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Up the Ladder
From Magicpedia, the free online encyclopedia for magicians by magicians.
Up the Ladder is a false cut done on the table. The action resembles a series of running cuts. The technique was first published in 1940 as Gamblers' False Cut, without credit to its originator, Charlie Miller.
Resources
- Gamblers' False Cut: Jean Hugard and Frederick Braue, Expert Card Technique (1940, p. 78).
- Up the Ladder and Down Your Shorts (Charlie Miller and "An Unknown Gambler"): Magic Manuscript, Vol. 3 No. 5 (February-March 1982).
- Paul Harris, The Art of Astonishment, Vol. 2 (1996, pp. 259-260).
- Tip on Up The Ladder Cut: Ed Marlo, Marlo's Magazine, Vol. 6 (1988, pp. 121-123).
- Up The Ladder: Allan Ackerman, Las Vegas Kardma (1994, p. 172).
- Up the Ladder: Roberto Giobbi, Card College, Vol. 2 (1996, p. 388).
- How to Climb the Ladder: Ron Bauer, Second Finger Top Deal, Ron Bauer Private Studies Series, No. 17 (2004, pp. 24-25).
- Further Up the Ladder: Ron Bauer, Brother Hamman's Final(ly) Aces, Ron Bauer Private Studies Series, No. 21 (2006, pp. 30-35).
- Up-The-Ladder Cut: Nick Trost, Subtle Card Creations, Vol. 1 (2008, pp. 295-297).