Discrepant City
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by trost37
5y ago
A friend of mine recently introduced me to a John Bannon effect that I’d previously overlooked the Discrepancy City Prediction. Originally published in Larry West’s Card Corner in the Linking Ring magazine November 1986 and later more widely in his book Impossibilia this is a simple prediction effect that can be done from a shuffled deck and involves nothing more than an elmsley count with a subtle discrepancy. Essentially in effect you remove 3 cards from a shuffled deck stating these will form your prediction of a card that will later be chosen. A spectator deals down in the deck and at any ..read more
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False Counts continued
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by trost37
5y ago
My final post for now on the subject of false counts I wanted to share some variations of the Elmsley, Flushtration and Rhythm counts that are buried in print and not that widely known. As with all false counts they take practice to achieve uniformity in rhythm but technically none of these counts require any difficult sleight of hand. Elmsley Count variations Taytelbaum Elmsley count variation – Eddie Taytelbaum is a Dutch close up magician famed for his close up tricks including Elevator dice and Spotlight paddles but as well as his prop based magic he also published many effects and moves ..read more
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Laughing with Hamman
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by trost37
5y ago
The Hamman count was first published in Paul Le Paul’s The Card Magic of Brother John  Hamman (1958) and although it’s not technically a difficult move it is one that can prove troublesome with the moment the switch takes place. A good teaching method can be found in Roberto Giobbis Card College vol 2 but I’ve also found a great description of the move in Ian Kendall’s Basic training a series that was published throughout 2009 and 2010 in M-U-M magazine and also later as a combined ebook through lybrary.com. In his description he breaks down the move in detail with clear photos showing the cor ..read more
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Counting on Jordan
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by trost37
5y ago
Im sure it’s not just me that feels this way but the Jordan count kinda sucks. Let me clarify though the move itself credited to Charles Jordan and first published in Thirty Card Mysteries (1919) can actually be incredibly useful in a number of routines it’s knacky and in its original form lacks the elegant rhythm of its superior cousin the Elmsley count. In his book Card Finesse II (1992 L&L publishing) Jon Racherbaumer points out that while it is useful for hiding the 4th card and automatically sets the packet for an Elmsley count the mechanics of it has an objectionable step namely the ..read more
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Card magic at the Session
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by trost37
5y ago
Last weekend I attended the Session convention in London at the Park Inn Heathrow. My second time there this event hosted by the guys at Vanishing Inc is for me one of the best conventions out there and worth the money. What sets this apart from others is the ability to meet and Session with a variety of magicians from to the early hours of the morning as well as watching informative lectures and performances from some of the finest performers out there. For me one of the highlights was watching the brilliant card magic of Jason Ladayne up close after being selected to be a participant on stag ..read more
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Treatise on Triumph
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by trost37
5y ago
First published in 1946 as part of the Stars Of Magic series Dai Vernon’s Triumph plot has inspired lots of variations over the years both in the hands and tabled.  Many of these variants have looked to add numerous convincers for the face up and face down situation sometimes overkill or introduce a number of more advanced sleights into the mix but I’m a big fan of keeping it simple. The following routines are some of my favourites to perform each is unique in some way but overall they are all easy on the sleights. Triple Cut For Triumph – JC Wagner  Published in the booklet 7 Secrets JC Wagn ..read more
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Mastering the Stevens Control
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by trost37
5y ago
The Stevens Control is one of those sleights that has caused much debate about its origins and indeed the correct method for performing it. In it’s basic form it is a false shuffle to retain the order of the top stock normally a poker hand and was first published in Dai Vernon’s More Inner Secrets of Card Magic, page 55, ‘To bring cards to the top’.” The difficulty that comes is following the description which is very brief and doesn’t include any photos or diagrams of the correct finger positions. According to the description the card you are trying to mark off should just cleanly pop out at ..read more
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Ernest Earick False Cut
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by trost37
5y ago
After a very lengthy search I eventually managed to track down a copy of Bill Goodwin’s Penumbra magazine Issue 6 having been sold out for some time. Described in the first few pages is a wonderful tabled running cut sequence by the late Ernest Earick that retains full deck order without the use of any breaks or crimps. What I like about this is the pauses that are built-in to the sequence and the squaring actions that sell the idea that it is a legitimate cut. The cutting sequence owes much to one of the false cuts described in the pages of Erdnase to retain the top stock but in my opinion i ..read more
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Jack Carpenter False Shuffles
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by trost37
5y ago
If you are on the lookout for an easy to do full deck false shuffle without the usual tells look no further than Jack Carpenters work. On his Seattle Sessions DVD Disc 2 Jack performs and explains his Delayed Strip Out Shuffle where the moment of the strip out is changed as part of a follow up running cut sequence. In Jack’s hands it is true thing of beauty and completely invisible. Along the same lines Jack also has variations on this technique which can be seen below from his YouTube channel Both variants are again easy to do but will take practice to perform them as smoothly as Jack does ..read more
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Michael Weber Lecture
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by trost37
5y ago
Earlier this this week I had the opportunity to see Michael Weber lecture at International Magic in London and it didn’t disappoint. With over 60 magicians in the small room including Jerry Sadowitz, Andy Nyman and street magician Troy you could tell that this was going to be a good lecture. I am predominantly a card man so whilst a lot of the close up tricks Michael performed did not use cards you could still appreciate his clever thinking and observations on psychology and subtlety. Of the card tricks that Michael did perform and one I will be using was based on his “Card Kindergaten” stack ..read more
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