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The name 'movie control' comes from the fact that Allan developed it while watching a movie. You control a card to the bottom via a clip steal.

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This is a great move by Tony Slydini. The four aces are put back into the deck, letting them stick out by about half. Despite the fact that the aces protrude, the clever Tony steals them into a Tenkai Palm leaving four other cards protruding. How he does that you will learn in this video.

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

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This is Ed Marlo's mechanical second deal.

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

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

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

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

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

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'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 a heirophant type card change using the Push Off Center Deal.

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You can achieve a terrific illusion with this one-handed center deal of the push off variety.

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This is a well thought out Dai Vernon version of the Glide. Every finger position and movement has its reason. The Glide is not necessarily the most deceptive move, but it is easy to do. This version is very deceptive. As is so often the case, Vernon elevates a simple move to a masterpiece of deception.

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The double deal is to secretly deal the bottom card together with the top card. Here Allan combines the dealing action with turning the card(s) face up on the deck revealing the bottom card.

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Allan applies the Double Deal to a quick 3-way sequence popular in color monte routines.

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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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