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Introduction……………………………………………………………
Blackjack Lesson……………………………………………………..
Bent Corner for 3-Card Monte…………………………………..
Aces in i n Action………………………………………………………… Acti on………………………………………………………… There it Is!……………………………………………………………..
Blind Lemon Aces……………………………………………………3 Escalator Aces……………………………………………………….. My Favorite O. Henry……………………………………………… He nry……………………………………………… Grandma’s School of Card Table Artifice…………………... Sign up to vote on this title
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Introduction Welcome to “Pasteboard Palette.” Palette.” In the following following pages, you find eight of my all time favorite card routines. Though there are only eight routines outlined in the following pages, you will find that the sum total of magical moments exceed twenty.
They all share one common element, and that is the element o “surprise” (cliché deliberate.) I feel that the truly great tricks are not only amazing, but also take a “detour” “detour” that is totally totally unexpected. When you combine deception with “surprise” “surprise” you extract extract the most most entertainment entertainment possible from any given effect.
For example, you can do an outstanding job of “sawing a woma in half” and then restore restore her to unified health and and your audienc will no doubt be astounded, and your applause justly deserved
However, if you performed the exact same bisection and restoration as described above, and at the end (or at any point for that matter) the magician split into two pieces, falling to the floor, well, I must say, the audience would both be astounded and surprised!
Anyway, that’s the idea! I like those “detours,” and I’m always always searching for them when I design a routine. Sign up to vote on this title
I hope you find inspiration in the following routines, and that Useful Not useful they encourage you to find find those special “detours” “detours” in your own work.
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Blackjack Lesson
I have to say, this is one of my all time favorites when perform for laymen. Whenever the subject of Blackjack arises, you ’re going to want to do this routine. It ’s fun, an absolute fooler, an reputation maker.
Briefly, the effect is as follows. The performer begins talking ab “card counting” and the necessity of mastering it if you ever wa to beat the game of Blackjack. The first step to learning to cou cards is to learn basic “tracking” techniques, and he offers to teach the audience the basics of this skill if they ’re interested.
He begins by showing a typical “lousy” hand at Blackjack, a 13 count hand. He places it on the table saying I ll keep this hand “
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for myself. You don t want this hand, it s one of the worst hand you can be dealt. He then brings out a hand that is definitely ’
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worth tracking, a Blackjack consisting consisting of an Ace of Spades and Jack of spades. He puts this hand face down on the table in fro of the spectator.
The performer then shows his “13” count hand again, and asks OK, do I have the Blackjack or do you have the Blackjack?
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When the spectator responds, I do! it is revealed that the spectator somehow lost “track” of the Blackjack when the performer turns over his hand and reveals it to be the Blackjac The spectator turns over his hand and it is the “13” count hand “
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youneed a little The performer then states that, it seems Not useful Useful practice at this tracking thing, so let s try it again. Again, th exercise is repeated, and again the spectator “loses track” of h “
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Blackjack Lesson The spectator, seeing the Blackjack face up in front of the performer, states confidently, “Well, you do!”
The performer, with a sigh says, “You know, maybe Black isn’t your game.” As he says this, he places the Blackjack hand on t of the the “13” hand, hand, face face down. down. “I’ll bet you’d make a great poker
player though! Not everyone is meant to play Blackjack. Blackjack. Here, what I mean? You’ve got a great poker hand, hard to beat be at this one!”
The performer turns over the cards and they are the Four Aces
This routine takes advantage of an old ruse that has found its w into many routines including Ambitious card, collectors, sandwi tricks, etc. Oddly though, it has never been applied to a Blackja routine, a place where it can be most fully exploited. The ruse the old “Impromptu duplicate pair”. A 6 of diamonds and a 7 of hearts shown together is indiscernible from a 6 of hearts and a of diamonds shown together at another time or location, provid the routine directs the focus properly.
The game of Blackjack, or 21, is perfect for this application because the game places no value or import to the suits of the cards. All the the player is concerned with with is a card count- a count close to 21 without without going overover- and it consumes consumes the player. I consume the the spectators in this routine routine as wellwell- I assure you. yo u. I Sign up to vote on this title have done this routine innumerable times, and not once has a Useful a different Not useful laymen noticed noticed that I was showing him different “13” count hand. They are obsessed with following that Blackjack hand (th
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Blackjack Lesson The set-up, from the top of the deck down, is as follows: 6D, 7H, 6H, 7D, JS, AS, AC, AD.
Holding the deck face down in dealing dealing position position in the left hand, hand, the the top two cards face up, showing showing the “13” count hand. A a comment about about “13” being a lousy hand, place it face face down o the table in front front of you. Never comment on on a “six” or a “seven Always refer to the pair as “the 13 hand”. They’ll do the additio for themselvesthemselves- they will be compelled compelled to check you as all all good players are wont wont to do. do. (Let them “cook” themselves.)
Push the next two top cards to the right with your left thumb, a grasp them with your right hand, thumb on top, fingers below. As you do this, obtain a left pinky break beneath the next two cards (the Blackjack). Using the Zarrow Block addition, flip ove all four as two, revealing the Blackjack hand. (Descriptions of t Zarrow Block addition can be found in “The Vernon Chronicles” Stephen Minch and in my book “The Expert’s Portfolio No. 1”).
Flip the Blackjack face down (all four posing as two) and thumb the top two cards, ostensibly the Blackjack, face down onto the table in front of the spectator.
While placing the “Blackjack” “Blackjack” on the table, table, your left pinky gets break beneath the top two cards of the deck (the actual blackjack). Your Your right hand picks up the hand Sign“13” up to vote on thisand title turns face up. It is held in the right hand, thumb top below Not fingers useful Usefulon
You now execute an Al Leech move, which will load the Blackja
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Blackjack Lesson In your right hand, you are holding four as two, the audience believes believes it it to be be the “13” “13” hand.
As soon as the spectator answers (wrongly, of course) turn tur n th cards in your right hand face up, end for end, and place them up on the pack. Keep a break under the four card packet (ostensibly two) and use your left thumb to push over the Ace spades, revealing the Jack of spades behind b ehind it. Your audience be flabbergasted to see the blackjack hand in your possession
Depending on their level of fear, they may or may not turn ov the cards in front of them! You may have to ask them to do it
This is very strong, and may be repeated up to three times be going into the climax.
Use your judgment, and don’t over do it of course. After each transposition, transposition, you are automatically automatically in position to repeat. Vary your patter as you see fit and vary your speed and presentati Have fun with it. It’s a blast. Put the cards under their hands h ands the last one. When you’re ready for the ending, proceed as follows:
You have revealed the Blackjack, and it is spread face up on t top of the pack. (There is of course a “13” hand behind it.) it.) Th “13” hand is face up on on the table. Pick up the “13” hand and p it face up on the Blackjack hand. Pick up all the face-up of car Sign up to voteup on this from above (Biddle grip) and place them face ontitle the table, Not useful Usefulsixcards roughly squared. You have actually placed on the tab the audien audience ce believes believes fourfour- the blackj blackjack ack and and the “13” hand.
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Blackjack Lesson
Use the left side of the packet in your right hand to flip over bo cards of the “13” hand onto the pack, and as you you do, drop the aces on top of of them. Immediately Immediately thumb off the “13” hand (rea the aces) face down onto the table in front of the spectator.
Immediately following following this, place all the cards in your right han squarely onto the pack, no break is necessary. Deal the Ace of Spades face up onto the table.
Deal the Jack of Spades face up onto the face up Ace on the ta As you deal this Jack down, you will execute a wrist turn with t deck (to avoid exposing the face up cards on the pack) and poi with your left index finger finger at the spectators face down “13” han and then place the deck off to left, far from the field of action a you proceed. See figure 2.
This is all accomplished as you say the now familiar “Do I have Blackjack, or do you have the Blackjack?
Your audience will be quite surprised by your question since you’ve left the blackjack face up, in plain sight for all to see, in front of yourself. It’s hilarious to watch them still waiver in thei answer, as they are so unsure of themselves by this point.
When they finally answer, patter as described in the effect description, while you turn the Blackjack hand face downon th Sign up to vote on this title two cards.
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Bent Corner Method for the 3-Card Mon
This is my approach for the classic bent corner ending for 3-Ca Monte.
I’ve always felt that the standard bent corner presentation, though impressive, impressive, was lacking lacking from from a “surprise” “surprise” standpoint. L face it, laymen are not stupid. If you’ve just completed a routin in which the “money card” was never where where it ought to have been, why would a spectator be surprised that a card that you marked with a bend was suddenly another card? They will certainly be impressed with your skill, but not at all surprised. As soon as you bend the card, whether you present it in the classic classic sense sense that you you “don’t “don’t notice notice it” it” or in a “expos “expose” e” mann they expect that bent corner to move.
I think that if you examine your favorite effects, you’ll find that most cases there is a twist or turn in the routine that affords an unexpected event tagged onto a series of magical moments. moments. Ca C in point: The classic classic “one at at a time” ace assembly assembly is certainly amazing and entertaining. However, the simple fact remains th after you’ve translated translated 3 aces to the “leader” pile, doing it a fo time is simply further demonstrating this “phenomenon”, and though amazing, it is certainly not unexpected. That’s why mos you make the the aces “backfire” “backfire” to their original positions, positions, or perhaps a classic classic “O. Henry” approach where they all move move to different packet. Same goes for our coin etc. Signassemblies, up to vote on this title Not useful Useful So how do we generate surprise with the bentcorner?
This is how I do it.
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Bent Corner Method for the 3-Card Mon The Con:
After a sequence of 3-card 3 -card monte demonstrations, the operato offers to explain a particularly “dangerous” con used by hustler that toss the boards.
He explains, “Look, what the hustler will do is put a bend in a c just like this (operator bends the corner of the money card, let say the queen of spades) but he will act like he didn’t notice it.
he’ll have have one of his accompli accomplices ces put the the “ear” in, and he will will pretend not to notice it. Either way, he knows you’ll notice it. I putting a larger bend in the card than the hustler would actuall use- he will use a much more more subtle bend, but not so subtle th you couldn’t follow it.”
The operator is suiting his actions to words as he continues to explain, “Then, in the course of mixing them up, he will put a bend in in another another card card like this, this, (operator openly bends the corn take the bend out out of the “money “money card” card” lik of another card) and take this. (operator demonstrates openly the actions just described)
The operator continues, “Of course, this is done by secret sleig of hand- I’m doing it openly openly so that that you’ll get get the idea.” idea.” “Now if he does his work well, you will believe that the money card has a bent corner, and put all your money on that card.” operator points to the new bent card saying, “Of course, the hustler has switched the bend to this card, the Sign up one to vote of on this titleaces.”
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Bent Corner Method for the 3-Card Mon The Technique:
Let’s use the queen of spades and the two red aces. The queen the money card.
The cards are bent longitudinally in the classic fashion for 3-ca monte. Hold the cards in a face up fan in the left hand, queen in the middle. See figure 3.
The right hand comes over and grasps the fan as the left hand jogs the queen for for half its length, length, towards the spectator.
As this occurs, the right second finger, hidden beneath the fan, contacts the inner right corner of the bottom ace, and bends its corner downward. See figure 4.
After this, the right hand takes over holding the fan, as the left fingers move to the outer left corner of the out-jogged queen a openly bend it downward. Figure 5.
As far as the audience is concerned, you’ve simply bent the cor of the queen.
The left hand now removes the queen, and flips it face down on the table. The bent corner is obvious.
The right hand, still grasping the aces at the inner right corner, Sign up with to vote on this title turns over and gestures at the bent corner the now face useful down aces. The right fingers easily hide the bend the rear ac Useful Notin as this occurs. Figure 6.
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You’re now ready to execute a standard Monte “hype”. I assum you are familiar with this maneuver.
The right hand, with its card in tow, descends on the money ca and picks it up in standard hype position. The right hand turns over, flashing the queen as the left hand h and turns over showing its ace.
The “queen” is apparently tossed to the table. Actually Actually the hyp maneuver is executed, and the bent ace arrives on the table in stead.
The ace in the left hand is deposited d eposited to the right of the “queen”
The right hand (supposedly holding an ace) deposits its card on the left hand, in dealing position. Without hesitation, hesitation, the right fingers move to the outer right corner, and feign putting the “e into it. (Of course, course, it’s already already bent!) This is accompanied accompanied with the patter, “The hustler puts the bend in another card”. Figure After the bend is placed into the supposed “ace”, it is dropped the left of the other other two cards. cards. The bent “queen” is supposedl the center.
The center card (supposedly the queen) is now picked up and t “. . And he takes th bend is removed from it openly as you Sign say, up to vote on this title bend out of the money card.”
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Aces in Action
This is one of my favorite ways to introduce the aces. The routi is quick quick and has three three “hot” “hot” moments. moments. Briefly, here’s the effect:
The magician begins by saying “Name any two red aces!” (A Bi Malone line, I believe.)
After the immediate laugh, the magician pulls the two red aces out of the pack and holds them face up, one in the right hand, the other face up protruding for half its length from the face do deck in the left hand. The magician then states, “Perhaps I was a little too pushy,
maybe you you didn’t want want the two red aces- maybe you you wanted th two black aces. . .”
Immediately upon saying this, the two red aces instantly (and face up) change into the two black aces!
Without pause, and while the audience is still reeling from this change, the magician removes the two black aces and holds th in a two card fan in his left hand while the deck is ribbon sprea on the table. As this is occurring, the magician says, “You’re
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Aces in Action The Method:
The aces are on top of the pack, in the following order from the top down: Black ace, red ace, red ace, Black ace.
Holding the deck in left-hand dealing position, perform a doubl lift, revealing a red ace. This This double is flipped face up on on the and then immediately grasped from above in Biddle grip in the right hand.
This double is then used to flip over the single red ace that resi on top.
Both red aces are now in view. The double is now inserted into into the outer end of the pack, and left protruding for half it’s length in preparation for my “Impulse Change”.
The “Impulse “Impulse Change” is described described fully in my book, “The Expe Portfolio No. 1”. (Don’t worry, if you’re not familiar with this move, I have included the description at the end of this article.
After the double is inserted, the right hand lifts another double the top of the pack, from above, in Biddle grip. This consists of face up red ace, with a face down black ace behind it.
Leave this double side-jogged off to the right on top of the pac for just a moment, to allow you to re-grip double along the Sign upthe to vote on this title long sides from above with your right hand. figure Useful See useful 8 for yo Not position at this point.
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The back-to-back double in your right hand is immediately plac on top of the pack, but keep a left pinky break beneath it. You’re now going to apparently remove the two black aces together. Here’s how:
The left pinky kicks the double on top of the pack slightly to the left. This will cause the double to angle slightly as shown in figu 10, enabling your right hand to grasp its outer left corner with your right first finger and thumb. See figure 11. This is a Cliff Green technique. Your right second finger simultaneously goes behind the black protruding from the center, and removes both aces together. You are left holding a two card fan (with a reversed red ace hidden in between) as shown in figure 12.
Without pause, your left hand places the deck face down on th table. The two card fan is placed face up in the left hand and th right hand immediately moves to the pack and ribbon spreads dramatically.
While the audience’s attention is on the red ace revealed in the ribbon spread, your left hand spreads out all three cards in a fa and turns it over. The final ending position is as shown in figure 13. Great fun! Sign up to vote on this title
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The end result is that the cards are held as in figure 14. With t red ace protruding a little less than half its length, and the blac ace hidden behind it, injogged. See figure 15 for an underside view.
Notice that the hidden card is held between the left thumb and index finger at its extreme extreme outer corners. This grip is vital vital to proper execution of the move.
Angle the card(s) to the left by pushing them to the left with th index finger. As you do this, the left thumb moves out of the w and onto the top of the pack. The left third and fourth fingers a open up slightly to allow the inner right corner of the hidden ca to angle out of the deck.
This inner right corner should end up protruding about a quarte of an inch. The left fourth finger locates itself right behind this corner. See figure 16 for a performer’s view of the situation. Th angling of the card not only positions everything for the change but also reinforces reinforces the “singleness” “singleness” of the red ace, due due to the f handling of the card.
All of the above maneuvers, as well as all that is to follow, are executed while the deck is in dealing position; parallel to the ta top, with the top of the deck and the card never leaving the sig of the audience. Sign up to vote on this title
Now for the change. The left index finger moves to the outer ri Useful Not useful corner of the protruding red ace. This finger then pushes the re ace into the pack, with a clockwise rotary motion, while the left
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This is a quick interlude that I’ll usually do right on the heels of the previous routine. routine. It is really really a little bit bit of quick “silliness” “silliness” is actually quite visually visually stunning. The whole thing thing is executed executed about 10 seconds or so. The Effect:
After the last effect, the four aces are face up on the table. The magician offers to show how well he can find cards hidden in th pack. He places the aces in a single pile face down on the table
He makes a face down pressure fan in his right hand, and begi to place each each ace face up into the fan, one at a time, and protruding for most of their length from the fan. When he reaches down to get the fourth ace, it’s gone! Where is it? Instantly gazing back to the fan, all FOUR aces are seen to be protruding from the fan! Great fun, and it wakes ‘em up! The Method:
Hold the pack face up in left-hand dealing position. The aces ar held spread in the right hand, with the second ace from the fac slightly injogged toward the performer. See figure 19. Sign up to vote on this title
Not useful The aces are flipped face down onto the face of pack, and t Useful the right hand moves over them from above and apparently grasps them from above in Biddle grip and places them face on the ta
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This reverse fan consists mostly of the upper half of the pack, leaving a good solid portion of the pack on the bottom that is n fanned, and remains square. See figure 23 for an underside vie Notice in figure 23 that the right hand third finger is in contact with the reversed ace on the bottom. It is this third third finger that will will pop out the “missing “missing ace” in just moment.
The left hand now reaches down to the ace pile, and grasps the top ace, turns it face up and inserts into extreme right side of fan.
He continues with the second ace, inserting it face up to the lef the first ace.
The third ace is picked up and inserted into the fan at the extre left side.
You’re position position is now as shown in figure 24, with a “gap” “gap” in th fan where there is no ace. You continue to reach down to grab “fourth” ace, and of course course are shocked shocked to see it is not there. ( audience has already noticed this, “before you have.”)
At this point, you look at your audience to your left saying, “W the. . .where is it?” as your right third finger straightens out wi a pop, and the ace pops into position in the fan “gap”. Sign up to vote on this title
Your gaze returns to the fan and you of taken aback Useful are Not useful course it’s sudden appearance. “Oh! There it is!”
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Blind Lemon Aces
This routine has been in print before, (Steve Mayhew’s lecture notes) and a British magician, Dave Forrest, recently asked me he could include it on his DVD set, “Trickery”. It has just been released and he does a fine job with it.
I feel the need to include it here because it is an integral part o my “Ace Set”, and I always do it. To leave it out would be a disservice to those who want my entire “Ace Set”.
This routine is extremely easy to execute but the return in effe is marvelous. The Effect:
Once again, the magician offers to demonstrate his skill at “cutting to the the aces.” He places them into into four different different parts o the pack, and squares. He immediately gives the deck a fancy, two-handed cut, and locates the first ace. you’re thinkingthinking- you’re you’re The magician then says, “I know what you’re
thinking that since I used two hands, it wasn’t such a big deal find that ace. I’ll find the rest of the aces with just one hand!”
The magician immediately takes the deck into his left hand, rai it to eye level off to his left, and performs a series of pretentiou fancy one-hand cuts. Sign up to vote on this title
He then pauses, looks at the audience(Leaving theuseful deck in his Useful Not h and!” hand, still in the air) and says, “Not this hand. . . this hand!”
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Blind Lemon Aces
Once they’re on the top, perform the fanciest two-handed false cut you know. (You can milk-it-up here if you’d like.)
Next, spread the cards between your hands as you say, “I coul have cut anywhere but look, I’ve cut to the first ace!”
As you finish saying this, you close the spread and obtain a l fourth finger break beneath the four aces. You then turn the ace face up, and take it into your right hand, face up, thumb o top, fingers beneath. As you finish the patter line about finding the “rest of the aces with just one hand,” you perform the following actions:
In one continuous action, flip the ace face down on the pack as the right hand lets go and re-grips everything above the break (the four aces) from above in Biddle grip. The right hand then moves off and down to the right as you focus all your attention the left hand which has already moved to the left and up u p and h started its fancy cutting.
You’re now ready to end as outlined in the “Effect” description Have fun!
Note: The flip-over of the single card and grasping of the cards above the break is an Al Leech maneuver, and I use it a lot in m card work. Sign up to vote on this title
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Escalator Aces I ALWAYS do this routine after “Blind Lemon Aces.” Aces.” It’s an “elevator” effect with a nifty nifty kicker. It’s also one of my all-tim favorites. The Effect:
The magician cleanly lays the aces out in a row, face down on t table. He explains explains that these these “guys” are like kids, and they they love play and ride on the elevator just like when we were kids.
He offers to demonstrate. The deck is introduced as the “eleva and the audience audience is invited invited to watch the aces “ride” the elevato
The deck is “dribbled” onto the first ace, and and the top card is turned over. It’s the ace! This ace is tossed back onto the table and the magician moves on to the next ace.
This ace is dropped on top of the pack, and the audience watch as this ace too rides the elevator down to the bottom! This ace also tossed to the table as the magician moves on to the third ace.
This third ace doesn’t go to the top of the elevator or the botto but rather is placed in the center of the “elevator”. It too rides elevator up and is revealed at the top! This ace also is tossed b to the table as the magician moves on to the fourth and final
The magician then explains that this ace get bored more easily Sign up to vote on this title than the other aces and sometimes needs more excitement. He Useful Not useful likes to ride the escalator- thinks it is more more fun than an elevat He also wants his buddies to ride the escalator with him. . .
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Escalator Aces The Method:
Begin with the following simple set-up: From the top down: indifferent card, indifferent card, the four aces, balance of deck.
With the deck face down in left-hand dealing position, do a quic spread, and obtain a break beneath the top six cards of the pa and re-square.
With the left thumb, push over the top four cards, and execute Zarrow Block Addition to turnover ostensibly the four aces. (You’ve actually turned over the six card block.) Maintain your pinky break beneath the now six face up cards.
With the block face up, the left thumb spread the top three car to the right, revealing four aces. The right hand grasps the top ace, thumb above and fingers below, and takes takes it it to the right. right.
The right hand now comes back and takes the next ace onto th ace already in hand.
The right hand again returns to the pack p ack and takes the third ac on top of the two already there.
The left thumb now does a push-off to the right of all thecards Sign up to vote on this title above the pinky break, onto the three aces in the right hand. T Useful Not useful entire packet is now flipped face downonto the pack.
This little sequence allows you to show four aces, and return th
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Escalator Aces
The right hand now removes the top card of the pack, flashing (it’s an indifferent card) and uses it to gesture at the aces as y explain the premise of the routine. As you do this, the left hand gains a left pinky break beneath the top card (an ace) of the pa p
Return the “gesture” card to the the top of the pack, but retain you pinky break under the ace. (This sequence is a strong convince that the aces must all be on the table, as well as setting you up for the first elevator ride.)
Now, take the deck from above in Biddle grip with the right han transferring the break to your right thumb. Dribble the deck on the ace to your extreme right. When you run out of deck, you w be left holding a double in your right hand, Biddle style. Flip this double face up on the pack, and leave it slightly side jogged to the right, on the pack. pack. As the effect effect registers with with the audience, the right hand, picks the entire pack Biddle style, and places it in left-hand dealing position. Flip the double face down, and deal the top card (supposedly the ace) back to it’s original position on the table. The Second Ace:
The right hand picks up the second ace from the right (without showing it), and drops it dramatically dramatically on the top of the pack left hand. As soon as the ace is dropped, leftonthumb Sign the up to vote this title riffles down the outer left corner of the deckfor effect. effec Useful Not useful t. Immediately turn the deck face up, end for end, revealing the
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Escalator Aces The Third Ace:
The right hand now reaches for the third ace from the right, an picks it up, and flips it face up on top of the pack. As you do th you say, “This ace won’t start at the top, or the bottom, but ra the center.” As you say, “ . . .or .or the the bott bottom” om” your left hand spreads a few of the bottom cards to emphasize your words, an when the deck is re-squared, you will obtain a right thumb bre above the bottom two cards of the deck, in preparation for a switch. The deck is held in Biddle grip from above with the righ hand. It has a right thumb break above the bottom two cards, the third ace is face up on top of the pack.
In continuing motion, and as you say, “. .but rather the center you will swing cut the top half of the deck into the waiting left hand.
The left thumb then pushes the top card (the face up ace) to th right, as the right hand packet is used to lever over the card fa down on the left hand packet. Of course as you do this, you dro the two cards retained by your right thumb onto the ace.
Right after doing this, put the right hand half deck down onto t table. Immediately deal the top card of the pack (supposed ace onto that packet. Out-jog this card toward the audience as you place it on the half pack. Finally, drop the remaining cards in y left hand onto the pack on the table, squared. Sign up to vote on this title Only the ace(?) is left protruding.
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Escalator Aces The Fourth Ace (The Escalator Revelation):
If you’ve followed the routine correctly, you’ll see that the four “aces” on the table are all all indifferent cards, cards, and the four aces a all on the top of the deck.
As you patter about the fourth fourth ace preferring the “Escalator” “Escalator” the dull “elevator”, obtain a left pinky break beneath the four a on top of the pack.
To perform the “Escalator” “Escalator” revelation, hold hold the deck deck with the hand from above in Biddle grip, transferring the pinky break to right thumb break in the rear.
Simply dribble (tightly and neatly) the pack from left to right, covering all the aces as you do so with a neat “ribbon” spread. Start the dribble about 5 or 6 inches above the “aces”. You don want it to look look like you came came anywhere near near the “aces” during “flourish.”
Time the dribble so that you run out of cards just as you reach break below the aces, and as you reach the right most most “ace” the table. When you do, snap the four aces vigorously into a fan, with a forward motion towards the spectators to end! This ending really surprises surprises everyoneeveryone- you’ll love love it.
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My Favorite O. Henry
We’re now ready for for the closer of my “Four Ace Ace Set.” This is m favorite version of the classic one-at-a-time ace assembly with O. Henry ending. The Effect:
The plot, as you are probably already aware, is simple:
The Ace of spades, (the “leader ace”) is placed face down on th table. The other three aces then magically travel to join the lea ace, one at a time. On the last ace, something goes wrong, and they all assemble under the spectator’s hand!
The first vanish and re-appearance in the leader packet is stron but the second is even stronger: It uses my handling of an Aar Fisher “impromptu “impromptu duplicate” technique that that gives the vanish almost almost a “MacDona “MacDonald’s ld’s Aces” Aces” feel to it. it.
Regard the ending, it goes without saying that anytime magic happens in the spectator’s hands, you’ve got a winner. This routine really “fills the the bill” in that regard, and then some. some. Man times, I have to end my act with this effect, because the reacti is so strong that it would be foolish to continue.
Let’s get right into the method. Most of the moves are quite standard, with the the exception of the “miss-show” “miss-show” for the second ace, so you should have no difficulties. The Method:
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Still holding the packet from above in Biddle grip, your left thum peels off the ace of hearts and flips it face down on the pack.
The left thumb next peels off the ace of diamonds, and flips it f down on the pack as well, but the keep a left fourth finger brea beneath it.
The right hand now drops its packet on top of the pack. The lef thumb immediately pushes the two black aces to the right, displaying them, and flips them both face down on top of the deck.
(You still have that pinky break beneath the ace of diamonds.)
The right hand lifts off the Ace of spades, shows it to the audie and identifies it as the “leader ace.” The Ace of spades is then placed face down on the table in front of you.
The right hand now comes over the pack and grasps the next card, the ace of clubs, from above in Biddle grip. grip. It then moves moves place the ace forward and to the right of the Ace of spades, (you’re starting the the familiar “T” formation), formation), but just then you h a second thought, saying, “Let me show you all the aces before they go down.”
As you say this, your right hand moves back to the pack still holding the ace of clubs in Biddle grip, and picks up all the card above the break, squared, beneath andSigntoupthe left oftitle the ace to vote on this clubs. Without pause, your left thumb pushes the Useful Notace usefulof hearts the right, and it too is pickup beneath the cards in the right ha also jogged to the left of the cards.
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The aces(?) are now ostensibly dropped on the table in front of the “leader ace”, one at a time, left to right, forming the familia “T” formation.
If you’ve done everything correctly, the actual layout should be follows:
The Ace of spades is face down in front of you. The first card to your left and forward of the ace of spades is an indifferent card The next card, directly in front of the ace of spades is the three hearts. To the right of that card is the ace of clubs. On top of pack is the ace of diamonds, followed by the ace of hearts.
This Vernon lay down is almost almost identical to the one as as describe the classic ace ace assembly in the “Stars of Magic.” Magic.” It’s still grea today. The entire lay down sequence takes only a moment and quite natural, though the description is quite cumbersome. Let’s move on.
You now explain the premise to the audience, stating that each one of the aces will travel invisibly from their location location to join th “leader ace.”
After that, spread the top six cards of the pack between your hands as you say, “it doesn’t matter how many cards I use. . . immediately after saying this, close the spread keeping a left pinky break beneath the six cards. Continue Sign up to speaking, vote on this title “. . .as l as I place a few cards on top of the leader ace.” Asuseful you say thi Useful Not you spread three cards, without mentioning anything about quantity, and re-square them and pick everything up above the
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Immediately following following this, thumb off three cards from the top the deck, and place them on the first first ace(?) to your left. Place Place deck down and about eight inches to the left of the layout. The first vanish:
Perform any magical gesture you wish above the first packet a the leader packet. Pick up the packet to your left and snap the cards face up revealing the vanish of the first red ace. Say, “That’s only half
tricktrick- if it showed up here here in the leader leader packet, packet, with the ace of spades then we’ve got a real re al miracle!”
Return the first packet to its original position, but face up and spread.
Pick up the leader packet, and hold it face up in dealing positio the left hand. Push over the aces of of spades into into the right, then next card (an indifferent card) is pushed into the right hand (below the ace of spades). Then perform a single buckle of the rear card of the packet, revealing the arrival of the ace of diamonds! This ace is brought to the face of the packet, and placed on the ace of spades. Close the packet, and return it to leader position, face down. Say, “Don’t worry, you’ve got two more chances to see that again!” as you point to the remaining aces travel. Sign up left to voteto on this title The second vanish:
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Insert the supposed ace face down second from the top of the face up reverse spread cards. Close the spread and flip the pac face down into left-hand dealing position. The face up three of hearts is now third from the top of this face down packet.
You’re now going to show the reversed ace. Hold the packet as shown in figure 27, both hands a mirror image of each other, in classic Elmsley posit position. ion. The cards are held on both sides by th extreme fingertips, thumb on top, fingers below.
Your left thumb now executes a block push off of the top three cards. This block is pushed to the right about an inch. See figur 28.
Your left thumb now contact the top card of the packet and dra it back to the left and downward, as your right fingers spread t two cards they retain as shown in figure 29, creating a sort of longitudinal spread display as shown. Only the center pip of the three of hearts is visible. This gives a very nice shot of the “ace hearts”, and it’s quite convincing.
This entire display is done with conviction and quite casually. Don’t baby it. With practice, you’ll find you’ll hit it with precisio every time.
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nor onNotthe bottom, b Say, “Obviously the ace is not on the top, useful Useful is locked hopelessly inside the packet, reversed.”
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Put this packet back back in its original original location, location, but face up, just as you did with the first vanish. You will now show the ace of hearts has arrived in the leader packet.
Pick up the leader packet and hold it in left-hand dealing positi face up. Push over the the ace of diamonds to the right, followe by the ace of spades. When you push over the ace of spades beneath the ace of diamonds, in-jog it towards you about a hal an inch. Then single buckle the rear card, (the ace of hearts) a bring it into view. The ace of hearts is placed on the face of the packet. Miracle number two! The O. Henry Ending:
You now have the leader packet in your left hand face up, with ace of spades in-jogged a half inch towards you. Flip the packe book-wise face down into right-hand dealing position and bring the left hand over the face down packet. Grasp the packet in Biddle grip with the left hand, and as you do, push down on th in-jogged card getting a thumb break between the three aces a the four indifferent cards above them.
Using the right pinky as an assist, maneuver the three aces int Vernon Transfer position as shown in figure 30.
You will now execute the Vernon Transfer, you ostensibly pl Sign upas to vote on this title the leader packet back down onto the table Usefulwhile useful Notsimultaneous scooping up the deck with the left hand. This loads the three ac on top of the pack.
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This routine was inspired by an idea and routine by Steven Hobb Steve started out with the excellent concept of packing a royal flu punch to the classic "Homing "Homing Card" plotplot- and he worked out a ve interesting routine to that end. I LOVED the look and feel of the thing and kept going. The result is below.
Here's the setup I'm using and an outline outline of the patter- makes th thing flow beautifully beautifully and gets a lot of laughs. laughs. From the top of th deck down: 10S, JS, 3D, 5D, 9D, AD, QS, KS, AC, AS. (The 3, 5 and 9 of diamonds can be any non-picture card diamonds.) Holding the deck in left hand dealing position, I begin by talking about how my Grandma taught me a lot of what I know about today.
She used to be a card hustler herself- worked the cruise ships in fact. Went back to being a hooker on the off-season. She taught how to play poker when I was nine. Let me show you a hand I ha during one of these lessons.
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Here I introduce the hand by spreading off the top five face down cards, cards, adding adding the sixth one- the ace ace of diamo diamondsnds- underneath underneath w the Zarrow block addition, turning the hand face up.
I had a four-flush. Four diamonds and a jack of spades. Even th I knew the basics: basics: Discard the jack, draw for a chance to fill the flush. Sign up to vote on this title “
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Not useful sThis patter is accompanied accompanied by the following follow ingUseful actionsaction turn the pok hand face up, and hold it from above in right hand biddle grip. Th
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Then draw a single card from the top of the deck, and without showing it, place it on top of your poker hand. This sequence wi repeated a few times later as well, and in the future I will refer as "The display, discard, and draw sequence."
That's when Grandma said, sorry kid. You can never win with w ith t hand. That Jack of Spades is the Jonah card. Even if I gave you chances you'd never fill that flush! So anyway, anyway, I take a look at hand, and and there it is- I have four diamonds diamonds and and the Jack's back! back! “
I do the first part of the display as I say this, ending with the ja face up- a double double of of course. course.
Well right away I could see that Grandma was up to her old tri again. So I discard the Jack Jack again, and and I make sure sure I really put down. . . And I draw for the flush again . “
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Suit actions to to words completing completing the discard and draw portion portion o display and discard and draw sequence. “No luck . I do the disp discard and draw sequence again as I speak. ”
That Jack Jack was was back! back! One more time- I watched watched her her close close tootoowas pretty fast you know.
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During this patter, I'm discarding the Jack, and drawing again. There it was again! I just couldn't catch her! (I'm doingthe
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Then I draw my last card, placing it on top of my hand. This of course is the Ace of spades, and I'm ready for the Elmsley coun to display the four aces, but I don't do it yet until Grandma say her next bit:
Just then Grandma says, I'm telling you kid, you can't win wit that hand! In fact, I can beat you you with that garbage garbage on the tab your own discards! “
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I point to the discards to identify them as Grandma's hand.
What Grandma didn't know is that I also had given up on tryin to fill that flush. She also didn't know that I had been doing a little little practicing practicing myself! myself! I didn't tell her of course, course, but I had the four aces! “
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Here I do the Elmsley count, displaying four aces followed by peeling the rear card a la Jordan, showing the diamond "kicker well. As I patter in this manner, I do an open displacement of t lone diamond to between the face up red ace and the Ace of spades. Then I just just put those those three cards to the rear of my ha
This leaves the ace of spades on top, with the diamond second from the top. I don't try to hide this. (They ’re still floored by th appearance of the aces.) I continue the patter:
I knew Grandma was going for f or the flush, I say, Sign upso to vote on this Go title ahead Grandma, Grandma, in fact, have the the last last diamonddiamondit's on o the househouse- an useful Useful nNot gave her my "kicker". “
I suit action to words; performing a double I show a diamond,
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