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Gambling demo
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I suggest watching Ricky Jay and his 52 Assistants - It's such a beautiful performance and you can learn a lot from it!
I have, and it sure is wonderful. I have also been watching a lot of Richard Turner aswell as, what I can find, of Jason England, Martin Nash, Darwin Ortiz, and of course the always amazing Steve Forte.
That was incredible! I was spellbound throughout the whole performance, absolutely flawless. Thank you very much for sharing this Mr. Ladanye.
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You should get his book "Confident Deceptions". Beside "Best for Last" you´ll find other strong gambling routines (but not only gambling stuff) in the book. My favorite book of 2013 so far.
Maybe...Its does look pretty good. However thats probably not something I would do, I am not a huge fan of pseudo gambling moves or stacked deck gambling routines. Even though "Best for Last" does not really fall into either of these categories I would still not end up performing it. A few things just kind of don't click with me, and I am somewhat picky (Which is a pretty bad thing, I have missed some very very good routines/effects just because of that).
When Structuring a Gambling routine I suggest you keep it short and to the point. Astound them and leave a lasting impression on them. To many try to show too much gambling stuff in one setting. I was one of them. After learning new moves and routines I would just cram them in there. My audiences would be wowed then by going on for too long they would be like "oh that cool".
I stick to 3 things in my gambling demos. A shuffle tracking demo with locator card talk, false dealing (second, Center, Bottom and Greek) and finish with a 3 card monte. It would last 10 min tops if I take it at a very slow pace.
Good balance is key. Be informative, a bit mysterious but don't go to far where you would make your audience feel stupid or come across as a wise ass etc.
I would suggest getting Darwin Ortiz's Strong Magic for theory and structure.
I stick to 3 things in my gambling demos. A shuffle tracking demo with locator card talk, false dealing (second, Center, Bottom and Greek) and finish with a 3 card monte. It would last 10 min tops if I take it at a very slow pace.
Good balance is key. Be informative, a bit mysterious but don't go to far where you would make your audience feel stupid or come across as a wise ass etc.
I would suggest getting Darwin Ortiz's Strong Magic for theory and structure.
Thanks! That was somewhat I was thinking. I was planning on starting with a slug control, slug retained on top, controlled to the bottom, then retained on the bottom. Followed by a demonstration of second and bottom dealing. Ending with either Jack Carpenter's "Royal Faststack" from Modus Operandi (P.99), or three card monte ( either Vernon's classic routine or Lee Asher's "Catch 33)".
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