Moves in Cards: page 10

You will encounter the term 'Reverse Faro' quite frequently in card literature. In this little video Allan will explain and demonstrate what is meant by it.

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Four Aces that are spread throughout the deck are being 'culled' to the top by two faro shuffles.

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The Elmsley count, developed by Alex Elmsley, is probably the easiest and most deceptive count there is. Allan calls it 'the monster move of the 20th century'. Countless of routines have been devised using this move. The most famous of all is Twisting the Aces by Dai Vernon.

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If you wonder what the 'Underground Elmsley' is or what a 344 or 345 count is, then you will find out here in this video. Allan also shares a few more fine points on the best way to perform the Elmsley count.

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OPEC stands for Out of Position Elmsley Count - a variation by Ed Marlo.

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The Jordan Count, developed by Charles Jordan, interfaces nicely with the Elmsley Count, because after the Jordan Count you are setup to do an Elmsley Count and vice versa, after an Elmsley Count you can do a Jordan Count without any adjustment, always hiding one card.

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Show three cards as four while actually having three cards.

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Count three cards as five while actually holding four cards.

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Count two cards as many cards as you like.

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Count two cards as four while holding four cards.

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This is a very deceptive and visual 3-4-4 count, hiding one card, developed by Ed Marlo. In case you wonder who or what 'Olram' is, that is Marlo spelled backwards.

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OPOS stands for Out of Position Olram Subtlety. It is a 3-4-4 count.

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This 2-4-4 count was developed by Brother John.

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This is a 2-4-4 count and it can be used as replacement wherever a Gemini Count is needed. It is a beautifully flowing and deceptive count. By some accounts, the best card count developed to this date.

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Here Allan Ackerman combines Dai Vernon's Optical Move with Larry Jennings' Rhythm Count to achieve an even more visual deceptive rhythm count variety.

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This is a Jack Carpenter variation of Larry Jennings' Rhythm Count.

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This is a 2-4-4 count developed by Ed Marlo. You show two cards at the same time, table them and then show the remaining two cards, all while you hide two of the four cards.

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This is a 1-x-x count developed by Canadian magician Norman Houghton around 1955 and popularized by Brother John Hamman. You repeatedly show the same card while tabling the others one by one. Very easy to do, but perhaps not that deceptive. Allan shares a nice touch to make this count quite a bit more deceptive.

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The rumba count is designed to apparently show all cards from the front and back, but in reality one hides the backs of all cards but one.

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From John Bannon's book Smoke and Mirrors here is another 2-4-4 count - a variation of Larry Becker's Mirage Count.

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This count deceives both the eyes and the ears.

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This false count by Francis Carlyle is as Allan says "a work of art." It provides both a visual and audible illusion.

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A nice little illusion showing four aces as five.

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This is a wonderfully versatile count by Elmer Biddle. It is next to the Elmsley Count probably the most important count available today due to its versatility and deceptiveness.

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