Giobbi, Roberto: Card College
Lighter ©2008 Roberto Giobbi, Hermetic Press, WA Hardcover, w/dj, 6x9", 155 pages |
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Contents (courtesy Lybrary.com)
xv Thanks
xvii A Word From Potassy
xix To the Reader
1 Part 1
3 Voila, Four Aces!: reversed card leads to selection, and Four
Aces are produced
8 The Australian Fives: Two selected cards reappear with the aid
of the "Australian Fives"
13 Fully Automatic Aces: Two Aces produced by sleight of hand,
spectator finds remaining Aces by coincidence
18 Strange Harmony: sum of two cards matches the number of cards
cut by the first person
23 The Thought-of Card: magician reveals thought of card
31 Six-Card Poker Played Here: out of four hands, cards are
removed, leaving the Aces
36 Risk!: card location after spectator shuffle
41 Part 2
43 The Spectator Does a Trick: spectator finds the magician's card
49 The Cards Knew: number obtained from four piles matches the
number of cards in remaining piles
58 Senza Toccare - Look Ma, No Hands!: magician finds selection
merely looked at in a shuffled deck
62 The Birthday Card: magician tells the birthday of someone he
doesn't know
66 A Condition of Balance: magician matches the the number of
cards in the spectator's pocket 70 Mental Three-Card Monte:
magician with back turned names one of three cards selected by
spectator
75 10-11-12: open prediction using dice and cards
79 Part 3
81 Infantastic: magician predicts the name of a celebrity and also
a selected card connected to that celebrity
89 Subconscious Poker: controlled poker deal with a Royal Flush
95 PSI Con Carte: magician holds card case to head and names
selection, and selection is found reversed
101 Mr King's Tapestry: a story of Mr. King using the Kings
107 The Card Sharp's Triumph: magician rights a deck mixed face up
and face down except for the Aces
116 Double S'Entendre: two persons find each other's selected card
121 Your Fateful Hour: magician determines the identity and a time
of day thought of
129 Part 4
131 The Ideal Composition of a Program of Card Magic: forcing,
controling cards, false shuffles and cuts, etc. without sleight of
hand
145 Afterword: A list of recommended books on card magic
149 Notes: Further background information on the tricks