18 entries in Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / "The Bet"-Theme
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Touch and Go stranger card
1940 375
Clyde Cairy Dick Tracy Card Trick almost the same as Fingerprint Card Trick
Related to 1945 11
Paul LePaul An Unexpected Climax
Variations 1949 155
Edward Marlo Startling Climax two cards selected, first found in pocket, transforms in second card
Inspired by 1970 121
Larry Jennings Final Touch
1975
Epilogue (Issue Special No 3 (Part 1))
268
Daryl Martinez The High-Priced Spread featuring the one-handed Ascanio spread
1982 18
Larry Jennings The Bet
1986 22
Dai Vernon The Fingerprint Card Trick
Related toVariations 1987 136
Jerry K. Hartman Reprocessed Elimination
Jan. 1992
Apocalypse (Vol. 15 No. 1)
2025
Gene Maze Out of Five
Feb. 1992
Apocalypse (Vol. 15 No. 2)
2033
Larry Jennings ファイナルタッチ (Final Touch)
1993 143
Roberto Giobbi Die Wette
Also published here 1993 10
Larry Jennings, Roberto Giobbi A Sure Bet magician finds wrong card which then changes into spectator's choice
VariationsAlso published here 1998 565
Patrick Page, Roberto Giobbi And Yet It Is! apparently wrong card found, changes to correct one
Inspired by
  • "The Unknown Solider's Card Trick" (Patrick's Pages of Magic, Lecture Notes 1973)
Related to
  • "The Three to Two of Spades" (Ken de Courcy, Ken on Kards - Card Magic for Non-Card Men)
2016 119
Roy Walton Near Enough four cards with selection, cards eliminated via down-under deal, selection is seen eliminated but yet last card is selection, sucker
Variations 2016 1
Jack Carpenter Near Enough, Yet So Far Away five cards with selection, cards eliminated via down-under deal, selection is seen eliminated but yet last card is selection, other four cards change into Queens, sucker
Inspired byAlso published here 2017 51
Jack Carpenter Near Enough, Yet So Far Away five cards with selection, cards eliminated via down-under deal, selection is seen eliminated but yet last card is selection, other four cards change into Queens, sucker
Also published here Sep. 2018
Genii (Vol. 81 No. 9)
86
Matthew Dowden Underage Gambling two cards removed, neither of which is selection, one changes into selection
Inspired byAlso published here
  • MAGIC, July 2009
2022 870