Half Pass

225 entries in Cards / Sleights / Reverses / Half Pass
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Classic Pass Half Pass top portion pulled face-up underneath
 		1786 Testament de Jérôme Sharp 96
Classic Pass Half Pass
1876 Modern Magic 14
Classic Pass Half Pass
1889 Tricks with Cards 119
Die Volte mit zwei Händen several handlings (similar to Decremps), also as half pass
 		1896 Der moderne Kartenkünstler 1
Drehvolte half pass, brief
 		Apr. 1897 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 3 No. 4) 53
Die halbe Volte oder "Das Teilen des Spieles" "Die Kartenschule von Carl Willmann"
bottom half passed reversed to bottom
Related to Sep. 1897 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 3 No. 9) 132
Top-to-Bottom Half Pass
1931 Controlled Coincidence 9
One-Card Half-Pass bottom card, spread cover
 		1932 "Eye-Openers" 11
Half Pass bottom half
 		1932 "Eye-Openers" 13
Half Pass turning lower half over
 		1933 More "Eye-Openers" 10
Classic Pass Half Pass brief
 		1936 The Jinx (Issue 22) 129
Half Pass brief
 		1937 The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1936/37) 181
Half Pass brief
 		Aug. 1943 Hugard's Magic Monthly — Volumes I, II, III and IV (Vol. 1 No. 3) 10
Classic Pass Half Pass very brief
 		1949 The Card Magic of Le Paul 185
Half Pass with packet
 		1954 Sleightly Sensational 20
Half Pass
1956 Andrus Deals You In 82
Jerry Andrus As a Substitute for the Pass half pass application
 		1956 Andrus Deals You In 84
Edward Marlo, Carmen D'Amico The Open Reverse deck is turned over under top card under guise of looking at top card
 		1956 Classical Foursome 5
James Steranko Action Half Pass as top half is replaced
 		1960 Steranko on Cards 63
Harry Lorayne Table Edge Half Pass for full deck as cards are sweeped off table
 		1962 Close-up Card Magic 27
Half Pass very brief
 		1962 Close-up Card Magic 34
Spread Half Pass
1964 Personal Secrets 7
Roy Walton Tip on Half Pass Timing
Also published here 1971 Cardboard Charades 9
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Reverses No. 139, "Semi Herman Pass Reverse" (no details, probably some form of half pass), reversed card not seen in reverse fan, then card appear face up with regular fan
Related to 1972 Jacob Daley's Notebooks 38
Karl Fulves Tabled Half Pass
1973 Riffle Shuffle Technique — Preliminary Notes on Part Two 47
Spread Half Pass
1973 Rim Shots 21
Larry Jennings 3 Reverses
Related toAlso published here Mar. 1973 Epilogue (Issue 17) 157
Murray Bonfeld Bonfeld Half Pass swing cut cover
VariationsAlso published here Nov. 1973 Epilogue (Issue 19) 181
Lin Searles Half Passed Turnover
Related toAlso published here 1973 Means & Ends 30
Screened Half Pass
1974 Super Dupes 27
Jerry Andrus Half Pass top half pressed between heels, out-jogged card for cover
Also published here 1974 Special Magic 14
Ken Krenzel Mechanical Reverse
Variations 1975 Epilogue (Issue Special No 2) 251
Edward Marlo Marlo Half Pass for small packet or deck, wedge break, two grips
Related toAlso published here 1976 Kabbala — Volume 3 (Vol. 3 No. 7) 88
Ken Krenzel, Harvey Rosenthal Mechanical Reverse
1976 Close-Up Sampler — Part 1 3
Edward Marlo The Tilt Half Pass
Related toVariations 1977 Marlo's Magazine — Volume 2 75
Edward Marlo Turn Around Action added note to the "Tilt Half Pass"
Related to 1977 Marlo's Magazine — Volume 2 83
Edward Marlo As A Half Pass Wrist Turn Half Pass
 		1977 Marlo's Magazine — Volume 2 89
Edward Marlo Turn Around Half Pass
1977 Marlo's Magazine — Volume 2 99
Harvey Rosenthal Mechanical Reverse to Center
1977 Packet Switches (Part Three) 130
Harvey Rosenthal Half Pass No. 1
 		1977 Packet Switches (Part Three) 199
Harvey Rosenthal Half Pass To Middle No. 8, from bottom to center
 		1977 Packet Switches (Part Three) 201
Jerry Andrus Half Pass top half pressed between heels, out-jogged card for cover
Also published here 1977 More Sleightly Slanted 22
Ken Krenzel The Mechanical Reverse
1978 The Card Classics of Ken Krenzel 207
Doug Edwards Tipsy Turnover method to reverse all but top cards
 		1978 Cardmania 19
Roy Walton The Spread Half Pass
Inspired byAlso published here 1978 The Spread Half-Pass 3
Charlier Cut Half Pass
1979 CardMagic 36
Frank Garcia Surprise Reversal bottom cards with spread cover
 		1980 Exclusive Card Miracles 14
Edward Marlo Half Pass with rubber banded deck
 		1981 Cardworks 90
Karl Fulves The Masked Pass
1981 Milennium Aces 3
Karl Fulves The Concept of Cover cover techniques for the masked pass
Related to 1981 Milennium Aces 8
Karl Fulves Snap Shots convincer condition that all cards are face down
 		1981 Milennium Aces 17
Karl Fulves Over Pass
1981 Milennium Aces 41
Karl Fulves Under Pass while cutting the deck, seated
 		1981 Milennium Aces 43
Karl Fulves Pass Generators on half passes
 		1981 Milennium Aces 52
Karl Fulves The Right-Hand Pass with outjogged card
 		1981 Milennium Aces 53
Karl Fulves One Hand Half Passes
  • 1. Charlier Cut
  • 2. The Jordan Half Pass
  • 3. Fan Pass
  • 4. Single Card
  • 5. Table Pass
  • 6. One-hand Cut
  • 7. Thru-The-Fist Flourish
Related to 1981 Milennium Aces 59
Neal Elias The Elias Half Pass
Variations 1981 Milennium Aces 61
Lin Searles, Jerry K. Hartman Lin Searles' Half Passed Turnover not described, ideas by Jerry K. Hartman
Related to 1981 Milennium Aces 65
Karl Fulves Flip Over openly done
 		1981 Milennium Aces 69
The Mechanical Reverse
1981 Milennium Aces 81
Murray Bonfeld The Bonfeld Half Pass swing cut cover
Also published here 1981 Milennium Aces 86
Karl Fulves The Right-Hand Pass brief
Related to 1981 Octet 50
Ken Simmons A Further Fantastic Move Tilt Half Pass & Future Reverse combo
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here 1981 Cards — With a Different Touch 9
Roy Walton Tip on Half Pass Timing
Also published here 1981 The Complete Walton — Volume 1 54
Roy Walton The Half Pass
1981 The Complete Walton — Volume 1 188
Ken Krenzel Mechanical Reverse
1982 The Complete Works of Derek Dingle 27
Ken Krenzel Mechanical Reverse
1982 The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 1 87
Half Pass basic half pass, briefly
 		1982 Best of Friends 160
Henry Christ Christ Twist
1982 Best of Friends 509
Edward Marlo Nuevo Volteo o Medio Salto Marlo Half Pass, for small packet or deck, wedge break
Also published here 1982 Magia Potagia — Volume II 17
Charlier Cut Half Pass
1983 Worknotes On Brainwave 115
Frank Simon Spread Half Pass with out-jogged card
 		1983 Versatile Card Magic 43
Ken Krenzel Mechanical Reverse brief
 		1984 Marlo's Magazine — Volume 5 180
Edward Marlo Cardician's Mind Keeps Working draw shift variation
Related to 1984 Marlo's Magazine — Volume 5 258
Henry Christ Christ Twist
1984 The Collected Almanac (Vol. 2 No. 17 & 18) 163
Ken Krenzel, Louis Histed Half-Passed Histed peeked at card turns over twice in pocket, featuring Pocket Half Pass
Variations 1985 The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 4 101
Ken Krenzel Mechanical Reverse
1985 Best of Friends — Volume II 361
Ken Krenzel Mechanical Reverse
1986 The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings 30
Henry Christ The Christ Twist
1986 The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings 99
Edward Marlo Half Pass under Top Card
1986 Thirty Five Years Later 12
Ken Simmons, Edward Marlo Bold Half Pass KM type half pass
  • First Method
  • Second Method
  • First Handling
  • Second Handling (Marlo)
 		1986 Riffling the Pasteboards 48
Half Pass brief
 		1986/99 Three Miracle Routines 38
Dai Vernon Half Pass
1987 The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 1 106
Ken Krenzel Mechanical Reverse
1987 Star Quality — The Magic of David Regal 41
David Regal Spread Half Pass Handling
1987 Star Quality — The Magic of David Regal 209
Ken Krenzel Mechanical Reverse
Dec. 1987 Apocalypse (Vol. 10 No. 12) 1433
Larry Jennings Spread Half Pass Handling
1987 Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 1 No. 8) 8
Henry Christ Christ Twist
1987 The Commercial Magic of J.C. Wagner 134
Randy Wakeman Covered Half Pass used as force here (Stewart James' "Nullifactor")
 		1987 Special Effects 4
Edward Marlo Tabled Half Pass
1987 Special Effects 92
Jerry Sadowitz Slip Cut Half Pass
1987 Inspirations 26
Half Pass brief
 		1988 The Magic Way 154
Ken Krenzel Mechanical Reverse
1988 The Cardwright 106
Henry Christ, Larry Jennings The Christ Twist
1988 The Cardwright 173
Scott Robinson Down Shift Circle Shift as a half pass
Inspired by 1988 The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue 24) 409
Edward Marlo Charlier Half Pass with top card cover
 		Apr. 1988 Inside Out (Issue 4) 18
Roy Walton The Spread Half Pass
Also published here 1988 The Complete Walton — Volume 2 50
Larry Jennings Christ Twist
1989 The Black & White Trick 59
Henry Christ The Christ Twist
1989 Cartas Certificadas 88
Jim Patton The Patton Half Pass
1990 Ultra Cervon 149
Bruce Cervon Variations of the Patton Half Pass three variants
 		1990 Ultra Cervon 151
Bruce Cervon The Free-Turn Half Pass
1990 Ultra Cervon 155
Bruce Cervon The Retrograde Half Pass
1990 Ultra Cervon 157
Ken Krenzel, Louis Histed Half-Passed Histed half pass in pocket
 		1990 Close-up Impact! 16
Ken Krenzel Mechanical Reverse here with small packet
 		1990 Close-up Impact! 61
Ken Simmons Simmons Half Pass
Related toAlso published here 1990 Finally! 22
Harvey Rosenthal Rosenthal Mechanical Reverse Transfer
1990 The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 34) 613
Half-Pass
1990 Focus 25
Ken Krenzel, Larry Jennings Partial Mechanical Reverse with half the deck, while holding the other half in dealing position
Also published here 1990 Up in Smoke and Other Tantalizing Mysteries 10
Half Pass with small packet
 		1991 The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1 70
Ken Krenzel Mechanical Reverse
1991 Carneycopia 197
Half Pass
1991 Sveroni Original 13
Half Pass brief
 		1991 Page Wright's Manuscript 171
Jerry K. Hartman, Lin Searles Half-Passed Turnover with variations
  • Spread Half-Passed Turnover
Also published here 1991 Card Craft 92
Cut Half Pass to show cards face up and face down
 		1991 Card Craft 284
Stewart James Nullifactor Move one-handed turnover of deck while keeping top card in place
 		1992 The Olram File (Issue 12) 1
Spread Half Pass
1992 The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 42) 750
Ernest Earick Rotary Reverse as deck is turned over
Related to 1993 By Forces Unseen 19
Peter Duffie, Stewart James Nullifactor Variation deck moved to table and spread, deck turned over under top card
 		1993 Applications 34
Table Tap Cover for Half Pass
1993 Card Selection 3
Alex Elmsley Half Pass with small packet
 		1994 The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2 465
Meir Yedid Tips on the Spread Half-Pass
1994 Magical Wishes 17
Gary Ouellet Fractions on the half pass
 		1994 The Pass 107
Henry Christ Christ Twist
1994 Roger's Thesaurus 94
Ken Krenzel Mechanical Reverse
1994 Roger's Thesaurus 175
Ken Krenzel Mechanical Reverse
1994 Notable Magic! 10
Peter Duffie The Correction Pass for cleaning up a faced deck
Inspired by
  • "Paul Curry Half Pass" (Something Borrowed, Something New)
 1995 Duffie's Card Compulsions 252
Darwin Ortiz Table Edge Half Pass
1995 Cardshark 50
Half Pass
1995 Natural Selections 89
Edward Marlo Marlo's Wrist Turn Pass
  • The Basic Move
  • A Platform Pass
  • As a Table Pass
  • As a Drop Cover Pass
  • As a Half Pass
Related toAlso published here
  • The New Tops, Oct. 1975
 1995 M.I.N.T. — Volume II 243
Jerry K. Hartman, Lin Searles Half-Passed Turnover “originally based on a Paul Curry and Lin Searles concept”
Also published here 1995 After Craft 18
Ken Krenzel Mechanical Reverse
1996 Notes on Card Tricks and Other Diversions 30
Ken Krenzel Mechanical Reverse
1996 The Books of Wonder — Volume 1 199
Half Pass brief
 		1996 The Art of Astonishment — Book 1 (Issue Las Vegas Close-Up) 188
Ken Krenzel Mechanical Reverse
1996 Classic Sampler 6
Ken Krenzel Mechanical Reverse
1996 Workers Number 5 31
Michael Close The Half Pass cover for stand-up use
 		1996 Workers Number 5 141
William Goodwin Mechanical Reverse Variation
1996 The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 62) 1198
Half Pass
1996 The Minotaur (Vol. 8 No. 2) 9
Baltazar Fuentes Vertigo Secret Deck Reversal spread half-pass followed by half-pass to turn over whole deck with previously reversed bottom card
Variations 1996 Arempi 33
Small Packet Half Pass
1996 The Feints and Temps of Harry Riser 199
Larry Jennings, Ken Krenzel Small-Packet Handling of the Mechanical Reverse
1997 Jennings '67 238
Ken Krenzel Mechanical Reverse
1997 Ingenuities 61
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli), Ken Krenzel Mechanical Reverse
1997 Virtual Foolery 14
Gordon Boyd White Knuckled Reversal card reversal
Inspired by 1997 Trephine 37
Ken Krenzel Mechanical Reverse
1999 Drawing Room Deceptions 256
Ken Krenzel Mechanical Reverse
1999 21st Century Card Magic 113
Ken Krenzel Mechanical Reverse
1999 Natural Selections — Volume II 72
Classic Pass Half Pass top half dragged to bottom
 		1999 Theater of the Mind 109
Larry Jennings Small-Packet Mechanical Reverse
Jan. 1999 Genii (Vol. 62 No. 1) 40
Christ Twist
Jan. 1999 Genii (Vol. 62 No. 1) 42
Ken Simmons Simmons Half Pass
Also published here Dec. 1999 Onyx (Issue 9) 19
Roy Walton The Spread Half Pass
2000 Card College — Volume 4 987
Henry Christ The Christ Twist very natural handling
 		2000 Card College — Volume 4 988
Ken Krenzel Mechanical Reverse
2000 Card College — Volume 4 991
Jerry K. Hartman Forward Spread Half-Pass cards in packet spread forward to cover Half-Pass action
Also published here Mar. 2000 Onyx (Issue 10) 7
Jerry K. Hartman Forward Spread Half-Pass
Also published here June 2000 Onyx (Issue 11) 7
Ken Simmons A Further Fantastic Move Tilt Half Pass & Future Reverse combo, brief
Also published here June 2000 Onyx (Issue 11) 23
Ken Krenzel Mechanical Reverse
Aug. 2001 Genii (Vol. 64 No. 8) 24
Stewart James Nullifactor Move brief, one-handed turnover of deck while keeping top card in place
 		July 2001 Ego (Vol. 1 No. 2) 3
Ken Krenzel Mechanical Reverse
2002 Constant Fooling 1 58
Aaron Fisher The Gravity Half Pass invisible Half Pass
Related to 2002 The Paper Engine 15
Aaron Fisher A Half Pass Variation while bringing the deck to eye level and looking at the faces
 		2002 The Paper Engine 24
Aaron Fisher Outjog Half Pass cover for half pass
 		2002 Penumbra (Issue 3) 12
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Half Pass under Top Card
2002 Hofzinser's Card Tricks 116
John Carney Half Pass whole deck under cover card
 		2002 The Book of Secrets 187
Ken Krenzel El medio salto de Ken Krenzel
2002ca. Secuencias 17
Karl Fulves Bonfeld Half Pass Variation swing cut cover
Inspired by 2003 Off The Books (Issue 9) 163
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson Spread Half-Pass revolving opposite to Roy Walton's method
Related to 2003 Card Conspiracy — Vol. 1 118
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson Spread Half-Pass revolving opposite to Roy Walton's method
Related to 2003 Card Conspiracy — Vol. 2 131
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson Back-Flip Half-Pass opposite direction than usual
Related to 2003 Card Conspiracy — Vol. 2 132
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson Dribble Half-Pass
2003 Card Conspiracy — Vol. 2 133
Half Pass
2003 Seven By Michel Huot 20
Jerry K. Hartman Turndown Pass packet is turned over on deck, whole deck is secretly turned over underneath
 		June 2003 Ego (Vol. 2 No. 15) 5
Jerry K. Hartman Half-Pass Cover Action
Also published here June 2003 Ego (Vol. 2 No. 15) 14
Bob Farmer Turnantula half pass as pack(et) is turned over
 		2004 Enchantments 389
Ron Frost Fast Food Flip Basically just a Half pass with one card. Even he admits it's just a Half Pass. (Why give it a new name then?)
 		2004 After The Force 31
Larry Jennings, Ken Krenzel Partial Mechanical Reverse with half the deck, while holding the other half in dealing position
Also published here 2005 Up In Smoke 45
Allan Ackerman The HP Half Pass Hidden Packet maneuver, under cover of thumb fan
 		2005 Ackerman 2004 11
Allan Ackerman, Harvey Rosenthal HP Center Load Variation Hidden Packet maneuver, small block reversed and loaded into center
 		2005 Ackerman 2004 13
Duc Nhien The Quarter Pass
Related to 2005 Overlap 131
Half Pass very brief
 		2007 Best of Friends — Volume III 508
Ken Krenzel Mechanical Reverse brief
 		2007 Handcrafted Card Magic 36
Ken Krenzel Imperceptible Packet Half Pass
Apr. 2007 Genii (Vol. 70 No. 4) 39
Dai Vernon Creeping Reverse with thick block
 		Nov. 2007 Genii (Vol. 70 No. 11) 18
Jerry K. Hartman, Paul Curry, Lin Searles Half-Passed Turnover “This moniker was Lin Searles's name for a sleight separately conceived by him and Paul Curry”
Also published here 2007 Card Dupery 62
Jerry K. Hartman Half-Pass cover action
Also published here 2007 Card Dupery 97
Jerry K. Hartman Forward Spread Half-Pass cards in packet spread forward to cover Half-Pass action, also see p. 138
Also published here 2007 Card Dupery 115
Jerry K. Hartman Forward Spread Half-Pass also see p. 115
Also published here 2007 Card Dupery 138
Half Pass using screening action, brief, not much of a description, photograph showing action, also see p. 10
 		2007 Thought of Cards Across Project 6
Half Pass brief, also see p. 6
 		2007 Thought of Cards Across Project 10
Roy Walton Spread Half Pass
2008 Prolix (Issue 4) 232
Arturo de Ascanio Covering the Half Pass brief
 		2008 The Magic of Ascanio — More Studies of Card Magic 231
Ken Krenzel Mechanical Reverse
2008 El Manuscrito (Vol. 1 No. 4) 59
Paul Cummins, Ken Krenzel, Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Mechanical Reverse Variation
2010 Reinventing the Real 50
Tyler Wilson, Roy Walton Trigger Action Half Pass
2010 Reinventing the Real 88
Roy Walton, Tyler Wilson Spread Half Pass Variation without spread
 		2010 Reinventing the Real 149
Tom Gagnon Half Pass One using tabled ribbon spread cover, application in which peeked-at card turns over
 		2011 Avant-Cards 17
Classic Pass Half Pass top section pulled around to bottom
 		2011 Curtain Call 132
Ken Krenzel Mechanical Reverse
2012 53 Friends 40
Ernest Earick Rotary Reverse brief, see Rotary Reverse
 		2012 53 Friends 41
Ken Krenzel Mechanical Reverse
2013 Magia Demente 42
Half Pass
2013 The Magic of Steven Hamilton 30
Jim Steinmeyer Packet Half Pass
Mar. 2013 Genii (Vol. 76 No. 3) 42
The Top Card Turnover one-handed maneuver that turns over the deck under the top card
 		Sep. 2013 Genii (Vol. 76 No. 9) 17
So Sato The Turnover Half Pass
2016 The Secrets of So Sato 26
So Sato Seated Half Pass Handling
Related to
  • Peter Duffie (Card Conspiracy, 2003)
 2016 The Secrets of So Sato 181
Michael Feldman "Shrug" Half Pass one-handed
 		2017 The Pages are Blank 20
Ken Krenzel Mechanical Reverse while squaring in-the-hands spread
 		Oct. 2018 Elixir (Vol. 2 No. 1 (Summer #2)) 76
Half-pass lower half of deck is reversed in action of spreading deck in hands,
Other Handlings:
  • lower half is reversed as roughly-spread deck is set down on table (p. 194)
  • lower half is reversed as both halves of deck are spread on table (p. 195)
 		2018 Pure Imagination 193
Tony Chang Reversal refinement of Mechanical Reverse
Inspired by 2019 The Neat Review (Issue 2 - New York City 2019) 166
Jeremiah Zuo Excursus 1: The Half Pass
2019 Confessions of A Magic Fan 15
Jeremiah Zuo A Half-Pass While Riffle Shuffling
2019 Confessions of A Magic Fan 16
Jeremiah Zuo A Half Pass While Overhand Shuffling
2019 Confessions of A Magic Fan 17
Half Pass with small packet
 		2019 Secret Language — Volume 1 92
Mark Aspiazu Action Half Pass
2019 Sleightly Out Of Order 168
Mechanical Reverse after cull
 		May 2020 Elixir (Vol. 3 No. 1 Part 1 (Spring #2)) 215
Michael Feldman Shrug Half Pass one-handed
 		2020 Magic for BLM 115
Stewart James Nullifactor Move one-handed turnover of deck while keeping top card in place
 		2020 Output (Issue 7) 15
Mark Aspiazu Expertalk: Mark Aspiazu on the Half Pass jiggle pass approach to the half pass
  • Half Higgled
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Nov. 2001
 2022 Talk About Tricks (Issue 1) 28
Lee Asher Asher Twist brief
Also published here
  • MAGIC, May 2002
 2022 Talk About Tricks (Issue 1) 82
Jerry K. Hartman Half-Passed Turnover brief
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Oct. 2002
 2022 Talk About Tricks (Issue 1) 130
Ken Krenzel Expertalk: Ken Krenzel on the Mechanical Reverse
  • Handling One
  • Handling Two
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Mar. 2003
 2022 Talk About Tricks (Issue 1) 177
Paul Cummins Expertalk: Paul Cummins on the Mechanical Reverse
Also published here
  • MAGIC, May 2004
 2022 Talk About Tricks (Issue 1) 300
Masahiro Yanagida One-Handed Half-Pass for packet under single cover card
Also published here
  • MAGIC, June 2012
 2022 Talk About Tricks (Issue 2) 1122