Break Finesses

209 entries in Cards / Sleights / Break / Break Finesses
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
S. W. Erdnase To Hold the Location of Cut while Dealing delaying a shift or similar action
Related to 1902 The Expert at the Card Table 94
Sam Leo Horowitz Holding the Break After a Spectator Peeks at a Card
1938 Greater Magic 205
Tom Sellers Transforming Break into Step
1939 The Jinx 51-100 (Issue Summer Extra 1939) 414
Unknown Third Finger Flesh Break
1940 Expert Card Technique 94
Unknown Establishing a Break from a Bridge
Related to 1940 Expert Card Technique 124
Unknown Transfer of Thumb-Count Break to little finger
1940 Expert Card Technique 125
Unknown Enlarging a Break uncredited, possibly claimed by Braue in Notebooks, see reference
Related toAlso published here 1940 Expert Card Technique 125
Cardini Cardini´s Location maintaining break while springing the cards, see also page 208
 		1946 Card Control 51
Unknown Spread and Break Control getting in Overhand Shuffle Position
 		1948 The Royal Road to Card Magic 122
Paul LePaul Riffling while holding the break
1949 The Card Magic of Le Paul 47
Paul LePaul Holding Back two cards while dribbling the cards
 		1949 The Card Magic of Le Paul 74
Dai Vernon Insertion of the Cards alternative to diagonal insertion, getting a break underneath out-jogged card
Related to 1950 Expert Card Technique 464
Edward Marlo A Bit of Handling flexing the deck while holding a break
 		1952 Control Systems 8
Edward Marlo Insertion Break getting break underneath outjogged card
Related to 1953 The Cardician 139
Tenkai Ishida Book Break in context of a one-hand turnover
 		1953 Six Tricks by Tenkai 16
Cy Endfield Handling the Pack. 1. The Riffle after-peek context
 		1955 Cy Endfield's Entertaining Card Magic — Part II 22
Cy Endfield 3. The Greek Break after-peek context
 		1955 Cy Endfield's Entertaining Card Magic — Part II 23
Edward Marlo Picking up a Break by moving hand down instead of cards up
 		1958 The Magic Seven 5
Edward Marlo Table Edge Break Concealment to conceal break when held with right thumb in end grip
 		1958 The Magic Seven 13
Dai Vernon Transferring the Break to Greek Break
 		1967 Ultimate Secrets of Card Magic 134
Dai Vernon Adaption of the Greek Break for Card Stabbing Variation of the Greek Break
 		1967 Ultimate Secrets of Card Magic 137
Dr. James William Elliott Dr. Elliot's Favorite Break Control little finger eccentric position, as delay for pass
 		1967 Ultimate Secrets of Card Magic 174
Unknown Book Break
1968 Expert Card Conjuring 109
Edward Marlo Side Finger-Flesh Grip deck placed into right hand fingertips, yet flesh break retained
Related to 1970 Advanced Fingertip Control 1
Edward Marlo Side Flesh Break applied to Both Hands
1970 Advanced Fingertip Control 3
Edward Marlo Observations on Chapter One new vs. old decks for Side Flesh Break Grip
 		1970 Advanced Fingertip Control 5
Edward Marlo Further Suggestions using Definite Fingertip Peek Controls
1970 Advanced Fingertip Control 34
S. W. Erdnase, Edward Marlo Erdnase Break obtaining the break from fourth finger break
 		1970 Advanced Fingertip Control 77
Edward Marlo Square Up Action with an Erdnase Break
 		1970 Advanced Fingertip Control 78
Edward Marlo Control from Erdnase Break seven methods to control a card marked off by Erdnase break
 		1970 Advanced Fingertip Control 78
Art Altman The Altman Trap dated 1956
 		1970 Advanced Fingertip Control 147
Jerry K. Hartman Obtain Break from Out-jog
Also published here 1970 Secret Subtraction 4
Jerry K. Hartman Obtaining Break One Card Below Out-jog(s) while squaring out-jogged card on top, thumb in-jogs second card
Related to 1971 Odd Lifts 5
Jerry K. Hartman Out-jogged Card Control out-jogged card controlled to second from bottom
Related to 1971 Odd Lifts 19
Jerry K. Hartman Double Dribble holding back last two, to set a two-card break, not used as a Double Lift
 		1971 Odd Lifts 23
Dai Vernon Pivot into Overhand Position pivoting the break
 		1972 The Shank Shuffle 57
Edward Marlo Bottom Break for Riffle Shuffling
1972 The Shank Shuffle 64
Edward Marlo A Digression end tapping break pick-up, three methods
 		1972 The Shank Shuffle 72
Unknown Obtaining Break from Out-jog brief
Also published here 1972 Packet Magic 14
Unknown One-Handed Step Break
Mar. 1973 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 8 No. 5) 610
Lin Searles Reverse Autobreak auto-break from 1957 letter
Inspired by Autumn 1973 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 8 No. 8th Folio) 667
Jerry K. Hartman Knuckle Jog Getting a break above bottom card, alternative to Buckle or Pull Down
Related to 1973 Means & Ends 13
Jerry K. Hartman One Below Break obtain break one card below out-jog(s)
 		1974 Super Dupes 25
Jerry K. Hartman Knuckle Jog brief
 		1974 Super Dupes 50
Karl Fulves Heel Break Insertion riffling to heel break
 		1975 Methods with Cards — Part 2 86
Tenkai Ishida Book Break
1975 Methods with Cards — Part 3 172
Unknown Top Card Break establishing a break under the top card, from "Elliott's Last Legacy" according to page 215
 		1975 Methods with Cards — Part 3 210
Edward Marlo Before the Pass to avoid anticipation of the sleight, casual handling
 		1977 Marlo's Magazine Volume 2 59
Harvey Rosenthal The Pop-Up Move top card break or under small number
Related to 1977 Packet Switches (Part Three) 184
Dai Vernon Vernon Glide with Tenkai Step Turnover
 		1977 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 10 No. Close-Up Folio #8) 1008
Dai Vernon Double Cut Break Handling double cutting with jog, then deck turned over and break retained
Related toAlso published here 1977 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 10 No. Close-Up Folio #8) 1010
Ken Krenzel Spread transforming break into crimp, table spread
 		1978 The Card Classics of Ken Krenzel 137
Unknown Break via Blocking Off picking up a break near bottom of tabled deck
Also published here 1979 Variations 23
Edward Marlo Book Break with two breaks
 		1980 Marlo's Magazine Volume 4 85
Daryl Martinez, Harvey Rosenthal Pop-Up Move with credit information on page 91
 		1980 Secrets of a "Puerto Rican Gambler" 92
Father Cyprian Two Handed One Handed Cut cutting to reversed card
 		1980 The Elegant Card Magic of Father Cyprian 20
Unknown Book Break
1981 Cardworks 53
Don England Inserting a Card into a Break
1981 Don England's T.K.O.'s (Issue Clubs) 20
Unknown Marking a Card in a Spread break to step, different pattern in the spread
Related to 1981 The Commercial Card Magic of Roger Crosthwaite 18
Art Altman The Altman Trap
1982 The Complete Works of Derek Dingle 40
Edward Marlo Book Break keeping break while turning deck over
 		1982 The Complete Works of Derek Dingle 206
Fred Lowe The Ghost Break alternative for pinky break
 		1982 Card Finesse 48
Edward Marlo Pivot-Jog Turnover book break
 		1982 Card Finesse 70
Edward Marlo Pinky Count to Move Break tranferring the card upwards
 		1982 For Your Entertainment Pleasure 46
Edward Marlo Book Break
1982 Best of Friends 181
Unknown Partial Charlier Cut to get break at reversed card
 		1982 Best of Friends 202
Unknown Injog Control angled card, cut on top
 		1982 Close-Up Hallucinations 33
Edward Marlo Book Break
1983 The Collected Almanac (Vol. 2 No. 16) 148
Edward Marlo Bottom Break to Riffle Shuffle Break transferring break into riffle shuffle position
 		1983 The Card Puzzle 24
Art Altman Altman Trap heel break
 		1983 Versatile Card Magic 71
Edward Marlo Dribble Control with Break
1984 Marlo's Magazine Volume 5 312
Daryl Martinez, Harvey Rosenthal Pop-Up Move
1985 The Collected Almanac (Vol. 3 No. 25, 26 & 27) 251
Edward Marlo Pivot-Jog Turnover pivot spread, book break, also with multiple breaks
 		1985 Best of Friends — Volume II 381
Ben Harris Peek Finesse featuring a break display
 		1985 Best of Friends — Volume II 491
Unknown Veeser Concept from Erdnase Break
1985 Korem without Limits 159
Unknown Another Location getting small jog and then break as top half is replaced
Related to 1985 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 1) 23
Dai Vernon, Max Malini Peek Control holding break as deck is balanced on fingers, then step fan (1939)
Related to 1985 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 2) 29
Charlie Miller Additional Miller Notes
  • holding break while tapping on table
  • nailnick and estimate distance from key
  • "Vernon's 7 card, 7 piles trick."
(1940)
 		1985 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 3) 1
Frederick Braue Braue Crimp Control featuring "enlarging a break", also with short card (see following item)
Related to 1985 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 3) 20
Daryl Martinez, Harvey Rosenthal The Pop-Up Move one handed method for top card break, credit information
 		1985/87 Daryl's Ambitious Card Omnibus 19
Lin Searles Auto-Break
1986 The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings 19
Larry Jennings The Immaculate Insertion achieving very squared condition
 		1986 The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings 27
Larry Jennings Retaining Break While Deck is turned Over used for setting up for double lift
 		1986 The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings 57
Lin Searles Auto-Break
1986 The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings 163
Lin Searles Auto Break
1986 The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings 214
Dai Vernon Enlarging a Break
Related toVariations 1987 The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 1 10
Dr. James William Elliott Breaking at the Injog
1987 The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 1 12
Dai Vernon Rotating the Break
1987 The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 1 15
Bruce Cervon Running Cut While Holding a Break
1988 The Cervon File 191
Art Altman The Altman Trap
1988 Darwin Ortiz at the Card Table 111
Edward Marlo Book Break Pivot-Jog Turnover
 		1988 Marlo's Magazine Volume 6 233
Larry Jennings Pressure Break
Related to 1988 The Cardwright 112
Tenkai Ishida Book Break in context of a one-hand turnover
 		1988 The Thoughts of Tenkai 22
Dai Vernon Back Breaker obtaining break under top card
Related to 1989 The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 3 37
Karl Fulves Tenkai Book Turnover Comments
1989 Kaleidoscope 45
Rafael Benatar Inserción Resorte apparently random insertion of card from front into greek break
Also published here 1989 Cartas Certificadas 89
Dai Vernon Enlarging a Break
1990 Close-up Impact! 89
Unknown Book Break
1990 Finally! 55
Harvey Rosenthal The Traveling Break break held while pack is turned over
 		1990 The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 34) 607
Edward Marlo Sure-Fire Covered Get-Ready getting break under top cards while displaying a face-up side-jogged card on deck
 		1990 Cardfixes 30
Edward Marlo Book Break
1990 Cardfixes 38
Edward Marlo Automatic Book Break
1990 Cardfixes 57
Alex Elmsley Break Time - Battling the Bulge shifting left little finger break to right thumb
 		1991 The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1 92
Alex Elmsley A Bluff Hand-to-hand Transfer while maintaining a break
 		1991 The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1 92
Alex Elmsley Preparing for the Double Lift two ways to pick up a break
 		1991 The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1 94
Roger Klause The Breakout Display bending deck and displaying it resting on fingers of one hand
 		1991 Roger Klause: In Concert 117
T. Page Wright A Cut at Any Number using thumb count (with right hand shielding the count) and several finesses like pre-established breaks, mis-hearing and so on
 		1991 Page Wright's Manuscript 162
Edward Marlo Automatic Book Break
1992 The Wild Card Kit 25
Unknown Book Turnover Break
1992 The Olram Aces — The Impossible Travellers 8
Tenkai Ishida Book Break in context of a one-hand turnover
 		1992 La Magia de Ascanio — Vol. 3 136
Vanni Bossi Delayed Control after the Peek bridging top part after fingertip peek, method to obtain break at bridge after table spread delay
Inspired by 1992 Escorial 1992 — The Marlo Year 13
Rafael Benatar The Crocodile apparently random insertion of card from front into greek break
Also published here 1993 Three Professional Card Routines 10
Ernest Earick Step to Break Transfer
1993 By Forces Unseen 31
Ernest Earick Post-Peek Riffle Display
1993 By Forces Unseen 73
Max Malini Deck Flexing while holding a break
 		1993 By Forces Unseen 73
Edward Marlo No-Break Convincer apparently no break can be held
 		1993 The Olram File (Issue 13) 10
Unknown ブレークをなくさないターンオーバー (Maintaining a break while turning the deck over)
 		1993 Larry Jennings's Card Technique 128
Unknown Establishing a Break from a Bridge enlarging a break
 		1993 Card Selection 18
Eddie Fechter Cover For Peek Control deck is flexed while holding a break
 		1993 Fechter 186
Unknown Book Break with packet
 		1994 Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing 185
Unknown Veneri Break Transfer heel break
 		1994 Roger's Thesaurus 59
Unknown The Riffle also while holding break
 		1995 Card College — Volume 1 34
Unknown Auto Break pressing on upper left corner with thumb
 		1995 Notes from The Summit 14
Steve Bedwell Establishing Pinky Break underneath one card
 		1995 ca. Siamese Signatures and Other Oddities 15
Lin Searles Auto-Break
1996 Classic Sampler 7
Harry Riser Greek Break & Overhand Shuffle for clean display and table-tapping, then going into overhand shuffle, see also p. 86
Related to 1996 The Feints and Temps of Harry Riser 38
Lin Searles Autobreak
1997 Jennings '67 23
Ernest Earick Little Finger Break Transfer as a packet is turned over, see also p. 191
 		1997 Solomon's Mind 179
Lin Searles Auto Break
1998 Hard-Boiled Mysteries 10
John Carney The Dribble Break method of obtaining a break above or below a card
 		1998 Card College — Volume 3 529
Unknown Transferring a Break from the little Finger to the Heel of the Thumb
  • Two-Handed Method
  • One-Handed Method
 		1998 Card College — Volume 3 532
Rafael Benatar Inserting a Card into a Break from front
 		1998 Card College — Volume 3 533
Edward Marlo Book Break keeping break while turning deck over
 		1999 21st Century Card Magic 108
Dai Vernon Gesture Break setting up for double lift
 		1999 Mechanical Deck 21
Dai Vernon ECT Get-Ready upwards buckling
 		1999 Mechanical Deck 22
Dai Vernon Enlarging a Break
1999 Mechanical Deck 28
Ellis Stanyon The "Stanyon" Cut Pass No. 5, doing an open cut after holding the break during riffling with some delay
Related to 1999 Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks 225
Dai Vernon, Max Malini Vernon-Malini Card Break Transfer to right little finger after peek
Also published here
  • Daley Notebooks
 Nov. 1999 Genii (Vol. 62 No. 11) 32
Neal Elias Pivoting the Break pivoting deck after overhand shuffle
Related to 2000 Gambling Notes 12
Baltazar Fuentes Fuentes Step Insertion Aces apparently put on bottom, but inserted into two breaks near bottom
 		2000 I'm Dancing 35
Edward Marlo Book Break
Nov. 2000 Genii (Vol. 63 No. 11) 58
Cardini Spring Break holding break while springing, spelling trick application
Related to
  • "Spring Peek" (Joseph K. Schmidt, Discoverie #4)
 2001 Latter Day Secrets (Issue 5) 127
Dai Vernon Double Cut Break Handling double cutting with jog, then deck turned over and break retained
Also published here 2001 Latter Day Secrets (Issue 6) 188
Edward Marlo Pivot-Jog Turnover book break
 		2002 FASDIU II 81
Tenkai Ishida Pivot Break / Book Break
2002 The Paper Engine 111
Art Altman Altman Trap
2002 Scams & Fantasies with Cards 23
Art Altman Altman Trap
2002 Penumbra (Issue 4) 14
Rafael Benatar The Crocodile inserting a card in a break
 		2003 Card Fictions 70
Tenkai Ishida Pivot Break
2003 Card College — Volume 5 1247
Ernest Earick Step to Break Transfer break retained as deck is turned over
 		2003 Penumbra (Issue 6) 4
Unknown Break via Blocking Off picking up a break near bottom of tabled deck
Also published here 2003 Variations Revisited 40
Harvey Rosenthal The Pop-Up Move
2004 Penumbra (Issue 8) 17
Tenkai Ishida Step Break credit information
 		2004 Enchantments 75
Wesley James Splay Grip small packet buckle, similar to reference
Related to 2004 Enchantments 382
Dave Campbell Top Card Break - single handed buckling top card with thumb on outer right corner
 		2004 The Dave Campbell Legacy 407
Art Altman The Altman Trap
2005 Up In Smoke 12
Larry Jennings Retaining Break While Deck is turned Over
2005 Up In Smoke 57
Edward Marlo Book Break
Feb. 2005 Antinomy (Vol. 1 No. 1) 32
Kostya Kimlat Breaking Glances "Work with the Marlo Fingertip Flesh Break"
  • The Basic Technique
  • Touches
    • The Closed-Deck Convincer
    • Creating a Step
    • The Fan Peek
    • Outer Peeks
  • Continuations
    • Riffle Force
    • Overhand Shuffle
    • Riffle Shuffle
    • Hindu Shuffle
    • Pulp Friction
    • Marlo's Ruse
Related to May 2005 Antinomy (Vol. 1 No. 2) 20
Tenkai Ishida Book Break
2006 The Magic of Ascanio — Studies of Card Magic 228
Charlie Miller Charlie Miller's Break Handling riffling, elevated dealing position
Also published here
  • MUM, Aug. 2001
 2006 Secrets of an Escamoteur 13
Tenkai Ishida The Tenkai Turnover Book Break Turnover
 		2008 The Magic of Ascanio — More Studies of Card Magic 27
Arturo de Ascanio, Johnny Thompson The Almost Pinkieless Maneuver maintaining break while turning deck over
 		2008 The Magic of Ascanio — More Studies of Card Magic 366
Roberto Giobbi Sliding the Break cutting to break, tabled
 		Feb. 2008 Genii (Vol. 71 No. 2) 14
Unknown Double Book Break Glimpse
Sep. 2008 Genii (Vol. 71 No. 9) 24
Art Altman, Jamy Ian Swiss The Altman Trap
Also published here Mar. 2008 Antinomy (Vol. 4 No. 1) 42
Harvey Rosenthal Pop-Up Move
2010 Secret Agenda (Issue June 2) 164
Larry Jennings Snap Double Lift to move break from thumb to pinky
 		2011 More Power to You 144
Jon Armstrong Breaks tips
 		2011 The Magical Adventures of Jon Armstrong 7
Art Altman, Jamy Ian Swiss The Altman Trap
Also published here 2011 Devious Standards 112
Eric Evans One Handed Zorro getting into Z-Break one-handed, selection reverses in center as application
Related to 2012 53 Friends 7
Unknown Break Displays
2012 Confidences 88
Roberto Giobbi Swing Cut at a Break
2012 Confidences 108
Lin Searles Auto-Break
2013 The Magic of Steven Hamilton 68
Roberto Giobbi Swing Cutting at a Fourth Finger Break Altman trap
 		Nov. 2014 Genii (Vol. 77 No. 11) 23
John Carney The Dribble Break
Related to 2015 F for Fiction 13
Alexander Hansford Microbreaks Work on obtaining, maintaining and recovering from very fine pinky breaks
 		2016 Sprezzatura 10
Dai Vernon Retrieving the Break Recovering from a fine pinky break
Related to 2016 Sprezzatura 12
Bill Simon, Will Houstoun, Alexander Hansford Control A Sidejogging a card during square up to obtain microbreak, sidejog finesse provided by Will Houstoun, cut card to the top of the deck
Inspired by 2016 Sprezzatura 13
Alexander Hansford Erdnase Break from Jog
2016 Sprezzatura 17
Tenkai Ishida Book Break without credits
 		2016 Notes de Causerie 23
Unknown Kick Count moving break one card higher
 		2017 A New Angle 67
Ricky Smith Establishing a Break under a few cards, using partial cull
 		2017 Threeve 41
Darwin Ortiz Squaring Subtlety Squaring the deck with index finger while catching a break above or below injog
 		Oct. 2018 Elixir (Vol. 2 No. 1 (Summer #2)) 101
Dai Vernon Sliding the Break tabled cut at a break
 		2018 The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 1) 40
Unknown Greek Break tapping deck on table
 		2018 The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 1) 102
Max Malini All-Round Square Up with deck squeeze/flex
Variations 2018 The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 1) 261
Johnny Thompson Break Finesse apparently no break is held
Inspired by 2018 The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 1) 266
Harry Riser Fan with Break pressure fan with break, results in step
 		2018 The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 2) 101
Lin Searles Auto-Break
2018 Repertoire 99
Rafael Benatar Inserting a Card into a Break heel break
 		2018 Handcrafted Card Magic — Volume 3 26
Roy Walton Book Break
2019 Grand Livre de Cartomagie 208
Edward Marlo Step Break
2019 Tesseract 27
Unknown Rotating Break thumb break maintained as deck is pivoted over
 		May 2020 Elixir (Vol. 3 No. 1 Part 1 (Spring #2)) 199
Steve Forte Flat-Break retaining contact to side-jogged card during overhand shuffle
 		2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1 195
Steve Forte spread-break display concealing break during in-the-hands spread display, temporary step
 		2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2 750
Steve Forte getting into breaks getting into a break with overhand shuffle, insertion cut with all-around square up
 		2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2 751
Steve Forte display dodges showing top cards of tabled deck and using display to pick up breaks or go into transfer cuts
 		2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2 752
Roger Klause Bending the Break
2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2 761
Steve Forte The Optical Cut featuring clean spin cut at a break
 		2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2 789
Steve Forte One-handed Crimp Cut clean cutting to the last Ace after a spectator's strip cut, one-handed crimp enlargement
Inspired by 2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2 822
Unknown Heel & Little Finger Z-Break see also end notes about holding two breaks
 		2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2 908
Unknown Book Break
2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2 908
Steve Forte Turn-Around Break step to break after 180 degree turn of deck
 		2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2 909
Steve Forte Heel Break Push-Off
2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2 1019
Unknown How to Spread Cards and Conceal the Break deck spread while holding a break
 		2020 Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy 37
Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin Robert-Houdin's Method gesturing with a card in right hand while picking up a break under the top card
 		2020 Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy 38
Dai Vernon Rescuing a Break enlarging a break
Also published here 2020 Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy 51
Lin Searles Autobreak
2020 Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy 60