Jack Birnman

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Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	Categories
Roy Walton*	A Straight Shuffle	spectator can shuffle, you get a straight	Also published here A Straight Shuffle (Roy Walton, The Complete Walton — Volume 2, 1988) Related to Speaking Volumes (William Goodwin, Genii, 2002) Variations Straight From the Bottom (Peter Duffie, Hidden Agenda, 1992) Straight From the Top (Peter Duffie, Hidden Agenda*, 1992) … and 4 more	Mar./Apr. 1977	Pabular (Vol. 3 No. 7&8)	392	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / You just get the winning Hand. Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Gambling Stack / Partial
Jack Birnman	Bulls-Eye!	called "Jack Birman"	Variations Apocalypse Variations Or Additions (Peter Marshall, Apocalypse, 1983)	Sep. 1981	Apocalypse (Vol. 4 No. 9)	534	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Simple Sandwich
Harry Lorayne	Jack Birnman	mini bio		1982	Best of Friends	477	Articles / Biographical
Jack Birnman	False Identity	Ace to Three are removed, named value transforms into selection		1982	Best of Friends	478	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / One, Two or Three
Jack Birnman	Cover Control	card controlled to small number from top, cover pass substitute		1982	Best of Friends	479	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Miscellaneous
Peter Marshall	Apocalypse Variations Or Additions	instant sandwich	Inspired by Bulls-Eye! (Jack Birnman, Apocalypse, 1981)	Mar. 1983	Apocalypse (Vol. 6 No. 3)	754	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Simple Sandwich - Moveless
Jack Birnman	Platinum Trajectory			Oct. 1986	Apocalypse (Vol. 9 No. 10)	1268	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Cards traveling (from Sandwich) to Sandwich
Larry Jennings	Intuitively Yours	finessed handling, two methods	Variations The Intuitive Spectator (Edward Marlo, Marlo's Magazine — Volume 6, 1988) Subliminal Suggestions (Jack Birnman, MAGIC, 1993) … and 1 more	1987	Neoclassics	15	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Spectator finds four of a kind
Jack Birnman	The Triangle	aces change to kings, aces now face-up in deck		1988	The Chronicles (Issue 35)	1411	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards
Roy Walton*	A Straight Shuffle	spectator can shuffle, you get a straight	Also published here A Straight Shuffle (Roy Walton, Pabular, 1977) Related to Speaking Volumes (William Goodwin, Genii, 2002) Variations Straight From the Bottom (Peter Duffie, Hidden Agenda, 1992) Straight From the Top (Peter Duffie, Hidden Agenda*, 1992) … and 4 more	1988	The Complete Walton — Volume 2	159	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / You just get the winning Hand. Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Gambling Stack / Partial
Jack Birnman	And a Pair of Kings	red kings change to black deuces, kings then reproduced, two more changes and pair produced from air, "Tens Routine"	Variations Ad Hoc Aces (Karl Fulves, Kaleidoscope*, 1989)	1989	Kaleidoscope	13	Cards / Effect Themes / Appearance & Production / In the empty Hands Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / One by One
Jack Birnman	Push-In Revelation	card moves out at back		1989	Kaleidoscope	14	Cards / Sleights / Pop-out Productions / Two-Handed
Karl Fulves*	Ad Hoc Aces		Inspired by And a Pair of Kings (Jack Birnman, Kaleidoscope, 1989) Variations Rapid City Aces (Karl Fulves, The Fine Print*, 1998)	1989	Kaleidoscope	18	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / One by One
Jack Birnman	Swivel Multiple Shift & Palm	tabled push-through action for multiple shift, then deck picked up and cards palmed out, also as bottom palm		1989	The Multiple Shift	42	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Shifts / Tabled Cards / Sleights / Palming / Classic Palm / Left Hand / Bottom Cards / Sleights / Palming / Classic Palm / Left Hand / Center
Jack Birnman	The Birnman Revelation	performer cuts deck swiftly into four piles, Ace on top of each, including a handling by John Bannon		1990	Impossibilia	118	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / All at once Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Magician cuts to the Aces / Tabled
Steve Beam	The Jack Birnman Insert			1991	The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 40)	727	Articles / Articles
Jack Birnman	Flying Downs			1991	The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 40)	727	Cards / Sleights / Reverses / More for One Card or a few Cards / Active
Jack Birnman	Guardians	red queens put in center and appear again		1991	The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 40)	728	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Flashy Location Cards / Sleights / Pop-out Productions / Revelations without "pop"
Jack Birnman	Super Sum	four cards produced, total gives position of card	Related to The Trapdoor Issue #39 (Steve Beam, The Trapdoor — Volume Two, 2011)	1991	The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 40)	729	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card found at total of Packet or named number
Jack Birnman	Four-Sites	face-up Four is shuffled in deck and locates two selections		1992	Card Finesse II	219	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Face up Card is used to count down to selection
Jack Birnman	Dragnet	Queens are tossed in deck, they split up and sandwich two selections, Birnman's original sleights replaced with standard sleights	Variations Scattered Sandwich (Harapan Ong, Close Culls, 2014) BOLO (John Bannon, Genii, 2020)	1992	Card Finesse II	222	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Distributors
Jack Birnman	Sharper's Image	after some shuffling (also by spectator) a two-handed game is dealt, performer receives a Full House with Aces and Kings, faro	Inspired by A Straight Shuffle (Roy Walton, Pabular, 1977) also in: A Straight Shuffle (The Complete Walton — Volume 2, 1988) Variations The Gambler's Luck (Nick Trost, Subtle Card Creations — Volume 1, 2008) Sharper-er's Image (Steve Reynolds, MAGIC, 2016) also in: Sharper's Fate (Output*, 2020) … and 1 more	June 1993	MO — Modus Operandi (Issue 2)	15	Cards / Principles / Riffle Shuffle Concepts / Partial Stack Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / You just get the winning Hand. Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Stay Stack / Full Deck
Jack Birnman	Subliminal Suggestions	four cards are chosen via counting and numbers, they match a prediction	Inspired by Intuitively Yours (Larry Jennings, Neoclassics, 1987)	Nov. 1993	MAGIC (Vol. 3 No. 3)	51	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Multiple Card Prediction
Jack Birnman	One-Hand Glide	from end grip		Jan. 1994	MAGIC (Vol. 3 No. 5)	55	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Glide Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Ovette Master Move (Kelly Bottom Placement)
Jack Birnman	Timeless	three cards are used to form a prediction verbally		1995	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2	81	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Clock Trick & Variations
Jack Birnman	The Bermuda Triangle	Aces transpose with quartet, Aces found reversed in the dek		1995	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2	118	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Quartet transposes with Quartet
Jack Birnman	Foreword			1995	The Sleight Album	1	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Aaron Fisher, Jack Birnman	The Long and Winding Trick	Aces lost, four indifferent cards found, their values used to count down to four cards, they are the Kings, Aces found on other side of counted packets	Also published here The Long and Winding Trick (Aaron Fisher, Jack Birnman, The Paper Engine, 2002)	1995	The Sleight Album	2	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Face up Card is used to count down to selection Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / As a Climax
Jack Birnman	The Dyslexic Psychic	entertaining presentation		Winter 1996	The Looking Glass (Issue 1)	1	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / Between two Packets
Jack Birnman	Higher Math	cards are used and transform/appear to illustrate simple calculations	Related to Even Higher Math (Larry Jennings, William Goodwin, The Looking Glass, 1998) Variations Pasteboard Calculus (Doug Conn, MAGIC, 1997) Even Higher Math (Larry Jennings, William Goodwin, The Looking Glass, 1998)	Summer 1996	The Looking Glass (Issue 3)	93	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Deck as Calculator or Calendar
Steve Beam	Jack Birnman 1921 - 1997			1997	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 64)	1281	Articles / Biographical
Doug Conn	Pasteboard Calculus	cards change and split to display basic calculations with its spot values	Inspired by Mickey Mouse Math (Paul Harris, Close-up Fantasies Finalé, 1981) also in: Mickey Mouse Math (The Art of Astonishment — Book 3, 1996) Higher Math (Jack Birnman, The Looking Glass, 1996)	Feb. 1997	MAGIC (Vol. 6 No. 6)	70	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Deck as Calculator or Calendar
Jack Birnman	My Spectator, The Clairvoyant	fair selection (automatic placement), added value of three selections determines position of first selection	Related to My Spectator, The Clairvoyant (Jack Birnman, Eddie Joseph, Roy Walton, The Trapdoor — Volume Three*, 1998)	Winter 1998	The Looking Glass (Issue 4)	133	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Automatic Placement Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card found at total of Packet or named number Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Spectator locates Card / Miscellaneous
Larry Jennings, William Goodwin	Even Higher Math		Inspired by Higher Math (Jack Birnman, The Looking Glass, 1996) Related to Higher Math (Jack Birnman, The Looking Glass, 1996)	Winter 1998	The Looking Glass (Issue 4)	144	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Miscellaneous
Jack Birnman, Eddie Joseph, Roy Walton*	My Spectator, The Clairvoyant	card fount at total of four stopped at cards	Related to My Spectator, The Clairvoyant (Jack Birnman, The Looking Glass, 1998)	1998	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 70)	1468	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Automatic Placement Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card found at total of Packet or named number Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Spectator locates Card / Miscellaneous
Simon Lovell	Backwards Kelly Replacement	Jack Birnman?		2000	Son of Simon Says!	42	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Ovette Master Move (Kelly Bottom Placement)
Aaron Fisher, Jack Birnman	The Long and Winding Trick	Aces lost, four indifferent cards found, their values used to count down to four cards, they are the Kings, Aces found on other side of counted packets	Also published here The Long and Winding Trick (Aaron Fisher, Jack Birnman, The Sleight Album, 1995)	2002	The Paper Engine	116	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Face up Card is used to count down to selection Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / As a Climax
Jack Birnman	Fishing Idea	brief		2004	Dear Mr. Fantasy	53	Cards / Principles / Fishing
Jack Avis	Meeting Jack Birnman			2006	Rara Avis	137	Articles / Articles
	Packet Trick Revelation	marketed, shown by Jack Birnman, questions on cards lead to card and backs form giant version of selection when puzzled together		2006	Rara Avis	138	Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Force and unusual Discovery
Nick Trost	The Gambler's Luck		Inspired by Sharper's Image (Jack Birnman, MO — Modus Operandi, 1993)	2008	Subtle Card Creations — Volume 1	114	Cards / Principles / Gilbreath Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Miscellaneous
Steve Beam	The Trapdoor Issue #39	on Super Sum	Related to Super Sum (Jack Birnman, The Trapdoor — Volume Two, 1991)	2011	The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue Addendum)	xxvi	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Special Issues	#30 Insert - Scott Robinson #34 Harvey Rosenthal - The One Man Issue #35 The Floating Issue #37 No-Card Issue #38 High-Octate Card Magic (all cards) #39 Insert - Steve Pressley #40 Insert - Jack Birnman #41 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks #42 Harry Levine - One Man Issue #47 Scott Robinson - One Man Issue #49 International Issue		2011	The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue Addendum)	liv	Articles / Articles
Harapan Ong	Scattered Sandwich	Aces reversed in center, split up to sandwich two selections	Inspired by Dragnet (Jack Birnman, Card Finesse II, 1992)	2014	Close Culls	86	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Distributors
Steve Reynolds	Sharper-er's Image	The Monk's Way after fair shuffling by spectator a two-handed game is dealt from a spot decided by a cut card, chosen winner receives a Royal Flush, faro	Also published here Sharper's Fate (Steve Reynolds, Output, 2020) Inspired by Sharper's Image (Jack Birnman, MO — Modus Operandi, 1993)	Feb. 2016	MAGIC (Vol. 25 No. 6)	64	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Spectator gets winning Hand
Nick Trost	All-Fair Poker Deal	marker card inserted face up, deck riffle shuffled, two-handed game is dealt starting under the marker card, performer receives a hull house with Aces and Kings	Inspired by Sharper's Image (Jack Birnman, MO — Modus Operandi, 1993)	2019	Subtle Card Creations — Volume 7	1677	Cards / Principles / Gilbreath Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / You just get the winning Hand. Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Gambling Stack / Partial
Steve Reynolds	Sharper's Fate	after fair shuffling by spectator a two-handed game is dealt from a spot decided by a cut card, chosen winner receives a Royal Flush, faro	Also published here Sharper-er's Image (Steve Reynolds, MAGIC, 2016) Inspired by Sharper's Image (Jack Birnman, MO — Modus Operandi, 1993)	2020	Output (Issue 10)	8	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Spectator gets winning Hand
Steve Reynolds	Bottom Placement Finesse		Also published here Tensless Bottom Placement (Steve Reynolds, Mr. Gadfly, 2001) Related to Jack Birnman's handling	2020	Output (Issue 13)	22	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Ovette Master Move (Kelly Bottom Placement)
John Bannon	BOLO	Dealing With It two cards chosen and lost, Jacks tossed in deck face up, they split up and sandwich both selections	Inspired by Dragnet (Jack Birnman, Card Finesse II, 1992)	July 2020	Genii (Vol. 83 No. 7)	62	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Distributors

49 entries for Jack Birnman