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Hushai Elite user St. Louis, Missouri, USA 459 Posts |
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On Sep 5, 2017, tmoca wrote: Yes, that's what I thought of when I saw the demo video -- Higher Mentality, by JB Bobo. |
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David Eichler Grammar Host Durham, ME 1780 Posts |
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On Sep 5, 2017, Tony Iacoviello wrote: You sold me on it. Thanks for your thoughts, Tony! |
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John C Eternal Order I THINK therefore I wrote 12945 Posts |
Gosh, I swore I wouldn't buy any more card tricks. Thanks a lot Tony!!
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Schaff New user Fargo, ND 75 Posts |
I grabbed this and love it. The moves, if you can even call them moves, are simple and you don't even have to do them once you know what you need to accomplish. There are many ways to get to where you have to be. You can totally make it your own. I will be using body language and poker tells for the reveal. Two thumbs up!
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Maxyedid Special user Panama 843 Posts |
Higher Mentality is what Docc Hilford has
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Tony Iacoviello Eternal Order 13151 Posts |
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On Sep 5, 2017, Maxyedid wrote: Not quite. Higher Mentality was the starting point for the plot, revisited by many since the 1950s. I started when I learned it from Frank Garcia in 1975, then John Mendoza's work in 1978. Docc has cleaned up the plot, stream lined the effect, removed the problems. This is the only real improvement I have seem since Mendoza's in 78. This is the best version of the effect I have seen since I started with it in 1975. Tony Iacoviello |
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Max Hazy Special user 543 Posts |
I was already interested. Both Tony review and an anonymous review of a guy there saying he don't know how in blazes this works made me purchase. I'm glad I did.
It's easy to understand why it works. This is pretty much Higher Mentality on steroids and that is some wicked steroids, but so simple! There's something there that not only cleans up the entire presentation and procedure, but also doubles the impact of what is accomplished. They don't say a word and you know what card is being thought of and to whom that card belongs. There's also a little "reversed" aspect there that I found great to "negate" something. Plus, presentation wise, there's a possibility to do a great finish that is killer. Thanks for this one Docc. I loved it!
"Your method is in my opinion the very best way to do Q&A"
Millard Longman "Max has pushed some less known and seldom used principles a huge step forward" Jan Forster Arcane Grimoires Vol 1- http://www.maxhazy.com/arcane-grimoires/apocryphal-reach/ Arcane Grimoires Vol 2- http://www.maxhazy.com/Codex-Mentis/ |
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JasonL2112 Regular user 169 Posts |
I jumped on this one as well... Very happy I did.
The method is incredibly easy and you can be performing this almost immediately after watching the download. Everything is incredibly well justified and I honestly can't imagine ANY audience deconstructing it. There is one thing that needs a small degree of prep, but there are plenty of ways to do that completely impromptu with a few minutes of thought. The best part is that it doesn't require the cards / deck that will be used. As others have stated, there is absolutely no guessing and there are no questions that need to be asked of the participants. There is no way they will be able to tie the few actions they do take back to the method and the presentation completely justifies every step in the process. I'll absolutely be using this... Not that I'd recommend it in general, but there's also no reason this wouldn't hold up to repeat performances, its that clean.
GLOMM
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Max Hazy Special user 543 Posts |
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On Sep 5, 2017, Tony Iacoviello wrote: Tony, I think Maxyedid meant that as compliment with pun intended.
"Your method is in my opinion the very best way to do Q&A"
Millard Longman "Max has pushed some less known and seldom used principles a huge step forward" Jan Forster Arcane Grimoires Vol 1- http://www.maxhazy.com/arcane-grimoires/apocryphal-reach/ Arcane Grimoires Vol 2- http://www.maxhazy.com/Codex-Mentis/ |
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Maxyedid Special user Panama 843 Posts |
Yes sir, you got it
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Tony Iacoviello Eternal Order 13151 Posts |
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On Sep 5, 2017, Maxyedid wrote: Ah, I took as the other two gentlemen's posts which referred to this as High Mentality. :) |
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davidpaul$ Inner circle Georgetown, South Carolina 3086 Posts |
I wasn't going to purchase this download. I have soooo many effects, cards and otherwise, that I wouldn't have time to perform
in 10 lifetimes. I did purchase it and am glad I did. It's easy to perform, has a great premise, it's fun and interactive. The audience gets to be involved and has a stake in the game. "Recommended."
Guilt will betray you before technique betrays you!
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a brown 1968 Elite user 470 Posts |
Hello Tony ,
I note your comments about this is the best improvements you have seen and I know how well read you are but memory told me I had see these improvements before . It has taken a few minutes to first hunt through my memory palace to locate that niggling thought and then hunt down the book . Henry Christ version uses 4 spectators , borrowed shuffled deck , the premise is stud poker and rather than poker chips which are not everyday objects he uses 4 identical coins to gamble with . In addition with this version because it has a stud poker theme and therefore some spectators may not see their mentally chosen card and just leave their coins in a discard pile , while others place their coin in front of the row where they see their card. This can be done with you back turned away . You can now tell a spectator which row he chose and which face up card was his . For the discard coins you hand them back to the correct spectators and also hand them the correct facedown hole which you have never seen , nor could they have tipped you off by body language because they never saw their cards. Regards Andrew |
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afinemesh Inner circle Senseless gibberish that amounts to 2621 Posts |
Do you need multiple participants or can you do this in a one on one?
"I've always been mental, I'm sure of it" Boris Pocus
"Someday we'll look back on this and it will all seem funny". . .Bruce Springsteen |
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Tom Cutts Staff Northern CA 5925 Posts |
You need multiple participants.
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Max Hazy Special user 543 Posts |
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On Sep 6, 2017, a brown 1968 wrote: I just made a research, is that called Mental Stud?
"Your method is in my opinion the very best way to do Q&A"
Millard Longman "Max has pushed some less known and seldom used principles a huge step forward" Jan Forster Arcane Grimoires Vol 1- http://www.maxhazy.com/arcane-grimoires/apocryphal-reach/ Arcane Grimoires Vol 2- http://www.maxhazy.com/Codex-Mentis/ |
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tmoca Inner circle 1113 Posts |
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On Sep 6, 2017, Max Hazy wrote: I just read this in the Jinx, and it does in fact sound like the Christ effect that you were talking about. However I've gone over it a handful of times and cannot get the darn thing to work. Is there a misprint in the instructions? I am a big fan of the Bobo effect, I have been doing it for years so the handling is all justified by my presentation, but I am still interested in seeing how this Christ version works, if I can get it to work. Hahaha |
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rowdymagi5 Inner circle Virginia 3616 Posts |
So this is not meant for one on one performance. What is the minimum number of participants needed?
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Tom Cutts Staff Northern CA 5925 Posts |
Quote: The issue is participants' ability to remember multiple random cards. Also, the "who thought of it" premise is somewhat weaker with fewer people.
On Sep 6, 2017, rowdymagi5 wrote: Alternately, a slight adjustment of blocking could change this to just one on one performance. Still four hands, but now head to head. The participant plays a hand, then the performer plays a hand. The drawback is it now becomes a one in five rather than the more impressive four in twenty. |
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tmoca Inner circle 1113 Posts |
If you lay out four hands and allow the lone spectator to pick a hand while your back is turned, and if you are able to unknowingly discern the hand it becomes one in 20
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