Postby Bob Farmer » October 4th, 2018, 3:59 pm
This explanation would be much better with a video and some pictures but I have none.
I came up with this several years ago after Bill Goodwin showed me the move at, I believe, a 31FN convention.
The discrepancy in step 14 is never seen, at least I haven't been caught yet.
This entire sequence takes about 10 seconds.
1. Face-down deck is squared in left hand.
2. As right hand arches over deck, left thumb pushes top card slightly to the right.
3. Outer right corner of top card slips between second and third fingers to create a break at the outer right corner and the right hand squares the top card with the deck.
This is an Erdnase Break which I first learned from “Look An Illusion,” in the Larry Jennings' Genii issue (Vol. 34, #9, May, 1970). It’s the same break I use in my move, “Passtitution.”
4. As the right hand squares the top card, the left thumb moves out of the way and to the left side of the deck.
5. The left thumb riffles down about half way as the right hand lifts the cards above this spot and turns palm up to turn the top half face up.
6. As the right hand places the face up portion on the face-down left portion, the break (which is huge, but hidden) allows you to slide the broken card under the face-down left portion.
7. Square the deck: from the top: face up cards, face-down cards, one face-up card (the original top card).
8. Spread the deck between your hands being careful not to flash the bottom face-up card.
9. Spread over to the first face-down card.
10. Take a little finger break under it and square the deck.
11. As the deck is squared, the right hand changes position and arches over the deck, thumb at inner end.
12. The right had immediately outjogs all the card above the break for about an inch.
13. The left thumb comes over to hold the cards as the right hand lets go, turns palm up, and grips the outjogged portion with the the right thumb on the right side and the right fingers on the left side.
14. Both hands are in motion: the left hand turns palm down and taps the end of its packet against the inner end of the right hand packet. Both hands moving conceal the turnover of the left hand’s packet
15. Now you are in position for the interleave, the top card of the left portion stays on top and the bottom card of the bottom portion stays on the bottom.