Hofzinser Problem Number 8

47 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 to
Variations
 1910
Kartenkünste
216
Leopold Figner Neue Anwendung magischer Zahlen No. 45, packet is cut and secretly counted, performer removes cards and spectator shall continue counting, starting from his cut number until 21, value of this card matches amount of cut packet
 		1924
Offenbarungen aus dem Reiche der Kartenkunst
41
Leopold Figner Die magischen Karten No. 43, packet of eleven cards are cut and counted how many cards are in the lower packet, performer finds card with matching value
Related to
  • Leopold Figner's "Geheimnisse der Kartenkunst", p. 18.
 1927
Höhere Kartenkunst
60
Leopold Figner Dasselbe, zweite Methode No. 44, packet of eleven cards are cut and counted how many cards are in the lower packet, performer finds card with matching value
 		1927
Höhere Kartenkunst
61
Leopold Figner Das Karten-Orakel No. 46, some cards are cut and a card selected, card is found with value matching the amount of cut cards
 		1927
Höhere Kartenkunst
63
Leopold Figner Eine gedachte Zahl zu erraten No. 47, packet is cut and secretly counted, then rest is dealt and spectator counts until 21 starting with the number matching the cut cards, last card will be of same value as amount of cut cards
 		1927
Höhere Kartenkunst
64
Leopold Figner Zweite Methode No. 48, packet is cut and rest encircled with rubber band, performer removes a card with value matching the cut packet
 		1927
Höhere Kartenkunst
65
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
Also published here
 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
220
Percy Abbott A Mysterious Discovery spectator removes x cards, magician finds card with value x, set-up
 		1942
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 2
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
Gene Finnell's Card Magic
57
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
Also published here
 1975
Charles T. Jordan: Collected Tricks
152
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
Also published here
Variations
 Dec. 1978
Apocalypse (Vol. 1 No. 12)
136
Bernard Bilis The Calculating Sandwich total of sandwich cards equals cut of packet
Also published here
Variations
 1980
French Pasteboards
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
Cards At Bay
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 by
Variations
 1983
The Mendoza Portfolio No. 1
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
Also published here
Related to
 1987
Doth
8
Bruce Cervon Cut Prediction two Methods
 		1988
The Cervon File
252
Philip T. Goldstein* Stax-Volt card produced with reverse faros predicted, number of cut-off cards found by adding values
Also published here
Related to
 1989
A Phil Goldstein Collection
81
Charles T. Jordan Strange Coincidence No. 36, coincidence with card values where two values add up to a third selection, stack that will force the number ten
Also published here
 1992
Charles Jordan's Best Card Tricks
44
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
Card Selection
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
Escorial 1993 — The Hofzinser Year
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
The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 70)
1451
Pit Hartling Unforgettable three phase memory routine, faro
Also published here
Related to
Variations
 2003
Card Fictions
78
Roberto Giobbi Strange Harmony Giobbi's solution to problem 8, two handlings
Related to
 2003
Card College — Volume 5
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
Killer Koncepts
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
Killer Koncepts
22
Juan Tamariz A Curious Coincidence (Hofzinser?) Strange Harmony / Problem Number 8 with half memorized deck
 		2004
Mnemonica
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
Card College Lighter
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
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 2
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
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 2
345
Miguel Ángel Gea, Dani DaOrtiz Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Problema 8 - La extraña Coincidencia
  • Primera Parte - Sobre el problema
    • Soluciones
    • Saltándose el Problema
    • Mi solución
  • Segunda Parte - Versión DaOrtiz
 		2013
El Manuscrito (Vol. 6 No. 26)
884
Simon Aronson Multiple Card Sum Stack credit information
 		2014
Art Decko
154
Dani DaOrtiz The Strange Coincidence (A Hofzinser Problem)
  • DaOrtiz a la Carte!
two-part routine
 		Jan. 2014
Genii (Vol. 77 No. 1)
30
Nick Trost Double Coincidence card chosen, packet cut off and is counted, same number appears at criss-cross cut place and when counted down the mate of chosen card is found
 		2015
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 5
1168
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
Solomon's Secrets
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
Some Different Stuff
7
Nick Trost Calc-ulation two cards chosen, their sum matches the number of cards in a cut-off packet
Related to
 2020
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 8
1987
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