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    Saturday Night Contest - Roundtable Discussion with Jesse Feinberg

    1) What are some of the things you try to accomplish with each performance/practice?? 2) Who influenced you to perform the style of magic you do? this last one is just cause im curious. 3) What profession would you have gone into if magic didnt work out for you?? Mike
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    Gambling Move Q

    its hand mucking. you can do it with as many cards as you want but the most I have seen is 5 by paul wilson and others Im not sure of any text that contain it but Tony Giorgio has a dvd out on hand mucking/switches out. Its called the Ultimate Work and its a 2 dvd set. He is arguably the...
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    sweaty hands?

    Nah I never had that. I have a few old decks of bikes and bees and there just a bit sticky and worn down
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    sweaty hands?

    My ability to handle cards is just fine. Thats not the problem. My question is pointed toward hand care and controling the problem. I dont have a problem with the sleights even with sticky cards but it does add to the difficulty to certain ones and other where it dosent matter. There are...
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    S.W.E Shift

    When I started the SWE shift I had problems from the get. It feels Unnatural to me for some reason. anyways motas is right there is a 1 on 1 of it on the site. Also one of our memebers Unknownmagician has his vid on the site just go back a page or 2 and you will find his post. He does...
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    sweaty hands?

    Thanks guys. It gets really annoying and thank god this hasent happend yet the few times I did perform live. Ill def be taking into consideration all your tips. Now that the summer is here its more apparent. My guess I will have to learn to rotate decks and hand Maintenance.
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    sweaty hands?

    Hey guys. When I practice with my cards after a certain amount time my hands become sweaty and thus gettng on the cards making them start to stick. This is becoming a problem when Im practicing somthing like the push through shuffle and the strip out, bottoms if I dont use a push out...
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    Aldo and Rachel Colombini - Need Our Help

    Aldo is a great guy from what I hear and he has great stuff out on the market. Lots of great impromptu stuff. I am sad to hear this. I am going to try and get a copy. I know some aldo fans who would be interested in this
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    Whats Your Deck?

    thats what i pretty much pay per deck on the net. It sucks. they are just not popular here in ny. Tannens and Fantasma dosent even carry them. Its kinda like tally hos for other people. have to get the out of there area
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    Whats Your Deck?

    Yes ShellBacks are rare because they are Discontinued but the suppy on the market is not bad yet. Not too many people use ShellBacks and they are a little more expensive that bikes so online dealers have a good amount just have to look in the right places. I can get a brick for $24. Hoyle...
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    Saturday Night Contest - What Magic Means to You

    I just love card magic. I love to practice untill my fingers hurt. I love to read the books untill my eyes are out of focus and I love to watch the great card men preform. Others have their yoga, martial arts, or listen to their sounds of the rain forest cd to relax and get rid of stress. Me I...
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    Whats Your Deck?

    I have messed around with T11 and E decks but never use them in performance. Not because they might look suspicious but because I like classic looking cards. Note: everyones definition of classic is diffrent. I like using Bikes, Bees regular/Traditional Cut and Tally Ho. These are my...
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    Where did you learn from?

    well im a card man but answering this question would take awhile since my lybrary is expanding every month. Book like edrnase, expert card technique, card college, card manipulations by Jean Hugard, CardShark, Royal Road, strong magic, drawing room deceptions the list goes on and on. I...
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    New at custom decks...

    Im not really into custom decks either but the ones that I have messed around with that are worth looking into are guardians split spades and the Propaganda deck was actually awsome.
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    Double Decker Cards

    I have seen their ads at the magic cafe forms. 104 cards in on case sounds interesting. I have only seen one review on them. If I remember correctly the gentelman was comparing them to bikes. thats all I know
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    center deal

    2nd that. Seconds, Bottoms, and centers is great. Just pick up Marlos Revolutionary Card Technique, you will get the whole series in one book. Jason england does a great job on teaching the center deal. I suggest buying foundations which teaches false dealing and has the center deal. the...