Cull or Pass
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A cull sounds like it would be better at least as far as cleanness and presentation opportunities go.
_Lucas_
I'm a pass freak 
so I'd use a pass. But if you're better at a cull, use that.
Nothing wrong with the over-hand shffle control either!
Which triumph are you doing?
so I'd use a pass. But if you're better at a cull, use that. A spectator shouldn't see a card moving under the spread, it's a combination of getting it smooth and leatning how to get eye contact with spectators the second you execute a sleight. Being able to pull off a sleight is only 1/3 of the battle, you can't rely on the sleight for the trick to flow smoothly.
Nothing wrong with the over-hand shffle control either!
Which triumph are you doing?
You should use misdirection for every sleight, or at least try to. Aaron Fisher explains this in the double lift 1 on 1.
All you want your spectator to see is you closing the spread, but you're not, you're sliding their card out of it to the bottom. No matter how good your cull or pass or double lift is, it's not invisible.
Anyway.......I assume you want to use a cull so you can spread the cards and have it replaced where it was selected from and close the spred which looks good with sloppy shuffle.
All you want your spectator to see is you closing the spread, but you're not, you're sliding their card out of it to the bottom. No matter how good your cull or pass or double lift is, it's not invisible.
Anyway.......I assume you want to use a cull so you can spread the cards and have it replaced where it was selected from and close the spred which looks good with sloppy shuffle.
It depends on "the moment" as Erdnase would say. Basically, it depends on what you find more comfortable in the particular instance that you need to do the move. If the spectator is looking right at your hands when then card needs to be controlled, then a cull is more covered. Hovever, if you can control their gaze then I'd go for a pass. Neither a cull nor a pass is "better", they each have their own purpose.
alirght then, i guess ill use the cull. how does it look in my video? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0gV4roar8w
that was pretty good, except for when i do the slop shuffle effect i like to use patter so they dont notice the mixing "move".
The advice offered early on in the thread suggests that a cull is cleaner in appearance to a pass. This is untrue. A cull well executed may be cleaner than a pass done badly, but to compare the two in such a base form is bad business. My pass is far cleaner than my cull.
I can't watch the video right now as I'm working, but my response will be based on what i have read thus far...
You will control the card to bottom then slop shuffle, yes? i would personally go for a double undercut. Why? because not only does this control the card t owhere you need it, but it also shows the condition of the deck BEFORE the apparent mixing procedure- all cards face the same way. This is a strong visual subtlety.
Hope this helps...
CL
I can't watch the video right now as I'm working, but my response will be based on what i have read thus far...
You will control the card to bottom then slop shuffle, yes? i would personally go for a double undercut. Why? because not only does this control the card t owhere you need it, but it also shows the condition of the deck BEFORE the apparent mixing procedure- all cards face the same way. This is a strong visual subtlety.
Hope this helps...
CL