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Arturo de Ascanio The Juan Tamariz Experience 7
? Articles / Anecdotes
? Articles / Bibliography
Juan Tamariz Introduction 11
? Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Juan Tamariz Arturo De Ascanio (magipoem) poem 17
? Articles / Articles
Juan Tamariz To Ascanio ode to Ascanio 19
? Articles / Biographical
? Articles / Articles
Juan Tamariz The Tamariz Perpendicular Control (TPC) Basic Move, bringing
inserted card in perpendicular position Related to
The Tabled Perpendicular Control (Ken Krenzel, 2009)
21
? Cards / Sleights / Jog Finesses
? Cards / Sleights / Controls / Insertions
Juan Tamariz TPC, stripping out beneath the spread 27
? Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Spread Controls
Juan Tamariz 1. From Extracted PP to Left Hand Palm TPC 28
? Cards / Sleights / Culling / Spread Cull / to do more (palming, placement, ...)
? Cards / Sleights / Palming / Classic Palm / Left Hand / Center
Juan Tamariz 2. From TPC to Bottom (INF) 30
? Cards / Sleights / Culling / Spread Cull / for Culling cards to front or back
? Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Spread Controls
Juan Tamariz 3. From TPC to INF-2 or INF-3 32
? Cards / Sleights / Transfers / Miscellaneous
? Cards / Sleights / Culling / Spread Cull / to do more (palming, placement, ...)
Juan Tamariz 4. From TPC to INF-7, INF-8, or any other Position in the Deck
32
? Cards / Sleights / Transfers / Miscellaneous
? Cards / Sleights / Culling / Spread Cull / to do more (palming, placement, ...)
Juan Tamariz 5. The TPC with Several Cards 34
? Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Shifts / Passive
Juan Tamariz Lapping with the TPC 34
? Cards / Sleights / Ditching Cards / Lapping
Juan Tamariz Concealment in Left Hand Fan TPC 36
? Cards / Sleights / Jog Finesses
? Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Fans with tricky purpose
Juan Tamariz Concealing the card in PP by Bending it TPC 37
? Cards / Sleights / Handling Finesses
? Cards / Sleights / Jog Finesses
Juan Tamariz Glimpse with TPC 38
? Cards / Sleights / Glimpse / Center at break/jog/...
Juan Tamariz Effect 1. The Direct Sandwich 40
? Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Simple Sandwich
Juan Tamariz Effect 2. Hidden Sandwich 41
? Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Simple Sandwich
Juan Tamariz Hidden Sandwich between 4 Aces Variation of effect 2 on same
page 41
? Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Simple Sandwich
Juan Tamariz Effect 3. Anti-Ambitious card to bottom, see also The Magic
Way 42
? Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Sequences
Juan Tamariz Effect 4. Two Cards Over 43
? Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Simple Card Turnovers
Juan Tamariz Effect 5. Repoker of the Chosen four selections are
controlled in one hand, aces, royal flush, with impromptu version 45
? Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / You just get the winning Hand.
Juan Tamariz Study of the Mexican Turnover finessed handling 47
? Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Mexican Turnover
Juan Tamariz The Peruvian Turnover finessed handling where the tabled card
is crimped 53
? Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Mexican Turnover
Juan Tamariz Double Peruvian Turnover double crimped for identification
54
? Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Top / Break
Juan Tamariz Peruvian Transposistion using techniques explained on previous
pages 55
? Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / Two Card Transposition
Juan Tamariz The Tamariz Turnover outjogged turnover Variations
Tres Menos Una (Rafael Benatar, 1989)
57
? Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Unloads
Arturo de Ascanio The Ascanio Addition to the Tamariz Turnover 61
? Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Double Card Handlings
? Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Unloads
Juan Tamariz 1. A Two Card for Two Card Switch The Doublets Change, using
double cards on top of deck Related to
The Aerobic Switch (Jack Parker, 2007)
63
? Cards / Sleights / Switches / Multiple Card Switches / Using the Deck
Juan Tamariz 2. Variation for more than Two Cards 66
? Cards / Sleights / Switches / Multiple Card Switches / Using the Deck
Juan Tamariz The Staircase Change four cards in ladder on deck, 3 switched
out 71
? Cards / Sleights / Switches / Multiple Card Switches / Using the Deck
Juan Tamariz 1. Changing all Four Cards for all four cards Inspired by
The Staircase Change (Juan Tamariz, 1989/91)
75
? Cards / Sleights / Switches / Multiple Card Switches / Using the Deck
Juan Tamariz 2. Lapping switching out three cards from 4 and lapping them
Inspired by
The Staircase Change (Juan Tamariz, 1989/91)
76
? Cards / Sleights / Ditching Cards / Lapping
? Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / With Other Objects / Table
? Cards / Sleights / Switches / Multiple Card Switches / Without Deck /
Tabled/Mucks
Juan Tamariz The Cascade Shuffle - Total False Shuffle in Cascade with 2 strip
out variations Variations
The Hollariz False Shuffle (Steve Bedwell, 2000)
77
? Cards / Sleights / Riffle Shuffle / Riffle in the hands / False
Juan Tamariz Notes on the Faro and other Shuffles 1. On the supposed
difficulty of the Faro
2. On the effects that can be performed with the Faro
3. On other uses
4. On subtleties, variations and new ideas 82
? Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Mathematical Facts &
Curiosities
Juan Tamariz 1. To correct small errors 83
? Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / In the Hands
? Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Mathematical Facts &
Curiosities
Juan Tamariz 2. To simulate errors seven Evil Ruses 85
? Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Selling Faro as
unperfect Riffle Shuffle
Juan Tamariz The Antifaros dealing procedures for Single, Double, Triple,
Quadruple and Quintuple Antifaro, later Antifaro-6 and -7 on page 96 Related to
Faro Shuffles and Factorial Dealing (Woody Aragon, 2011)
90
? Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Antifaro / Reverse Faro
Juan Tamariz Justifying the Antifaros 94
? Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Antifaro / Reverse Faro
Juan Tamariz Gathering up the Quadruple-Antifaro 95
? Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Antifaro / Reverse Faro
Juan Tamariz General Rules for the Antifaro-3 in and out shuffle
combinations 100
? Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Antifaro / Reverse Faro
Juan Tamariz Dai Vernon "The Professor" ode to Vernon 107
? Articles / Biographical
? Articles / Articles
Juan Tamariz Black Days seven black cards, selected one found, rest changes
red 109
? Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice
? Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards
Juan Tamariz Three Actors three selections are lost and found multiple
times 114
? Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Cards
Juan Tamariz Double Ambitious full routine with 2 ambitious cards Inspired by
The Tamariz Ambitious Double (Juan Tamariz, Fred Robinson, 1979)
119
? Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Multiple Ambition
? Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Routines
Unknown Tabled Double Lift very brief 119
? Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Tabled Double Lift
Carmen D'Amico D'Amico Spread 123
? Cards / Sleights / False Display / D'Amico Spread
August Roterberg Push In Change 124
? Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Push-In Change
Rafael Benatar Creating Injog in Center as top half is replaced 125
? Cards / Sleights / Jog Finesses
Frederick Braue, Juan Tamariz Double Pop-Up Card 126
? Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Climaxes
Juan Tamariz The Talisman card changes under challenge conditions,
several variations 131
? Cards / Sleights / Palming / Longitudinal Palm (LTP)
? Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Back
? Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Front
? Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Without Deck / In the Hands
Juan Tamariz The Romantic Prisoner only three cards, card vanishes from
between jokers and appears in pocket, lapping 137
? Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Miscellaneous
? Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Point of Departure (often Traveling effect)
? Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Pocket / Single Card
Juan Tamariz Tamariz Change described with lapping 138
? Cards / Sleights / Ditching Cards / Lapping
? Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Without Deck / In the Hands
? Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Without Deck / Tabled/Mucks
Juan Tamariz Lapped Card From Inside Pocket 144
? Cards / Sleights / Cloths and Cards / Producing (palmed) Cards from Pocket
Juan Tamariz Royal Assembly 147
? Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind/Aces Effects / Card Puzzle
Juan Tamariz The Triple Colors Routine reds and blacks separated, one card
chosen in each half, identified, cards change places, then whole packets change
places (one in pocket) 159
? Cards / Effect Themes / Divination / Mind Reading / Miscellaneous
? Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Miscellaneous
? Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Miscellaneous
Juan Tamariz Incomplete Faro Peek card peeked at and selected in lower half
160
? Cards / Sleights / Glimpse / Center at break/jog/...
? Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Faro Controls / Incomplete
Faro
Edward Marlo Incomplete Faro Transfer card peeked at in upper half is
transfered to lower half 161
? Cards / Sleights / Transfers / Miscellaneous
? Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Faro Controls / Incomplete
Faro
Juan Tamariz Inside Pocket to Lap apparently placing cards in inside pocket
but lapping them 163
? Cards / Sleights / Cloths and Cards / Apparently putting Cards in Pocket
? Cards / Sleights / Ditching Cards / Lapping
Unknown Classic Table Edge Switch 167
? Cards / Sleights / Switches / Deck & Thick Packet Switches / Technical / Tabled
Juan Tamariz Lapped Cards From Inside Pocket 169
? Cards / Sleights / Cloths and Cards / Producing (palmed) Cards from Pocket
Juan Tamariz Marking Full Deck whole deck is marked to exclude switching it
171
? Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Ideas
Juan Tamariz Escorial-76 sorting in four suits, several methods 172
? Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Spectator / Miscellaneous
? Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Spectator / Out of this World
& Variants / Suits
Edward Marlo, Juan Tamariz Preparing the Deal a) dealing first, second, third
or fourth card on demand 174
? Cards / Sleights / False Dealing / Special Third, Fourth,... Deal / Push-Off
Edward Marlo, Gabriel Moreno Preparing the Deal b) dealing first, second, third
or fourth card on demand 175
? Cards / Sleights / False Dealing / Special Third, Fourth,... Deal / Strike
Juan Tamariz, Luis Garcia, Gabriel Moreno Half-Escorial half the cards dealt
face up, half face down, face up cards change back color Related to
Escorial-76 (Juan Tamariz, 1989/91)
180
? Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Color Changing Deck
? Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Spectator / Miscellaneous
? Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Spectator / Out of this World
& Variants / Suits
Juan Tamariz Short Version cards face down separated in four groups, suit
of chosen card all in one pile 185
? Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Spectator / Miscellaneous
? Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Spectator / Out of this World
& Variants / Deck
Juan Tamariz, A. Molin Stage Version Related to
Escorial-76 (Juan Tamariz, 1989/91)
188
? Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Spectator / Miscellaneous
? Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Spectator / Out of this World
& Variants / Suits
Juan Tamariz The Hypnotic Power of the Jokers three chosen cards are
selection from beginning, then it vanishes and appears in pocket 192
? Cards / Effect Themes / Illogical Things / Everywhere and Nowhere
? Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Pocket / Single Card
Juan Tamariz VI. Showing the Three Cards showing three cards alike with two
jokers as tweezers 201
? Cards / Sleights / False Display / All alike
? Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Double Card Handlings
August Roterberg Push-In Change 205
? Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Push-In Change
Juan Tamariz Neither Blind Nor Silly red black stack, two cards Also
published here
Blown Away (Juan Tamariz, 1987)
211
? Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge multiple Card
Location
? Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Red/Black Stack (not simply divided)
Unknown, Harry Lorayne Alternating Red & Black Overhand Shuffle preserving
alternating set-up 213
? Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck
Juan Tamariz A Clear Triumph 215
? Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Classic Effect (with or
without selections)
Edward Marlo 1. Ed Marlo's bottom card reverse bold 219
? Cards / Sleights / Reverses / More for One Card or a few Cards / Active
Dai Vernon 2. Vernon's ending classic rightening 219
? Cards / Sleights / Turnover
Juan Tamariz I. Tamariz Jumble faro, cards rightened below table 221
? Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Classic Effect (with or
without selections)
? Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Effect Variations
Juan Tamariz II. Stripper Jumble stripper deck 221
? Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Stripper
? Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Classic Effect (with or
without selections)
Juan Tamariz P.S. Final Note shuffle for alternating cards 222
? Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Partial
Juan Tamariz Total Coincidence first single cards from two decks match, then
both decks are in exactly the same order 224
? Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Miscellaneous
Juan Tamariz The Magic Card back and front of a card change multiple times,
gaffed 233
? Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Back
? Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Front
Juan Tamariz The Travelling Cards two cards across, gaffed, seven peek deck
cards 237
? Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Svengali Principle / Other Applications &
Handling of Long-Short-Deck
? Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) Across / Thought Cards Across
Dai Vernon Note II - Vernon Transfer 242
? Cards / Sleights / Transfers / Vernon Transfer
Juan Tamariz, Francis Carlyle Note III - False Count Tamariz' version of Carlyle's
false count Inspired by
Carlyle False Count Variation (Francis Carlyle, Derek Dingle, 1982)
243
? Cards / Sleights / False Count / Overcounts (as more than are there)
Juan Tamariz The Three Goblets' Prediction fair prediction of one card, gaffed
Related to
Appointment in Samarra (Darwin Ortiz, 2002)
245
? Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card
Juan Tamariz Envelope Addition adding cards to deck while displaying envelope
246
? Cards / Sleights / Additions / Miscellaneous
Juan Tamariz Slydini ode to Slydini 261
? Articles / Biographical
? Articles / Articles
Juan Tamariz 2. The Tamariz Twist 263
? Knife & Paddle / Paddle Move
Juan Tamariz, Sainz de los Terreros 3. Utrarapid Double Twist 264
? Knife & Paddle / Paddle Move
Juan Tamariz 4. The Trichange displaying three knives at once 266
? Knife & Paddle / Paddle Move
Juan Tamariz The Travelling Penknife chosen knife of two travels to the pocket
269
? Knife & Paddle / Routines
Juan Tamariz In Which the Colored Penknives pass through a Handkerchief
penetration routine with a lot of variations 272
? Knife & Paddle / Routines
Juan Tamariz Progressive Routine 1-2-3 - Blanca, the Indomitable three phase
routine with one, two, then three knives 281
? Knife & Paddle / Routines
Juan Tamariz Capicua Routine capicua=palindrome, multiple phase routine
284
? Knife & Paddle / Routines
Juan Tamariz Rainbow of Penknives three knives change color multiple times,
no switches 289
? Knife & Paddle / Ideas
Juan Tamariz Miscellany of Ideas with Penknives nine ideas, linking knives,
magnet holder, change of unprepared knives, knife-monte,...298
? Knife & Paddle / Animation
Juan Tamariz 6. Twists with a Handkerchief 301
? Knife & Paddle / Paddle Move
Juan Tamariz The Divining Rod magnet under table 304
? Knife & Paddle / Animation
Juan Tamariz The Author as seen by the Author biography 311
? Articles / Biographical