294 entries for Gene Maze

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Laurie Ireland Card at any Small Number bottom deal with cover card subtlety
Related toVariations 1938 Lessons in Dishonesty 6
John Scarne, Joseph Prieto The Stapled Card No. 62, Card transposition with card stapled to a Joker
Variations 1950 Scarne on Card Tricks 110
Gene Maze Bust-Out! aces dealt to table, other hand changes to aces and aces to straight flush
 		1975 Afterthoughts 105
Gene Maze Second Deal Lap
1975 Afterthoughts 106
Gene Maze Lap Packet Switch
1975 Afterthoughts 107
Gene Maze Air Drop lapping
 		1977 Packet Switches (Part Four) 203
Gene Maze Multiple Card Switch with two no-lapping clean-ups
 		1977 Packet Switches (Part Four) 204
Gene Maze One-Card Switch lapping
 		1977 Packet Switches (Part Four) 209
Gene Maze Second Deal Switch no real second deal, lapping
 		1977 Packet Switches (Part Four) 210
Gene Maze Lap From Count as packet is counted
 		1977 Packet Switches (Part Four) 213
Gene Maze Had To Be see "EliminAces"
 		1977 Packet Switches (Part Four) 216
Gene Maze Single Palm Retention Switch one-handed, lapping
 		1977 Packet Switches (Part Four) 218
Gene Maze Flip-Up Switch one-handed
 		1977 Packet Switches (Part Four) 220
Gene Maze The Trapdoor Switch
1977 Packet Switches (Part Four) 224
Gene Maze I Predict! two Aces are placed next to predictions
 		1977 Packet Switches (Part Four) 225
Gene Maze The Subtraction Move from packet
 		1977 Packet Switches (Part Four) 227
Gene Maze Poker Hand Switch
1977 Packet Switches (Part Four) 229
Gene Maze A Lap Move from small packet
 		1977 Packet Switches (Part Four) 231
Gene Maze Box Cop copped or loaded on outside, even with single card (!)
Related to 1977 Packet Switches (Part Four) 232
Gene Maze The Snap Lap Switch
1977 Packet Switches (Part Four) 233
Gene Maze Square-Up Loading in center of deck, tabled
 		1977 Packet Switches (Part Four) 238
Gene Maze Top Loading from lap
 		1977 Packet Switches (Part Four) 239
Gene Maze Experiment #1 from six card packet face up into deck
 		1977 Packet Switches (Part Four) 241
Gene Maze The Transfer Switch with three variations
 		1977 Packet Switches (Part Four) 247
Gene Maze Primary/Basic Grip hold-out position for card/packet
 		1977 Packet Switches (Part Four) 247
Gene Maze Experiment #2 four cards, four predictions change back color
 		1977 Packet Switches (Part Four) 251
Gene Maze Lever Switch
1977 Packet Switches (Part Four) 253
Gene Maze Lever Switch small packet
 		1977 Packet Switches (Part Four) 254
Gene Maze Black Jack Switch
1977 Packet Switches (Part Four) 256
Gene Maze Spectator's Choice magician ends up with Royal Flush
 		1977 Packet Switches (Part Four) 259
Gene Maze Double Deal Switch
1977 Packet Switches (Part Four) 261
Gene Maze The Tabled Single
1977 Packet Switches (Part Four) 263
Gene Maze Unit Grip
1977 Packet Switches (Part Four) 263
Gene Maze One Hand Single Turnover with variation
 		1977 Packet Switches (Part Four) 266
Gene Maze Table Double Variation
1977 Packet Switches (Part Four) 267
Gene Maze, Seth Glass Maze/Glass Switch tabled, lapping
 		1977 Packet Switches (Part Four) 268
Gene Maze Tabled Double Lift Steal
1977 Packet Switches (Part Four) 269
Gene Maze The Glide Change lapping
Related to 1977 Packet Switches (Part Four) 271
Gene Maze Tabled I tabled top change
 		1977 Packet Switches (Part Five) 276
Gene Maze Tabled II tabled top change
 		1977 Packet Switches (Part Five) 279
Gene Maze Tabled III palming card while showing top card
 		1977 Packet Switches (Part Five) 281
Gene Maze Tabled IV palming card while showing top card
 		1977 Packet Switches (Part Five) 282
Gene Maze Tabled V tabled top change
 		1977 Packet Switches (Part Five) 285
Gene Maze Face-Up I see Tabled III, but face up deck
 		1977 Packet Switches (Part Five) 286
Gene Maze Face-Up II see Tabled III, but face up deck
 		1977 Packet Switches (Part Five) 287
Gene Maze Dead Deck Steal as top card is shown, tabled
 		1977 Packet Switches (Part Five) 288
Gene Maze Add-On Subtract
1977 Packet Switches (Part Five) 292
Gene Maze Bottom Deal Switch wrist turn
 		1977 Packet Switches (Part Five) 298
Gene Maze Bottom Deal Switch idea
 		1977 Packet Switches (Part Five) 299
Gene Maze Boomerang Switch one-handed bottom deal
 		1977 Packet Switches (Part Five) 299
Gene Maze Hand To Hand Toss top two cards of two piles tossed across, they change
Related toAlso published here 1977 Packet Switches (Part Five) 300
Gene Maze Square-Up Bottom Steal tabled, kind of Rear or Tenkai Palm
 		1977 Packet Switches (Part Five) 302
Gene Maze Square-Up Bottom Steal Tenkai/Rear Palm, tabled
 		1977 Packet Switches (Part Five) 304
Gene Maze Maze Fan Steal
1977 Packet Switches (Part Five) 305
Gene Maze Finger Roll Switch
1977 Packet Switches (Part Five) 307
Gene Maze The Deal Switch
Variations 1977 Packet Switches (Part Five) 308
Karl Fulves Second Method
Inspired by 1977 Packet Switches (Part Five) 311
Karl Fulves Third Method
Inspired by 1977 Packet Switches (Part Five) 311
Gene Maze Vanish From Sandwich card is palmed out as sandwich is shown
 		1977 Packet Switches (Part Five) 312
Gene Maze The Sandwich Switch bare handed, palming, two methods
 		1977 Packet Switches (Part Five) 313
Gene Maze Switch Plus Transfer plus unloading packet under pack
 		1977 Packet Switches (Part Five) 317
Gene Maze Signed Card To Wallet signed card - effect
 		1977 Packet Switches (Part Five) 324
Gene Maze Spectator Aces - new version three methods
 		1977 Packet Switches (Part Five) 326
Gene Maze Trapped In The Deck three cards perpendicular throughout
 		1977 Packet Switches (Part Five) 329
Gene Maze The Visitor Returns
1977 Packet Switches (Part Five) 332
Gene Maze A Case In Mind selection from small packet penetrates case to the inside
 		1977 Packet Switches (Part Five) 334
Gene Maze Second Deal Lap
1977 Packet Switches (Part Five) 335
Gene Maze Triple Coincidence three cards match to prediction cards
 		1977 Packet Switches (Part Five) 336
Gene Maze Twin Transpo two decks are shuffled by spectator, top cards match and transpose (backs)
Variations 1977 Packet Switches (Part Five) 337
Karl Fulves Second Method
Inspired by 1977 Packet Switches (Part Five) 338
Gene Maze No-Cover Aces
1977 Packet Switches (Part Five) 338
Gene Maze Illusion Only red-backed card turns blue and back red again
 		1977 Packet Switches (Part Five) 340
Gene Maze The Magnetic Card
1977 Packet Switches (Part Five) 341
Gene Maze Manhattan Transfer 3&3, two phases
 		1977 Packet Switches (Part Five) 342
Gene Maze Jack In The Box card literally leaps up out of the case
 		1977 Packet Switches (Part Five) 344
Gene Maze Propel Lap Switch tabled, described with a card case
 		1977 Packet Switches (Part Five) 344
Gene Maze Gene Maze Predicts random pairs from two decks are formed, selected pair matches
 		Apr. 1978 Apocalypse Vol. 1-5 (Vol. 1 No. 4) 45
Gene Maze Unit Grip
Apr. 1978 Apocalypse Vol. 1-5 (Vol. 1 No. 4) 45
Gene Maze Kick-Back Switch lapping
 		Apr. 1978 Apocalypse Vol. 1-5 (Vol. 1 No. 4) 45
Gene Maze A Maze ing four aces change to blank cards, another blank card has now all four Ace indices
 		1979 CardMagic 15
"Senator" Clark Crandall, Gene Maze Mexican Turnover Variation as packet is flipped over
 		1979 CardMagic 16
Gene Maze Unit Grip
1979 CardMagic 18
Gene Maze Kick-Back Switch lapping
 		1979 CardMagic 18
Gene Maze The S.D.L. Change "Second Deal Lap" as single card switch, lapping
 		1979 CardMagic 50
Gene Maze, Richard Kaufman Through Thick And Thin kings through table, as climax a cut-out king penetrates, blank card stays on top
 		1979 CardMagic 115
Gene Maze Rollaround Cop stealing card from douple
 		1979 CardMagic 145
Karl Fulves Melting Point to make card melt inside case
Inspired by 1979 Inner Sanctum 47
Karl Fulves Designated Drop Out named card through case, see also "Drop Out Note" on page 96
Related to 1979 Card Under Glass 81
Gene Maze Unit Grip and Rest Positions
1980 The Gene Maze Card Book 10
Gene Maze SingleCard card is switched while turning it over on the table
Related to 1980 The Gene Maze Card Book 12
Gene Maze Black Jack Switch
1980 The Gene Maze Card Book 13
Gene Maze The Peek A Boo Switch while looking at card, also possible with a packet
 		1980 The Gene Maze Card Book 14
Gene Maze Pivot card is shown and then switched
 		1980 The Gene Maze Card Book 16
Gene Maze Sandwich Switch
1980 The Gene Maze Card Book 17
Gene Maze R.T. Top Change tabled, one handed
 		1980 The Gene Maze Card Book 18
Gene Maze DoubleDrop Switch lap
 		1980 The Gene Maze Card Book 20
Gene Maze SlideUnder Switch
1980 The Gene Maze Card Book 21
Gene Maze Show Dropper Switch lapping some cards from a small packet
 		1980 The Gene Maze Card Book 23
Gene Maze HalfDeck No. 1 switching half the deck, concept suggested by Vincent Sabatino, lapping
 		1980 The Gene Maze Card Book 24
Gene Maze HalfDeck No. 2 switching half the deck, cutting sequence, lapping
 		1980 The Gene Maze Card Book 25
Gene Maze HalfDeck No. 3 switching half the deck, cutting sequence, lapping
 		1980 The Gene Maze Card Book 26
Gene Maze The Utility Swipe card steal from a small packet
Related to 1980 The Gene Maze Card Book 27
Gene Maze Oil and Water 3&3, four phases
 		1980 The Gene Maze Card Book 30
Gene Maze A Squeaky Clean Prediction
1980 The Gene Maze Card Book 32
Gene Maze An Open Sandwich
1980 The Gene Maze Card Book 32
Gene Maze, Richard Kaufman A-2-3-4-5, Reverse! uses extra cards
 		1980 The Gene Maze Card Book 34
Gene Maze Second Deal Lap S.D.L.
 		1980 The Gene Maze Card Book 34
Gene Maze Ace to Five Again
1980 The Gene Maze Card Book 35
Gene Maze Boxing named four-of-a-kind in box, penetrates table, aces in box instead
 		1980 The Gene Maze Card Book 36
Gene Maze Subtraction Move bottom card of packet via Kelly Bottom Placement
 		1980 The Gene Maze Card Book 36
Gene Maze Ripped and Restored with Mene-Teckel/Menetekel
 		1980 The Gene Maze Card Book 37
Gene Maze Table Tap Lap
1980 The Gene Maze Card Book 38
Gene Maze Pop Jump Aces four aces are each sandwiched between two cards, appear one by one in the center of the table
Related to 1980 The Gene Maze Card Book 39
Gene Maze Strip Out Addition variation
 		1980 The Gene Maze Card Book 39
Gene Maze Wait a Minute!
Inspired by 1980 The Gene Maze Card Book 42
Edward Marlo, Gene Maze Deal Switch
Related to 1980 The Gene Maze Card Book 43
Gene Maze The Guaranteed Greatest Envelope Prediction with four envelopes and different front and back color kicker
 		1980 The Gene Maze Card Book 44
Gene Maze, Richard Kaufman La Nada System of Gambling
1980 The Gene Maze Card Book 46
Gene Maze The Spectator Cuts the Aces
1980 The Gene Maze Card Book 49
Gene Maze Multiple Switching Technique No. 1 cards picked up from tabled packets one by one and switched for one of multiple palmed cards
 		1980 The Gene Maze Card Book 49
Gene Maze, Buddy Anckner Triple Play with two decks
 		1980 The Gene Maze Card Book 51
Gene Maze That Better Be Your Card!
1980 The Gene Maze Card Book 53
Gene Maze Give, Queenie! two red queens transform into black queens, two previously selected cards are now the red queens
 		1980 The Gene Maze Card Book 54
Gene Maze, Richard Kaufman To Be Wild, Or Not to Be Wild... front and back
 		1980 The Gene Maze Card Book 55
Gene Maze Cutting Colors color changing back climax
 		1980 The Gene Maze Card Book 58
Gene Maze Multiple Switching Technique No. 2 cards picked up from tabled packets one by one and switched for one of multiple palmed cards, without showing the back
 		1980 The Gene Maze Card Book 58
Gene Maze The Sincerest Form of Flattery with three duplicates and two blank cards, universal card
 		1980 The Gene Maze Card Book 59
Gene Maze, Richard Kaufman On The Munch, or Eating Out (A Cannibal Card) simultaneous multiple vanish, three double backer
 		1980 The Gene Maze Card Book 60
Gene Maze Cease, Queenie! two selections through table
 		1980 The Gene Maze Card Book 62
Gene Maze Tabled Deal Steal stealing a card second from a packet while dealing from tabled packet
 		1980 The Gene Maze Card Book 62
Edward Marlo, Gene Maze The Shelf and Its Use building a shelf, how to steal cards into the unit grip, tips
Inspired by 1980 The Gene Maze Card Book 66
Gene Maze Change of Menu chosen card, changes in a sandwich into the aces one by one and vanishes in the end
 		1980 The Gene Maze Card Book 68
Gene Maze Rising Aces
1980 The Gene Maze Card Book 70
Gene Maze, Richard Kaufman A Monte for the Unemployed duplicates, paper clip
 		1980 The Gene Maze Card Book 71
Gene Maze Wldness of the Wildest Kind blank then, small cards
 		1980 The Gene Maze Card Book 74
Gene Maze Parting is Such Sweet Sorrow from sandwich to middle of the deck, face up
 		1980 The Gene Maze Card Book 78
Gene Maze The One-Hand Bottom Deal Switch wrist turn
 		1980 The Gene Maze Card Book 78
Gene Maze Bon Voyage double backer, lapping
 		1980 The Gene Maze Card Book 79
Gene Maze, Richard Kaufman Five and Ten spectator finds two mates, appearing coins climax
 		1980 The Gene Maze Card Book 80
Gene Maze The Multiple BlackJack Switch
1980 The Gene Maze Card Book 81
Gene Maze, Richard Kaufman Meant for Each Other duplicates
 		1980 The Gene Maze Card Book 82
Gene Maze Between the Slices (Everywhere and Nowhere No. 1)
1980 The Gene Maze Card Book 84
Gene Maze, Richard Kaufman Where, Oh, Where? (Everywhere and Nowhere No. 2) all blank climax
 		1980 The Gene Maze Card Book 85
Gene Maze Space Age Illusion (Everywhere and Nowhere No. 3)
1980 The Gene Maze Card Book 86
Gene Maze The Square-Up Load in center of deck, tabled
 		1980 The Gene Maze Card Book 87
Gene Maze, Richard Kaufman Impromptu Tabled Quick 3-Way
1980 The Gene Maze Card Book 87
Richard Kaufman, David Arthur, Gene Maze Fusion two jokers become double backer which is examined, when peeled apart again they are two selections
Variations 1981 Cardworks 47
Gene Maze Pyramid of the Kings Kings and twelve blank cards
 		1981 The Lost Pages of the Kabbala 34
Karl Fulves, Gene Maze Basic Black
  • Poker Problem #4
black jack handed to spectator and five cards dealt into face-down row, spectator finds Ace to make Black Jack, other four cards are Deuces
 		1981 Octet 34
Jon Racherbaumer, Gene Maze Fan-Antic Control
Inspired by
  • "The Fan Control" (Tom Batchelor, Canadian Card Control, 1971)
 1982 Card Finesse 143
Gene Maze Kelly Reverse
1982 The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 1 89
Gene Maze The G.M. Shift
1982 The Collected Almanac (Vol. 1 No. 4) 27
Peter Marshall, Gene Maze Troika two wrong cards sandwich actual selection, inspired by a Gene Maze routine
 		1982 Best of Friends 465
Gene Maze Maze Card Rise card rises from deck sideways with deck held upright on table, sucker element
 		1982 T.V. Card Rise 36
Gene Maze Box Top selection transposes with random card in case, box and cards are riffle shuffled togehter
 		1982 Close-Up Hallucinations 35
Gene Maze "Stop" Sandwich card sandwiched between two stopped at cards
 		1982 Close-Up Hallucinations 38
Gene Maze, Philip T. Goldstein, Ken Krenzel Crandall Turnover Variation as packet on table is turned over, brief
 		1983 The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 2 26
Gene Maze Sympathetic Fans two cards chosen in two decks match and transpose
 		1983 The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 2 73
Gene Maze Lapping Switch brief
 		Nov. 1983 Apocalypse Vol. 6-10 (Vol. 6 No. 11) 845
Doug Bennett Absent Minded Miracle aces dealt from sealed cased deck
Variations 1983 Encore III 59
Douglas Cameron Devil's Delight
Inspired by Oct. 1984 Pabular (Vol. 8 No. 8) 1261
Richard Kaufman Fusion two blank cards become double backer which is examined, when peeled apart again they are two selections, then blank again
Inspired by 1984 Abstract 20
Gene Maze Duo-Mental two selections in two piles end up at same position, using one-handed bottom deal
 		1985 The Collected Almanac (Vol. 3 No. 34, 35 & 36) 357
Dai Vernon The Packet-Display Palm
Related to 1987 The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 1 68
Gene Maze Gamblin' Man prediction type mate with sucker presentation
 		Feb. 1988 Apocalypse Vol. 11-15 (Vol. 11 No. 2) 1453
Gene Maze Ovette Reversal
Variations May 1988 Apocalypse Vol. 11-15 (Vol. 11 No. 5) 1496
Gene Maze Snap Spread four as two or four as three
 		Aug. 1988 Apocalypse Vol. 11-15 (Vol. 11 No. 8) 1529
Gene Maze Trypswitch three gambling type switches using lapping
 		Sep. 1988 Apocalypse Vol. 11-15 (Vol. 11 No. 9) 1545
Gene Maze Switch One/Four partial switch, lapping
 		Oct. 1988 Apocalypse Vol. 11-15 (Vol. 11 No. 10) 1559
Jerry K. Hartman Apocalypse Variations or Additions
Inspired by Nov. 1988 Apocalypse Vol. 11-15 (Vol. 11 No. 11) 1571
Gene Maze Tri Double removing apparently two cards from deck, one is a double, also splitting three cards into a double and a single, brief transposition application
Related to 1988 The Chronicles (Issue 32) 1384
Gene Maze Single Up
Feb. 1989 Apocalypse Vol. 11-15 (Vol. 12 No. 2) 1600
Gene Maze Another Poker Switch-In lapping
 		May 1989 Apocalypse Vol. 11-15 (Vol. 12 No. 5) 1638
Gene Maze Insta Fold using table edge
Related to 1989 Prototype 42
Gene Maze Fast Fold Addenda cover for "Insta Fold"
Related to 1989 Prototype 45
Gene Maze Mat Switch hole card type switch with card ending up under mat
 		1989 Prototype 46
Gene Maze Overhand Shuffle Action Reverse
Feb. 1990 Apocalypse Vol. 11-15 (Vol. 13 No. 2) 1751
Gene Maze Cut(e) Reverse tabled Cut
 		Sep. 1990 Apocalypse Vol. 11-15 (Vol. 13 No. 9) 1835
Gene Maze Spectator Peek Palm
Feb. 1991 Apocalypse Vol. 11-15 (Vol. 14 No. 2) 1888
Gene Maze From a Fan
Feb. 1991 Apocalypse Vol. 11-15 (Vol. 14 No. 2) 1889
Gene Maze What's the Catch? Routine
 		Oct. 1991 Apocalypse Vol. 11-15 (Vol. 14 No. 10) 1981
Gene Maze Cards cards dealt and turned face up one by one until spectator stops, all other cards change back color
Also published here May 1991 Opus (Vol. 3 No. 9) 9
Gene Maze Packet Turnover Lap lapping card as packet is turned over in hand
 		May 1991 Opus (Vol. 3 No. 9) 9
Richard Kaufman Cards: Gene Maze intro
 		Oct. 1991 Opus (Vol. 3 No. 12) 8
Gene Maze Side Steal Addition No. 1 cover for side steal, setting deck on table with interruption
 		Oct. 1991 Opus (Vol. 3 No. 12) 8
Gene Maze Side Steal Addition No. 2 side steal is finished tabled with spread cover
 		Oct. 1991 Opus (Vol. 3 No. 12) 9
Gene Maze Out of Five
Feb. 1992 Apocalypse Vol. 11-15 (Vol. 15 No. 2) 2033
Gene Maze Overhand Shuffle Bottom Palm
Sep. 1992 Apocalypse Vol. 11-15 (Vol. 15 No. 9) 2122
Rick Silberman, Gene Maze An Ace of A Routine using only five cards (aces and Joker)
 		Aug. 1993 Apocalypse Vol. 16-20 (Vol. 16 No. 8) 2245
Gene Maze Rear Palm applications
 		Aug. 1993 Apocalypse Vol. 16-20 (Vol. 16 No. 8) 2246
Gene Maze Double Shift two table shifts
 		Dec. 1993 Apocalypse Vol. 16-20 (Vol. 16 No. 12) 2299
Gene Maze Get-Ahead Coin Assembly
Dec. 1994 Apocalypse Vol. 16-20 (Vol. 17 No. 12) 2445
Gene Maze Acknowledgements
1994 Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing xvi
Gene Maze Basic Bottom Deal
  • Overview
  • The Left-Hand Grip
  • The Right-Hand Grip
  • The Dealing Action and the Take
  • Deck Thickness
  • Dealing Style
  • Noise
  • Cover (Sweep Cover)
  • Attitude
  • On the Maze Bottom Dealing Grip
 		1994 Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing 2
Gene Maze Underhand Stud Bottom Deal
  • The Overhand Stud Deal
  • The Underhand Stud Deal
  • The Underhand Stud Bottom Deal
  • The Concealed Back
 		1994 Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing 15
Gene Maze The Switch-Out Sequence for small packet, Daley's Last Trick application
 		1994 Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing 21
Gene Maze The Underhand Stud Second Deal brief
 		1994 Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing 22
Gene Maze Double Deal
  • The Left-Hand Grip & Dealing Action
  • The Right-Hand Take
 		1994 Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing 23
Gene Maze Back-Take Bottom Deal
  • The Left-Hand Grip
  • The Dealing Action and the Take
 		1994 Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing 27
Gene Maze One-Handed Bottom Deal
  • The Left-Hand Grip
  • The "Get-Ready"
  • The Dealing Action
  • The Side Toss Dealing Action
 		1994 Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing 32
Gene Maze One-Handed Bottom Deal Control
1994 Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing 37
Gene Maze The Maze Center Deal
  • The Maze Center Deal Get-Ready
  • The Left-Hand Center Deal Grip
  • The Dealing Action
  • The "Take"
 		1994 Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing 39
Gene Maze Table Replacement Control selection cut into tabled deck followed by riffle shuffle
 		1994 Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing 48
Gene Maze Push-Through Subtlety tilting deck for strip-out
 		1994 Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing 52
Gene Maze Second Deal Lap
Related to 1994 Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing 55
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
Gene Maze Unit Grip discussion of position
 		1994 Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing 57
Gene Maze Triple Threat three selection shuffled face-up into three piles, three numbers named and selection appear at those numbers face-up
 		1994 Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing 62
Gene Maze The Zodiac Card card placed reversed in deck, its value counted from this position leads to selection
Related toVariations 1994 Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing 63
Gene Maze Odd Man Out spectator stops at only black card in 15-cards-packet or red cards
 		1994 Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing 66
Gene Maze Cased Lightning deck in case and window on side of case, aces apparently dealt out of this window
Inspired by 1994 Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing 67
Gene Maze Separation Steal deck put in case and some cards loaded to outside of case
 		1994 Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing 68
Gene Maze Miss-Matched two cards stopped at, they're not mates, but mates are found when dealing twice to their added value
 		1994 Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing 70
Gene Maze Match-Missed two cards stopped at, they're not mates, then first card changes into mate of second card
 		1994 Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing 74
Gene Maze MindBreaker spectator choses card in blue-backed deck, rest changes to red cards, inverted Brainwave
Also published here 1994 Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing 76
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
Gene Maze Follow the Joker ten Jokers and ten blank cards, bottom deal and second deal handlings
 		1994 Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing 80
Gene Maze Passing Through push-through failure with two odd-backed halves, three mate pairs in other half
 		1994 Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing 82
Gene Maze Return Trip one deck dealt through and two cards are reversed when spectator calls stop, push-through failure with second deck, mates next to reversed cards
 		1994 Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing 86
Gene Maze Double Deal Aces spectator stops twice during deal and those two cards are reversed, on either side of each card aces are found
 		1994 Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing 90
Gene Maze Magnetic Attraction spectator stops twice during deal and those two cards are reversed, on either side of them are the mates of opposite color
 		1994 Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing 92
Gene Maze Open-Face Poker Stock apparently aces stacked with one shuffle, then fours with one shuffle
 		1994 Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing 93
Gene Maze Inverted Poker push-through failure with aces that are then reversed in position for dealing
 		1994 Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing 95
Gene Maze Big Oversight Aces put on top, instantly poker hands are dealt out and Aces received
Inspired by
  • "Oversight" (Roy Walton) & Duffie variation
 1994 Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing 98
Gene Maze Duo-Mental two selections in two piles end up at same position, using one-handed bottom deal
 		1994 Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing 104
Gene Maze Mated cards dealt from both hands simultaneously, stopped several times, mates each time
 		1994 Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing 106
Gene Maze "5 & 10, Not the Store" two cards find mates, then a coin appears under each pair
 		1994 Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing 109
Gene Maze Face-Up Locator spectator stabs card next to selection
 		1994 Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing 112
Gene Maze One-Handed Open Double Deal apparently top two cards are dealt on table one-handed, really one comes from bottom (Michael Skinner?)
 		1994 Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing 113
Gene Maze Toss-In locator card tossed into dribbled cards, but not next to selection, it transforms into selection
Related to 1994 Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing 114
Gene Maze Caught in the Act selection trapped between sandwich cards in center of deck with faro shuffle
 		1994 Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing 116
Gene Maze Sympathetic Thoughts Passing Through two selection from two decks match, then are exchanged via push-through failure
 		1994 Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing 118
Gene Maze Criss-Cross two black queens should be followed by spectator and eventually transform into red queens
Related to 1994 Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing 120
Gene Maze The Flying Color Change top card of deck is spun into air and changes, actually one-handed bottom deal
 		1994 Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing 123
Gene Maze Mirror Image indicator card is counted down to from both sides of faced deck, mates, center deal
 		1994 Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing 128
Gene Maze Center Deal Mated: Nos. 1 & 2 two methods, using center deal
 		1994 Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing 130
Gene Maze Control of the Colors using center deal, Spade Flush finale
Inspired by
  • "Shades of Bill Simon" (Gene Maze, Wonderful Routines of Magic - First Addendum, 1973)
 1994 Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing 132
Gene Maze Unit Grip Addition two cards become 5
 		1994 Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing 135
Gene Maze Hard Way Poker first real riffle stacking, then pseudo one-shuffle stack, actually center deal
 		1994 Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing 137
Gene Maze A Touch of the Mentalist three cards each, with suggestion by Wesley James
Variations 1994 Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing 140
Meir Yedid A Touch of the Mentalist Variation
Inspired by 1994 Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing 144
Gene Maze Daley's Ghost
1994 Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing 146
Gene Maze The Mexican Turnover (Maze Handling)
1994 Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing 148
Gene Maze Ace to Five Reprise
1994 Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing 151
Gene Maze Maze Cards Across ten red and ten black cards, three cards travel across to different positions in other packet
 		1994 Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing 154
Gene Maze Deal Steal Deal Cop handling
Related to 1994 Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing 154
Gene Maze Wild Card Nos. 1 & 2 No. 1: front and backs change
No. 2: routine with three selections
 		1994 Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing 158
Gene Maze Basic Unit Grip Switch
1994 Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing 160
Gene Maze Blockbuster Aces with poker hands in all packets as finale
 		1994 Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing 166
Gene Maze Ezam Aces three cards put on each of the face-up aces, they turn face down, then face up again, then backs change color
 		1994 Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing 168
Gene Maze "Going Up!" four jacks, three cards dealt on each, they travel upwards to different positions in their packets
 		1994 Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing 171
Gene Maze Uncle Charlie's Aces ace assembly, then 3 card transposition
 		1994 Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing 173
Gene Maze Mercury Aces
1994 Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing 176
Gene Maze Unit Grip Addition onto packet
 		1994 Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing 177
Gene Maze Packet Mexican Turnover packet turned over with single card
 		1994 Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing 179
Gene Maze Maze's Progressive Aces using two bottom deals and two switches
 		1994 Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing 181
Gene Maze Unit Grip Steal from small packet
 		1994 Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing 186
Gene Maze Unit Grip Addition to small packet
 		1994 Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing 188
Gene Maze Disassembly of the Aces
1994 Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing 189
Stephen Hobbs Select Bibliography (With Annotations) sources for false dealing and for Gene Maze's work
 		1994 Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing 192
Gene Maze Card Box Load
1994 The Minotaur (Vol. 6 No. 2) 11
Peter Duffie The Maze Connection four times stop, off-beat effect
Inspired by 1995 Duffie's Card Compulsions 186
Karl Fulves (reviewer) Gene Maze and the Art of Bottom Dealing by Gene Maze (written by Stephen Hobbs) 1995 The Fine Print (Issue 1) 5
Joe Rindfleisch, Gene Maze Half Moon Rising rising card in case, case rises
 		1995 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2 43
Joe Rindfleisch, Gene Maze Case Load loading a card into the card case
 		1995 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2 43
Edward Marlo The Marlo Shelf shelf at table edge
  • Construction of the Shelf
VariationsAlso published here
  • The New Tops, Aug. 1974
 1995 M.I.N.T. — Volume II 163
R. Paul Wilson Taurean Misfit card used to count to selection, original spot card changes to selection
Inspired by 1995 Chaos Theories 37
Gene Maze Hello Stranger named card has different back, ungaffed
 		Mar. 1996 Apocalypse Vol. 16-20 (Vol. 19 No. 3) 2625
Gene Maze A Switch in Time lapping
 		Nov. 1996 Apocalypse Vol. 16-20 (Vol. 19 No. 11) 2715
Gene Maze Illusionary Card Rise
1996 New Card Rises 10
Gene Maze King Cut three kings placed in the deck join the fourth king on top
 		1996 The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 61) 1182
Gene Maze Show and Steal three cards
 		July 1997 Apocalypse Vol. 16-20 (Vol. 20 No. 7) 2809
Gene Maze The Caught Card using partial side steal, sandwich cards are "pushed through" pack
 		Sep. 1997 Apocalypse Vol. 16-20 (Vol. 20 No. 9) 2842
Gene Maze Partial Side Steal
Sep. 1997 Apocalypse Vol. 16-20 (Vol. 20 No. 9) 2842
Gene Maze Bottom Placement Finesse
Dec. 1997 Apocalypse Vol. 16-20 (Vol. 20 No. 12) 2878
Peter Duffie, Gene Maze Double-Stuck Prediction of two selections in the form of jumbo cards (weird twisting revelation), found to be stapled together, and the actual selections are also stapled together
Inspired by 1997 Effortless Card Magic 99
Peter Duffie, Gene Maze Hudson's Hawk Two spectators get perfect Blackjacks from randomized half of the deck by themselves, hands off
 		1997 Effortless Card Magic 157
Gene Maze Cutting After a Push-Through Shuffle
1998 The Looking Glass (Issue 4) 158
Gene Maze Ace Maze seven cards, aces change into different cards and travel to leader ace
 		1998 The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 68) 1397
Gene Maze Face Up to Face Down Switch
Related to 1998 The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 68) 1398
Peter Duffie, Gene Maze The Straggler sandwich placed in center, sandwich cards come to top, selection now reversed
 		1998 Covert Concepts 9
Gene Maze Card Box Load
1999 21st Century Card Magic 58
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
Karl Fulves Utility Transfer card appears between to sandwich cards
Related to 2001 New Card Controls 101
Gene Maze Second Deal Lap brief
 		2003 Penumbra (Issue 6) 9
Gene Maze Universal Stock number of hands chosen by spectator, combining riffle stacking, second and bottom deals, only briefly explained
Related to
  • Wonderful Routines of Magic, First Addendum
 2004 Enchantments 138
Karl Fulves Clear Channel performer and spectator both deal through half the deck and leave one card face-down, both cards divined/predicted
Variations 2004 Latter Day Secrets (Issue 9) 373
Gene Maze Stopper spectator inserts top card reversed in deck, another deck is deal in unison with this one and a match occurs at reversed card, with Open Prediction themed variation
Inspired by 2008 Prolix (Issue 4) 226
Gene Maze Hand-To-Hand Toss top two cards of two piles tossed across, they change
Also published here 2008 Prolix (Issue 5) 327
David Regal, Stacy Robinson, Kimberly Wyatt, Jonathan Levit, Rocco Silano, Asi Wind, Derek Hughes, Murray SawChuck, David Kaye, Christopher Reid, Gene Maze Interview with Celebracadabra People
June 2008 Genii (Vol. 71 No. 6) 67
Jason England Modified Erdnase (#2) comments
Related to 2009 From the Cellar 8
Nick Trost The Fifth Hotel Mystery two Queens on table, two Kings put on each, then two Queens are in one pile and all four Kings in other
Inspired by
  • "Peeping 'Tom'" (Gene Maze, Virtual Miracles, Peter Duffie e-book, 2000)
 2009 Subtle Card Creations — Volume 2 332
Jon Racherbaumer, Gene Maze Fan-Antic Control
Related to 2011 Making the Cut 71
Yves Carbonnier Snap Pour une Double double laydown, three as two
Related to 2019 Grand Livre de Cartomagie 232
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