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Automatic JogAllan Ackerman This is a Paul LePaul control, one of the classic, easy, but wonderfully deceptive techniques to get a break above a selected card.
runtime: 49s | $2 to wish listMP4 (video) |
Kick Count To CrimpAllan Ackerman Use a Kick Count to crimp a peeked at card.
runtime: 53s | $2 to wish listMP4 (video) |
Draun's Fan GlimpseAllan Ackerman This Steve Draun idea allows you to peek the card while you do fan cards using a pressure fan. This is in contrast to techniques where you glimpse at or after closing the fan.
runtime: 1min 8s | $2.50 to wish listMP4 (video) |
Fan GlimpseAllan Ackerman Once you have mastered the Maintain Break With Fan technique you can use this idea to rather glimpse a card than keep the break.
runtime: 44s | $1 to wish listMP4 (video) |
Book Break GlimpseAllan Ackerman This is a glimpse Johnny Thompson liked to do. It is a very deceptive glimpse, executed at an off beat moment and literally undetectable.
runtime: 1min 5s | ★★★★★ $2.50 to wish listMP4 (video) |
All Around Square Up GlimpseAllan Ackerman Once you hold a break, this technique allows you to peek the card while you square up the deck.
runtime: 51s | $2 to wish listMP4 (video) |
Maintain Break With FanAllan Ackerman This is a very deceptive technique. It allows you to keep a break while doing a pressure fan.
runtime: 2min 13s | $3 to wish listMP4 (video) |
Controlling Cards to Top or BottomAllan Ackerman Here you will learn a couple of ways to cut cards to the top or bottom. Allan also demonstrates the Kick Count which is used to change the breal from under the card you want to control to above the card.
runtime: 3min 3s | $3 to wish listMP4 (video) |
Klaus Breakout DisplayAllan Ackerman This is a wonderful Roger Klause idea to openly display a deck merely resting on your fingers while maintaining a break.
runtime: 59s | $2 to wish listMP4 (video) |
Marlo BreakAllan Ackerman Once you have a break you want to handle and display the deck such that it appears to be impossible to hold a break. Here is one sequence of bends and riffles developed by Ed Marlo and published in his Card Control Series from the 1950s.
runtime: 53s | $2 to wish listMP4 (video) |
Spectator PeekAllan Ackerman Let a spectator peek a card from the deck and catch the break with your little finger. This is a very deceptive method and avoids the over-used line "pick a card".
runtime: 1min 16s | $2.50 to wish listMP4 (video) |
Little Finger BreakAllan Ackerman Holding a little finger break is probably the most basic and important technique to master in card magic. Allan teaches you how to make this break invisible.
runtime: 1min 54s | $2.50 to wish listMP4 (video) |
Quick 3-WayAllan Ackerman Allan applies the Double Deal to a quick 3-way sequence popular in color monte routines.
runtime: 1min 15s | $2.50 to wish listMP4 (video) |
Double DealAllan Ackerman The double deal is to secretly deal the bottom card together with the top card. Here Allan combines the dealing action with turning the card(s) face up on the deck revealing the bottom card.
runtime: 1min 15s | $2.50 to wish listMP4 (video) |
Side GlideAllan Ackerman This is a well thought out Dai Vernon version of the Glide. Every finger position and movement has its reason. The Glide is not necessarily the most deceptive move, but it is easy to do. This version is very deceptive. As is so often the case, Vernon elevates a simple move to a masterpiece of deception.
runtime: 1min 8s | $2.50 to wish listMP4 (video) |
One-Handed Center DealAllan Ackerman You can achieve a terrific illusion with this one-handed center deal of the push off variety.
runtime: 1min 25s | $2.50 to wish listMP4 (video) |
Center Deal ChangeAllan Ackerman This is a heirophant type card change using the Push Off Center Deal.
runtime: 1min 26s | $2.50 to wish listMP4 (video) |
Top, Second, Center, BottomAllan Ackerman This is a nice idea how to practice your false deals.
runtime: 2min 15s | $2 to wish listMP4 (video) |
PIP Center DealAllan Ackerman Allan's PIP or Put-In-Place technique is here applied to a push off center deal.
runtime: 59s | $2 to wish listMP4 (video) |
Push Off Center DealAllan Ackerman The push off center deal is quite a bit harder to do than the strike center deal, but it is also more versatile. Allan executes it flawlessly.
runtime: 2min 43s | $3 to wish listMP4 (video) |
Strike Center DealAllan Ackerman The center deal is a tough move. This strike center deal is probably one of the easier ways to achieve a center deal. Using this deal Allan teaches a center deal demonstration where you only need to deal one card from the center and the rest comes from the top - making it a lot easier to perform.
runtime: 3min 5s | $3 to wish listMP4 (video) |
One-Handed Open Double DealAllan Ackerman Double dealing means dealing the top and bottom card at the same time. This variaiton is done with one hand.
runtime: 39s | $2 to wish listMP4 (video) |
Open Double DealAllan Ackerman The double deal is taking the top and bottom card at the same time. The open double deal is an idea by Marlo which eliminates the card alignment issue.
runtime: 54s | $2 to wish listMP4 (video) |
Bottom Deal CountAllan Ackerman The bottom deal can be used to position certain cards at certain locations during a counting procedure.
runtime: 48s | $2 to wish listMP4 (video) |