Cards in Magic & Mentalism: page 14

'Minus one' means that you do not deal the bottom card but the second from the bottom - sort of a second but dealt from the bottom. This is an Allan Ackerman invention and uses a push off bottom technique.

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This is essentially a Heirophant Change but using a bottom deal instead of a second deal.

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This is another Ed Marlo creation - a stud bottom deal.

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Allan Ackerman invented this Put-In-Place (or PIP) bottom deal where the spectator is left with a very clean visual which seems to rule out a bottom deal.

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Use the same action as with the Push Off One-Handed Bottom Deal to produce the illusion of a changing card.

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This push off one-handed bottom deal achieves a perfect illusion.

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Allan teaches a nice and smooth one-handed stud bottom deal that can also be used as force.

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Spectator touches any card. The card is outjogged. In a brush-off action, the outjogged card is switched with the bottom card in the deck.

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The bottom deal, one of the most versatile moves in card magic, can be used for a wonderfully deceptive force.

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The strike bottom deal is less versatile and needs a lot of practice to get right. It can be performed from an Erdnase grip or a standard mechanics grip.

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Allan describes how to avoid some of the most widely made errors with the bottom deal.

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The Movie Second 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.

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John Cornelius' improvement significantly improves on the angles of the Heirophant Change.

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The heirophant change is a color change that happens while a card is snapped to the table. It was developed by Ed Marlo.

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This is a magician's fooler second deal developed by Ed Marlo. It allows you to deal 5th, 4th, 3rd, and seconds flawlessly.

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Under the disguise of counting a few cards off the top of the deck you can perform a second deal and displace cards.

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You will learn two one-hand get-readies to prepare for the Mechanical Second Deal.

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This is Ed Marlo's mechanical second deal.

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Stud means that the cards are turned face-up during dealing. Allan teaches here a strike stud second deal.

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This one-handed second deal has an interesting and very deceptive push-off because initially you push off only one card.

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With a bit of neck-tieing the deck you can turn a push off second deal into a very effective card change.

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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.

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Allan teaches the basic push off second deal. Very similar push off techniques are also used for double lifts or to get a break beneath the top two cards.

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The best way to practice your false deals is to do it in front of spectators. However, until you have mastered the deal you can't really use it. Allan shows you how you can practice dealing while performing for the public.

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