Close Up Card Magic

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INTRODUCTION-DAI FOREWORD CHAPTER

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I-NECESSARY SLEIGHTS HINDU SHUFFLE FARO SHUFFLE JOG SHUFFLE DOUBLE-LIFT PALM

CHAPTER II-EFFECTIVE CARD MYSTERIES LOCATION SUPREME Two CARD REVERSE SALT-LESS ACES WILD REVELATION STAB-TWO THE SLOPPY CARD TRICK
COINCIDENTALLY YOURS

TAKE ME To YOUR LEADER LORAYNE'SAMBITIOUS CARD ROUTINE LITTLE FELLA'—BIG FELLA' STOP! IMPOSSIBILITY QUINELLA! No LOOKING IN THE SIDE POCKET OUT OF THIS UNIVERSE THIS Is MIND-READING? THE APEX ACE OSE'S ADDITION OSES CUT

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CHAPTER III-NOVEL CARD MYSTERIES AUTOMATIC MIND-READING REVOLVING ACES FORCE PREDICTION TELL MY FORTUNE THREE FOR THE MONEY THREE AGAIN THREE TIMES AND OUT FOURTITUDESAM-ULTANEOUS TWO-GETHER FLASH ACES SPREAD CONTROL PERSONALLY YOURS THROUGH THE TABLE CALCULATED RISK MATHEMATICAL AFFINITY MAGNETIC REVERSALS CHAPTER IV-UNIQUE CARD TRICKS THE INSEPARABLE FOUR SENSITIVE TOUCH LORAYNE'S POKER DEAL THE MOVING PENCIL VERNON'S ACES FAN PREDICTION #1 FAN PREDICTION #2 SYMPATHETIC DECKS MATED! REVERSE LOCATION BLACKOUT! THE SPECTATOR ESTIMATES CARD SANDWICH LOST AND FOUNDACES LAZY MAN'S CARD TRICK CHALLENGE ACES PUSH-THROUGH CHANGE PUSH-THROUGH POKER

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Page CHAPTER V-THE TURNOVER CHANGE THE TURNOVER CHANGE THE LITTLE CARD THAT WASN'T THERE PLUNGE-THRU' MENTALAMAZEMENT CHANGO-CARDS PREDICTION EXTRAORDINAIRE 1-2-3-44-3-2-1 RANDOM THOUGHTS ABSOLUTELY FREE FORCE QUICKIE PREDICTION CROSS-OVER CHANGE VARIATION CHANGE AND STUD POKER FOUR-IN-HAND AUTOMATIC MIND-READING #2 ON SPECTATOR'S HAND TORN CORNER TRANSPOSITION RED ACE—BLACK ACE FANTASIA JUST (BUSINESS) CARDS SPIRIT WRITES FLASH PRINTING MULTIPLE CHANGE AMRITIOUS ACES THE TRAVELING JEWELS LORAYNE'S CHALLENGE LAST WORD 213 215 221 224 225 228 229 231 236 240240 241 241 242 245 249 250 252 253 255 261 261 262 263 234 265 269 271

CHAPTER I NECESSARY SLEIGHTS HINDU SHUFFLE FARO SHUFFLE JOG SHUFFLE DOUBLE-LIFT PALM

CHAPTER I NECESSARY SLEIGHTS As I've said, I do not care for magic books that leave out important sleights. Although I also said that I had to take it for granted that you all knew the standard ones—I am giving here, the fundamentalsof a couple of sleights which are mentioned throughout the book. Also, I am including a list of where in the book, and in the descriptions of which tricks—you will find certain other moves explained. I do this so that when you read that you are to use a particular sleight, you will know just where to find it. In this way, I can feel that this book is complete unto itself. HINDU SHUFFLE This issimply another form of the overhand shuffle. The right hand holds the deck, from above, near the inner ends. The thumb is on one side, second finger on the other. The left hand approaches the deck, palm up. It reaches up from under the deck, so that the bottom card is facing the left palm. The thumb and fingers grasp small packets of cards from the top of the deck. (See Fig. 1.) As these packets aretaken, they are allowed to fall into the left palm. The left forefinger should be at the center of the outer end of these cards as they fall. This acts as a stop, to keep the cards from falling out of the hand. (See Fig. 2.)

There are two ways of looking at this. Either the left hand keeps moving back and forth, taking the groups of cards, or, the left fingers merely grasp the cards and theright hand moves back

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CLOSE-UP CARD MAGIC and forth, allowing the packets to remain in the left hand. Actually, in action, it should be a combination of both. The left and right hand each move back and forth as the deck is shuffled. That is the Hindu Shuffle. There are many ways of using it to control a card or group of cards, but I don't intend to delve into those. Except—in one or two...