"How can I cheat you my friends? Let me count the ways!" - Simon Lovell
The Effect
Ready to add a some of the best gambling sleights to your magical repertoire?
Whether you play 5 Card Draw, Blackjack, Texas Hold-em, or just want some really slick card moves to impress your friends, Simon Lovell will teach you the gambling moves that your friends don't want you to know!
On these DVDs sleight-of-hand expert Simon Lovell has put together an incredible collection of gambling moves and more for your learning pleasure.
Can anyone learn from this DVD?
Everything is fully explained so that, with some practice time, you'll be able to do these moves too!
The moves range from easy to knuckle-busting so there really is something for everybody!
There are bonus magical moves, magical and gambling effects, and even a glimpse into Simon's museum where you'll see ingenious devices from the esoteric world of the cheat! Watch, enjoy and learn from one of the very best!
Disc 1
Disc 2
Disc 3
Shuffles and Cuts 3 Block Shuffle The Zarrow Shuffle Gambler's Zarrow Variation Sloppy False Shuffle Audible Shuffle Pop-Over Shuffle Charlier Shuffle Push-Through Shuffle One Handed Riffle Shuffle Jog Shuffle False Chop Shuffle Squish-It Shuffle Mahatma Control Out Of Control Multiple Packet Cuts Greek Cut True Cut Springing the Deck Frank Thompson's False Cut Poor Man's Hop Riffle Cut Control The Table Hop Single 4-Way Flourish Riffle Stacking 101 BONUS: 4 Coin Rollout Simey's Flippy Switch Angle of the Dangle Ralthazab
Gambling Moves
Double Dealing
Push-Off 2nd Deal explained
Second Deal Variations
Using the Second Deal
Bottom Dealing
Multiple Top Changes
Side Steal
A Gambler's Move
Pick a Suit
Hand Mucking
Drawing Cards for the Muck
More Simon Stuff
Center Key Card
Leave it Cut
Table Hop
Poor Man's Hop
Slow-Mo Cut
Riffle Pass
Tepid Tornado
4 AM Shuffle
Wobbly Wombat
The Pass Gambling Museum
Prism Shoe
Check Cup
Magnetic Dice
Tops & Bottoms
The Belly Hold-Out Switcher
Belly Stripper Deck
Card Punch
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I personally feel that for the 50 dollars you are investing towards this set, you aren't getting that much in material. It's interesting to see these different moves, much of which I have not seen before. But not good.
Simon is a good MAGICIAN but I personally think he should stay away from some of these. His sleights in here are choppy and very messy. To see many of these performed RIGHT like they should look at an actual card table (not condoning gambling AT ALL), this isn't helpful. I would suggest going with a more respected guy like Darwin Ortiz or maybe even Jason England.
The DVD production was exceptional. You of course get a little case with a nicely made cover. It doesn't look great but it gets the point across. Even the editing was kind of good. But still not great.
Simon's teaching is probably 4th to 10th in a way. In my opinion. Once again, he is sloppy with the execution and he rushes a lot.
For an instructional purpose, this set serves as much a purpose as the dust on your shelf. AS an educational experience, it's not much better, but it's good to see some of these sleights performed (although they aren't that good).
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It's pretty good.
[Verified buyer] by Chris Turchinski from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada on 04/05/2010 05:25:22
There is a lot of material packed into this and you probably won't use it all, but there is still some stuff that you will use. Simon does a pretty good job explaining how everything works but sometimes it can be difficult to understand. If that's that case, just rewind and watch again. False shuffles is probably the thing you'll use from this the most.
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it's pretty good
by Matthew Jones from Surrey, BC, Canada on 04/02/2010 23:19:32
I got this as a free bonus and I'm glad I didn't pay for it because even though it is a great DVD Set I wouldn't see myself paying that much money to get this but the stuff he teaches you is great if you do a gambling demonstration but overall it's just ok.
I got this as a free bonus item, I would probably not pay the for this dvd set. The great thing about the set is as you can see there is a load of material Simon goes through. The teaching isn't too bad, although sometimes it leaves you wanting Simon to go over it again. Simon can be funny at times, but just going through 1 DVD can get tiresome. Much of the gambling techniques you most likely won't incorporate into your magic although there are the odd few techniques you can. Some of the moves leaves you thinking there is no way anyone can be fooled by that. Overall, Simon is amazing at what he does, but don't expect this DVD to break into the tiniest detail on every technique he tries to teach you.
The teaching is good, not excellent. Sometimes you wish that he would go over the move one more time.
The moves themselves are great! I used some of them on my family and they were like "how the heck did you do that?!"
I got it from the school's out bonus but it's definitely worth the money!
(I would give it a 4.5 if i could)
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