Smith, Ricky

Book

2023
Written by Ricky Smith
Work of Ricky Smith

74 pages (Paperback), published by Studio 52
Illustrated with drawings by Ricky Smith
Language: English

26 entries

Creators	Title	Comments & References		Page	Categories
Ricky Smith	Introduction			9	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Ricky Smith	Egg Bag Routine	any named object appears in bag in form of an egg, baby gag presentation	Also published here Egg Bag Routine (Ricky Smith, Nothing as it Seems, 2015)	11	Egg / Egg Bag Mental Magic / Effects / Gag
Ricky Smith	Card at any Vowel	"card to top" presentation	Also published here Card at any Vowel (Ricky Smith, Nothing as it Seems, 2015) also in: Card at any Vowel (Ricky Smith, Threeve, 2017)	13	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Funny Locations Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Sequences Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Impromptu
Ricky Smith	Dealing DPS	way to get into "Diagonal Palm Shift	Also published here Dealing DPS (Ricky Smith, Nothing as it Seems, 2015) also in: Dealing DPS (Ricky Smith, Threeve, 2017) Inspired by The Diagonal Palm-Shift (S. W. Erdnase, The Expert at the Card Table, 1902) also in: The Diagonal Palm Shift (The Multiple Shift, 1989) The Diagonal Palm Shift (Genii, 2009)	17	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Classic Palm / Left Hand / Center
Ricky Smith	Learning Palming		Also published here Learning Palming (Ricky Smith, Nothing as it Seems, 2015) also in: Learning Palming (Ricky Smith, Threeve, 2017)	19	Cards / Sleights / Palming / General Comments Cards / Sleights / Palming / Tips for Misdirection, Cover & Angles
Ricky Smith	On Palm-to-Palm Transfers	general comments		20	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Change over Palms
Ricky Smith	Learning Second Dealing	practice tips	Also published here Learning Second Dealing (Ricky Smith, Nothing as it Seems, 2015) also in: Learning Second Dealing (Ricky Smith, Threeve, 2017)	25	Cards / Sleights / False Dealing / General Comments Cards / Sleights / False Dealing / Second Deal / Strike
Ricky Smith	On the Punch Deal			26	Cards / Sleights / False Dealing / Punch & Scratch Deal Handlings
Ricky Smith	When Life Gives You Lemons...	idea for classic punch deal		33	Cards / Sleights / False Dealing / Punch & Scratch Deal Handlings Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / You just get the winning Hand.
Ricky Smith	Kepplinger Prediction	three selections travel to performer's sleeve	Also published here Kepplinger Prediction (Ricky Smith, Card Men, 2014) also in: Kepplinger Prediction (Ricky Smith, Nothing as it Seems, 2015) Kepplinger Prediction (Ricky Smith, Threeve, 2017)	35	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to impossible Location / Sleeve
Ricky Smith, S. W. Erdnase	Multiple Card DPS Handling		Also published here Multiple Card DPS Handling (S. W. Erdnase, Ricky Smith, Card Men, 2014) also in: Multiple Card DPS Handling (S. W. Erdnase, Ricky Smith, Nothing as it Seems, 2015) Multiple Card DPS Handling (Ricky Smith, S. W. Erdnase, Threeve, 2017) Inspired by The Diagonal Palm-Shift (S. W. Erdnase, The Expert at the Card Table, 1902) also in: The Diagonal Palm Shift (The Multiple Shift, 1989) The Diagonal Palm Shift (Genii, 2009) Related to The Diagonal Palm-Shift (S. W. Erdnase, The Expert at the Card Table, 1902) also in: The Diagonal Palm Shift (The Multiple Shift, 1989) The Diagonal Palm Shift (Genii, 2009)	37	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Shifts / Passive Cards / Sleights / Palming / Classic Palm / Left Hand / Center
	Notes on Sundry Items			43	Articles / Chapter Heading
Ricky Smith	The Art of Using the Coat as a Servante	when sitting, also without table	Also published here The Art of Using the Coat as a Servante (Ricky Smith, Nothing as it Seems, 2015)	43	Lapping Principles / General Principles Pocket Techniques / Miscellaneous
Ricky Smith	Two Phase Ambitious Card Routine		Also published here Two Phase Ambitious Card Routine (Ricky Smith, Nothing as it Seems, 2015) Inspired by A Foregone Conclusion (Ray Kosby, William Goodwin, Genii, 2000)	45	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Sequences
Ricky Smith	Pulp Friction for Right Handed Folk	chest height	Also published here Pulp Friction for Right Handed Folks (Ricky Smith, Nothing as it Seems, 2015) Inspired by Pulp Friction (Lee Asher, Pulp Friction, 2000) also in: Pulp Friction (Pure Imagination, 2018)	47	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Spread Controls Cards / Sleights / Culling / Spread Cull / Reverse Cull
Ricky Smith	The Bear Trick	card travels to case but torn up, pieces restored	Also published here The Bear Trick (Ricky Smith, Nothing as it Seems, 2015) also in: The Bear Trick (Ricky Smith, Threeve, 2017)	49	Cards / Effect Themes / Torn & Restored / At once Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Card Case
Ricky Smith	Shuffle DPS	way to get into "Diagonal Palm Shift"	Also published here Shuffle DPS (Ricky Smith, Nothing as it Seems, 2015) also in: Shuffle DPS (Ricky Smith, Threeve, 2017) Inspired by The Diagonal Palm-Shift (S. W. Erdnase, The Expert at the Card Table, 1902) also in: The Diagonal Palm Shift (The Multiple Shift, 1989) The Diagonal Palm Shift (Genii, 2009)	51	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Classic Palm / Left Hand / Center
Ricky Smith	The Runcible Card Trick	accidentally torn card is put away and spectator selects it again from deck, then it turns out to be paperclipped card from beginning	Also published here The Runcible Card Trick (Ricky Smith, Threeve, 2017) Inspired by "#@!" (Jay Sankey, 100% Sankey, 1990) also in: Paperclipped (The Definitive Sankey — Volume 1*, 2012)	55	Cards / Effect Themes / Torn & Restored / At once Cards / Effect Themes / Torn & Restored / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Illogical Things / Signed Card & Mystery Card
Ricky Smith	The Bar on Spring Street	spectator selects card, performer then stops springing flourish at three Aces which match selection	Also published here The Bar on Spring Street (Ricky Smith, Threeve, 2017) Inspired by Springing the Aces (Steve Forte, Channel One, 2000) also in: springing the aces (Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2, 2020)	59	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / One by One
Ricky Smith	Establishing a Break	under a few cards, using partial cull	Also published here Establishing a Break (Ricky Smith, Threeve, 2017)	60	Cards / Sleights / Break / Break Finesses Cards / Sleights / Culling / Spread Cull / to do more (palming, placement, ...)
Art Altman	Double Undercut Palm	brief		60	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Classic Palm / Left Hand / Top
Steve Forte	Spring St. Aces Production	stopping at an Ace during springing flourish		62	Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Springing the Cards Cards / Sleights / Pop-out Productions / Two-Handed
Ricky Smith	The Odds Against Us	spectator cuts at his card, then it travels to envelope	Also published here The Odds Against Us (Ricky Smith, Threeve, 2017)	65	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to impossible Location / Envelope(s) Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Spectator locates Card / Miscellaneous
Michael Skinner	Loading Technique		Also published here Loading Technique (Michael Skinner, Threeve, 2017) Related to On the Card to Wallet (Michael Skinner, Classic Sampler, 1996)	67	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to impossible Location / Wallet
Ricky Smith	What a Fool Believes	any card named, performer produces two cards from the air that are wrong with a verbal gag ("Nine out of Ten ain't bad")		69	Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / free Choice (all 52 cards) Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Gags Cards / Effect Themes / Appearance & Production / In the empty Hands
Ricky Smith	Damn It...	presentation for Easy Money as transposition that goes wrong and ends with two bundles of one-dollar bills		71	Bill / Transposition Bill / Transformation / Bill or Paper / Multiple / In the Hands

Data entered by Denis Behr, December 2023.

I Spilled the Coffee

Some Notes by Ricky Smith