Lapping

140 entries in Cards / Sleights / Lapping
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Eddie Joseph Gone Right Through top card of tabled deck lapped with handkerchief
 		1942 Greater Card Tricks 27
Bill Simon Tabled single card through table
Also published here 1948 The Phoenix 151-200 (Issue 159) 640
Unknown Packet Switch small packet, lap
 		1949 The Phoenix 151-200 (Issue 184) 737
Edward Marlo Card Thru Table lapping a short card method
 		1949 The Phoenix 151-200 (Issue 193) 772
Bill Simon Tabled single card through table
Also published here 1956 The Best in Magic 147
John A. M. Howie 1-2-3-4 aces transform into ace to four
 		1959 The Cardiste (Issue 12) 6
Terry Guyatt Card Exchange Guyatt Card Exchange
 		1959 Card Tricks 317
Jerry Andrus Lapping Vanish of single card
Also published here
  • from 1957 lecture of Jerry Andrus
 1960 Steranko on Cards 80
James Steranko Diagonal Jog Drop Out Vanish card pivoted out and lapped
Related to 1960 Steranko on Cards 40
J. W. Sarles, Karl Fulves Card Steal with Handkerchief as lapping
Related to
  • p. 41 for comments
 Mar. 1966 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 1 No. 5) 26
Unknown Riffle Shuffle Lap elongated cards placed on edge
 		1967 The Best of Benzais 53
John Benzais How to Lap a Card
1967 The Best of Benzais 51
Edward Marlo, Carmen D'Amico A Lap Move dated 1950
 		1970 Advanced Fingertip Control 152
Edward Marlo Count Lap
Related to 1970 Advanced Fingertip Control 145
Bob Stencel The Ditch
Dec. 1972 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 8 No. 2) 578
James G. Thompson Jr. Through the Table bold lapping move
 		1972 The Living End 18
Eddie Joseph Gone Right Through card through table, with handkerchief
 		1972 The Living End 18
Edward Marlo Marlo's Screening Action
1973 Kabbala — Volume 2 (Vol. 2 No. 6) 43
Edward Marlo, Carmen D'Amico Propelled Lapping Ideas - As an Apparent Control
1973 Kabbala — Volume 2 (Vol. 2 No. 6) 44
Ian Baxter The "Shooting Star" Lapping Move
1974 Card Cavalcade II 101
Jerry Mentzer Lapping Move using left hand cop
 		1974 Card Cavalcade II 103
Karl Fulves, Derek Dingle Direct Lap
Inspired by Jan. 1974 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 9 No. 3) 703
Geoff Ray Lap Flick
July 1975 Pabular (Vol. 1 No. 11) 132
Karl Fulves Misdirection Lapping bottom card of left hand double lapped as right hand turns over tabled card
 		1975 Methods with Cards — Part 1 3
Slydini On The Fan Steal card drops into lap
Variations May 1975 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 10 No. 7) 966
Edward Marlo Cased-In Disappearance lapping from case, see also page 10 of 21st Century Card Magic
Variations 1975 Hierophant (Issue 7 Resurrection Issue) 49
J. W. Sarles Second To None second deal lap, credit note
Related to 1975 Methods with Cards — Part 2 94
Karl Fulves, J. W. Sarles Second To None Variation second deal lap in which original third card is removed
 		1975 Methods with Cards — Part 2 97
Karl Fulves Other Variations of the second deal lap
 		1975 Methods with Cards — Part 2 99
Roger Smith The I-F Lapping Move selection lapped by pushing joker in from other side
Inspired by 1975 Bonus Extra — Revised 4
Slydini Timing Lap while removing card from in-the-hands spread
 		1976 The Best of Slydini ...and More 93
Slydini Drop Steal top cards lapped while inserting card near top
 		1976 The Best of Slydini ...and More 91
Jerry Andrus Squeeze Vanish card vanish between hands
 		1976 Andrus Card Control 56
Rick Johnsson The Kick Technique isolated card is lapped as a vanish
 		1976 Practical Impossibilities 11
Rick Johnsson The Kick Change card on table is covered with both hands
Related to 1976 Practical Impossibilities 15
Rick Johnsson Delayed Lap Technique card hidden behind forearm
 		1976 Practical Impossibilities 23
Rick Johnsson Universal Card - N.F.A. using The Kick Change three times
 		1976 Practical Impossibilities 73
Rick Johnsson Keel Haul bringing card behind forearm while shifting the deck on the table, preparation for Delayed Lap Technique
 		1976 Practical Impossibilities 24
Rick Johnsson Block Party after tabled riffle shuffle, preparation for Delayed Lap Technique
 		1976 Practical Impossibilities 25
Karl Fulves Negative Sleeving card lapped via Secret Sleeving technique
Related to 1977 Impromptu Holdouts 35
Karl Fulves (H) Jet Second lapping top or second card during stud-type deal, posed as problem
Related to 1978 Interlocutor (Issue 24) 94
Allan Ackerman Roll Over Card Vanish bare handed
Variations 1978 Here's My Card 46
Karl Fulves DQ turnover switch handling in which switched-out card is lapped, different variations
  • DQ I
  • DQ II
  • DQ III
  • DQ IV
  • DQ V (one of several is switched)
 		1978 Transpo Trix 60
Frank Garcia Lapping Vanish
1978 New Stars of Magic (Vol. 1 No. 11) 8
Edward Marlo, Carmen D'Amico Propelled-Lapping to switch small packets
 		1978 The Compleat Magick — Volume III (Issue 203) 1012
Edward Marlo Lapping Technique as packet is turned over in hand, some cards a lapped
 		1979 Marlo's Magazine Volume 3 140
Edward Marlo Screened Lapping brief
 		1979 Marlo's Magazine Volume 3 151
Gene Maze Show Dropper Switch lapping some cards from a small packet
 		1980 The Gene Maze Card Book 23
Gene Maze Table Tap Lap
1980 The Gene Maze Card Book 38
Harry Lorayne Snap Lap bottom cards
Also published here 1980 Lecture Notes 24
Gene Maze Second Deal Lap S.D.L.
 		1980 The Gene Maze Card Book 34
Edward Marlo Rub-a-Dub Gone card actually on table
 		1980 Hierophant (Issue The Last Hierophant) 41
Gene Maze SlideUnder Switch
1980 The Gene Maze Card Book 21
Unknown Lapping Vanish of isolated card, similar to Andrus' Tunnel Vanish
 		1980 Disappearing Aces 4
Gert Malmros The Disappearing Aces four Aces vanish one by one, bare handed
 		1980 Disappearing Aces 2
Unknown Count Lap while counting cards from hand to hand
Related to 1980 Disappearing Aces 4
Dan MacMillan Spread Lap - First Method during ribbon spread & turnover flourish
 		1981 Close-Up With Cards 12
Ken Simmons Spread Lap - Second & Third Method during ribbon spread & turnover flourish
 		1981 Close-Up With Cards 13
Don England Deck Lapping from Case
1981 Don England's T.K.O.'s (Issue Clubs) 25
Gary Ouellet The Ouellet Switch
Variations 1981 Threshold 16
Gary Ouellet The Incredible Vanishing Deck seated
Related to 1981 Threshold 6
Gary Ouellet The Capricorn Card all cards but one vanish, see also p. 41
 		1981 Threshold 12
Gary Ouellet Threshold signed torn and restored card with matching corner, the Threshold principle
 		1981 Threshold 28
Gary Ouellet The Drop Switch switching torn pieces with folded card
 		1981 Threshold 35
Harry Lorayne Snap Lap bottom cards
Also published here 1982 Best of Friends 376
Harry Lorayne HaLo For Four multiple card lap, cutting action
Also published here 1982 Best of Friends 378
Derek Dingle Lapping from Deck
1982 The Complete Works of Derek Dingle 211
Edward Marlo Covered Lapping
1982 Marlo's Unforgetable Wild Card 11
Unknown Packet Switch
1982 Spell-Binder (Vol. 1 No. 9) 169
Stephen Tucker, John Brown, David Britland Full-Circle coin and card vanish and appear on deck
 		1982 Spell-Binder (Vol. 1 No. 10) 184
Meir Yedid The Pendulum Control
  • control to the bottom
  • to lap a card
 		1982 Incredible Close-Up Magic 95
Edward Marlo, Meir Yedid Rise, Rise, Rise to change small box of corn flakes into deck of playing cards
 		1982 Close-Up Hallucinations 31
Unknown Riffle Shuffle Lap deck turned on edge
 		1983 Marlo's Plus Package 45
Jerry Andrus Riffle Shuffle Lap uncredited
 		1983 The Mendoza Portfolio No. 1 86
Edward Marlo Riffle Shuffle Drop-Off - Third Application as a switch out of cards, with lapping
 		1983 The Card Puzzle 25
Stephen Tucker Beer-Mat card under beer glass, seated
Also published here 1983 Spell-Binder (Vol. 3 No. 25) 489
Marc Russell Exit Line card vanishes between sandwich cards
Inspired by 1983 Cardopolis (Issue 1) 11
Harvey Rosenthal Card Switch turning face down card over, lapping card
 		1984 The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue 6) 101
David Britland, Stephen Tucker Elmley Count Lapping
1984 Spell-Binder (Vol. 3 No. 36) 696
Edward Marlo Propelled Lapping brief
 		1985 Formula One Close-Up 37
Edward Marlo Screened Lapping
1985 Formula One Close-Up 69
Edward Marlo Olram's Vanishing Deck
1985 Formula One Close-Up 45
Edward Marlo Slide Lapping from top of deck
 		1985 Formula One Close-Up 47
Edward Marlo Two Lapping Techniques - Direct Lapping
1985 Formula One Close-Up 69
Jerry Andrus Squeeze Vanish
1985 Close-Up of the Damned 29
Unknown Lapping of Single Card
1986 Gimmick (Issue 3) 4
Lawrence Frame Cards Across, Climax Four cards vanish visually in performer's hands and pass to spectator's packet
 		1986 Close-up Framework 20
Jerry Sadowitz Shuffle Lap at beginning of overhand shuffle
 		1987 Inspirations 23
Davide Costi Invisible Palm
Also published here 1987 For Friends Only... 42
Edward Marlo Screened Lapping
1988 Marlo's Magazine Volume 6 208
Edward Marlo Propelled Lapping Restoration quarters on left fingers, right hand covers and card is restored without creases
Related to
  • "Propelled Lapping" (Ed Marlo, New Jinx, June 1965)
 1988 M.I.N.T. — Volume I 281
Wesley James Propelled Lapping Variation away from table edge
Inspired by
  • "Propelled Lapping" (Ed Marlo, Carmen D'Amico, New Jinx Vol. IV No. 38, 6/65)
 1990 Pasteboard Perpensions 41
Gene Maze Bottom Deal Lap dealing top card and lapping all cards underneath, clean-up for packet tricks, brief
 		1994 Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing 56
Juan Tamariz Lapping With The TPC
1994 The Tamariz Perpendicular Control 10
Edward Marlo Count-Lap while packet is counted, see also p. 234 for credit information
Related to 1994 Roger's Thesaurus 31
Gene Maze Second Deal Lap
Related to 1994 Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing 55
Gene Maze Packet Turnover Lap lapping card as packet is turned over in hand
Related to 1994 Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing 77
Edward Marlo, Carmen D'Amico Propelled Lapping
1994 Roger's Thesaurus 31
David Britland Elmsley Count Lapping
July 1994 Intermagic (Vol. 18 No. 4&5) 178
Edward Marlo A Card or Cards Slough Off bottom card(s) of packet or double lapped
 		1995 M.I.N.T. — Volume II 183
Edward Marlo Screened Lapping
1995 M.I.N.T. — Volume II 229
Edward Marlo Unloading Techniques lapping sandwiched card, or deep cop, five methods
 		1995 M.I.N.T. — Volume II 233
Edward Marlo Without Shelf or Clips thumbs alternately press card to table edge, switch
 		1995 M.I.N.T. — Volume II 184
Edward Marlo Some Observations lapping several cards and noice, holding card to table edge, credit information
 		1995 M.I.N.T. — Volume II 189
Edward Marlo Throw-Offs and Replacements table edge hold-out, imp pass
Also published here 1995 M.I.N.T. — Volume II 260
Stephen Tucker Bierdeckel card under beer glass, seated
Also published here 1996 Intermagic (Vol. 20 No. 4&5) 177
Doug Edwards Faro Lap Lap card during faro
 		1997 Doug Edwards Packs a Wallop! 103
Gary Ouellet Crossover Lap lapping deck except one card
Related to 1999 Natural Selections — Volume II 62
Fred Kaps The Bottom-card Lap
2000 Card College — Volume 4 961
Roberto Giobbi The All-around Square-up Lap
2000 Card College — Volume 4 963
Jean-Claude Pagès Jean-Claude Pages's Lapping Method while packet is counted
Related to 2000 Card College — Volume 4 963
Harry Lorayne The Lap Control
Also published here 2000 Card College — Volume 4 965
Roberto Giobbi Lapping Introduction
 		2000 Card College — Volume 4 959
Roberto Giobbi General Observations on the Application of Lapping
2000 Card College — Volume 4 961
Harry Lorayne (R)Evolutionary card in spread chosen, shown with right hand, transferred to left hand and thumped to table, Transfer Second Deal, then lapped
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here 2001 Personal Collection 411
Slydini Slydini's lost ambitious card top portion lapped
 		2002 Ahead of the Pack 22
Davide Costi Invisible Palm
Also published here 2004 Close-Up Elegance by Davide Costi 93
Wesley James From Jacket to Lap packet secretly paper clipped, apparently put in sleeve, then dropped to lap
 		2004 Enchantments 137
Edward Marlo Throw-Offs and Replacements table edge hold-out, imp pass
Also published here 2007 Marlo on Erdnase 144
Fred Kaps The Kaps Lapping Move
2008 The Magic of Ascanio — More Studies of Card Magic 370
Dani DaOrtiz Kaps on Kards on Fred Kaps' video and notes "Kaps on Kards", translation of
  • floritura y pase (salto Le Paul)
  • pase al cuadrar por arriba (por arrastre del pulgar)
  • descarga deslizante (al regazo en mezcla)
  • volver al mezclar (volteo carta superior)
  • falso corte snap-out
  • floritura del giro en el falso corte (Charlie Miller)
  • falso corte con doblez
 		2009 El Manuscrito (Vol. 2 No. 10) 270
Jean-Claude Pagès, Unknown Lapping Elmsley no credit but similar to reference
Related to 2010 Secret Agenda (Issue May 6) 137
Unknown Lapping Technique lapping all but one card while counting a small packet
 		2011 El Manuscrito (Vol. 4 No. 16) 476
Unknown Momentum Lapping as selection is replaced
 		2012 53 Friends 5
Unknown Gambler's Cop & Lap
2013 Confident Deceptions 147
Jason Ladanye Deck Lap from case
 		2013 Confident Deceptions 151
Unknown Bottom Card Lap while collecting the cards
 		2013 Lecture Notes 2
Tom Gagnon Undercover Lap as tabled spread is gathered
 		2013 Too Hot for the Devil 71
Bébel, Patrick Lehnen Vanishing Aces four aces vanish one by one
 		2013 Lecture Notes 2
Tenkai Ishida, Patrick Lehnen Tenkai Vanish
2013 Lecture Notes 6
Unknown Card Lap while putting two cards together
 		2013 Lecture Notes 5
Unknown Misdirection Lapping top card thumped into lap
 		2016 The Secrets of So Sato 168
Jerry Andrus Vanish in Hands lapping
Related to
  • "Unexpected Reverse" (Jerry Andrus, Up Close with Andrus, 1957)
 2016 The Secrets of So Sato 106
Vanni Bossi Face-Down Golden Change card tossed on table, face-card lapped
 		2016 The Aretalogy of Vanni Bossi 73
Harry Lorayne HaLo For Four multiple card lap, cutting action
Also published here 2017 JawDroppers! Two 80
Harry Lorayne (R)Evolutionary card in spread chosen, shown with right hand, transferred to left hand and thumped to table, Transfer Second Deal, then lapped
Also published here 2018 And Finally! 141
Ramón Riobóo The Riobóo Lapping Techhnique
Related to 2019 Second Thoughts 208
Gabi Pareras Lapping Technique while counting cards from hand to hand
 		2019 Çerca 125
Jean-Claude Pagès Count Lap
May 2020 Elixir (Vol. 3 No. 1 Part 1 (Spring #2)) 192
Idan Kaufman Lapping Switch card in left hand is turned over with right hand
 		2020 Palmoholic 11