Cards in Magic & Conjuring: page 114

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.

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Double dealing means dealing the top and bottom card at the same time. This variaiton is done with one hand.

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Allan's PIP or Put-In-Place technique is here applied to a push off center deal.

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This is a nice idea how to practice your false deals.

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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.

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This is a wonderful Roger Klause idea to openly display a deck merely resting on your fingers while maintaining a break.

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Once you hold a break, this technique allows you to peek the card while you square up the deck.

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Use a Kick Count to crimp a peeked at card.

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This is a Paul LePaul control, one of the classic, easy, but wonderfully deceptive techniques to get a break above a selected card.

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A jogged card can be seen by a spectator if the pack is placed on the table. Allan teaches you how to use a dribble to disguise the jog, but at the same time allows you to maintain the jogged card.

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Use a Hofzinser Card Control type action to control a card to the top.

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This is a bluff pass to bring a selected card to the top while it appears to the audience that you have burried the card in the middle of the deck.

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It is what the title says, an overhand shuffle executed in one hand.

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It looks easy when Allan does it, but this is a pretty tough move to do.

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This is a fun little action to add on to a Charlier Cut.

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This is a one-handed cut from Expert at the Card Table by Erdnase.

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The middle section of a deck is swivelled out and cut to the top.

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This is similar to the 3-Packet One-Handed Cut except that you are pulling out 2 packets from the deck, rather than one.

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This is a color change by Max Malini. A slap on the face of the deck changes the card.

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This is a basic color change to change the top face-up card of a deck.

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This subtlety will make it much easier and cleaner to turn back a double lift.

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Get your break on a square-up action.

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If the Pinky Count is too difficult you can learn one of these two much easier methods to obtain a break under the top two cards.

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This is a flashy double lift where the double card makes a somersault.

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