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Holding a little finger break is probably the most basic and important technique to master in card magic. Allan teaches you how to make this break invisible.

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Let a spectator peek a card from the deck and catch the break with your little finger. This is a very deceptive method and avoids the over-used line "pick a card".

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This is a glimpse Johnny Thompson liked to do. It is a very deceptive glimpse, executed at an off-beat moment and literally undetectable.

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This Steve Draun idea allows you to peek the card while you do fan cards using a pressure fan. This is in contrast to techniques where you glimpse at or after closing the fan.

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A terrific control from a fan, created by Paul LePaul. You insert a selected card into a pressure fan. After closing the fan you have the selected card jogged, which allows you to take a break above or below.

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This is similar to a riffle force but in fingertip control position. You riffle while the spectator says stop.

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This is a very deceptive and very popular control attributed to both Ed Marlo and Larry Jennings.

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This is Ackerman's variation of the Convincing Control.

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Frank Simon and Don England independently came up with this variation on the Convincing Control.

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This is also often called the Hofzinser Cull or Spread Cull, developed by Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser. It is a very versatile move and the grandfather of the Convincing Control.

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This is a very clean force of a card close to the top. Allan also shares a subtlety by Jimmy Grippo to make this force look even more convincing and fair.

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This is similar to the Hofzinser Force with the difference that we are now forcing the bottom card versus a card close to the top.

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Use the Hofzinser cull action to switch a block of cards for another set of cards.

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The bluff pass is a very nice way to get a selected card to second from top when it looks like that you are burrying the card in the center of the deck. Allan also tips a bluff Kelly replacement - something to fool your magic friends.

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This is a turnover pass developed by Dai Vernon.

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This is a Herman style pass developed by Steve Draun.

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This is another Herman style turnover passe. You execute a pass while turning over the deck.

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You will learn two half passes, one by Henry Christ what is called the Christ Twist and the other by Ken Krenzel, the Mechanical Reverse.

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This is a sneaky way to get your key card in the fairest possible manner on top of a selected card.

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This is a very subtle way to place a key card. It is essentially self-working and wonderfully deceptive.

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A very nice multiple shift by Carmen D'Amico. With this move you can for example control the four aces to the bottom of the deck.

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This multiple shift is by Ed Marlo. It operates in two phases where in the first phase you bring the cards together that were inserted in different positions in the deck. And in the second phase, you bring these cards to the top.

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Here you control several cards, say the four aces, during an overhand shuffle. It also allows you to get a break under the cards you control. This can be exploited to top palm these cards. This means you have not just controlled several cards, but also removed them from the deck.

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The Charlier cut is a very easy and good-looking cut. Allan also shows you how to turn it into a card control in combination with a bridge.

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