Undercounts (as less than are there)

217 entries in Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)

Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	Categories
A. J.	Showing Five as Four	counting off cards one by one, last one is double		Dec. 1904	Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 10 No. 12)	182	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Charles T. Jordan	Count Steal	right hand counts cards from deck in left hand one by one, packet stolen at one point from bottom, also as undercount on p. 19	Also published here Count Steal (Charles T. Jordan, 1919/1920)	1920	Ten New Sleight of Hand Card Tricks	18	Cards / Sleights / Transfers / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Charles T. Jordan	Count Transfer	as cards are counted into right hand with faces towards audience, one card is moved there behind the scenes		1921	The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Card Tricks)	18	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Unknown	Undercount	off the top of the deck into right hand		1931	Ireland Writes a Book	22	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Unknown	Undercount	off the top of the deck into other hand		1933	More "Eye-Openers"	13	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Tommy Tucker	The New False Count Principle	using the Glide		1933	Expert Manipulative Magic	15	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Laurie Ireland	A False Count to be Used when Dealing Off the Deck	featuring push-off	Related to Marlo's One Hand Double Turnover (Edward Marlo, 1945) The Dai Vernon Pushoff (Jennings Fingering) (Larry Jennings, Dai Vernon, 2020)	1935	Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1935, "New Card and Coin Manipulation")	8	Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Push-Off Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Eddie Joseph	False Count	glide position, similar to a Biddle steal		1939	Strictly Magic	12	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Unknown	Glide False Count	for six-card repeat		1939	The Magic Annual for 1938 and 1939	36	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Unknown	d. As a False Table Count	on a tabled packet with double deal		1940	Expert Card Technique	16	Cards / Sleights / Additions / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there) Cards / Sleights / False Dealing / Double Deals / Top Top
Unknown	Buckle Count			1940	Expert Card Technique	255	Cards / Sleights / Break / Buckling Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Unknown	A False Count	count off more cards from the deck as pretended		1940	Expert Card Technique	415	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Unknown	To Deal Four as Three			1940	Expert Card Technique	415	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Unknown	False Table Deal	buckle undercount on the table		1940	Expert Card Technique	416	Cards / Sleights / Break / Buckling Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Francis Carlyle	The Carlyle False Count	I. To Count a Number of Cards Showing Less Than There Are. II. To Count a Number of Cards as More Than They Really Are.	Related to Francis Carlyle False Count (Francis Carlyle, 1975) The Slide Back Count (Unknown, 1981) Variations Das Falschzählen von Geldscheinen (Michael Skinner, Francis Carlyle, 1995)	1940	More Card Manipulations (Issue 3)	15	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Overcounts (as more than are there) Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Tom Sellers	A False Count			1941	Condensed Conjuring	10	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Eddie Joseph	Undercount	last block counted as one		1941	How Gamblers Win	11	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Unknown	Buckle Count			1942	Deck Deception	21	Cards / Sleights / Break / Buckling Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Unknown	Pick-Up False Count			1943/27	Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 3	205	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Unknown	Glide False Count			1943/27	Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 3	207	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
John Booth	The Booth False Count			1943/27	Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 3	224	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Stanley Collins	Glide False Count	based on Collins' four ace routine - sleight		1943/27	Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 3	227	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Unknown	The False Count for Less			1946	Card Control	55	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Arthur H. Buckley	The Count (Second Method)			1946	Card Control	91	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Dai Vernon, Charlie Miller	Buckle Count	see credit on page 50		1947	Marlo In Spades	48	Cards / Sleights / Break / Buckling Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Unknown	Buckle Count			1948	The Fine Art of Magic	58	Cards / Sleights / Break / Buckling Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Frederick Braue	Fan False Count	glide		1948	Show Stoppers with Cards	11	Cards / Sleights / False Display / Spread which hides cards Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Dai Vernon	The False Count	buckle count		1949	Stars of Magic (Vol. 5 No. 3)	82	Cards / Sleights / Break / Buckling Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Unknown	To deal four cards as three	off the top of the deck into the right hand		1950	Lucky Aces	6	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Unknown	Buckle Count	brief		1950	Lucky Aces	6	Cards / Sleights / Break / Buckling Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Unknown	The "Buckle Count"			1950	Routined Manipulation — Part One	100	Cards / Sleights / Break / Buckling Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Edward Marlo	The Group Count for More	off the top of the deck		1953	Unlimited	29	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Edward Marlo	Double Count Handling for More	cards counted reversed to bottom		1953	Unlimited	31	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Edward Marlo	One-Hand Buckle Count	brief		1953	Unlimited	37	Cards / Sleights / Break / Buckling Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Dai Vernon	Display Count			1954	Stars of Magic (Vol. 12 No. 1)	159	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Unknown	The Buckle Count			1954	Handbook Of Card Sleights	17	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Unknown	The Buckle Count			1954	Routined Manipulation Finale	202	Cards / Sleights / Break / Buckling Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Unknown	Six Card Repeat Count			1954/27	Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 6	72	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Unknown	Buckle Count			1954/27	Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 6	73	Cards / Sleights / Break / Buckling Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
"Senator" Clark Crandall	One Handed Buckle Count			1954/27	Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 6	80	Cards / Sleights / Break / Buckling Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Cy Endfield	The Buckle Count			1955	Cy Endfield's Entertaining Card Magic — Part I	58	Cards / Sleights / Break / Buckling Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Dai Vernon	The Buckle False Count			1957	The Dai Vernon Book of Magic	57	Cards / Sleights / Break / Buckling Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Unknown	Buckle Count			1958	The Card Magic of Bro. John Hamman S. M.	20	Cards / Sleights / Break / Buckling Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Unknown	Glide False Count			1958	The Card Magic of Bro. John Hamman S. M.	29	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there) Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Glide
Edward Marlo	Second Example	in example: twelve as nine		1959	Seconds, Centers, Bottoms	39	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Dai Vernon	The Push-off Count			1960	More Inner Secrets of Card Magic	84	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Dai Vernon	The Buckle Count	To count cards onto the table. To count cards into the other hand.		1960	More Inner Secrets of Card Magic	86	Cards / Sleights / Break / Buckling Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Unknown	Undercount to Table/Spectator's Hand			1961	Professional Card Magic	145	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Unknown	Buckle False Count	also as Ace production		1961	The Magic of Charles Earle Miller	46	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there) Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind/Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / One by One
Dai Vernon	Spreading six Card as five			1967	Ultimate Secrets of Card Magic	165	Cards / Sleights / False Display / Spread which hides cards Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
John Booth	Six Card Repeat Count	buckle count		1970	Expanded Lecture Notes	8	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Allan Ackerman	Counting Four as Three			1970	Magic Mafia Effects	30	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Unknown	Reverse Biddle Steal	add card from bottom of deck as you peel cards off top		1970	Secret Subtraction	19	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Unknown	Undercount Off the Deck			1973	Epilogue (Issue 18)	168	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Unknown	Push-Off Count			1973	Notes From Underground	9	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Jack Chanin	True or False		Also published here True or False (Jack Chanin, 1977)	1974	Card Cavalcade II	99	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Karl Fulves	Seven As Four	false count which ends in a fan of three doubles and a single card		1974	Epilogue (Issue 21)	200	Cards / Sleights / False Display / Spread which hides cards Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Karl Fulves	The Phantom Count	four as three, five as four, ...		1975	Methods with Cards — Part 2	128	Cards / Sleights / False Display / Spread which hides cards Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Francis Carlyle	Francis Carlyle False Count	tips on the Carlyle false count, not learnable from that description	Related to The Carlyle False Count (Francis Carlyle, 1940)	1975	The Magic of Francis Carlyle	23	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Overcounts (as more than are there) Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Unknown	The Push-Over False Count			1975	The Magic of Francis Carlyle	170	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
John Booth, Dai Vernon	Push-Off Count	brief		1976	The First California Lecture	2	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Harvey Rosenthal	Optical Count			1976	Epilogue (Issue Special No 4)	293	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Unknown	Gambler's Count Vanish	Glide False Count		1976	Epilogue (Issue Special No 4)	295	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Fred Robinson	More For Less			Jan. 1976	Pabular (Vol. 2 No. 5)	207	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Unknown	The Buckle Count			1976	The Big Book of Magic	85	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Edward Marlo	F.O.E. (Faked Out Elmsley)	kind of bluff thing		1977	Marlo's Magazine Volume 2	123	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Elmsley/Ghost Count Cards / Sleights / False Display / Hiding Surfaces Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Unknown	Buckle Count			1977	Special Effects	84	Cards / Sleights / Break / Buckling Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Doug Alker	Three Card Buckle			Jan. 1977	Pabular (Vol. 3 No. 5)	351	Cards / Sleights / Break / Buckling Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Eric Mason	Caboodle	5/4 count, showing them all as double backers	Related to Cabungle (Bob Farmer, 1978)	Sep. 1977	Pabular (Vol. 4 No. 1)	461	Cards / Sleights / False Display / Hiding Surfaces Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there) Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Kelly/Ovette Bottom Placement
Jeff Busby	Elmsley Count Variation			1977	Back to Back	10	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Jack Chanin	True or False		Also published here True or False (Jack Chanin, 1974)	1977	Counts, Cuts, Moves and Subtlety	38	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Unknown	The Elmsley Count - Added Comment	Elmsley Count as overcount or undercount		1977	Counts, Cuts, Moves and Subtlety	45	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Elmsley/Ghost Count Cards / Sleights / False Count / Overcounts (as more than are there) Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Unknown	Buckle Count			1977	Counts, Cuts, Moves and Subtlety	65	Cards / Sleights / Break / Buckling Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Ken Krenzel	The Pressure Hideout			1978	The Card Classics of Ken Krenzel	31	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Ken Krenzel	Last Card Push		Related to Deal and Take (Ken Simmons, 1987) Last Card Push (Ken Krenzel, 2008)	1978	The Card Classics of Ken Krenzel	247	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Paul Harris	Las Vegas Leaper Count	spectator counts himself		1978	Las Vegas Close-Up	113	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Jeff Busby	6-as-5 Count	Elmsley type		1978	The Chronicles (Issue 1)	1070	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Elmsley/Ghost Count Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Karl Fulves	Omega Count	seven as five		1978	The Chronicles (Issue 4)	1097	Cards / Sleights / False Display / Hiding Surfaces Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Karl Fulves	Contact 5-as-4	using card with hole		1979	The Topological False Count	12	Cards / Sleights / False Display / Hiding Surfaces Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there) Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Holes or sections missing
Unknown	Das Buckle-Zählen			Aug. 1979	Intermagic (Vol. 6 No. 2)	56	Cards / Sleights / Break / Buckling Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Edward Marlo	Counting More Cards as Less	first false count		1980	Marlo's Magazine Volume 4	127	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Edward Marlo	Fourth False Count			1980	Marlo's Magazine Volume 4	130	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Unknown	Push-Off Double Deal	from small packet		1980	Exclusive Card Secrets	67	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there) Cards / Sleights / False Dealing / Double Deals / Top Top
Unknown	Push Off False Count	thirteen as twelve		1980	The Immaculate Card Magic of Walt Lees	6	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Karl Fulves	Outjogged 5-as-4 Count			1980	Color Quik	11	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Jack Avis	Siva Count	five as four		1980	John: Verse Two	6	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Unknown	The Buckle Count			1980	Ken Brooke's Magic — The Unique Years	158	Cards / Sleights / Break / Buckling Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Unknown	Push Off False Count			1980	Ken Brooke's Magic — The Unique Years	159	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Unknown	Buckle Count Explained			1980	Polished Presentations	26	Cards / Sleights / Break / Buckling Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Unknown	The Slide Back Count	similar to Carlyle's version	Related to The Carlyle False Count (Francis Carlyle, 1940)	1981	Jim Ryan Close-Up: Classic Card Routines	12	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Dai Vernon	The Buckle Count			1981	Jim Ryan Close-Up: Classic Card Routines	13	Cards / Sleights / Break / Buckling Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Karl Fulves	7-as-5 Count			1981	Octet	59	Cards / Sleights / False Display / Hiding Surfaces Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Unknown	Buckle Count	brief		1981	Polished Polish Prestidigitation	4	Cards / Sleights / Break / Buckling Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Cy Endfield	Buckle Count Variation	cards end up in reversed order	Also published here "The Buckle Count" in "The Gen" Vol. 8. No. 5, p. 147	1981	Patrick Page's Cards to Pocket	3	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Unknown	The Basic Count	card drawn into left hand one by one, last card is thick block		1981	Magic from which Memories are Made!	36	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Michael Skinner	Block Pushoff Technique			1982	The Complete Works of Derek Dingle	39	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Karl Fulves	5-as-5 Count	with bill openly between cards		1982	Six Impromptu Card Tricks	23	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Christian Scherer	Der Scherer Count	1. Die Entwicklung des Scherer count 2. Grundhaltung und Grundgriff 3. Der Scherer count 4. Der Scherer count Variation I 5. Der Scherer count Variation II		1982	Card News '82	3	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Christian Scherer	Der Scherer Spread	1. Die Entwicklung des Scherer spread 2. Grundhaltung und Grundgriff 3. Der Scherer spread 4. Der Scherer spread Variation I 5. Der Scherer spread Variation II 6. Der Scherer spread Variation II als Falschzählmethode (as false count) 7. Der Scherer spread Variation III 8. Der Scherer spread von 6 als 4 Karten 9. Das Ablegen der Karten aus dem Scherer spread (lay down) 10. Anmerkungen zur Handhabung von spreads und counts	Related to Unbuckled Count (Steve Beam, 2008)	1982	Card News '82	23	Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Laydowns on Table Cards / Sleights / False Display / Spread which hides cards Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
John Ramsay	False Count			1982	The Ramsay Finale	52	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Edward Marlo	Non-Saliva Vanish			1983	Marlo without Tears	40	Cards / Sleights / Vanish / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / Princess Card Trick (5 Cards) Cards / Sleights / False Display / Spread which hides cards Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Harry Lorayne	"Gem" False Count	x cards as x-1, based on Gemini Count		June 1983	Apocalypse Vol. 6-10 (Vol. 6 No. 6)	787	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Edward Marlo	Marlo Count Displacement	five as four, card extracted with buckling at penultimate count, originally from TOPS		1983	Facsimile (Issue 1)	12	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Edward Marlo	Olram's Hidden Count	five as four, one hidden and not displaced	Variations Application Note (Steve Reynolds, 2020) Also published here Olram's Hidden Count (Edward Marlo, 1984)	1984	Marlo's Magazine Volume 5		Cards / Sleights / False Display / Hiding Surfaces Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Edward Marlo	The Olram Count	Olram Subtlety as false count		1984	Marlo's Magazine Volume 5	301	Cards / Sleights / False Display / Hiding Surfaces Cards / Sleights / False Count / Overcounts (as more than are there) Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Edward Marlo	Marlo Count Displacement	five as four, card extracted with buckling at penultimate count, originally from TOPS		1984	Marlo's Magazine Volume 5	340	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Harry Lorayne	"Gem" False Count	x cards as x-1, based on Gemini Count		Oct. 1984	Apocalypse Vol. 6-10 (Vol. 7 No. 10)	979	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Unknown	Leaper Count	spectator counts himself, cards start reversed		1984	Close-Up to the Point	4	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Edward Marlo	Olram's Hidden Count	five as four, one hidden and not displaced	Also published here MUM, May 1984 Olram's Hidden Count (Edward Marlo, 1984)	1984	At The Table	133	Cards / Sleights / False Display / Hiding Surfaces Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Edward Marlo	"Trite" But All Right	four red cards into 4 black cards, including two false count techniques		Jan. 1985	Apocalypse Vol. 6-10 (Vol. 8 No. 1)	1011	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Ken Krenzel	Pressure Hideout			July 1985	Apocalypse Vol. 6-10 (Vol. 8 No. 7)	1089	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Unknown	To Count Off Five Cards as Four	from deck		1985	The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 1)	24	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there) Cards / Sleights / False Dealing / Double Deals / Top Bottom
Charlie Miller	False Counts	off the deck (1939) Four as Three Two as Three		1985	The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 2)	30	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Overcounts (as more than are there) Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Charlie Miller	Charles Miller Notes: 3.15.40 - To Deal Four as Three	(1940)		1985	The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 3)	1	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there) Cards / Sleights / False Dealing / Double Deals / Top Top
Frederick Braue	Braue Three-Card Show	four as three		1985	The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 4)	1	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Unknown	Bucle False Count Onto Table			1985	The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 4)	11	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Unknown	Block False Count	push-off		1985	The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 4)	11	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Unknown	Push-Off Undercount	on spectator's hand		1985	The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 5)	10	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Larry Jennings	E.J. Count	Elmsley Jennings Count, counting x as x-1 using double push off		1986	The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings	172	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Larry Jennings	All Fair Show	five as four in twisting routine		1986	The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings	199	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Nick Pudar	Versatile Count	under- or overcount		Oct. 1986	Apocalypse Vol. 6-10 (Vol. 9 No. 10)	1265	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Overcounts (as more than are there) Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Edward Marlo	Extra Card Take	when taking cards off the top of the deck		1986	Thirty Five Years Later	30	Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Push-Off Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Edward Marlo	Marlo Count	five as four, top and bottom pulled together on first count		1986	Riffling the Pasteboards	17	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
David Regal	Triple Buckle Handling			1987	Star Quality — The Magic of David Regal	32	Cards / Sleights / Break / Buckling Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Edward Marlo	The Razor's Edge	covering thick edge		1987	Special Effects	109	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Edward Marlo	The Sail Count	from deck to table		1987	Special Effects	112	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there) Cards / Sleights / False Dealing / Double Deals / Top Top
Ken Simmons	Deal and Take		Related to Last Card Push (Ken Krenzel, 1978)	1987	Riffling the Pasteboards — Again!	53	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Gene Maze	Snap Spread	four as two or four as three		Aug. 1988	Apocalypse Vol. 11-15 (Vol. 11 No. 8)	1529	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Ken Krenzel	Pressure Hide-Out			1988	Darwin Ortiz at the Card Table	103	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Stephen Minch	Push-Off Count and Pull-Down Move	credit information	Related to What About the Buckle Count? (Jon Racherbaumer, 1992)	1988	The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 2	22	Cards / Sleights / Counting Cards / Pinky Count Cards / Sleights / Break / Pull Down Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Paul Harris	Las Vegas Leaper Count	spectator does counting		1988	Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 2 No. 9-12 Paul Harris: The Act)	47	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Brother John Hamman	The Undercount	cards counted off top of deck, a card is counted back		1989	The Secrets of Brother John Hamman	38	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Slip Count Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Edward Marlo	Push-Off False Count	off the to of deck, to reposition card		1989	So Soon?	9	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Bill Wisch	Top Secret Count	false counts off the top of the deck, over, under, hiding cards	Variations Nonesuch Count (Karl Fulves, 2001)	1989	Kaleidoscope	39	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Elmsley/Ghost Count Cards / Sleights / False Display / Hiding Surfaces Cards / Sleights / False Count / Jordan Count Cards / Sleights / False Count / Overcounts (as more than are there) Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Bill Wisch	Six Card Repeat Count			1989	Kaleidoscope	41	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there) Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Six Card Repeat & Co.
Edward Marlo	Undercount to Table	small packet counted onto table one by one, hiding one card		1989	Randy Wakeman Presents	23	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Gary Kurtz	Zarrow's Triple Buckle			1990	Unexplainable Acts	58	Cards / Sleights / Break / Buckling Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Unknown	Buckle Count			1990	Ultra Cervon	19	Cards / Sleights / Break / Buckling Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Gary Ouellet	The Paradise Count	The Paradise Count The Starting Position The Top Pull-Up The Bottom Push-Down The Bottom Pull-Down		1990	Close Up Illusions	87	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Unknown	Four as Three Count	off the top of the deck		1990	The Aronson Approach	4	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Unknown	Biddle False Count	three as five		1991	The Minotaur (Vol. 3 No. 2)	6	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Unknown	Der Buckle Count			Dec. 1991	Intermagic (Vol. 16 No. 4&5)	194	Cards / Sleights / Break / Buckling Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Unknown	Push Off False Count			Dec. 1991	Intermagic (Vol. 16 No. 4&5)	195	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Stanley Collins	Collins Aces Packet False Count			1991	Page Wright's Manuscript	123	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
T. Page Wright	New Collins Aces Packet False Count	from dealing position		1991	Page Wright's Manuscript	124	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
T. Page Wright	A False Count	from end grip, reverse biddle steal		1991	Page Wright's Manuscript	132	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Jon Racherbaumer	What About the Buckle Count?	credit essay referring to notes by Stephen Minch	Related to Push-Off Count and Pull-Down Move (Stephen Minch, 1988) More on the Buckle Count (Jon Racherbaumer, Stephen Minch, 1993)	1992	The Olram File (Issue 11)	8	Cards / Sleights / Break / Buckling Cards / Sleights / Break / Pull Down Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Arturo de Ascanio	Dos Juegos con la Cuenta de "Pasa Paquete"	om the Buckle Count (Las Cuentas de "Pasa Paquete" y "Deja Paquete")		1992	La Magia de Ascanio — Vol. 3	56	Cards / Sleights / Break / Buckling Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Steve Draun	Finessed Clayton Rawson Fan Concealment	not a count		1993	Secrets Draun from Underground	96	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Rafael Benatar	As a False Count	featuring the Pivoting Double		1993	Double-Card Technique	9	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Jon Racherbaumer, Stephen Minch	More on the Buckle Count	corrections and additions to the article, quotes from correspondence with Stephen Minch	Inspired by What About the Buckle Count? (Jon Racherbaumer, 1992)	1993	The Olram File (Issue 13)	6	Cards / Sleights / Break / Buckling Cards / Sleights / Counting Cards / Pinky Count Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Edward Marlo	Side-Jog Pull-Down	in example twelve cards counted as nine		1993	The Olram File (Issue 15)	15	Cards / Sleights / Break / Pull Down Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Unknown	バックルカウント	(Buckle Count)		1993	Larry Jennings's Card Technique	87	Cards / Sleights / Break / Buckling Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Unknown	テーブル上へのバックルカウント	(Buckle Count above a table)		1993	Larry Jennings's Card Technique	88	Cards / Sleights / Break / Buckling Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Unknown	ダブルバックルカウント	(Double Buckle Count)		1993	Larry Jennings's Card Technique	150	Cards / Sleights / Break / Buckling Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Dai Vernon	Die "Buckle - Zählmethode"			1993	Lecture Patrick Page	17	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Karl Fulves	Practicing Push-Off Count	see box		1994	Crooked Tales	14	Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / from small Packet Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Unknown	5-as-4 Count	brief		1994	Roger's Thesaurus	86	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Dai Vernon	Vernon's Fake Count	off the top of the deck, starting with block	Related to Daley Notebooks #13	1995	Duffie's Card Compulsions	196	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Edward Marlo	A Marlo Extra	utility false count, or vanishing card in packet, reversed cards and pulldown, stud turnover to bottom	Related to No Break Multiple Pull Down Buckle (Edward Marlo, 1995)	1995	M.I.N.T. — Volume II	148	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Edward Marlo	No Break Multiple Pull Down Buckle	with jog as preparation	Related to A Marlo Extra (Edward Marlo, 1995)	1995	M.I.N.T. — Volume II	149	Cards / Sleights / Break / Buckling Cards / Sleights / Break / Pull Down Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Unknown	The Buckle Count			1996	Card College — Volume 2	318	Cards / Sleights / Break / Buckling Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Unknown	The Push-off Count			1996	Card College — Volume 2	319	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Paul Harris	Las Vegas Leaper Count	spectator does counting		1996	The Art of Astonishment — Book 1 (Issue Las Vegas Close-Up)	185	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Paul Harris	Las Vegas Leaper Count	spectator counts		1996	The Art of Astonishment — Book 3 (Issue Magical Arts Journal)	243	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Michael Close	The Last Card Push	handling the last block in an undercount		1996	Workers Number 5	67	Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Double Card Handlings Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Pablo Domenèch	False Count	double push off, four as three		1996	La Magia de Pablo Domènech	14	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Pablo Domenèch	False Count	while placing cards on each Ace		1996	La Magia de Pablo Domènech	28	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Pablo Domenèch	Cuenta por Doble Retencion	double push-over from a small packet		1996	La Magia de Pablo Domènech	171	Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / from small Packet Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Push-Off Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Pablo Domenèch	Cuenta por Triple Retencion	double push-over from a small packet		1996	La Magia de Pablo Domènech	175	Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / from small Packet Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Pablo Domenèch	Cuenta 5 Como 4			1996	La Magia de Pablo Domènech	200	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Peter Duffie	Oversiter	two eight-card packets, two cards travel across, Biddle counts		1996	Open Secrets	7	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Overcounts (as more than are there) Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there) Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) Across / Classic & Variations
Nick Trost	Seven Card Count	Variation of Six Card Repeat (credit information, first appeared in The Linking Ring, February 1955)	Related to "Vanish and Spell" (Martin Gardner, Cut the Cards, 1942) Las Vegas Leaper (Paul Harris, 1996) Variations Rollins-Hamman-Longe Routine (Walter Rollins, Brother John Hamman, Bob Longe, 1997)	1997	The Card Magic of Nick Trost	19	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there) Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Six Card Repeat & Co.
Karl Fulves	Flat Count			1997	The Vampire Papers	112	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Unknown	Buckle Count	brief		1997	Flight Four	5	Cards / Sleights / Break / Buckling Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Edward Marlo	The Sail Count	from deck to table		1997	Solomon's Mind	31	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there) Cards / Sleights / False Dealing / Double Deals / Top Top
Alexander de Cova	2. Buckeln oder Buckle	comments		1998	Intermagic (Vol. 22 No. 2)	50	Cards / Sleights / Break / Buckling Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Ken Krenzel	Pressure Fan Hide-Out			1999	21st Century Card Magic	16	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Unknown	The Buckle Count			1999	Natural Selections — Volume II	48	Cards / Sleights / Break / Buckling Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Unknown	The Modified Buckle Count			1999	Natural Selections — Volume II	54	Cards / Sleights / Break / Buckling Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Justin Higham	Count-Action Bottom Deal	cards counted from left-hand dealing position into right-hand dealing position Necktied Version Count-Action Double Deal As a Switch		1999	Collected Card Notes	25	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there) Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / False Dealing / Bottom Deal / Push Out Cards / Sleights / False Dealing / Double Deals / Top Bottom
Unknown	Buckle Count			2001	Paul Curry's Worlds Beyond	175	Cards / Sleights / Break / Buckling Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Harry Lorayne	Counted Out	selection appears in middle of four-card packet, with five-as-four count	Inspired by A Psychological False Count (Tony Miller, 1994) Variations Counted Out (Harry Lorayne, 2017) Also published here Counted Out (Harry Lorayne, 2011)	2001	Personal Collection	315	Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Invisible Card Theme Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Ken Krenzel	Pressure Hideout			2002	Scams & Fantasies with Cards	161	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Unknown	Verbal Backwards Counting	12-11-10-9-8-7-6		2002	Impuzzibilities	27	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Daryl Martinez	Daryl's Diminishing Count	DDC basic Rising Crime Display, counting into left hand from end grip, double lift on last card	Related to Rising Crime Display (Daryl Martinez, 1982)	2003	Card Conspiracy — Vol. 1	38	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Karl Fulves	False Count Note	credit information on holding the last two cards together	Related to "Magic and Its Professors" (1902, Evans)	2004	Latter Day Secrets (Issue 9)	372	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Steve Beam	Killer Count	method to false count packet for any number, with Hamman Count Variation #1 - Even Cards Variation #2 - Even Cards Variation #3 - Beamsley Count Large Numbers	Variations Finesse on the Killer Count (Ken Krenzel, 2006) Sunny Side Up (Steve Beam, 2008) Curiously Counted (Caleb Wiles, 2010) Also published here Killer Count (Steve Beam, 2004) Counter Measures - The Killer Count (Steve Beam, 2008)	2004	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5	58	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Hamman Count Cards / Sleights / False Count / Overcounts (as more than are there) Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Steve Beam	Killer Count	method to false count packet for any number, with Hamman Count	Also published here Killer Count (Steve Beam, 2004)	2004	Killer Koncepts	1	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Hamman Count Cards / Sleights / False Count / Overcounts (as more than are there) Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Unknown	Buckle Spread and Count			2004	Subtle Miracles	156	Cards / Sleights / Break / Buckling Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Jack Avis	Flip-Up Put Back Count - A Utility Move	every card angled up with the left thump First, the Method of Counting To Count Less As a Force The Double Deal Double Lift Double Deal		2006	Rara Avis	154	Cards / Sleights / Force / Count Forces Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Double Card Handlings Cards / Sleights / False Count / Slip Count Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there) Cards / Sleights / False Dealing / Double Deals / Top Top
Ken Krenzel	Finesse on the Killer Count	handing cards to the spectator	Inspired by Killer Count (Steve Beam, 2004)	2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6	213	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Hamman Count Cards / Sleights / False Count / Overcounts (as more than are there) Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Dai Vernon, Unknown	Buckle Count			2008	Subtle Card Creations — Volume 1	254	Cards / Sleights / Break / Buckling Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Arturo de Ascanio	Take and Tap	push-off count, five as four cards, spread display		2008	The Magic of Ascanio — More Studies of Card Magic	139	Cards / Sleights / False Display / Hiding Surfaces Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Steve Beam	Unbuckled Count	third finger buckle applied to buckle count	Related to Der Scherer Spread (Christian Scherer, 1982)	2008	Counter Attack	15	Cards / Sleights / Break / Buckling Cards / Sleights / False Display / Spread which hides cards Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Steve Beam	Counter Measures - The Killer Count	method to false count packet for any number, with Hamman Count Even Number Variation #1 - Even Number Variation #2 - Even Number Finesse Large Numbers Boomerang (Doug Canning) The Hamman Switch	Also published here Killer Count (Steve Beam, 2004)	2008	Counter Attack	23	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Hamman Count Cards / Sleights / False Count / Overcounts (as more than are there) Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Arturo de Ascanio	Buckle Count Subtlety		Also published here An Ascanian Buckle Count Subtlety (Arturo de Ascanio, 2010)	Feb. 2008	Genii (Vol. 71 No. 2)	15	Cards / Sleights / Break / Buckling Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Ken Krenzel	Last Card Push		Related to Last Card Push (Ken Krenzel, 1978)	Oct. 2008	Genii (Vol. 71 No. 10)	18	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Fred Robinson	Fred Robinson's False Count	e.g. five as four on the table		2009	The Magic of Fred Robinson	144	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Fred Robinson	In the Hands False Count			2009	The Magic of Fred Robinson	148	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Ken Krenzel	Tabled Lift False Count	counting cards from tabled deck into hand		2009	Relaxed Impossibilities	9	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Joseph K. Schmidt	The SC Count	glide undercount		2009	Prolix (Issue 6)	374	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Arturo de Ascanio	An Ascanian Buckle Count Subtlety		Also published here Buckle Count Subtlety (Arturo de Ascanio, 2008)	2010	Secret Agenda (Issue Nov 10)	334	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Harry Lorayne	Counted Out	selection appears in middle of four-card packet, with five-as-four count	Also published here Counted Out (Harry Lorayne, 2001)	2011	Special Effects	144	Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Invisible Card Theme Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Dai Vernon	The Buckle Count			2011	Magic Page by Page	39	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Dai Vernon	Buckle Count			2013	The Magic of Steven Hamilton	19	Cards / Sleights / Break / Buckling Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Unknown	Block Push-Off False Count	packet counted, second to last card push-off		2015	JawDroppers!	27	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
John Lovick	Buckle Count Tip			2016	The Performance Pieces & Divertissements of the Famous Handsome Jack, etc.	46	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Sylvan Barnet	Back Count	three as four counted from deck, first one stolen back	Related to Genii (July 1944)	2016	The Performance Pieces & Divertissements of the Famous Handsome Jack, etc.	192	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Edward Marlo	Count 1	off the deck, with sucker element		2017	Facsimile (Issue 6)	16	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Edward Marlo	Count 2	buckle count, last card snaps off fingers		2017	Facsimile (Issue 6)	17	Cards / Sleights / Break / Buckling Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Double Card Handlings Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Jon Racherbaumer	Buckle Count Credit Information	Charlie Miller should get credit, according to Vernon		2017	Facsimile (Issue 6)	30	Cards / Sleights / Break / Buckling Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Unknown	Buckle Count			2018	The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 1)	60	Cards / Sleights / Break / Buckling Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Dai Vernon	Buckle Count			2020	Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy	43	Cards / Sleights / False Display / Spread which hides cards Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Larry Jennings	First Method: Bounce Double	double turned over unto tabled packed, it bounces off other hand's finger, packet display application which hides several cards		2020	Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy	180	Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Double Card Handlings Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Laydowns on Table Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Larry Jennings	The Rhythm Count (With Five Cards)	five as four		2020	Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy	286	Cards / Sleights / False Display / Four-of-a-Kind Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Larry Jennings	The Rhythm Count (With Six Cards)	six as four		2020	Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy	290	Cards / Sleights / False Display / Four-of-a-Kind Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)

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