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You misunderstood. Learning it strictly from a book, in my opinion, is not the best way to learn the pass. If you read something wrong, or don't understand the language, or it is described poorly in writing, then you will do the pass wrong. You will practice it wrong. You will develop bad habits...

You can find the plunger principle in expert card technique under the rising card section

Exactly why I teach them one of the most difficult pieces of sleight of hand I know. It isn't really practical live, so I don't really feel like I'm giving anything away, and it shows how hard I actually work at this.

I'd like to see that one live.

Understanding your audience and who you are performing for should dictate what type of magic you do. Flashy magic is just eye candy. It doesn't do anything for a spectator except get a quick, "oooh ahhh". That doesn't mean that is bad. Like I said, it depends on who you are performing for. When...

Can you condense your post, and point into one or two sentences? Like a thesis for an English paper. It is hard for me to argue for or against your argument, since I don't really know wtf you're talking about. No offense.

Perhaps, but this is the way all beginner books teach the overhand shuffle. He is learning from a book, which I highly encourage all beginner cardicians to do. I believe it is unwise to teach him short cuts or better methods before establishing the fundamentals that are tried and true. I'm a...

I don't think trainers are necessary, but maybe they do help. I wouldn't know. I don't own any. You want to do the pass with a deck of cards, so I never understood why a person would practice with anything else. Just use cards. The Classic Pass is an easy move to do, but a hard move to do...

Dan and Dave also have a variation on the bluff pass that is less bold, but also more difficult of a sleight. It is also, in my opinion, less powerful because the audience doesn't get involved; however, I think it still has a lot of utility and is worth learning. You can find it on their Tricks...

To put a full deck into a memorized stack, from a random order, would take you a considerable amount of time. Perhaps you can practice this and show us your results. I think if you can get a random deck in stack in under a minute that would be pretty good. You would probably have to know the...

I agree that a layman is unlikely to buy a luxury deck of playing cards, so fear of exposure by putting in a double backer is some what unreasonable. On the other hand: would you sell a deck of cards with instructions to a double lift? Probably not. So I don't think the double backer should...

Make sure the fist injog is contacting the pinky that is holding the deck. If you are following the grip taught, you'll know what I mean. Then run a couple cards flush with the first pack, then sloppily-ish shuffle off the rest of the deck to hide the jog. It should be easy to hold the break. If...

I teach them something incredibly difficult. Like Steve Mayhew's variation on Looy Simonoff's flippant color change. I literally practice it, just for this reason. I don't use it for anything else.

Of course you find it suspicious. There is a card in your hand that shouldn't be there. Feels suspicious, but in reality it isn't. There is a card in your hand THAT SHOULDN'T BE THERE. Why would anyone ever want to look then? Act natural. Have some confidence.

It took me quite a while to get the mechanics down to perform this at a decent level. I've only performed this for friends where I don't care if I mess up. The second video is interesting. Is it lying? Or was that really free choice?

I think it looks less fair, but it still works. I think what is important is how fluid you make it look, how quickly it is done, and how confidently you perform it. To me it looks less fair, but that doesn’t mean a layman will feel the same. But again...it is less fair than perhaps another method.

There is a lot of material on things you can do with a stack. None of which can be revealed on a public forum. I urge you to think of some effects yourself though. You have a whole deck memorized. There are a million things you could do. Get creative. Use your imagination.

Using a different control to get the card to the top doesn't matter because what the spectator sees is the same thing: a card rising to the top. Card to mouth is very powerful to a layman. You could literally end the routine there. Sometimes less is more. You could, however, change your kicker...