THE CARD MAGIC of PAUL GORDON Contents of the Gold Dust Trilogy, Quidnunc & Article 52

THE CARD MAGIC OF PAUL GORDON Contents of The Gold Dust Trilogy, Quidnunc & Article 52

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Contents of Gold Dust

Introduction ...... 11 Head To Head Poker ...... 13 Hellman’s Aces...... 15 Worker Ambitious Classic ...... 17 That’s Odd ...... 20 Mars Life ...... 22 Simplex IML ...... 24 The Hemeroid Effect #4 ...... 25 Costa’s Aces ...... 26 The Session Stunner ...... 27 A Mystic Seven Phase ...... 30 A Mystic Seven Phase #2...... 31 Double Jeopardy ...... 32 The Eight of Diamonds Trick ...... 34 The Amazing Four-Card Trick ...... 37 The Muldoon Match ...... 39 Fry Them With Oil And Water ...... 41 Layman Assembly ...... 45 A Predictable Stroll #2 ...... 50 Thoughts On The Clock Trick ...... 52 Caused Effect ...... 53 Peter’s Foursome ...... 55 Stud! ...... 57 Powerhouse ...... 61 Dazzler Strikes Back ...... 63 Unusual Method Oil & Water ...... 66 Two Surprises For Two ...... 68 This One, That One and a Bit Extra! ...... 69 A Load Of Old Blarney ...... 72 Synchronicity #3 ...... 74 Diminishing? Not Likely ...... 78 Psychotronic Rides Again ...... 83 Psychotronic Rides Once More ...... 87 Twister ...... 90 Totally Baffling Card Control...... 94 Eureka! ...... 96 Ten To Twenty Revelation ...... 98 Easy Ace Estimation ...... 100 Twin Peeks ...... 103 The Nero Trick ...... 109 The Main Thrust...... 111 A Carbon Footprint ...... 112 Tag Team Aces ...... 115 The Bed Sit Mystery...... 116 A Divine Palms Departure ...... 119 Now, That’s A Stunner! ...... 121 The Perfect Heist ...... 123 Four-Card Repeat Poker ...... 127 Knock Them Dead ...... 128 Impromptu Mars Life ...... 130 The Seventeen Principle ...... 132 Four – Seven – Eight – Nine ...... 138 Fooling Alex ...... 138 Still Flabbergasted...... 139 Paul Gordon’s Swing Aces ...... 141 Four Ace Puzzler ...... 144 Merely Thought-of Card Miracle #2 ...... 145 Memory, Estimation & Magic ...... 147 My Magic Card ...... 150 Hot Flush...... 151 The Dudeney Principle ...... 152 Dudeney’s Baby Boy ...... 161 Tipsy Aces ...... 163 The Biggest Liar of Them All ...... 165 Faro Flush Out ...... 167 Ace Tumblers ...... 169 Pseudo Smyth’s Myth ...... 171 The Unwanted Visitor ...... 172 Those Leaping Aces ...... 174 South By Southwest ...... 175 Brothel K(r)eepers ...... 178 Accentuated Aces...... 179 Gemini Quads ...... 181 Gordon’s Aces ...... 182 Exploring The Ramassee Principle ...... 183 Perfect Prediction Premonition ...... 191 ITHEC & Twisting The Aces ...... 194 Elle Vate ...... 199 Spectator Cut Christ Aces ...... 200 Oh? See Williams ...... 204 Taser Ace Production ...... 205 Bluff Jay Bee ...... 207 Jim Nastic Jokers ...... 209 Shocked Aces ...... 213 The Time of My Life ...... 215 Thought Stealer Rethought...... 217 Tricky Quickie ...... 219 Nomadic Aces ...... 221 Taking The Rise #2 ...... 224 Effected Cause ...... 225 Discombobulated ...... 227 Prediction Supreme ...... 229 Fo(u)rtified ...... 232 The Ultimate Transposition ...... 233 Millennium Collectors ...... 236 Tengard ...... 240 Lighter Than A Feather ...... 242 World’s Best Card Trick ...... 244 Strollers Delight ...... 245 Dr. Daley, I Presume? ...... 248 Paul Gordon’s Ambitious Card Routine ...... 250 What A Kick ...... 253 What A Triple Kick ...... 255 What A Flushed Kick ...... 258 That’s Not Possible ...... 259 Fairly Sexy...... 260 The Three and a Half of Clubs Trick ...... 262 Patrol Dawn ...... 264 Eight Spot Locator ...... 265 Flush Out The Oil & Water ...... 267 Four For Poker ...... 269 Bloody Crazy ...... 270 If You Go To Las Vegas ...... 271 Impromptu Change of Mind ...... 273 Truly Nocturnal #2 ...... 275 Gobsmacking Two Speccy Fooler ...... 279 FAL Reset ...... 281 PG’s Ambitious B.O.B ...... 283 The Gordon Diary Trick ...... 285 The Emulsion Complex ...... 289 Triple Kick Monte ...... 292 The Sting ...... 295 Spectrum ...... 297 OMG! ...... 299 Four Card Fooler ...... 301 Copwaked Minor ...... 303 Flim Flam ...... 305 Jeepers Creepers ...... 307 The Killer Observation Test ...... 308 All Backs Triple Kicker...... 310 Aces For Openers ...... 313 Cavorting Reds & Blacks ...... 313 The Corner of Piccadilly ...... 315 Useful Sleights ...... 319 Biography of Paul Gordon ...... 347 A Few PG Tips ...... 349 Last Word...... 352

Contents of Gold Dust Companion

Introduction ...... 10 Darned Pain In The Neck...... 11 Oracle Moracle Miracle ...... 13 An Oracled Royal Flush ...... 14 Poker Perfect ...... 14 A Lesson in Acting...... 16 A Nice Four-Ace Trick ...... 18 Kings, Aces, Flushes ...... 19 You Do As Each Other Do ...... 21 A Dazzling Flush ...... 23 Easy Spell A Royal ...... 23 The Drunken Bridge Player Plus ...... 25 This Is What Magicians Do ...... 27 Carnival Con ...... 28 Four Ace Startler With King Kicker ...... 31 44 Years Later ...... 33 Lo-Fat Spectrum ...... 34 No Pockets Ultimate Transposition...... 37 Dickie Dai Die ...... 40 Cardman’s Twisting The Aces ...... 41 Sloshed or Sober ...... 43 Psychedelic Foursome ...... 44 Out of This Stratosphere ...... 47 Quid Pro Quo ...... 53 The Laid Back Lazy Card Trick...... 55 The Poker Player’s Alfresco Soiree ...... 56 The Phantom Card Returns ...... 58 The Exploration ...... 60 The Myriad Miracle ...... 62 Copwak ...... 64 Faster Than TSOL Poker Stack ...... 66 Dream Away ...... 68 Mirror-Skill ...... 70 Bedazzling Colours ...... 71 Penelope’s Estimation Plus ...... 75 Plain Penelope ...... 77 Shocked Flush ...... 78 Flushed Oil Slick ...... 80 Rainbow Emulsion ...... 83 The Cursed Gypsy ...... 85 The Lady Vanishes ...... 90 Penelope’s Distant Cousin ...... 92 Face Up Sixteenth-Card Fooler ...... 93 Impromptu Baby Dudeney...... 95 More Exploring Of The Nine-Card Principle ...... 96 Prediction Super-Supreme...... 98 Baffling Aces ...... 101 A Trick for Armitage Shanks...... 102 Aces, Selection, Kicker ...... 103 Ad Infinitum Not Ad Nauseum ...... 106 Much, Much Further Than That ...... 108 Twisted Colours ...... 110 The World’s Most Incredible Card Trick ...... 112 For The Boys # 2 ...... 113 Stepping-Stone Force ...... 114 Numerology Totology ...... 117 Hocus Pocus ...... 118 No F In Way ...... 119 YKM! ...... 121 Sneaking Up ...... 121 It’s Not Unusual ...... 123 Miracle Ace Spell ...... 125 Sneaky Lie Detector ...... 127 Play Your Cards Right ...... 130 Strike More Than A Match ...... 132 You Little Liar...... 133 Seven Plus A Whole Lot More ...... 137 Carbon Footprint Prediction ...... 138 French Rabbits ...... 143 The Calendar Trick ...... 145 Drunks! ...... 146 This Takes The Biscuit ...... 147 A Gem Of A Trick ...... 148 Illogical & Discrepant Endfield Vanish ...... 150 Multi-Tasking ...... 151 Double Waikiki ...... 152 The Ipcress Secret ...... 153 Mini Thrice ...... 155 Marvellous Mathematics ...... 158 Odd Looking ...... 159 Hogarth’s Aces ...... 160 Prophetic Prophesy...... 161 Wedded Bliss ...... 163 Erdnase With Less Milk ...... 164 That’s A Blast ...... 166 Stranger In Paradise ...... 170 The Comedy Card Trick ...... 171 Call 9999 ...... 173 Piatnik...... 174 Room 4567 ...... 175 Blockbuster Finale ...... 176 A Boy’s Own Thriller ...... 178 The Wimbledon Card Trick ...... 179 The Curse of Scotland Returns ...... 180 Gadzooks! ...... 183 The Audition ...... 185 Find The Lady ...... 186 Oil And Water Rainbow ...... 188 Flushed Surprise ...... 191 It’s A Miracle ...... 192 IFC Treatment...... 193 King For A Day ...... 196 Swindler ...... 197 Arcardian ...... 198 The King of Card Cheats ...... 201 Let’s Twist Again ...... 202 Stebbinations ...... 205 Impromptu Pokertell ...... 205 Poker Duck ...... 206 The Paul Gordon Card Control ...... 207 Cyclic Creativity ...... 208 The Secret of Cheating at Cards ...... 212 Useful Sleights ...... 214 Last Word...... 224

Contents of Gold Dust Finale

Introduction ...... 13 Surprise Jazz ...... 15 75% Confident ...... 17 Double Gemini ...... 18 Petween The Balms ...... 20 One-Millionth O’Henry ...... 21 Kaneaces ...... 25 Acid DNL ...... 26 Soggy Sandwich ...... 28 Invisible Ink ...... 29 Grasshopper ...... 31 Miss Terry Card ...... 32 TUP(A)CT ...... 34 Shocked Aces Sans Selections ...... 36 Four-Ace Opener ...... 38 The Deaf Dealer ...... 38 Tribute To Roger Curzon ...... 39 Undoing Simon ...... 40 Predictable ...... 42 The Eye-Popper ...... 43 Not Too Far ...... 45 Killer Mystery Card ...... 46 Recollecting ...... 47 Minding Your P’s and Q’s ...... 49 Sneaky Switch ...... 51 The Sad Tale of Great Uncle Reg ...... 53 Jack-Ro-Aces ...... 55 Flippin’ Aces ...... 57 The Aces Capitulate ...... 58 Smack In The Face ...... 62 Roily Flush ...... 64 Illogical Trost ...... 65 Marked Cards ...... 66 Amazing, Isn’t It? ...... 67 Heavenly Roads ...... 69 Aurora Borealis ...... 70 Fixed Reset ...... 71 Universal Powers ...... 72 Mirror-Skill ...... 74 The Red Herring Strikes Back ...... 75 Startling Location ...... 77 Royal Double-Backed Flush ...... 79 Tenkai Sandwich ...... 80 Carbonated Footprint ...... 81 Painful Aces ...... 82 Omega Surprise ...... 83 Kingly Aces ...... 84 Double Hellmans ...... 85 The Famous Fives ...... 87 Supersonic Flush ...... 89 The Somersaulting Aces Collect ...... 89 Flushing The Four Kings ...... 91 Play It Poker ...... 92 Illogical And Discrepant Collectors ...... 93 The Fraces Trick ...... 94 What The Heck! ...... 96 The Aces Collect ...... 97 Hey Presto ...... 98 Predictable Kaps ...... 99 Visitations ...... 101 Black Gold ...... 102 Bamboozled ...... 103 Aces Spell Kings ...... 106 Guard Of Honour ...... 107 Blackjack And Poker ...... 110 Royal Poker ...... 111 Surprised Johann ...... 113 Kick The Spectator On Stage ...... 115 Fairground Attraction #2 ...... 117 BMW ...... 118 Strolling Hofzinser ...... 121 Cardcase Killer ...... 122 Fascin(ace)tion ...... 123 Last Word...... 127

Contents of Quidnunc

Introduction ...... 11

Section One

Burying The Aces ...... 15 Intuition ...... 16 Pass The Jokers ...... 18 Psychedelia ...... 20 Seca Enak ...... 21 Spectator-Cuts Four Aces ...... 24 The Gathering Storm ...... 26 Aced! ...... 27 Rising Damp ...... 28 The Gambling Magician...... 29 Monte Surprise ...... 31 Body Snatchers ...... 32 The Chameleon Card ...... 34 Way Ahead ...... 35

Section Two

Easy Collectors ...... 39 More or Less ...... 40 Sock It To Them ...... 42 Interlaced Collectors ...... 44 Slithy Toves ...... 45 Borogroves ...... 48 Bluff Acaan ...... 49 Easy Collectors Two ...... 51 What A Malarkey ...... 53 The Churchill Crown ...... 55

Section Three

Worker Supreme ...... 59 Chased The Aces ...... 60 Just Far Enough ...... 61 Escal(Ace)Tion...... 62 The Return of Connor Sewers ...... 64 A Carbonated Royal Flush ...... 67 Instant Aces...... 69 Incom(Para)ble ...... 70 Simple Abacus ...... 73

Section Four

Fantasy Gambling Demonstration Revisited ...... 77 Poker To Death ...... 79 Aces For Gondorff ...... 81 R(Ace)y ...... 83 Even More R(Ace)y ...... 85 Gem In Eye ...... 88 Ace In The Hole ...... 89 Vin-City ...... 90 Cheeky Acaan ...... 92 Old Girl – New Dress ...... 93 Balducci Aces ...... 95 Balducci Aces #2 ...... 96

Section Five

Posing Another Problem ...... 99 Thanks Mr. Hull ...... 100 Internet Sensation ...... 101 Two Mental Reverses ...... 102 Pass-Less Mule ...... 105 Backfire Collectors ...... 106 Number Cruncher ...... 107 PG’s Pseudo Middle Deal ...... 108 Should Be Committed! ...... 110 DeCkeD ...... 113 Impromptu Vernon’s Aces ...... 115 Flashier Aces ...... 117

Section Six

Eight of Diamonds Trick # 2 ...... 121 Witch Mountain Revisited ...... 122 Sunken Eyes...... 125 Lyda Lot ...... 127 King-Embly ...... 128 The Flight of The Kings ...... 130 Ace Spell Supreme ...... 133 Tally-Ho Simplified ...... 134 Patrol Dawn Returns ...... 137 Revolving Flush ...... 139 Tenkai Flush ...... 140 Four-Ace Opener Meets Dr. Daley ...... 143

Section Seven

Call Me Irreversible ...... 147 Deal And Duck Diversions ...... 149 Gordon Diary Trick Extension ...... 153 Las Vegas Leaping Aces ...... 155 Bloom In Ada ...... 157 Push Button Lift #2 ...... 162 Faro Sandwich Location ...... 163 The Ultimate Transposition (improved) ...... 167 The Visitor Without A Pass ...... 171 The Eradicator ...... 175 Pass-Free Worlds Apart ...... 177 Imp OOTW Clean-Up & Routine ...... 179 Wowzer! ...... 182

Section Eight

Head To Head Poker Thoughts ...... 187 22nd Century Ace Assembly ...... 188 Angle-Proof Slow-Motion Aces ...... 191 Fast-Motion Joker Assembly Plus ...... 195 Royal Flush Caused Effect ...... 198 Tears And Screams ...... 204 Thanks To JB ...... 206 Dangling Sensation ...... 208 In The Hands Colour Changing Triumph ...... 209 Hogarth’s Aces ...... 215 Mars Men ...... 216

Section Nine

Backfiring Collectors ...... 221 Flushing Meadows ...... 222 A Step Back In Time ...... 224 Cutting A Flush # 2 ...... 226 The Lucky Two of Spades...... 227 The Chosen Phew ...... 229 Nice And Easy Does It (One More Time) ...... 230 A Simple Touch ...... 231 Gemini Ace Revelation ...... 233 Time Flies ...... 234 Jeepers Creepers On Heat ...... 235 Tandem Bicycle ...... 237 Bee ...... 240 Even More Amazing Four-Card Trick ...... 241 Double Main Thrust ...... 242 Reset Assembly ...... 244

Section Ten

Useful Sleights ...... 249 Last Word ...... 293

Contents of Article 52

Introduction ...... 9 Mind Boggler...... 10 Light Weight ...... 13 The Rendezvousing Royals ...... 14 Simplex Ouroboros ...... 16 Raised Hair ...... 18 Simplex Flush Cut ...... 20 This Odd One Is Cleaner ...... 21 The Nodrog Utility Switch ...... 23 Surprise Rise ...... 24 Tenkai Collectors ...... 27 Strip Poker ...... 29 Design For Surprise ...... 33 The Expected Prediction ...... 34 The Mysterious Visitor 1 & 2 ...... 36 Four-Ace Puzzler #2 ...... 38 PG on JC’s Stealth Assembly ...... 40 Spectator Shuffle Four Ace Control...... 41 Swing Aces Redux ...... 42 Prelude To Easy Ace Estimation ...... 46 Hamman X ...... 47 Travelling Light ...... 49 Very Hot Flush ...... 51 Speed Dating Two ...... 53 The Umpteenth Lie Detector ...... 54 Tally Ho Simplified Plus ...... 56 Partial (to a) Faro Sandwich ...... 59 Magician Fooler Extraordinaire ...... 61 The Return of The Merely Thought of Card Miracle ...... 63 Penelope’s Distant Cousin Strikes Back ...... 65 Let’s Twist And Kick ...... 66 The Accursed Nine of Diamonds ...... 69 Phony Hofzinser ...... 70 Four-Card Fooler ...... 72 Six-Card Brainwave ...... 74 You’ve Gotta’ Be Joking ...... 76 Middle Earth ...... 78 Wild Monte ...... 79 Flushed Aces ...... 81 Non-Discrepant Gemini ...... 83 Birds Of A Feather ...... 84 Oh So Simple Collectors ...... 86 Comedy Elevator ...... 87 Discrepant? Not Likely! ...... 89 Weird Oil And Water ...... 90 Discombobulated # 2 ...... 92 The Spectator Becomes A Magician ...... 93 Eight-Card Sandwich ...... 95 The Eight Of Diamonds Trick Revisited ...... 96 CBD Ace Cutting ...... 97 The Amazing Jacks ...... 99 Near Perfect Gemini ...... 101 The Monte Don ...... 103 The Four Fours ...... 105 Ace In The Hole For Adults ...... 105 Really Odd Poker ...... 107 SO(a)P...... 110 The Wild Ones ...... 112 Useful Sleights ...... 114 Last Word ...... 143