> One Card Poker by Chris Rawlins

GREAT TRICK, TEDIOUS EXPLANATION Report this review
Verified buyer Pro Privacy ON (login to see reviewer names) on March 28th, 2018
I give it 5 stars, because the effect is really good, out of proportion to the effort. No sleights. A tiny bit of speccy mgmt. Easy trick to get into, and you can continue to do other card tricks afterward with no deck switch required. Good thinking. I'll be doing this tomorrow.
The only suggestion I have is concerning the video explanation. If the explanations and comments about the various phases of the effect were repeated only TWICE, that would be enough. But constant repetition begets tediousness and outright irritation. Maybe you could have just gone through the effect and explained things as they came up, from beginning to end. Then, you could go back and add comments re: subtleties, cautions, etc. No need to do this over and over. And over. And over again. And again.
That being said - it's a GREAT trick, and congratulations for the thinking that went into it. And I'd rather the explanation be too detailed and repetitious than overly brief.

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razztek
Aug 19th 2021 1:06pm
Agree 100%! I see this all the time. It's like they don't realize uh...this is on VIDEO. We can speed it up, slow it down, repeat as often as necessary so we get it. PLEASE edit repetitive explanations. This isn't live TV! It's the most obvious thing in the world, so why does this never get "fixed"? omg...

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Joey_Butler
Aug 19th 2021 1:11pm
Hey, first 5 star reviewer up there, which is it? First you rant about repetition to the point of being tedious, and then you recant saying, 'I'd rather the explanation be too detailed and repetitious than overly brief.'
So, which is it?

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peterboisseau
Aug 23rd 2021 2:00pm
It’s both. They guy is saying the explanation is beyond tedium, but, if it had to be one or the other, better this, than t-other. But really, he’s making the point that it’s very very tedious. Which is unnecessary.

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