Card Tricks by Hugard, Jean -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Front Cover Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Contents FOREWORD by Steven Cohen INTRODUCTION BY Paul Fleming PREFACE PART ONE

I. THE OVERHAND SHUFFLE, I

Position of the Pack Execution of the Overhand Shuffle. Using the Overhand Shuffle: Controlling the Top Card Controlling the Bottom Card Retaining the Top and Bottom Cards Top Card to Next to Bottom and Back The Run The Injog The Undercut. Overhand Shuffle Control: Retaining Top Stock Overhand False Shuffle Overhand Shuffle Practice Routine. Tricks with the Overhand Shuffle: Topsyturvy Cards Poker Player’s Picnic A Pocket Discovery Telepathy Plus Thought Stealer Pinkie Does It A Card and a Number.

II. THE RIFFLE SHUFFLE

Riffle Shuffle Control: Retaining Card at Top Retaining a Card at the Bottom Riffle Shuffle in the Air. Tricks with the Riffle Shuffle: An Instinct for Cards Mirror of the Mind Ultra Card Divination.

III. FLOURISHES

Displaying the Top Card: (a) For intimate performances. (b) for intimate performances. (c) For platform performances. The Ruffle: (a) With both hands. (b) With one hand. (c) With a Single Card. The Click Spread and Turnover: (a) On a Cloth-Covered Table. (b) On a Bare Table. Gathering the Ribbon-Spread Pack Springing the Cards A Flourish Count Throwing a Card Waterfall Shuffle The Fan One-Hand Fan Thumb Fan Pressure Fan.

IV. THE GLIDE

Tricks with the Glide: Design for Laughter Observation Test.

V. THE GLIMPSE

Bottom-Card Glimpse I Bottom-Card Glimpse II Bottom-Card Glimpse III Top-Card Glimpse Fan Peek. Tricks with the Glimpse: Gray’s Spelling Trick Round and Round.

VI. THE KEY CARD

Key Undercut Key Undercut Shuffle. Tricks with the Key Card: Do as I Do The Three Piles The 26th Card A Meeting of the Minds The Non-Poker Voice Intuition with Cards Sliding Key Card.

VII. THE PALM

Top Palm: (1) A Single Card. (2) Several Cards Palm Glimpse Replacing Palmed Cards: First Method Second Method. Tricks with the Palm: Card in the Pocket Now You See It! Grab-Bag Card Good-Luck Card Do It and Fail Gathering of the Clan Spring Catch A Vested Interest Piano Trick.

VIII. THE BACKSLIP

Backslip Force Backslip Control. Tricks with the Backslip: Lightning Card The Tantalizer Under Your Hat.

IX. THE OVERHAND SHUFFLE, II

Injog and Break Overhand Break Control Overhand Lift Shuffle Lift Shuffle Force Spread and Break Holding a Break Spread and Break Control Tricks with the Overhand Shuffles: The Sevens Obliging Aces Leapfrog Spectator’s Card Trick A Poker Puzzle.

X. FALSE SHUFFLES AND CUTS

Optical Shuffle Charlier Shuffle The Cut: First Method Second Method Third Method Fourth Method Palm Cut. Tricks with the Shuffles and Cuts: An Incomprehensible Divination Circus Card Trick Black Jack, Detective.

XI. THE DOUBLE LIFT AND TURNOVER

Double-Lift Glimpse Double-Lift Card Reverse: (a) Top-Card Reversal, (b) Second-Card Reversal, (c) Second-Card Reversal. Tricks with the Double Lift: Rapid Transit The Trey Ambitious Card Throughth and Consequences Insidious Dr. Fu Liu Tu.

XII. THE PASS

The Grip Left-Hand Action Right-Hand Action. Riffle Pass Spread Pass Spring Pass. Tricks with the Pass: Off Agin, On Agin, Finnegin Kangaroo Card Righting a Wrong Blindfolded Pack Double Speller.

XIII. MISCELLANEOUS FLOURISHES

Color Change Double Color Change The Changing Card Self-Cutting Deck A Pretty Cut Pop-up Card A Bit of Byplay Charlier Cut Acrobatic Aces.

PART TWO

XIV. THE REVERSES

First Method Second Method Third Method Fourth Method Reversed Location. Tricks with the Reverses: Spellbound A Tipsy Trick Double Reverse Mentalivity Mountebank Miracle.

XV. THE HINDU SHUFFLE AND OTHER CONTROLS

Hindu Shuffle Control: Single Card Several Cards. Hindu Shuffle Force Hindu Shuffle Glimpse The Step Natural Jog Twelve-Down Riffle. Tricks with the Hindu Shuffle: All Change Here Ewephindit.

XVI. THE CLASSIC FORCE

One-Hand Force Bottom Force Slide-Out Force Two-Card Force Riffle-Break Force Sliding-Key Force Double-Lift Force Cut Force. Tricks with the Force: Justice Card Trick Four of a Kind Pulse Trick.

XVII. TOP AND BOTTOM CHANGES

Top Change The Changing Card Top-Change Byplay Bottom Change Top and Bottom Changes.

XVIII. ARRANGEMENTS

Tricks with Arrangements: The Selective Touch A Future in Cards Jacks Wild Think Stop Deal Away The Educated Cards Reds and Blacks.

XIX. ROUTINES

Routining Card Tricks A Table Routine A Rollicking Routine Card-Discovery Routine Razzle-Dazzle Routine.

PART THREE

XX. PLATFORM TRICKS

Conus Ace Trick Ladies’ Looking Glass Everywhere and Nowhere Egyptian Pocket—Cards up the Sleeve Cards to the Pocket Enlarging and Diminishing Three Cards Across Everybody’s Card, I Everybody’s Card, II.

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