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kcg5 Inner circle who wants four fried chickens and a coke 1868 Posts |
Is anyone familiar with the trick, where you spread the cards, face down, (after peeking either the top or bottom cards, or both) and you proceed to name cards for the spec's to pick out of the spread. They pick four or five, (could pick as many as 51...) and you pick the last one, being your key. And the the spec names the cards picked, and all the cards you are holding are the named cards.
Hope I explained it well. Anyone know the name, and/or correct patter. Its a simple trick, but powerful.
Nobody expects the spanish inquisition!!!!!
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vinsmagic Eternal Order sleeping with the fishes... 10957 Posts |
One ahead princple
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Tomer Regular user Israel 113 Posts |
There are many different ways and names for this trick, here's one free method for it:
http://www.cardtricksite.com//tricks/intermed/sixguess.htm Many other great simple card tricks on that website. Enjoy |
Open Traveller Inner circle 1087 Posts |
There may be earlier references, but the earliest I'm personally aware of is in Ed Marlo's The Cardician.
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robini Special user Michigan 684 Posts |
I can't recall if I ever knew a particular name for it, other than the name of the principle on which it's based as mentioned by Vinny above, but it's one of the first card tricks I ever saw "live" as an adult, along with a few others shown to me by a friend, which he then promptly explained to me the "secrets" of, leading to rekindling my childhood interest in magic as an adult. So it has a certain "sentimental" interest to me, although I haven't actually performed it myself for many years.
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kcg5 Inner circle who wants four fried chickens and a coke 1868 Posts |
Very interesting you mentioned that robini, I had much the same experience with that trick.
Nobody expects the spanish inquisition!!!!!
"History will be kind to me, as I intend to write it"- Sir Winston Churchill |
MobilityBundle Regular user Las Vegas/Boston 120 Posts |
Here's a little nuance. When it works, it turns the trick into an absolute killer. When it doesn't work, there's no harm.
When I initially spread the cards on the table, I do it very deliberately. I'll stare at the person contemplatively before I spread them. Then I'll spread in a not-quite-straight line, sometimes with firm pressure and sometimes with light pressure, etc. If I'm really hamming it up, I'll even gather the spread and start over, apparently trying to get it "just right." Instead of just "push a card forward," my patter is something like this: "I don't know you well [or, for a friend: "I know you very well..."]. But I know you well enough to be able to anticipate certain decisions you're going to make. It's funny, I know. A lot of people get freaked out about that, or even angry! Angry at me for being able to read them, or angry at themselves for being so easy to read. But it's just a fact of life. I'll demonstrate. I've spread these cards in a very particular way. There's actually quite a bit of information in how they're spread. It may not be apparent to you, but this particular spread is a virtual personality test! Here's how it works. I'm going to ask you to simply push a card forward. But before you do, I'll predict what it is. How do I know? Well, some people draw from the part of the spread that's close to them [gesture at the INTERIOR portion of the spread that's close to them]. Some people draw from the part of the spread that's far away [gesture similarly; but necessarily on the interior part of the spread]. Some people draw from where the cards are packed close together, others draw from where the cards are loosely spread [again, gesture interiorly]. Of course, there are other subtleties involved." "Knowing only what I know about you, I know exactly the type of person you are. And it will pain you to know you're so predictable. But go ahead... push forward the five of diamonds." (The 5D is the bottom card.) A surprisingly high percentage of the time -- almost 1/2, in my estimate -- the spectator picks the bottom card. With the patter and the gesturing, you establish a false choice between various interior parts of the spread. And moreover, you all but dare the spectator to be unpredictable. Since your patter focuses so much on the interior of the deck, the natural way to be unpredictable is to go to the ends... right? So of course, if the spectator selects your prediction, the trick is done. You just turn over the card. If the spectator selects another card, you just go into the typical one-ahead deal. You get a second chance to "force" the bottom card by continuing the "you're so predictable" patter. |
kcg5 Inner circle who wants four fried chickens and a coke 1868 Posts |
I like this alot, thanks. gonna have to give it a try soon.
Nobody expects the spanish inquisition!!!!!
"History will be kind to me, as I intend to write it"- Sir Winston Churchill |
MobilityBundle Regular user Las Vegas/Boston 120 Posts |
Let me know how it goes, Kcg5! Most of the people I interact with these days are -- regretably -- lawyers, engineers, and scientists. I wonder if my audience skews the success rate, these folks tend to be more "disagreeable" than others.
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