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Eddie Clever Hallucination three people look at top card, everybody sees a different card, see page 99 for improvement by Charles W. Fricke
VariationsAlso published here 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
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1938 157
Al Baker With Prepared Cards name of a red card is written on every black card in stacked deck
Related toVariations 1938 343
Dr. Ford Rogers Rogers' Ever Ready Forcing Pack short forcing cards glued on long indifferent cards
Related toVariations 1938 451
Sam Leo Horowitz A Psychological Discovery two-pile-stop trick with Eight/Nine alternating set-up
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1938 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
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1940 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 25
Poker jonah card principle, brief
Related to 1946 103
Royal H. Brin, Jr. Simplicity Poker Deal performer gets the Aces after the draw
Variations 1946 46
Dai Vernon, Paul Curry, Martin Gardner, John Scarne, Audley Walsh Ten Card Deal jonah card
Related toAlso published here 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
Related toAlso published here Feb. 1949
The Phoenix (Issue 170)
681
Louis Zingone Winning Poker No. 78, two-phase poker deal using faced deck
Variations 1950 142
Bert Allerton The Two Card Trick two phases, double facer
VariationsAlso published here 1958 22
Dai Vernon Sure Fire Showdown Ten Card Poker principle, strippers
Related toAlso published here 1959 69
Henry Christ Henry Christ's Fabulous Ace Routine
Related toVariations 1961 48
Roy Walton Lesson In Larceny ten card packet, spectator deals cards from top or bottom and gets a straight, performer aces
Related toVariationsAlso published here July 1966 47
Harry Lorayne Ten Card Poker Deal multiple phase template routine
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1967 72
Jack Salvin, Fred Lowe Triple Circle Routine with triple loop, routine
Variations 1967 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. 1-4 (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
Related toVariationsAlso published here July 1968
Epilogue (Issue 3)
19
Dai Vernon Repeat Poker Deal ten card set-up
Related toVariations Winter 1968
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 4 No. 2nd Folio)
219
Karl Fulves Colorvision Plus Math color vision cube turned on table by spectator according to instructions, color divined, see also p. 340 & 373
Related to Feb. 1970 322
Dai Vernon, Harry Lorayne, Don Costello The Card Sharp and the Four Gamblers with four Kings kicker and story
Inspired byVariations 1971 11
Harry Lorayne To Catch an Ace #3
Related to 1971 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 byVariations Feb. 1971
Kabbala — Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 2)
9
Allen Swift, Frank Garcia Swift Poker Deal face-up/face-down shuffled deck, using cut-and-turn-over-force before shuffle
Related toAlso published here 1972 86
Jerry Mentzer Jazz Combo mentioning the combination of Jazz Aces with Elevator Aces, Oil and Water, ...
Related to 1974 131
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
VariationsAlso published here 1975 1
Frank Garcia Spectacular Routine four Aces are produced one by one
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1975 ca. 5
Edward Marlo The Synchronized Clock card at chosen Hour matches with value
Related to 1976 174
Brother John Hamman Magician vs. Gambler ten card poker deal, hands transform multiple times, gaffed
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1976
Kabbala — Volume 3 (Vol. 3 No. 1)
11
Bob Farmer Hamman Count - Farmer Method
June 1977
Pabular (Vol. 3 No. 10)
420
Eric Mason Caboodle 5/4 count, showing them all as double backers
Related to 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 toVariations 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 toVariations 1977 83
Bob Farmer Cabungle alternate handling, with application for packet ambitious card sequence
Inspired by Jan. 1978
Pabular (Vol. 4 No. 5)
511
Bob Farmer Jazz Pieces missing part of text and illustrations
Inspired by 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 toVariations 1978 33
Amazing James Randi, Shigeo Futagawa Numeral-oh-gee using number cards
Related toVariations June 1979
Apocalypse (Vol. 2 No. 6)
205
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
VariationsAlso published here 1979 1
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
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1980 4
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
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1980 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 41
Karl Fulves, Charles T. Jordan, Joseph Ovette, U. F. Grant The Buddha Bet "can you see your suit/value... here?", set-up
Inspired byRelated to 1981 12
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
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 386
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 toVariations 1982 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 15
Bob Farmer Triumph Display in the hands
1982 17
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 toVariations 1983 27
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 toVariations 1984 2
Bob Farmer Gambo Magique
Inspired byRelated to 1984 82
Bob Farmer Transfer Cut from bottom to center, tripple cut in the hands
Inspired by 1984 83
Bob Farmer Swivel Slip Cut several cards from top to center
Related to
  • Doug Edwards' "Cardmania", same idea
1984 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 112
Jon Racherbaumer Correct Change trick that fooled Einstein with coins
Inspired byRelated toVariations 1984 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 415
Bob Farmer To Add 1 Card, Subtract None PAT Switch variation
1985 420
Bob Farmer To Switch One Card Of 3 (Add 1, Subtract 1) PAT Switch variation
1985 420
Bob Farmer A Face-Up Switch PAT Switch variation
1985 421
Bob Farmer, Frederick Braue Braue Add-On Handling PAT Switch application
1985 421
Bob Farmer Ambiguous Snake Of A Thousand Laughs three cards transform multiple times, ungaffed
1985 423
Bob Farmer Mixdemeanor 4&4, oil & water in reverse
1985 430
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 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
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1987/1988 2
Bob Farmer Special Deck Version same effect, duplicates in deck
Also published here 1987/1988 6
Bob Farmer Impromptu Version spectator shuffles deck and think of the highest of five random cards, performer places poker hand on table, it is a Royal Flush that contains thought-of card
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1987/1988 7
Bob Farmer Pentacle Force forcing a Ten to Ace value on spectator, Tsunami principle
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1987/1988 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 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)
VariationsAlso published here 1987/1988 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 15
Bob Farmer 220 Count Location Simplified
Related toAlso published here 1987/1988 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
VariationsAlso published here 1987/1988 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)
Related toAlso published here 1987/1988 17
Max Maven Mesmeric Revelations: Quoting The Maven Semaphore suggestions
Inspired byAlso published here 1987/1988 19
Darwin Ortiz Mexican Poker
Related to 1988 29
Brother John Hamman The Two-Card Trick
Related to 1989 24
Bob Farmer Deja Voodoo card named, word "impossible" looked up in dictionary, selection is written next to it, long-short pages
Variations 1989 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
VariationsAlso published here 1990 171
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 1
Bob Farmer Modified Flushtration Count
1990 2
Bob Farmer Modified Hamman Count
1990 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 byRelated toVariations 1991 20
John Bannon "Double No" Fishing Binary-Majority Sort in Bob Farmer's terminology
1991 54
Dan Garrett The "Underhanded" Overhand Shuffle Hunter type shuffle without jogs
VariationsAlso published here 1991 20
Jerry K. Hartman Tete a Tete
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here 1991 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
Jack Carpenter Mysterious Daley & Between your Palms combo, also called "Quantum Theory"
Inspired byRelated toVariations 1992 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 24
Bob Farmer Jiggery Pokery poker hands drawn from face-up spread, yet performer wins, credit information
Related toVariationsAlso published here 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
  • "Brain Popper" (Martin Gardner, Ibidem)
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
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 25
René Lavand Mahtub multiple phases
Related toAlso published here 1993 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
Inspired by
  • "Remote Control" (Jim Steinmeyer, The New Invocation #43, Feb. 1988)
Related toVariationsAlso published here
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
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 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
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 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 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 byRelated 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 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 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 6
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 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 18
Bob Farmer Svengali Monte monte type betting routine with the deck cut into three piles, optional clean ending
1994 22
Bob Farmer, Theodore DeLand Two-Card Monte
1994 27
Bob Farmer Three-Card Monte with gaff/flap
1994 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 30
Bob Farmer A Simple Dice Switch
1994 36
Jim Krenz Nothing Too Loose monte trick in which card with large hole must be followed
Inspired by
  • "Nothing To Lose" (Bob Farmer)
1994 14
Jim Krenz Invisible Triumph spectator shuffles, all cards roughed on back
Related to 1994 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
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 Jan. 1994
Magic (Vol. 3 No. 5)
58
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 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 Mar. 1994
Magic (Vol. 3 No. 7)
59
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
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 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 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
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 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 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
Bob Farmer Push-In Unload
1995 12
Steve Bedwell Shake, Shuffle, And Twist invisible deck / Triumph combo
Related toAlso published here 1995 5
Alan Nguyen The Natural Anagram Principle narrowing down to a specific word that was thought of from a group of words (on a page)
Variations 1995
Labyrinth (Issue 4)
27
Bob Farmer Efficient Fishing
  • Overview: Two Fishing Rods
    • Binary Fishing
    • Majority Fishing
  • The Magic Combination
    • Combo Fishing
  • The Nguyen Anagram Revisited
    • Analysis
    • Conclusion
Inspired by 1995
Labyrinth (Issue 5)
17
Bob Farmer Debit and Credit: Part I
  • Flim-Flam
article on the principle and comments on versions
  • Change of Mind (Karl Fulves)
  • Correct Change (Jon Racherbaumer)
  • Cash In Hand (Will Dexter)
  • This Month & Next
Related to Jan. 1995
Magic (Vol. 4 No. 5)
66
Bob Farmer Debit and Credit: Part II
  • Flim-Flam
more on this principle, versions and credits with comments
  • A Matter Of Debit And Credit (Greater Magic)
  • Dollars And (Sixth) Sense (Stewart James)
Related to Feb. 1995
Magic (Vol. 4 No. 6)
66
Bob Farmer Not The Tsunami I Expected word-play scam to "divine" freely chosen card
Mar. 1995
Magic (Vol. 4 No. 7)
65
Bob Farmer Too Bad About That Guy, But Doesn't His Suit Fit Great proposition bet about the suits of three random cards
Related to Mar. 1995
Magic (Vol. 4 No. 7)
65
Bob Farmer The Family That Preys Together proposition bet about two values being next to each other
Mar. 1995
Magic (Vol. 4 No. 7)
65
Bob Farmer Ultimate Done Deal
  • Selecting The Hole Cards
  • Selecting The Hands
Also published here May 1995
Magic (Vol. 4 No. 9)
60
Bob Farmer No-Skill Psychological Ten Card Deal
Also published here May 1995
Magic (Vol. 4 No. 9)
61
Bob Farmer Ten Card Deal Combo combining previous two routines
Also published here May 1995
Magic (Vol. 4 No. 9)
61
Bob Farmer One Card 10/20 Poker four players name a number between ten and twenty, that card is counted to, high card wins, performer controls outcome
Related to June 1995
Magic (Vol. 4 No. 10)
68
Bob Farmer Pat On The Back arranging five pat hands from twenty-five cards
June 1995
Magic (Vol. 4 No. 10)
68
Bob Farmer Flush With Cash proposition bet about the suits of three random cards
Related to June 1995
Magic (Vol. 4 No. 10)
68
Bob Farmer Reversal Of Fortune bet about reversing the order of a stack of coins
July 1995
Magic (Vol. 4 No. 11)
70
Bob Farmer Spin to Win head and tail distribution bet when removing a bunch of coins from under a tray, parity
Related to July 1995
Magic (Vol. 4 No. 11)
70
Bob Farmer Coin Roulette sucker game with coins in a circle that are counted out
Variations July 1995
Magic (Vol. 4 No. 11)
71
Bob Farmer Spin To Win Again face-up/face-down distribution bet when removing a bunch of cards from under a tray, parity
Related to Aug. 1995
Magic (Vol. 4 No. 12)
70
Bob Farmer, Max Maven Fifty Years Ago in Magic
  • Flim-Flam
on the Billy O’Connor's backcount force in "One Card 10/20 Poker", back and forth letters between Max and Bob
Related to Sep. 1995
Magic (Vol. 5 No. 1)
70
Max Maven Coin Roulette Variation sucker game with coins in a circle that are counted out
Inspired by Sep. 1995
Magic (Vol. 5 No. 1)
71
Bob Farmer A Penny For Your Thoughts proposition bet with head/tails triplets
Related to Oct. 1995
Magic (Vol. 5 No. 2)
80
Bob Farmer Catch 23 wordplay where spectator has to answer three questions and loses money
Oct. 1995
Magic (Vol. 5 No. 2)
81
Martin Gardner The Frustrating Papers
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
tearing a piece of paper into three pieces in one go
Related to Oct. 1995
Magic (Vol. 5 No. 2)
83
Bob Farmer Catch 24 scam bet on guessing the date on a coin from its other side
Nov. 1995
Magic (Vol. 5 No. 3)
78
Bob Farmer Snow Job game about each hiding an odd or even number of coins
Dec. 1995
Magic (Vol. 5 No. 4)
82
Bob Farmer Scrooge's Penny Pincher game about each hiding coins in the hand and asking yes/no questions
Dec. 1995
Magic (Vol. 5 No. 4)
82
Bob Farmer Merry Cashmas adding consecutive numbers quickly
Dec. 1995
Magic (Vol. 5 No. 4)
83
Bob Farmer Stealing The Hotel Tao
Winter 1996 26
Bob Farmer The Trapez Switch
Variations Winter 1996 26
Alex Elmsley Three in Hiding three cards in three pockets of spectator, performer divines who has which card, with second method "Hidey-Hole"
Related toAlso published here Spring 1996 49
Roy Walton No Hiding Place
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here Summer 1996 100
Bob Farmer Hide In Plain (Second) Sight
Inspired byRelated to Summer 1996 101
James Swain Real Mindreading freely thought-of card found with fishing procedure (Tsunami)
Inspired by 1996 68
James Swain, Bob Farmer The Spectator Cuts to the Aces two versions
1996 74
Bob Farmer The Third Scam... A Column To Honor Martin Gardner
  • Flim-Flam
more on the referenced proposition bet with head/tails triplets
  • Irwin Stern Calls Flim-Flam's Bluff
  • Debruijn Doublets
  • Hustler TH, Mark HH
  • Hustler XX, Mark YY
  • It's Triplets, Mr. Farmer
  • The Secret Formula
Related to Jan. 1996
Magic (Vol. 5 No. 5)
80
Bob Farmer Marathon Scam
  • Flim-Flam
high-card scam with three sets of three cards (from three different decks)
  • Chicago Nontransitive Authority
Feb. 1996
Magic (Vol. 5 No. 6)
72
Bob Farmer Thugs & Tugs bet about tearing a piece of paper into three pieces in one go
Related to Mar. 1996
Magic (Vol. 5 No. 7)
72
Bob Farmer A Ship in a Bottle bet about putting a half dollar in a bottle, word play
Mar. 1996
Magic (Vol. 5 No. 7)
72
Bob Farmer A Cut of the Cash bet about removing strip of paper from between mouth of bottle and stack of coins
Mar. 1996
Magic (Vol. 5 No. 7)
72
Bob Farmer Jiggery Pokery poker hands drawn from face-up spread, yet performer wins
Also published here May 1996
Magic (Vol. 5 No. 9)
72
Bob Farmer Reverse Jiggery Pokery poker hands drawn from face-up spread, then hands are exchanged and performer wins
Inspired by May 1996
Magic (Vol. 5 No. 9)
72
Bob Farmer Jiggery Poker in Two Hands poker hands drawn from face-up spread, yet performer wins, repeat phase
Inspired by May 1996
Magic (Vol. 5 No. 9)
72
Bob Farmer The Contest poker hands drawn from face-up spread, yet performer wins
Related to May 1996
Magic (Vol. 5 No. 9)
73
Bob Farmer Untertaker spectator deals out cards, performer in the end changes four and wins, two-phase poker deal using faced deck
Inspired by June 1996
Magic (Vol. 5 No. 10)
70
Bob Farmer A Virtual Shuffle And a Real Scam performer gets the Aces after the draw
Inspired by July 1996
Magic (Vol. 5 No. 11)
72
Bob Farmer Chased paper rock scissors type game with suits
Aug. 1996
Magic (Vol. 5 No. 12)
84
Bob Farmer Squeeze Play bet about drinking liquid from a glass with two coins balancing on its rim
Sep. 1996
Magic (Vol. 6 No. 1)
78
Bob Farmer Three to One bet about drinking three beers faster than a shot glass
Sep. 1996
Magic (Vol. 6 No. 1)
78
Bob Farmer Soaking the Mark bet that spectator cannot pick up tabled glass without spilling its content
Sep. 1996
Magic (Vol. 6 No. 1)
78
Bob Farmer The Farmarx System marking system
Related to Oct. 1996
Magic (Vol. 6 No. 2)
86
Bob Farmer The Cadd Force "Cut-and-Deal-Down Force", spectator cuts off a pile and deals the rest into x piles, the top cards are forced
Also published here Nov. 1996
Magic (Vol. 6 No. 3)
77
Bob Farmer Russian Poker Roulette top cards of ten piles used for poker game
Also published here Nov. 1996
Magic (Vol. 6 No. 3)
77
Bob Farmer Dirty Dealing revealing royal flush in chosen suit, Cadd Force
Inspired by
  • "Dirty Dealing" (Gary Plants, Genii August 1996)
Dec. 1996
Magic (Vol. 6 No. 4)
82
Bob Farmer The Devil's Dominoes scam with gaffed dominoes
Dec. 1996
Magic (Vol. 6 No. 4)
82
Nick Trost Showdown three phase Ten Card Poker Deal routine, last phase is stud poker. Includes Tom Hubbard's handling at the end.
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1997 216
Alex Elmsley Underworld nine cards
Related toVariations 1997 1
Alex Elmsley Power Poker ten cards, spectator can chose which he wands, full house and royal flush
Inspired byRelated toVariationsAlso published here 1997 2
Bob Farmer Polterdiced
  • Flim-Flam
betting game with dice, proposition bet
Inspired by Feb. 1997
Magic (Vol. 6 No. 6)
75
Bob Farmer Blob-O-Vision
  • Flim-Flam
Bicycle Rider Back marking system that can be read from far away
  • The Missing Flim-Flam Column
  • Hey, Isn't That The Aces OF Spades On The Other Side OF The Street
    • Bob's Blobs
    • By Nary a Blob
    • Suit Blobs
    • Advantages
Mar. 1997
Magic (Vol. 6 No. 7)
79
Bob Farmer Farmarx Updated marking system
Related to Mar. 1997
Magic (Vol. 6 No. 7)
80
Bob Farmer Chain Game Triplecross with triple loop
Inspired by Apr. 1997
Magic (Vol. 6 No. 8)
85
Bob Farmer Roped In rope hustle game, layout on table and spectator must find loop that traps the rope when ends are pulled, fast and loose with a rope
May 1997
Magic (Vol. 6 No. 9)
82
Bob Farmer The Scram-And-Scram Ten Card Deal
  • Flim-Flam
Related toVariationsAlso published here June 1997
Magic (Vol. 6 No. 10)
79
Bob Farmer More on The Scam-and-Scram Ten Card Deal
Related to July 1997
Magic (Vol. 6 No. 11)
80
Peter Duffie Duffie's Zen Card Deal
Inspired byAlso published here July 1997
Magic (Vol. 6 No. 11)
80
Bob Farmer Face-Up Blackjack
  • Flim-Flam
Also published here Aug. 1997
Magic (Vol. 6 No. 12)
80
Bob Farmer Blackjack Attack (Inspired By Actual Events)
  • Flim-Flam

  • Ordinary Deck Version
  • The Wired Deck Version
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here Oct. 1997
Magic (Vol. 7 No. 2)
84
Bob Farmer Vaya Con Dios Con
  • Flim-Flam
Inspired byAlso published here Nov. 1997
Magic (Vol. 7 No. 3)
80
Bob Farmer Cyclops routine with three cups and one ball, three balls as climax
1998 1
Bob Farmer The Egg Bag Addition incorporating an egg-bag in the routine
1998 6
Bob Farmer Notes
  • Bizarre Ending
  • Armpit Stash
  • Structural Parallels
  • Vanishing Big Balls
  • Right and Left Hand Use
1998 6
Bob Farmer Big Sponge Ball Vanish sponge ball rolled from cup into hand and seen, vanishes
1998 7
Bob Farmer Big Solid Ball Vanish ball rolled from cup into hand and seen, vanishes
Related to
  • "The Vanishing Buckeye" (Eddie Fields' Secret Diary, p. 19)
1998 7
Gordon Bruce The Gordon Bruce False Shuffle two runs with block in the middle
Related toVariations 1998 16
Steve Mayhew Lazy Man’s Ten-Card Poker Deal uses Snap Crimp, multi-phased:
  • performer deals Poker hands to himself and spectator and he wins
  • spectator repeatedly shuffles and deals those ten cards and performer without looking always knows whether he will win or lose
  • for finale performer (sometimes spectator) deals from deck and has option to exchange three cards for any three cards in deck, performer still wins
Related toAlso published here 1998
Labyrinth (Issue 8 - Part 2)
9
Jas Jakutsch, Bob Farmer "16-Foot Tsunami" multiple cards are divined, impossible conditions, psychic poker, belly strippers
Related to 1999 9
Jon Racherbaumer Clocker Shocker clock trick with small packet triumph sequence, selection travels from packet to deck
Inspired by Oct. 1999
Genii (Vol. 62 No. 10)
53
Justin Higham High-Card Mental Revelation spectator shuffles, cuts off a pile and thinks of highest card in that pile
Inspired by 1999 76
Don Voltz The World Series of Poker (¿A Dream?) location after two riffle shuffles, interlocking chains
Inspired by 1999 104
Bob Farmer Tuesday Night With Ahab, Einstein, And The Queen Of Halloween
  • Flim-Flam
mnemonic system for playing cards, with scam in which top cards are remembered before playing high-card type game
Jan. 1999
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 5)
87
Bob Farmer, Robin W. Dawes Con Quistador, Part I
  • Flim-Flam
proposition game with Ace, Two, Three and seven picture cards
Variations Feb. 1999
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 6)
92
Bob Farmer, Robin W. Dawes Con Quistador, Part II
  • Flim-Flam
proposition game with Ace, Two, Three and seven picture cards
Inspired by Mar. 1999
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 7)
83
Bob Farmer Con Fiscation
  • Flim-Flam
royal flush put on table in a row, four cards from shuffled deck placed on each to make a poker hand, proposition bet which hand will be the winning hand
Apr. 1999
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 8)
81
Bob Farmer, Robin W. Dawes Y2 Kon
  • Flim-Flam
moving bills on calendar, whoever lands on Dec. 31, 1999, wins
Variations May 1999
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 9)
76
Bob Farmer, Robin W. Dawes Y2 Con Backards
  • Flim-Flam
moving bills on calendar
Inspired by June 1999
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 10)
76
Bob Farmer Savoir Pair proposition game with Ace through Six in Clubs and Diamonds that must match or not
June 1999
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 10)
76
Bob Farmer Dice Advice
  • Flim-Flam
on dice probabilities
  • Fogging The Possibilities
  • Shading the True Odds
  • Bending the Pay-Off
  • False Odds Payoff
July 1999
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 11)
87
Bob Farmer, Robin W. Dawes Six-Eight-Seven
  • Flim-Flam
proposition bet with pair of dice
Aug. 1999
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 12)
84
William P. Miesel, Ed Eckl, Harry Hirschvogel Oil & Water Dice
  • Flim-Flam (by Bob Farmer)
bet with three white and three green dice that must be arranged in certain way with a minimum of moves
Also published here
  • Precurso issue LXIX
Sep. 1999
Magic (Vol. 9 No. 1)
79
Bob Farmer The Game of 31 dice game in which a die is turned and thirty-one must be reached
Oct. 1999
Magic (Vol. 9 No. 2)
90
Bob Farmer Bone Dry mis-spotted 7-11 dice for scam
Oct. 1999
Magic (Vol. 9 No. 2)
90
Bob Farmer, Franz Braun Die Cannibal Die
  • Flim-Flam
number prediction about added numbers on turn of die according to some procedure
Related to Nov. 1999
Magic (Vol. 9 No. 3)
91
Bob Farmer, Franz Braun Die Cannibal Die, Part Two
  • Flim-Flam
number prediction about added numbers on turn of die according to some procedure
  • Braun Variations
Related to Dec. 1999
Magic (Vol. 9 No. 4)
95
Lewis Jones You Bet prediction of the card which is next to named card, as a bet how many cards are between the two cards
Variations 2000 25
Jerry Mentzer Think A Card Improved
  • Vernon Revelation
Inspired by
  • Bob Farmer
2000 47
Bob Farmer Dead Giveaway
  • Flim-Flam
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
Related to Mar. 2000
Magic (Vol. 9 No. 7)
75
Bob Farmer Bar Racuda
  • Flim-Flam
high "card" wins with four poker dice, proposition bet
Related toVariations Apr. 2000
Magic (Vol. 9 No. 8)
80
Bob Farmer Point Spread
  • Flim-Flam
bet how many cards are between the two cards
Inspired byVariations June 2000
Magic (Vol. 9 No. 10)
75
Bob Farmer, Robin W. Dawes Uncle Scam Wants You
  • Flim-Flam
proposition bet with four nontransitive dice
Inspired byRelated to July 2000
Magic (Vol. 9 No. 11)
80
Bob Farmer Uncle Scam Still Wants You
  • Flim-Flam
proposition bet with nontransitive dice
Related to Aug. 2000
Magic (Vol. 9 No. 12)
83
Tomas Blomberg Between the Cheats
  • Flim-Flam (Bob Farmer)
proposition bet in which spectator and performer each choose a four-of-a-kind and one must have less cards between them as they are distributed in the deck than the opponent
Inspired by Sep. 2000
Magic (Vol. 10 No. 1)
77
Simon Aronson Prior Commitment two Jokers whisper positions of two selections in the deck, the numbers are then shown to have been predicted on the back of the Jokers
Related toVariationsAlso published here 2001 3
Harry Lorayne Mental Vibrations spectator thinks of one of five cards, majority fishing (one no), with lead-in effect
Inspired byVariations 2001 129
Terry LaGerould Cardboard Keyboard spectator cuts deck in four piles, top cards shown, those top cards then change to Aces
Inspired byVariations 2001 34
Bob Farmer Fourgery (Four Impromptu Outs)
2002 155
Bob Farmer The Bammo Invertolator Tabled Turnover Pass, when closing spread
July 2002
Genii (Vol. 65 No. 7)
62
Charlie Frye Eccentricks shrimp puppet appears between hands à la Bob Farmer's Tiny Hand
May 2002
Magic (Vol. 11 No. 9)
110
David Ben Wonder Coin coin through hand, coin above chose card, melts through cards in second phase leaving hole, see also Bob Farmer's "Journey to the Center of the Deck" (Linking Ring Sep. 1983)
2003 85
David Ben, Michael Weber, Michael Close, Bob Farmer Invisible Triumph rough smooth
2003 90
Bob Farmer Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Blackjack Deal
  • Flim-Flam: The Way of the Scamurai
Blackjack routine with eight cards and Jonah card
Also published here Feb. 2003
Genii (Vol. 66 No. 2)
25
Bob Farmer Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Blackjack Deal, Part II: Blackquack
  • Flim-Flam: The Way of the Scamurai
ten card poker deal applied to blackjack
  • Blackquack Showdown
Apr. 2003
Genii (Vol. 66 No. 4)
13
Bob Farmer Harry The Cat and The World's Greatest Blackjack Stack
  • Flim-Flam: The Way of the Scamurai
June 2003
Genii (Vol. 66 No. 6)
17
Bob Farmer Opti-Con: Five-Packet Optical Confusion Illusion
  • Flim-Flam: The Way of the Scamurai
deck cut into five packets, top cards are an Ace through Five Royal Flush, using bluff pick-up
Related to Oct. 2003
Genii (Vol. 66 No. 10)
15
Bob Farmer LaGging spectator cuts deck in five piles, top cards shown, those top cards are re-arranged and then change to Royal Flush
Inspired by Dec. 2003
Genii (Vol. 66 No. 12)
19
Bob Farmer Turnantula half pass as pack(et) is turned over
2004 389
Bob Farmer Sue? Not Me! highest one of five random cards thought of, divined
Inspired byAlso published here Feb. 2004
Genii (Vol. 67 No. 2)
72
Bob Farmer Three Card Monty Hall Updated
  • Flim-Flam: The Way of the Scamurai
on the Monty Hall problem
Apr. 2004
Genii (Vol. 67 No. 4)
22
Bob Farmer Monty Hall Knows All
  • Flim-Flam: The Way of the Scamurai
more on the Monty Hall problem, with three cards
  • The Original Troublemaker
  • Turning The Odds
  • Up Against The Wall
  • Turning Point
  • Psychobauble
June 2004
Genii (Vol. 67 No. 6)
16
Bob Farmer Nine Card Hold'em
  • Flim-Flam: The Way of the Scamurai
  • The Real Rules
  • The Flim-Flam Rules
  • The Scam
Also published here Oct. 2004
Genii (Vol. 67 No. 10)
24
Bob Farmer World's Greatest Overhand False Shuffle
  • Flim-FlaMagic
Inspired by Dec. 2004
Genii (Vol. 67 No. 12)
22
Roy Cottee Roy Cottee's Dixie Cuppa Magic
  • Flim-FlaMagic (Bob Farmer)
chop cup routine with paper ball, two apples are produced
Feb. 2005
Genii (Vol. 68 No. 2)
22
Bob Farmer Aces At Any Number
  • Flim-FlaMagic
Aces turn face up in different parts, they're lost, a named Ace is found at named position, lost again, then all four Aces are found at another named position
Apr. 2005
Genii (Vol. 68 No. 4)
18
Bob Farmer Skull Scavenger
  • Flim-FlaMagic
spectator cuts shuffled deck in quarters, cuts off cards of one pile, thinks of a card, and assembles everything, with some questions "do you see your card?" the card is found
  • Two Questions
  • The Last Question
June 2005
Genii (Vol. 68 No. 6)
29
Bob Farmer Slop Shuffle Royal Flush
  • Flim-FlaMagic
Aug. 2005
Genii (Vol. 68 No. 8)
31
Bob Farmer Mojo Boogie Boxes Two-Box Routine
  • Flim-FlaMagic
coin travel from one coin box to another repeatedly, one in pocket and one on table
Oct. 2005
Genii (Vol. 68 No. 10)
28
Bob Farmer A Card that Lies, a Deck that Tells the Truth Approach #2
spectator thinks of one of the top twenty cards
Feb. 2005
Antinomy (Vol. 1 No. 1)
12
Tyler Wilson, Tenkai Ishida Optical Revolve Variation
Inspired by 2006 72
Martin Gardner Gardner's Gambit row of cards, taking cards from either end alternately with spectator, whose cards add up higher wins, forced outcome, parity
  • Final Game (Royal Flush ending)
Inspired by
  • coin item in "Mathematical Puzzles" (Peter Winkler)
Related toVariations
2006
Prolix (Issue 2)
69
Lewis Jones, Don Wyatt Through the Looking Glass chosen card turns out to be only reversed card on a picture with a deck spread face up
Inspired by 2006 156
Michael Powers Invisible Triumph selection turns over in other deck then Triumph with original deck, rough smooth & cheek to cheek combination
Related to 2006 159
Bob Farmer One Face South
  • Flim-FlamMagic
card chosen with open prediction procedure, same card is only face-down card in a picture of face-up spread with one face-down card
Variations May 2006
Genii (Vol. 69 No. 5)
22
Bob Farmer Bummer (Bob's Hummer)
  • Flim FlamMagic
packet cut off and mixed face-up/face-down, face-down cards are a royal flush, slop shuffle
July 2006
Genii (Vol. 69 No. 7)
31
Nick Pudar Pudar's Binary Marks binary marks for stack numbers on backs
Related to Nov. 2006
Antinomy (Vol. 2 No. 4)
36
Bob Farmer The Remraf Reverse facing the deck when turning the deck over
2007 396
Bob Farmer Passtitution brings card to second from top
2007 403
Denis Behr "The Tantalizer" to Stack using "The Tantalizer" in conjunction with a stack, see also page 47:
  • Way into "The Tantalizer"
Related toVariations 2007 43
Bob Farmer The Bammo Dekronomicon thought-of card appears at thought-of number
2007 1
Bob Farmer Equivoquad card cut to by spectator, number named, card is at that number
2007 8
Justin Higham The Illogical Dribble Force
  • The Basic Move
Related toVariationsAlso published here 2007 3
Henry Evans Suit Yourself deck riffle shuffled by spectator, slop shuffle triumph, then deck shown in new deck order, slop shuffle to undo spectator's shuffle
Variations Oct. 2007
Antinomy (Vol. 3 No. 3)
15
Bob Farmer Suit Myself deck riffle shuffled by spectator, slop shuffle triumph, then deck shown one way with Aces reversed, it is in new deck order, slop shuffle to undo spectator's shuffle
Inspired byRelated to Aug. 2008
Antinomy (Vol. 3 No. Annual 2007)
8
Bob Farmer Zoots Yourself deck riffle shuffled by spectator, slop shuffle triumph, then deck shown one way four Royal Flushes dealt, rest also dealt in new deck order, slop shuffle to undo spectator's shuffle
Inspired byRelated to Oct. 2008
Antinomy (Vol. 4 No. 2)
20
Bob Farmer Alex Cutting the Christ Aces simplified Christ Aces
Inspired byRelated to Jan. 2009
Genii (Vol. 72 No. 1)
23
Brother John Hamman Interplay four-of-a-kind tabled, another in the hands turns face-down one by one, then the packets transpose
Variations Mar. 2009
Genii (Vol. 72 No. 3)
16
Bob Farmer Satan is My Buddy to cut-to selections are found with two Jokers that appears face up with helpful messages
Inspired byAlso published here Oct. 2009
Genii (Vol. 72 No. 10 (The Jinx - 75 Years))
7
Bob Farmer Christ Almighty four selected cards vanish, using quadruple peek-card gaff ("Christ Almighty Card")
Also published here Oct. 2009
Genii (Vol. 72 No. 10 (The Jinx - 75 Years))
16
Nick Trost Full-Deck Ten Card Poker
  • Another Handling
Variations 2009 428
Bob Farmer Face-Down IDF
Inspired by 2009 4
Bob Farmer Satan is My Buddy to cut-to selections are found with two Jokers that appears face up with helpful messages
Inspired by
  • "Watching the Detectives" (David Regal, Scripting Magic, Pete McCable, 2007)
Also published here
2009 7
Bob Farmer Christ Almighty four selected cards vanish, using quadruple peek-card gaff ("Christ Almighty Card")
Also published here 2009 16
Woody Aragón Winner's Intuition spectator chooses ten cards from a deck, places five cards each into two boxes, and magician determines which box has winning hand multiple times
Related to 2011 231
Patrik Kuffs Tossed Out Rubik's Cube
  • Mind Stunts
prediction of colors chosen on cubes
Variations Jan. 2011
Genii (Vol. 74 No. 1)
26
Bob Farmer Farmer on the Tossed-Out Rubik's Cube prediction of colors chosen on cubes
Inspired by Apr. 2011
Genii (Vol. 74 No. 4)
75
Bob Farmer Upside Down Logic four-of-a-kind tabled, another in the hands turns face-down one by one, then the packets transpose
Inspired by Dec. 2011
Genii (Vol. 74 No. 12)
22
Bob Farmer False Turnover with Optical Revolve combination of Carlyle and Tenkai moves
Dec. 2011
Genii (Vol. 74 No. 12)
22
Bob Farmer The Sprawl
Dec. 2011
Genii (Vol. 74 No. 12)
23
Bob Farmer Warpcarder display for Card Warp
Aug. 2013
Genii (Vol. 76 No. 8)
50
Kevin Ho Little Hand Vagina Bob Farmer's "Little Hand" appears
2014 32
Tomas Blomberg Svensk Voodoo one card selected and one thought-of, first found at number named by performer, second at number named by spectator
Inspired byRelated toVariations 2014 256
Gabi Pareras Triunfo Invisible invisible deck / Triumph combo
Related to 2014 11
Bob Farmer Toxic forcing a number with a calculator
2015 51
Bob Farmer How Belly Strippers Work
Related to 2015 7
Bob Farmer Poker comment on the publication in Card Control
Related to 2015 10
Bob Farmer The Phoenix 1949 reprinted with commentary
The Phoenix #168 - Ten Card Deal
  • Vernon and the Mexican Gambler
  • Presentation
  • Jonah On Top
  • Jonah On Bottom
  • Jonah Second From Top
  • Spectator Second Deals
  • Spectator Shuffles
  • Ace As Jonah On Top
  • Credits
The Phoenix #170 - Ten Card Deal P.S.
  • Martin Gardner
  • Ed Marlo
  • Bert Allerton
  • Biddle Move
Also published here 2015 13
Bob Farmer False Shuffles for small packet, cut procedure
Related to 2015 29
Bob Farmer, Steve Mayhew Bolo Jonah methods for marking the Jonah card
  • Marked Cards
  • Short and Long Cards
  • Snap Crimp (Mayhew)
Related to 2015 30
Woody Aragón, Bob Farmer Aragon Attractor
  • Woody's Effect
  • Vernet
  • Wallet
Related to 2015 31
Bob Farmer Forcing the Jonah collection of several methods
  • Odd/Even
  • Shuffle and Deal
  • Face-Up Or Face-Down
  • Combinations
  • Deal Equivoque
  • Bare Faced Lie
  • Australian Down Under Deal
  • Psychological Force
2015 33
R. Paul Wilson, Bob Farmer Con Cam Coincidencia
  • To do this as a Stud Deal
2015 37
Roy Baker, Bob Farmer Pateo
2015 38
Bob Farmer Ten Card (Second and Bottom) Deals false deals from small packet
2015 39
Bob Farmer Wait and Switch on "New Endings"
2015 44
Bob Farmer CADD Cut-and-Deal-Down Force, see later
Related to 2015 46
Harold Cataquet, Bob Farmer Cheater, Cheater color changing backs finale
2015 46
Bob Farmer Equivo-Ten
2015 51
Steve Mayhew The 50 Card Deal playing with five spectators simultaneously
Variations 2015 88
Bob Farmer Fished In And Chips
Inspired by 2015 89
Nick Trost, Bob Farmer Full-Deck Ten Card Poker
Inspired by 2015 93
Bob King, Mike Porstmann Power Poker "Final Instructions" in envelope, four phases
Related to 2015 96
René Lavand Mahtub seven phases, with Bob Farmer comments:
  • Alternate Deal Five
  • Alternate Deal 7
Inspired byAlso published here 2015 142
Bob Farmer Notes: Showdown/Mahtub
Related to 2015 146
Bob Farmer Rich Weeviled Brain Enigma three phases
2015 151
Nick Trost Automatic Gambler
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here 2015 161
Bob Farmer Automatic Gambler About Face
Inspired by 2015 163
Bob Farmer The Automatic Blind Gambler using CADD Force
Inspired by 2015 165
Bob Farmer The Automatic Gambler Magic Circle
Inspired by 2015 166
Bruce Bernstein Psych Out four phases
Related toVariationsAlso published here 2015 172
Tony Binarelli The Cincinnati Kid Poker Game
VariationsAlso published here
  • "The Cincinnati Kid Poker Game" (Class Act, 1991)
2015 189
Bob Farmer Strip Club with CADD Force, belly strippers
  • CADD
  • Power Poker
  • Bottom Dealing
  • Trap Dance I
  • Trap Dance II
Inspired byVariations 2015 193
Jerry K. Hartman Trap Dance III
Inspired by 2015 197
Bob Farmer Russian Poker Roulette top cards of ten piles used for poker game
Also published here 2015 213
Bob Farmer CADD Force Cut-and-Deal-Down Force, spectator cuts off a pile and deals the rest into x piles, the top cards are forced
Also published here 2015 213
Bob Farmer Jonah You CADD
2015 216
Bob Farmer Done Deal I: Spectator Deals done from deck
Also published here 2015 225
Bob Farmer Done Deal II: Spectator Deals done from deck, belly strippers
Also published here 2015 227
Bob Farmer Done Deal III: Pairs performer is blindfolded
  • Equivoque Selecting the Hands
Also published here 2015 227
Bob Farmer Done Deal IV: Blind Psycho performer is blindfolded
  • Selecting The Hole Cards
  • Selecting The Hands
Also published here 2015 229
Bob Farmer Done Deal III and IV Combo
Also published here 2015 230
Bob Farmer Done Deal V: The Scam-and-Scram Ten Card Deal
VariationsAlso published here 2015 231
Scott Cram, R. Paul Wilson, Peter Duffie Notes On Scam And Scram
Inspired byRelated to 2015 233
Bob Farmer Done Deal VI spectator cuts deck and deals, loses, blocks are strung together to force cut position
Also published here 2015 233
Bob Farmer Done Deal VII spectator cuts and deals two hands, loses, five duplicate Ten Card Poker sets
Also published here 2015 234
Roy Walton The Twenty Card Deal
VariationsAlso published here 2015 235
Peter Duffie Three Handed Ten Card Deals
  • Dead Beat
  • Oblivious
Variations 2015 237
Bob Farmer No Palming, No Cry
Inspired by 2015 238
Bob Farmer Macao Marauder
Inspired by 2015 238
Peter Duffie The Zen Card Deal
Inspired byRelated toVariationsAlso published here 2015 249
Bob Farmer Nine Card Hold'em
  • Bobservations
  • The Real Rules
  • The Flim-Flam Rules
  • The Scam
  • First Deal: Flush
  • Second Deal: Straight
  • Third Deal
Also published here 2015 253
Bob Farmer Ten Bill Deal with ten bills, using their serial numbers
2015 265
Bob Farmer Vaya Con Dios Con
Inspired byAlso published here 2015 303
Jon Racherbaumer (Losing) End Poker cards taken alternately from both ends of a tabled row of cards, parity
VariationsAlso published here
  • Jonah Ploys, Jon Racherbaumer, 2013
2015 318
Bob Farmer End Game way to get into it
Inspired by 2015 320
Bob Farmer Bottom Line CADD Force, Winkler Principle
  • Wired Deck (with five Royal Flushes in Spades)
2015 321
Bob Farmer Heads or Tails Hoodoo with any ten cards, face-up and face-down row
2015 322
Bob Farmer Blind Man's Blackjack with eight cards
2015 328
Bob Farmer The Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Card Blackjack routine with eight cards and Jonah card
Also published here 2015 329
Bob Farmer Blind Man's Blackjack Showdown with eight cards
  • No Gaff Version
2015 330
Bob Farmer Power Blind Man's Blackjack from top of deck
Inspired by 2015 332
Bob Farmer Absolute Power Blind Man's Blackjack with eight cards
  • Blackjack Finale
  • Poker Phase
  • Dice Phase
2015 333
Bob Farmer Face-Up Blackjack
VariationsAlso published here 2015 347
Bob Farmer Blackjack Attack
  • Ordinary Deck Version
Inspired byAlso published here 2015 351
Bob Farmer Credits, History and Comments on the switches just described
2015 375
Bob Farmer Part Five: References
  • Ten Card Deal References
2015 377
Bob Farmer Dealer Demo Easter Egg routine suggestion
2015 398
Jon Racherbaumer About a Procedure for the Clock Trick credit information
Related to 2016
Facsimile (Issue 5)
31
John Hostler Cryptical Envelopment card thought-of from fan is divined, then is shown to be missing from deck and inside tabled envelope
Related to 2016 134
Alexander de Cova Lefty Deck spectator thinks of a card from half the deck, concept of using a mix of left-handed index cards with normal cards to limit the choice
Inspired by 2016 103
Bob Farmer A Simple Demonstration sorting through dealing, concept explained with six cards and three piles
2017 5
Bob Farmer Marked Cards three-way marking system
  • The System
  • Materials for Marking
2017 7
Bob Farmer Triharder fifteen-card-packets shuffled and dealt into three piles by both performer and spectator, performer gets them in order, spectator doesn't
  • Mini-me Version (thirteen cards)
Variations 2017 9
Bob Farmer Macau Casino Shuffle #1 Ace to King of Hearts and Spades are each shuffled, performer deal-mixes them, one is sorted, then both are in same mixed order, then spectator cuts one of the suits and the order matches prediction
Related to 2017 12
Bob Farmer Macau Casino Shuffle #2 version with thirteen duplicates
Related to 2017 18
Bob Farmer Dr. Rhine, I Presume two sets of fifteen ESP cards are shuffled, the orders match after a deal-mix, and the order is predicted
2017 20
Bob Farmer Tarodiction 1 two sets of fourteen Tarot cards are shuffled, the orders match after a deal-mix, and the order is predicted
Related toVariations 2017 28
Bob Farmer Tarodiction 2 version with duplicates
Related to 2017 35
Bob Farmer 4-Way Outs
  • Envelope
  • Wallets
2017 36
Bob Farmer The Trinary Number System "Don't be afraid of the math - it is your friend."
2017 40
Bob Farmer Coding
  • How to Determine the Coding
  • The Trinary Deal
Related to 2017 41
Bob Farmer Maximizing Coding
  • Maximizing the Trinary Deal
2017 46
Bob Farmer The Inverted Maximized Shuffle
  • The Trinary Shuffle (building three separate piles in an in-the-hands mix)
  • Maximizing the Trinary Shuffle
2017 50
Bob Farmer 1 to 53 in Standard Ternary table
2017 56
Bob Farmer Ternary Coding for Mnemonica, the Aronson Stack & Si Stebbins
2017 58
Bob Farmer Notes on Stacks and Sorting
2017 63
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 2017 67
Bob Farmer Special Deck Version same effect, duplicates in deck
Also published here 2017 71
Bob Farmer Impromptu Version spectator shuffles deck and think 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 2017 72
Bob Farmer Pentacle Force forcing a Ten to Ace value on spectator, see also p. 89
Also published here 2017 74
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 2017 77
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 2017 79
Bob Farmer Impromptu Version "One One No Is Once Enough Is Not Enough Is Not Enough"
one of five cards
Also published here 2017 81
Bob Farmer 220 Count Location Simplified
Also published here 2017 83
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 2017 84
Bob Farmer Finesse further ideas
1. Banked Deck 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 2017 85
Bob Farmer Sue? Not Me! highest one of five random cards thought of, divined
Inspired byAlso published here 2017 89
Bob Farmer Majority Fishing credit information
Related to 2017 91
Bob Farmer A Card that Lies, a Deck that Tells the Truth OOSOOM type
Variations 2017 92
Bob Farmer Narrowing the Choice to Five Cards restricting the spectator's choice
  • Another Method
  • Yet Another Method
  • Still Another Pretty Cool Method (As in Vernon's Cutting the Aces)
  • Yet Another Method
2017 94
Michael Weber The Cards Don't Lie "Mike Weber Variation"
Inspired by 2017 98
Bob Farmer Pentadiction using quinary system instead of ternary
Inspired by 2017 1
Bob Farmer Stacked Deck Coding quinary system
2017 6
Bob Farmer Octadiction octal system, dealing in eight piles
Variations 2017 1
Bob Farmer Casinodiction spectator shuffles twenty cards from four different decks and deals them out according to their back designs, ends up with good poker hands
Inspired byVariations 2017 1
Bob Farmer Blackjack Bushwhack packet ends up in magic square configuration for 21
Inspired byAlso published here 2017 1
Bob Farmer Messcalero Redux deck shuffled, dealt into eight piles randomly, Triumph done, new deck order finale, octal sorting
2017 1
Bob Farmer Messcal deck shuffled, dealt into eight piles randomly, Triumph, new deck order finale, octal sorting
Variations 2017 4
Bob Farmer Touch Force Handling
Inspired byAlso published here 2017 4
Bob Farmer Ouija Board for Base 8 Sorting
2017 8
Bob Farmer Pentagram for Base 5 Sorting
2017 8
Bob Farmer Phoenix Marking System
2017 9
Bob Farmer Messcal Lite Triumph with new deck order finale
Inspired byVariations 2017 1
Bob Farmer Open Bammo Invertolator "sort of Turnover Pass, but done openly"
2017 2
Bob Farmer Phoenix Marking System #2
2017 4
Bob Farmer Messcal Lite with a Better Lie Triumph with new deck order finale
Inspired by 2017 1
Bob Farmer Advisory note on the tables on p. 45
Related to 2017 4
Bob Farmer Tarodiction Tantalizer shuffled deck ends up in new deck order after some face-down dealing during a card location
Related to 2017 1
Pete McCabe Pete's Casinodiction spectator shuffles twenty cards from four different decks and deals them out according to their back designs, ends up with good poker hands
Inspired by 2017 3
Bob Farmer Another Psychological Discovery card thought of and card selected, thought-of card is used to spell to selection
Inspired by 2017 3
Bob Farmer The Ten-Card Inquisition thoughts on fishing from ten cards
  • Part One: Binary vs Majority
  • Part Two: Fishing for the Card
    • The System
    • The Cue Card
    • The Wording
    • When You're Wrong
    • Mnemonic
  • Part Three: Three Thought Cards
Related to 2017 9
Bob Farmer Inquisition Enigmatico card thought of, ten different cards repeated
2017 16
Bob Farmer Pentacle Force applied to three people that are asked to think of a high, low and middle valued card
2017 17
Bob Farmer Gaffus Maximus thought-of card is named and spelled to, it's the only odd-backed card
Variations 2017 19
Bob Farmer I Predict a Red Backed Card odd-backed tabled card turns out to be later thought-of card, red/blue double backer
  • The Spectator Picks the Mystery Card
2017 24
Rudy T. Hunter Himber Wallet Prediction prediction kicker for the effect
Inspired by 2017 25
Bob Farmer The Magic Red Card of Mystery odd-backed card is put on deck and vanishes, turns out to be later signed selection in center of deck, red/blue double backer
2017 27
Bob Farmer Double-Back Vanish with odd-backed card, red/blue double backer, see page 31 for credit information by Max Maven
2017 28
Bob Farmer Touch Force Handling
Also published here 2017 29
Bob Farmer Karmamatic one card chosen from face-up and one from face-down deck, both cards predicted written on another odd-backed card
2017 33
Bob Farmer Your Mind is Mine to Play With named card is only card with message on back
2017 34
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 2017 39
Bob Farmer The Bammo Oblivion Deck freely named card becomes double-blank card in deck, other three cards of same value are there
Related toVariations 2017 51
Bob Farmer, Tony Kardyro Treating the Cards with cashmere bouquet soap and teflon powder, also for faro shuffles
Related to 2017 56
Bob Farmer Equivoque Digression restricted choice, equivoque discussion
  • Force 13 Cards
  • Force 8 Cards
  • Force 8 or 13 Cards
  • Force 26 Cards
  • Force 13 Cards
2017 61
Bob Farmer The Bammo 50% Oblivion Deck single deck version
Inspired byRelated to 2017 70
Bob Farmer The 25% Oblivion Deck almost freely named card becomes double-blank card in deck, other three cards of same value are there
Inspired by 2017 70
Bob Farmer Octogone with more restrictive choice
Inspired by 2017 74
Bob Farmer Crossing Over card travels from blue to red deck
Related to 2017 74
Bob Farmer The Tele-Psychic-Omatic Deck thought-of card (one of thirteen) is not in deck, it has become a blank card, peek-pairs
Inspired by 2017 77
Bob Farmer Encephalonic Predestination chosen and thought-of card (in relation to chosen one) are predicted, 1-0-1
2017 83
Bob Farmer Science in Aid of Deception - The Top 24 Cards on the 1-0-1 deck, how to avoid duplicates being noticed
2017 86
Bob Farmer Octa Predestination chosen and thought-of card (in relation to chosen one) are predicted
2017 92
Bob Farmer Svengali Predestination chosen and thought-of card (in relation to chosen one) are predicted
2017 94
Bob Farmer Jack to the Future chosen card is written on named card, one of them is written on the other
2017 97
Bob Farmer Svenvoodoo position of freely peeked-at card is named, then chosen card appears at named number, svengali-peek-deck combination, with marking system
Variations 2017 101
Bob Farmer Deja Voodoo 2.0 card named, word "impossible" looked up in dictionary, selection is written next to it, named card has the word written on its back as well, long-short pages
Inspired by 2017 113
Bob Farmer Devils & Angels picture cards with angels and devils, sins and virtues, three spectators think of one, they are divined
Inspired by
  • "Mixed Emotions" (Phil Goldstein)
2017 131
Bob Farmer Bring Me The Head of Reginald Scot using leather laces and skull
Mar. 2017
Genii (Vol. 80 No. 3)
46
Áriston, Bob Farmer Black Jack
2017 143
Bob Farmer The Bammo Brain Bamboozler two spectators think of a red and a black card, both cards vanish and are removed from the pocket before they are named, using version of John Kennedy's "Mind Power Deck"
Inspired by
  • "The Divine and Conquer Deck" (Leo Reed)
2018 1
Bob Farmer 8-Way Outs
  • Pockets
  • Wallets
2018 11
Bob Farmer Brain Bamboozler Wave one card from red deck to blue deck
2018 12
Ryan Schlutz Before the Thought eight to ten cards selected from table wash, highest card thought of, predicted in envelope
  • Marking the Deck
  • Reveal Using Wallet
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here 2018 17
Bob Farmer Squist Move packet turned over as it is turned end-for-end
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Oct. 2004
2018 81
Tom Gagnon Soaping the Faro
Inspired byRelated to 2019 339
Maxwell Pritchard Farmonica shuffled deck dealt twice into seven piles, ends up in memorized deck order (or any other), also just for practicing a stack
  • Overview
  • How Does It Work?
  • Training Programme
  • Handling Considerations
  • Performance Options
Inspired by 2019 3
Bob Farmer Small Packet False Mix different from Dossier reference
Related to 2019 1
Bob Farmer The Final Himber Wallet
Related to 2019 7
Bob Farmer Stripson and Dealilah
Inspired by 2019 10
Bob Farmer You Cheat Me, I Cheat You
  • Royal Flush Finale
  • Regular Deck
Inspired byVariations 2019 15