Free Cut Principle

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Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Eddie Joseph The Blind Magician Does a Trick performer blindfolded via spectator's hand (human blindfold) or blindfold, two spectators with half the deck each cut off piles and make two selections, deck assembled, performer finds both
  • Method One
  • Method Two
  • Method Three
 		1949 Premonition and The Blind Magician Does a Trick 8
Gene Finnell Free Cut Principle
Related to 1967 Free Cut Principle 1
Gene Finnell Coincidence? two selected cards in two piles turn up at the same position
 		1967 Free Cut Principle 2
Gene Finnell Togetherness two piles, two selected cards end up together
 		1967 Free Cut Principle 4
Gene Finnell Togetherness Repeat cutting to two selected cards
 		1967 Free Cut Principle 4
Gene Finnell Caught Between
1967 Free Cut Principle 5
Gene Finnell Caught Between Repeat behind back
 		1967 Free Cut Principle 7
Gene Finnell Whew! two cards selected
 		1967 Free Cut Principle 7
Gene Finnell Aces at Random four cards face up, value of each is dealt and four aces found, spectator decides in which order
 		1967 Free Cut Principle 10
Gene Finnell Your Number - Your Card four cards face up, value of each is dealt and four selections are found, spectators decide in which order
 		1967 Free Cut Principle 15
Gene Finnell Ups and Downs aces are put back at different places and cut into face up and face down piles, all cards end up the same way except the aces
 		1967 Free Cut Principle 19
Gene Finnell Aces Respelled four Aces are spelled
Related toVariations 1967 Free Cut Principle 22
John Hamilton Eyes of the Gods two spectators with half the deck each chose a card, spectators deal through deck and performer announces first card, second card spelled to
Related toVariationsAlso published here Aug. 1970 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 5 No. 10) 351
Karl Fulves Two Shuffle Controls: Riffle Placement two selection in incomplete riffle shuffle condition are selected and controlled twenty-six cards apart, two handlings
Related to 1971 Epilogue (Issue 13) 103
Gene Finnell Klondike Shuffle discussion and properties
1. Mechanics
2. Card location after one shuffle
3. Recycling the deck
4. Klondyke properties (simulating a faro shuffle, locating center card, Penelope's principle)
5. Klondike plus Free Cut
6. The Stacked Deck
Related to 1973 Gene Finnell's Card Magic 1
Karl Fulves Free Cut Notes intro
Related to 1973 Gene Finnell's Card Magic 58
Gene Finnell Free Cut Principle Variations with two cards
 		1973 Gene Finnell's Card Magic 59
Gene Finnell Variations of the Free Cut Principle two cards, Klondike Shuffle
 		1973 Gene Finnell's Card Magic 59
Gene Finnell Coincidence? two selection turn up at same position in two halves
  • Variation #1
  • Variation #2
  • Coincidence? with a Key Card
 		1973 Gene Finnell's Card Magic 60
Gene Finnell Free Cut Poker Deal three spectators and performer take out good poker hand from a quarter of the deck each, they are lost and dealt again, performer gets Royal Flush, faro
  • Variation wich allows the deck to be cut during the shuffles
  • Free Cut Poker Demonstration
Related to 1973 Gene Finnell's Card Magic 62
Gene Finnell Spelling the Aces #1,001
1973 Gene Finnell's Card Magic 67
Gene Finnell Spelling the Aces Number (?) faro
 		1973 Gene Finnell's Card Magic 68
Gene Finnell Cutting the Aces, Free Cut Style Aces cut to after losing them with Free Cut principle, with two variations
 		1973 Gene Finnell's Card Magic 70
Gene Finnell Make Up two selection cut into deck, faro, cards on either side have same value and suit (composite)
 		1973 Gene Finnell's Card Magic 75
John Hamilton Die Augen Gottes two spectators with half the deck each chose a card, spectators deal through deck and performer announces first card, second card spelled to
Also published here July 1973 Intermagic (Vol. 1 No. 1) 4
John Miller Riffle Ups and Downs based on Gene Finnell's "Ups and Downs" (Free Cut Principle)
 		1974 Card Cavalcade II 216
Gene Finnell Free Cut Principle
1975 Ever So Sleightly 70
Gene Finnell Free Cut Principle
1975 Ever So Sleightly 99
Gene Finnell Free Cut Principle
1975 Afterthoughts 77
Jerry K. Hartman Hand in Hand Blindfold Poker Deal
 		1975 Card Fare 45
Karl Fulves Visible Strip-Out handling for "Riffle Placement"
Related to 1979 Riffle Shuffle Control 6
Gerald Kosky Scorpio Rising 24 index cards, two are selected and marked, cards are in clock layout and both end up at same number
 		1981 The Compleat Magick — Volume III (Issue 283) 1413
Roy Walton Sign of Four mathematical, faro, free cut principle
 		1982 The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 1 95
Gene Finnell, Philip T. Goldstein Free Cut Procedure Variation
1982 Silentwe 6
Gene Finnell Free-Cut Principle for spelling routine
 		1984 The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 3 17
Brother John Hamman Second In Command three selections cut to and lost, they are the last cards left over after pseudo false dealing demonstration
 		1984 Seven Deadly Miracles 27
Gene Finnell Free Cut Principle
1986 The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings 62
Murray Bonfeld Double Poker Control faro, Free-Cut Principle
Inspired by Sep. 1986 Apocalypse Vol. 6-10 (Vol. 9 No. 9) 1256
Gene Finnell Free Cut Principle
1987 The Commercial Magic of J.C. Wagner 25
Gene Finnell Free Cut Principle
1989 The Secrets of Brother John Hamman 203
Bob King Pseudo Ten Hand Stack one shuffle, free cut principle
Also published here 1989 Magician Foolers 9
Jon Racherbaumer, Bob Farmer On the Free-Cut Principle credit information
 		1990 Cardfixes 4
Jerry Sadowitz Trick Three three cards cut to and remembered, they end up together after a faro, inspired by Finnell's Free Cut Principle
 		1991 Profile (Issue 4) 1
Bob King 10 Hand Poker Stack with free cut principle
Also published here 1993 The Breather 2 5
Dave Campbell Auto-Matic Speller three cards cut into packets and spelled to, banks of cards with the same number of letters
Also published here 1993 Profile (Issue 14) 2
Peter Duffie Principles and Deceptions "An Easy Trip Through The Arithmetical Principles Of Card Magic - Part 5"
  • The Free Cut Principle
 		1993 Profile (Issue 17) 5
Roger Crosthwaite Free Count Aces Aces cut into deck, found again
  • Variation One: Faro Shuffle
  • Variation Two: Overhand-Faro Combination
Inspired by 1994 Roger's Thesaurus 109
Peter Duffie Credit Information
1995 Duffie's Card Compulsions 69
Simon Aronson Self Centered two cards chosen by cutting and shuffling packets, procedure similar to one-pile free cut
Inspired by 1995 Simply Simon 187
Richard Vollmer Thrice Nice divided deck, see also p. 2819
 		Jan. 1997 Apocalypse Vol. 16-20 (Vol. 20 No. 1) 2737
Peter Duffie Divided We Lie Lie Detector with two selections in two piles, kicker where selection is different color from rest of the packet
Inspired by 1997 Effortless Card Magic 48
Peter Duffie Dead Certain Location Value of magician's selected card finds spectator's card, impossible location (based on Richard Vollmer effect, unnamed)
 		1997 Effortless Card Magic 81
Gene Finnell Free Cut Principle
1998 Down Under Deals 55
Roy Walton All Hands on Deck Joker changes into two selections, "in hands approach to Gene Finell's Free Cut principle"
 		1998 Come A Little Closer 74
Gene Finnell Free Cut Principle
1999 21st Century Card Magic 23
Baltazar Fuentes Finnel Finessed four Aces lost and found
 		2000 I'm Dancing 45
Steve Beam Pile Driver card is found by spelling
Also published here 2000 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3 58
Gene Finnell Free Cut Principle
2001 Jiggery Pokery 14
Darwin Ortiz Combination Cull free cut principle, faros
Inspired by 2002 Scams & Fantasies with Cards 14
Gene Finnell Free Cut Principle
2002 Scams & Fantasies with Cards 14
Gene Finnell Free Cut Principle
2002 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4 80
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson The Pathfinders three cards chosen and lost (similar to Free Cut Principle procedure without using it), they come back to the top of three piles, then they all come to top of deck
  • Phase 1: Identifying the Pathfinders
  • Phase 2: The Pathfinders Form a Team
  • Final Phase: Send Out the Search Party
Related to
  • "Spectator Cuts to the Aces" (Frank Garcia lecture notes)
 2003 Card Conspiracy — Vol. 2 126
Jerry Sadowitz Three Card Control crimp and faro, inspired by Finnell's Free Cut Principle
Related to 2004 Cut Controls 25
Dave Campbell Automatic Speller three cards cut into packets and spelled to, banks of cards with the same number of letters
Also published here 2004 The Dave Campbell Legacy 63
Steven Youell Setting The Combination Vernon's Aces with Free Cut Principle and stack to get packets of right size
 		2004 Weapons of Mass Destruction 32
Gene Finnell, John Hamilton Free Cut Principle
2005 Full Metal Jacket 9
Karl Fulves 13 O'Clock two cards chosen with cutting procedure are found
Inspired by 2005 Clockwork 56
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Noah's Ark (Two By Two) two piles of fifteen cards, two selection are found by using an elimination deal
Related to 2006 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6 64
Marty Kane Mix Master spelling and down-under deal, theme is mixing cards
 		2006 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7 92
Michael Powers The 7 Card 21 Card Trick
  • Telephone Method
Inspired by 2006 Power Plays 125
Michael Powers Cut and Run ideas of placement principle
  • Simple COincidence
  • Faro 53
  • Use of a Special Key Card
  • Non Faro Method
  • Another Approach
Inspired byRelated to 2006 Power Plays 131
Harry Lorayne, James Swain Simplified Swain, Plus aces lost and found with free-cut principle, colors separated, two selections found, based on Swain's "Shuffle Tracking" (Genii 5/2005)
Also published here 2007 Best of Friends — Volume III 442
Don May, David Solomon Nine or Ten Hands Nines stacked for nine players, then Aces dealt in ten-hand stack with straight flush for performer
 		2007 The Wisdom of Solomon 123
Steve Beam Pile Driver card is found by spelling
Also published here 2007 7-7-7 92
Gene Castillon "Odd Chance" 21 Card Trick two selections
Inspired by 2007 7-7-7 140
Gene Castillon Random Spell & Odd Chance 21 Card Trick two selections
Related to 2007 7-7-7 143
Gene Castillon Triple Odd Chance 21 Card Trick three selections
Variations 2007 7-7-7 145
Gene Castillon Dishonest 21 Card Trick using a secret extra card, four selections
 		2007 7-7-7 152
Lennart Green The Bloodhound tantalizer deal with thirty-two cards, a face-up card and a selection remain in last pile
 		2008 The Green Northern Lights Magic 29
Lennart Green S M L - Small Medium Large three-card location, located by spelling or other means
  • Alternative Endings
  • Down/Under Deal
  • The Turbo Down/Under Deal (3D/1U)
  • More Ideas
 		2008 The Green Northern Lights Magic 44
Nick Trost Shuffle Tracking the Aces Aces lost, then found with counting procedure and dice, deck separated in suits
Inspired by
  • "Shuffle Tracking" (James Swain, Genii, April 2003 & May 2005)
 2009 Subtle Card Creations — Volume 2 376
Tom Stone Freedom Cuts choreography of selection-replacement-procedure for Free Cut Principle
 		2010 Vortex 65
Roy Walton Free Cut Principle Handling choreography of selection-replacement-procedure for Free Cut Principle, see footnote
 		2010 Vortex 67
Tom Stone Memorized Deck & Free Cut Principle some ideas
 		2010 Vortex 67
Claude Impériale Sans Skill three cards vanish and appear again reversed
Inspired by 2010 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8 16
Jim Steinmeyer, Eddie Joseph Hacer lo Imposible two selections in two piles show up at same position, hands-off
Inspired by
  • "Impossible" (Eddie Joseph, 1952)
 2014 Treacherous Impuzzibilities 17
Paul Vigil High 5.0 five poker hands dealt, four spectators remember one card in their packets, cards redealt, performer reads minds of four spectators
Inspired by
  • "Gimme Five" (Simon Aronson, MAGIC, Aug. 2009, p. 62)
VariationsAlso published here
  • "High 5" (Paul Vigil, MAGIC, Nov. 2011, p. 64)
 2014 Classic Fantastic 201
Paul Vigil High 5 Remix last card to envelope in wallet
  • An Impromptu Handling: Sans Wallet
Inspired by 2014 Classic Fantastic 215
John Hostler Visions of Saragossa Poker Deal four cards cut to in four piles, deck shuffled face-up/face-down, poker hand dealt, all cards face-up except performer's card with the selections
Also published here
  • Genii, January 2016
 2016 Magnum Opossum 128
John Hostler Packet Displacement moving a packet to the other side
 		2016 Magnum Opossum 129
Harry Lorayne Simplified Swain, Plus Aces lost and found with free-cut principle, colors separated, two selections found, based on Swain's "Shuffle Tracking" (Genii 5/2005)
Also published here 2017 JawDroppers! Two 126
Kevin Kelly Klondike Kelly Card selected and lost via Klondike shuffle, found at position indicated by number of cards spectator cut off previously
 		Oct. 2018 Elixir (Vol. 2 No. 1 (Summer #2)) 71
David Solomon Free-Cut Thought Kings cut into deck, Kings come together and Aces appear reversed in deck as well, faro
  • A Cool Discovery (variations with Queens)
Inspired by
  • "Free Cut Marriages" (Nick Trost, Subtle Card Creations - Volume 4)
 2018 Solomon's Secrets 96
Gene Finnell The Gene Finnell Free-Cut Principle
2019 Second Thoughts 8
Ramón Riobóo Free Cut, Spell and Reinhard Magician finds three freely chosen cards by divination, spelling and with sandwich
 		2019 Second Thoughts 125
Steve Forte Target Practice black Aces in one half and red Aces in the other half, halves shuffled together and all Aces are together
  • 1st phase
  • 2nd phase (simplified free-cut principle and table faro)
 		2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2 871
Howard Hamburg Dry Spell four Aces are placed in the deck and then spelled to, repeated, first with a Faro the with Free-Cut Principle
Variations 2020 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 12 29
Steve Beam The Randomized Lie Detector face-up/face-down cards to form a number and to find selection
Inspired by 2020 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 12 184
Larry Jennings Free-Cut Poker Deal
2020 Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy 378
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