On Dec 9, 2014, Darius DCLXVI wrote:
Well Grandad, perhaps your mates down the old folks home, who I'm sure like me wear nappies, know what Pryle of 3s are but the majority of people, you know, all us young whippersnappers know what a Royal Flush is. Perhaps you missed the popluarity of Poker in your most recent coma.

On Dec 10, 2014, Merc Man wrote:

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On Dec 9, 2014, Darius DCLXVI wrote:
Well Grandad, perhaps your mates down the old folks home, who I'm sure like me wear nappies, know what Pryle of 3s are but the majority of people, you know, all us young whippersnappers know what a Royal Flush is. Perhaps you missed the popluarity of Poker in your most recent coma.

Well, actually I showed this clip to the folks at the home. All of them were of the same opinion. They said "what makes this trick any better, or different, than Alex Elmsely's Dazzle Act, Oliver Makenzie's Drink Trick, Bruce Cervon's Dirty Deal, Ronnay's Sympathetic Cards, Joe Riding's End of the Rainbow, Mo Howarth's Chinese Poker, etc"? You see they may, like me, be older but they remember what has been produced many, many years before.

I may even ask the guys down my local pub tonight - most of them playing cards are in their 30's, yet always tend to play either Crib or 3 Card Brag. Maybe, it's a Midlands, or even a working-class thing? After all, from what you are alluding to suggests that most people in Britain know the game of Poker (oh you are seriously so very much mistaken).

So putting all that aside, maybe you can explain what makes this trick so wonderful and what stands out from so many others that are similar - apart from the fact that, from what I'm reading here, it simply appears to be popular because it's by John Bannon. If it was a creation of an unknown creator, you can't convince me it would be selling for £18 quid + postage; and nor would it be held in such high esteem.

If you like it then fair enough. But please don't try and stop others from having THEIR opinion - particularly when there are some of us old farts still around that have probably forgotten more about card magic, and packet tricks in particular, than you'll possibly ever know.

On Nov 25, 2014, Liam Montier wrote:
Hi all,

Some of the elements that people don't like from the demo were my call - I'll see if I can get another demo shot for you guys, something with a bit more presentation, and faster moving. I concentrated on showing the bare-bones of the trick, and maybe I should have given it a bit more 'BOOF'.


Watch this space for a new demo when I get chance.

Peace

Liam.

On Nov 20, 2014, Cameron Francis wrote:
Elmsley's trick is great. So is his presentation. And you could adapt a similar presentation with this one if you wish.

For all of those saying this trick is a mess... Really? The plot is pretty straight forward. You put a card with a particular color in the packet and they all change to that color. Then there's a nice surprise ending.

Kind of like the original Elmsley effect... You know. The CLASSIC.

Come on, guys. If you perform for lay people, you know they love color changing backs and kicker endings. People who say lay people don't like this stuff have clearly never performed this kind of magic for a lay person.

One of my lay friends who has seen a lot of magic loves tricks like these. "I like it when a lot of stuff happens to the cards," was his exact quote. This trick fits the bill.

On Nov 25, 2014, Chamberlain wrote:

...The initial display of the face down jokers has a discrepancy of the ace being sandwiched between all face down cards (0.50 in the video)...