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Fake Center DealAllan AckermanUse the Minus One Bottom Deal as a fake center deal. (You will need the description of the Minus One Bottom Deal to perform this move.)
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Bottom Deal CountAllan AckermanThe bottom deal can be used to position certain cards at certain locations during a counting procedure.
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Open Double DealAllan AckermanThe 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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Strike Center DealAllan AckermanThe center deal is a tough move. This strike center deal is probably one of the easier ways to achieve a center deal. Using this deal Allan teaches a center deal demonstration where you only need to deal one card from the center and the rest comes from the top - making it a lot easier to perform.
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Push Off Center DealAllan AckermanThe push-off-center deal is quite a bit harder to do than the strike-center deal, but it is also more versatile. Allan executes it flawlessly.
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PIP Center DealAllan AckermanAllan's PIP or Put-In-Place technique is here applied to a push off center deal.
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Center Deal ChangeAllan AckermanThis is a heirophant type card change using the Push Off Center Deal.
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runtime: 1min 26s | $2.50 to wish listMP4 (video) |
Side GlideAllan AckermanThis 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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Double DealAllan AckermanThe 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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Quick 3-WayAllan AckermanAllan applies the Double Deal to a quick 3-way sequence popular in color monte routines.
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Little Finger BreakAllan AckermanHolding 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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runtime: 1min 54s | $2.50 to wish listMP4 (video) |
Spectator PeekAllan AckermanLet 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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Marlo BreakAllan AckermanOnce 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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Controlling Cards to Top or Bottom and Kick CountAllan AckermanHere you will learn a couple of ways to cut cards to the top or bottom. Allan also demonstrates the Kick Count which is used to change the break from under the card you want to control to above the card.
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Maintain Break With FanAllan AckermanThis is a very deceptive technique. It allows you to keep a break while doing a pressure fan.
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All Around Square Up GlimpseAllan AckermanOnce you hold a break, this technique allows you to peek the card while you square up the deck.
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Book Break GlimpseAllan AckermanThis 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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Fan GlimpseAllan AckermanOnce you have mastered the Maintain Break With Fan technique you can use this idea to rather glimpse a card than keep the break.
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Draun's Fan GlimpseAllan AckermanThis 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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Kick Count To CrimpAllan AckermanUse a Kick Count to crimp a peeked at card.
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Automatic JogAllan AckermanThis 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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Keep Jog While DribblingAllan AckermanA 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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Fan JogAllan AckermanA 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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runtime: 1min 16s | $2.50 to wish listMP4 (video) |
Overhand Shuffle Control and Slip ShuffleAllan AckermanThis is a basic card control - easy to do, but also easy to mess up. It allows you to control the top half of the deck. Allan teaches several fine points and variations, including the slip shuffle where the bottom card is maintained during an overhand shuffle.
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