818 entries for Bob Farmer

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Dr. Ford Rogers Rogers' "Ever Ready" Forcing Pack short forcing cards glued on long indifferent cards
Also published here
Related to
Variations
 1913
Tricks With Prepared Cards
15
Eddie Clever Hallucination three people look at top card, everybody sees a different card, see page 99 for improvement by Charles W. Fricke
Also published here
Variations
 Oct. 1934
The Jinx (Issue 1)
1
A Matter of Debit and Credit "I have as many cards as you have, and enough....", magician twice divines correct number of cut off cards
Also published here
Related to
Variations
 1938
Greater Magic
157
Al Baker With Prepared Cards "Albaka", name of a red card is written on every black card in stacked deck
Related to
Variations
 1938
Greater Magic
343
Dr. Ford Rogers Rogers' Ever Ready Forcing Pack short forcing cards glued on long indifferent cards
Also published here
Related to
Variations
 1938
Greater Magic
451
Sam Leo Horowitz A Psychological Discovery two-pile-stop trick with Eight/Nine alternating set-up
Also published here
Related to
Variations
 1938
Greater Magic
549
Bob Hummer Lite-Ning Addition spectator removes an Ace or a Two face down, then a Three or a Four and so on, total of added values is divined
Also published here
Related to
Variations
 1940
Half-A-Dozen Hummers
5
Eddie Joseph High Card Force having only one high card in center of deck, spectator remembers highest card of bunch drawn from center
Related to
 1942
Greater Card Tricks
25
Walter B. Gibson* 91¢ Miracle three spectators select a different color envelope each and can than put one coin out of five in it, when performer turns over and sees the remaining two, he knows who chose which coin
Related to
Variations
 Oct. 1943
The Phoenix (Issue 44)
180
Eddie Clever Hallucination three people look at top card, everybody sees a different card
Also published here
Variations
 1945
My Best
128
Bob Hummer The Moon Die Mystery number from one to six is thought of, three sides of a die are shown to spectator and he is asked if he sees his number, repeated three times and number is divined, without performer ever looking at the dice
Also published here
Related to
Variations
 1945
3 Pets
2
Poker jonah card principle, brief
Related to
 1946
Card Control
103
Royal H. Brin, Jr. Simplicity Poker Deal performer gets the Aces after the draw
Variations
 1946
50 Tricks You Can Do, You Will Do, Easy to Do
46
Dai Vernon, Paul Curry, Martin Gardner*, John Scarne, Audley Walsh Ten Card Deal jonah card
Also published here
Related to
Variations
 Jan. 1949
The Phoenix (Issue 168)
672
Martin Gardner*, Edward Marlo, Bert Allerton Ten Card Deal P.S. further ideas on the ten card poker deal
Also published here
Related to
Variations
 Feb. 1949
The Phoenix (Issue 170)
681
Louis Zingone Winning Poker No. 78, two-phase poker deal using faced deck
Variations
 1950
Scarne on Card Tricks
142
Paul Curry, Martin Gardner*, John Scarne, Dai Vernon, Audley Walsh Ten Card Deal jonah card
Also published here
Related to
Variations
 1956
The Best in Magic
190
Bert Allerton The Two Card Trick two phases, double facer
Also published here
Variations
 1958
The Close-Up Magician
22
Dai Vernon Sure Fire Showdown Ten Card Poker principle, strippers
Also published here
Related to
 1959
Inner Secrets of Card Magic
69
Bert Allerton The Two Card Trick two phases, double facer, no ESP relation
Also published here
Variations
 1960
ESP Handbook and Workshop Kit
7
Henry Christ Henry Christ's Fabulous Ace Routine
Related to
Variations
 1961
Professional Card Magic
48
Martin Gardner* Brain Popper spectator writes "yes" or "no" on a card to predict whether an event will take place, logic paradox
Related to
Variations
 Mar. 1961
Ibidem (Issue 23)
23
Roy Walton* Lesson In Larceny ten card packet, spectator deals cards from top or bottom and gets a straight, performer aces
Also published here
Related to
Variations
 July 1966
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 1 No. 9)
47
Harry Lorayne Ten Card Poker Deal multiple phase template routine
Also published here
Related to
Variations
 1967
Deck-Sterity
72
Jack Salvin, Fred Lowe Triple Circle Routine with triple loop, routine
Variations
 1967
The Art of Close-Up Magic — Volume 1
95
Peter Alexis* A Friendly Game betting game with dice, proposition bet
Related to
  • p. 155 for George Henbeck comment
Variations
 Winter 1967
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 3 No. 1st Folio)
136
Karl Fulves* Self-Duplicating Set-ups exotic principle in which sequences are duplicated in a random outjog-sorting procedure
Also published here
Related to
Variations
 July 1968
Epilogue (Issue 3)
19
Dai Vernon Repeat Poker Deal ten card set-up
Related to
Variations
 Winter 1968
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 4 No. 2nd Folio)
219
Eddie Joseph Thought Reflection three spectators each choose a name card, then they pocket an item (from five on the table) according to a list that matches the names with the items while performer is out of the room, then he divines the chosen names and articles, remaining items are key
Also published here
  • manuscript, ca. 1953
Related to
Variations
 1969
The Art of Eddie Joseph
287
Karl Fulves* Colorvision Plus Math color vision cube turned on table by spectator according to instructions, color divined, see also p. 340 & 373
Also published here
Related to
 Feb. 1970
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 5 No. 4)
322
Karl Fulves* Colorvision Plus Math color vision cube turned on table by spectator according to instructions, color divined
Also published here
Related to
 1970
Tricks With Dice
2
Dai Vernon, Harry Lorayne, Don Costello The Card Sharp and the Four Gamblers with four Kings kicker and story
Inspired by
Related to
Variations
 1971
Reputation-Makers
11
Harry Lorayne To Catch an Ace #3
Related to
 1971
Reputation-Makers
56
Roland Hurley The De-Materializing Coin Chinese coin with square hole and half dollar with round hole transpose, then holes transpose from Chinese coin to half dollar
Inspired by
Related to
Variations
 Feb. 1971
Kabbala — Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 2)
9
Sam Leo Horowitz 8's & 9's
Also published here
Related to
Variations
 Dec. 1971
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 7 No. 2)
471
Allen Swift, Frank Garcia Swift Poker Deal face-up/face-down shuffled deck, using cut-and-turn-over-force before shuffle
Also published here
Related to
 1972
Million Dollar Card Secrets
86
Sam Leo Horowitz Horowitz's Mental Stop No. 602, two-pile-stop trick with Eight/Nine alternating set-up
Also published here
Related to
Variations
 1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
167
Frank Thompson F.T. Cut
Also published here
Variations
 1973
Super Subtle Card Miracles
143
Karl Fulves* Self-Duplicating Set-ups exotic principle in which sequences are duplicated in a random outjog-sorting procedure
Also published here
Related to
Variations
 1973
Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups
18
Jerry Mentzer Jazz Combo mentioning the combination of Jazz Aces with Elevator Aces, Oil and Water, ...
Related to
 1974
Card Cavalcade II
131
Harry Lorayne HaLo Cut
Variations
 1975
Afterthoughts
40
Bob Farmer Hand O' Doom Triumph with thought-of card, card vanishes and travels into spectator's pocket to some other cards already there, cue card on card with a hand design on it
Also published here
Variations
 1975
Hand O' Doom
1
Frank Garcia Spectacular Routine four Aces are produced one by one
Also published here
Related to
Variations
 1975 ca.
Lecture Notes No. 2
5
Edward Marlo The Synchronized Clock card at chosen Hour matches with value
Also published here
Related to
 1976
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 1
174
Brother John Hamman Magician vs. Gambler ten card poker deal, hands transform multiple times, gaffed
Also published here
Related to
Variations
 1976
Kabbala — Volume 3 (Vol. 3 No. 1)
11
Jon Racherbaumer Oil & Water credit information
Related to
 1976
Kabbala — Volume 3 (Vol. 3 No. 4)
45
Roy Walton* Lesson in Larceny No. 14, ten card packet, spectator deals cards from top or bottom and gets a straight, performer aces
Also published here
Related to
Variations
 1976
Self-Working Card Tricks
25
Bob Farmer Hamman Count - Farmer Method
June 1977
Pabular (Vol. 3 No. 10)
420
Eric Mason Caboodle five-as-four count, showing them all as double backers
Also published here
Related to
Variations
 Sep. 1977
Pabular (Vol. 4 No. 1)
461
Bob Farmer, Bert Allerton, Jerry Mentzer Jazz Pieces - Body & Soul a red and a black jumbo card are cut into four pieces, the pieces change places, oil and water, missing part of the description is published in "Jazz Pieces"
Related to
Variations
 Oct. 1977
Pabular (Vol. 4 No. 2)
476
Karl Fulves* Change in Mind "as many pennies as you have, plus three more, plus enough left over...", trick that fooled Einstein with coins
Related to
Variations
 1977
The Magic Book
83
Bob Farmer Cabungle alternate handling, with application for packet ambitious card sequence
Inspired by
Related to
 Jan. 1978
Pabular (Vol. 4 No. 5)
511
Bob Farmer Jazz Pieces missing part of text and illustrations
Inspired by
Related to
 Jan. 1978
Pabular (Vol. 4 No. 5)
512
Bob Farmer, Bill Simon Twisting, Turning, Extending and Otherwise Molesting the Aces card is stretched, then one by one reverses
 		May 1978
Pabular (Vol. 4 No. 9)
572
Alex Elmsley, Bob Farmer False Count four cards, hiding two faces
 		May 1978
Pabular (Vol. 4 No. 9)
572
Larry Becker Perplexing ESP Plaques marking system for ESP cards, business cards etc., address
Related to
Variations
 1978
World of Super Mentalism
33
Frank Garcia Spectacular Routine four Aces are produced one by one
Also published here
Related to
Variations
 1978
Lecture Notes — No. 2
5
Amazing James Randi, Shigeo Futagawa Numeral-oh-gee using number cards
Related to
Variations
 June 1979
Apocalypse (Vol. 2 No. 6)
205
Karl Fulves* The Gambler's Third Lesson introduction, On presenting Gambling Material
Related to
 1979
Gambler's Third Lesson
1
Daryl Martinez Double-Dazzling Triumph two selections, deck shuffled face up into face down, two cards are reversed, indicator cards to find selections, then deck is separated into red and black cards
Also published here
Variations
 1979
Double-Dazzling Triumph
1
1. Soll und Haben "I have as many cards as you have, and enough....", magician twice divines correct number of cut off cards
Also published here
Related to
Variations
 1979
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 40 No. 4)
119
Bob Farmer Rate Of Exchange routine for two-copper-one-silver set, starting clean
 		Oct. 1980
Apocalypse (Vol. 3 No. 10)
404
Bob Hummer Hummer's Poker Chip Baffle six poker chips with numbers on each side, spectator can turn them while performer's back is turned and then cover three chips, performer names numbers covered, for credit information see 2022 Bob Farmer reference
Also published here
  • marketed 1941 by Sam Berland
Related to
Variations
 1980
Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets
4
Bob Hummer Lite-Ning Addition spectator removes an Ace or a Two face down, then a Three or a Four and so on, total of added values is divined (1940)
Also published here
Related to
Variations
 1980
Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets
10
Bob Hummer The Moon Die Mystery number from one to six is thought of, three sides of a die are shown to spectator and he is asked if he sees his number, repeated three times and number is divined, without performer ever looking at the dice
Also published here
Related to
Variations
 1980
Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets
15
Bob Hummer The Gremlins cards with red and blue gremlins are shuffled, behind back performer sorts the card in two packets so amount of red gremlins in one packet is the same as blue gremlins in the other packet
Related to
 1980
Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets
41
Karl Fulves*, Charles T. Jordan, Joseph Ovette, U. F. Grant The Buddha Bet "can you see your suit/value... here?", set-up
Inspired by
Related to
 1981
Fourcast
12
Bob Hummer Mental Die No. 28, die under hat, divination of number
Also published here
Related to
Variations
 1981
Self-Working Table Magic
32
Harry Lorayne Der Zehn-Karten Poker Deal
Also published here
Related to
Variations
 May 1981
Intermagic (Vol. 8 No. 1)
14
Bob Farmer Close Quarters
Apr. 1982
Apocalypse (Vol. 5 No. 4)
615
Bob Farmer, Al Schneider Pick-Up Move Variation as a transfer steal
 		Apr. 1982
Apocalypse (Vol. 5 No. 4)
616
Bob Farmer The Twirl Spread spreading a small packet while hiding cards
 		Dec. 1982
Apocalypse (Vol. 5 No. 12)
709
Harry Lorayne Bob Farmer mini bio
 		1982
Best of Friends
385
Bob Farmer Reversatility method for facing the deck or reversing cards at center:
  • To reverse a card
  • Without a tabletop
  • To reverse a card at a known position
  • To reverse cards throughout the deck
  • To reverse a card in a packet
 		1982
Best of Friends
386
Walt Lees Editorial on "What Puzzle Me", Martin Breese, Bob Farmer, Peter Kane, Barrie Richardson, Pat Page
 		Aug. 1982
Pabular (Vol. 7 No. 5)
1038
Roy Walton*, Karl Fulves* 31 Plus Ace through Six used, spectator choses three and performer takes other three, they call their numbers and whoever adds to 31 wins
Related to
Variations
 1982
Six Impromptu Card Tricks
17
Bob Farmer Double-Dazzling Slop Shuffle Triumph two selections, deck shuffled face up into face down, two cards are reversed, indicator cards to find selections, then deck is separated into red and black cards
Inspired by
 1982
Fork Full of Appetizers
15
Bob Farmer Triumph Display in the hands
 		1982
Fork Full of Appetizers
17
Jeff Busby A Brief Commercial Message... Ibidem Events convention, Paul Fox, Scotty York Coin in Lighter rip-off, Arthur Emerson, Bob Farmer, Martin Breese, Stewart James, Egg Bag, Johnny Thompson
 		Jan. 1983
Epoptica (Issue 3)
121
Bob Farmer Jadoo telephone book test with specially composed telephone directory
 		Jan. 1983
Epoptica (Issue 3)
170
Shigeo Futagawa Stunumbers No. 17, some small numbers added, total predicted, using number cards, for credit information see "Future Choice" reference
Related to
Variations
 1983
Self-Working Number Magic
27
Dr. Ford Rogers Ever Ready Forcing Pack Svengali deck, pairs glued together at one end, 1913
Also published here
Related to
Variations
 1983
A History of the Brainwave Principle
13
Bob Farmer Wild Card Monte wild card routine with monte presentation
 		1984
Epoptica (Issue Yearbook)
316
Bob Farmer Clip Miracle Monte variation of Takagi's "Miracle Monte" with paper clip
 		Aug. 1984
Epoptica (Issue 6)
393
Philip T. Goldstein* Zen Poker streamlined "can you see your suit/value... here?", Age Cards credit information
Related to
Variations
 1984
Thequal
2
Bob Farmer Gambo Magique
Inspired by
Related to
 1984
Fork Full of Appetizers — Book 2
82
Bob Farmer Transfer Cut from bottom to center, tripple cut in the hands
Inspired by
 1984
Fork Full of Appetizers — Book 2
83
Bob Farmer Swivel Slip Cut several cards from top to center
Related to
  • Doug Edwards' "Cardmania", same idea
 1984
Fork Full of Appetizers — Book 2
84
Karl Fulves* Face-up Poker No. 75, poker hands drawn from face-up spread, yet performer wins, with variation
  • Revenge Poker
Related to
 1984
More Self-Working Card Tricks
112
Jon Racherbaumer Correct Change trick that fooled Einstein with coins
Inspired by
Related to
Variations
 1984
At The Table
60
Bob Farmer Credit Card Stretch idea
 		Summer 1985
The Collected Almanac (Vol. 3 No. 28, 29 & 30)
307
Bob Farmer The Packet Transfer (PAT) Switch versatile switch on top of deck without breaks
  • PAT Switch I: for partial packet switches
  • PAT Switch II: for complete packet switch
Related to
 1985
Best of Friends — Volume II
415
Bob Farmer To Add 1 Card, Subtract None PAT Switch variation
 		1985
Best of Friends — Volume II
420
Bob Farmer To Switch One Card Of 3 (Add 1, Subtract 1) PAT Switch variation
 		1985
Best of Friends — Volume II
420
Bob Farmer A Face-Up Switch PAT Switch variation
 		1985
Best of Friends — Volume II
421
Bob Farmer, Frederick Braue Braue Add-On Handling PAT Switch application
 		1985
Best of Friends — Volume II
421
Bob Farmer Ambiguous Snake Of A Thousand Laughs three cards transform multiple times, ungaffed
 		1985
Best of Friends — Volume II
423
Bob Farmer Mixdemeanor 4&4, oil & water in reverse
 		1985
Best of Friends — Volume II
430
Eric Mason Caboodle "A Universal Count"
five-as-four count, showing them all as double backers
Also published here
Related to
Variations
 1985 ca.
Stuff
38
Robert D. Michaels, David Ben, Michael Close, Bob Farmer, Michael Weber Invisible Triumph rough smooth, for credit information see reference
Related to
 May 1986
Apocalypse (Vol. 9 No. 5)
1207
Bob Farmer Deep Throte small packet divination routine with stack and reverse faros, three selections
 		Mar. 1987
Epoptica (Issue 8)
470
Bob Farmer Introduction
Also published here
 1987/1988
Tsunami
2
Bob Farmer Stacked Deck Version spectator thinks of a card from half the deck, performer makes some statements and bets money, then five cards are put on table, spectator's card is among them and the other cards complete a good poker hand
Also published here
Related to
Variations
 1987/1988
Tsunami
2
Bob Farmer Special Deck Version same effect, duplicates in deck
Also published here
 1987/1988
Tsunami
6
Bob Farmer Impromptu Version spectator shuffles deck and thinks of the highest of five random cards, performer places poker hand on table, it is a Royal Flush that contains thought-of card
Also published here
Related to
Variations
 1987/1988
Tsunami
7
Bob Farmer Pentacle Force forcing a Ten to Ace value on spectator, Tsunami principle
Also published here
Related to
Variations
 1987/1988
Tsunami
9
Bob Farmer You Can Lead a Gift Horse to Water But You Can't Look in its Mouth different way to end the previous tricks, with only the selection
Also published here
 1987/1988
Tsunami
11
Bob Farmer, P. Howard Lyons Five Card Versions "One No Is Once Enough Is Not Enough"
spectator thinks of one of five cards, majority fishing (one no)
Also published here
Variations
 1987/1988
Tsunami
12
Bob Farmer Impromptu Impromptu Version "One One No Is Once Enough Is Not Enough Is Not Enough"
one of five cards
Also published here
 1987/1988
Tsunami
15
Bob Farmer 220 Count Location Simplified
Also published here
Related to
 1987/1988
Tsunami
16
Bob Farmer High Card Force five spectators remove cards from portions of the deck, then another spectator the highest one of those, card is forced
Also published here
Variations
 1987/1988
Tsunami
17
Bob Farmer Finesse further ideas
  • 1. Koran 101 Strategy
  • 2. Character of Questions
  • 3. Five Piles
  • 4. Overcon (ten-card stack for majority fishing with two nos)
  • 5. Credits (for one-no fishing)
Also published here
Related to
 1987/1988
Tsunami
17
Max Maven* Mesmeric Revelations: Quoting The Maven Semaphore suggestions
Also published here
Inspired by
 1987/1988
Tsunami
19
Bob Farmer, Tom Ransom Chart #1 & Chart #2
1987/1988
Tsunami
20
Darwin Ortiz Mexican Poker
Related to
 1988
Darwin Ortiz at the Card Table
29
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Tsunami by Bob Farmer Feb. 1988
Epoptica (Issue 11)
525
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Tsunami by Bob Farmer Mar. 1988
Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 2 No. 2)
3
Karl Fulves* What From Whom credit discussions
  • Bob Farmer's "Tsunami"
  • Gaetan Bloom's "Visible Monte"
  • "Jumbo Mondo Monte"
  • response to "Shuffle Off" manuscript
  • Flip Flap by The Magic Hands
Related to
 1988
Interlocutor (Issue 51)
244
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Deja Voodoo by Bob Farmer Sep. 1989
Epoptica (Issue 12)
554
Brother John Hamman The Two-Card Trick
Related to
 1989
The Secrets of Brother John Hamman
24
Brother John Hamman Magician Versus Gambler ten card poker deal, hands transform multiple times, gaffed
Also published here
Related to
Variations
 1989
The Secrets of Brother John Hamman
180
Bob Farmer Deja Voodoo card named, word "impossible" looked up in dictionary, selection is written next to it, long-short pages
Variations
 1989
Deja Voodoo
1
Bob Haines, Bob Farmer Improm Too Voodoo spelling name of a friend to chose selection, parts of selection written under certain words in dictionary
Inspired by
 Aug. 1989
Magick (Issue 427)
2135
Gary Ouellet The Touch Force
Also published here
Variations
 1990
Close Up Illusions
171
Jon Racherbaumer, Bob Farmer On the Free-Cut Principle credit information
 		1990
Cardfixes
4
Bob Farmer Headhunter seven blank cards and Jack of Hearts, Jack travels from packet to packet, repeated twice, then all blank cards become Jacks of Hearts
 		1990
Headhunter
1
Bob Farmer Modified Flushtration Count
1990
Headhunter
2
Bob Farmer Modified Hamman Count
1990
Headhunter
10
John Bannon, Bob Farmer Clock O'Doom clock trick with small packet triumph sequence, selection travels from packet to deck, see Racherbaumer reference for credit information
Inspired by
Related to
Variations
 1991
Smoke and Mirrors
20
John Bannon "Double No" Fishing Binary-Majority Sort in Bob Farmer's terminology
 		1991
Smoke and Mirrors
54
Dan Garrett The "Underhanded" Overhand Shuffle Hunter type shuffle without jogs, packets are immediately exchanged and shuffle repeated, apparently only one shuffle
Also published here
Variations
 1991
Garrett Does The U.K.
20
René Lavand Mahtub multiple phases
Also published here
Inspired by
Related to
 1991
Slow Motion Magic II
70
Jerry K. Hartman Tete a Tete
Also published here
Inspired by
Related to
 1991
Card Craft
423
Bob Farmer Jack To The Future card thought of, then card selected, written on the thought-of card is the selected card
Inspired by
 Oct. 1991
MAGIC (Vol. 1 No. 2)
44
Michael Weber (reviewer) Nothing to Lose by Bob Farmer Nov. 1991
MAGIC (Vol. 1 No. 3)
50
Tony Binarelli The Cincinnati Kid Poker Game four phases
Also published here
Related to
Variations
 1991
Class Act
169
Jack Carpenter Mysterious Daley & Between your Palms combo, also called "Quantum Theory"
Also published here
Inspired by
Related to
Variations
 1992
Modus Operandi
13
Bob Farmer Overcon two cards thought of from fanned deck and then divined
 		Aug. 1992
New Sorcerer (Vol. 1 No. 2)
19
Bob Farmer Push-In Unload
Sep./Oct. 1992
Avantgarde Magic (Vol. 1 No. 6)
4
Bob Farmer Push-In Unload
1992
Prinzipien in der Praxis
24
Dan Garrett The "Underhanded" Overhand Shuffle Hunter type shuffle without jogs, packets are immediately exchanged and shuffle repeated, apparently only one shuffle
Also published here
Variations
 1992
Garrett In The U.S.A.
20
Michael Weber (reviewer) Freak Key by Bob Farmer Aug. 1992
MAGIC (Vol. 1 No. 12)
56
Bob Farmer Flim-Flam on scams, cons, proposition bets
 		Sep. 1992
MAGIC (Vol. 2 No. 1)
42
Bob Farmer Jiggery Pokery poker hands drawn from face-up spread, yet performer wins, credit information
Also published here
Related to
Variations
 Sep. 1992
MAGIC (Vol. 2 No. 1)
43
Bob Farmer Beer Money length of bill compared to height and circumference of a glass
 		Sep. 1992
MAGIC (Vol. 2 No. 1)
43
Bob Farmer Scam to the Future word play bar bet with two predictions, spectator has to proclaim whether he thinks the performer is a fraud or a psychic
Inspired by
 Sep. 1992
MAGIC (Vol. 2 No. 1)
43
Bob Farmer Lay Your Money Down
  • Flim-Flam
spectator and performer alternately lay down bills on space without them touching, last one wins
 		Oct. 1992
MAGIC (Vol. 2 No. 2)
44
Bob Farmer Game, Set and Match
  • Flim-Flam
whoever takes the last match wins
 		Nov. 1992
MAGIC (Vol. 2 No. 3)
45
Ben McEachen Flim-Flam Fan
  • Letters
Related to
 Dec. 1992
MAGIC (Vol. 2 No. 4)
11
Bob Farmer Cheat The Store Where You Bought This Magazine
  • Flim-Flam
bet that one can call out a hundred different words without an a
 		Dec. 1992
MAGIC (Vol. 2 No. 4)
59
Bob Farmer Jazz Pieces/Body and Soul two giant card cut into four pieces, two pieces transpose, then oil and water phase with the 4&4, Jazz Aces with the pieces
Inspired by
 1993
Card File
25
René Lavand Mahtub multiple phases
Also published here
Inspired by
Related to
 1993
Magic From The Soul
176
Bob Farmer Excuse Me, But Did You Drop This Fifty Dollar Bill?
  • Flim-Flam
three bets using money
  • 2-5-7
  • Same But Different
  • The $100 Swindle
 		Jan. 1993
MAGIC (Vol. 2 No. 5)
58
Bob Farmer I've Got Fifty Bucks That Says This Is A Shotgun And I Am Elvis bet that one of the top cards of three random piles matches one of three randomly named digits from a bill's serial number
Also published here
  • Bill Simon's Mathematical Magic
 Jan. 1993
MAGIC (Vol. 2 No. 5)
59
Bob Farmer How To Fake A Veneer Of Normalcy coin flip bet
 		Jan. 1993
MAGIC (Vol. 2 No. 5)
59
Bob Farmer The Last Trick Of Dr. Jacob Hamman a.k.a. The Card Of Turin Daley & Between your Palms combo
Inspired by
 Feb. 1993
MAGIC (Vol. 2 No. 6)
49
Bob Farmer Texas Rose
  • Flim-Flam
winning strategy for tic tac toe
 		Feb. 1993
MAGIC (Vol. 2 No. 6)
53
Bob Farmer Count Diceula
  • Flim-Flam
addition game with dice
Also published here
  • "Foul Play, Fair Dice" (I'll Bet You Can't, Lewis Kohrs, 1946))
 Mar. 1993
MAGIC (Vol. 2 No. 7)
53
Bob Farmer, William Goldman The Little Man Who Was There
  • Flim-Flam
"The Chicago Bar Scam" via Bill Goldman, bet to make signed bill appear in cash register
Related to
 Apr. 1993
MAGIC (Vol. 2 No. 8)
69
Jim Steinmeyer The Nine Card Problem small packet spelling discovery, no-touch
Also published here
Inspired by
  • "Remote Control" (Jim Steinmeyer, The New Invocation #43, Feb. 1988)
Related to
Variations
 May 1993
MAGIC (Vol. 2 No. 9)
56
Bob Farmer Nine Card Problem Handling alternative intro
Inspired by
 May 1993
MAGIC (Vol. 2 No. 9)
57
Bob Farmer Three Card Monty Hall
  • Flim-Flam
on the monte hall problem
Related to
  • "The Elusive Ace" (Martin Gardner Presents, p. 228)
 May 1993
MAGIC (Vol. 2 No. 9)
61
Jerry Martin Film-Flam
  • Letters
Related to
 June 1993
MAGIC (Vol. 2 No. 10)
12
Bob Farmer Chess for Chumps
  • Flim-Flam
cheating at chess
  • Playing Four Or More Games At Once
  • Cheating at Checkers
 		June 1993
MAGIC (Vol. 2 No. 10)
57
Bob Farmer How To Cheat Your Friends And Why You Should
  • Flim-Flam
Related to
 July 1993
MAGIC (Vol. 2 No. 11)
59
Bob Farmer Satanic Mechanic betting on which Ace will show up first, proposition bet
 		July 1993
MAGIC (Vol. 2 No. 11)
59
Bob Farmer Napoleon Meets His Watermelon nim with three rows of cards
 		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
Bob Farmer Con of the Realm
  • Flim-Flam
 		Aug. 1993
MAGIC (Vol. 2 No. 12)
59
Bob Farmer Three Rights Make a Wrong asking the spectator three questions about a dollar bill that makes him lose money
 		Aug. 1993
MAGIC (Vol. 2 No. 12)
59
Bob Farmer Roll With The Punches bet about removing a bill from under a glass without touching the glass
 		Aug. 1993
MAGIC (Vol. 2 No. 12)
59
Bob Farmer Flim-Flam
Sep. 1993
MAGIC (Vol. 3 No. 1)
58
Bob Farmer Not So Easy Money bet that spectator cannot pick up a dollar bill from the floor
 		Sep. 1993
MAGIC (Vol. 3 No. 1)
58
Bob Farmer Heads I Win, Tails You Lose bet in which three coins in a row must be turned all heads-up
 		Sep. 1993
MAGIC (Vol. 3 No. 1)
58
Bob Farmer Squeeze Play challenge of removing two coins that are balancing on the rim of a glass
 		Sep. 1993
MAGIC (Vol. 3 No. 1)
59
Bob Farmer Who's Ted?
  • Flim-Flam
book recommendations
 		Oct. 1993
MAGIC (Vol. 3 No. 2)
63
Bob Farmer Transpose My Spaces With The Trick Coin Of Life Chinese coin with square hole and half dollar with round hole transpose, then holes transpose from Chinese coin to half dollar
Inspired by
Related to
 Nov. 1993
MAGIC (Vol. 3 No. 3)
53
Bob Farmer Monte Bones
  • Flim-Flam
spectator cannot find spotted die amongst blank dice, paddle move
 		Nov. 1993
MAGIC (Vol. 3 No. 3)
58
Bob Farmer Double-Barreled & Double-Headed Chumps
  • Flim-Flam
 		Dec. 1993
MAGIC (Vol. 3 No. 4)
62
Bob Farmer Pocket Change bet about matching the flip of a coin
Related to
 Dec. 1993
MAGIC (Vol. 3 No. 4)
62
Bob Farmer Two Heads Are Better Than One coin flipping with three people, odd man out wins
Related to
 Dec. 1993
MAGIC (Vol. 3 No. 4)
62
Bob Farmer Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad three coins shaken and tossed by spectator, head/tail proposition bet
Related to
 Dec. 1993
MAGIC (Vol. 3 No. 4)
62
Bob Farmer None Out Of Three head/tail sucker game with three tossed coins
Related to
 Dec. 1993
MAGIC (Vol. 3 No. 4)
62
Bob Farmer Two Out Of Three Ain't Badder three coins shaken and tossed by spectator, head/tail proposition bet
Related to
 Dec. 1993
MAGIC (Vol. 3 No. 4)
63
Bob Farmer Cheating: Sacred Heritage & Your New Hobby
1994
Beat 'em, Cheat 'em, Leave 'em Bleedin'
1
Bob Farmer Where to get Marked Cards, Loaded Dice and Double-Headed Coins
1994
Beat 'em, Cheat 'em, Leave 'em Bleedin'
4
Bob Farmer Double-Headed Coins bar bets with double-headed coins
  • Con of the Realm
  • Pocket Change
  • Two Heads are Better than One
  • Two Out of Three Ain't Bad
  • None out of Three
  • Two out of Three Ain't Badder
  • Heads I Win, Tails You Lose
 		1994
Beat 'em, Cheat 'em, Leave 'em Bleedin'
6
Bob Farmer Marked Cards general comments
 		1994
Beat 'em, Cheat 'em, Leave 'em Bleedin'
14
Bob Farmer Ten Cards, Twenty Fingers, Unlimited Cash marked Jonah, optional stripper deck to take the set out after an honest shuffle of the deck
 		1994
Beat 'em, Cheat 'em, Leave 'em Bleedin'
15
Bob Farmer The Game of 31 Ace through Six on table, numbers added until in turn until 31 is reached, performer always wins
Related to
 1994
Beat 'em, Cheat 'em, Leave 'em Bleedin'
18
Bob Farmer Svengali Monte monte type betting routine with the deck cut into three piles, optional clean ending
 		1994
Beat 'em, Cheat 'em, Leave 'em Bleedin'
22
Bob Farmer, Theodore DeLand Two-Card Monte
1994
Beat 'em, Cheat 'em, Leave 'em Bleedin'
27
Bob Farmer Three-Card Monte with gaff/flap
 		1994
Beat 'em, Cheat 'em, Leave 'em Bleedin'
28
Bob Farmer Loaded Dice bets with loaded and mis-spotted dice
  • 7-11 Dice - Load and Fire
  • Another Game of 31
  • Bone Try
  • Pair of Dice by the Dashboard Light
 		1994
Beat 'em, Cheat 'em, Leave 'em Bleedin'
30
Bob Farmer A Simple Dice Switch
1994
Beat 'em, Cheat 'em, Leave 'em Bleedin'
36
Bob Farmer Swindle Tech
1994
Beat 'em, Cheat 'em, Leave 'em Bleedin'
37
Jim Krenz Nothing Too Loose monte trick in which card with large hole must be followed
Inspired by
  • "Nothing To Lose" (Bob Farmer)
 1994
Notable Magic!
14
Jim Krenz Invisible Triumph spectator shuffles, all cards roughed on back
Related to
 1994
Notable Magic!
18
Rudolf Braunmüller Die unzertrennlichen Rieseenkarten two jumbo cards cut into four pieces, routine with the pieces, 4&4
  • Phase 1 - "Follow the Leader"
  • Phase 2 - "Öl und Wasser"
  • Phase 3 - "Jazz Asse"
Inspired by
 May 1994
Intermagic (Vol. 18 No. 3)
99
Bert Allerton The Two Card Trick two phases, double facer
Also published here
Variations
 Jan./Feb. 1994
The Magic Menu (Vol. 4 No. 21)
236
Bob Farmer The Ten Card Deal: An Investigation
  • Flim-Flam
on the ten card poker deal
  • The Basic Principle
 		Jan. 1994
MAGIC (Vol. 3 No. 5)
57
Bob Farmer Sure Fire Showdown ten Card Poker Principle, strippers
Related to
 Jan. 1994
MAGIC (Vol. 3 No. 5)
58
Bob Farmer Poker on Buckley's description of the Ten Card Poker Deal in Card Control
Related to
  • Poker (Card Control, 1946)
 Jan. 1994
MAGIC (Vol. 3 No. 5)
58
Trell Nowels Hidden Coins
  • Letters
Related to
 Feb. 1994
MAGIC (Vol. 3 No. 6)
11
Randy Gagnon Flim-Flam Fan, But...
  • Letters
Related to
 Feb. 1994
MAGIC (Vol. 3 No. 6)
12
Bob Farmer Magic Politics
  • Letters
 		Feb. 1994
MAGIC (Vol. 3 No. 6)
14
Bob Farmer The Ten Card Deal: An Investigation - Part II
  • Flim-Flam
more on the ten card poker deal
  • Which Cards To Use
  • Getting The Cards Into Play
 		Feb. 1994
MAGIC (Vol. 3 No. 6)
49
Bob Farmer Done Deal I done from deck
Also published here
 Feb. 1994
MAGIC (Vol. 3 No. 6)
49
Bob Farmer Done Deal II done from deck, belly strippers
Also published here
 Feb. 1994
MAGIC (Vol. 3 No. 6)
50
Bob Farmer Done Deal III spectator cuts deck and deals, loses, blocks are strung together to force cut position
Also published here
 Feb. 1994
MAGIC (Vol. 3 No. 6)
50
Bob Farmer Done Deal IV spectator cuts and deals two hands, loses, five duplicate Ten Card Poker sets
Also published here
 Feb. 1994
MAGIC (Vol. 3 No. 6)
50
Bob Farmer The Ten Card Deal: An Investigation - Part III
  • Flim-Flam
"The Sultans of Swindle"
 		Mar. 1994
MAGIC (Vol. 3 No. 7)
58
Bob Farmer Harry Lorayne "Ten Card Poker Deal" comments on Lorayne's routine
Related to
 Mar. 1994
MAGIC (Vol. 3 No. 7)
58
Bob Farmer Darwin Ortiz "Mexican Poker" comments on Ortiz's routine
Related to
 Mar. 1994
MAGIC (Vol. 3 No. 7)
58
Bob Farmer J. K. Hartman "Tête-a-Tête" comments on Hartman's routine
Related to
 Mar. 1994
MAGIC (Vol. 3 No. 7)
58
Bob Farmer Nick Trost "Showdown" comments on Trost's routine
Related to
 Mar. 1994
MAGIC (Vol. 3 No. 7)
59
Bob Farmer Bro. John Hamman "Magician Versus Gambler" comments on Hamman's routine
Related to
 Mar. 1994
MAGIC (Vol. 3 No. 7)
59
Bob Farmer Bruce Bernstein "Psych-Out" comments on Bernstein's routine
Related to
  • marketed 1985
 Mar. 1994
MAGIC (Vol. 3 No. 7)
59
Bob Farmer Ten Card Deal References
  • Flim-Flam
 		Apr. 1994
MAGIC (Vol. 3 No. 8)
76
Max Maven* He Who Rags Last
  • Parallax (spelled "Parax")
on his own writing and using unknown words, using only words of max five letters
  • Brief Case
Related to
 May 1994
MAGIC (Vol. 3 No. 9)
19
Bob Farmer The Ten Card Deal: An Investigation Part V - Loose Ends
  • Flim-Flam

  • 18 Card Deals
  • New Endings
  • The Cider Variations
  • Face-Up Or Face-Down
  • Statistics
  • Probability
  • No Card Variations
  • Ten Bill Deal
  • And Finally
 		May 1994
MAGIC (Vol. 3 No. 9)
66
Mike Rogers, Ulf Morling, Kevin King, Sid Fleischman*, Stacey MacKenzie, Bob Farmer Maximum Defense
  • Letters
Related to
 June 1994
MAGIC (Vol. 3 No. 10)
9
Bob Farmer Two-Card Monte
  • Flim-Flam
two cards are placed face to face and turned multiple times, spectator should guess which card is face up and loses repeatedly
Inspired by
  • Deland's Two Card Monte
 June 1994
MAGIC (Vol. 3 No. 10)
58
Bob Farmer Diverse Flims And Variegated Flams
  • Flim-Flam
 		July 1994
MAGIC (Vol. 3 No. 11)
60
Bob Farmer The Unbreakable Bank word-play bet about the amount of money one has in the fist
Related to
 July 1994
MAGIC (Vol. 3 No. 11)
60
Bob Farmer Born in the U.S.A. word-play bet about Denmark, Mexico, Norway and Poland
Related to
 July 1994
MAGIC (Vol. 3 No. 11)
60
Bob Farmer Mental Arithmetic puzzle about the telephone number of a character in a story
 		July 1994
MAGIC (Vol. 3 No. 11)
60
Bob Farmer Stand Up and Be Counted bet about standing a quarter on its edge
 		July 1994
MAGIC (Vol. 3 No. 11)
60
Bob Farmer, Alan Ericksen Word Morphing changing words by changing one letter at a time
Related to
 July 1994
MAGIC (Vol. 3 No. 11)
60
Bob Farmer Free Drinks For Life
  • Flim-Flam
 		Aug. 1994
MAGIC (Vol. 3 No. 12)
65
Bob Farmer Turn of the Screw bet about turning five glasses mouth down
 		Aug. 1994
MAGIC (Vol. 3 No. 12)
65
Bob Farmer Splash bet about distributing liquid in five glasses
 		Aug. 1994
MAGIC (Vol. 3 No. 12)
65
Bob Farmer All YOu Can Bet And Half Of All You Can Bet bet about determining whether a glass is exactly half full
 		Aug. 1994
MAGIC (Vol. 3 No. 12)
65
Bob Farmer Through a Glass Markly bet about distributing ten coins on three glasses so all have an odd number of coins
 		Aug. 1994
MAGIC (Vol. 3 No. 12)
65
Michael Narducci, Bob Farmer Flim-Flam
  • Letters
Related to
 Sep. 1994
MAGIC (Vol. 4 No. 1)
14
Bob Farmer La Monte Symbiotic
  • Flim-Flam
three piles on the table, spectator cannot follow top card of one pile
Related to
  • "Symbiotic Deck" (Gary Ouellet)
 Sep. 1994
MAGIC (Vol. 4 No. 1)
71
Bob Farmer Pair Of Dice By The Dashboard Light
  • Flim-Flam
proposition bet with four dice, one pair for spectator and one for performer, using 7-11 dice, four versions
 		Oct. 1994
MAGIC (Vol. 4 No. 2)
66
Bob Farmer A Simple Dice Switch switching one of two dice, manual
 		Oct. 1994
MAGIC (Vol. 4 No. 2)
67
Bob Farmer Dr. Scam & Nurse Fraud
  • Flim-Flam
 		Nov. 1994
MAGIC (Vol. 4 No. 3)
75
Bob Farmer The Four Sevens number puzzle
 		Nov. 1994
MAGIC (Vol. 4 No. 3)
75
Bob Farmer Rolling Coins puzzle about coin circumference, moving one coin around the other
 		Nov. 1994
MAGIC (Vol. 4 No. 3)
75
Bob Farmer Square of Cards square layout, task to arrange then so the sides add up to the same total
 		Nov. 1994
MAGIC (Vol. 4 No. 3)
75
Bob Farmer Deck of Thieves
  • Flim-Flam

  • Deck Eject
 		Dec. 1994
MAGIC (Vol. 4 No. 4)
64
Bob Farmer Deck Indirect wording puzzle about which cards are in the box
 		Dec. 1994
MAGIC (Vol. 4 No. 4)
64
Bob Farmer Deck Circumspect Monty Hall type proposition bet with three cards
 		Dec. 1994
MAGIC (Vol. 4 No. 4)
64
Bob Farmer Deck Collect proposition bet with four Twos and two Aces
 		Dec. 1994
MAGIC (Vol. 4 No. 4)
64
Bob Farmer Deck Genuflect betting game with ten red and black cards
 		Dec. 1994
MAGIC (Vol. 4 No. 4)
64
Bruce Bernstein Psych-Out four phases
Also published here
  • marketed 1985
Related to
Variations
 1994
Psych-Out
4
Steve Beam Leftovers on the internet, Bruce Barnett, Doug Canning, Cal Tooles, credit information for Semi-Automatic Card Tricks Volume II by Bob Farmer, beeper joke, Ed Eckl
 		1995
The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 58)
1124
Daryl Martinez Double Dazzling Triumph two selections, deck shuffled face up into face down, two cards are reversed, indicator cards to find selections, then deck is separated into red and black cards
Also published here
Variations
 1995
Inside Cardmagic
79
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