This manuscript is about a basic card technique that is sui generis, although it remains a limited application. Nevertheless, it is worth knowing because it's been cleverly used to perform one of the best short versions of "Triumph" extant.
The basic move permits you to secretly reverse a card while the deck is tabled and simultaneously riffle shuffled. This manuscript also reveals the how, when and who worked on it. The first Tabled Reverse appeared in Marlo's Off the Top in 1945, credited to Russell Barnhart. Therein it was sparsely explained, accompanied by two illustrations. Marlo's only comment was equally brief: "It's a good move to use when seated." Because nothing else was suggested regarding purposes beyond the reverse itself, it's likely most readers glossed over it. Steranko, Vernon and Henry Christ made important contributions.
PREFACE
SECRET REVERSE ON TABLE / Russell Barnhart
REVERSAL OF BOTTOM CARDS / Dai Vernon
THE ACTION CENTER REVERSE / James Steranko
APPLIED TABLED REVERSE & EFFECT / Edward Marlo
NO FRILLS TRIUMPH / Edward Marlo
FINESSED TABLED REVERSE / Edward Marlo
FOR THOSE IN THE KNOW / Edward Marlo
GAMING TABLED TRICKERY / Edward Marlo
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