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Mix two or three. Focus secret

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Focus Description:

Thirteen cards of the same suit are arranged according to their value. The magician deals them one by one on the table face down.

At any moment, the spectator can stop him and say: "Mix two" or "Mix three". In this case, the magician deals two or three cards at a time, respectively. He picks up the cards and repeats the same operation with the second spectator. Then the deck is picked up and turned over - and instead of being shuffled, it ends up in its original order.

Props:

Thirteen cards of the same suit.

Focus secret:

1. Take cards of the same suit, let's say diamonds, and put them in order, from ace to king, and show the public. Take the cards face down in your left hand and say: "I need an assistant to give me directions. Can you help me, Tamara? I'm going to deal cards face down one at a time. You can interrupt me at any time by saying: "Mix two" or "Mix three" - and then instead of dealing one card, I'll deal two or three, as you say.

2. Deal cards one at a time. Let's say Tamara says "Mix two" when you're about to deal a third card. Take the third card, put it under the fourth and deal two cards together on the table.

Let's say when you're about to deal the seventh card, Tamara says, "Mix three." Take the seventh card between the thumb of the right hand and the first two fingers, push the eighth card with the left thumb on the seventh, and the ninth in the same way over both cards. Drop all three on the stack on the table and continue.

3. When all the cards are dealt on the table, take them again in your left hand, turn to another spectator and say: "I will repeat the exercise. Maybe this time Dimitri will give me instructions."

4. Deal the cards back to the table.

5. Take them all and say: "Well, now they are probably well mixed, but I will show you my power over the cards - look!"

Try this trick. It doesn't require any special skill on your part. The order of the cards is never broken.

6. Take the cards in one hand and hit one end. Turn them over and say: "Look, the cards are again arranged according to value. They know who their owner is."

Author: Arnold Peter

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