(Chicago, Illinois: 13th October 1947 - )
Inspired around age 9 seeing a full-evening show. USO shows 1964. Math lecturer at University of Nevada at Las Vegas 1971-present. Proprietor of computer store. Semi-pro close-up and card magic. One of the top card mechanics alive.
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Fake Center DealAllan Ackerman Use the Minus One Bottom Deal as a fake center deal. (You will need the description of the Minus One Bottom Deal to perform this move.) runtime: 32s | $1 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) | |||
Little Noise for Double LiftAllan Ackerman This is a little convincing noise that you can add to a double lift to subtlely underscore that it is only one card. runtime: 42s | ★★★★★ $1.50 to wish listMP4 (video) | |||
8 Out-FarosAllan Ackerman If you want to see Allan start with a deck in new deck order, do 8 out-faros and end up again with the deck in new deck order, then this is the video for you. runtime: 1min 31s | $1.50 to wish listMP4 (video) | |||
Vernon Top PalmAllan Ackerman This is a technique, developed by the Professor, how to move the top card into a magician's palm while maintaining a high arch in your palming hand. runtime: 57s | $2 to wish listMP4 (video) | |||
Multiple Top PalmAllan Ackerman If you need to palm several cards at once, this is an effective method. Originally this move appeared in The Royal Road to Card Magic. runtime 54s | $2 to wish listMP4 (video) | |||
Berg PalmAllan Ackerman This is Larry Jennings' version of Joe Berg's palm, originally published in Classic Magic of Larry Jennings. It is a multiple top palm. runtime: 46s | $2 to wish listMP4 (video) | |||
Covering Palming AnglesAllan Ackerman Top palming a card with the right hand is typically exposed on the left side. Allan shares a tip that makes a top palm essentially invisible from 360 degree. runtime: 22s | ★★★★★ $2 to wish listMP4 (video) | |||
Slydini Fan StealAllan Ackerman Tony Slydini used this move for his famous helicopter card trick. A card is stolen into a Tenkai palm while it is inserted into a fan. runtime: 56s | ★★★★★ $2 to wish listMP4 (video) | |||
Gambler's Cop: Holding & ReplacingAllan Ackerman Learn how to hold out a gambler's cop and how to perform the add on to get the cards back to the deck. runtime: 22s | $2 to wish listMP4 (video) | |||
Gambler's Cop From TiltAllan Ackerman This is a very efficient and deceptive move by Steve Draun. A card which is inserted into the deck automatically ends up in the gambler's cop. Chris Wasshuber independently developed this move in 1993 during his stay in Japan including an important visual convincer. If you want to learn this improved variation email him. He might be talked into releasing it. If you can't get Chris to talk then check out the Huot/Duperre control from Magic Menu volume 10. It is very similar to what Chris is doing. runtime: 33s | $2 to wish listMP4 (video) | |||
Gambler's Cop: StandardAllan Ackerman Allan teaches the basics of the gambler's cop. runtime: 53s | $2 to wish listMP4 (video) | |||
Gen PalmAllan Ackerman This is a palm from Gen Magazine where the top card from a pressure fan ends up in the gambler's cop after the fan has been closed. runtime: 26s | $2 to wish listMP4 (video) | |||
Bluff ControlAllan Ackerman This is something Ed Marlo liked to do, a side steal with a bluff action. runtime: 48s | $2 to wish listMP4 (video) | |||
Side Steal To BottomAllan Ackerman This video explains how to side steal a card and then replace it on the bottom. runtime: 52s | ★★★★★ $2 to wish listMP4 (video) | |||
Side Steal To TenkaiAllan Ackerman Go from a side steal directly into a Tenkai palm. runtime: 36s | ★★★★★ $2 to wish listMP4 (video) | |||
Turnover Palm ReplacementAllan Ackerman While you turnover a deck of cards you return palmed cards back to the deck. runtime: 47s | $2 to wish listMP4 (video) | |||
Marlo's Tenkai ReplacementAllan Ackerman Here you learn how to replace a card you hold out in Tenkai palm on the top of the deck. runtime: 49s | $2 to wish listMP4 (video) | |||
Tenkai Fan ReplacementAllan Ackerman This video teaches you how to return a card from Tenkai palm back onto the deck during the display of a fan. runtime: 34s | $2 to wish listMP4 (video) | |||
Scoop ReplacementAllan Ackerman While scooping up a deck from the table replace palmed cards on the top. Allan gives an important tip how to make this look even better. runtime: 47s | $2 to wish listMP4 (video) | |||
Vernon Tenkai ReplacementAllan Ackerman Replace cards from Tenkai palm back on a partial deck while pushing it toward the spectator. runtime: 32s | $2 to wish listMP4 (video) | |||
Push Off Second Deal VariationAllan Ackerman This is a variation of the classic push off second deal where the thumb works from the top edge of the package rather than the long side edge of the deck. runtime: 55s | ★★★★★ $2 to wish listMP4 (video) | |||
Push Off Second As ChangeAllan Ackerman With a bit of neck-tieing the deck you can turn a push off second deal into a very effective card change. runtime: 46s | $2 to wish listMP4 (video) | |||
Second Deal CountAllan Ackerman Under the disguise of counting a few cards off the top of the deck you can perform a second deal and displace cards. runtime: 38s | $2 to wish listMP4 (video) | |||
Movie Second DealAllan Ackerman The Movie Seond Deal is really more a flourish than a second deal. It is a one-handed second where you pull out the second card and place it on top with the thumb. runtime: 48s | ★★★★★ $2 to wish listMP4 (video) | |||
Bottom Deal ChangeAllan Ackerman Use the same action as with the Push Off One-Handed Bottom Deal to produce the illusion of a changing card. runtime: 37s | $2 to wish listMP4 (video) | |||
Bottom Deal Snap ChangeAllan Ackerman This is essentially a Heirophant Change but using a bottom deal instead of a second deal. runtime: 59s | $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) | |||
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) | |||
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) | |||
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) |
