Forcing crosswise. Effective trick and its solution

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Sometimes for the trick you will need to force the viewer (let it be Maria) to select one or more cards (we will use the term "force a card" in what follows) so that she gets the impression that she has chosen them at random herself.

One way to do this is called "cross forcing", but it must be done quickly and confidently, distracting the viewer with a reprise. If someone has time to analyze what you are doing, they will realize that the "randomly" chosen card is actually the top card of the deck.

1. First, take a quick look (see above) at the bottom card of the deck, casually aligning it. Maria should not see the card, since it is her that she will have to "freely" choose! Let's say the bottom card of the deck is the jack of diamonds.

2. "Shuffle" the cards using a false shuffle 1-3 times so that the jack of diamonds is on top of the deck (see above in the text).

Now put the deck on the table and ask Mary to remove the deck, taking half of the cards from above, and put them on the table. Take the bottom half of the cards and lay it crosswise on top.

3. Now you need to mislead the viewer. You might say, "Here, you could take the deck down any way you wanted, right?" Maria agrees. "And I shuffled it well before that, didn't I?" Maria again agrees. "So there's no way I can recognize your card?" While saying this, raise the half of the deck that lies across the other half, point to the top card of the remaining half and say: "Then look at it and, without showing it to me, demonstrate to the others."

4. Now say to Mary: "Memorize the card, put it back into the deck and (holding out the rest of the deck to Mary) shuffle all the cards together so that it is lost in the deck." This is how it looks, but you know that Maria chose the jack of diamonds.

Author: Arnold Peter

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