John R. Boyko

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Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	Categories
John R. Boyko, John McCormick	Blitz-Match	winning game	Related to correction on page 154	May 1943	The Phoenix (Issue 36)	149	Match & Matchbox / Match / Puzzle Games / Bar Bets & Puzzles
John R. Boyko	Letter to Bruce Elliott	on fake explanations		Sep. 1943	The Phoenix (Issue 43)	179	Articles / Letters
John R. Boyko	Snap	two coins		Apr. 1949	The Phoenix (Issue 174)	697	Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Hand to Hand / Tabled
John R. Boyko	Snap II			May 1949	The Phoenix (Issue 177)	709	Ball / Billiard Ball / Sleights / Vanish
John R. Boyko	Cards Up the Sleeve Presentation			May 1949	The Phoenix (Issue 178)	714	Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Gags
John R. Boyko	Catch	catching a ball between two fingers		June 1949	The Phoenix (Issue 180)	721	Ball / Billiard Ball / Sleights / Flourishes
John R. Boyko	Strike Three and Out Variation	card found by counting down three times to apparently random values	Inspired by "Strike Three and Out!" (Bob Longe, The Invisible Deck, 1948, p. 9) Related to Why am I Here? (Dai Vernon, 1988) Variations RSC Discovery (Mel Bennett, 2006) Chip Shot (Karl Fulves, 2006) Also published here Strike Three and Out Variation (John R. Boyko, 1997)	Oct. 1950	The Phoenix (Issue 214)	855	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card found at total of Packet or named number Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Face up Card is used to count down to selection
John R. Boyko	Registered Mail	city names on stamp matches person		Apr. 1951	The Phoenix (Issue 226)	905	Stamp (postal) / Miscellaneous
John R. Boyko	A Twist Thru the Wrist	string through spectator's wrist, string loop with two paperclips	Variations Pins & Cord (Stewart Judah, 1975) Also published here A Twist Through the Wrist (John R. Boyko, 1956) Durch das Handgelenk (John R. Boyko, 1959)	Aug. 1953	The Phoenix (Issue 288)	1150	Rope / Penetration / Penetration Hand
John R. Boyko	A Twist Through the Wrist	string through spectator's wrist, string loop with two paper clips	Also published here A Twist Thru the Wrist (John R. Boyko, 1953)	1956	The Best in Magic	5	Rope / Penetration / Penetration Hand Paper Clip / Miscellaneous
John R. Boyko	Durch das Handgelenk	as "John Boyke" string through spectator's wrist, string loop with two paperclips	Also published here A Twist Thru the Wrist (John R. Boyko, 1953)	1959	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 20 No. 1)	785	Rope / Penetration / Penetration Hand
Stewart Judah	Pins & Cord	string through spectator's wrist, string looped with two safety pins, four phases	Inspired by A Twist Thru the Wrist (John R. Boyko, 1953)	Winter 1975	The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 10 No. 10th Folio (Part Two))	850	Rope / Penetration / Penetration Safety Pin / Miscellaneous
Dai Vernon	Why am I Here?	card found by counting down three times to apparently random values	Related to Strike Three and Out Variation (John R. Boyko, 1950) Impossible Countdown (Larry Jennings, 1977) Follow Down (1992) Strike Three and Out! (Bob Longe, 1997) Speaking Volumes (Bruce Cervon, 2002) The Real Difference (Tony Bartolotta, 2003) "Counter Cards" (Bill Simon, Mathematical Magic, 1964, p. 174) "Strike Three and Out!" (Bob Longe, The Invisible Deck, 1948, p. 9) Variations Devious (Karl Fulves, Dai Vernon, 1994) Scratch It (Martin Joyal, 1997) Dai Hard (Luca Buzzerio, 2000) "This is Why I am Here" (Gary Plants, 2017) Three Times Impossible (Dai Vernon, 2021) I Know Why I Am Here (Gary Plants, 2023) Also published here A Card Is Found (Dai Vernon, 1995)	1988	The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 2	122	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card found at total of Packet or named number Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Face up Card is used to count down to selection
John R. Boyko	Strike Three and Out Variation	card found by counting down three times to apparently random values	Also published here Strike Three and Out Variation (John R. Boyko, 1950)	1997	The Fine Print (Issue 5)	112	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card found at total of Packet or named number Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Face up Card is used to count down to selection
Mel Bennett	RSC Discovery	Riffle Shuffle Control (KF) The First Revelation The Second Revelation one card found in pocket, the other with counting	Inspired by Strike Three and Out Variation (John R. Boyko, 1950)	2006	Prolix (Issue 1)	42	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Cards
Karl Fulves	Chip Shot	poker chips and counting used to get to a Royal Flush	Inspired by Strike Three and Out Variation (John R. Boyko, 1950)	2006	Prolix (Issue 1)	45	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / Miscellaneous

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