36 entries in Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Hofzinser Problem Number 8
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Ottokar Fischer Karten Experimente only description of routines, card problems
  • Die Farbenwahl
  • Die verwandelten Asse
  • Die Zigarettentasche
  • Der geheimnisvolle Pique-König
  • Die fünf verwandelten Karten
  • Carte blanche
  • Der magische Fingerring
  • Die sonderbare Übereinstimmung
  • Karte und Banknote
  • Karte und Taschentuch
  • Karte und Uhr
  • Die magische Separation
  • Das Blumenrätsel
  • Das Kartenwerfen
  • Rübenzahl
  • Die Visitkarte
  • Das Spiel der Landsknechte
  • Die mysteriöse Karte
Related toVariations 1910 216
Charles T. Jordan Strange Coincidence coincidence with card values where two values add up to a third selection, stack that will force the number ten
1937 220
Percy Abbott A Mysterious Discovery spectator removes x cards, magician finds card with value x, set-up
1942/27 220
Bill Simon Simon-Chanted Evening small packet cut off by spectator, performer deals rest until spectator says stop, value of stopped-at card corresponds with number of cut-off cards
Sep. 1956
Ibidem (Issue 7)
14
Bill Simon Simon-Chanted Evening small packet cut off by spectator, performer deals rest until spectator says stop, value of stopped-at card corresponds with number of cut-off cards
Sep. 1956
Ibidem (Issue 7)
14
Bruce Cervon Zauberkunste Triumph! based on a Hofzinser trick, amount of chosen card is divined by finding the four cards with the same value, re-deal force
1971
Magick (Issue 23)
113
Gene Finnell D/U Counter packet cut off, down/under deal with rest, remaining card has value as number of cut-off cards
Variations 1973 57
Bernard Bilis Pair-A-Noic spectator cuts off cards, two cards turn over in rest sandwiching selection and values total number of cut-off packet, set-up
VariationsAlso published here Dec. 1978
Apocalypse (Vol. 1 No. 12)
136
Bernard Bilis The Calculating Sandwich total of sandwich cards equals cut of packet
Also published here 1980 23
Al Smith Perdup spectator cuts off cards, he stabs a card in the deck between two cards that add up to the number of cut-off cards
Inspired by 1981 2
John F. Mendoza, Bernard Bilis Calculated Triumph small packet cut off, selection made and returned, deck shuffled face-up and face-down, all one way except sandwich in center with selection, sandwich cards total cut-off packet
Inspired byVariations 1983 59
Justin Higham Another Deo-Ace Trick four Aces are placed on four Twos on table so that suits match, Ace with same suit as selection transforms into selection, two methods
Inspired by Nov. 1986
Inside Out (Issue 1)
6
Philip T. Goldstein Stax-Volt card produced with reverse faros predicted, number of cut-off cards found by adding values
Related toAlso published here 1987 8
Bruce Cervon Cut Prediction two Methods
1988 252
Philip T. Goldstein Stax-Volt card produced with reverse faros predicted, number of cut-off cards found by adding values
Also published here 1989 81
Peter Duffie Adding Some Weight spectator cuts off cards, two cards that add up to that number are reversed by performer and the number of cards between them also matches
Inspired by 1993 15
Charles T. Jordan, Vanni Bossi Still Jordan: His Solution to Hofzinser's Problem No 8 coincidence with card values where two values add up to a third selection, stack that will force the number ten, with commentary by Vanni Bossi
1993 13
Marty Kane Cigar Club eight picture cards and eight number card are shuffled and cut in half, always one picture and one number card, then spectator removes some cards and does a down under deal with the rest, last card tells amount of removed cards
Inspired by 1998 1451
Pit Hartling Unforgettable three phase memory routine, faro
Related toVariationsAlso published here 2003 78
Roberto Giobbi Strange Harmony Giobbi's solution to problem 8, two handlings
Related to 2003 1146
Peter Duffie, Aldo Colombini, Robin Robertson Pseudo Bilis some card cut off by spectator, next cards give its total, selection found as well, using Killer Count
Inspired by 2004 14
Peter Duffie, Aldo Colombini, Robin Robertson Any Deck's a Calculator values add up to number of cut-off cards, using Killer Count
2004 22
Juan Tamariz A Curious Coincidence (Hofzinser?) Strange Harmony / Problem Number 8 with half memorized deck
2004 263
József Kovács Double Prediction spectator cuts off some card, another card chosen by counting down to a number, mate is predicted and two more prediction cards add up to amount of cut-off cards
Oct. 2008
Antinomy (Vol. 4 No. 2)
25
Roberto Giobbi Strange Harmony see Card College for more elaborate handling
Related to 2008 18
Nick Trost Coincidental Cut spectator cuts off packet, then selects card in rest, card on either side add up to number of cut-off pile
Inspired by
  • "How Many Card Did You Cut?" (Henry Bosworth, Linking Ring, Dec. 1970)
2009 314
Nick Trost Mental Fingertips spectator cuts off pile and pockets it, then pockets a card as well, performer finds two cards in his pocket that match the number of cut-off pile, then mate
Also published here
  • marketed in 1964
2009 345
Simon Aronson Multiple Card Sum Stack credit information
2014 154
Dani DaOrtiz The Strange Coincidence (A Hofzinser Problem)
  • DaOrtiz a la Carte!
two-part routine
Jan. 2014
Genii (Vol. 77 No. 1)
30
Zane Kinkade, Bernard Bilis Karma Sandwich spectator cuts off cards, two cards turn over in rest sandwiching selection and values total number of cut-off packet, smaller set-up
Inspired by June 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 6)
54
David Solomon Totally Fooling Sans Shuffle four piles cut to, top cards of three piles total to number of fourth pile, selection on bottom of this pile, then the three numbers used to count to three mates of selection
Inspired by 2018 131
Pepe Lirrojo The Strange Triple Coincidence two cards total amount of cut cards, black cards value matches amount of black cards in cut pile and same with red cards, black cards have different backs
2019 7
John Bannon Bongo Alley
  • Dealing With It
kind of packet version of shuffle bored, predicted with other cards except the final kicker-card
June 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 6)
56
Adam Hudson The Cut It Out Stack three phase routine
  • secret number of cards counted down, performer produces a card of the same value
  • spectator cuts to and remembers the top card, performer divines it
  • card chosen, performer produces two cards that correspond to suit and value of selection
with Alternate Handling
Apr. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 4)
758
Tomás Giammarco Strange Concordance 23332 spectator says stop during running cut, then two cards chosen, their values are used as digits and tell how many cards are cut off, then digits are reversed and the number of cards changes to match, set-up available from Mnemonica stack
June 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 6)
848
Dani DaOrtiz Fluke or Fortuity?
  • Exhumations (Jon Racherbaumer)
two cards are placed aside, spectator cuts off some cards, spectator says stop during running cut for a further packet, all have the same number, faro
Mar. 2024
Genii (Vol. 87 No. 3)
38