Another Ace
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Original Author: Unknown
Effect: After shuffling the deck, the
performer cuts the deck and turns up an ace at the point which
he/she cut. This is repeated four times (for all of the aces).
Card Trick: Before doing the trick, place
all of the aces at the top of the deck. If you know any false
shuffles to retain top stock, do so. If not, simply do a false
cut or nothing at all. Anyway, the only move involved is what
I believe is called the slip (topslip?). This move is rather
hard to verbalize, but easy to perform. Here is my attempt at
explaining it: The left 2nd 3rd and 4th fingers go on the long
side of the deck (facing the spectators) and the thumb on the
inner long side and the index finger (which provides the key
move, explained later) on the top card of the deck, the right
hand in the same position except for the index finger, which
is free from the deck. Now, keep the left thumb on the bottom
half of the deck, and pull with the left hand while keeping
slight pressure with the left index finger. During and
immediately before this pull, the right hand should have
pressure on the upper half of the deck, the left hand applying
pressure on the lower half of the deck and the top card. The
result should be as follows: The left hand should pull out the
bottom half of the deck, and the top card ONLY. The top card
will immediately fall onto the lower half of the deck (now in
the left hand) and it should appear as though the deck was
merely cut. At this point, I usually provide a little
flourish, such as flicking the ace off of the deck. At any
rate, take the ace off of the deck and complete the cut,
making sure that the remaining aces are on top of the deck.
The rest is cake. Again, this move is very hard to verbalize,
but with practice, I am sure it will be found that it is not
very difficult. A few false shuffles magnify the effect of
this trick, and I recommend them as well as any flourishes
that could be added in the removal of the aces.
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