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Wednesday, July 14, 2010

The Slap Trick

Difficulty: Easy

Skills Required: Sleight of Hand

Description: A volunteer picks a card from a fanned deck, replaces it, and cuts the deck. The magician picks out several cards, puts them in the volunteer's closed fist, slaps the cards, and the remaining card is the volunteer's selected card.

The Trick:



The Explanation:







Hints:
There isn't much to this trick besides sneaking a peek at your marked card. The best way I found to do it works like this: put your hands at your sides after the volunteer picks his car. This will allay any suspicion that you are peeking. If others are with the volunteer, have him show the card to them. This will allow you to take a peek. When peeking, all you have to do is slightly bend the top half of the deck so you can glance at the corner. Since the suit and value are listed, you can quickly glance before anyone notices.

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