61 entries for Gene Finnell

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Alex Elmsley Melbourne position and card at that position are thought of, card turns up with down-under-dealRelated toAlso published here The Phoenix 251 - 300 (Issue 283) 1131
Gene Finnell Free Cut Principle Free Cut Principle 1
Gene Finnell Coincidence? two selected cards in two piles turn up at the same position Free Cut Principle 2
Gene Finnell Togetherness two piles, two selected cards end up together Free Cut Principle 4
Gene Finnell Togetherness Repeat cutting to two selected cards Free Cut Principle 4
Gene Finnell Caught Between Free Cut Principle 5
Gene Finnell Caught Between Repeat behind back Free Cut Principle 7
Gene Finnell Whew! two cards selected Free Cut Principle 7
Gene Finnell Aces at Random four cards face up, value of each is dealt and four aces found, spectator decides in which order Free Cut Principle 10
Gene Finnell Your Number - Your Card four cards face up, value of each is dealt and four selections are found, spectators decide in which order Free Cut Principle 15
Gene Finnell Ups and Downs aces are put back at different places and cut into face up and face down piles, all cards end up the same way except the aces Free Cut Principle 19
Gene Finnell Aces Respelled four aces are spelled Free Cut Principle 22
Gene Finnell The Triple Overcut from bottom top Free Cut Principle 22
Roy Walton, Karl Fulves Influential Pairs two decks dealt in several piles, red black separatedRelated toVariationsAlso published here The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 3, No. 6) 171
Gene Finnell Color Prophecy performer predicts which red-black pairs will match when two halves are dealt after a shuffleAlso published here The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 3, No. 9) 189
Sam Randlett Finnell's Spell as a set-up for Gene Finnell's "Spelling the Aces"Related to Epilogue (Issue 2) 16
Gene Finnell Red and Black Challenge red-black separation after riffle shuffle with location combo, gilbreath Epilogue (Issue 5) 37
Gene Finnell Face-up Face-down Duplication face up/face down order of two piles match, gilbreath Epilogue (Issue 5) 37
Gene Finnell Riffle-Shuffle Set-ups some Gilbreath Principle applications and handling Epilogue (Issue 5) 36
Gene Finnell Influential Pairs Variation some red-black matching occurs, gilbreathInspired by Epilogue (Issue 5) 37
Karl Fulves Second Law some value coincidences happen when dealing through piles, application of Milk Build Shuffle to Si StebbinsRelated to The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 6, No. 4th Folio) 379
Gene Finnell A Dice Paradox Epilogue (Issue 12) 90
Gene Finnell A Card Game Paradox Related to Epilogue (Issue 12) 91
Howard Lyons Toronto Dice noteInspired by Epilogue (Issue 13) 99
Gene Finnell Checkerboard Game betting game with 4x4 checkerboard and cover cards that cover all except one square, performer always wins, see also p. 486 for comment by Bill TaylorVariations The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 6, No. 8) 423
Gene Finnell Mathematical Twins spectator cuts to a card and places it aside, then cuts another packet off and mate is found with Milk Build procedure and down-under deal, see also p. 508Related toVariations The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 7, No. 4) 483
Gene Finnell The 26th Card two selections are in same position in two halves Epilogue (Issue 14) 115
Karl Fulves Mathematical Twins Variation mate found after klondike shuffleInspired byRelated to The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 7, No. 4) 487
Roy Walton The N.C. Game betting game with 4x4 checkerboard and cover cards that cover all except one square, performer always wins, see p. 608 for correctionInspired by The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 7, No. 11) 562
Gene Finnell Color Prophecy performer predicts which red-black pairs will match when two halves are dealt after a shuffleAlso published here Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups 12
Gene Finnell Gilbreath Claim claims that he discovered the principle in 1953 Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups 63
Gene Finnell Red and Black Challenge "Magnetic Colors" as set-up for divided deck location Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups 63
Gene Finnell Face-up/Face-down Challenge face-up/face-down condition of one pile matches that of another pile Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups 65
Gene Finnell Magnetic Colors Variation starting on bottom of page Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups 65
Gene Finnell Influential Pairs Variation Related to Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups 66
Gene Finnell Needle And Thread thread on needle, needle pierced through handkerchief while spectator holds thread ends, needle penetrates thread, and back onAlso published here The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 9, No. 10) 775
John Miller Riffle Ups and Downs based on Gene Finnell's "Ups and Downs" (Free Cut Principle) Card Cavalcade II 216
Gene Finnell Free Cut Principle Ever So Sleightly 70
Gene Finnell Free Cut Principle Ever So Sleightly 99
Gene Finnell Free Cut Principle Afterthoughts 77
Gene Finnell, Harry Lorayne, Murray Bonfeld FABULOUS using faro, see page 372 for handling variation by Charles Hudson Apocalypse Vol. 1-5 (Vol. 2, No. 12) 280
Tom Hubbard From Tom Hubbard Related to Interlocutor (Issue 30) 117
Gene Finnell Klondike as Faro Substitute Related to
  • "Finnell's Card Magic"
 Curioser 13
Gene Finnell Pop Up deck stands on edge, card pops upVariations The Chronicles (Issue 28) 1344
Karl Fulves Notes By Karl Fulves camera card presentation, blank card or joker "develops" into selectionInspired by The Chronicles (Issue 28) 1343
Gene Finnell, Philip T. Goldstein Free Cut Procedure Variation Silentwe 6
Norman Gilbreath Magnetic Colors No. 34, "This routine was independently devised by Gene Finnell, Norman Gilbreath and others" More Self-Working Card Tricks 46
Gene Finnell Color Prophecy No. 38, performer predicts which red-black pairs will match when two halves are dealt after a shuffleAlso published here More Self-Working Card Tricks 49
Gene Finnell Free-Cut Principle for spelling routine The New York Magic Symposium - Collection 3 17
Gene Finnell Gene Finnell's Needle Trick thread on needle, needle pierced through handkerchief while spectator holds thread ends, needle penetrates threadAlso published here Tricks of Conjuring 9
Gene Finnell Free Cut Principle The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings 62
Gene Finnell Free Cut Principle The Commercial Magic of J.C. Wagner 25
Gene Finnell Free Cut Principle The Secrets of Brother John Hamman 203
Gene Finnell Free Cut Principle Down Under Deals 55
Richard Vollmer, Gene Finnell The Two Detectives two red Jacks trap a freely chosen card between them, faro Card College - Volume 3 697
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 cardsInspired by
  • Ramon Rioboo's "6 Murders and 6 Cops" in "Magic" 7/97
  • Gene Finnell's"Down/Under Counter" in "Gene Finnell's Card Magic"
 The Trapdoor - Volume Three (Issue 70) 1451
Gene Finnell Free Cut Principle 21st Century Card Magic 23
Gene Finnell Free Cut Principle Jiggery Pokery 14
Karl Fulves, Gene Finnell Choices No. 11, two cards removed, one put back without looking and one remembered, performer finds both, Klondike shuffle My Best Self-Working Card Tricks 23
Gene Finnell Free Cut Principle Scams & Fantasies with Cards 14
Gene Finnell, John Hamilton Free Cut Principle Full Metal Jacket 9