The performer shuffles a deck of cards and deals off three of them face down before a spectator who is asked to pick them up, look them over, and take one he'd like as his "hole card" in a stud poker game. He puts his choice face down to one side of the table. The performer next offers to fill in a poker hand for him by allowing the spectator free choice of 4 extra cards. Asking for any number from 10 to 20, the performer counts down to the card at that number and deals it off, face down,…
It is seldom that a mathematical type of trick finds an improvement after fifty years of being kicked around. It isn't often that an effect so old can be done today in a manner acceptable. The ancient 27 card - 3 pile count out is known to most living beings by its appearance even if the observor doesn't know the exact computation. However badly this may sound towards that particular trick, we think that a solution for modern presentation has been evolved. Heretofore it has been necessary for the performer to have a secret list of figures and manoeuvres, or…
Have a "short" card in your deck. The spectator shuffles. Taking the deck back you cut at the 'locator' card bringing it to about the deck's center. Spread them across a table and have one removed. Pick up the spread. A riffle tells you if the "short" card still is there. If not, you have a miracle at hand. Otherwise riffle for the return of the chosen card and have it deposited at the break caused by the short card. Thus it goes on top of that pasteboard and the deck is squared. Now riffle to the short card and…
From no other logical place than that suggested by the title above could come the performer's power to accomplish that which follows. At least, that is what he says. The performer borrows a deck of cards, a pencil, and a small rectangular piece of paper. He rules the paper into three horizontal panels, each of the sections being approximately equal. The paper is put aside for the moment and the deck picked up. It is only necessary that the performer knows the top card. The deck is given a spectator. He is asked to cut off a bunch of as…
Editor's note: Jaks, an European advertising art man and amateur magician, has taken up the science of mystifying professionally because of having been "booted" about from country to country on the continent. In Switzerland he is establishing himself as a night club performer with successful runs in Zurich, Kuchlin, and Genf comparable to our U.S. theatre restaurants. Coincidence tricks using two decks of cards have been many. While methods for such effects have not numerically reached the all time high point of "four-ace" tricks procedures, there may be some room left in magical notebooks for this to follow. It is…
Dear Ted; The season has resulted in too much work for reply to that gentleman with the deep voice, ten gallon hat, and long hair, from Trinidad, Colorado, who raises tombstones. What does he mean by playing poker the hard way? (Jinx #111) Our trick in issue #102 was on the up and up, partner, for I've played poker "from the rock bound coast of Maine to the golden sands of California" and I've found 'em as soft in the far west as they are in the near east. Mrs. Lyle's little boy Artie isn't lame. As for our friend…
This little test always has a curious effect on the spectator. He is handed two playing cards to be mixed face down without his seeing either of their faces. Actually, one of these cards is any Ace except the Ace of Spades, and the other card is any ten-spot. Secretly you have pushed your thumb nail into the back of the Ace at some inconspicuous point. After the mixing the spectator lays the two cards side by side, still face down, onto the table or floor. You give him a dime and a penny, telling him to put one coin…
Here is Nate Leipzig's own method of performing the card falling through a handkerchief trick. (This isn't true strictly because Nate was a master of this particular effect with any cards at any time. However, he did, at one time, make use of the subterfuge to follow, and it has its points of value. Ed.) The effect is absolutely perfect and simplicity itself to work. A card having been selected, it is returned to the pack and the spectator himself shuffles the deck. With both hands empty, and no false moves, the pack is placed in a handkerchief and wrapped…
Tonight, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am going to tell you the thrilling story of Diamond Jack (JD) who was the flying ace (AS) of the Army. "Jack was in love with a beautiful Queen (QS) who lived on Petticoat Street - that's somewhere near the outskirts, so one day he went down to a Jewellery Store and bought her a large Diamond (AD). And, being out of his mind at the time he bought her the BIGGEST DIAMOND (Expanding Ace) in the CASE (Show card case). He took out of his pocket a ROLL (take a bread roll from pocket),…
This double coincidence effect is a second cousin to that popular Annemann effect, Remote Control, as improved by Orville Meyer. Because of the current wave of rough-smooth deck tricks it even fools magicians. The performer borrows a deck and takes from his pocket a single card of contrasting back design and color. Behind his back he puts it into the deck without having shown its face. Anyone in the audience names a number and the performer counts off that many. The last card is seen to be the one with the odd back. THE SPECTATOR HAS NAMED ITS POSITION IN…