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    Do you Suspend Disbelief?

    So what defines 'magic' or 'magical'? I've always thought it was wonder - the feeling of experiencing something you didn't think possible. Perhaps you have a different idea of magic?
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    Do you Suspend Disbelief?

    As a magician I approach watching a trick differently then spectators. I might have recognised some of the principles used to achieve the effect, and so inevitably backtrack to find the method. I think once you know many methods you can no longer experience an impossible moment. Almost any trick...
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    Is the top stock control useless?

    Firstly, this is more of a gambling sleight of hand question, but there doesn't seem to be such a section of this forum. Recently, I have been practicing the top stock control from Expert Card Technique, when I started to wonder what the point of it was. Surely you can just execute a normal...
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    Do you Suspend Disbelief?

    I believe that these impossible moments are what define magic. Of course presentations add a lot to performance and as you say we remember many tricks not because of the effect but the presentation. But an impossible moment doesn't lead to them focusing on the trick, or thinking it is a puzzle...
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    Do you Suspend Disbelief?

    I heard a great comment on this from somewhere (if you know where it's from please remind me) which is that magic is like a pulling a chair from under someone. You lead them down a road based on false assumptions to the point where they think the card is still in the deck, and then you show the...
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    The Best trick from Mark Wilson’s Complete Course in Magic

    I haven't read it in ages, but there is a coin assembly routine in there which is pretty good.
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    Magic Fails

    When I was very young, I performed some card tricks to parents after a school event. One of the parents was not a magician, but had evidently at one point gone online to look up some of the secrets (he strikes me as the person who would do that just to feel superior). Anyway, ten-year old me...
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    Gambling routines & tricks for SoMe

    You can also find some performances of the tricks from that book on Jack's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/Snappyhands57
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    Gambling routines & tricks for SoMe

    Check out The Expert's Portfolio No. 1 by Jack Carpenter. There are some great gambling demos including riffle stacks, ace productions and a really flashy royal flush production. https://www.vanishingincmagic.com/card-magic/experts-portfolio/
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    Second Deal Problems

    Lots of helpful advice. Thanks a lot!
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    Second Deal Problems

    Time to get back to practicing, then!
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    Second Deal Problems

    I've been working on the Strike Second Deal on and off for about a year, and I've found one problem that I keep running into. When I'm performing the deal in quick succession, sometimes my thumb hits the second card but doesn't manage to take it, so I have a sudden stop in the middle of my deal...
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    Cube 3 Vs cube cards

    I own Cube 3 by Steven Brundage. While I don't own Cube Cards, from the looks of the trailer it looks like a cube solve algorithm is used, and a few are taught in Cube 3, so if you're interested in buying both it would probably be a good purchase. However, if you have Cube 3 and want to learn...
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    Best subjects taught in The Expert At The Card Table

    Really? As in an ace routine? I can't seem to find it anywhere in the book.
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    Best subjects taught in The Expert At The Card Table

    I'd say that like many old magic books, the explanations are sometimes a little unclear. Some of the moves are only described in text and the language is old-fashioned. However, there are definitely some interesting ideas. I actually think the shifts are quite interesting. But they are a bit...
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    Problem with a lot of mentalism

    It was the Illusionists, which overall was a great show. The mentalist in question was Chris Cox. I know it probably wasn't with stooges. My problem is that there is often the possibility with mentalism that stooges were used, and for laypeople, this seems the obvious option. The first thing...
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    Problem with a lot of mentalism

    So, some time ago I went to see a magic show, featuring several magicians, one of which was a mentalist. He performed a question and answer routine that seemed flawless. Not only did he divine the questions sealed in envelopes, he went further to reveal personal information and even a...
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    Happy Birthday Gabriel

    Happy birthday!
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    Ideas for app/site

    Ask Alexander is also great.
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