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Bluff Pass

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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.

History

  • 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.
  • "What Next" by Tommy Tucker (1936) - brought the card second to the top.
  • Greater Magic (1938), page 185 - Tommy Tucker's version

Variations

  • Bobby Bernard's Tabled Bluff Pass (Apocalypse, Vol 4, No. 5, May 1981)
  • Don England's Tilt Bluff Pass ( Apocalypse - Vol. 5, No. 9 Sept. 1982)
  • Aaron Fisher's Bluff Replacement Subtlety (The Paper Engine)

References

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