Workers Number 5

1996
Written by Michael Close
Work of Michael Close
167 pages (Spiralbound), published by Selfpublished
Illustrated with drawings by Susan Kern
Language: English
62 entries
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Creators Title Comments & References Page AA Categories
Michael Close Introduction
1
Michael Close Assumptions
3
Michael Close The Lie Detector Lie Speller Plot, with prediction
 		7
Michael Close, Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Under-the-Spread Force Handling
9
Bruce Cervon The Cervon "Perfect Speller"
11
Michael Close, Shigeo Takagi You Hue spectator's name is duplicated, using name index, variation on Takagi's "The Wild Blanks"
 		16
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Rhumba Count
19
Michael Close A Trick for O'Brien prediction with one-way deck kicker ("You will not pick the Joker"), back of selection changes
 		21
Michael Close Fortune Sugar prediction of number, color, object (forces and multiple outs)
 		25
Michael Close Venue
Also published here 28
Michael Close, Dai Vernon, Larry Jennings Reverse Logic four phase routine: named four-of a kind turns over
Inspired byVariations 30
Ken Krenzel Mechanical Reverse
31
The Elevator Pass center block pass
 		32
Roger Klause Roger's Lovely Idea in spectator's hands
Inspired by 36
Packet Flip-Over as it is placed into other hand
 		38
Michael Close Too Ahead multiple phase routine with six coins, then five, then four
 		41
Fist Steal from closed fist
 		42
Ross Bertram Fist Swing Up Transfer
43
Michael Close The Discrepant Count sound illusion, x as x-1
 		47
Two as Three Display two coins quickly jiggled
 		51
Michael Close Personality
55
Michael Close On Sleights
  • It Starts with a Letter
  • The Big Question
 		59
Michael Close The Bottom Deal
61
Michael Close, Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Culling
62
Michael Close The Faro Shuffle
Also published here 65
Michael Close The Last Card Push handling the last block in an undercount
Related toAlso published here 67
Michael Close The MC Spread Double Lift additional ideas, no description
Related toAlso published here 68
Michael Close Out of U and ME clean turnover of one card, full deck of double backers
Also published here 68
Michael Close Renaldo the Great routine for the vase and string trick, Chinese Prayer Vase
 		70
Michael Close, Jerry K. Hartman Pink Floyd four blue-backed jokers turn red, then blue again
 		78
Michael Close The Tamariz Rabbits presentation for Juan Tamariz' card set
 		85
Michael Close Red Blue Mama Fooler sticky tape
Related toAlso published here 88
Michael Close Memorized Mama Fooler method with memorized deck and sticky card
 		91
Michael Close Rocco Returns routine for Ton Onosaka's "Lucky Lady" prop
 		93
Michael Close, Gaëtan Bloom Ring Fright ring transposes with car key
 		98
Michael Close Flourishes essay
 		101
Michael Close The Unreality Machine matchbook transforms into folded piece of paper
Variations 103
Michael Close Stupid Travelers comedy presentation, ambidextrous travelers in which spectator has jacket on and removes cards as finale
Variations 110
Derek Dingle, Michael Close Bluff Shift Handling to top
 		111
Larry Jennings One-Hand Bottom Palm
113
Larry Jennings, Michael Close L.J. Angle Steal Handling
114
Michael Close Center Steal Jennings' technique from center
Inspired by 116
Michael Close Too Jay about Jay Marshall
 		120
Michael Close On the Memorized Deck
  • Which Stack?
  • Learning the Stack
  • The Open Index
  • Estimation
  • False Shuffles
  • Deck Switches
 		122
Michael Close The Wishing Trick named card comes to top, any card at any number, memorized deck
Related to 126
Michael Close Two For Simon - Tut Tut four aces come together in deck reversed and trap selection, for memorized deck, Aronson Stack only
Variations 131
Michael Close Flushed With Success Royal Flush is found in deck via stack and faros, for memorized deck, Aronson Stack only
Related to 132
Michael Close Myopia two cards, estimation, memorized deck
Inspired byRelated to 134
Michael Close First Finger Estimation finger of left hand estimates thickness of packet it holds
 		135
Michael Close, Allan Ackerman The Invisible Deck ungaffed, memorized deck
Inspired byRelated toVariations 138
Michael Close The Half Pass cover for stand-up use
 		141
Michael Close, Roy Walton The Smiling Mule any named card appears in sandwich, memorized deck
Inspired byRelated to 143
Michael Close Monkey in the Middle routine for Goldman's effect, named card appears in sandwich, memorized deck
Variations 145
Michael Close Center Glimpse
146
Michael Close The Haunted Deck named card, memorized deck, small hand
Related to 148
Michael Close, Steve Draun Midnight Shift Variation
150
Michael Close Full Deck Passover named card from red deck to blue deck, memorized deck
 		152
Michael Close The Card Stab stabbing to any named card, memorized deck
Inspired by 154
Michael Close The Birthday Book memorized deck
 		156
Michael Close Jazzin - The Trick that Can be Explained finding a named card via improvisation
Related to 160
Michael Close Magic and Meaning
164
Michael Close Goodbye
166
Data entered by Denis Behr, August 2009.