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Remixing the Gardner-Marlo poker deal - its history and histrionics.

• Introduction
• How To Study This Manuscript
• An Effective Poker Deal / Jean Hugard
• Gardner-Marlo Poker Deal / Martin Gardner, Edward Marlo
• The Surprised Gambler / Martin Gardner
• Can You Deal A Good Poker Hand? / Jean Hugard
• Meyer Poker Deal / Orville Meyer
• The Lorayne Poker Deal / Harry Lorayne
• Of Course I Can Deal A Good Poker Hand! / Edward Marlo
• Solomon Meets Gardner-Marlo / Dave Solomon
• The Ultimate Gardner-Marlo/ Steve Mayhew, Jack Carpenter
• Marlo/Gardner/Britland Poker Deal
• Riverboat Poker / John Bannon
• Addendum: Duts / Edward Marlo

1st edition 2020, PDF 50 pages....

A new, potentially faster, method to clock a deck of cards.

'Clocking' a deck of cards means applying some kind of counting method to identify one card that has been removed from the deck. The idea is very old and dates back to at least 1708 (Jaques Ozanam's Recreations Mathematical and Physical). Typically one makes two passes through the deck. The first to identify the value of the card, and the second to identify the suit. The key in making this method deceptive is to be very fast in your counting, which is dependent on the details of the counting procedure. Dr. Solka offers a new method,...

This is a work mostly of card magic, but not exclusively so. It has some photos and some illustrations by Sid Lorraine. From the introduction by H. Adrian Smith:

January 1982 - December 1982
William Larsen, Jr., Publisher and editor

864 pages

1. Genii - Volume 46, Number 1 - January 1982 - 68 pages
1. Cover - Congratulations Doug and Deborah Henning
5. In This Issue - contents
21. The Genii Speaks - WWL (Jr)
22. The Vernon Touch - Dai Vernon
23. Doug Henning Weds Deborah Douillard - Ceremony Inaugurates Levitation Clearspan Dome at MIU
24. Illusion Plans - Paul Osborne and Associates
    • Haberdash-Her
26. OICUFESP - Genii Edition 7 - Howard Adams
    • Killerkards
27. Cartoon - Paul Butler
28. The Sillery Slice - Gary Ouellet
31. Give and Mistake - Phil Goldstein ...

November 1992 - October 1993
William Larsen, Jr., Publisher and Editor then, Irene Larsen, Publisher and Dante Larsen, Editor

816 pages

1. Genii - Volume 56, Number 1 - November 1992 - 76 pages
1. Cover - Theo Annemann
5. In This Issue - contents
22. The Genii Speaks - WWL (Jr)
23. Annemann
    23. Vamp Till Ready - Bob Weill
    24. Early Annemann and How He Thought - Robert Parrish
    25. Bill Larsen, Sr. on Ted Annemann
    26. The Annemann Story - Bob Weill
    26. Annemann's Foibles
        26. The Story of The Fox & The Goobers
        26. The Story of The Missing Marksman
        27. The Story of Wheels That Turn
        27. The...

November 1994 - October 1995
Irene Larsen, Publisher and Dante and Erika Larsen, Editors

944 pages

1. Genii - Volume 58, Number 1 - November 1994 - 68 pages
1. Cover - NBC's "World's Greatest Magic"
5. Contents
9. The Genii Speaks - Erika Larsen
10. Letters Department
    • Pat Hennessy
    • Nathan Jenkins
    • Al Portwood
    • Erika Larsen
11. A Word From Our Publisher - Irene Larsen
11. Genii Guide to Advertisers
14. Genii News - Magic News - compiled by Erika Larsen
    • Credit Card Carney
    • Impressive Numbers
    • Gathering Magic
    • Library of Congress
    • More Vegas
    • Thanks for the Memories

Recil Bordner, Publisher
Neil Foster, Editor

633 pages

1. The New Tops - Volume 15, Number 1 - January 1975 - 52 pages
1. Cover - 'Monk' Watson & Bob Hope
7. Contents
8. My Pal, Bob Hope - by 'Monk' Watson
9. A Tribute to Howard Thurston - Series 8, Part 3 - Robert E. Olson
   • A Great Revolutionary
   • An Eight Hour Show
   • Only Hypnotized Women
   • Crushing a Woman - P. T. Selbit
12. Final Curtain
    • John J. DeVries
13. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
16. New Ways With Old Magic - Dr. Edmund E. Evans
18. Final Curtain
    • James E. Gemin
19. Magi-Go-Round
20. Golden Wedding Anniversary...

January 1981 - December 1981
William Larsen, Jr., Publisher and Executive Editor

836 pages

1. Genii - Volume 45, Number 1 - January 1981 - 72 pages
1. Cover - Superstars of Magic - Siegfried & Roy
5. In This Issue - contents
22. The Genii Speaks - WWL (Jr)
23. The Vernon Touch - Dai Vernon
24. Siegfried and Roy - Superstars of Magic
    24. Their Lives
    27. Their Home
    30. Their TV Special
32. Illusion Plans - Paul Osborne and Associates
    • She's Come Undone
34. Professor Hockmann's Illusion Tips - Paul Butler
    • ASRAH
35. Magicana - A Magazine Within A Magazine - Charlie Miller & William Reede...

July 1989 - June 1990
William Larsen, Jr., Publisher and Editor

848 pages

845. Genii - Volume 53, Number 1 - July 1989 - 76 pages
845. Cover - Siegfried and Roy
849. In This Issue - contents
868. The Genii Speaks - WWL (Jr)
869. The Vernon Touch - Dai Vernon
870. Siegfried & Roy World Tour - Bill and Irene Larsen
876. Illusion Plans - Paul Osborne and Associates
     • The Fabulous Frosty Guy
878. Magicana - A Magazine Within A Magazine - James Patton, editor
     878. Proxy Stab - Phil Goldstein
     880. Intermission - James Patton
881. Absolutely Ogden - Tom Ogden
     • The Linking Nightmare - Tom Ogden
882. Tripp's...

January 1963 - December 1963
Abbott's Magic Manufacturing Company
Recil Bordner, Publisher
Neil Foster Editor

597 pages

1. The New Tops - Volume 3, Number 1 - January 1963 - 44 pages
1. Cover - Miss America and James Steele
2. Routines & Ideas - Neil Foster
3. Poet's Corner - Marie Antoinette Dornfield
   • Happy New Year!
3. Tops Photo Quiz & Answer to Last Month's Photo Quiz
3. Contents
4. Cover Portrait - James Steele
5. Final Curtain
   • Ben Chavez - by Neil Foster
6. Subtle Problems You Will Do - John Braun & Stewart Judah
   • Judah Monte
8. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The...

January 1974 - December 1974
William Larsen, Jr., Publisher and Editor

548 pages

1. Genii - Volume 38, Number 1 - January 1974 (published in May) - 44 pages
1. Cover - The Gustafsons
3. In This Issue - contents
13. The Genii Speaks - WWL (Jr)
14. The Vernon Touch - Dai Vernon
15. Riot Rope - Steve Duscheck
16. un-CAN-ny Coin Vanish
16. cartoon - Paul Butler
17. New Hope For Fish Fanciers - Fred Scott Donaldson
17. A Barehanded Spongeball Production - Michael F. Short
18. Card Revelations Revealed - Jack Barstow
20. It's Only My Opinion But - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
21. Magicana - A Magazine Within A Magazine - Charles...

The Magigram, Volume 21, The Supreme Magic Company, Ken de Courcy, editor

909 pages

1. Volume 21, Number 1, September, 1988, 76 pages, including front & back covers
1. Supreme at British Ring Convention - Brighton - announcement
2. advertisements
8. contents
9. Lets Face It - editorial by Ian Adair
10. My Goodness - It's Geddes - The Magic of Johnny - Johnny Geddes
    • Pentops
11. The Magic of Shaun Lee
    • The Thimble and the Sponge Ball
12. Arthur Carter Column
    • Super Silk Vanish
13. The P...D (Paul & Debbie) Trick Column - Paul Daniels
    • A Chop Cup Finish
14. Sleight of Hand...

The Magigram, Volume 1, The Supreme Magic Company, Ken de Courcy, editor

672 pages. No page numbers on printed issues, page numbers refer to the page in the file.

1. Volume 1, Number 1, September-October, 1966, 36 unnumbered pages
2. advertisements
4. Let's Face It - editorial by Ken de Courcy
5. The Tale of the Captain's Shirt - paper tearing routine - Alan Ward
6. Sum Cubes - Ken Bowell
7. Achieved Ambition - Johnny Geddes
9. Children's Magic
   • Rescue for Robin - Len Belcher
11. Mainly Mental - Collosini
    • Fantastic
14. Sticky Sponges - Ravelle & Andree
14. Card Magic
    • Card Location...

The Magigram, Volume 10, The Supreme Magic Company, Ken de Courcy, editor

1022 pages. No page numbers on printed issues, page numbers refer to the page in the file.

1. Volume 10, Number 1, September, 1977, 72 unnumbered pages - Here We Go Again!
2. advertisements
9. Let's Face It - editorial by Ken de Courcy
10. A Four Ace Trick - John Yeager
11. Breaking Pistol - John Yeager
11. Smart Money! - testimonial
11. A Great Book! - testimonial
12. Another Look at the Three & Half of Clubs - John Yeager
13. The Kellini File - Kellini of Norway
    13. Odd Candle
    15. Colour-Changing Wand
    15. Triple Colour-Changing Wand ...

January 2009 - December 2009
Richard Kaufman, Editor

1224 pages

1. Genii - Volume 72, Number 1 - January 2009 - 112 pages
1. Cover - Wayne Dobson
5. Contents
10. Genii Speaks - Richard Kaufman
11. Now Performing - Monday Night Magic - New York
12. On the Slant - Jon Racherbaumer
    • Googling, Groking and Searchin'
    • Mind Games for Mystery Schoolers
    • Unimaginable Libraries, Plus Hoax and Awe
13. Now Performing - The Magic Castle - Las Vegas
15. Max Maven's Inquisition
16. Cryptic Crossword - No. 1 - Josh Mandel
    • A Basic Guide to Solving Cryptic Crosswords
18. Magicana - David Acer
    18. Unwedding...

Stephen Tucker was the publisher, editor, illustrator and creative genius behind Spell-Binder Magazine. It ran for three years and had 36 issues and 710 pages. (This does not include the three Special Issues.)

You will find some of the finest close-up magic effects: David Britland alone contributed 40 items, there were 6 new effects from Basil Horwitz, 4 from Jerry Sadowitz, 2 from Gazzo, 5 from Gordon Bruce, 3 from Roy Walton, 9 from Phil Goldstein, 12 from Reinhard Müller, 5 from Al Smith 2 from Bobby Bernard, 4 from Harvey Rosenthal, 7 from Ian Land, 12 from Paul Brignall, 7 from Peter Duffie, 6 from Roger Curzon, 6 from Shiv Duggal, 7 from Wayne Dobson and 109 from Stephen Tucker. Stephen has captured...

As magicians we are hired to entertain. The show must go on is a harsh truth that we all accept responsibility for. The fact is performances do not always take place without problems. If you have ever found yourself standing in the lights, with a failed trick you know what I am talking about. The audience knows the magic was a complete flop. There is no one else on stage with you. When that happens, we all promise we will never put ourselves in that situation again.

Your magic may be "performance ready" but is it also "audience ready"? This text talks about conditioning for the unexpected....

January 1983 - December 1983
William Larsen, Jr., Publisher and Editor

888 pages

1. Genii - Volume 47, Number 1 - January 1983 - 84 pages
1. Cover - Roy, Lynette and Siegfried
5. In This Issue - contents
19. The Genii Speaks - WWL (Jr)
20. Siegfried and Roy
    22. The Lady Behind The Magic ... Lynette Chappell - Mary Anderson
    24. Program - Siegfried & Roy in "Beyond Belief"
    28. Program - Siegfried & Roy "Superstars of Magic"
    45. Program - Siegfried & Roy in "Beyond Belief" at the Frontier
62. The Vernon Touch - Dai Vernon
63. Darwin's Card to Coin Change - Gary Darwin
63. Darwin's Cage Change - Gary Darwin ...

January 2001 - December 2001
Richard Kaufman, Editor

1096 pages

1. Genii - Volume 64, Number 1 - January 2001 - 96 pages
1. Cover - Millennium Reflections
5. Contents
8. Genii Speaks - Richard Kaufman
14. Messages
    • David Regal
    • Rick Green
    • Steve Rogers
    • Dan Waldron
    • George Weiss
    • Gregg Webb
15. Knights at the Magic Castle - Jules Lenier
    • Performing at The Magic Castle Next Month
16. A Warlock Goes to Salem - Elizabeth Warlock
20. Millennium Reflections
    20. Letting Loose the Light - Jon Racherbaumer
        • Prologue
        • One
        • Two
        • Three
        • Four
    21. Millennium...

Greg Bordner, Publisher
Gordon Miller, Editor

729 pages

1. The New Tops - Volume 34, Number 1 - January 1994 - 56 pages
1. Cover - "Obie" O'Brien
5. Contents
6. Geoffrey Hansen's Magic Quiz
11. Counter Intelligence - reviews
    • Out Of This Galaxy - Tom Daugherty
    • Misdirection Seque - Tom Daugherty
    • Utterly Blown Away - Tom Daugherty
    • But Four Wrongs Do! - Tom Daugherty
    • The Sefalaljia Twins - Tom Daugherty
    • Camera Magic - The Magician's Guide To Exceptional Publicity Photos - Anne White
    • Mark Allen's 1994 Catalog
    • Abracadabra - weekly
    • The Quest For The Ultimate Secret - Bob...

J.J. ZAPPATTA. The enigma, the man of mystery who hung with the shadows throughout the course of many a magic convention, over many a decade. These books are a first glimpse at the crazy and wild world that was/is ZAPPATTA. And, at last, his clever levitation is fully explained in Volume 2!

All items are described in J.J.'s brief and point by point style. If you're not prepared to THINK, J.J's not interested in ya. Period. Illustrated with Mr. Zappatta's crude but informative sketches.

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Flip-Flops (or thongs) are a kind of footwear fashionable at resorts, beach-side, and other casual...