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Merc Man Inner circle NUNEATON, Warwickshire 2537 Posts |
Add to the list 'The Irish 3 Card Trick' by Joe Riding - or for the Politically Correct Brigade - 'The only 3 card trick in The World using 4 cards'.
Originally the creation of Joe Riding (1972), Fred Kaps added some convincing handling techniques and it was subsequently marketed via Ken Brooke. In fact, it was the best selling trick that Ken ever sold. At lectures and conventions, Joe would sell out of this trick in no time. These days, I see it being ripped off all over the place - notably on ebay via very sad people wanting to earn a couple of quid. Just to add that Supreme Magic stole it (along with lots of Ken's other routines) as well. For those of us that, even to this day, appreciate it's commercial value, it remains a mainstay of our acts - either in close-up or cabaret.
Barry Allen
Over 14 years have passed - and still missing Abra Magazine arriving every Saturday morning. |
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Gerald Deutsch Special user 526 Posts |
Foreword
1 For one thing I've always felt that the "Three Card Monte" routine (and many routines done today) need a strong finish. I think this routine has that finish. 2 Often a spectator will ask about "Three Card Monte" and when she does the magician should be prepared to do something to demonstrate what it is. This short routine should do that - and entertain as well. The Climax The climax of the routine is finding the signed "winning card" in my pocket. I don't do this as a show of skill but, instead, when I show the "winning card" is not on the table where I expect it to be I realize that I again "forgot myself" and worked too fast and I did the "switch out" move. Routine 1 I use two red tens and the Ace of Spades for the routine and the Ace of Spades is the "winning card" because there can only be one card that looks like the Ace of Spades. The two red tens are contrasting cards. I run through the deck and pull out these cards and bring them to the top of the deck. I also secretly bring a black ten to the top. I arrange it so that the black ten is next to the last of this packet - that is, third card from the top. 2 I turn each of the first two of these cards face up and then deal it face up to the table. Then I double lift showing either a red ten or the ace - depending on the order that I found the cards (with the ten of spades face up below this). I tilt the deck towards myself and deal the showing card to the table and put the deck face up in the table. The face up black ten is face up on the top of the face up deck (against the table) . 3 I do a very brief Monte routine emphasizing that it's necessary to do all moves very slowly and I say that I tend to do moves fast and I say I'll try to go slow here. I do the regular "Monte move" twice and then I straighten out the bent cards and do the Trevor Lewis "Monte move" (see Apocalypse June 1978 page 67 and Krenzel "Monte Plus Plus" Apocalypse July 1978 page 81) only once. 4 Finally I tell them that sometimes the "winning card" can be marked and I pick up the deck and put the Ace of Spades face up on top (over the face up Ten of Spades) and have a spectator initial the Ace of Spades. This is a logical reason for putting the Ace on top of the deck. I then double lift the two cards (Ace and black ten) turning them face down and I deal the top (black ten) to the table. 5 I tell the spectator to turn the red tens face down and push them forward. While they are doing that I: * palm off the Ace of Spades * put the deck to the table * put BOTH HANDS in the trouser pockets leaving the Ace of Spades (I think I previously mentioned that Fred Braue suggested putting both hands in trouser pockets to disarm spectators.) 6 Very slowly I move the three cards on the table around and ask the spectator to put her finger on the Ace of Spades. She will probably put her finger on the face down black ten. 7 I look disappointed saying, "Darn - I did a fast move again! I didn't mean to - I did the 'switch out'. Look," I say shaking my head like I didn't mean to do it, "A ten," turning over a red ten, "a ten", the other red ten "and a ten" showing the black ten under the spectator's hand and then very slowly pulling the signed Ace of Spades from my pocket as I shake my head in disgust. |
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