Kelly/Ovette Bottom Placement

97 entries in Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Kelly/Ovette Bottom Placement
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Unknown The Card Through the Magazine bottom placement
 		1940 Expert Card Technique 302
Frank Kelly Frank Kelly's Bottom Placement
1943/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 3 184
Arthur H. Buckley The Glide Shift Kelly Bottom Placement sideways
Variations 1946 Card Control 93
Frank Kelly Kelly Bottom Placement brief
 		1953 The Cardician 173
Frank Kelly The Bottom Placement Kelly-Ovette Bottom Placement
 		1954 Handbook Of Card Sleights 28
Bruce Elliott The Elliott Control card from middle controlled to the bottom, buckle
VariationsAlso published here 1956 The New Phoenix 301-348 (Issue 336) 154
Bruce Elliott The Elliott Control card from middle controlled to the bottom, buckle
VariationsAlso published here 1956 The Best in Magic 122
Edward Marlo Tabled Bottom Placement tabled Kelly / Ovette move, with additional ideas
Also published here 1959 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1959) 48
Joseph Ovette Ovette Master Move
Jan. 1967 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 2 No. 3) 75
Dai Vernon Card Placement Variation of Kelly Bottom Placement
 		1967 Ultimate Secrets of Card Magic 145
Peter Kane Second from Bottom Master Move
1967 A Card Session with Peter Kane 4
James G. Thompson Jr. The Master Key master move bottom slip cut
Related to
  • "Magic To Delight" (Thompson Jr.)
 July 1968 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 3 No. 9) 193
Harvey Rosenthal The Rosenthal Placement kelly alternative
 		1970 Epilogue (Issue 10) 78
Roy Johnson The Policy method to load card under jacket near inner pocket
 		1970 The Roy Johnson Experience 15
Allan Ackerman Ackerman Varies Kelly
Related toVariations 1971 The Esoterist 15
Chris Gosselin On Mother Kelly's Doorstep on the Kelly Bottom Placement
 		1971 Expert Card Chicanery 64
Chris Gosselin Palming from Pre-Kelly Placement
1971 Expert Card Chicanery 64
Frank Kelly, Joseph Ovette Kelly Bottom Placement brief
 		1971 The Esoterist 41
Karl Fulves M2 Control Ovette Master Move as placement, see also Note 3 of reference
Related to 1971 The Book of Numbers 24
James G. Thompson Jr. Master Move as Switch replacing card to bottom, actually second from bottom
 		Winter 1972 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 7 No. 6th Folio) 494
Joseph Ovette Ovette Master Move without credit
 		1972 The Living End 17
James G. Thompson Jr. The Master Move master move bottom slip cut
 		Oct. 1973 Intermagic (Vol. 1 No. 2) 33
Derek Dingle Reverse Ovette Master Move
1973 Epilogue (Issue 19) 180
Edward Marlo Simulated Master Move two methods
 		1974 The Unexpected Card Book 137
Unknown Ovette Master Move
1974 Card Tricks for People Who Don't Do Card Tricks 8
Larry Jennings Bottom Placement also into gambler's palm
 		1975 Epilogue (Issue Special No 3 (Part 1)) 264
Harvey Rosenthal The Outjogged Placement similar to "Ackerman Varies Kelly", see Notes 2./3. on p. 168
 		1977 Packet Switches (Part Three) 152
Edward Marlo Approaches to the Kelly Bottom Placement
1977 Marlo's Magazine Volume 2 208
Edward Marlo Marlo Bottom Placement a lot of applications and variations
 		1977 Marlo's Magazine Volume 2 199
Eric Mason Caboodle 5/4 count, showing them all as double backers
Related to Sep. 1977 Pabular (Vol. 4 No. 1) 461
Frank Kelly, Joseph Ovette Kelly's Bottom Placement
1978 Eine Handvoll Kartenkunststücke 87
Ken Krenzel OMM Handling in the hands and tabled
 		1978 The Card Classics of Ken Krenzel 243
Allan Ackerman Ackerman Varies Kelly
1979 Close-up Entertainer 130
Harvey Rosenthal, Martin A. Nash Outjogged Placement variation
 		1979 Sleight Unseen 382
Harvey Rosenthal, Martin A. Nash Outjog Placement Variation
1980 Jacks or Better 7
Unknown Kelly Bottom Placement
1980 Close-up Fantasies — Book II 101
Gene Maze Subtraction Move bottom card of packet via Kelly Bottom Placement
 		1980 The Gene Maze Card Book 36
Joseph Ovette Der Meistergriff
Aug. 1980 Intermagic (Vol. 7 No. 2) 63
Joseph Ovette Ovette Master Move
1980 The Violet Book of Mentalism 13
David Britland Control variation on the Ovette / Kelly move, see p. 150 for credits
Related to 1981 Spell-Binder (Vol. 1 No. 5) 91
Harvey Rosenthal Ambition to the bottom using Kelly / Ovette move variation
 		1981 Spell-Binder (Vol. 1 No. 8) 151
Edward Marlo Not For The Faint-Hearted bolder version of The Bluff Bottom Placement
 		1982 Card Finesse 8
Jon Racherbaumer The Bluff Bottom Placement to second from bottom, bold
 		1982 Card Finesse 5
Jon Racherbaumer, Gene Maze Fan-Antic Control
Inspired by
  • "The Fan Control" (Tom Batchelor, Canadian Card Control, 1971)
 1982 Card Finesse 143
Edward Marlo No-Clutch Bottom Placement
Variations 1982 Card Finesse 134
Ross Bertram Exercise palming bottom card into Tenkai palm and replacing it, Kelly mechanics
 		1983 Bertram on Sleight of Hand 148
Larry Jennings Bottomed alternative to Kelly Bottom Placement
 		Jan. 1983 Apocalypse Vol. 6-10 (Vol. 6 No. 1) 730
Edward Marlo Dribble Application to O.K. Move multiple card control to bottom with kelly/ovette placement
 		1984 Marlo's Magazine Volume 5 313
Edward Marlo Dribble Plus Delayed O.K. Move
1984 Marlo's Magazine Volume 5 313
Frank Kelly Bottom Placement
Nov. 1984 Intermagic (Vol. 11 No. 2) 69
Unknown Ovette Master Move to second from bottom
 		1985 Best of Friends — Volume II 465
Frank Kelly Kelly Bottom Placement
1985 Martin's Miracles 20
Allan Ackerman Ackerman Varies Kelly
1985 The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 4 105
Eric DeCamps The Kelly Top Placement from Bottom Placement into right Tenkai Palm or to top
 		1985 The Magic of Eric DeCamps 15
Bruce Cervon, Frank Kelly Kelly Bottom Placement Scoop Up
1988 The Cervon File 82
Larry Jennings Bottom Placement Kelly/Ovette alternative, also directly into left cop or right palm position
 		1988 The Cardwright 159
Unknown Bottom Placement
1989 Randy Wakeman Presents 32
Frank Kelly, Joseph Ovette Kelly-Ovette Bottom Placement
1991 The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1 261
Jon Racherbaumer Delayed Bottom Placement for credit information see reference
Related to 1992 Card Finesse II 105
Allan Ackerman, Richard Kaufman Ackerman Varies Kelly Variation
1992 The Collected Almanac (Issue ) xxix
Unknown The Lapel Ruse no-palm method to get a credit card into the wallet, using Bottom Placement
 		1992 Magic with Credit Cards 36
Joseph Ovette, Frank Kelly Ovette Master Move / Kelly Bottom Placement
1993 Mystification 88
John Scarne Ovette Master Move Cop directly into cop position
 		1994 Verbatim (Issue 10) 145
Paul Gertner Skinning the Card to Cardcase loading case from Kelly Bottom Placement
Inspired byRelated to 1994 Steel and Silver 134
Allan Ackerman Ackerman Varies Kelly to a Full Palm Convincing Control Features
 		1994 Las Vegas Kardma 50
Ken Beale The V Force "Three Impromptus"
bottom card of top half is transferred to bottom half with bottom placement angle jog as it is placed offset on it
 		1995 Underworld (Issue 1) 9
Allan Ackerman Ackerman Varies Kelly
1996 The Art of Astonishment — Book 2 (Issue Close-up Entertainer) 117
Gene Maze Bottom Placement Finesse
Dec. 1997 Apocalypse Vol. 16-20 (Vol. 20 No. 12) 2878
Frank Kelly, Joseph Ovette Kelly-Ovette Bottom Placement to second from bottom
 		1997 Karten à la carte 7
Allan Ackerman Ackerman varies Kelly
1997 Ah-ha! 51
Unknown Reverse Kelly Ovette Mater Move top half removed and bottom card dragged along
 		1999 Theater of the Mind 208
Paul Curry Curry Turnover Change featuring Kelly Bottom Placement to get into position for change
 		1999 Kort 14
Gene Maze Maze + Ovette variations on the Master Move
  • Maze Method #1
  • Maze Method #2
  • Maze Method #3
  • Block Ovette
Related to 1999 The Fine Print (Issue 10) 302
Simon Lovell Backwards Kelly Replacement Jack Birnman?
 		2000 Son of Simon Says! 42
Karl Fulves Ovette Master Move Credit Information
2001 New Card Controls 41
Neal Elias More Effects Using The Nu-Glide Get-Ready see following items
 		2001 New Card Controls 46
Karl Fulves Utility Transfer card appears between to sandwich cards
Related to 2001 New Card Controls 101
Steve Beam X-Change two cards change to selections when halves are rubbed against each other face to face and perpendicular
Inspired by
  • Mark Aspiazu's "Easy Kelly Change" in "The Second Deal"
Also published here 		2001 Hand-Picked Card Tricks 29
Unknown Kelly Bottom Placement
2001 DeSouza's DeCeptions 53
Karl Fulves Reverse Master Move Force bottom slip cut
 		2001 The Magic Thrust 36
Guy Hollingworth, Edward Marlo No-Clutch Bottom Placement with a second delayed handling, see also credits in Issue 10, p. 1, Issue 11, p. 1
Related to 2002 Penumbra (Issue 2) 7
Robin Robertson Final Control buckled under top half
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here 2003 Card Conspiracy — Vol. 1 15
Robin Robertson Final Control buckled under top half, see Vol. 1 for credit information
Also published here 2003 Card Conspiracy — Vol. 2 156
Karl Fulves Dummy Deal bottom deal from front end, full grip, top half openly outjogged
Related to
  • Sharps & Flats
 2003 Off The Books (Issue 6) 104
Jack Avis A Placement Idea with the Master Move
2006 Rara Avis 174
Unknown Kelly Bottom Placement
2006 Power Plays 23
Andi Gladwin Variety Bucket Subtlety for Ovette / Kelly Master move
Related to 2007 Movers & Shakers 23
Patrick Martin The Martin Bottom Placement
May 2008 Genii (Vol. 71 No. 5) 71
Jon Racherbaumer, Gene Maze Fan-Antic Control
Related to 2011 Making the Cut 71
Steve Beam Cambio en X two cards change to selections when halves are rubbed against each other face to face and perpendicular
Inspired by
  • Mark Aspiazu's "Easy Kelly Change" in "The Second Deal"
Also published here 		2014 El Cardquistador 6
Steve Beam X-Change two cards change to selections when halves are rubbed against each other face to face and perpendicular
Also published here 2016 Card Magic To Go 16
Steve Beam X-Change two cards change to selections when halves are rubbed against each other face to face and perpendicular
Inspired by
  • Mark Aspiazu's "Easy Kelly Change" in "The Second Deal"
Also published here 		2017 52 37
Edward Marlo Tabled Bottom Placement
Inspired byAlso published here 2017 Facsimile (Issue 6) 67
Ryan Plunkett Bottom Placement Addition bottom card of deck in right-hand End Grip added to packet in dealing position
 		Oct. 2018 Elixir (Vol. 2 No. 1 (Summer #2)) 60
Tom Gagnon One-Handed Versatile Get-Ready deck in right-hand end grip, bottom card side-jogged with one hand
 		2019 Gagnon Unfiltered 159
Michael Powers Powers Varies Kelly
Inspired by 2019 Tesseract 193
Ryan Plunkett Bottom Placement Addition bottom card of deck in right-hand End Grip added to packet in dealing position
 		2020 Distilled 183