Break Finesses
| Creators | Title | Comments & References | Year | Source | Page | AA | Categories | |
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| S. W. Erdnase | To Hold the Location of Cut while Dealing | 1902 | ||||||
| Sam Leo Horowitz | Holding the Break After a Spectator Peeks at a Card | 1938 | ||||||
| Tom Sellers | Transforming Break into Step | 1939 |
The Jinx
(Issue Summer Extra 1939)
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| Third Finger Flesh Break | 1940 | |||||||
| Establishing a Break from a Bridge | 1940 | |||||||
| Transfer of Thumb-Count Break to Little Finger | 1940 | |||||||
| Enlarging a Break | 1940 | |||||||
| Cardini | Cardini´s Location | 1946 | ||||||
| Spread and Break Control | 1948 | |||||||
| Paul LePaul | Riffling while holding the break | 1949 | ||||||
| Paul LePaul | Holding Back two cards | 1949 | ||||||
| Martin Gardner* | Break Control | Oct. 1949 |
Hugard's Magic Monthly
(Vol. 7 No. 5)
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| Dai Vernon | Insertion of the Cards | 1950 | ||||||
| Theo "Okito" Bamberg | Springing with Break | 1950 | ||||||
| Arthur H. Buckley | The Double Lift | 1950 | ||||||
| Edward Marlo | A Bit of Handling | 1952 | ||||||
| Edward Marlo | Insertion Break | 1953 | ||||||
| Tenkai Ishida | Book Break | 1953 | ||||||
| Cy Endfield | Handling the Pack. 1. The Riffle | 1955 | ||||||
| Cy Endfield | 3. The Greek Break | 1955 | ||||||
| Edward Marlo | Covered Hit Break | Dec. 1956 |
Ibidem
(Issue 8)
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| Edward Marlo | Picking up a Break | 1958 | ||||||
| Edward Marlo | Table Edge Break Concealment | 1958 | ||||||
| Lin Searles | Reverse Autobreak | Oct. 1960 |
Ibidem
(Issue 22)
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| Lin Searles | The Reverse Autobreak | Dec. 1961 |
Ibidem
(Issue 24)
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| Book Break Turnover | 1962 | |||||||
| Dai Vernon | Vernon Break Control | 1967 | ||||||
| Dai Vernon | Transferring the Break | 1967 | ||||||
| Dai Vernon | Adaption of the Greek Break for Card Stabbing | 1967 | ||||||
| Dr. James William Elliott | Dr. Elliot's Favorite Break Control | 1967 | ||||||
| Book Break | 1968 | |||||||
| Edward Marlo | Side Finger-Flesh Grip | 1970 | ||||||
| Edward Marlo | Side Flesh Break applied to Both Hands | 1970 | ||||||
| Edward Marlo | Observations on Chapter One | 1970 | ||||||
| Edward Marlo | Further Suggestions using Definite Fingertip Peek Controls | 1970 | ||||||
| S. W. Erdnase, Edward Marlo | Erdnase Break | 1970 | ||||||
| Edward Marlo | Square Up Action | 1970 | ||||||
| Edward Marlo | Control from Erdnase Break | 1970 | ||||||
| Art Altman | The Altman Trap | 1970 | ||||||
| Jerry K. Hartman | Obtain Break from Out-jog | 1970 | ||||||
| Jerry K. Hartman | Obtaining Break One Card Below Out-jog(s) | 1971 | ||||||
| Jerry K. Hartman | Out-jogged Card Control | 1971 | ||||||
| Jerry K. Hartman | Double Dribble | 1971 | ||||||
| Dai Vernon | Pivot into Overhand Position | 1972 | ||||||
| Edward Marlo | Bottom Break for Riffle Shuffling | 1972 | ||||||
| Edward Marlo | A Digression | 1972 | ||||||
| Obtaining Break from Out-jog | 1972 | |||||||
| Dai Vernon, Max Malini | Vernon - Malini Card Break Transfer | 1972 | ||||||
| Dai Vernon | Vernon's Peek - One Hand Shuffle Control | 1972 | ||||||
| Dr. Jacob Daley | Daley's Riffle Card Control | 1972 | ||||||
| Max Malini | 6) Malini Peek | 1972 | ||||||
| Double Peek Wrinkle | 1972 | |||||||
| One-Handed Step Break | Mar. 1973 |
The Pallbearers Review
(Vol. 8 No. 5)
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| Lin Searles | Reverse Autobreak | Autumn 1973 |
The Pallbearers Review
(Vol. 8 No. 8th Folio)
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| Jerry K. Hartman | Knuckle Jog | 1973 | ||||||
| Jerry K. Hartman | One Below Break | 1974 | ||||||
| Jerry K. Hartman | Knuckle Jog | 1974 | ||||||
| Tenkai Ishida | Book Break | 1974 | ||||||
| Eddie Fechter | Cover For Peek Control | 1974 | ||||||
| Karl Fulves* | Heel Break Insertion | 1975 | ||||||
| Tenkai Ishida | Book Break | 1975 | ||||||
| Top Card Break | 1975 | |||||||
| Edward Marlo | Before the Pass | 1977 | ||||||
| Harvey Rosenthal* | The Pop-Up Move | 1977 | ||||||
| Dai Vernon | Vernon Glide | 1977 |
The Pallbearers Review
(Vol. 10 No. Close-Up Folio #8)
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| Dai Vernon | Double Cut Break Handling | 1977 |
The Pallbearers Review
(Vol. 10 No. Close-Up Folio #8)
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| Ken Krenzel | Spread | 1978 | ||||||
| Break via Blocking Off | 1979 | |||||||
| Edward Marlo | Book Break | 1980 | ||||||
| Daryl Martinez, Harvey Rosenthal* | Pop-Up Move | 1980 | ||||||
| Father Cyprian | Two Handed One Handed Cut | 1980 | ||||||
| Book Break | 1981 | |||||||
| Don England | Inserting a Card into a Break | 1981 |
Don England's T.K.O.'s
(Issue Clubs)
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| Marking a Card in a Spread | 1981 | |||||||
| Art Altman | The Altman Trap | 1982 | ||||||
| Edward Marlo | Book Break | 1982 | ||||||
| Fred Lowe | The Ghost Break | 1982 | ||||||
| Edward Marlo | Pivot-Jog Turnover | 1982 | ||||||
| Edward Marlo | Pinky Count to Move Break | 1982 | ||||||
| Edward Marlo | Book Break | 1982 | ||||||
| Partial Charlier Cut | 1982 | |||||||
| Injog Control | 1982 | |||||||
| Edward Marlo | Book Break | Dec. 1983 |
The Collected Almanac
(Vol. 2 No. 16)
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| Edward Marlo | Bottom Break to Riffle Shuffle Break | 1983 | ||||||
| Art Altman | Altman Trap | 1983 | ||||||
| Edward Marlo | The Fingertip Peek Steal | 1984 | ||||||
| Edward Marlo | Dribble Control with Break | 1984 | ||||||
| Daryl Martinez, Harvey Rosenthal* | Pop-Up Move | Spring 1985 |
The Collected Almanac
(Vol. 3 No. 25, 26 & 27)
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| Edward Marlo | Pivot-Jog Turnover | 1985 | ||||||
| Ben Harris | Peek Finesse | 1985 | ||||||
| Veeser Concept from Erdnase Break | 1985 | |||||||
| Another Location | 1985 |
The Fred Braue Notebooks
(Issue 1)
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| Dai Vernon, Max Malini | Peek Control | 1985 |
The Fred Braue Notebooks
(Issue 2)
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| Charlie Miller | Additional Miller Notes | 1985 |
The Fred Braue Notebooks
(Issue 3)
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| Frederick Braue | Braue Crimp Control | 1985 |
The Fred Braue Notebooks
(Issue 3)
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| Daryl Martinez, Harvey Rosenthal* | The Pop-Up Move | 1985/87 | ||||||
| Lin Searles | Auto-Break | 1986 | ||||||
| Larry Jennings | The Immaculate Insertion | 1986 | ||||||
| Larry Jennings | Retaining Break While Deck is turned Over | 1986 | ||||||
| Lin Searles | Auto-Break | 1986 | ||||||
| Lin Searles | Auto Break | 1986 | ||||||
| Dai Vernon | Enlarging a Break | 1987 | ||||||
| Dr. James William Elliott | Breaking at the Injog | 1987 | ||||||
| Dai Vernon | Rotating the Break | 1987 | ||||||
| Bruce Cervon | Running Cut While Holding a Break | 1988 | ||||||
| Art Altman | The Altman Trap | 1988 | ||||||
| Edward Marlo | Book Break | 1988 | ||||||
| Larry Jennings | Pressure Break | 1988 | ||||||
| Tenkai Ishida | Book Break | 1988 | ||||||
| Dai Vernon | Back Breaker | 1989 | ||||||
| Karl Fulves* | Tenkai Book Turnover Comments | 1989 | ||||||
| Rafael Benatar | Inserción Resorte | 1989 | ||||||
| Father Cyprian | A Couple of Breaks | 1989 | ||||||
| Dai Vernon | Enlarging a Break | 1990 | ||||||
| Book Break | 1990 | |||||||
| Harvey Rosenthal* | The Traveling Break | 1990 |
The Trapdoor — Volume Two
(Issue 34)
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| Edward Marlo | Sure-Fire Covered Get-Ready | 1990 | ||||||
| Edward Marlo | Book Break | 1990 | ||||||
| Edward Marlo | Automatic Book Break | 1990 | ||||||
| Alex Elmsley | Break Time - Battling the Bulge | 1991 | ||||||
| Alex Elmsley | A Bluff Hand-to-hand Transfer | 1991 | ||||||
| Alex Elmsley | Preparing for the Double Lift | 1991 | ||||||
| Roger Klause | The Breakout Display | 1991 | ||||||
| T. Page Wright | A Cut at Any Number | 1991 | ||||||
| Jerry K. Hartman | Knuckle Jog | 1991 | ||||||
| Jerry K. Hartman | One Below Break | 1991 | ||||||
| Edward Marlo | Automatic Book Break | 1992 | ||||||
| Book Turnover Break | 1992 | |||||||
| Tenkai Ishida | Book Break | 1992 | ||||||
| Vanni Bossi | Delayed Control after the Peek | 1992 | ||||||
| Rafael Benatar | The Crocodile | 1993 | ||||||
| Ernest Earick | Step to Break Transfer | 1993 | ||||||
| Ernest Earick | Post-Peek Riffle Display | 1993 | ||||||
| Max Malini | Deck Flexing | 1993 | ||||||
| Edward Marlo | No-Break Convincer | Sep. 1993 |
The Olram File
(Issue 13)
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| ブレークをなくさないターンオーバー | 1993 | |||||||
| Establishing a Break from a Bridge | 1993 | |||||||
| Eddie Fechter | Cover For Peek Control | 1993 | ||||||
| Book Break | 1994 | |||||||
| Veneri Break Transfer | 1994 | |||||||
| The Riffle | 1995 | |||||||
| Auto Break | 1995 | |||||||
| Jerry K. Hartman | Knuckle Jog | 1995 | ||||||
| Jerry K. Hartman | One Below Break | 1995 | ||||||
| Steve Bedwell | Establishing Pinky Break | 1995 ca. | ||||||
| Lin Searles | Auto-Break | 1996 | ||||||
| Harry Riser | Greek Break & Overhand Shuffle | 1996 | ||||||
| Lin Searles | Autobreak | 1997 | ||||||
| Ernest Earick | Little Finger Break Transfer | 1997 | ||||||
| Lin Searles | Auto Break | 1998 | ||||||
| John Carney | The Dribble Break | 1998 | ||||||
| Transferring a Break from the little Finger to the Heel of the Thumb | 1998 | |||||||
| Rafael Benatar | Inserting a Card into a Break | 1998 | ||||||
| Ken Simmons | The "Real" Immaculate Insertion | Jan. 1998 |
Onyx
(Issue 2)
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| Transfer of Thumb-Count Break to Little Finger | 1998 | |||||||
| Edward Marlo | Book Break | 1999 | ||||||
| Dai Vernon | Gesture Break | 1999 | ||||||
| Dai Vernon | ECT Get-Ready | 1999 | ||||||
| Dai Vernon | Enlarging a Break | 1999 | ||||||
| Ellis Stanyon | The "Stanyon" Cut Pass | 1999 | ||||||
| Dai Vernon, Max Malini | Vernon-Malini Card Break Transfer | Nov. 1999 |
Genii
(Vol. 62 No. 11)
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| Break finesse | 1999 |
Labyrinth
(Issue 12)
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| Neal Elias | Pivoting the Break | 2000 | ||||||
| Baltazar Fuentes | Fuentes Step Insertion | 2000 | ||||||
| Edward Marlo | Book Break | Nov. 2000 |
Genii
(Vol. 63 No. 11)
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| Daryl Martinez, Harvey Rosenthal* | Pop-Up Move | 2000 | ||||||
| Cardini | Spring Break | 2001 |
Latter Day Secrets
(Issue 5)
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| Dai Vernon | Double Cut Break Handling | 2001 |
Latter Day Secrets
(Issue 6)
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| Edward Marlo | Pivot-Jog Turnover | 2002 | ||||||
| Tenkai Ishida | Pivot Break / Book Break | 2002 | ||||||
| Art Altman | Altman Trap | 2002 | ||||||
| Art Altman | Altman Trap | Nov./Dec. 2002 |
The Penumbra
(Issue 4)
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| Tenkai Ishida | Escalón de Tenkai | 2002ca. | ||||||
| Rafael Benatar | The Crocodile | 2003 | ||||||
| Tenkai Ishida | Pivot Break | 2003 | ||||||
| Ernest Earick | Step to Break Transfer | Mar./Apr. 2003 |
The Penumbra
(Issue 6)
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| Break via Blocking Off | 2003 | |||||||
| Harvey Rosenthal* | The Pop-Up Move | July 2004 |
The Penumbra
(Issue 8)
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| Tenkai Ishida | Step Break | 2004 | ||||||
| Wesley James | Splay Grip | 2004 | ||||||
| Dave Campbell | Top Card Break - single handed | 2004 | ||||||
| Aaron Shields | One-Handed Break | 2004 | ||||||
| Art Altman | The Altman Trap | 2005 | ||||||
| Larry Jennings | Retaining Break While Deck is turned Over | 2005 | ||||||
| Edward Marlo | Book Break | Feb. 2005 |
Antinomy
(Vol. 1 No. 1)
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| Kostya Kimlat | Breaking Glances | May 2005 |
Antinomy
(Vol. 1 No. 2)
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| Tenkai Ishida | Book Break | 2006 | ||||||
| Charlie Miller | Charlie Miller's Break Handling | 2006 | ||||||
| Doug Edwards | Hide That Line | 2006 | ||||||
| Jerry K. Hartman | Knuckle Jog | 2007 | ||||||
| Tenkai Ishida | The Tenkai Turnover | 2008 | ||||||
| Arturo de Ascanio, Johnny Thompson | The Almost Pinkieless Maneuver | 2008 | ||||||
| Roberto Giobbi | Sliding the Break | Feb. 2008 |
Genii
(Vol. 71 No. 2)
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| Double Book Break Glimpse | Sep. 2008 |
Genii
(Vol. 71 No. 9)
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| Art Altman, Jamy Ian Swiss | The Altman Trap | Mar. 2008 |
Antinomy
(Vol. 4 No. 1)
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| Lin Searles | Autobreak | 2008 | ||||||
| Harvey Rosenthal* | Pop-Up Move | 2010 |
Secret Agenda
(Issue June 2)
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| Wesley James | Splay Grip | 2010 | ||||||
| Larry Jennings | Snap Double Lift | 2011 | ||||||
| Jon Armstrong | Breaks | 2011 | ||||||
| Art Altman, Jamy Ian Swiss | The Altman Trap | 2011 | ||||||
| Eric Evans | One Handed Zorro | 2012 | ||||||
| Break Displays | 2012 | |||||||
| Roberto Giobbi | Swing Cut at a Break | 2012 | ||||||
| Tenkai Ishida | Escalón de Tenkai | 2012 | ||||||
| Lin Searles | Auto-Break | 2013 | ||||||
| Roberto Giobbi | Swing Cutting at a Fourth Finger Break | Nov. 2014 |
Genii
(Vol. 77 No. 11)
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| Gabi Pareras | Extraccción de los Ases | 2014 | ||||||
| John Carney | The Dribble Break | 2015 | ||||||
| Alexander Hansford | Microbreaks | 2016 | ||||||
| Dai Vernon | Retrieving the Break | 2016 | ||||||
| Bill Simon, Will Houstoun, Alexander Hansford | Control A | 2016 | ||||||
| Alexander Hansford | Erdnase Break from Jog | 2016 | ||||||
| Tenkai Ishida | Book Break | 2016 | ||||||
| Kick Count | 2017 | |||||||
| Ricky Smith | Establishing a Break | 2017 | ||||||
| Darwin Ortiz | Squaring Subtlety | Oct. 2018 |
Elixir
(Vol. 2 No. 1 (Summer #2))
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| Dai Vernon | Sliding the Break | 2018 |
The Magic of Johnny Thompson
(Issue 1)
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| Greek Break | 2018 |
The Magic of Johnny Thompson
(Issue 1)
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| Max Malini | All-Round Square Up | 2018 |
The Magic of Johnny Thompson
(Issue 1)
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| Johnny Thompson | Break Finesse | 2018 |
The Magic of Johnny Thompson
(Issue 1)
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| Harry Riser | Fan with Break | 2018 |
The Magic of Johnny Thompson
(Issue 2)
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| Lin Searles | Auto-Break | 2018 | ||||||
| Rafael Benatar | Inserting a Card into a Break | 2018 | ||||||
| Roy Walton* | Book Break | 2019 | ||||||
| Edward Marlo | Step Break | 2019 | ||||||
| Lin Searles | Auto Break | 2019 | ||||||
| Rotating Break | May 2020 |
Elixir
(Vol. 3 No. 1 Part 1 (Spring #2))
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| Steve Forte | Flat-Break | 2020 | ||||||
| Steve Forte | spread-break display | 2020 | ||||||
| Steve Forte | getting into breaks | 2020 | ||||||
| Steve Forte | display dodges | 2020 | ||||||
| Roger Klause | Bending the Break | 2020 | ||||||
| Steve Forte | The Optical Cut | 2020 | ||||||
| Steve Forte | One-handed Crimp Cut | 2020 | ||||||
| Heel & Little Finger Z-Break | 2020 | |||||||
| Book Break | 2020 | |||||||
| Steve Forte | Turn-Around Break | 2020 | ||||||
| Steve Forte | Heel Break Push-Off | 2020 | ||||||
| How to Spread Cards and Conceal the Break | 2020 | |||||||
| Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin | Robert-Houdin's Method | 2020 | ||||||
| Dai Vernon | Rescuing a Break | 2020 | ||||||
| Lin Searles | Autobreak | 2020 | ||||||
| Tenkai Ishida | Tenkai Turnover | 2020 | ||||||
| Dai Vernon | Enlarging a Break | 2021 | ||||||
| Max Malini | Deck Flexing | 2022 | ||||||
| Altman Trap with Push-Off | 2022 | |||||||
| Heel Break Transfer | 2022 | |||||||
| Book-break | 2022 | |||||||
| Geoffrey Latta | Spread Break Technique | 2022 | ||||||