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You can story tell in Mentalisim. I know that Derren Brown will often do that for his shows to give context to some of his effects.

It probably had to do with the fact that they found it out to believe that a kid/teenager would know about anything that deals with poker. You kind of have to make the story believable. The reason it works for Paul Wilson is because he is well known and obviously learned things from cheats...

A Double backer in your wallet looks kind of lame. The point of Card to Wallet is that the card went from the deck to your wallet or that you had put it there from the start (even tho the lady/guy signed it.) The same can be said about card to wallet envelope. A lot of other guys tend to...

He's also got like 2 DVD set that will have magic that deals with just about anything you can think of. loops, coins, bills, cards, sponges, keys, etc etc.

Yeah from what I've heard is that nothing really had a reason for being in there. The dancers, the plot, and the fact that Criss kept trying to shove his fathers death down every bodies throats. Yes we get it, your dad died many years ago... It's sad, but not something you should talk about at...

Not misdirection. Bad lighting. Next time try it with good lighting and come back to us.

Well there is a version that is completely impromptu coming out called Dunns Deal that is pretty much that, just with the spectators borrowed deck and them shuffling it. It's going to be on the TA box set.

Actually Yeah I recommend Card College. Vol.2 has a really simple easy Poker demo in that pretty much anybody with basic card knowledge could easily learn within a few min. I think Vol.3 has one as well and so does 4 and 5. The good thing tho is that the demo's start out easy and kind of build...

He's great except for his constant self saluting. Which I doubt he does when he is actually performing.

Another thing is that if you go into performing it for friends. Don't try to convince them that you have powers or anything. They'll just laugh it off. Instead maybe use the idea of what you are going to do, is going to be some sort of weird experiment.

Derren Brown's stuff is pretty advanced. Here's what you should read actually. Maximum Entertainment Magic and Showmanship Practical Mental magic 13 steps. The first two books will help you a lot on scripting and presentation (which is what Mentalisim is 80% of.). Then the other...

Darwin Ortiz is good but be prepared to put a lot of time and hard work into it. His Magic is intermediate but his Gambling stuff is pretty advanced. Ben Earls Past Midnight is good, tho there are a few things he doesn't go over and just kind of expects you to recognize the sleight he used...

Good god no! Out of this World is one of the best card effects out there. And you want to go on expose this to people. You do that you're just signing your own death warrant. Seriously. You might has pull a Masked Magician and just expose literally everything you do.

Personally if you were to teach someone an effect. I would explain to them that once they have this knowledge, they cannot ruin any effects you perform. Because it would be like running a good book somebody else was reading or running into a movie theater and explaining the ending to everybody...

Well he is a stage magician so he has to make himself look larger than life. Otherwise he would just look like any other Stage performer out there.

If they think it's childs play I suggest that you instead of first showing them a card trick or a coin trick. That you show them something out in left field. Think about it. If you really could do magic, what would it look like? Personally I'd first show them something like Paul Harris's Leaf or...