113 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-deal
Related toAlso published here June 1953
The Phoenix (Issue 283)
1131
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Faro Fantasies spectators get remembered hands again, poker and bridge deal
Inspired byRelated toVariations June 1957
The Cardiste (Issue 3)
14
Alex Elmsley Mathematics & Mentalism one of sixteen cards thought of with its position, during reverse faros the spectator says in which half his card is, selection ends up on top (and force card brought to original position)
Related toVariationsAlso published here Sep. 1958
Ibidem (Issue 14)
17
Gene Finnell Free Cut Principle
Related toVariations 1967
Free Cut Principle
1
Gene Finnell Coincidence? two selected cards in two piles turn up at the same position
 		1967
Free Cut Principle
2
Gene Finnell Togetherness two piles, two selected cards end up together
 		1967
Free Cut Principle
4
Gene Finnell Togetherness Repeat cutting to two selected cards
 		1967
Free Cut Principle
4
Gene Finnell Caught Between
1967
Free Cut Principle
5
Gene Finnell Caught Between Repeat behind back
 		1967
Free Cut Principle
7
Gene Finnell Whew! two cards selected
 		1967
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
 		1967
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
 		1967
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
 		1967
Free Cut Principle
19
Gene Finnell Aces Respelled four Aces are spelled
Related toVariations 1967
Free Cut Principle
22
Gene Finnell The Triple Overcut from bottom top
 		1967
Free Cut Principle
22
Sam Randlett Finnell's Spell as a set-up for Gene Finnell's "Spelling the Aces"
Related to Mar. 1968
Epilogue (Issue 2)
16
Roy Walton, Karl Fulves Influential Pairs two decks dealt in several piles, red black separated
Related toVariationsAlso published here Apr. 1968
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 3 No. 6)
171
Gene Finnell Color Prophecy performer predicts which red-black pairs will match when two halves are dealt after a shuffle
Also published here July 1968
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 3 No. 9)
189
Gene Finnell Riffle-Shuffle Set-ups some Gilbreath Principle applications and handling
 		Mar. 1969
Epilogue (Issue 5)
36
Gene Finnell Red and Black Challenge red-black separation after riffle shuffle with location combo, gilbreath
 		Mar. 1969
Epilogue (Issue 5)
37
Gene Finnell Face-up Face-down Duplication face up/face down order of two piles match, gilbreath
 		Mar. 1969
Epilogue (Issue 5)
37
Gene Finnell Influential Pairs Variation some red-black matching occurs, gilbreath
Inspired by Mar. 1969
Epilogue (Issue 5)
37
Karl Fulves Second Law some value coincidences happen when dealing through piles, application of Milk Build Shuffle to Si Stebbins
Inspired by
  • "Isaac's Law" (Karl Fulves, Magic and Spells Quarterly)
Related to 		Winter 1970
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 6 No. 4th Folio)
379
Gene Finnell A Dice Paradox
July 1971
Epilogue (Issue 12)
90
Gene Finnell A Card Game Paradox
Related to July 1971
Epilogue (Issue 12)
91
P. Howard Lyons Toronto Dice note
Inspired by Nov. 1971
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 Taylor
Variations June 1971
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 6 No. 8)
423
Gene Finnell The 26th Card two selections are in same position in two halves
 		Mar. 1972
Epilogue (Issue 14)
115
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. 508
Related toVariations Feb. 1972
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 7 No. 4)
483
Karl Fulves Mathematical Twins Variation mate found after klondike shuffle
Inspired byRelated to Feb. 1972
The Pallbearers Review (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 correction
Inspired by Sep. 1972
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 7 No. 11)
562
Gene Finnell Color Prophecy performer predicts which red-black pairs will match when two halves are dealt after a shuffle
Also published here 1973
Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups
12
Gene Finnell Gilbreath Claim claims that he discovered the principle in 1953
 		1973
Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups
63
Gene Finnell Red and Black Challenge "Magnetic Colors" as set-up for divided deck location
 		1973
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
 		1973
Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups
65
Gene Finnell Magnetic Colors Variation starting on bottom of page
 		1973
Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups
65
Gene Finnell Influential Pairs Variation
Related to 1973
Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups
66
Gene Finnell Klondike Shuffle discussion and properties
1. Mechanics
2. Card location after one shuffle
3. Recycling the deck
4. Klondyke properties (simulating a faro shuffle, locating center card, Penelope's principle)
5. Klondike plus Free Cut
6. The Stacked Deck
Related to 1973
Gene Finnell's Card Magic
1
Gene Finnell Match Up several are cards selected, after a Klondike shuffle they end up next to pairs
Related to
  • "The Riser Repertoire" (MUM Vol 90 No. 1, June 2000)
 1973
Gene Finnell's Card Magic
7
Gene Finnell Control Cards two selections from two halves end up in the same position, handling uses two Jokers face-up in the halves that are later removed, Klondike shuffle
 		1973
Gene Finnell's Card Magic
8
Gene Finnell 7. Further Properties of the Klondike shuffle
A. Static Positions
B. Table of Static Positions
C. Position Exchange
D. Table of Position Exchanges
E. Endless Chains
 		1973
Gene Finnell's Card Magic
9
Gene Finnell Unknown Quantity Klondike shuffle version of Penelope Principle, selection found at position that corresponds to cut-off number of cards
Related toVariations 1973
Gene Finnell's Card Magic
11
Gene Finnell Unknown Difference two packets cut off, Klondike shuffle with rest, reversed card is now at a position that corresponds to difference of the two sizes of the cut-off packets, Penelope
 		1973
Gene Finnell's Card Magic
12
Gene Finnell Computer deck can count (Ace, Two, Three appear) and give the sum and difference of two cut-off packets, Klondike Shuffle
 		1973
Gene Finnell's Card Magic
13
Gene Finnell Coincidence
1973
Gene Finnell's Card Magic
15
Gene Finnell Transmigration two cards and their positions thought of in two sixteen-card packets, Klondike shuffles and "can you see your card here?", finally the cards end up in each other's position
Related to 1973
Gene Finnell's Card Magic
15
Gene Finnell Speller two selections, when spelled after some dealing and Klondike shuffling the selections spell out the other's card
 		1973
Gene Finnell's Card Magic
17
Gene Finnell Location incomplete faro control, Klondike shuffle, a face-up card ends up at same position as selection in other half
 		1973
Gene Finnell's Card Magic
18
Gene Finnell Base 4 System "Card Sorting and Set Ups"
sorting shuffled deck into new deck order, four possible positions during run-through
  • New Deck Order ("New Deck Order in 3 Sorts")
  • Numerical Order Stack
  • Random Number - Ordered Suit
  • Numerical Order - Random Suit
  • Si Stebbins
 		1973
Gene Finnell's Card Magic
20
Gene Finnell Prophesy card selected, two cards produced with value and suit of selection (composite card), then three cards found with those cards, the three mates of the selection
 		1973
Gene Finnell's Card Magic
29
Gene Finnell Trapped selection made, three cards of matching value are trapped with two faros
 		1973
Gene Finnell's Card Magic
30
Gene Finnell Cards Of Prophesy (actually unnumbered page between 30 and 31)
card removed, odd-backed card put in deck, faros, cards of same value and suit end up next to odd-backed card (composite)
 		1973
Gene Finnell's Card Magic
31
Gene Finnell Flip Cut - 1 triple cut, center section reverse-counted or turned over, retains center (key) card
 		1973
Gene Finnell's Card Magic
33
Gene Finnell Flip Cut - 2 center section cut out and reversed, key glimpsed, then a faro brings previous center card next to key
 		1973
Gene Finnell's Card Magic
34
Gene Finnell "Do As I Do" Spelling the Aces Aces spelled to after losing them with some face-up/face-down cutting
 		1973
Gene Finnell's Card Magic
35
Gene Finnell Strictly to Enhance Your Imagination Aces lost and found, then two selections found and deck separated into reds and blacks, faro
Related to 1973
Gene Finnell's Card Magic
36
Gene Finnell Trapped #2 detective faro sandwich
 		1973
Gene Finnell's Card Magic
39
Gene Finnell Centering placing a selection so that it is half the deck away from a key card
1. By Estimation
2. By an "over and under" shuffle
3. variation
4. variation of 2.
 		1973
Gene Finnell's Card Magic
40
Gene Finnell Applications two faro sandwich effects
 		1973
Gene Finnell's Card Magic
41
Gene Finnell Methods of Getting a Card to 27th Position five methods listed
 		1973
Gene Finnell's Card Magic
42
Gene Finnell Center Cut Placement retaining a card at center despite a center pull-out cut
 		1973
Gene Finnell's Card Magic
43
Gene Finnell Trapped faro sandwich
 		1973
Gene Finnell's Card Magic
43
Gene Finnell Birds of a Kind card chosen, cards of same value found with faro sandwiches
 		1973
Gene Finnell's Card Magic
44
Gene Finnell Mated #1 packet cut off and counted, card at that position predicted as odd-backed card, faro, penelope
 		1973
Gene Finnell's Card Magic
45
Gene Finnell Mated #2 packet cut off and counted, card at that position predicted as odd-backed card, faro, penelope
 		1973
Gene Finnell's Card Magic
46
Gene Finnell Card of Prophesy odd-backed card lost in deck, after some cutting and faro a four-of-a-kind shows up
  • Card of Prophesy Variation
  • Card of Prophesy Instant Replay
  • The Instant Repeat
 		1973
Gene Finnell's Card Magic
47
Gene Finnell Down/Under Deal mathematical discussion
  • Down/Under or D/U
  • Under/Down or U/D
1. Position of Significant Card
2. Table of Positions of Significant Card
 		1973
Gene Finnell's Card Magic
52
Gene Finnell Coincidence packet cut, top card put aside, down/under deal with rest, a match
 		1973
Gene Finnell's Card Magic
53
Gene Finnell Exchange wrong card tabled, down/under deal of packets ends with same wrong card and on table is correct one
 		1973
Gene Finnell's Card Magic
54
Gene Finnell The Down/Under Exchange Surprise selection placed aside, packet cut and down/under deal performed until four cards remain, top of those is selection and previously tabled card matches other three cards
 		1973
Gene Finnell's Card Magic
55
Gene Finnell Twins 32-card packet cut, top card put aside, down/under deal with rest, a match
 		1973
Gene Finnell's Card Magic
56
Gene Finnell D/U Counter packet cut off, down/under deal with rest, remaining card has value as number of cut-off cards
Variations 1973
Gene Finnell's Card Magic
57
Karl Fulves Free Cut Notes intro
Related to 1973
Gene Finnell's Card Magic
58
Gene Finnell Free Cut Principle Variations with two cards
 		1973
Gene Finnell's Card Magic
59
Gene Finnell Variations of the Free Cut Principle two cards, Klondike Shuffle
 		1973
Gene Finnell's Card Magic
59
Gene Finnell Coincidence? two selection turn up at same position in two halves
  • Variation #1
  • Variation #2
  • Coincidence? with a Key Card
 		1973
Gene Finnell's Card Magic
60
Gene Finnell Free Cut Poker Deal three spectators and performer take out good poker hand from a quarter of the deck each, they are lost and dealt again, performer gets Royal Flush, faro
  • Variation wich allows the deck to be cut during the shuffles
  • Free Cut Poker Demonstration
Related to 1973
Gene Finnell's Card Magic
62
Gene Finnell Spelling the Aces #1,001
1973
Gene Finnell's Card Magic
67
Gene Finnell Spelling the Aces Number (?) faro
 		1973
Gene Finnell's Card Magic
68
Gene Finnell Cutting the Aces, Free Cut Style Aces cut to after losing them with Free Cut principle, with two variations
 		1973
Gene Finnell's Card Magic
70
Gene Finnell Make Up two selection cut into deck, faro, cards on either side have same value and suit (composite)
 		1973
Gene Finnell's Card Magic
75
John Miller Riffle Ups and Downs based on Gene Finnell's "Ups and Downs" (Free Cut Principle)
 		1974
Card Cavalcade II
216
Gene Finnell Needle And Thread thread on needle, needle pierced through handkerchief while spectator holds thread ends, needle penetrates thread, and back on
Also published here Aug. 1974
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 9 No. 10)
775
Gene Finnell Free Cut Principle
1975
Ever So Sleightly
70
Gene Finnell Free Cut Principle
1975
Ever So Sleightly
99
Gene Finnell, Harry Lorayne, Murray Bonfeld FABULOUS using faro, see page 372 for handling variation by Charles Hudson
 		Dec. 1979
Apocalypse (Vol. 2 No. 12)
280
Tom Hubbard From Tom Hubbard
Related to 1979
Interlocutor (Issue 30)
117
Gene Finnell Klondike as Faro Substitute
Related to 1980
Curioser
13
Karl Fulves Notes By Karl Fulves camera card presentation, blank card or joker "develops" into selection
Inspired by 1980
The Chronicles (Issue 28)
1343
Gene Finnell Pop Up deck stands on edge, card pops up
Variations 1980
The Chronicles (Issue 28)
1344
Gene Finnell, Philip T. Goldstein Free Cut Procedure Variation
1982
Silentwe
6
Gene Finnell Free-Cut Principle for spelling routine
 		1984
The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 3
17
Norman Gilbreath Magnetic Colors No. 34, "This routine was independently devised by Gene Finnell, Norman Gilbreath and others"
 		1984
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 shuffle
Also published here 1984
More Self-Working Card Tricks
49
Gene Finnell Gene Finnell's Needle Trick thread on needle, needle pierced through handkerchief while spectator holds thread ends, needle penetrates thread
Also published here 1985 (ca.)
Tricks of Conjuring
9
Gene Finnell Free Cut Principle
1986
The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings
62
Dai Vernon, Alex Elmsley The Rendezvous Force mathematical force, Penelope's Principle with Klondike instead of faro shuffle
Related toAlso published here Mar. 1987
Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 1 No. 8)
15
Gene Finnell Free Cut Principle
1987
The Commercial Magic of J.C. Wagner
25
Gene Finnell Free Cut Principle
1989
The Secrets of Brother John Hamman
203
Jerry Sadowitz Trick Three three cards cut to and remembered, they end up together after a faro
Inspired by Oct. 1991
Profile (Issue 4)
1
Peter Duffie Everything under Control color separation climax
Inspired by Dec. 1993
Profile (Issue 17)
6
Gene Finnell Free Cut Principle
1998
Down Under Deals
55
Richard Vollmer, Gene Finnell The Two Detectives two red Jacks trap a freely chosen card between them, faro
 		1998
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 cards
Inspired by 1998
The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 70)
1451
Gene Finnell Free Cut Principle
2001
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
 		2001
My Best Self-Working Card Tricks
23
Gene Finnell Free Cut Principle
2002
Scams & Fantasies with Cards
14
Gene Finnell Free Cut Principle
2002
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4
80
Robin Robertson, Peter Duffie Random Illusion card is created which is predicted
Inspired by 2002
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4
90
Gene Finnell, John Hamilton Free Cut Principle
2005
Full Metal Jacket
9
Allan Slaight, Max Maven Finnell Finale Finish
Inspired by
  • Stewart James's version of Gene Finnell's "Spelling the Aces"
Also published here
  • The James File, 2000
 2008
Spins & Needles
150
Gene Finnell The Gene Finnell Free-Cut Principle
2019
Second Thoughts
8
Myles Thornton Coincidence On Command selection found at position that corresponds to removed number of cards, non-faro Penelope Principle
Inspired by Nov. 2024
The Gnome (Issue 1)
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