Thank you for the kind comments.

I have a new friend that contacted me about opening a website for me.

He is due to call me today so that we can talk. If all goes well, I will be able to post more videos that are longer and more of my original magic.

We should be able to show the contents of the upcoming dvd there.

We shall see.

Tom Wolf

Wow, just saw the video....wow...

Tom

Great to see such skilled people willing to share wonderful orginal magic. Your blink shift is a beauty.

Regards

Thank you for the kind words.

I am pleased that you like it.
There is more to come as hopefully there will be a website up for me next week.

Tom Wolf

Alright Tom, holy crap. Looks even better than I thought it would have possibly looked. You can look dead on to this pass and it looks marvelous. The great thing is that it has such a nonchalant air to it. Please sign me up for your workshop or lecture when you do one in Los Angeles. Thank you also for being so sharing as to give up something that you've obviously held so dear.

Mr. Wolf I thank you for sending me your video. Your Blink Pass is great but there is one thing...it's a variant of my Infinity Pass. Oh there is no problem about where you got your idea from because you had this idea since 1975 which was 12 years before I ever got into gambling.

I was going to first name my pass "The Fingerless Pass" because I can do that pass or shift without the help of my other hand but instead because I was able to do so many passes that I changed the name to the Infinity Pass. Note: Your variant of the move never crossed my mind. Your move is done in the air of which I could never figure out and mine is done on the table probably a way that you couldn't figure out.

There is another thing, I just saw the same move done with 1 card by Jason England on his DVD The Unreal Work. These moves are all the same except that our move is done with a half a deck.

After seeing your video that you sent me I was able to do the move in about 15 min. or less and after 45 min. I adapted your move to the card table of which I was trying to do from the beginning. Thanks for solving my problem, I kept doing the move with the Steve Forte Grip of which is inferior to yours but both still will get the shift done but your way is better or maybe my variant with your handling.

I would post my variant and explain it in detail but this is your move, congratulations on solving another one of my gambling problems. Maybe after everyone study and learn your move they will then try my Infinity Pass. The only difference between mine and yours is that while I have the packets together I just push the top packet over with my pointer finger to the Straddle Grip position while you pick yours up in the Straddle Grip position.

Again thanks for your hard work and persistence. If you need any help in your move or explaining your move please feel free to contact me.

Your Friend and Fellow Student

Doc

P.S. Andrei this was the last move that I was trying to teach you that you couldn't get, just do it with my finger push over technique and you'll have the move pat down.

Thank you Doc for you nice comments.

If you are able to get some one to send you a copy of the New Tops Magic Magazine year 1975; page 58 and 59, you see my name "Tom Wolf's One_hand restoration".

As for the table versions. I have letters dated July, 1975 from Neil Foster and Eddie Marlo telling me that they would like to see my table versions published.
Both had drawings of my table versions (2) in the year 1975.

This can be referenced by Jon Racherbaumer.

Tom Wolf

I believe you Tom. When you think that you've made something up and find out that someone had the idea years ago kinda hurts your ego but hey you solved my problem. I'm in my mirror now practicing the move and I'm proud to say that I'm looking real, real good.

Your handling or the pick up handling that I think that you use in your video have solved my push over with the first finger problem (of which it's no problem at all). The variant that I saw from your video made me do some adjustments and my move is even easier to do.

You know Andrei doing my variant really perfected where I lacked and now with your variant (handling) I'm even better. Hey if you want to do a video of this move together please let me know because I would love to do one with you.

{The Infinity Blink Pass}

Tom don't forget if you have any problems about any variation of this move please contact me and I'll be able to help you.

Your Friend and Student

Doc

Doc,

Please send it to me and I will share more of my original sleights.

Tom

Tom kindly sent me his videos. Great stuff, difficult with my small hands but not impossible. Ho hum, practice here I come!

Just say Tom's Blink Shift. I have to agree with everyone, it's an amazing bit of magic. Thanks for sharing Tom.

Tom, also a big thanks for sending my the video. Looks awesome. I don't think I can add anything to whats already been said, so again thank you and I look forward to see more of your magic.
Dan

Mr. Tom Wolf I'm going to say this but I mean no disrespect in any way.

Due to the fact that Tom and I have different variants to the same move but under different names I would like to mention that when doing or practicing this move you don't need the way up in the hand straddle grip. I'm not saying don't use the Straddle Grip but it doesn't have to be too high up in the hand. Why Doc? I've been doing this move before I met Sal and Steve Forte in 2002 so I have well enough experiene when doing this move.

The forefinger is the ultimate secret of this move. Why? The forefinger pushes the upper part of the deck into the straddle grip position.

But doc what about Tom's way? In my honest opinion Tom solved an age old problem that I was having which made my movement much easier. I believe but not sure that Tom doesn't use the finger and I used the finger but not his get ready, with the two combinations combined as one this move will be twice as amazing.

What's going to happen is that ya'll are going to make me practice again just to show ya'll how it's suppose to look in all the pass positions (Hermann pass, etc.) even the table position. Again this is why I named it the Infinity Pass because you can utilize this pass in so many ways.

Best Wishes

Doc

Doc,

Please get the full details of your Infinity Pass published soon.

Mr Tom Wolf was gracious enough to send me his "Blink Shift" video. It is definitely a move that I will be looking forward to learning. It is very deceptive. Great move. What else can I say?!

Thanks for the video.

Doc,
when exactly did you comeup with the "infinity pass"? Just a question. no disrespect. Also, when did you have it published? I'd really like to read about it and maybe see it done.
I've heard it spoken of, but never seen anyone do it. Plus I've never seen it in print. Then again, I havent read everything in the world either. In fact I'm kind of out of the loop on the whole publication thing. Any help you could give would be appreciated.

Bob

I'll try but there is no need, Mr. Wolf is a legend and has been working on this move for decades, I came upon this move by trying to solve the Erdnase statement "The shift has yet to be invented that can be executed by a movement appearing as coincident card-table routine; or that can be executed with the hands held stationary and not show that some manoeuver has taken place, however cleverly it may be performed (page 96 Fig. 49, 50).

To solve this problem I purchased the Richard Kaufmann "On The Pass" video and studied each of the passes that he demonstrated, the best one on there to me was the Jiggle Pass (a pass that would look logical doing at a card table/straightening up the deck). It was this pass that set my wheels to turning and from that point on by sitting in my 5-way mirror I worked on different variants to hide that dipping that Erdnase mentioned (Erdnase Fig. 49, 50) I believe this is why Tom had a problem inventing this move for decades (I'm only guessing here because it was my problem too).

After getting fed up with the move countless times I therefore gave it to the magicians but many couldn't understand the handling and when I wrote up the instructions here at this site only a few cared to look at it. Due to the fact that I don't know how to post videos this was my dilemma regarding demonstrating the move at that time.

Andrei who I've asked to post this move (who I taught it to) a few months back declined for whatever reason I don't know is the only one I've ever seen do the move besides Tom Wolf efficiently the way I would like it done. I believe that Jeff W. (who I taught it to) might have the move down pat if he practiced like he should.

Note: 1. I only showed each of them stage 1 of the move with the Straddle Grip because they couldn’t do the move fingerlessly as of yet so I had to teach it in stages to them and this is why they didn’t recognize the move as mine when Tom sent them the videos. Tom’s version to me is stage 1 1/2 the next level and when ya’ll learn that, I’ll teach ya’ll stage 2. Note: 2. Don’t ever forget my statement that I said only Steve Forte beat me out (meaning as far as gambling moves are concerned).

The Legend Continues

I might not be a legend like Tom Wolf but I'm A LEGEND IN MY OWN MIND, besides 99.9% of ya'll will never try this in a card game any way so I need not worry and as for proof I posted and showed a video of My Infinity Pass here at the Magic Café long before any other move like this was shown. Ya'll were just too lazy to read the instructions due to the fact that learning moves by watching videos is so easy now a days.

Oh one more thing before I go, every pass that is done on the 'On The Pass" video by Richard Kaufmann can be done without any finger holding with my Infinity Pass or as ya'll would say “THE BLINK PASS” (which is definitely my older brother being he’s been around longer than I’ve been {@since 1975}).

Signed

The Doctor

P.S. Tom, I don’t mind my move being the little brother to yours; we were just separated at birth and finally we found each other.


Posted: Mar 2, 2006 10:35pm
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Bob thanks for writing and I know that you mean no disrespect you're just asking questions. I'd like to say one thing first, when reading my post please don't speed-read them because many of your questions I've already answered. I will repeat it again, I said that I never had anything published because I didn't like how the writer wrote up the instructions to doing my move.

I also wrote that Doc moves don't look bad...why? because it will mess up my reputation. People will go around saying Doc taught you that? !@#$@#$&^ I can't have any of that going on or getting around town.

Reputation Making

When I demonstrated a cold deck move over 10 years ago and made the deck disappear I didn't know that the talk of that switch would reach some of the best cheats of this country who I later met. I told ya'll who my teachers were back in the day and I would do them no honor in doing their moves combined with mine badly.

Now Regarding the Genii Magazine

I believe in the year around 2002 when I was at Maui Taco's (The New Reubin's) where the magicians meet every Saturday to practice someone who I can't remember introduced me to a magician who use to write articles for the Genii magazine (now this is what the introducer told to me) his name was Bob Friedhoffer a very nice gentleman I might say. We talked, ate lunch periodically and he introduced me to some very important people. One person who I can't remember his name was in charge of many of the articles in the Genii magazine (I would know him if I see him) I got his name and number around here somewhere. Whoever this guy was he lives here in NYC or he did in 2002-3.

Bob videotaped me doing the pass at many different angles at his office in the Graduate Center but since I didn't like the write-up it was not a go with me. I asked him if I could write the instructions and let him sign his name to it but he didn't want that so in my mind I said to hell with it and kept on moving on.

At this time it was to my understanding (don't quote me on this) many of the articles that Bob was writing wasn't getting any activity in the magazine this is why I believe he was so adamant about writing the instruction on doing my Infinity Pass. He sent me what he wrote on my pass a couple of times and to me it was horrible. Don't get me wrong now me liking this guy and his nice personality has nothing to do with me liking his writing skills. Why? Because under no conditions writing or viewing, can Doc's moves look bad also, being that I used to be a secretary reading and re-reading his work on my work only made me frustrated so I politely bowed out. This is why I previously wrote what magicians will do in order to get their name noticed.

So there you have it, nothing else need be said about this. Do a search of the people I mentioned. Who is this guy that was in charge of what went into the magazine and does this guy still lives in NYC. (Both is Caucasian and Bob was the older of the two).

Signed

Doc Holiday


Posted: Mar 2, 2006 11:25pm
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To Whom It May Conern

It was exactly around the time of 3/31/03. Why? Because he signed a book that he wrote and gave it to me, it was called "Magic and Perceptions" by Bob Friedhoffer and inside of it he wrote "The Real Wizard of the Card Table" and his autograph.

Respectfully

Doc

Tom was kind enough to reply in quick fashion to my request to see it. A true gentleman he is, and oh, what a brilliant move this is!

Best,
Carlos Lacuna

Totally awesome

Tom

Can someone send me a copy of the demo vid?