680 entries in Cards / Sleights / Cuts / False Cut
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
John Bannon Crocodile False Cut in-the-hands, three packets, face-up/face-down cutting
Also published here 2011 118
John Bannon Flytrap False Cut in-the-hands, three packets
Also published here 2011 122
Benjamin Earl The Sting Cut work on the tabled triple undercut
Also published here 2012 13
Darwin Ortiz Divided-Deck Up-the-Ladder Cut
2012 166
Hindu Shuffle False Cut
2012 213
Roberto Giobbi S.W.E. Shift Applications
Inspired by 2012 232
James Steranko Steranko Cuts the Pack four packets
Also published here
  • Genii, Dec. 1961
Nov./Dec. 2012
Genii (Vol. 75 No. 11 & 12)
74
Justin Higham Ribbon-Spread False Cut annulling the cut
Variations 2012 21
Benjamin Earl The Stutter-Step Subtlety
Also published here 2013 13
Chris Mayhew Trinado gag flourish cut
2013 37
Doug Edwards Vertical Optical Cut
Related to 2013 39
Bobby Bernard False Swing Cut with tap
2013 128
False Cut
2013 103
Miguel Gómez Falso Corte en las Manos false swing cut, in the hands
2013
El Manuscrito (Vol. 6 No. 23)
753
John Bannon Crocodile False Cut in-the-hands, three packets, face-up/face-down cutting
Also published here 2013 189
John Bannon Flytrap False Cut in-the-hands, three packets
Also published here 2013 192
Benjamin Earl, Frank Thompson Finessed Frank Thompson Cut handling touches
Also published here 2014 17
Benjamin Earl The Bounce Cut simulates running cut from hand to table
Related toVariationsAlso published here 2014 19
Jay Ose Ose's Cut
2014 54
Roberto Giobbi False Swing Cut - Actus Interruptus Cut
Also published here May 2014
Genii (Vol. 77 No. 5)
23
Jay Ose Jay Ose False Cut brief
2014 61
Bobby Bernard Optical False Cut swing cut (uncredited)
Related to 2015 24
Bobby Bernard Swing False Cut
2015 104
Steve Beam Tabled False Cut
Also published here
  • Steve Beam's "Card Tricks from Mount Olympus", 1979
2015 109
Jay Ose Ose False Cut
2015 51
R. Paul Wilson Turn-Cut False cut
2015 127
R. Paul Wilson FTM Shuffle packets cuts face up and face down are rolled over to gather them up again
2015 136
Stu Lewis Spectator Does a False Cut to get into Ten Card Poker Deal
Related to
  • "Jonah Card Routine" (Stu Lewis, Linking Ring, Dec. 1977)
2015 28
Harry Lorayne Ten-Count Cut
2015 100
Andi Gladwin Undo Cut running cut from hand to table with spread handling
Inspired byAlso published here Aug. 2015
Genii (Vol. 78 No. 8)
36
Luke Jermay Undo Cut Variation
Related toAlso published here Aug. 2015
Genii (Vol. 78 No. 8)
38
Larry Jennings Falschabheben nach Larry Jennings straight cut to the table
Also published here 2015 188
Justin Higham Pseudo Drop Cut triple cut to table, actually straight cut or cut to a break or double cut substitute
Related to 2015 1
Justin Higham Acting Out Erdnase doing the cut slowly for effect
Related to 2015 13
Paul Harris, Jay Ose The spectator (false) cuts the deck before the deal
Related to 2016 138
Juan Tamariz False Cut Sequence retaining cyclical order
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Aug 27)
247
Roberto Giobbi False Cuts
2016 44
Larry Jennings The Jennings False Cut
2016 45
Roberto Giobbi The False Swing Cut
  • From the Hand in to the Hand (straight cut)
  • From the Hand to the Table
2016 46
Jay Ose Ose's Cut triple cut to table, without credit
2016 218
John Hostler The Ratchet Cut straight cut, deck turned over during cut
2016 44
Frank Thompson F.T. Cut
Also published here Feb. 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 2)
53
Benjamin Earl The Sting Cut work on the tabled triple undercut
  • Varying tempo, rhythm & style
  • Adding false strips
  • Ending with a straight cut
  • Performing the cut twice
Related to
  • False Cut - Third Method (Poker by Hardison, 1914)
Also published here
2017 29
Benjamin Earl Stutter-Step Subtlety straight cut with illusion of triple cut
Also published here 2017 32
Benjamin Earl, Frank Thompson Finessed Frank Thompson Cut
Inspired byAlso published here 2017 47
Benjamin Earl The Bounce Cut simulates running cut from hand to table
Related toAlso published here 2017 51
Jack Carpenter Hustler's Optical False Triple Cut
Related to 2017 37
Juan Villarejo Corte Múltiples en Mesa a una Mano tripple cut, repeated
2017 25
Juan Villarejo Corte Múltiples en Mesa a dos Manos multiple cut on the table, top stock control
2017 27
Juan Villarejo Combinación del Corte Múltiple a un Mano con el Corte para Retener el Paquete Superior de Erdnase first triple cut, then a running cut
Inspired by 2017 29
Vincent Hedan, Juan Villarejo Corte falso VV multiple packets
2017 31
Bobby Bernard False Swing Cut to Table with tap
2017 5
Patrick G. Redford OCD Cut four packet cut, acts like a straight cut
2017 228
Patrick G. Redford CDO Cut three packets
2017 229
Patrick G. Redford PGR Cut four packets
2017 230
Jay Ose Jay Ose False Triple Cut
2017 232
Ben Blau Ose-D Cut same cut as done by Marlo and Tamariz, here credited to Ben Blau, three packets
Related toAlso published here
  • Juan Tamariz "Mnemonica Miracles" DVD 5.
2017 233
Johnny Thompson, Dai Vernon False Running Cut "Greek", top and bottom stock
2018 165
Up the Ladder Cut brief
2018 169
Hindu Grip False Cut learned from a Greek gambler
2018 115
S. W. Erdnase Top Stock Control
Related to 2018 285
Tom Rose The Invisible Cut false running cut form hand to table
Inspired by 2018 21
Bobby Bernard False Cut
2018 3
Harapan Ong Routines with a Tabled False Cut section intro
2018 141
Harapan Ong Tabled False Cut up-the-ladder type
2018 141
Bobby Bernard Logicality False Cut
2018 195
Giancarlo Scalia Bluff Cut miming to cut the top half to the bottom
2018 215
Steve Beam, Frank Thompson F. T. Cut different uses for the F.T. Cut
  • As a Control
  • Bottom to Top Cut
  • Delayed Gratification
  • Red / Black Shuffle
Also published here 2018 223
Steve Beam The Director's Cut shorter version of the F.T. Cut
  • Break for Cover
  • Slip Cut
  • The Pre-Mix
2018 227
Steve Beam The Bicycle Cut dropping four piles on the table
Related to 2018 231
Steve Beam The Table Spread spreading cards on the table to hide a pattern, apparently mixing
2018 238
Steve Beam Premix Cut ruse for cutting the deck so a red and a black card are on the bottom of each half, Gilbreath
2018 243
Steve Beam Fairness False Cut spectator cuts
2018 253
Harry Lorayne Silly Cut tabled straight cut, one-handed, first finger pushed back top half, effect in which the performer names a card and cuts to it
2018 122
Paul Harris, James Swain Spectator Ose Cut
July 2018
Genii (Vol. 81 No. 7)
59
Andrew Frost Tabled False Cut straight false cut from the hands to the table
Related toVariations 2019
The Neat Review (Issue 1 - London 2019)
112
Alexander Hansford Tabled False Cut Variant triple cut variation
Inspired by 2019
The Neat Review (Issue 1 - London 2019)
118
Yves Carbonnier La Fausse Coupe Qui Doit Déjà Exister Quelque-Part swivel false cut from hands to table
Related to 2019 106
Yves Carbonnier La Fausse Coupe Pour N...R Jaques
2019 108
Shane Cobalt False Cuts intro
2019 20
S. W. Erdnase To Retain the Complete Stock
Also published here 2019 20
Shane Cobalt Run Cuts
2019 20
S. W. Erdnase To Retain the Top Stock
Also published here 2019 21
S. W. Erdnase To Retain the Bottom Stock
Also published here 2019 22
Shane Cobalt Without Breaking Stride... about running cuts
2019 23
Shane Cobalt To Retain Top Stock Without Breaking Stride
Inspired by 2019 23
Shane Cobalt To Retain Bottom Stock Without Breaking Stride
Inspired by 2019 23
Shane Cobalt As a False Cut DPS as false cut onto table
Inspired byRelated to 2019 43
Benjamin Earl A False Swing Cut straight false swing cut, triple cut mentioned
Related to 2019 51
Tom Gagnon ZigZag False Cut tabled light-reft spread pass as false cut, pass before the cut
2019 142
Tom Gagnon One-Handed Gambler's False Cut tabled, straight cut, bottom cards slid back to bottom
Inspired byVariations 2019 378
Tom Gagnon Cutting Action Gambler's False Cut tabled, straight cut, bottom cards slid back to bottom
Inspired by 2019 380
Tom Gagnon Dribbler Action Gambler's False Cut tabled, straight cut, bottom cards slid back to bottom
Inspired by 2019 382
Tom Gagnon Price-Gagnon False Cut one-handed onto table
Inspired byVariations 2019 393
Helder Guimarães In-the-Hands False Cut three packets, a bit flourishy
2019 194
Nancy Colwell Scrape Cut! tabled straight false cut
2019
Silhouette (Vol. 1 No. 2)
13
Steve Forte Legitimate Table Cuts and Strips different honest cuts, strip cuts, center strip, Scarne Cut
2020 69
Steve Forte False Table Cuts and Strips intro
2020 71
Steve Forte Scrape-cut tabled straight undercut
  • technical observations
    • clear the bottom half quickly
    • observer's perspective
    • tilt
    • lifting the bottom half
    • instantaneous action
Related to 2020 71
Steve Forte Table-cut (poker) tabled straight forward cut
  • technical observations
    • hand cover
    • speed
    • lifting the initial half
    • cutting with one hand
    • carrying cut with one hand
    • squaring action
Related to 2020 73
Steve Forte Table Double-Cuts second straight cut undoes first cut, two handlings, "don't-let-go" principle
  • center-center cut
Related to
  • "Double Cut" (Evans, How Gamblers Win, 1865)
Variations
2020 76
Steve Forte Gamblers' Cut triple undercut
  • technical observations
    • consistency
    • cutting direction
    • break size
    • grip
    • last cut
2020 77
Steve Forte Up The Ladder
  • technical observations
    • starting grip
    • first undercut
    • eliminate the first stepped packet
    • cover
    • stripping direction and angle
    • only one stepped packet per strip
    • last stripped packet
    • number of strips
    • pace
  • automatic break (transition into riffle shuffle)
  • no stepped packets (Ed Marlo)
  • carrying half decks with UTL
2020 80
Steve Forte CTB Cut/Strip "center, top, bottom", fake running cut to break near bottom
  • technical observations
    • double-cut
    • center packet
    • gaps
    • two distinct phases
Related toAlso published here 2020 83
Steve Forte Carrying Slugs with running/strip cuts, intro
2020 86
Steve Forte Erdnase False Strips improvements for the Erdnase system and its set-up cut
  • top slug
  • bottom slug
Related to 2020 86
Steve Forte delaying the strip top slug, riffle shuffle and cut combination, break held near bottom during shuffle
2020 88
Steve Forte pick-up strip (top slug) single strip action, tabled lift shuffle
Related to 2020 89
Steve Forte over-the-top (bottom slug) single strip action
2020 89
Steve Forte Base-Strip running cut off the bottom
  • technical observations
    • instant start
    • clearing the bottom half
    • lifting the bottom half
    • exaggeration
    • tilting
2020 90
Steve Forte Hidden Secrets - False Strip/Cut as used in television show "Hidden Secrets of Magic" (1996), "don't-let-go" principle
Inspired by 2020 91
Steve Forte Positioning False Cuts and Strips intro, slug brought to center and marked off by break, jog, step
Related to 2020 93
Steve Forte F-strip strip cut with laid jog, optionally followed by riffle shuffle
  • technical observations
    • first stripped packet
    • second stripped packet
    • remaining stripped packets
    • orientation of stripped packets
    • squaring options
    • tight stripping actions
    • split and riffle
    • stripping thin, splitting halves
    • carrying bottom slugs
    • automatic brief
    • f-strip with double cut
Related to 2020 95
Steve Forte Summary on slug controls and false cut
2020 116
Steve Forte Off-the-table False Cuts and Strips differences between tabled and in-the-hands cuts
2020 215
Steve Forte center-strip bottom slug, in-the-hands
2020 215
Steve Forte top slugs in-the-hands running cut combinations
2020 216
Steve Forte bottom slugs in-the-hands running cut
2020 217
Steve Forte Off-the-table Full-deck False Cuts
  • slap cut
  • from hands to table
  • off-the-table scrape-cut
2020 218
Steve Forte Over Variants
2020 221
Steve Forte Summary
2020 226
Steve Forte Bottom-Slug Hops bottom slug secretly slid back to bottom as bottom half is placed on top half
  • bottom-slug hop, one card
  • bottom-slug hop, multiple cards
Related to 2020 315
Steve Forte Moving Cut opposite of scrape-cut
Related to 2020 326
Steve Forte Casino Pop-cut one-handed straight false cut onto table
2020 327
Steve Forte Other Variants
2020 327
Steve Forte Off-the-Table Base Cut straight cut from hand to table, from wedge break
2020 787
Steve Forte Off-the-table Base-cut hand to table, left thumb grips over deck
2020 788
Steve Forte Multi-pile Cuts several options
2020 847
Steve Forte More Options several slug control cuts
Inspired by 2020 848
Steve Forte 1st phase: red-black cuts/strips strip cuts that retain a color separation or sometimes half the deck
2020 877
Bill Malone three piles, three strips false strip-cut
2020 883
Steve Forte hearts, clubs, diamonds, and 28th from the top card found with one-handed false cut
2020 995
Steve Forte screwdriver-cut deck flipped face-up during tabled cut in two stages, real or false
2020 999
Steve Forte one-handed bottom slug Charlier
2020 1001
Steve Forte pancake cut flourish flip-over cut, tabled
2020 1004
Andi Gladwin Undo Cut running cut from hand to table with spread handling
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here 2020 109
Luke Jermay Undo Cut Variation
Inspired byAlso published here 2020 114
Andi Gladwin Spectator Bernard Cut No. 3
2020 134
Dominique Duvivier French Tap False Cut
2020 228
Eddie McColl Step Ladder triple false cut
2020 252
Lewis Jones Multi-Cuts
  • Top-and-bottom Control
  • Full-deck Control
  • Face-up Control
  • OOTW Special
2020 269
Steve Beam Choice Cut I spectator cuts several packets on table, to retain top portion
2020 320
Steve Beam Choice Cut II spectator cuts several packets on table, to retain top portion
2020 321
Edward Marlo One-Handed Fancy False Cut straight cut
Related to 2020
Output (Issue 11)
1
Steve Forte CTB Cut/Strip "center, top, bottom", fake running cut to break near bottom
Also published here Mar. 2020
Genii (Vol. 83 No. 3)
49
Chris Rawlins Ose Cut Subtlety four packets
Inspired by 2020 15
Richard Kaufman History credit information
2020 71
Richard Kaufman Two Optical False Cuts intro
2020 436
Larry Jennings The Lazy Man’s False Cut apparently bottom half drawn out in Hindu shuffle position and placed on top
2020 436
Larry Jennings Wrist Turn False Cut straight cut to the table
Also published here 2020 438
Luis Carreon Quattro Amigos both hands cutting one half one-handedly onto table
Inspired byVariations July 2021
Elixir (Vol. 3 No. Special Chicago Issue #1)
18
Luis Carreon Un Amigo one-handed version
Inspired by July 2021
Elixir (Vol. 3 No. Special Chicago Issue #1)
20
Luis Carreon Daisy Cutter swing false cut combination involving a tabled packet
  • Card Control Variant
July 2021
Elixir (Vol. 3 No. Special Chicago Issue #1)
21
Luis Carreon Everything Sounds Better In Spanish in-the-hands false cut with multiple packets in Hindu shuffle position
July 2021
Elixir (Vol. 3 No. Special Chicago Issue #1)
23
Edward Marlo Marnase Cut straight cut
Also published here 2021
Output (Issue 19)
3
Tables False Cut three packets
Aug. 2021
Genii (Vol. 84 No. 8)
47
Roberto Giobbi False Swing Cut Actus Interruptus application
Also published here 2021 20
Paul Harris Spectator's Ose Cut
2021 25
Lawrence Hass False Shuffles and False Cuts comments and references of what Eugene Burger used
2021 125
Ben Blau Ose-D Cut triple cut on the table, retains cyclical order
Inspired byAlso published here
  • Asymptotes, 2015, p. 304
2021 188
Frank Thompson False Triple Cut uncredited
Also published here 2021 5
Paul Harris Butterfly Cut credit correct?
Dec. 2022
Genii (Vol. 85 No. 12)
65
Bobby Bernard False Swing Cut with tap
2022 19
Derrick Chung Cold Deck Cut Variation incorporating a slip cut displacement
Inspired byRelated to 2022 34
James Swain Expertalk: Jim Swain on the Jay Ose False Cut triple cut to table, spectator does the cutting
Also published here 2022 149
Cut Pass
Also published here
  • MAGIC, July 2006
2022 518
Michael Close Expertalk: Michael Close on the Cold Deck Cut Vernon Cold Deck Cut followed by fake bottom strip
Inspired byAlso published here
  • MAGIC, Apr. 2007
2022 609
Philip Bynorth Expertalk: Philip Bynorth on a False Cut Thompson/Ose combination
Inspired byAlso published here
  • MAGIC, Apr. 2013
2022 1201
John Rakinakis Rackanacus False Cut credited to Vernon in Vernon Chronicles
Also published here 2022 90
Jean-Pierre Vallarino False tabled cut multiple packets on table
2022 134
Brent Braun Bluff Swivel Cut
2022 22
Classic Pass False Cut several packets
2022 127
Father Alex A Top Stock False Running Cut Take on the "Erdnase Top Stock Retention Running Tabled Cut"
  • Additional Ladder Version
Related to 2023
The Neat Review (Issue 5 - Paris 2022)
142
Bradley Hodgins Additional Notes on Tabled Cutting
2023
The Neat Review (Issue 5 - Paris 2022)
164
John Bannon Input Ose Cut spectator tells performer where to cut by stopping riffling
Inspired by June 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 6)
57
John Bannon Double Dutch False Cut spectator can do it, top stock, four packets from hand to table and then assembled
May 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 5)
813
Justin Higham Four-Way Thompson Cut
Inspired byRelated toVariations 2023 11
Justin Higham Tabled Four-Way Thompson handling with deck in riffle shuffle position
  • End Note
Inspired by 2023 3
Alexander Hansford Unrelated Straight Cut multi-packet cut, cuts once
2023 49
Jerry Sadowitz Swing False Cut straight cut, packets turned face-up and tabled
Related to 2024 96