Three Card Monte

570 entries in Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Three Card Monte
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Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Liam Montier Montinator 5.0 using four cards openly marked on the back for pseudo monte type routine with transformations
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here 2011
Triabolical
38
David Redondo El Trilero six phases, with extra card
 		2012
Cartomagia - Notas de Conferencia
61
Caleb Wiles Yam Fries monte card vanishes as finale, ungaffed
Inspired by
  • "Connoisseur's Special" (Danny Archer, marketed 1998)
 2012
520 Years Later
18
Eugene Burger Three Card Monte as a Magical Entertainment
2013
Seventeen Secrets — Volume 2
19
Doug Edwards Showpiece Monte signed card to wallet with monte theme
 		2013
Nukes
49
Liam Montier Montinator 5.0 using four cards openly marked on the back for pseudo monte type routine with transformations
Also published here 2013
High Caliber
210
Alexander de Cova Action Switch with bills or wallet, as monte climax
Also published here Mar. 2013
New Avantgarde Magic (Issue 5)
38
Nick Trost Fadeaway 4 fan of Four-spot and three blank cards cards shown and a blank card placed aside, Four turns over, then changes to blank card, placed aside blank card is then the missing Four
Related toVariationsAlso published here
  • marketed in 1974
 2013
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 4
780
Mack Picknick Mack Picknick's Routine fan of Four-spot and three blank cards cards shown and a blank card placed aside, Four turns over, then changes to blank card, placed aside blank card is then the missing Four
Inspired by 2013
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 4
783
Nick Trost Mississippi Monte four-card monte with paper clip, spectator cannot clip money card
Inspired by
  • "Four Card Monte" (Sam Schwartz, marketed ca. 1975)
Variations 		2013
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 4
786
Alfred Lee Cohen Al Cohen's Routine four-card monte with paper clip, spectator cannot clip money card
Inspired by 2013
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 4
790
Christian Scherer Hände weg vom Falschspiel! monte with jumbo cards, first three red and one black card as a climax three black cards and one red card
Inspired by
  • Joe Riding's "The only three Card Trick in the World using four Cards"
Also published here 		2014
Schlaglichter
243
Alan Shaxon Find the Lady on Stage with huge cards
Inspired by
  • an idea by Oswald Rae in Will Ayling's "Genii Presentations"
 2014
Alan Shaxon — The Sophisticated Sorcerer
144
Steve Mayhew Mayhew Monte Explosion three cards transform into Royal Flush as climax, including variations where they become ten cards
Also published here 2014
Mayhew
71
Steve Beam Eight Against One Finish for 3 card monte where target card vanishes and a four of a kind is produced.
Related to 2015
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10
69
Richard Bangs Double-Down Monte In-the-hands three card monte move.
 		2015
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10
233
Eric Stevens Little Peter Pays Triple Three Card Monte routine, all three cards end up being black cards, the red money card is found wrapped in a dollar bill with a business card
 		2015
Skybound
9
Justin Higham Pseudo-Glide Monte cards removed from bottom of deck, card to wallet climax (duplicate)
 		Jan. 2015
Genii (Vol. 78 No. 1)
38
Alexander de Cova Action Switch with bills or wallet, as monte climax
Also published here 2015
Burners — Vol. 3
224
Roberto Giobbi Slang for Authenticity
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue May 27)
151
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli), Steve Beam The Stalker top cards of four piles change into Queens
Also published here 2016
Tea Time With The Pasteboards
7
Roy Walton Certainty Bet a Four is placed with three other cards, they change to the matching Fours, monte type presentation
 		2016
The Complete Walton — Volume 3
19
Roy Walton Tricky Travis monte type routine with Ace through Nine, cards end up in order as finale
 		2016
The Complete Walton — Volume 3
207
Alexander de Cova Sidewalk Shuffley comments on Fred Kaps's performance
 		2016
Burners — Vol. 5
171
Alexander de Cova Chase The Ace jumbo cards, removable false indices and rubber bands
Inspired by 2016
Burners — Vol. 5
214
Bill Elliott 3-Card Monkey Business Color Monte precursor
Also published here 2017
Facsimile (Issue 6)
56
Benjamin Earl Stem Cell framing routine differently to get different experiences with same handling, four cards shown one by one and tabled, they change into four Aces, possible presentations:
  • Stem Cell Monte
  • Stem Cell Magician vs. Gambler
  • Stem Cell Sleight of Hand
 		2017
Less is More
103
Paul Vigil 3-Card Monte multiple phases, credit information on fake index monte routines
Inspired by
  • "Catch 33" (Lee Asher, 2003, 2013)
 2017
The Doors of Deception
41
Joey Burton, Paul Vigil Kaiser Con
Inspired by
  • "Kaiser Con" (Joey Burton, Catch 33)
 2017
The Doors of Deception
51
Joey Burton, Paul Vigil Sosi Switch
Inspired by
  • "Sosi Switch" (Joey Burton, Catch 33)
 2017
The Doors of Deception
57
Bruce Cervon Cervon Finale previously unpublished phase
 		2017
The Doors of Deception
60
Lee Asher Spectator picks the right Card how to handle the situation
Also published here
  • Catch 33 (2003, 2013)
 2017
The Doors of Deception
68
Jim Steinmeyer Four-Card Monte No. 5, Queen and three other cards mixed according to rules, Queen eventually found
 		2017
Unexpected Impuzzibilities
13
Andy Nyman, Anthony Owen Miracle Monte 2.0 blank cards with face of a Queen
Inspired by 2017
Secrets
56
Johnny Thompson The Gambler's Ballad gambling demonstration with Matching the Card finale, magician vs. gambler theme, rhyming patter
 		2018
The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 1)
27
Philipp Ganglberger Monte Blanko monte routine with three blank cards and an Ace, three Aces and one blank card as a kicker
 		2018
Seminarheft
13
Eric Stevens The One-Armed Man Three card monte packet trick, money card changes into black Ace as finale
Inspired by
  • "Multi-Monte" (Caleb Wiles)
 2018
Perspective
19
Bob Hummer, Steve Beam Unmarked Hummer
2018
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 11
275
Scott Robinson Sucker Monte multiple-phase three-card monte
Inspired by 2018
Pure Imagination
37
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli), Steve Beam The Stalker top cards of four piles change into Queens
Inspired byAlso published here 2019
Card Tricks That Kilt
8
Michael Powers Twilight Zone Monte five cards, monte type game with odd-backed monte card, transformations occur
Inspired by 2019
Tesseract
110
Steve Forte Three Card Monte analysis and fact checks
  • Recommendation
Related to 2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
689
Andi Gladwin Monte Python without mixing the cards, with two-for-one transposition finale
Inspired by 2020
The Boy Who Cried Magic
37
Jim Steinmeyer Syracuse Monte
  • Conjuring
with jumbo cards
 		Oct. 2020
Genii (Vol. 83 No. 10)
52
Trevor Lewis Monte Plus Move
July 2021
Elixir (Vol. 3 No. Special Chicago Issue #1)
16
Michael Eaton Two-Card Monte Payoff variation of DeLand's Two-Card Monte, bill appears at the end
 		June 2022
Elixir (Vol. 3 No. Florida Issue Part One)
37
Shimpei Katsuragawa Midas Monte monte with Ace and three indifferent cards, all change to Aces as kicker
Variations 2022
La Campanella
49
Shimpei Katsuragawa Midas Monte II monte with Ace and three indifferent cards, all change to Aces as kicker, variation with poker chip or coin as additional prop
Inspired by 2022
La Campanella
55
Shimpei Katsuragawa Murphy's Monte four Kings used for monte routine, one exchanged with a Queen as the money card, then all change to Aces
 		2022
La Campanella
59
Dai Vernon Seven Card Monte card vanishes from packet and reappears on top of the deck, double facer, from private lecture notes by Ernest Shattock
Related to 2022
Dai Vernon: The Spirit of Magic
73
Dai Vernon Three Card Monte from private lecture notes by Ernest Shattock
 		2022
Dai Vernon: The Spirit of Magic
73
Dai Vernon Three Card Monte routine, from private lecture notes by P. Howard Lyons
 		2022
Dai Vernon: The Spirit of Magic
86
Caj Brejtfus Expertalk: Caj Brejtfus on Three Card Monte false indices
Also published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
434
Masahiro Yanagida Money Monte three jumbo cards, money appears and center card changes
Also published here
  • MAGIC, June 2012
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
1121
Tom Gagnon Seven Card Monte card vanishes from packet and reappears on top of the deck, repeat
Inspired by 2022
Gagnon's Inner Sanctum
75
Juan Tamariz Tweezers: A Two-Card Monte an Ace and a Jack are only handled with the two red Tens as tweezers
  • First Phase (Ace and Jack transpose)
  • Second Phase (Ace and Jack both transpose with the red Tens, one with bent corner)
 		2022
Letters from Juan — Volume 5
10
Scott Baird One Point Five Hummer mathematical three card monte with three chosen cards, cards are divined as well
Inspired by Dec. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 12)
1126
John Hostler W.I.M.P. "Wild Inverted Monte Progression"
monte routine with more spot cards added during the routine, then all spot cards become Queens of Hearts
 		2023
Percolations
17
Justin Higham Monte Plus Move - Finesse out-jogged handling
  • Credits (credit information)
Inspired by 2023
Combined Card Notes
13
Bob Farmer The Use of Abstraction in the Invention of Magic Tricks on the Mojo Boogie Boxes Routine, Roy Kueppers, Bammo Queen Monte Routine
 		May 2023
PM2 (Issue 28)
37
Brent Arthur James Geris The Money Monte monte routine without challenge aspect, card also vanishes and changes, and turns à la Bizarre Twist
Related to 2023
The Magic Apple Live! 2
38
Pedro Lacerda Lacerda Card Monte monte routine with three cards, without monte throw, with bent corner, card vanishes in bare hands and travels to pocket, color changing back kicker
 		2023
The Finest Magic of Pedro Lacerda
206
Ken Krenzel, Trevor Lewis Monte Move out-jogged handling
Also published here 2023
The Finest Magic of Pedro Lacerda
208
John Guastaferro, Allan Ackerman A Bigger Surprise no-throw monte routine with surprise transformation
Also published here 2024
All In — Volume 1
127
Allan Ackerman A Little Finesse on "Surprise Monte" all three cards change, packet switch on deck
Inspired by 2024
All In — Volume 2
25
Allan Ackerman, Jack Carpenter Revisiting Molly no-throw monte routine in which money card changes at end and appears reversed in deck
Inspired byAlso published here 2024
All In — Volume 2
101
Jack Carpenter Never Bet On A Sure Thing! five-card monte routine, cards eliminated one by one, transformation kicker
 		2024
Carpenter's Conceptions
14
Ken Krenzel, Trevor Lewis Monte Plus Plus out-jogged handling
Also published here 2024
Carpenter's Conceptions
16
Jack Carpenter One Minute Monte with rhyming patter
 		2024
Carpenter's Conceptions
59
Christian Scherer Keep Away From Card Cheating Games monte with jumbo cards, first three red and one black card as a climax three black cards and one red card
Inspired by
  • Joe Riding's "The only three Card Trick in the World using four Cards"
Also published here 		2024
Mosaic
390
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