Put the heart packet onto the spade packet
Put the heart packet onto the spade packet so the two Tso the two Tens lie together in the center of the combinedens lie together in the center of the combined packet.
packet.
“In poker
“In poker, a royal flush is a very rare hand to get. , a royal flush is a very rare hand to get. It almost never happens. People It almost never happens. People can play pokercan play poker their entire lives and never get a royal flush. In case you have never seen one, I have two of them their entire lives and never get a royal flush. In case you have never seen one, I have two of them right here.”
right here.”
With your right hand, hold the packet face up in End Grip, an Ace is showing. Using your left With your right hand, hold the packet face up in End Grip, an Ace is showing. Using your left thumb, peel off the Ace into your left hand and flip it face down using the left edge of the packet.
thumb, peel off the Ace into your left hand and flip it face down using the left edge of the packet.
(Photo 65.) (Photo 65.)
Photo 65 Photo 65
Repeat the action by peeling off the King and flipping it face down onto the Ace. Continue Repeat the action by peeling off the King and flipping it face down onto the Ace. Continue displaying all five cards i
displaying all five cards in the first flush in n the first flush in this waythis way..
“A royal flush is made up of these cards, the Ace, King,
“A royal flush is made up of these cards, the Ace, King, Queen, Jack and Ten all of the same suit.”Queen, Jack and Ten all of the same suit.”
At the end of the display, you will hold the first flush face down in the left hand and the second At the end of the display, you will hold the first flush face down in the left hand and the second flush is held in End Grip
flush is held in End Grip in the right hand.in the right hand.(Photo 66.)(Photo 66.) Get a fourth-finger break under the top card Get a fourth-finger break under the top card of the packet held in the left hand.
of the packet held in the left hand.
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You will now ou will now perform a standard Braue Addition while displaying the perform a standard Braue Addition while displaying the second flush. With your leftsecond flush. With your left thumb, peel the next Ten of
thumb, peel the next Ten off the packet held in the right hand while secretly adf the packet held in the right hand while secretly ad ding the card aboveding the card above
the break to the bottom of the right hand’s c
the break to the bottom of the right hand’s cards. Flip the Tards. Flip the Ten face down onto the left hand’s cardsen face down onto the left hand’s cards using the left edge of the p
using the left edge of the packet as before.acket as before.(Photo 67.)(Photo 67.)
Photo 67 Photo 67 Continue by peeling off, and flipping face down,
Continue by peeling off, and flipping face down, the Jack, Queen, and the Jack, Queen, and King. Finally, drop the King. Finally, drop the AceAce and the card hidden u
and the card hidden under it onto the cards in nder it onto the cards in held in the left hand and held in the left hand and turn the Ace face down.turn the Ace face down.
Push off the top five cards from the packet and drop them to the table. Give the remaining five Push off the top five cards from the packet and drop them to the table. Give the remaining five cards a mix but
cards a mix but retain the top card. Hand these five retain the top card. Hand these five to a spectator. Pick up the packet from the tableto a spectator. Pick up the packet from the table and give them a mix but make sure the
and give them a mix but make sure the card in the second position from top ends up as the top ccard in the second position from top ends up as the top c ardard of the packet. Give this packet to
of the packet. Give this packet to a second spectator.a second spectator.
These mixes are casual and done with the cards held face down with both hands moving cards These mixes are casual and done with the cards held face down with both hands moving cards around. It’s a simple matter in a small packet to watch
around. It’s a simple matter in a small packet to watch the position of a single card and make the position of a single card and make suresure it ends up where you want it.
it ends up where you want it.
“The two of you will play the parts of gamblers. These two gamblers once came very close to
“The two of you will play the parts of gamblers. These two gamblers once came very close to getting the el
getting the elusive Royal Flush. usive Royal Flush. But, they But, they missed on the missed on the last carlast card. Can you d. Can you imagine the frimagine the frustration,ustration, to be dealt four cards that make up a legendary royal flush … and then miss on the last card?
to be dealt four cards that make up a legendary royal flush … and then miss on the last card?
Before we begin, I’m going to write something down.”
Before we begin, I’m going to write something down.”
Pick up the paper and
Pick up the paper and write “Twrite “Ten” on it without letting it be seen en” on it without letting it be seen yet.yet.
Both spectators hold their packets face down in their hands.
Both spectators hold their packets face down in their hands.
“These two guys decided how many cards to draw, we are going to simulate that and use the
“These two guys decided how many cards to draw, we are going to simulate that and use the number to guide our fate.”
number to guide our fate.”
Ask a third person to name a number between one and five since that’s how many cards are being Ask a third person to name a number between one and five since that’s how many cards are being used. Say they name three.
used. Say they name three.
Have both spectators, in unison, move three cards from the top of their packets to the bottom. Both Have both spectators, in unison, move three cards from the top of their packets to the bottom. Both spectators now turn face up the cards now on top of their packets. The cards may match or they spectators now turn face up the cards now on top of their packets. The cards may match or they may be different. Either way, say,
may be different. Either way, say, “The cards you turn face up will be the cards you were dealt.“The cards you turn face up will be the cards you were dealt.
The last card left face down will be the card you did not get. The one card of the flush you missed.
The last card left face down will be the card you did not get. The one card of the flush you missed.
I
I think think you you can can see see that that if if a a different nudifferent number mber had had been been named, named, you you would would have have turned turned over over aa different card.”
different card.”
Have the spectators repeat the procedure by leav
Have the spectators repeat the procedure by leaving the face up card wheing the face up card where it is and counting it asre it is and counting it as
“one,” then moving two more cards from top to bottom to count to three once again. Again, both
“one,” then moving two more cards from top to bottom to count to three once again. Again, both spectators count together and turn up the cards on top of their packets after the count.
spectators count together and turn up the cards on top of their packets after the count.
This is continued until only one card remains face down in each spectators packet. Thanks to This is continued until only one card remains face down in each spectators packet. Thanks to George Sands’s Prime Number Principle, it will be the Ten for both spectators. This is the first George Sands’s Prime Number Principle, it will be the Ten for both spectators. This is the first effect. Point out that both spectators have ended
effect. Point out that both spectators have ended on the same card, the Ten.on the same card, the Ten.
“This is interesting, you both busted the Flush on the same card, the Ten for each of you.
“This is interesting, you both busted the Flush on the same card, the Ten for each of you.
Remember
Remember, the cards were mixed up , the cards were mixed up and any nuand any number was named. A different number womber was named. A different number would haveuld have produced a differ
produced a different result.”ent result.”
Pick up the paper you set aside earlier and open it up to reveal you have “predicted” the outcome.
Pick up the paper you set aside earlier and open it up to reveal you have “predicted” the outcome.
Finally, say,
Finally, say, “Not only did the two of you lose on the same card, but you couldn’t have possibly“Not only did the two of you lose on the same card, but you couldn’t have possibly got your flush like this. He has the very car
got your flush like this. He has the very card she needs and she has the very card he needs.”d she needs and she has the very card he needs.”
Remove the face down card from each spectator’s packet and turn it over to reveal they each have Remove the face down card from each spectator’s packet and turn it over to reveal they each have the other’s Ten and a transposition has taken
the other’s Ten and a transposition has taken place.place.
A blue deck is spread and a spectator is asked to point
A blue deck is spread and a spectator is asked to point to the back of one oto the back of one of the cards. This card isf the cards. This card is remembered and lost back in the deck.
remembered and lost back in the deck.
“I’m going to attempt to name you
“I’m going to attempt to name your card,”r card,” The Magician says. The Magician says. “I name it … Homer.”“I name it … Homer.”
The spectator assumes this to be a joke, and a bad one at that.
The spectator assumes this to be a joke, and a bad one at that.
“But wait,”
“But wait,” The Magician continues, The Magician continues, “Maybe there is a reason I named it Homer.”“Maybe there is a reason I named it Homer.”
He spreads the deck and there, in the middle, there is a single red-backed card in the blue deck.
He spreads the deck and there, in the middle, there is a single red-backed card in the blue deck.
Spreading a little more, it’s seen that on the back of the red-backed card is a sticker …of Homer Spreading a little more, it’s seen that on the back of the red-backed card is a sticker …of Homer Simpson! The card is turned over and, sure
Simpson! The card is turned over and, sure enough, it is the spectator’s selection.enough, it is the spectator’s selection.
“I bet you thought this was just a joke,”
“I bet you thought this was just a joke,” The Magician says. The Magician says. “Funny thing is, had you picked any“Funny thing is, had you picked any other card in the deck … it would
other card in the deck … it would have been.”have been.”
With that, the deck is turned face up and sp
With that, the deck is turned face up and spread to reveal a full deck oread to reveal a full deck of nothing but Jokers.f nothing but Jokers.
This is one of my experiments with the One-Way Ending. This type of ending can be grafted onto This is one of my experiments with the One-Way Ending. This type of ending can be grafted onto a number of tricks but my goal has been to find a presentation to tie it together with the main effect a number of tricks but my goal has been to find a presentation to tie it together with the main effect in a logical way. I really like the final line in this routine as it makes the One-Way Ending make in a logical way. I really like the final line in this routine as it makes the One-Way Ending make sense. This is also a frequently used trick. It’s been road tested in just about every situation for just sense. This is also a frequently used trick. It’s been road tested in just about every situation for just about every type of audience.
about every type of audience.
The effect I’m about to describe is a version of Fred Lowe's “Christened Reverse” and while it is The effect I’m about to describe is a version of Fred Lowe's “Christened Reverse” and while it is not as impossible or
not as impossible or magical as Nick Trost's “Oscar,” Max Maven’s “magical as Nick Trost's “Oscar,” Max Maven’s “Final Fred,” or Trevor Duffy'sFinal Fred,” or Trevor Duffy's
“Phil,” to name three seminal examples, it does get to the point quickly and ends clean.
“Phil,” to name three seminal examples, it does get to the point quickly and ends clean.
I chose to use the name
I chose to use the name Homer in this routine for two reasons. First, it is a hilarious name. If yourHomer in this routine for two reasons. First, it is a hilarious name. If your name is Homer, then you already know how funny
name is Homer, then you already know how funny your name is. (If your name is Homer and youyour name is. (If your name is Homer and you did not know how funny your name is, I am sorry to be the one to break it to you.)
did not know how funny your name is, I am sorry to be the one to break it to you.)
The second reason is that I found a Homer Simpson sticker that I think adds a certain ...
The second reason is that I found a Homer Simpson sticker that I think adds a certain ...
something ...
something ... to the routine. to the routine.
As John Bannon has pointed
As John Bannon has pointed out, a sticker or post-it note on a out, a sticker or post-it note on a card, being a movable obcard, being a movable object, offersject, offers the spectators a false avenue of
the spectators a false avenue of solution. A solution. A small red herring to think about. Could small red herring to think about. Could it be, that maybeit be, that maybe you could somehow steal the sticker and secretly get it on the back of a card they selected? This you could somehow steal the sticker and secretly get it on the back of a card they selected? This adds a little depth of deception to the effect.
adds a little depth of deception to the effect.