Magic Tricks

This is an excellent lecture.

Selected highlights for me:

- "Your Favorite Quartet" -- spectator freely names a value. You bet four $100 bills that four different spectators can freely stop dealing cards at each of the four cards of the named value. Highly participatory, lively and with a compelling hook. Luis uses it as an opener. Very nice!

- You Do As I Do ACAAN -- highly entertaining and interactive ACAAN with two decks. Spectator mirrors the magician to cut and shuffle, repeatedly trading decks. Lots of byplay here. Freely named card is found by spectator dealing down to freely named number. Really really nice routine, and devious method.

- Two GREAT card forces for platform work that play BIG. Luis hates how many magicians do small-action card forces suitable only for closeup in their platform work. Those aren't visible to the whole room. These card selections are beautiful forces which look very fair, and everything can be seen from afar.

Good thinking, good magic, good teaching.

Highly recommended!