EFFECT
This is an original TRIPLE version of the now standard “you do as I do” trick. Two spectators and the performer each take a deck of cards and, after shuffling, freely select a card which is passed onto the next man. Upon comparison, all three are found to have taken the same card.
REQUIREMENTS
Three decks with white borders, and with contrasting back designs.
(a) 1st deck is a forcing one of all one card, say the 5 of Clubs.
(b) 2nd deck is quite ordinary except that the 5 of Clubs has been extracted.
(c) 3rd deck is ordinary, but its 5 of Clubs is a short card and the 5 of Clubs from the 2nd deck is placed about second from the bottom.
SCHEME
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AUDIENCE
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Spectator 1 Spectator 2
TABLE
Performer
METHOD
Pick up the 1st deck and shuffle, taking care that all of the similar cards are not observed. Place it face down on the table in front of spectator #1. Carelessly tossing the 2nd deck to spectator #2 and taking the 3rd deck yourself, ask him to shuffle his while you shuffle yours, “in order to save time”. When shuffling the 3rd deck yourself the only precautions are to prevent a sight of the odd Five of Clubs (back) and to retain it very close to the bottom. Also end with the short card about the center.
The “do as I do” sequence now follows. With each of the packs face downwards on the table a cut is made at about the center. In the case of the performer, the cut is made at the short card. The top card of the cut is removed, and without it being shown or seen it is handed to the next person in a clockwise direction.
The result of this is that spectator #1 gets your short card, i.e. 5 of Clubs, spectator #2 is bound to get a 5 of Clubs, and you get spectator #2’s any card.
Each one of the three puts his card, now an odd backed card from the other deck to his right, onto the deck before him and replaces the cut. In doing this the performer passes the “stranger” to the top of the deck and palms it off, which action brings the previously stolen 5 of Clubs to the center.
Each person now passes his deck anti-clockwise to the next person and this serves to give back to each of the three, a deck containing his freely chosen card. All three now look through their decks and place their cards face down on the table. When turned over all are the same.
The handling of the decks has automatically brought the “force-all one kind” deck into the performer’s hands for disposal, and leaves him with one short card for later effects.
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