Michael F. Zens

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Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	Categories
Michael F. Zens	Zens' Card Miracle	with marked cards and two decks set-up		1937	Encyclopedia of Card Tricks	296	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge multiple Card Location Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Marked deck / Backs
Michael F. Zens	Zens' Miracle Pocket to Pocket Trick	three chosen cards, envelopes, repeating set-up deck	Related to The Improved "Zens" Cards & Envelopes (Michael F. Zens, My Best, 1945) Variations "Genii" vol. 7 no. 4, 1942 also in: Out of the Past (Paul Curry's Worlds Beyond, 2001) Zens a la Curry (Paul Curry, Bob Haines, Magick, 1987) … and 2 more	1937	Encyclopedia of Card Tricks	298	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Al Koran type Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) Across / Classic & Variations
Michael F. Zens	Quadruple Poker Trick		Related to Bag Lady (Steve Beam, Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10, 2015) Stack Attack (Steve Beam, Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10, 2015) … and 3 more Variations Zens-Ational (Russell "Rusduck" Duck, The Cardiste, 1957) The Second Hand Gambler (Peter Duffie, Method in Effect, 1996) … and 1 more	1937	Encyclopedia of Card Tricks	369	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Any Pokerhand Called For
Theodore Annemann*, Michael F. Zens	Call Your Hand	ten card set-up, see credit claim by Val Evans on page 259	Also published here Cualquier Jugada a Petición (Michael F. Zens, Vicente Canuto, Theodore Annemann, Cartomagia Fundamental, 1993) Variations Calling Your Hand, Again (Eddie Fields, The Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields, 1968) also in: Calling Your Hand, Again (The Greater Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields, 1997) Call Your Hand Variation (James G. Thompson Jr., The Living End*, 1972) … and 2 more	Sep. 1937	The Jinx (Issue 36)	243	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Any Pokerhand Called For Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Gambling Stack / Partial
Michael F. Zens	Zen's X-Clusive Card Combination	several cards are selected from a shuffled deck and replaced, performer finds them, then cards are put in envelopes, inside are predictions which match	Also published here The Mike Zen's Card Act (Michael F. Zens, Ireland's Yearbooks, 1951)	Nov. 1939	Chap's Scrapbook (Vol. 2 No. 5)	1	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Divided Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Multiple Card Prediction Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge multiple Card Location
Michael F. Zens	Card Addition	cards and envelopes		Nov. 1939	Chap's Scrapbook (Vol. 2 No. 5)	2	Cards / Sleights / Additions / with Props
Michael F. Zens	The Improved "Zens" Cards & Envelopes		Related to Zens' Miracle Pocket to Pocket Trick (Michael F. Zens, Encyclopedia of Card Tricks, 1937)	1945	My Best	55	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Al Koran type Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) Across / Classic & Variations
Michael F. Zens	The M. F. Zens Magic Table And Walking Through Ribbon Illusion	plans for a table		1945	My Best	345	Table & Servante
James G. Thompson Jr.	Biographical Sketches of Contributors	Theo. Annemann Charles Arbuthnot George E. Arrowsmith Roger Barkann Sylvan Barnet Joseph L. Barnett Raymond L. Beebe Eugene Bernstein J. B. Bobo John N. Booth Tom Bowyer Vynn Boyar Joan Brandon Fred Braue John Braun Lu Brent R. C. Buff Clyde F. Cairy Loring Campbell Jack Chanin Frank Chapman Forest V. Chesbro Milbourne Christopher Eddie Clever Stanley Collins Mystic Craig Thomas J. Crawford John J. Crimmins, JR. Paul J. Curry Del Monte Harry Dobrin Ronald B. Edwards Bruce Elliot Professor El-Tab Dr. E. G. Ervin Dr. Henry Ridgely Evans Val Evans "Hen" Fetsch Thomas B. Fitzgerald Dariel Fitzkee Sid Fleischman Joseph Harman Fries Martin Gardner Teral Garrett Walter B. Gibson Arnold L. Grubin Nelson C. Hahne Hathaway Royal V. Heath Charles H. Hopkins Jean Hugard Mark Jacobs R. M. Jamison F. H. Jeudevine Maurice Kains George G. Kaplan George Karger Joseph A. Karson Wilbur Kattner Gerald Lynton Kaufman Howard B. Kayton, M.D. The Great Kolar Gerald Kosky Abril Lamarque William W. Larsen Sid Lorraine Art Lyle L. Vosburgh Lyons Richard F. Madden Greer Marechal, JR. George McAthy William H. McCaffrey Jack McMillen Harry Mendoza Orville Meyer John W. Mifflin Chester Morris Paul Morris Frederick Mosteller Robert A. Nelson C. A. George Newmann Grady S. Nicholson Dr. Cecil E. Nixon Charles Walter Nyquist Dell O'Dell Tom Osborne George Harrison Pittman Julien J. Proskauer Clayton Rawson Ralph W. Read Dolf Rudin Herb Rungie Ned Rutledge James J. Sanders Lucille Pierce Saxon Sigmar - The Magician Jerry Sorensen Willard S. Smith George Starke Dr. Raymond V. Stone, SR. (RAMO) Harlan Tarbell DR. Franklin Taylor J. G. Thompson, JR. Jack F. Trebel M. Van Reese Jack Vosburgh Audley Valentine Walsh Peter Warlock Herman L. Weber Bob Weill William H. Wilson Tommy Windsor Howard H. Wise Ed. Wolff Michael F. Zens		1945	My Best	347	Articles / Biographical
Michael F. Zens	The Mike Zen's Card Act	several cards are selected from a shuffled deck and replaced, performer finds them, then cards are put in envelopes, inside are predictions which match	Also published here Zen's X-Clusive Card Combination (Michael F. Zens, Chap's Scrapbook, 1939)	1951	Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1951)	18	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Divided Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Multiple Card Prediction Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge multiple Card Location
Michael F. Zens	Card Addition	cards and envelopes		1951	Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1951)	19	Cards / Sleights / Additions / with Props
Russell "Rusduck" Duck	Zens-Ational	see No. 8 for credit information	Inspired by Quadruple Poker Trick (Michael F. Zens, Encyclopedia of Card Tricks, 1937) Related to Research Division (Russell "Rusduck" Duck, Stewart James, The Cardiste, 1958)	May 1957	The Cardiste (Issue 2)	3	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Any Pokerhand Called For
Charlie Miller, Michael F. Zens	The Zens Card Trick	with two selections		1967	Charlie Miller Lecture Notes	19	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) Across / Thought Cards Across
Eddie Fields	Calling Your Hand, Again	spectator chooses how many hands, which hand will win, what kind of hand to win, ten-card set-up	Also published here Calling Your Hand, Again (Eddie Fields, The Greater Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields, 1997) Inspired by Call Your Hand (Theodore Annemann, Michael F. Zens, The Jinx, 1937) also in: Cualquier Jugada a Petición (Cartomagia Fundamental, 1993) Variations Marlo's Faro Variation (Edward Marlo, The Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields, 1968) also in: Marlo's Faro Variation (The Greater Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields, 1997) Cull Your Hand (Michał Kociołek, The Expert*, 2019)	1968	The Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields	20	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Any Pokerhand Called For Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Gambling Stack / Partial
Michael F. Zens	Zens Poker Stack			1968	Top Secrets of Magic — Volume 3	312	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Any Pokerhand Called For
James G. Thompson Jr.	Call Your Hand Variation	performer's poker hand contains four Aces and selection	Inspired by Call Your Hand (Theodore Annemann, Michael F. Zens, The Jinx, 1937) also in: Cualquier Jugada a Petición (Cartomagia Fundamental*, 1993)	1972	The Living End	144	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / "Magic"
Michael F. Zens, Karl Fulves*	Any Hand Called For	No. 72, double-deal stacking	Related to Zens-Gilbreath Poker Deal (Nick Trost, The Card Magic of Nick Trost, 1997) Variations The Zens Poker Deal, Redealt (Nick Trost, Subtle Card Creations — Volume 3, 2011)	1984	More Self-Working Card Tricks	106	Cards / Sleights / Stacking / Stacking without Shuffling Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Any Pokerhand Called For Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Gambling Stack / Partial
Paul Curry, Bob Haines	Zens a la Curry	with two selections	Inspired by Zens' Miracle Pocket to Pocket Trick (Michael F. Zens, Encyclopedia of Card Tricks, 1937)	Apr. 1987	Magick (Issue 388)	1937	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) Across / Classic & Variations
Jerry K. Hartman	Across Purposes	three chosen cards, envelopes	Inspired by Zens' Miracle Pocket to Pocket Trick (Michael F. Zens, Encyclopedia of Card Tricks, 1937)	1991	Card Craft	473	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) Across / Classic & Variations
Michael F. Zens, Vicente Canuto, Theodore Annemann*	Cualquier Jugada a Petición	ten card set-up, double-deal stacking	Also published here Call Your Hand (Theodore Annemann, Michael F. Zens, The Jinx, 1937) Variations Calling Your Hand, Again (Eddie Fields, The Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields, 1968) also in: Calling Your Hand, Again (The Greater Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields, 1997) Call Your Hand Variation (James G. Thompson Jr., The Living End*, 1972) … and 2 more	1993	Cartomagia Fundamental	118	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Any Pokerhand Called For Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Gambling Stack / Partial
Michael F. Zens	The Original of Zens' Packets and Envelopes Trick			1994	More Greater Magic	1074	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) Across / Odd Backed
John Mulholland, Michael F. Zens	New Zens' 15 Cards and Envelope Trick			1994	More Greater Magic	1097	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) Across / Classic & Variations
Joseph K. Schmidt	Call your Hand II	thirteen card set-up	Inspired by Call Your Hand (Theodore Annemann, Michael F. Zens, The Jinx, 1937) also in: Cualquier Jugada a Petición (Cartomagia Fundamental, 1993) Variations The Second Hand Gambler (Peter Duffie, Method in Effect*, 1996)	1995	New Card Control Systems	71	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Any Pokerhand Called For
Peter Duffie	The Second Hand Gambler	two hands dealt, one is Royal Flush, then any type of hand named and dealt with the same ten cards	Inspired by Quadruple Poker Trick (Michael F. Zens, Encyclopedia of Card Tricks, 1937) Call your Hand II (Joseph K. Schmidt, New Card Control Systems, 1995)	1996	Method in Effect	18	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Any Pokerhand Called For Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Gambling Stack / Partial
Nick Trost	Zens-Gilbreath Poker Deal	Any poker hand called for	Inspired by "The Zens Quadruple Poker Trick" (M. F. Zens, 1931) Super-Duper Poker Deal (Al Thatcher, Card File, 1993) Related to Any Hand Called For (Michael F. Zens, Karl Fulves, More Self-Working Card Tricks*, 1984)	1997	The Card Magic of Nick Trost	232	Cards / Principles / Gilbreath Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Any Pokerhand Called For Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Gambling Stack / Full Deck
Eddie Fields	Calling Your Hand, Again	spectator chooses how many hands, which hand will win, what kind of hand to win, ten-card set-up	Also published here Calling Your Hand, Again (Eddie Fields, The Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields, 1968) Inspired by Call Your Hand (Theodore Annemann, Michael F. Zens, The Jinx, 1937) also in: Cualquier Jugada a Petición (Cartomagia Fundamental, 1993) Variations Marlo's Faro Variation (Edward Marlo, The Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields, 1968) also in: Marlo's Faro Variation (The Greater Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields, 1997) Cull Your Hand (Michał Kociołek, The Expert*, 2019)	1997	The Greater Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields	102	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Any Pokerhand Called For Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Gambling Stack / Partial
Michael F. Zens, Eddie Fields, Theodore Annemann*	Call Your Hand	ten-card stack, bottom deal	Inspired by Call Your Hand (Theodore Annemann, Michael F. Zens, The Jinx, 1937) also in: Cualquier Jugada a Petición (Cartomagia Fundamental*, 1993)	2000	Card College — Volume 4	944	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Any Pokerhand Called For
Paul Curry, Michael F. Zens, David Devant	Out of the Past	deck is separated in halves, two cards thought of and one is selected, performer puts one card from the half into the other, first card is missing, second spectator touches a card, that is put into the other half and also his card is missing, third card invisibly travels into the other half	Also published here "Genii" vol. 7 no. 4, 1942 Inspired by Zens' Miracle Pocket to Pocket Trick (Michael F. Zens, Encyclopedia of Card Tricks, 1937) "The Triangle" (David Devant, Our Magic)	2001	Paul Curry's Worlds Beyond	102	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Packet to Packet Cards / Sleights / Switches / Deck & Thick Packet Switches / In context of Routine Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) Across / Thought Cards Across
Jim Steinmeyer	Zens Koan	Conjuring with envelopes	Inspired by Zens' Miracle Pocket to Pocket Trick (Michael F. Zens, Encyclopedia of Card Tricks, 1937)	July 2010	Genii (Vol. 73 No. 7)	16	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) Across / Classic & Variations
Nick Trost	The Zens Poker Deal, Redealt	double-deal stacking	Inspired by Any Hand Called For (Michael F. Zens, Karl Fulves, More Self-Working Card Tricks*, 1984)	2011	Subtle Card Creations — Volume 3	676	Cards / Sleights / Stacking / Stacking without Shuffling Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Any Pokerhand Called For Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Re-Deal Poker Deals (Gardner-Marlo) Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Gambling Stack / Partial
Tom Crosbie	Any Called For Poker Hand		Inspired by Quadruple Poker Trick (Michael F. Zens, Encyclopedia of Card Tricks, 1937)	2013	Just Be Croz	160	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Any Pokerhand Called For Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / Shadow Stack
Steve Beam	Bag Lady	Magician introduces a napkin folded into a bag and hands it to a lady. He asks someone in the audience to call out a poker hand. He produces that hand from the napkin and claims it is otherwise empty. He proves it by showing the cards that remain are blank on both sides.	Related to "The Poker Hand" (Val Evans, Pasteboard Perplexities", 1920) Quadruple Poker Trick (Michael F. Zens, Encyclopedia of Card Tricks, 1937) … and 1 more	2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10	179	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Any Pokerhand Called For Paper / Paper Napkin Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Facer / Different Faces
Steve Beam	Stack Attack	While deck is shuffled, spectator calls a poker hand. Magician deals out hand called. Can be repeated.	Related to "The Poker Hand" (Val Evans, Pasteboard Perplexities", 1920) Quadruple Poker Trick (Michael F. Zens, Encyclopedia of Card Tricks, 1937)	2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10	183	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Any Pokerhand Called For
Steve Beam	Encased	Five cards in an otherwise empty envelope. Spectator chooses a poker hand. The magician removes the hand from the envelope.	Related to Quadruple Poker Trick (Michael F. Zens, Encyclopedia of Card Tricks, 1937)	2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10	189	Cards / Effect Themes / Animation / Rising Card(s) / Any card called for
Steve Beam	Encased in Glass	Five cards displayed in wineglass. Any poker hand called. Cards removed and shown to comprise chosen poker hand.	Related to Quadruple Poker Trick (Michael F. Zens, Encyclopedia of Card Tricks, 1937)	2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10	193	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Any Pokerhand Called For
Steve Beam	Background on the "Zens" Poker Stack	History of the mnemonic often referred to as the "Zen's Poker Deal."	Related to Quadruple Poker Trick (Michael F. Zens, Encyclopedia of Card Tricks, 1937)	2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10	197	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Any Pokerhand Called For

36 entries for Michael F. Zens