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On one of Sal Piacente's DVDs, the "Hitman of Magic" is performing a card feat based on the "Gilbert Principle"... and that card trick knocked me right from the feet.

After having conducted some research, I found out that the Gilbert Principle is around already since the 50's, but at the same time I almost didn't find any references of magicians having used it to include it into their routines.

I don't want to go into detail here (already the explanation of the principle could be seen as exposure), but for all those of you out there who are familiar with the principle:

Are you aware of any card routines that use the Gilbert Principle? Are there any card magic books that are built around that principle (or at least dedicate a chapter on it)?

Why do I have the feeling that this post won't get too many replies...

Cheers,
Magnus

I suspect you mean the gilbreath principle.

if so check out some of max mavens work and also aunt marys terrible secret

There's a very extensive section on Gilbreath's work (including lots of effects) in the excellent "Card Concepts" by Arthur MacTier.

Tomo wrote:There's a very extensive section on Gilbreath's work (including lots of effects) in the excellent "Card Concepts" by Arthur MacTier.

one of the most boring, yet facinating books i have in my library.

That's what happens when you don't activate subtitles on DVD... you get the names wrong. Gosh, I was so sure this guy on TV said "Gilbert"... confusing enough, there really was a guy called Gilbert who published a scientific paper on the riffle shuffle back in 1955 (Gilbert, E. (1955): Theory of Shuffling. Technical Memorandum, Bell Laboratories.)

However, your comments were of great help... now I know at least what name I have to look for.

Cheers,
Magnus

You hit the nail on the head when you said Sal Piacente. He has a dvd called "Expert card magic lecture notes" and has tricks using that principle. Also:

Doug Canning & Tom Craven Straight Prediction spectator shuffles and deals a bit and ends up with 5 cards: 10-high straigt, predicted Apocalypse Vol. 6-10 Page 908

Doug Canning & Tom Craven Straight Slam spectator shuffles, yet top 13 cards are straight from ace to king, gilbreath Apocalypse Vol. 6-10 Page 908


Frank Garcia Grand Slam gilbreath, duplicate spade cards Apocalypse Vol. 1-5 Page 29

Norman Gilbreath Gilbreath Principle Subtle Card Creations - Volume 1 Page 272

Norman Gilbreath & Nick Trost Reverse Gilbreath Principle context Subtle Card Creations - Volume 1 Page 131

Bob King Perfect Match Apocalypse Vol. 16-20 Page 2629

Nick Trost Color Prediction with Three Spectators Gilbreath based, Miraskill Subtle Card Creations - Volume 1 Page 131

Nick Trost & Reinhard Müller Do As I Do Suit Separation Gilbreath Subtle Card Creations - Volume 1 Page 25

Nick Trost The Gambler's Luck Subtle Card Creations - Volume 1 Page 114

Nick Trost Gilbreath Plays Euchre using a 24-card Euchre deck Subtle Card Creations - Volume 1 Page 92

Nick Trost & Phil Goldstein Predicting Red, Black and Courts Subtle Card Creations - Volume 1 Page 134

Nick Trost The Spectator's Straight Flush I Gilbreath, spectator locates straight flush Subtle Card Creations - Volume 1 Page 111

Nick Trost Three-Way Miracle Prediction Reverse Gilbreath Principle, number of red and black cards predicted Subtle Card Creations - Volume 1 Page 133

Nick Trost & Karl Fulves Two Compatibility Tests first part is Karl Fulves' "Profiling", Gilbreath Subtle Card Creations - Volume 1 Page 18

Dai Vernon Vernon On Gilbreath The Vernon Chronicles Vol.2 Page 212

Richard Vollmer Last (Gil)Breath gilbreath, face up face down mess Apocalypse Vol. 16-20 Page 2869

Roy Walton Company of Four pack is divided in 4 packets which are shown to be the suits, Gilbreath principle The Looking Glass Page 147

Pretty sure Lennart Green touches on the Gilbreath principle in Green Lite.

It was referenced to in Max Maven's Videomind several times.

I'm working my way through Sean Taylor's 'Mindstorms' at the moment, and he mentions Out of This World using the Gilbreath principle. He doesn't give any specific references, but says that Lennart Green, Max Maven, John Kennedy, Gordon Bean and David Williamson have all explored it, so that's a few new names to add to your research list.

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Methinks you've missed the point, Albert .

That's a spam bot.

Checkout Peter Duffie's works, and also the Cardiste (available from Peter's site, or Lybrary.com). Peter wrote a series of articles about various principa for Profile magazine many years ago, and there were two on Gilbraith.

Take care, Ian

IanKendall wrote:That's a spam bot.

Checkout Peter Duffie's works, and also the Cardiste (available from Peter's site, or Lybrary.com). Peter wrote a series of articles about various principa for Profile magazine many years ago, and there were two on Gilbraith.

Take care, Ian

I second that, excellent material.

I've recently published a HARDCOPY (proper book format) of The Cardiste. Take a peek here: www.paulgordon.net/acatalog

It's a brilliant book...

Paul Gordon