Video clips (download) in Magic & Mentalism: page 37

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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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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