Hofzinser Problem Number 8

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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 Kartenkünste 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 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 220
Percy Abbott A Mysterious Discovery spectator removes x cards, magician finds card with value x, set-up
 		1942/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 2 220
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
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 French Pasteboards 23
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 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
Related toAlso published here 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 1989 A Phil Goldstein Collection 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 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
Related toVariationsAlso published here 2003 Card Fictions 78
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser, Roberto Giobbi Strange Harmony Giobbi's solution to problem 8, two handlings
 		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
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
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
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