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- March 28th, 2002, 5:09 am
- Forum: Close-Up Magic
- Topic: Sting
- Replies: 3
- Views: 513
Re: Sting
I tested the Walkinoats "you're not doing it right" theory by showing a video if Harry Lorayne doing the effect to a non-magician. He said "he didn't show the last two pairs" with no prompting from me. He admitted that he probably wouldn't have said anything if it was live, but h...
- March 25th, 2002, 2:45 am
- Forum: Close-Up Magic
- Topic: Sting
- Replies: 3
- Views: 513
Sting
Harry Lorayne's "Sting" (actually the Walt Madison trick with normal cards) is a great trick. The one weak spot in the routine is the penultimate display of the piles. You show R-B, R-B, R-B, X-X and X-X (ie, hide the last state of two pairs). The fairness of the first three makes the lack...
- March 24th, 2002, 4:55 am
- Forum: Close-Up Magic
- Topic: Cups and Balls Thought
- Replies: 42
- Views: 4468
Re: Cups and Balls Thought
I have two versions of a final liquid load that I have used successfully. Neither requires a cup switch. Version 1. I have a double shot glass filled with alcohol. The mouth of the glass is covered with a very shallow cap, which has a strong magnet in it. If the glass were to be knocked over in my p...
- March 21st, 2002, 5:16 am
- Forum: Close-Up Magic
- Topic: Chain Gang VS. Fast & Loose
- Replies: 24
- Views: 6173
Re: Chain Gang VS. Fast & Loose
I love the Scoundrels' book. I can't recommend it highly enough. However, I haven't seen the Chain Gang video. Anton says, and this point has been mentioned earlier, that his book/video is on the effect as a con game, while DeSouza's video is as a presentation piece. Ask yourself how YOU want to pre...
- March 5th, 2002, 12:49 pm
- Forum: Close-Up Magic
- Topic: In the Hands False Shuffles
- Replies: 33
- Views: 14816
In the Hands False Shuffles
OK, I'm thinking of buying the Heinstein Shuffle tape. But, is it really that much beyond what you'd find in say Card College Vol 1?? I perform a great (but incredibly unconvincing) in the hands false shuffle. I just cut the deck and then riffle the cards in my left hand followed by a riffle of the ...
- February 23rd, 2002, 10:21 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Best Okito Box and Routine...Your opinion?
- Replies: 164
- Views: 92958
Re: Best Okito Box and Routine...Your opinion?
Sam Schwartz's Incredibox!! My God, I remember that one. In fact, I still have it. I used to use it all the time, but when the slot box came along, it was retired. I eventually got a Jim Zachary slot box, and I've just gotten used to it. If you think that lid on the Z box is big, look at the Incredi...
- February 23rd, 2002, 2:38 am
- Forum: Close-Up Magic
- Topic: Gambler vs Magician
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1086
Re: Gambler vs Magician
Peter, your comment on selling the effect is absolutely vital. The gambler v magician effect is otherwise quite a boring effect from an unattached viewer's perspective. The storyline creates a world in the audience's imagination, and creates the effect. The poker deal, on the other hand, tends to cr...
- February 22nd, 2002, 7:15 am
- Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
- Topic: Monte Cooper
- Replies: 0
- Views: 545
Monte Cooper
I'm trying to find out more about this magician. Does anyone have any info? Someone told me it was a pseudonym.
Bye for now
Harold
Bye for now
Harold
- February 21st, 2002, 10:44 am
- Forum: Close-Up Magic
- Topic: Gambler vs Magician
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1086
Gambler vs Magician
I love Lorayne's Gambler vs Magicain, where the gambler produces four of a kind and then the magician produces four of a kind (from his pockets), and then reveals the four Aces. :eek: Now I know someone out there is going to say that the handling really belongs to Xxxx and that Lorayne ripped it off...
- February 21st, 2002, 10:34 am
- Forum: Close-Up Magic
- Topic: Packet Tricks
- Replies: 31
- Views: 3623
Re: Packet Tricks
Enough people have mentioned it, so let me set the record straight. "Wild Card" is NOT a Frank Garcia effect. The effect was created by Peter Kane. It was marketted as "Gypsy Curse" by Emerson and West, but now Peter markets it as the "Hungarian Guessing Game". Bye for ...
- February 18th, 2002, 11:25 am
- Forum: Close-Up Magic
- Topic: Poker Deals
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3919
Re: Poker Deals
Thanks, Eric and Oliver for you comments on "Psych-Out". I've emailed Bruce and have asked him to send me ordering details.
Bye for now
Harold
Bye for now
Harold
- February 15th, 2002, 1:18 am
- Forum: Close-Up Magic
- Topic: Poker Deals
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3919
Re: Poker Deals
Originally posted by Oliver Corpuz:
Bruce Bernstein has an outstanding poker deal routine called "Psych Out."
I was thinking of getting this. Can you say anything more about it?
Bye for now
Harold
Bruce Bernstein has an outstanding poker deal routine called "Psych Out."
I was thinking of getting this. Can you say anything more about it?
Bye for now
Harold
- January 29th, 2002, 1:51 am
- Forum: Close-Up Magic
- Topic: Poker Deals
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3919
Poker Deals
The Jonah Card and the Faro Flush (see below) are great poker deals. However, I am sure there are many more out there. For example, I remember hearing good things about Steve Mayhew's "Angels May Shuffle But the Devil Still Deals", but have never seen it performed. So, can others give thei...
- January 22nd, 2002, 1:01 am
- Forum: Collector's Marketplace
- Topic: Wanted: Fulves Publications
- Replies: 0
- Views: 486
Wanted: Fulves Publications
I am trying to get hold of two booklets by Karl Fulves: "Swindle & Cheat: A Collection of Nontransitive Games" (1991) "Mathematical Dice Tricks" (?) [manuscript from the 60s] If anyone is willing to lend them to me, I would return them paying any and all postage. Bye for now ...
- January 21st, 2002, 1:56 am
- Forum: Collector's Marketplace
- Topic: Mail Order Dealer Recomendations
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1741
Re: Mail Order Dealer Recomendations
I'm not going to bad mouth the bricks and mortar shops mentioned. However, I get all my stuff from MagicSmith. I can't recommend them highly enough.
Bye for now
Harold
Bye for now
Harold
- January 7th, 2002, 1:24 am
- Forum: Close-Up Magic
- Topic: A Diabolical Apparatus, But No Good Routine in 50 Years
- Replies: 62
- Views: 8842
Re: A Diabolical Apparatus, But No Good Routine in 50 Years
Hi, Curtis! The Bob Read routine sounds great. Another "get to the big loads ASAP" routine is Barry Nelson's Flash Cups in John Mendoza's "Book of John", which uses 3 cups.
Bye for now
Harold
Bye for now
Harold
- January 4th, 2002, 12:37 am
- Forum: Collector's Marketplace
- Topic: Wanted: BlackJacked
- Replies: 2
- Views: 781
- January 3rd, 2002, 11:24 am
- Forum: Collector's Marketplace
- Topic: Wanted: BlackJacked
- Replies: 2
- Views: 781
Wanted: BlackJacked
I am looking for the instructions for this Don Alan effect. It was originally marketted by Ben Martin's Studio in Chicago.
The effect consists of a Blackjack stack (I know the stack) where the dealer loses at most two hands.
Bye for now
Harold
The effect consists of a Blackjack stack (I know the stack) where the dealer loses at most two hands.
Bye for now
Harold
- January 2nd, 2002, 9:32 am
- Forum: Close-Up Magic
- Topic: A Diabolical Apparatus, But No Good Routine in 50 Years
- Replies: 62
- Views: 8842
Re: A Diabolical Apparatus, But No Good Routine in 50 Years
Christopher Reesman wrote > Aldo Colmbini has in the past marketed a > chop cup routine where he uses three > different colored balls ending up with a > tri colored large load ball. The "Laser Cup" routine also appears in Colombini's "Impact" (pp. 71-75). Bye for now Harold
- December 31st, 2001, 3:51 am
- Forum: Close-Up Magic
- Topic: A Diabolical Apparatus, But No Good Routine in 50 Years
- Replies: 62
- Views: 8842
Re: A Diabolical Apparatus, But No Good Routine in 50 Years
RP Wilson wrote: > The "is it in my pocket or is it in the > cup" approach seems to be described > repeatedly as a problem. Hiya, Paul! First off, I want to say that I haven't mentioned this as a criticism of your chop cup routine, or in fact, anyone's specific routine. My chop cup routine...
- December 30th, 2001, 3:36 am
- Forum: Close-Up Magic
- Topic: A Diabolical Apparatus, But No Good Routine in 50 Years
- Replies: 62
- Views: 8842
Re: A Diabolical Apparatus, But No Good Routine in 50 Years
I have a routine that I have been using for about 5 years. It's based on a Barry Govan routine which used two different colored dice and a cup ("Las Vegas Dice", Apocalypse, May 1982). The problem with most chop cup routines is that they are all based on the "Is it in my pocket or und...