Price: £22 / Free for Sleight Club members
Length: 3 hours 45 minutes with 16 segments
If you've poked around any products, notes or the magic stream that involve bottom dealing with Madison, then you know what to expect on a base level. The grip and the dealing. He's covered it a few times. However, The Bottom Deal genuinely covers any nuance really possible with his dealing method.
It's direction does feel a bit odd as he tries to make it clear this isn't for demonstrators but cheating... or magic... or maybe demonstrators. It feels like his personality and branding sort of clashing with the fact anyone can use this information for whatever despite trying to go with the How To Cheat At Cards target demographic. In typical fashion of Daniel Madison, it does get a little bit rambling.
There is a decent load of information to be picked up here though. The theory, the prefacing, the small tweaks that he goes on to explain make it well worth the time not even mentioning the demos he provides that you can practice with. I felt like I had a better grasp of his methodology and reasoning after watching the videos. One thing that I particularly liked was that in goes in depth on fair dealing. For obvious reasons, if your bottom and fair dealing look completely different... even laymen are going to notice.
All in all, whilst his bottom deal is arguably polarized in the communities in which it would be used. Some love it, some hate it... if you would like to learn more about it, the thought process, the "why", and learn a fairly decent bottom deal*** then I would have to recommend this product.
***Bottom dealing obviously requires hours upon hours of practice. Not everyone's grips are going to work for you. You might find yourself dealing right-handed with a half erdnase/half madison grip. Consider it a piece you can mold to fit your tool kit. That is why I appreciate the theory of this product's content so much as it is applicable to any bottom deal.
Length: 3 hours 45 minutes with 16 segments
If you've poked around any products, notes or the magic stream that involve bottom dealing with Madison, then you know what to expect on a base level. The grip and the dealing. He's covered it a few times. However, The Bottom Deal genuinely covers any nuance really possible with his dealing method.
It's direction does feel a bit odd as he tries to make it clear this isn't for demonstrators but cheating... or magic... or maybe demonstrators. It feels like his personality and branding sort of clashing with the fact anyone can use this information for whatever despite trying to go with the How To Cheat At Cards target demographic. In typical fashion of Daniel Madison, it does get a little bit rambling.
There is a decent load of information to be picked up here though. The theory, the prefacing, the small tweaks that he goes on to explain make it well worth the time not even mentioning the demos he provides that you can practice with. I felt like I had a better grasp of his methodology and reasoning after watching the videos. One thing that I particularly liked was that in goes in depth on fair dealing. For obvious reasons, if your bottom and fair dealing look completely different... even laymen are going to notice.
All in all, whilst his bottom deal is arguably polarized in the communities in which it would be used. Some love it, some hate it... if you would like to learn more about it, the thought process, the "why", and learn a fairly decent bottom deal*** then I would have to recommend this product.
***Bottom dealing obviously requires hours upon hours of practice. Not everyone's grips are going to work for you. You might find yourself dealing right-handed with a half erdnase/half madison grip. Consider it a piece you can mold to fit your tool kit. That is why I appreciate the theory of this product's content so much as it is applicable to any bottom deal.
