361 entries for Gene Maze

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Laurie Ireland Card at any Small Number bottom deal with cover card subtlety
Related toVariations 1938
Lessons in Dishonesty
6
John Scarne, Joseph Prieto The Stapled Card No. 62, Card transposition with card stapled to a Joker
Variations 1950
Scarne on Card Tricks
110
Tom Batchelor The Fan Control bottom card of one-handed right-hand fan slid to the bottom as that half is squared onto the half in left-hand dealing position
Variations 1971
Canadian Card Control
8
Ellison Poland The 'Mazing Card Work Of Gene Maze section intro, trick extracted from Gene Maze's manuscript "For Your Pleasure"
 		1973
Wonderful Routines of Magic — The First Addendum
35
Gene Maze Buckle Count Reverse cards in small packet shown one by one, one card hidden and it ends up reverse
 		1973
Wonderful Routines of Magic — The First Addendum
36
Gene Maze Rapid Flight card travels from one five-card packet to another
 		1973
Wonderful Routines of Magic — The First Addendum
37
Gene Maze The Universal Stock stack and second deal combination to deal out the Aces for three to seven players
Related to 1973
Wonderful Routines of Magic — The First Addendum
39
Gene Maze Shades Of Bill Simon six reds and six blacks
Variations 1973
Wonderful Routines of Magic — The First Addendum
43
Gene Maze The Changeling Aces without double lifts
Related to 1973
Wonderful Routines of Magic — The First Addendum
46
Gene Maze The 'Mazing Card Stab with knife in deck
 		1973
Wonderful Routines of Magic — The First Addendum
51
Gene Maze Doin' Your Own Thing performer fails to find card, then spectator finds it
Variations 1973
Wonderful Routines of Magic — The First Addendum
54
Gene Maze, Ellison Poland Transposition Me'lange' with second deal
 		1973
Wonderful Routines of Magic — The First Addendum
58
Gene Maze Bust-Out! aces dealt to table, other hand changes to aces and aces to straight flush
 		1975
Afterthoughts
105
Gene Maze Second Deal Lap
1975
Afterthoughts
106
Gene Maze Lap Packet Switch
1975
Afterthoughts
107
Gene Maze Air Drop lapping
 		1977
Packet Switches (Part Four)
203
Gene Maze Multiple Card Switch with two no-lapping clean-ups
 		1977
Packet Switches (Part Four)
204
Gene Maze One-Card Switch lapping
 		1977
Packet Switches (Part Four)
209
Gene Maze Second Deal Switch no real second deal, lapping
 		1977
Packet Switches (Part Four)
210
Gene Maze Lap From Count as packet is counted
 		1977
Packet Switches (Part Four)
213
Gene Maze Had To Be see "EliminAces"
 		1977
Packet Switches (Part Four)
216
Gene Maze Single Palm Retention Switch one-handed, lapping
 		1977
Packet Switches (Part Four)
218
Gene Maze Flip-Up Switch one-handed
 		1977
Packet Switches (Part Four)
220
Gene Maze The Trapdoor Switch
1977
Packet Switches (Part Four)
224
Gene Maze I Predict! two Aces are placed next to predictions
 		1977
Packet Switches (Part Four)
225
Gene Maze The Subtraction Move from packet
 		1977
Packet Switches (Part Four)
227
Gene Maze Poker Hand Switch
1977
Packet Switches (Part Four)
229
Gene Maze A Lap Move from small packet
 		1977
Packet Switches (Part Four)
231
Gene Maze Box Cop copped or loaded on outside, even with single card (!)
Related to 1977
Packet Switches (Part Four)
232
Gene Maze The Snap Lap Switch
1977
Packet Switches (Part Four)
233
Gene Maze Square-Up Loading in center of deck, tabled
 		1977
Packet Switches (Part Four)
238
Gene Maze Top Loading from lap
 		1977
Packet Switches (Part Four)
239
Gene Maze Experiment #1 from six card packet face up into deck
 		1977
Packet Switches (Part Four)
241
Gene Maze The Transfer Switch with three variations
 		1977
Packet Switches (Part Four)
247
Gene Maze Primary/Basic Grip hold-out position for card/packet
 		1977
Packet Switches (Part Four)
247
Gene Maze Experiment #2 four cards, four predictions change back color
 		1977
Packet Switches (Part Four)
251
Gene Maze Lever Switch
1977
Packet Switches (Part Four)
253
Gene Maze Lever Switch small packet
 		1977
Packet Switches (Part Four)
254
Gene Maze Black Jack Switch
Variations 1977
Packet Switches (Part Four)
256
Gene Maze Spectator's Choice magician ends up with Royal Flush
 		1977
Packet Switches (Part Four)
259
Gene Maze Double Deal Switch
1977
Packet Switches (Part Four)
261
Gene Maze The Tabled Single
1977
Packet Switches (Part Four)
263
Gene Maze Unit Grip
Also published here 1977
Packet Switches (Part Four)
263
Gene Maze One Hand Single Turnover with variation
 		1977
Packet Switches (Part Four)
266
Gene Maze Table Double Variation
1977
Packet Switches (Part Four)
267
Gene Maze, Seth Glass Maze/Glass Switch tabled, lapping
 		1977
Packet Switches (Part Four)
268
Gene Maze Tabled Double Lift Steal
1977
Packet Switches (Part Four)
269
Gene Maze The Glide Change lapping
Related to 1977
Packet Switches (Part Four)
271
Gene Maze Tabled I tabled top change
 		1977
Packet Switches (Part Five)
276
Gene Maze Tabled II tabled top change
 		1977
Packet Switches (Part Five)
279
Gene Maze Tabled III palming card while showing top card
 		1977
Packet Switches (Part Five)
281
Gene Maze Tabled IV palming card while showing top card
 		1977
Packet Switches (Part Five)
282
Gene Maze Tabled V tabled top change
 		1977
Packet Switches (Part Five)
285
Gene Maze Face-Up I see Tabled III, but face up deck
 		1977
Packet Switches (Part Five)
286
Gene Maze Face-Up II see Tabled III, but face up deck
 		1977
Packet Switches (Part Five)
287
Gene Maze Dead Deck Steal as top card is shown, tabled
 		1977
Packet Switches (Part Five)
288
Gene Maze Add-On Subtract
1977
Packet Switches (Part Five)
292
Gene Maze Bottom Deal Switch wrist turn
 		1977
Packet Switches (Part Five)
298
Gene Maze Bottom Deal Switch idea
 		1977
Packet Switches (Part Five)
299
Gene Maze Boomerang Switch one-handed bottom deal
 		1977
Packet Switches (Part Five)
299
Gene Maze Hand To Hand Toss top two cards of two piles tossed across, they change
Related toAlso published here 1977
Packet Switches (Part Five)
300
Gene Maze Square-Up Bottom Steal tabled, kind of Rear or Tenkai Palm
 		1977
Packet Switches (Part Five)
302
Gene Maze Square-Up Bottom Steal Tenkai/Rear Palm, tabled
 		1977
Packet Switches (Part Five)
304
Gene Maze Maze Fan Steal
1977
Packet Switches (Part Five)
305
Gene Maze Finger Roll Switch
1977
Packet Switches (Part Five)
307
Gene Maze The Deal Switch
Variations 1977
Packet Switches (Part Five)
308
Karl Fulves Second Method
Inspired by 1977
Packet Switches (Part Five)
311
Karl Fulves Third Method
Inspired by 1977
Packet Switches (Part Five)
311
Gene Maze Vanish From Sandwich card is palmed out as sandwich is shown
 		1977
Packet Switches (Part Five)
312
Gene Maze The Sandwich Switch bare handed, palming, two methods
 		1977
Packet Switches (Part Five)
313
Gene Maze Switch Plus Transfer plus unloading packet under pack
 		1977
Packet Switches (Part Five)
317
Gene Maze Signed Card To Wallet signed card - effect
 		1977
Packet Switches (Part Five)
324
Gene Maze Spectator Aces - new version three methods
 		1977
Packet Switches (Part Five)
326
Gene Maze Trapped In The Deck three cards perpendicular throughout
 		1977
Packet Switches (Part Five)
329
Gene Maze The Visitor Returns
1977
Packet Switches (Part Five)
332
Gene Maze A Case In Mind selection from small packet penetrates case to the inside
 		1977
Packet Switches (Part Five)
334
Gene Maze Second Deal Lap
1977
Packet Switches (Part Five)
335
Gene Maze Triple Coincidence three cards match to prediction cards
 		1977
Packet Switches (Part Five)
336
Gene Maze Twin Transpo two decks are shuffled by spectator, top cards match and transpose (backs)
Variations 1977
Packet Switches (Part Five)
337
Karl Fulves Second Method
Inspired by 1977
Packet Switches (Part Five)
338
Gene Maze No-Cover Aces
1977
Packet Switches (Part Five)
338
Gene Maze Illusion Only red-backed card turns blue and back red again
 		1977
Packet Switches (Part Five)
340
Gene Maze The Magnetic Card
1977
Packet Switches (Part Five)
341
Gene Maze Manhattan Transfer 3&3, two phases
 		1977
Packet Switches (Part Five)
342
Gene Maze Jack In The Box card literally leaps up out of the case
 		1977
Packet Switches (Part Five)
344
Gene Maze Propel Lap Switch tabled, described with a card case
 		1977
Packet Switches (Part Five)
344
Gene Maze Gene Maze Predicts random pairs from two decks are formed, selected pair matches
 		Apr. 1978
Apocalypse (Vol. 1 No. 4)
45
Gene Maze Unit Grip
Apr. 1978
Apocalypse (Vol. 1 No. 4)
45
Gene Maze Kick-Back Switch lapping
 		Apr. 1978
Apocalypse (Vol. 1 No. 4)
45
Gene Maze A Maze ing four aces change to blank cards, another blank card has now all four Ace indices
 		1979
CardMagic
15
"Senator" Clarke Crandall, Gene Maze Mexican Turnover Variation as packet is flipped over
 		1979
CardMagic
16
Gene Maze Unit Grip
1979
CardMagic
18
Gene Maze Kick-Back Switch lapping
 		1979
CardMagic
18
Gene Maze The S.D.L. Change "Second Deal Lap" as single card switch, lapping
 		1979
CardMagic
50
Gene Maze, Richard Kaufman Through Thick And Thin kings through table, as climax a cut-out king penetrates, blank card stays on top
 		1979
CardMagic
115
Gene Maze Rollaround Cop stealing card from douple
 		1979
CardMagic
145
Karl Fulves Melting Point to make card melt inside case
Inspired by 1979
Inner Sanctum
47
Karl Fulves Designated Drop Out named card through case, see also "Drop Out Note" on page 96
Related to 1979
Card Under Glass
81
Gene Maze Unit Grip and Rest Positions
1980
The Gene Maze Card Book
10
Gene Maze SingleCard card is switched while turning it over on the table
Related to 1980
The Gene Maze Card Book
12
Gene Maze Black Jack Switch
1980
The Gene Maze Card Book
13
Gene Maze The Peek A Boo Switch while looking at card, also possible with a packet
 		1980
The Gene Maze Card Book
14
Gene Maze Pivot card is shown and then switched
 		1980
The Gene Maze Card Book
16
Gene Maze Sandwich Switch
1980
The Gene Maze Card Book
17
Gene Maze R.T. Top Change tabled, one handed
 		1980
The Gene Maze Card Book
18
Gene Maze DoubleDrop Switch lap
 		1980
The Gene Maze Card Book
20
Gene Maze SlideUnder Switch
1980
The Gene Maze Card Book
21
Gene Maze Show Dropper Switch lapping some cards from a small packet
Variations 1980
The Gene Maze Card Book
23
Gene Maze HalfDeck No. 1 switching half the deck, concept suggested by Vincent Sabatino, lapping
 		1980
The Gene Maze Card Book
24
Gene Maze HalfDeck No. 2 switching half the deck, cutting sequence, lapping
 		1980
The Gene Maze Card Book
25
Gene Maze HalfDeck No. 3 switching half the deck, cutting sequence, lapping
 		1980
The Gene Maze Card Book
26
Gene Maze The Utility Swipe card steal from a small packet
Related toAlso published here 1980
The Gene Maze Card Book
27
Gene Maze Oil and Water 3&3, four phases
 		1980
The Gene Maze Card Book
30
Gene Maze A Squeaky Clean Prediction
1980
The Gene Maze Card Book
32
Gene Maze An Open Sandwich
1980
The Gene Maze Card Book
32
Gene Maze, Richard Kaufman A-2-3-4-5, Reverse! uses extra cards
 		1980
The Gene Maze Card Book
34
Gene Maze Second Deal Lap S.D.L.
 		1980
The Gene Maze Card Book
34
Gene Maze Ace to Five Again
1980
The Gene Maze Card Book
35
Gene Maze Boxing named four-of-a-kind in box, penetrates table, Aces in box instead
 		1980
The Gene Maze Card Book
36
Gene Maze Subtraction Move bottom card of packet via Kelly Bottom Placement
 		1980
The Gene Maze Card Book
36
Gene Maze Ripped and Restored with Mene-Teckel/Menetekel
 		1980
The Gene Maze Card Book
37
Gene Maze Table Tap Lap
1980
The Gene Maze Card Book
38
Gene Maze Pop Jump Aces four Aces are each sandwiched between two cards, appear one by one in the center of the table
Related toVariations 1980
The Gene Maze Card Book
39
Gene Maze Strip Out Addition variation
 		1980
The Gene Maze Card Book
39
Gene Maze Wait a Minute!
Inspired by 1980
The Gene Maze Card Book
42
Edward Marlo, Gene Maze Deal Switch
Related to 1980
The Gene Maze Card Book
43
Gene Maze The Guaranteed Greatest Envelope Prediction with four envelopes and different front and back color kicker
 		1980
The Gene Maze Card Book
44
Gene Maze, Richard Kaufman La Nada System of Gambling
1980
The Gene Maze Card Book
46
Gene Maze The Spectator Cuts the Aces
1980
The Gene Maze Card Book
49
Gene Maze Multiple Switching Technique No. 1 cards picked up from tabled packets one by one and switched for one of multiple palmed cards
 		1980
The Gene Maze Card Book
49
Gene Maze, Buddy Anckner Triple Play with two decks
 		1980
The Gene Maze Card Book
51
Gene Maze That Better Be Your Card!
1980
The Gene Maze Card Book
53
Gene Maze Give, Queenie! two red Queens transform into black Queens, two previously selected cards are now the red Queens
 		1980
The Gene Maze Card Book
54
Gene Maze, Richard Kaufman To Be Wild, Or Not to Be Wild... front and back
 		1980
The Gene Maze Card Book
55
Gene Maze Cutting Colors color changing back climax
 		1980
The Gene Maze Card Book
58
Gene Maze Multiple Switching Technique No. 2 cards picked up from tabled packets one by one and switched for one of multiple palmed cards, without showing the back
 		1980
The Gene Maze Card Book
58
Gene Maze The Sincerest Form of Flattery with three duplicates and two blank cards, universal card
 		1980
The Gene Maze Card Book
59
Gene Maze, Richard Kaufman On The Munch, or Eating Out (A Cannibal Card) simultaneous multiple vanish, three double backer
 		1980
The Gene Maze Card Book
60
Gene Maze Cease, Queenie! two selections through table
 		1980
The Gene Maze Card Book
62
Gene Maze Tabled Deal Steal stealing a card second from a packet while dealing from tabled packet
 		1980
The Gene Maze Card Book
62
Edward Marlo, Gene Maze The Shelf and Its Use building a shelf, how to steal cards into the unit grip, tips
Inspired by 1980
The Gene Maze Card Book
66
Gene Maze Change of Menu chosen card, changes in a sandwich into the Aces one by one and vanishes in the end
 		1980
The Gene Maze Card Book
68
Gene Maze Rising Aces
1980
The Gene Maze Card Book
70
Gene Maze, Richard Kaufman A Monte for the Unemployed duplicates, paper clip
 		1980
The Gene Maze Card Book
71
Gene Maze Wldness of the Wildest Kind blank then, small cards
 		1980
The Gene Maze Card Book
74
Gene Maze Parting is Such Sweet Sorrow from sandwich to middle of the deck, face up
 		1980
The Gene Maze Card Book
78
Gene Maze The One-Hand Bottom Deal Switch wrist turn
 		1980
The Gene Maze Card Book
78
Gene Maze Bon Voyage double backer, lapping
 		1980
The Gene Maze Card Book
79
Gene Maze, Richard Kaufman Five and Ten spectator finds two mates, appearing coins climax
 		1980
The Gene Maze Card Book
80
Gene Maze The Multiple BlackJack Switch
1980
The Gene Maze Card Book
81
Gene Maze, Richard Kaufman Meant for Each Other duplicates
 		1980
The Gene Maze Card Book
82
Gene Maze Between the Slices (Everywhere and Nowhere No. 1)
1980
The Gene Maze Card Book
84
Gene Maze, Richard Kaufman Where, Oh, Where? (Everywhere and Nowhere No. 2) all blank climax
 		1980
The Gene Maze Card Book
85
Gene Maze Space Age Illusion (Everywhere and Nowhere No. 3)
1980
The Gene Maze Card Book
86
Gene Maze The Square-Up Load in center of deck, tabled
 		1980
The Gene Maze Card Book
87
Gene Maze, Richard Kaufman Impromptu Tabled Quick 3-Way
1980
The Gene Maze Card Book
87
Richard Kaufman, David Arthur, Gene Maze Fusion two jokers become double backer which is examined, when peeled apart again they are two selections
Variations 1981
Cardworks
47
Gene Maze Pyramid of the Kings Kings and twelve blank cards
 		1981
The Lost Pages of the Kabbala
34
Karl Fulves, Gene Maze Basic Black
  • Poker Problem #4
black jack handed to spectator and five cards dealt into face-down row, spectator finds Ace to make Black Jack, other four cards are Deuces
 		1981
Octet
34
Jon Racherbaumer, Gene Maze Fan-Antic Control bottom card of one-handed right-hand fan slid to the bottom as that half is squared onto the half in left-hand dealing position
Inspired byAlso published here 1982
Card Finesse
143
Gene Maze Kelly Reverse
Related toAlso published here 1982
The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 1
89
Gene Maze The G.M. Shift
Dec. 1982
The Collected Almanac (Vol. 1 No. 4)
27
Peter Marshall, Gene Maze Troika two wrong cards sandwich actual selection, inspired by a Gene Maze routine
 		1982
Best of Friends
465
Gene Maze Maze Card Rise card rises from deck sideways with deck held upright on table, sucker element
 		1982
T.V. Card Rise
36
George Joseph One Card Pick Up
Related to 1982
Hand Mucking
43
Gene Maze Box Top selection transposes with random card in case, box and cards are riffle shuffled togehter
 		1982
Close-Up Hallucinations
35
Gene Maze "Stop" Sandwich card sandwiched between two stopped at cards
 		1982
Close-Up Hallucinations
38
Gene Maze, Philip T. Goldstein, Ken Krenzel Crandall Turnover Variation as packet on table is turned over, brief
 		1983
The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 2
26
Gene Maze Sympathetic Fans two cards chosen in two decks match and transpose
 		1983
The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 2
73
Gene Maze Lapping Switch brief
 		Nov. 1983
Apocalypse (Vol. 6 No. 11)
845
Doug Bennett Absent Minded Miracle aces dealt from sealed cased deck
Variations 1983
Encore III
59
Douglas Cameron Devil's Delight
Inspired by Oct. 1984
Pabular (Vol. 8 No. 8)
1261
Richard Kaufman Fusion two blank cards become double backer which is examined, when peeled apart again they are two selections, then blank again
Inspired by 1984
Abstract
20
Gene Maze Duo-Mental two selections in two piles end up at same position, using one-handed bottom deal
 		Winter 1985
The Collected Almanac (Vol. 3 No. 34, 35 & 36)
357
Dai Vernon The Vernon Simple False Cut
Related to 1987
The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 1
41
Dai Vernon The Packet-Display Palm
Related toAlso published here 1987
The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 1
68
Gene Maze Gamblin' Man prediction type mate with sucker presentation
 		Feb. 1988
Apocalypse (Vol. 11 No. 2)
1453
Gene Maze Ovette Reversal
VariationsAlso published here May 1988
Apocalypse (Vol. 11 No. 5)
1496
Gene Maze Snap Spread four as two or four as three
 		Aug. 1988
Apocalypse (Vol. 11 No. 8)
1529
Gene Maze Trypswitch three gambling type switches using lapping
 		Sep. 1988
Apocalypse (Vol. 11 No. 9)
1545
Gene Maze Switch One/Four partial switch, lapping
 		Oct. 1988
Apocalypse (Vol. 11 No. 10)
1559
Jerry K. Hartman Apocalypse Variations or Additions
Inspired by Nov. 1988
Apocalypse (Vol. 11 No. 11)
1571
Gene Maze Tri Double removing apparently two cards from deck, one is a double, also splitting three cards into a double and a single, brief transposition application
Related to 1988
The Chronicles (Issue 32)
1384
Roy Walton Oversight Aces are placed aside, stacking sequence shuffled with rest of deck, Aces apparently forgotten, they are placed on top and immediately dealt to the performer in five-handed game
Related toVariations 1988
The Complete Walton — Volume 2
82
Gene Maze Single Up
Feb. 1989
Apocalypse (Vol. 12 No. 2)
1600
Gene Maze Another Poker Switch-In lapping
 		May 1989
Apocalypse (Vol. 12 No. 5)
1638
Gene Maze Insta Fold using table edge
Related to 1989
Prototype
42
Gene Maze Fast Fold Addenda cover for "Insta Fold"
Related to 1989
Prototype
45
Gene Maze Mat Switch hole card type switch with card ending up under mat
 		1989
Prototype
46
Gene Maze Overhand Shuffle Action Reverse
Feb. 1990
Apocalypse (Vol. 13 No. 2)
1751
Gene Maze Cut(e) Reverse tabled Cut
 		Sep. 1990
Apocalypse (Vol. 13 No. 9)
1835
Karl Fulves Gene Maze Card Controls introduction
 		1990
Cheat Sheet (Issue 2)
11
Gene Maze Full Deck Switch No. 1
1990
Cheat Sheet (Issue 2)
11
Gene Maze Spectator Peek Palm
Feb. 1991
Apocalypse (Vol. 14 No. 2)
1888
Gene Maze From a Fan
Feb. 1991
Apocalypse (Vol. 14 No. 2)
1889
Gene Maze What's the Catch? Routine
 		Oct. 1991
Apocalypse (Vol. 14 No. 10)
1981
Gene Maze Cards cards dealt and turned face up one by one until spectator stops, all other cards change back color
Also published here May 1991
Opus (Vol. 3 No. 9)
9
Gene Maze Packet Turnover Lap lapping card as packet is turned over in hand
 		May 1991
Opus (Vol. 3 No. 9)
9
Richard Kaufman Cards: Gene Maze intro
 		Oct. 1991
Opus (Vol. 3 No. 12)
8
Gene Maze Side Steal Addition No. 1 cover for side steal, setting deck on table with interruption
 		Oct. 1991
Opus (Vol. 3 No. 12)
8
Gene Maze Side Steal Addition No. 2 side steal is finished tabled with spread cover
 		Oct. 1991
Opus (Vol. 3 No. 12)
9
Gene Maze Hole Card Switch
  • Full Packet Variation
 		1991
Swindle Sheet (Issue 9)
101
Gene Maze Out of Five
Feb. 1992
Apocalypse (Vol. 15 No. 2)
2033
Gene Maze Overhand Shuffle Bottom Palm
Sep. 1992
Apocalypse (Vol. 15 No. 9)
2122
Gene Maze Triple Threat three selection shuffled face-up into three piles, three numbers named and selection appear at those numbers face-up
Also published here Dec. 1992
Magic (Vol. 2 No. 4)
59
Rick Silberman, Gene Maze An Ace of A Routine using only five cards (aces and Joker)
 		Aug. 1993
Apocalypse (Vol. 16 No. 8)
2245
Gene Maze Rear Palm applications
 		Aug. 1993
Apocalypse (Vol. 16 No. 8)
2246
Gene Maze Double Shift two table shifts
 		Dec. 1993
Apocalypse (Vol. 16 No. 12)
2299
Michael Weber (reviewer) Magic of Gene Maze by Gene Maze Feb. 1993
Magic (Vol. 2 No. 6)
56
Todd Lamanske Flim-Flam
  • Letters
Related to July 1993
Magic (Vol. 2 No. 11)
10
Byron Walker Independence Day Magic
Related to July 1993
Magic (Vol. 2 No. 11)
44
Bob Farmer How To Cheat Your Friends And Why You Should
  • Flim-Flam
Related to July 1993
Magic (Vol. 2 No. 11)
59
Amazing James Randi, Doyne Michie, Larry White, Gene Maze July En Masse
  • Letters
Related to Aug. 1993
Magic (Vol. 2 No. 12)
9
Gene Maze Get-Ahead Coin Assembly
Dec. 1994
Apocalypse (Vol. 17 No. 12)
2445
Gene Maze Acknowledgements
1994
Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing
xvi
Gene Maze Basic Bottom Deal
  • Overview
  • The Left-Hand Grip
  • The Right-Hand Grip
  • The Dealing Action and the Take
  • Deck Thickness
  • Dealing Style
  • Noise
  • Cover (Sweep Cover)
  • Attitude
  • On the Maze Bottom Dealing Grip
 		1994
Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing
2
Gene Maze Underhand Stud Bottom Deal
  • The Overhand Stud Deal
  • The Underhand Stud Deal
  • The Underhand Stud Bottom Deal
  • The Concealed Back
 		1994
Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing
15
Gene Maze The Switch-Out Sequence for small packet, Daley's Last Trick application
 		1994
Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing
21
Gene Maze The Underhand Stud Second Deal brief
 		1994
Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing
22
Gene Maze Double Deal
  • The Left-Hand Grip & Dealing Action
  • The Right-Hand Take
 		1994
Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing
23
Gene Maze Back-Take Bottom Deal
  • The Left-Hand Grip
  • The Dealing Action and the Take
 		1994
Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing
27
Gene Maze One-Handed Bottom Deal
  • The Left-Hand Grip
  • The "Get-Ready"
  • The Dealing Action
  • The Side Toss Dealing Action
 		1994
Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing
32
Gene Maze One-Handed Bottom Deal Control
1994
Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing
37
Gene Maze The Maze Center Deal
  • The Maze Center Deal Get-Ready
  • The Left-Hand Center Deal Grip
  • The Dealing Action
  • The "Take"
 		1994
Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing
39
Gene Maze Table Replacement Control selection cut into tabled deck followed by riffle shuffle
 		1994
Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing
48
Gene Maze Push-Through Subtlety tilting deck for strip-out
 		1994
Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing
52
Gene Maze Second Deal Lap
Related to 1994
Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing
55
Gene Maze Bottom Deal Lap dealing top card and lapping all cards underneath, clean-up for packet tricks, brief
 		1994
Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing
56
Gene Maze Unit Grip discussion of position
 		1994
Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing
57
Gene Maze Triple Threat three selection shuffled face-up into three piles, three numbers named and selection appear at those numbers face-up
Also published here 1994
Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing
62
Gene Maze The Zodiac Card card placed reversed in deck, its value counted from this position leads to selection
Related toVariations 1994
Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing
63
Gene Maze Odd Man Out spectator stops at only black card in 15-cards-packet or red cards
 		1994
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Gene Maze Cased Lightning deck in case and window on side of case, aces apparently dealt out of this window
Inspired by 1994
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Gene Maze Separation Steal deck put in case and some cards loaded to outside of case
 		1994
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Gene Maze Miss-Matched two cards stopped at, they're not mates, but mates are found when dealing twice to their added value
Variations 1994
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Gene Maze Match-Missed two cards stopped at, they're not mates, then first card changes into mate of second card
 		1994
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Gene Maze MindBreaker spectator choses card in blue-backed deck, rest changes to red cards, inverted Brainwave
Also published here 1994
Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing
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Gene Maze Packet Turnover Lap lapping card as packet is turned over in hand
Related to 1994
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Gene Maze Follow the Joker ten Jokers and ten blank cards, bottom deal and second deal handlings
 		1994
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Gene Maze Passing Through push-through failure with two odd-backed halves, three mate pairs in other half
 		1994
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Gene Maze Return Trip one deck dealt through and two cards are reversed when spectator calls stop, push-through failure with second deck, mates next to reversed cards
 		1994
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Gene Maze Double Deal Aces spectator stops twice during deal and those two cards are reversed, on either side of each card aces are found
 		1994
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Gene Maze Magnetic Attraction spectator stops twice during deal and those two cards are reversed, on either side of them are the mates of opposite color
 		1994
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Gene Maze Open-Face Poker Stock apparently aces stacked with one shuffle, then fours with one shuffle
 		1994
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Gene Maze Inverted Poker push-through failure with aces that are then reversed in position for dealing
 		1994
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Gene Maze Big Oversight Aces put on top, instantly poker hands are dealt out and Aces received
Inspired by 1994
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Gene Maze Duo-Mental two selections in two piles end up at same position, using one-handed bottom deal
 		1994
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Gene Maze Mated cards dealt from both hands simultaneously, stopped several times, mates each time
 		1994
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Gene Maze "5 & 10, Not the Store" two cards find mates, then a coin appears under each pair
 		1994
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Gene Maze Face-Up Locator spectator stabs card next to selection
 		1994
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Gene Maze One-Handed Open Double Deal apparently top two cards are dealt on table one-handed, really one comes from bottom (Michael Skinner?)
 		1994
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Gene Maze Toss-In locator card tossed into dribbled cards, but not next to selection, it transforms into selection
Related to 1994
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Gene Maze Caught in the Act selection trapped between sandwich cards in center of deck with faro shuffle
 		1994
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Gene Maze Sympathetic Thoughts Passing Through two selection from two decks match, then are exchanged via push-through failure
 		1994
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Gene Maze Criss-Cross two black queens should be followed by spectator and eventually transform into red queens
Related to 1994
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Gene Maze The Flying Color Change top card of deck is spun into air and changes, actually one-handed bottom deal
 		1994
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Gene Maze Mirror Image indicator card is counted down to from both sides of faced deck, mates, center deal
 		1994
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Gene Maze Center Deal Mated: Nos. 1 & 2 two methods, using center deal
 		1994
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Gene Maze Control of the Colors using center deal, Spade Flush finale
Inspired by 1994
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Gene Maze Unit Grip Addition two cards become 5
 		1994
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Gene Maze Hard Way Poker first real riffle stacking, then pseudo one-shuffle stack, actually center deal
 		1994
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Gene Maze A Touch of the Mentalist three cards each, with suggestion by Wesley James
Variations 1994
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Meir Yedid A Touch of the Mentalist Variation
Inspired by 1994
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Gene Maze Daley's Ghost
Related to 1994
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Gene Maze The Mexican Turnover (Maze Handling)
1994
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Gene Maze Ace to Five Reprise
1994
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Gene Maze Maze Cards Across ten red and ten black cards, three cards travel across to different positions in other packet
 		1994
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Gene Maze Deal Steal Deal Cop handling
Related to 1994
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Gene Maze Wild Card Nos. 1 & 2 No. 1: front and backs change
No. 2: routine with three selections
 		1994
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Gene Maze Basic Unit Grip Switch
1994
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Gene Maze Blockbuster Aces with poker hands in all packets as finale
 		1994
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Gene Maze Ezam Aces three cards put on each of the face-up aces, they turn face down, then face up again, then backs change color
 		1994
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Gene Maze "Going Up!" four jacks, three cards dealt on each, they travel upwards to different positions in their packets
 		1994
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Gene Maze Uncle Charlie's Aces ace assembly, then 3 card transposition
 		1994
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Gene Maze Mercury Aces
1994
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Gene Maze Unit Grip Addition onto packet
 		1994
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Gene Maze Packet Mexican Turnover packet turned over with single card
 		1994
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Gene Maze Maze's Progressive Aces using two bottom deals and two switches
 		1994
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Gene Maze Unit Grip Steal from small packet
 		1994
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Gene Maze Unit Grip Addition to small packet
 		1994
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Gene Maze Disassembly of the Aces
1994
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Stephen Hobbs Select Bibliography (With Annotations) sources for false dealing and for Gene Maze's work
 		1994
Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing
192
Gene Maze Card Box Insertion with Double apparently double put in case, bottom card of double goes to outside
Related toAlso published here June 1994
The Minotaur (Vol. 6 No. 2)
11
Gene Maze Slough-Off Control to Bottom
1994
Wonderful Routines of Magic — The Second Addendum
3
Ellison Poland Another Solution To Curry's Open Prediction Problem
Inspired by 1994
Wonderful Routines of Magic — The Second Addendum
55
Gene Maze No Cover Aces Number One seven card assembly
Related to 1994
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Gene Maze Maze Basic Switch Benzais Cop as switch
Related toVariations 1994
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Gene Maze Blackjack Switch Variation
Inspired by 1994
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104
Gene Maze Sandwich Aces three Aces are sandwiched between two cards each, they assemble to a leader packet one by one
 		1994
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106
Gene Maze Maze Basic Switch Variation Benzais Cop as switch
Inspired by 1994
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107
Gene Maze Partial Lapping Switch
1994
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109
Gene Maze No Cover Aces Number Two
Related to 1994
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111
Gene Maze Overhand Shuffle Palm perpendicular position, cards shuffled to bottom and palmed off
 		1994
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Gene Maze Maze Basic Switch Variation
Inspired by 1994
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Gene Maze No Name Coincidence spectator and performer deal and stop at one card, they match
 		1994
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Gene Maze Steal into Unit Grip Kelly Bottom Placement type action to get bottom card into Tenkai Palm
 		1994
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Gene Maze The False Kick-Back Cut one-handed, tabled, pulling out bottom half
 		1994
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Gene Maze Optical Illusion Cut straight cut
Related to 1994
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Gene Maze Jog Conversion in-jog to side-jog
 		1994
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Gene Maze After The Peek card angle-jogged out and deck spread diagonally
 		1994
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127
Gene Maze No Cover Assembly Number 3 seven card assembly
Related to 1994
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Gene Maze More Of The Same - With Kicker transformation kicker
 		1994
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Gene Maze Old Wine setting and corner crimping a key card under the spread
 		1994
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Gene Maze Soft Deck softening a deck except the Aces
 		1994
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140
Peter Duffie The Maze Connection four times stop, off-beat effect
Inspired by 1995
Duffie's Card Compulsions
186
Karl Fulves (reviewer) Gene Maze and the Art of Bottom Dealing by Gene Maze (written by Stephen Hobbs) 1995
The Fine Print (Issue 1)
5
Joe Rindfleisch, Gene Maze Half Moon Rising rising card in case, case rises
 		1995
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2
43
Joe Rindfleisch, Gene Maze Case Load loading a card into the card case
 		1995
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2
43
Edward Marlo The Marlo Shelf shelf at table edge
  • Construction of the Shelf
VariationsAlso published here
  • The New Tops, Aug. 1974
 1995
M.I.N.T. — Volume II
163
R. Paul Wilson Taurean Misfit card used to count to selection, original spot card changes to selection
Inspired by 1995
Chaos Theories
37
Gene Maze Card Box Insertion with Double apparently double put in case, bottom card of double goes to outside
Also published here 1995
A Lecture by Joel Givens
2
Gene Maze Hello Stranger named card has different back, ungaffed
 		Mar. 1996
Apocalypse (Vol. 19 No. 3)
2625
Gene Maze A Switch in Time lapping
 		Nov. 1996
Apocalypse (Vol. 19 No. 11)
2715
Gene Maze Illusionary Card Rise
1996
New Card Rises
10
Gene Maze King Cut three kings placed in the deck join the fourth king on top
 		1996
The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 61)
1182
Gene Maze Show and Steal three cards
 		July 1997
Apocalypse (Vol. 20 No. 7)
2809
Gene Maze The Caught Card using partial side steal, sandwich cards are "pushed through" pack
 		Sep. 1997
Apocalypse (Vol. 20 No. 9)
2842
Gene Maze Partial Side Steal
Sep. 1997
Apocalypse (Vol. 20 No. 9)
2842
Gene Maze Bottom Placement Finesse
Dec. 1997
Apocalypse (Vol. 20 No. 12)
2878
Peter Duffie, Gene Maze Double-Stuck Prediction of two selections in the form of jumbo cards (weird twisting revelation), found to be stapled together, and the actual selections are also stapled together
Inspired by 1997
Effortless Card Magic
99
Peter Duffie, Gene Maze Hudson's Hawk Two spectators get perfect Blackjacks from randomized half of the deck by themselves, hands off
 		1997
Effortless Card Magic
157
Ariel Frailich The Tabled Show Dropper unloading cards on the tabled deck
Inspired by 1997
Card Stories
35
Gene Maze Cutting After a Push-Through Shuffle
Winter 1998
The Looking Glass (Issue 4)
158
Gene Maze Ace Maze seven cards, aces change into different cards and travel to leader ace
 		1998
The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 68)
1397
Gene Maze Face Up to Face Down Switch
Related to 1998
The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 68)
1398
Peter Duffie, Gene Maze The Straggler sandwich placed in center, sandwich cards come to top, selection now reversed
 		1998
Covert Concepts
9
Gene Maze Card Box Load
1999
21st Century Card Magic
58
Gene Maze Maze + Ovette variations on the Master Move
  • Maze Method #1
  • Maze Method #2
  • Maze Method #3
  • Block Ovette
Related to 1999
The Fine Print (Issue 10)
302
Gene Maze Facer K.M. move subtlety
 		July 2000
Genii (Vol. 63 No. 7)
66
Karl Fulves Utility Transfer card appears between to sandwich cards
Related to 2001
New Card Controls
101