Duvivier's tricks are very clever indeed, as is true for Perfect Poker. However, the set up of the deck is complex and difficult to follow on the DVD. After nearly two hours of forwarding, reversing, stopping, and starting, I still had trouble organizing the the set up. I certainly am not gong to go to this much trouble every time I want to perform the trick so it is basically a purchase more for 'curiosity' than performance. I don't understand why he didn't include a downloadable picture of the spread in set up position so that I could readily duplicate the sequence. Even a place on the DVD that I could freeze to copy the set up or at the very least, a typescript of the set up would have served. This oversight is the reason for less than 5 stars.

I absolutely love this effect. The first stage stands alone and is self working. That’s what I use. I agree, the instructions are not as clear as I would like, but, interpreting them was well worth the effort. Once understood, the setup takes a very few minutes.