> The Vault - Ripped and Fryed by Charlie Frye (From the True Astonishments Box Set)

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Verified buyer Pro Privacy ON (login to see reviewer names) on December 11th, 2019
The secret to how this works is brilliant. And I mean truly brilliant. Let me say this: you are using only two cards. I would have never come up with this in my lifetime.

One caveat. The Wayne Houchin close-up demo is absolutely accurate—with the one exception: the insertion of the card and the display of both sides (prior to bringing it up to face level) is an abject misrepresentation of actual performance, and to be honest, they had to work REAL hard on this misrepresentation. There is some audience management involved—not a seamless moment as seen here. But once you’re at the insertion phase (as shown at face level with Houchin), it’s exactly as seen.

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RonGiesecke
Dec 31st 2019 8:03am
I'd like to amend this comment a bit. My good Friend and epic mentalist, Stephen Chollet addressed my above caveat and indeed did demonstrate to me how Houchin could (and most likely did) perform the demo without any chicanery above and beyond the scope of the trick. I just wish that had been addressed, as the get ready for it is near none.

As far as a routine goes, it's great.

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