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Gary Dayton Special user New Jersey 542 Posts |
One of my personal performance principles is to have as much audience/spectator participation in my card routine as possible. I have been using Larry Jennings's Spectator Cuts the Aces (found in the Classic Magic of Larry Jennings and also Card College, Vol #1). It gets good results, but not great results. Most of my other effects get better audience response. I don't know yet if it has something to do with me (i.e., I'm doing something lame in the performance), or that the effect is only so-so, or that it simply just doesn't fit my personality. I thought one way to find out is to try other spectator cuts the aces tricks and see if I get better reactions. What can you all recommend for this type of trick where you get good audience response?
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Phaedrus Loyal user Mexico City 212 Posts |
I've always gotten a good response with David Regal's Clean Cut. If you don't mind making up a gaffed deck, Simon Aronson has an absolutely killer version of the effect in Bound to Please.
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wsduncan Inner circle Seattle, WA 3619 Posts |
Clean Cut is a delight to perform and the version in Card Collage 5 has an excellent kicker.
Chad Long's Shuffling Lesson is a fun piece of interactive theater. If you are doing walk around work without a table Paul Cummins has a routine called "Intuitive Poker" in which the spectator touches five cards to make a poker hand, discards one, and draws a sixth card. The discard is show and finally the drawn card is added to the hand to make a royal flush. |
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Totof New user Belgium 72 Posts |
Gary,
Have a look to "Cut ’Em High and Tie" from Bill Malone in "On the Loose vol 2" DVD. Three different spectators and the magician cuts on the aces. I think it will fit your spectator-participation-requirement. Best regards, |
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Jonathan P. Inner circle Belgium 1484 Posts |
Totof got me on the line. I was about to suggest the same thing (hey, we are at least two in Belgium to perform this effect )
I love this effect: the cuts are very free (in fact, totally free), and there is absolutely no fumbling after the cuts. The climax is very unexpected adn, to my surprise, I am often asked to perform it by people who already saw it. It is really a worker. Jonathan. |
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Pablo Tejero Inner circle Zaragoza, SPAIN 1201 Posts |
I always perform two different versions, depending on how many people around me.
If I do it for only one spectactor, I do one version (do not remember from who) where I keep the deck in my open hand and the spectator cuts the packet four times where he wants, and then place them on the table just to reveal he cut the four aces. If I am with more people, I perform the classic I think, deck on the table, and the spectactor cuts each time to cut for the aces. A quite risky version, but it´s ok. But just one advice, never do what a magician, I saw, did once: "Please... cut more or less third of the deck from the top". Then the spectator cut more cards than the needed, and the magician shout: "Don´t you know what a third is?". "Friend"... yes, the spectator knows what a "third" is, but this is not his problem. The problem is yours, so don´t treat an spectator like a fool. If you couldn´t leave him to cut where he likes, then find another method no so dangerous for you, but it was not spectator´s fault. All the best magic, Pablo Tejero
"The Magic is in the air, you just have to... breathe it!"
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TheAmbitiousCard Eternal Order Northern California 13425 Posts |
I really like the version in John Bannon's new book. As far as the setup, the overhand shuffle used to get into position, as suggested by bannon, is great.
I don't always use it due to the lack of focus on the deck at the time but it's great practice and I'm trying to force myself to use it every time. I was not too fond of shuffling lesson myself, and have not studdied the others.
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Larry Barnowsky Inner circle Cooperstown, NY where bats are made from 4770 Posts |
I recall Marlo wrote about dozens of methods for this plot in The New Tops, that old Abbott monthly.
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dai_vernon Veteran user 321 Posts |
I like estimation aces by andrew whimhurst. Seems very real.
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MueCard Inner circle 2964 Posts |
I performed Chad Long's Shuffling Lesson for several times, and I always coming out on top!
Recommendable because of spectator's involvement! |
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Rhabarber New user Switzerland 32 Posts |
Bill Malone has another version of this trick, it's called Count on it and can be found on On The Loose Vol. 3. It's not really a cutting the aces routine, rather a cutting the 10s, but it gets great reactions! In fact, it's two routines, first you find the spectators card by lifting as many cards as he tells you to, then 3 spectators and the magician cut the four 10s. I like it better than the Cutting the aces thing, because it has a real build-up and a good reason why the spectators should cut the deck at all.
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Larry Davidson Inner circle Boynton Beach, FL 5270 Posts |
I agree that the cutting tens routine on Malone's DVD is great.
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Ed Oschmann Inner circle Lake Worth FL 1011 Posts |
Bill Malone's presentation is guaranteed to evoke an audible response from your audience. I substituded John Bannon's newest handling from the one in Jim Swain's book.
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kramerica2010 Veteran user 329 Posts |
I like Gregory Wilson's. It's so clean- no funny handling or weird actions-totally clean. David Regal's is very similar too. Shuffling lesson is cool. Cut em high and tie is great. I use greg's the most though
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scorch Inner circle 1480 Posts |
There is an effect of Harry Lorayne's called Estimation Aces that is simple, very deceptive, and fun to perform. I don't know if it's in any of his books; I saw it on one of his videos. It's one of those effects where you do all of the business right in front of their eyes, but due to good acting you get away with it every time.
Also check out Ken Krenzel's version of this plot. |
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atucci Veteran user Middleburg, Florida 381 Posts |
Eugene Burger has in interesting version in his Chicago Tapes series (vol.2) I believe. I thought it was also in his 'Mastering the Art of Magic' but I can't seem to find it there. This version allows two spectators to cut the Aces plus a spelling kicker for the final card.
Tony Tuccillo
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vinsmagic Eternal Order sleeping with the fishes... 10957 Posts |
The late great Sheigo Tekagi performed his version of "Swindle cut Aces "
the spectators cuts four piles and a ace is on top of each pile . this is a wonderfurl and very powerful effect that I use all the time vinny |
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ziatro Veteran user Havant, England 322 Posts |
Hi vinny can you give me a source for Tekagi's version.
Best wishes Ziatro |
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Gary Dayton Special user New Jersey 542 Posts |
This is great! Thanks everyone. I've ordered a couple of new books (including Bannon's, which I had forgotten all about -- thanks Frank!) and resurrected the Bill Malone videos. Learning and trying these will be fun. Vinny, I'd also appreciate the reference for Tekagi's swindle cut aces.
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Jonton Veteran user New York City 336 Posts |
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On 2005-09-27 20:41, kramerica2010 wrote: I second the Gregory Wilson's Cut Card routine. It's a very beautiful gambling style routine that he teaches on Volume 3 of In Action. It uses a casino cut card and the spectator cuts the the aces. ~Jonton
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