If you can perform the easy block-transfer shuffle by Dai Vernon you will be able to perform Daryl Martinez's/Easton's commercial routine with only a little practice. The routine is structured to produce maximum impact with minimum effort and it creates a lasting impression on lay audiences.
EFFECT: Two selections are made from a shuffled deck, then are returned and lost. The deck is given a topsy-turvy shuffle so that face-up cards are mixed into face-down cards. This mixture is shown to be erratic and random. When the cards are eventually ribbon-spread, all the cards are face-down except two, which remain face-up and together in the middle of the spread. These cards are not the selections. They are used, however, as "indicator cards" and are used to locate the actual selections. Finally each "half-portion" is turned face-up and spread, revealing a climactic "color separation".
1st edition 1979, PDF 3 pages.
word count: 1205 which is equivalent to 4 standard pages of text
