Bluff Pass

The Bluff Pass (aka Bluff Shift and Mock Pass) is a card sleight for controlling a playing card, that has been replaced back into the middle of the deck, to the second card (usually) from the top. The named was coined in 1928 by Frederick Montague.

Tommy Tucker described the idea, including the dribble finesse, in his booklet What Next! (1936, p. 24).

History

• Dr. Elliott (ca. 1915 and 1923) Sources ???
• Frederick Montague The "Bluff" Pass and Palm, page 75 in Westminster Wizardry (1928) - brought the card to the top.
• What Next! by Tommy Tucker (1936) - brought the card second to the top.
• Greater Magic (1938), page 185 - Tommy Tucker's version

Variations

• Fechner's Bluff Pass in Magician Nitely: The Magic of Eddie Fechter by Jerry Mentzer (1974)
• Bobby Bernard's Tabled Bluff Pass in Apocalypse, Vol 4, No. 5, May 1981
• The Marlo-Thompson Bluff Pass, page 2 in Card Finesse written by Jon Racherbaumer (1982)
• Don England's Tilt Bluff Pass in Apocalypse, Vol. 5, No. 9 Sept. 1982.
• Gordon Bruce's FFULB RO SSAP KCOM in Spell-Binder, Vol. 3, No. 28, August 1983
• Roger Klause's Bluff Bluff Pass in Roger Klause in Concert by Lance Pierce (1991)
• Aaron Fisher's Bluff Replacement Subtlety in The Paper Engine (2002)

References

• http://www.geniimagazine.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=170430
• Conjuring Credits' article on cards:bluff_pass