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[[Bluff Pass]] or Bluff Shift 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 by  in 1929 by Frederick  Montague.
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'''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]].
  
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[[Tommy Tucker]] described the idea, including the dribble finesse, in his booklet [[What Next!]] (1936, p. 24).
 
== History ==
 
== History ==
* [[Ellis Stanyon]]'s [[New Card Tricks, 2nd Series]] (1902).
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* [[Ellis Stanyon]]'s [[New Card Tricks, 2nd Series]] (1902) ??
* Dr. Elliott (ca1915 and 1923) and by Frederick Montague in his [[Westminster Wizardry]] (1928) - brought the card to the top.  
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* Dr. Elliott (ca. 1915 and 1923) Sources ???
* [[What Next ?]] by Tommy Tucker (1936) - brought the card second to the top.  
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* [[Frederick Montague]] ''The "Bluff" Pass and Palm'', page 75 in [[Westminster Wizardry]] (1928) - brought the card to the top.  
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* [[What Next!]] by Tommy Tucker (1936) - brought the card second to the top.  
 
* [[Greater Magic]] (1938), page 185 - [[Tommy Tucker]]'s version
 
* [[Greater Magic]] (1938), page 185 - [[Tommy Tucker]]'s version
  
 
== Variations ==
 
== Variations ==
* Bobby Bernard's Tabled Bluff Pass in [[Apocalypse]], Vol 4, No. 5, May 1981.
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* [[Bobby Bernard]]'s ''Tabled Bluff Pass'' in [[Apocalypse]], Vol 4, No. 5, May 1981
* Don England's Tilt Bluff Pass in Apocalypse, Vol. 5, No. 9 Sept. 1982.
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* ''The Marlo-Thompson Bluff Pass'', page 2 in [[Card Finesse]] written by [[Jon Racherbaumer]] (1982)
* Roger Klause's Bluff Bluff pass in [[Roger Kause in Concert]] by Lance Pierre (1991)
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* [[Don England]]'s ''Tilt Bluff Pass'' in Apocalypse, Vol. 5, No. 9 Sept. 1982.
* Aaron Fisher's Bluff Replacement Subtlety in [[The Paper Engine]] (2002)
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* [[Gordon Bruce]]'s ''FFULB RO SSAP KCOM'' in [[Spell-Binder]], Vol. 3, No. 28, August 1983
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* [[Roger Klause]]'s ''Bluff Bluff Pass'' in [[Roger Klause in Concert]] by [[Lance Pierce]] (1991)
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* [[Aaron Fisher]]'s ''Bluff Replacement Subtlety'' in [[The Paper Engine]] (2002)
  
== References ==
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Who can determine if Fechter's Bluff Pass in Magician Nitely (1974) or Fechter: The Magic of Eddie Fechter by Jerrt Mentzer (1993) is a Pass of the same kind of approach because I haven't these books.
*http://www.geniimagazine.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=170430
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== References ==
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* http://www.geniimagazine.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=170430
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* http://www.conjuringcredits.com/doku.php?id=cards:bluff_pass
  
[[Category:Card Sleights]]
 
 
[[Category:Passes]]
 
[[Category:Passes]]

Revision as of 15:48, 25 July 2014

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

Variations

Who can determine if Fechter's Bluff Pass in Magician Nitely (1974) or Fechter: The Magic of Eddie Fechter by Jerrt Mentzer (1993) is a Pass of the same kind of approach because I haven't these books.

References