buckle with jog as preparation
Related to 1995 149
Edward Marlo Above the Buckle or Break Count displacement count, five as four
1995 157
Edward Marlo Necktie Move Handling hiding reversed card as packet is counted through and every card ducked reversed under packet
Inspired by
  • "Necktie Move" (Joe Ovette, "Fast Ones")
1995 160
Edward Marlo Displacements for packet tricks and the like, six methods
1995 385
Buckle Count
1995 24
Paul Harris Snap Count
1995 64
Alex Elmsley Elmsley Count
1995 3
Fred G. Taylor Taylor Count curious count application
1995 19
Jack Avis Siva Count
1995 60
Charles T. Jordan Jordan Count
1995 84
Eye Count
1995 139
Karl Fulves Fulves Count five-as-five count, conceals fourth card in packet, positions of second and fifth card are exchanged on one count and restored on a second count, remaining cards (including concealed card) retain their original positions throughout
1995 20
Jerry K. Hartman Extended Jordan Count with seven cards
1995 117
Jerry K. Hartman, Brother John Hamman Simplified Undercount
1995 138
Half Elmsley Count two cards are counted and then both hands turn their pair of cards face up
1995 181
Jerry K. Hartman Special Count 1 used as a displacement, also hides third card, see more details on p. 200
1995 197
Jerry K. Hartman Special Count 2 used as a displacement, also hides second card, see more details on p. 200
1995 197
Jack Avis, Roy Walton Four-card Siva Count displacement, does not hide any surfaces
1995 200
Jerry K. Hartman Special Count 3 displacement, does not hide any surfaces
1995 201
Jerry K. Hartman Special Count 4 displacement, also hides third card
1995 201
Jerry K. Hartman Special Count 5 displacement, does not hide any surfaces
1995 201
Paul Harris Snap Count audible
1995 ca. 8
Roberto Giobbi False Display Count Introduction
1996 309
Alex Elmsley The Elmsley Count
1996 311
Charles T. Jordan The Jordan Count
1996 314
Brother John Hamman The Hamman Count
1996 315
The Buckle Count
1996 318
The Push-off Count
1996 319
Jay Frasier Rolling Elmsley four cards, hiding one of the eight surfaces
Related to Spring 1996 48
Tommy Wonder Counting Cards, Unnatural Rhythms and Other Problems
  • When Counting is Better
  • Not Always the Best Solution
1996 97
Tommy Wonder, Brother John Hamman Broken Hamman Count
1996 187
Paul Harris P.H. Snap Count audible, two as three
1996
The Art of Astonishment — Book 1 (Issue The Magic of Paul Harris)
53
Paul Harris Las Vegas Leaper Count spectator does counting
1996
The Art of Astonishment — Book 1 (Issue Las Vegas Close-Up)
185
Bill Malone Las Vegas Leaper Count II spectator counts himself
1996
The Art of Astonishment — Book 1 (Issue Las Vegas Close-Up)
188
Paul Harris Snap Count one as two
1996 59
Paul Harris Las Vegas Leaper Count spectator counts
1996
The Art of Astonishment — Book 3 (Issue Magical Arts Journal)
243
Paul Harris Overcount from Deck
Related to 1996
The Art of Astonishment — Book 3 (Issue Magical Arts Journal)
243
Francis Carlyle, Paul Harris The Carlyle False Count
1996
The Art of Astonishment — Book 3 (Issue Magical Arts Journal)
246
Michael Close The Last Card Push handling the last block in an undercount
Related toAlso published here 1996 67
Brother John Hamman Le Hamman Count
1996 19
Lee Freed All-Around Elmsley Display avoiding discrepancy in face-up Elmsley Count
1996
Facsimile (Issue 4)
38
Edward Marlo Opec Count
1996 1189
Pablo Domenèch False Count double push off, four as three
Also published here 1996 14
Pablo Domenèch False Count while placing cards on each Ace
1996 28
Edward Victor EYE Count
1996 128
Pablo Domenèch Cuenta por Doble Retencion double push-over from a small packet
1996 171
Pablo Domenèch Cuenta por Triple Retencion double push-over from a small packet
1996 175
Pablo Domenèch Aportaciones a la 'Cuenta Hamman' on the Hamman Count
1996 187
Pablo Domenèch Cuenta 5 Como 4
1996 200
Peter Duffie Oversiter two eight-card packets, two cards travel across, Biddle counts
1996 7
Brother John Hamman Der Hammond Count misspelled
1996
Intermagic (Vol. 20 No. 1)
25
Brother John Hamman Hamman Count
1996 114
Sam Schwartz Modified 4-as-4 Count credit information, from Back Flip
July 1996
Magic (Vol. 5 No. 11)
65
Mac King, Mark Aspiazu Copdiddle Count five as six (for example), with snapping sound
Related to Aug. 1996
Magic (Vol. 5 No. 12)
76
Larry Jennings The Six/Four Count verbal false count
1997 74
Larry Jennings The Alpha Count one as two
Also published here 1997 182
John W. McClure McCount accomplishing the same as Jordan Count
Sep. 1997
Apocalypse (Vol. 20 No. 9)
2835
Brother John Hamman Hamman Count
1997 46
Nick Trost Seven Card Count Variation of Six Card Repeat, credit information
Related toVariationsAlso published here
  • The Linking Ring, Feb. 1955
1997 19
Alex Elmsley Elmsley Count
1997 213
Alex Elmsley Elmsley Count
1997 223
Alex Elmsley Elmsley Count "Ghost Count" or "Counting Four as Four"
Related to
  • "The Four Card Trick" (Alex Elmsley, marketed 1959)
1997 314
5-as-4 Jordan Count
1997 47
Norman Osborn Unlimited Count
1997 110
Karl Fulves Flat Count
1997 112
Karl Fulves Front Loading Osborn's Unlimited Count handling
1997 120
Ron Bauer The Take-Back Count Switch
Inspired by 1997 139
Jack Avis Siva Count brief
1997 10
Thomas Alan Waters Broken Hamman Count first pile tabled in middle of count
1997 29
Buckle Count brief
1997 5
Edward Marlo The Sail Count from deck to table
1997 31
Edward Marlo Covered False Count
1997 32
Ellis Stanyon Three-as-Four Count
1997 27
Roger Crosthwaite The Pull-Back False Count
Inspired byRelated to 1997 39
Simon Lovell The Squelmsley Count with jumbo cards
1997 103
Countthinks
1997 203
Bob White, J. B. Bobo A False Count for example five as six
Also published here 1997 9
Steve Beam The Maeb-Y Count right hand buckle as cards are counted from right to left, Elmsley Count
1997 20
Paul Harris False Click Count here used to count off two (really one) cards from a packet
Oct. 1997
Onyx (Issue 1)
26
Roberto Giobbi False Display Counts, Part 2
1998 593
The Over-count off the top of the deck
1998 606
Karl Fulves Takeaway seven-as-nine count, a Three taken away, only six cards remain
1998 270
Jack Avis Siva Count five as four, credit information
1998 51
Alexander de Cova 1. Elmsley Count comments
1998
Intermagic (Vol. 22 No. 2)
49
Alexander de Cova 2. Buckeln oder Buckle comments
1998
Intermagic (Vol. 22 No. 2)
50
Wesley James Carry Count Variant bottom card stays into place, one of four hidden
Inspired by Oct. 1998
Onyx (Issue 5)
12
Ken Krenzel Pressure Fan Hide-Out
1999 16
Jack Avis Siva Count
1999 6
The Buckle Count
1999 48
Jack Avis The Siva Count
1999 50
The Modified Buckle Count
1999 54
Ellis Stanyon The False Count No. 5, card moved back
1999 33
Ellis Stanyon At Any Number from the Top No. 34, selection on top, cards counted into other hand one by one, selection fed back
1999 75
Ellis Stanyon At Any Number from the Top No. 43, selection on top, top two cards counted as one at the beginning, later selection slipped back
1999 79
Ellis Stanyon The False Count No. 8, slipping card back
1999 295
Ellis Stanyon The False Count (Second Method) No. 9, with sound effect
1999 295
Paul Gordon ITHEC "In The Hands Elmsley Count"
Elmsley Count type switch in the spectator's fingers
Inspired by Mar. 1999
Genii (Vol. 62 No. 3)
25
Max Malini Malini's Card Vanish dropping two cards together in count to table
Also published here Nov. 1999
Genii (Vol. 62 No. 11)
32
Mike Richards Vertical Elmsley Count
Related to Nov. 1999
Genii (Vol. 62 No. 11)
56
Alex Elmsley Der Elmsley Count
1999
Intermagic (Vol. 23 No. 1)
33
Charles T. Jordan Der Jordan Count
1999
Intermagic (Vol. 23 No. 1)
33
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
Also published here 1999 25
False count face-down card below three face-up Aces is shown as a face-down card between four Aces
1999
Labyrinth (Issue 11)
17
Wesley James Carry-Elmsley Count
Inspired by Apr. 1999
Onyx (Issue 7)
1
Wesley James Multi-Jordan Count repositioning false count with five cards
Apr. 1999
Onyx (Issue 7)
2
Brother John Hamman Undercount Switch cards counted off bottom of packet, a card is counted back
Related to 1999 130
Fredric P. Lamazor I. Counts list of false counts
1999 10
Roy Walton E. J. Count combined Elmsley/Jordan Count
1999 11
Jack Avis The Siva Count
Jan./Feb. 1999
The Magic Menu (Vol. 9 No. 51)
599
Chuck Smith Optical Display to show two cards as three
2000 6
Karl Fulves Covered Elmsley Count cards sticking out of book during count
2000 210
Brother John Hamman Hamman Count
2000 112
Brother John Hamman Hamman Count
2000 5
Simon Lovell The Flipster flourish sequence in which the cards are fanned out and closed and secretly displaced, Twisting the Aces application
2000 57
Stephen Minch Vertical Elmsley Credit Information
Related to Jan. 2000
Genii (Vol. 63 No. 1)
53
Jerry K. Hartman, Alex Elmsley Five-as-Five Count apparently shows four Aces surrounding a face-down card, one Ace's face is not seen
Also published here June 2000
Onyx (Issue 11)
7
Buckle Count
2001 175
Edward Marlo Swindle Count
2001 121
Edward Marlo, Simon Aronson Broken Elmsley Variation
2001 124
Brother John Hamman Hamman Count
2001 6
Harry Lorayne Counted Out selection appears in middle of four-card packet, with five-as-four count
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here 2001 315
Ellis Stanyon Slip-Back Count
2001 71
Karl Fulves Nonesuch Count small number named, selection is there, false count off top of deck
Inspired by 2001 114
Terry LaGerould The Fool's Count cards counted from top to bottom, rotation
2001 23
Roy Walton Partial Elmsley Count doing only first two counts (uncredited)
Also published here Aug. 2001
Ego (Vol. 1 No. 3)
12
Aldo Colombini Colombini Laughing Count sometimes Alco Count, bold Hamman Count alternative, see also p. 7
Sep. 2001
Ego (Vol. 1 No. 4)
6
Francis Carlyle Walking Finger Count
Apr. 2001
Magic (Vol. 10 No. 8)
76
Armando Lucero The Full Circle False Count e.g. four as five, each card pivoted
Also published here Aug. 2001
Magic (Vol. 10 No. 12)
81
Four as Five Count one card outjogged
2002 131
Ken Krenzel Pressure Hideout
2002 161
Brother John Hamman Hamman Count
2002 182
Fred Kaps Hamman Count Shuffle
2002 198
Guy Hollingworth Phantom Count Palm Replacement Count, as an Elmsley-type count is started palmed cards are replaced
July/Aug. 2002
The Penumbra (Issue 2)
9
Verbal Backwards Counting 12-11-10-9-8-7-6
2002 27
Hamman from Elmsley Grip
2002 253
Dan Garrett Down for the Count held at corner and movement is diagonal
  • My Elmsley Count
2002 19
Rob Gregory-Browne Jordon Count Variation does the same thing
2002 20
Lewis Jones Stainless steal cards dealt into right hand off the top of the deck, cards secretly stolen back to deck
2002 31
Al Baker Undercount from left-hand dealing position into right hand one on top of the next, double push
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Magical Ways and Means)
143
Ross Bertram Ross Bertram's false count
2003 151
Psychological False Count "six plus four is ten"
2003 14
Karl Fulves, Stanley Collins Re-Arrangement Move cards shown and rearranged secretly
Inspired by 2003
Off The Books (Issue 4)
63
Aldo Colombini The Alco Count Hamman Count alternative in which cards are tabled in middle of the display
VariationsAlso published here
  • Genii Magazine & book "Direct Hits"
2003
Off The Books (Issue 7)
124
Karl Fulves Alco Variations
Inspired by 2003
Off The Books (Issue 7)
125
Daryl Martinez Daryl's Diminishing Count DDC
basic Rising Crime Display, counting into left hand from end grip, double lift on last card
Related to 2003 38
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson Elmsley Count Variant concealing two backs as well as one face
Related to 2003 79
Two-as-Four Count with two cards
2003 14
Francis Carlyle Walking Finger Count
2003 17
Jerry K. Hartman Hamman Count Handling
June 2003
Ego (Vol. 2 No. 15)
33
Four as Three Count off the top of the deck
Also published here 2003 6
Paul Harris Snap Count audible, two as three
Also published here 2003 23
Charles T. Jordan The Jordan Count
2003 ca. 8
Wesley James Edge-Off Displacement Edge-Off Displacement, Edge-Off Count, counting off a number of cards at first counting movement
2004 32
Broken Elmsley Count
2004 34
Edward Marlo, Wesley James The Marlo Flexible Count Grip, modified
Inspired by
  • New Tops, Vol. 3 No. 12, Dec. 1963
2004 54
Wesley James The JEHHFOWJ Count "Jordan, Elmsley, Haxton, Houghton, ?, James"
2004 55
Wesley James The Direction of False Count clarifying the counting direction
2004 62
Wesley James Feed Biddle Count break in both hands, cards interlaced
2004 212
Wesley James Four-as-Four (Hiding Two, FAF-Two) Counts discussion of 4-as-4 counts
  • The FAF-Two C Count
Related to 2004 380
Larry West, Jonathan Townsend, Wesley James West-Townsend-James (WTJ) Count Elmsley-style Gemini Count, backs and faces of four cards
Inspired by 2004 384
Steal-Back card stolen back as cards are counted with faces towards spectator
2004 420
Karl Fulves False Count Note credit information on holding the last two cards together
Related to
  • "Magic and Its Professors" (1902, Evans)
2004 372
Steve Beam Killer Count method to false count packet for any number, with Hamman Count
  • Variation #1 - Even Cards
  • Variation #2 - Even Cards
  • Variation #3 - Beamsley Count
  • Large Numbers
VariationsAlso published here 2004 58
Brother John Hamman The Hamman Switch
2004 61
Lewis Jones Omega False Count
2004 146
Jack Avis Siva Count
2004 13
Alex Elmsley The Elmsley Count
2004 42
Hamman Count Overhand Shuffle
2004 43
Steve Beam Killer Count method to false count packet for any number, with Hamman Count
Also published here 2004 1
Peter Duffie Hamman Count Variation starts with break
Also published here 2004 18
Alex Elmsley Elmsley Count
2004 143
Buckle Spread and Count
2004 156
Two-As-Three Count
2004 44
The Revolution Count counted packet flipped over during count
2004 44
Pete McCabe Face-Out Ghost Count cards lifted every time
Jan. 2004
Genii (Vol. 67 No. 1)
30
Derek Dingle The False Count
Also published here 2004 25
Bob White, J. B. Bobo A False Count for example five as six
  • White's Comments
Also published here 2005 24
Broken Up Elmsley
2005 56
Michael Close Last Card Push handling the last block in an undercount
Also published here 2005 120
Francis Carlyle Walking Finger Count
2006 160
Psychological False Count 13-12-11-10-... and x makes y
2006 23
Ron Bauer Audible Count
2006 37
Fred Kaps, Channing Pollock Angular Turnover after an Elmsley count, the cards are singly turned and dropped on the table, hiding one face/back, see also p. 116 for more details
Related toAlso published here 2006 77
Arturo de Ascanio Ascanio's In-Transit Count snap overcount, thumb in between cards
Also published here 2006 94
Elmer Biddle Biddle Count
2006 100
Jack Avis Flip-Up Put Back Count - A Utility Move every card angled up with the left thump
  • First, the Method of Counting
  • To Count Less
  • As a Force
  • The Double Deal Double Lift
  • Double Deal
2006 154
Alex Elmsley Mechanic's Grip Elmsley Count
2006 49
Ken Krenzel Finesse on the Killer Count handing cards to the spectator
Inspired by 2006 213
Brother John Hamman The Hamman Count
2006 148
Jack Parker Hamman Count Derivation
June 2006
Genii (Vol. 69 No. 6)
30
Nick Pudar The Pudar Count
2007 106
Edward Marlo OPEC Count brief
2007 378
Brother John Hamman, Max Maven Modified Hamman Count even number of cards
2007 407
Brother John Hamman Hamman Count
2007 441
Jack Parker Outjogging Jordan Handling of Jordan Count where each card counted is shown outjogged, before being pushed flush
2007 37
Brother John Hamman Hamman Count
2007 119
Put Back False Count
2007 84
Jerry K. Hartman False Count steal card(s) back onto deck while counting them into other hand and removing packet
2007 65
Jerry K. Hartman, Alex Elmsley Five-as-Five Count apparently shows four Aces surrounding a face-down card, one Ace's face is not seen
Related toAlso published here 2007 137
Father Cyprian Pivot Count credit?
"...the Pivot Count, a move explained by Father Cyprian many years ago in one of his lecture notes."
2007 287
Jack Avis Siva Count
2007 304
Brother John Hamman Hamman Count
2007 308
Jerry K. Hartman, Brother John Hamman Modified Hamman Count
Related to
  • Veeser Concept (M-U-M, Vol. 49, No.7, December 1959, p. 280)
2007 312
False count “over-count” five cards as six
2007 3
Dai Vernon, Buckle Count
2008 254
Alex Elmsley Elmsley Count
2008 265
Brother John Hamman Hamman Count
2008 273
Charles T. Jordan Jordan Count
2008 276
Fred Kaps Overhand Shuffle Hamman Count
2008 82
Charles T. Jordan Jordan Count
2008 66
Alex Elmsley Elmsley Count
2008 74
Edward Victor E-Y-E Count
2008 79
Arturo de Ascanio Take and Tap push-off count, five as four cards, spread display
2008 139
Arturo de Ascanio Ascanio's Handling of the Hamman Count
2008 163
Arturo de Ascanio In-Transit Actions in the Elmsley Count
2008 320
Arturo de Ascanio In-Transit Actions in the Hamman Count
2008 320
Steve Beam The Beamsley Count aka the Maeb-y Count, includes the Third Finger Buckle
Also published here 2008 12
Steve Beam The Steam Count Jordan Count alternative, third finger buckle
Also published here 2008 14
Steve Beam Unbuckled Count third finger buckle applied to buckle count
Related to 2008 15
Steve Beam Counter Measures - The Killer Count method to false count packet for any number, with Hamman Count
  • Even Number
  • Variation #1 - Even Number
  • Variation #2 - Even Number
  • Finesse
  • Large Numbers
  • Boomerang (Doug Canning)
  • The Hamman Switch
Also published here 2008 23
Arturo de Ascanio Buckle Count Subtlety
Also published here Feb. 2008
Genii (Vol. 71 No. 2)
15
Roberto Giobbi Rule of the Eye misdirection for Double Lift, Zarrow Shuffle, Elmsley Count
June 2008
Genii (Vol. 71 No. 6)
16
Ken Krenzel Last Card Push
Related to Oct. 2008
Genii (Vol. 71 No. 10)
18
Edward Marlo Unlimited Count
Mar. 2008
Antinomy (Vol. 4 No. 1)
20
Fred Robinson Fred Robinson's False Count e.g. five as four on the table
2009 144
Fred Robinson In the Hands False Count
2009 148
Fred Robinson Switch Count
2009 206
Ken Krenzel Tabled Lift False Count counting cards from tabled deck into hand
2009 9
Ken Krenzel All-Fair Count
Inspired by
  • "Fake-Take Count" (Doug Edwards, Brass Knuckles)
2009 138
Francis Carlyle, Steve Beam Push-off Overcount off the top of the deck
2009 24
Joseph K. Schmidt The SC Count glide undercount
2009
Prolix (Issue 6)
374
Wayne Houchin Elmsley Count Finesse lowering left fingers
June 2009
Genii (Vol. 72 No. 6)
65
Biddle Overcount
2009 30
Charles T. Jordan, John Guastaferro Jordan Count Variation
2010 39
John Guastaferro Overturned Counts cards are turned over while counted one by one
1. Overturned Elmsley
2. Overturned Stanyon
2010 77
Brother John Hamman, Steve Beam Modified Hamman Count to count even number
2010 184
Jean-Claude Pagès, Lapping Elmsley no credit but similar to reference
Related to 2010
Secret Agenda (Issue May 6)
137
Arturo de Ascanio An Ascanian Buckle Count Subtlety
Also published here 2010
Secret Agenda (Issue Nov 10)
334
Psychological False Count 14-13-12-... and x makes y
Also published here 2010 13
Steve Reynolds Bluff Count Cop three as four while tabling every card
  • True Bluff Count
Inspired by 2010 17
Roy Walton Split Elmsley Count doing only first two counts
Also published here Oct. 2010
Genii (Vol. 73 No. 10)
14
Al Schneider False Count from top of deck
2011 458
Steve Beam The Beamsley Count aka the Maeb-y Count, includes the Third Finger Buckle
Related toAlso published here 2011 iv
Steve Beam The Steam Count Jordan Count alternative, third finger buckle
Also published here 2011 ix
Harry Lorayne About Counts four-as-four counts in End Grip
  • The Center Switch Count
  • The Double Double Count
  • The Lorayne Count
Related to 2011 126
Harry Lorayne Counted Out selection appears in middle of four-card packet, with five-as-four count
Also published here 2011 144
Dai Vernon The Buckle Count
2011 39
John Bannon "Triple Play" Display Sequence combination of Elmsley and Flushtration count to show both sides of four cards
Also published here 2011 11
John Bannon Bullet Party Display Count combination of Elmsley and Flushtration count to show both sides of four cards
Also published here 2011 12
Five-As-Five Count Elmsley Count dynamics
2012 61
Alex Elmsley Elmsley Count
May 2012
Genii (Vol. 75 No. 5)
44
Fred Kaps Hamman Count Overhand Shuffle
2012
El Manuscrito (Vol. 5 No. 20)
617
David Redondo La Cuenta Hamman Hamman Count handling, without finger switch
2012 17
Gabi Pareras Cuenta Bucle del meñique buckling bottom card of deck or small packet
  • Separación del meñique
  • La cuenta
2012 86
Gabi Pareras Cuenta en abanico taking cards from top and showing them, hiding one in process
  • Con acción de mostrar
  • Con acción de dar (Joaquin)
2012 89
Dai Vernon Buckle Count
2013 19
Alex Elmsley Elmsley Count
2013 29
E-Y-E Count to show two as three
2013 60
Charles T. Jordan Jordan Count
2013 76
Brother John Hamman Hamman Count
2013 80
Jerry K. Hartman Displacement Count
2013 96
Biddle Overcount
2013 77
OPEC Count Out-Of-Position Elmsley Count
2013 90
John Bannon Over-Hamman Shuffle overhand shuffle Hamman Count
Also published here
  • "Call of the Wild" (John Bannon, 1993)
2013 100
John Bannon "Triple Play" Display Sequence combination of Elmsley and Flushtration count to show both sides of four cards
Also published here 2013 123
John Bannon Bullet Party Display Count combination of Elmsley and Flushtration count to show both sides of four cards
Also published here 2013 200
Tomas Blomberg Tomas on the Elmsley Count small finesse
2014 164
Paul Harris P.H. Snap Count
Also published here 2014 171
Edward Victor The EYE count
2014 176
Two-as-Four EYE Count
2014 219
Laurent Prochasson Display after Elmsley Count after an Elmsley Count cards are apparently shown on both sides, also to easily get a break over odd card
2014 5
Two for Four Count
2014 14
Arturo de Ascanio Ascanio's In-Transit Count
2014 99
Norman Osborn Double Count counting a double faced card twice to show four of a kind
Also published here 2014 105
Steve Beam Killer Count method to false count packet for any number, Hamman Count look
Also published here Oct. 2014
Genii (Vol. 77 No. 10)
26
Erik Jansson After Elmsley finesse in which cards are apparently shown in spread from both sides
Dec. 2014
Genii (Vol. 77 No. 12)
48
Javier Piñeiro Elmsley Count Variation brief, display of both sides
2014 189
Block Push-Off False Count packet counted, second to last card push-off
2015 27
Victor Farelli Double Push-Off
Related to 2015 21
Less-as-More Count
2015 22
Pull-Down Undercount
2015 22
Psychological False Count 14-13-12-... and x makes y
Also published here 2015 12
Dai Vernon Perfect-Pitch False Count
Related to 2016 34
So Sato Vertical Three as Four Count Elmsley Count alternative
2016 87
John Lovick Buckle Count Tip
2016 46
Sylvan Barnet Back Count three as four counted from deck, first one stolen back
Related to
  • Genii (July 1944)
2016 192
Pete McCabe Face-Out Ghost Count vertical
2016 192
Brother John Hamman, Arturo de Ascanio Hamman Count
2016 97
Brother John Hamman La cuenta Hamman
2016 97
Alex Elmsley Ghost Count
2016 239
Fred Kaps Hamman Count als Mischen Hamman Count overhand shuffle
2016 130
Das Buckle Zählen
2016 32
Edward Marlo Count 1 off the deck, with sucker element
2017
Facsimile (Issue 6)
16
Edward Marlo Count 2 buckle count, last card snaps off fingers
2017
Facsimile (Issue 6)
17
Edward Marlo Count 7 Carlyle count like
2017
Facsimile (Issue 6)
22
Jon Racherbaumer Buckle Count Credit Information Charlie Miller should get credit, according to Vernon
2017
Facsimile (Issue 6)
30
Brother John Hamman 2-for-4 Count
2017 17
Brother John Hamman Two-As-Four Count
July 2017
Elixir (Vol. 1 No. 1 (Summer #1))
7
Tom Stone Jogsley Count cards out-jogged and stripped out one by one, false-count type switch happens as they are removed that way
July 2017
Genii (Vol. 80 No. 7)
51
Paul Harris Vegas Leaper Count spectator counts
Dec. 2017
Genii (Vol. 80 No. 12)
59
Brother John Hamman Countback
Oct. 2018
Elixir (Vol. 2 No. 1 (Summer #2))
96
Buckle Count
2018 60
Persi Diaconis Elmsley Counting Direction into left hand
2018 173
Persi Diaconis, Johnny Thompson End Grip Jordan Count
Related to 2018 174
Tom Rose The Natural Count "The approach you are about to read increases any type of false count's deceptiveness massively!", commentary on false counts
2018 34
Alex Elmsley Elmsley Count
2018 17
Edward Marlo OPEC Count
2018 170
Two as Four count
2018 62
The Combination Count first half up until switch of Hamman Count from pinch grip
2018
Silhouette (Vol. 1 No. 1)
2
Edward Marlo OPEC Count
2018
Silhouette (Vol. 1 No. 1)
4
Psychological False Count "six plus four is ten"
Oct. 2018
Genii (Vol. 81 No. 10)
26
Charles T. Jordan Jordan Count slightly modified to display four cards as five
2018 51