George Henbeck

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Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	Categories
R. Sid Spocane II	Serpent Silk	borrowed white handkerchief transposes with colored handkerchief in spectator's pocket, see p. 874 for credit information in MUM by Persi Diaconis		Oct. 1966	The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 1 No. 12)	62	Silk & Handkerchief / Transposition
Persi Diaconis, Bob Bergheim, Howard Cross, Robert Eagle, Murry Graham	Etcetera	"R. Sid Spocane II"		Dec. 1966	The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 2 No. 2)	71	Articles / Letters
Persi Diaconis	Les Cartes Diaconis	"Chapter Fourteen"	Variations Less Cards Marlo (Edward Marlo, 1983) Persi De D (Dominique Duvivier, 2004)	1967	Ultimate Secrets of Card Magic	89	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Les Cartes Diaconis
R. Sid Spocane II	The Royal Lovers	four of a kind appear one by one between sandwich cards	Related to The St. Nicholas Aces (Karl Fulves, 1965) Babel (Karl Fulves, 1968) Royal Mayo (David Solomon, 2002) Variations Fiveplay (Tony Cabral, 2011) Also published here Die königlichen Liebhaber (R. Sid Spocane II, 2000)	1967	Deck-Sterity	86	Cards / Sleights / Sandwich Loading Techniques Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Appearance & Production / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / One by One
Peter Alexis	A Friendly Game	betting game with dice, proposition bet	Related to p. 155 for George Henbeck comment Variations Polterdiced (Bob Farmer, 1997)	Winter 1967	The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 3 No. 1st Folio)	136	Dice (small) / Miscellaneous Games / Bar Bets & Puzzles
Francis Haxton, Robert Parrish, George Henbeck	Etcetera			Jan. 1968	The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 3 No. 3)	155	Articles / Letters
George Henbeck, Bruce Cervon	Etcetera			Feb. 1968	The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 3 No. 4)	160	Articles / Letters
Edward Marlo, Persi Diaconis	Credit Information on the Benzais' Cop	credited to Persi Diaconis here		1970	Advanced Fingertip Control	142	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Tenkai Palm & Unit Grip Cards / Sleights / False Dealing / Palm Deals
Persi Diaconis	Die Kartenpistole	card shoots out of incomplete faro deck, card gun	Related to Single Shot (Peter Kane, 1967) Also published here in "Zauberkunst" 1970, Nr.2.	1971	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 32 No. 4)	61	Cards / Sleights / Shooting & Scaling Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Flashy Location Cards / Sleights / Pop-out Productions / Two-Handed Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Incomplete Faro
Persi Diaconis	Diaconis Card Vanish	several cards one by one with double backer, no details, only mentioned	Related to Going.... (Karl Fulves, 1975) Eine Doppelrückenkarte kann Karten Austauschen und damit verbunden zum Verschwinden bringen (Reinhard Müller, 1978)	1975	Card Cavalcade 3	159	Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Multiple Cards Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Backer / Same Color
Karl Fulves	Babel	final issue, list of pseudonyms, Joseph K. Schmidt, Persi Diaconis anagram R. Sid Spokane II and pseudonym George Henbeck (Heubeck), Roy Walton = Gene Lawton, J. W. Sarles		Oct. 1975	The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 10 No. 12)	1055	Articles / Columns
Persi Diaconis	Diaconis Business Card	reproduction		1977	Interlocutor (Issue 15)	57	Articles / Biographical
R. Sid Spocane II	Fascinating Pair	mini stay stack used to produce a mate		1982	Best of Friends	133	Cards / Effect Themes / Mates / Mates Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Stay Stack / Packet Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Down-Under Deal
Persi Diaconis	Anti-Faro Generalization	up-down-jog procedure with two, three, four cards at a time as mixing procedure		1982	Best of Friends	134	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Anti-Faro & Reverse Faro
Persi Diaconis	Anti-Faro Generalization	up-down-jog procedure with two, three, four cards at a time, no credit, for credit information see reference	Related to Anti-Faro Generalization (Persi Diaconis, 1982)	1990	Trend Setters	58	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Anti-Faro & Reverse Faro
Persi Diaconis	Avoiding Grip Shifting	handling tip (now standard)		1991	The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1	51	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Elmsley Count
Persi Diaconis	Beyond Hummer	four cards, selection is only one reversed after some procedure	Also published here Beyond Hummer (Persi Diaconis, 1999)	1993	Card File	74	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Binary / CATO & Parity
Persi Diaconis, Roberto Giobbi, Harry Lorayne	The Red-Black Location	free chosen card is found in a flash	Inspired by Persi Diaconis trick from foreword of "Revelations"	1995	Card College — Volume 1	113	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Divided Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card
Persi Diaconis	The Persi Diaconis Presentation for Tilted Aces	four Aces come to top all at once	Inspired by Tilted Aces (Edward Marlo, 1962)	1995	Arcane (Issue 14)	204	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Using Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Multiple Ambition
Persi Diaconis, James Swain	Persi's Collectors	faro	Related to The Gathering (Jason Ladanye, 2013)	1999	21st Century Card Magic	105	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Collectors
Persi Diaconis	Beyond Hummer	Variation on Basic Hummer	Also published here Beyond Hummer (Persi Diaconis, 1993)	1999	Cunning Card Miracles	39	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Binary / CATO & Parity
R. Sid Spocane II	Die königlichen Liebhaber	four of a kind appear one by one between sandwich cards	Also published here The Royal Lovers (R. Sid Spocane II, 1967)	2000	Intermagic (Vol. 23 No. 4 & 5)	173	Cards / Sleights / Sandwich Loading Techniques Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Appearance & Production / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / One by One
Peter Pit, Persi Diaconis	The Card on the Back	card appears on performer's back	Also published here Genii, July 1981	Nov. 2007	Genii (Vol. 70 No. 11)	23	Cards / Principles / Thread Work Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Forcing Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to impossible Location / Back of Performer or Spectator
Karl Fulves (reviewer)	Math + Magic	by Persi Diaconis (written by Ron Graham)		2011	Prolix (Issue 9)	587	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes Games / Roulette
Richard Kaufman (reviewer)	Magical Mathematics	by Persi Diaconis (written by Ron Graham) brief		Aug. 2011	Genii (Vol. 74 No. 8)	11	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
Jamy Ian Swiss (reviewer)	Magical Mathematics: The Mathematical Ideas That Animate Great Magic Trick	by Persi Diaconis (written by Ron Graham)		Sep. 2011	Genii (Vol. 74 No. 9)	94	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
Persi Diaconis, Ron Graham	Preface			2012	Magical Mathematics	xi	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Persi Diaconis, Ron Graham	Mathematics in the Air	Chapter intro that describes the CATO Principle and the mathematics behind it, along with tricks	Related to Baby Hummer (Charles Hudson, 2012) Hummer's Ten Card Mystery (Bob Hummer, 2012)	2012	Magical Mathematics	1	Articles / Intros & Epilogues Cards / Principles / Binary / CATO & Parity
Persi Diaconis, Ron Graham	Back to Magic	End of chapter, describes Steve's own variation on Steve Freeman's handling of Royal Hummer	Inspired by Royal Hummer (Steve Freeman, 2012)	2012	Magical Mathematics	15	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Effect Variations Articles / Intros & Epilogues Cards / Principles / Binary / CATO & Parity
Persi Diaconis, Ron Graham	In Cycles	chapter intro		2012	Magical Mathematics	17	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Persi Diaconis, Ron Graham	The Magic of De Bruijn Sequences	Deck tossed out, deck is freely cut and five cards are selected, magician correctly divines them all, also describes the mathematics behind De Bruijn sequences	Inspired by Coluria (Charles T. Jordan, 1919/1920) Variations Going Further (Persi Diaconis, Ron Graham, 2012) A Good Guess (David Britland, 2017)	2012	Magical Mathematics	18	Cards / Principles / De Bruijn Sequence (Gray Code) Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous
Persi Diaconis, Ron Graham	Going Further	Describes extra variations on the basic De Bruijn sequence trick, with some history behind the use of this principle in magic	Inspired by The Magic of De Bruijn Sequences (Persi Diaconis, Ron Graham, 2012)	2012	Magical Mathematics	25	Cards / Principles / De Bruijn Sequence (Gray Code) Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous
Persi Diaconis, Ron Graham	Is This Stuff Actually Good For Anything?	Chapter on uses of De Bruijn sequences outside of magic		2012	Magical Mathematics	30	Cards / Principles / De Bruijn Sequence (Gray Code)
Persi Diaconis, Ron Graham	Universal Cycles	chapter intro		2012	Magical Mathematics	47	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Persi Diaconis, Ron Graham	Universal Cycles Again	Deck tossed out, deck is freely cut and five cards are selected, magician correctly divines them all		2012	Magical Mathematics	55	Cards / Principles / De Bruijn Sequence (Gray Code) Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous
Persi Diaconis, Ron Graham	From the Gilbreath Principle to the Mandelbrot Set	chapter intro		2012	Magical Mathematics	61	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Persi Diaconis, Ron Graham	The Gilbreath Principle	Describes the intricate mathematics of the Gilbreath Principle		2012	Magical Mathematics	61	Cards / Principles / Gilbreath Principle
Persi Diaconis, Ron Graham, Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli), Herb Zarrow	Gilbreath's Second Principle	Spectator shuffles the cards, deals out five hands, one of the hands is a good hand, but the hand of the imaginary partner gets a straight flush, uses ideas from Herb Zarrow and Ron Wohl	Related to "U-shuffle Poker" (David Ben, Zarrow, A Lifetime of Magic) Variations Gilbreath Poker (Matt Baker, 2019)	2012	Magical Mathematics	66	Cards / Principles / Gilbreath Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Spectator gets winning Hand
Persi Diaconis, Ron Graham	The Mandelbrot Set	Mathematics of the Mandelbrot Set and its link to Gilbreath		2012	Magical Mathematics	72	Cards / Principles / Gilbreath Principle
Persi Diaconis, Ron Graham	Neat Shuffles	chapter intro about perfect faro shuffles		2012	Magical Mathematics	84	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Persi Diaconis, Ron Graham	A Mind-Reading Computer	Packet of twelve cards, go through various dealing and shuffling procedures, create a pair of matching mates		2012	Magical Mathematics	85	Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Mates Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Stay Stack / Packet Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Down-Under Deal
Persi Diaconis, Ron Graham	A Look Inside Perfect Shuffles	Describes the mathematics of perfect faro shuffles, how to stack the deck using in and out shuffles		2012	Magical Mathematics	92	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Faro Placement Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Faro Stacking Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Mathematical Facts & Curiosities
Persi Diaconis, Ron Graham	A Look Inside Monge and Milk Shuffles	Describes the principles of Monge and Milk shuffles		2012	Magical Mathematics	96	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Shuffle Placement
Persi Diaconis, Ron Graham	A Look Inside Down-and-Under Shuffles	Describes the Down and Under Deal		2012	Magical Mathematics	98	Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Down-Under Deal
Persi Diaconis, Ron Graham	All the Shuffles Are Related	Explains how perfect faro shuffles, reverse faro shuffles, Monge shuffles, milk shuffles and down-under shuffles are related		2012	Magical Mathematics	99	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Mathematical Facts & Curiosities Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Down-Under Deal
Persi Diaconis, Ron Graham	The Oldest Mathematical Entertainment?	chapter intro		2012	Magical Mathematics	103	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Persi Diaconis, Ron Graham	The Miracle Divination	three coins are pocketed by three spectators, performer divines them, three object divination	Inspired by The Miracle Divination - The Problem of the Three Coins (Mahendra, 1938) Related to Ron's $1.96 trick (Ron Graham, 2012)	2012	Magical Mathematics	105	Coin / Effect Themes / Mental Stuff
Ron Graham, Persi Diaconis	How Many Magic Tricks Are There?	Mathematical estimation of the number of magic tricks in common usage		2012	Magical Mathematics	114	Articles / Theory & Essays
Persi Diaconis, Ron Graham	Magic in The Book of Changes	chapter intro on the I Ching		2012	Magical Mathematics	119	Articles / Intros & Epilogues I Ching
Persi Diaconis, Ron Graham	Introduction to the Book of Changes	Introduction on the I Ching (Chinese divination method using patterns called hexagrams)		2012	Magical Mathematics	121	I Ching
Persi Diaconis, Ron Graham	Using the I Ching for Divination	How the I Ching is used, with some mathematics		2012	Magical Mathematics	122	I Ching
Persi Diaconis, Ron Graham	Probability and the Book of Changes	Mathematics of the I Ching		2012	Magical Mathematics	125	I Ching
Persi Diaconis, Ron Graham	A Version in English	English version of the Chinese I Ching Divination trick The First Variation: Magician predicts thought of object using letter cards, not that good The Second Variation: Magician divines thought of object using drawn diagrams	Inspired by A First Chinese Magic Trick (2012)	2012	Magical Mathematics	131	Mental Magic / Effects / Divination Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous I Ching
Persi Diaconis, Ron Graham	A Performance Piece	Prediction routine involving playing cards and I Ching trigrams, involve some fortune telling and answering questions posed by audience		2012	Magical Mathematics	133	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Multiple Card Prediction Mental Magic / Effects / Readings (Cold, Crystal, Hand, Tarot etc.) Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous I Ching
Persi Diaconis, Ron Graham	Probability and the I Ching	Mathematical aspects of I Ching		2012	Magical Mathematics	136	I Ching
Persi Diaconis, Ron Graham	What Does Up Must Come Down	Chapter on mathematics of juggling		2012	Magical Mathematics	137	Articles / Articles
Persi Diaconis, Ron Graham	Stars of Mathematical Magic			2012	Magical Mathematics	153	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Persi Diaconis, Ron Graham	Alex Elmsley	About Alex Elmsley's work in mathematical magic		2012	Magical Mathematics	156	Articles / Biographical
Persi Diaconis, Ron Graham	Bob Neale	About Bob Neale's work in mathematical magic		2012	Magical Mathematics	160	Articles / Biographical
Persi Diaconis, Ron Graham, Robert E. Neale	Inside-Outside	Endless Chain / Pricking the Garter A Fair Throw A Cheating Throw A Superfair Throw		2012	Magical Mathematics	164	Chain / Endless Chain
Persi Diaconis, Ron Graham	Henry Christ			2012	Magical Mathematics	173	Articles / Biographical
Persi Diaconis, Ron Graham, Henry Christ	The Roulette System	Betting game, magician predicts the outcome of the bet, simulate roulette with red and black cards		2012	Magical Mathematics	177	Games / Roulette Games / Miscellaneous
Persi Diaconis, Ron Graham	Stewart James			2012	Magical Mathematics	181	Articles / Biographical
Stewart James, Persi Diaconis, Ron Graham	The Mysterious Number Seven	Sum prediction of numbers filled in grid, uses the AAG Principle		2012	Magical Mathematics	187	Numbers / Prediction & Sum-Divination
Persi Diaconis, Ron Graham	Charles Thornton Jordan	About Charles Jordan's work in mathematical magic		2012	Magical Mathematics	189	Articles / Biographical
Persi Diaconis, Ron Graham	Bob Hummer	About Bob Hummer's work in mathematical magic		2012	Magical Mathematics	201	Articles / Biographical
Persi Diaconis, Ron Graham	Our Contribution	Variation on Hummer's Three Card Monte	Inspired by Hummer's Three-Card Monte (Bob Hummer, 2012)	2012	Magical Mathematics	207	Mental Magic / Effects / Divination Games / Instruction Games
Persi Diaconis, Ron Graham	Martin Gardner	About Martin Gardner's work in mathematical magic		2012	Magical Mathematics	211	Articles / Biographical
Persi Diaconis, Ron Graham	Going Further	Other books to check out		2012	Magical Mathematics	220	Articles / Bibliography
Persi Diaconis, Ron Graham	On Secrets			2012	Magical Mathematics	225	Articles / Theory & Essays
Persi Diaconis	Stay Stack Dealing Property		Related to Interesting Sidelight (Jeff Busby, 1980)	Summer 2015	Quarterly (Issue 3)	35	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Stay Stack / Full Deck
Roberto Giobbi, Persi Diaconis	Shuffle Statistics	as presentational hook		2016	Hidden Agenda (Issue July 29)	217	Cards / Principles / Theory & Essays
Persi Diaconis	Elmsley Counting Direction	into left hand		2018	The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 1)	173	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Elmsley Count
Persi Diaconis, Johnny Thompson	End Grip Jordan Count		Related to Four-as-Four Count (Jerry K. Hartman, 1972)	2018	The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 1)	174	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Jordan Count
Simon Aronson, Ramón Riobóo, Harapan Ong, Persi Diaconis, Ron Graham	The Three Hours	Three spectators each think of a card, magician divines each card without making any wrong statements	Inspired by The Three Hours (Simon Aronson, Ramón Riobóo, 2004) Related to Simon-Eyes (Simon Aronson, 1990)	2019	A Stack to Forget	48	Cards / Principles / De Bruijn Sequence (Gray Code) Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / Ong Stack (A Stack to Forget)

75 entries for George Henbeck