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Rik Chew Special user 538 Posts |
What are some good tricks with this, apart from the choosing a card from behind back, then your telling them what it is?
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Ignore me... Loyal user 230 Posts |
Oh, my goodness!
A st*** can be used for so many things. Merely revealing a chosen card is not the best way to use this deck. Imagine that you have a deck that allows you to use multiple k** cards. Or... I would recommend investigating tricks that require the use of multiple cards in a setup. You should master a false sh***** as well, which definitely removes suspicion that you are using a st***. I recommend you look at books like the Encyclopedia of Card Tricks for ideas. There is quite a bit out there that is moved to another level through the use of tools like Stebbins/Eight Kings. You might also do a search on "Stebbins" here on the Café. I found multiple entries, and I think that the search function might be a helpful tool for you, if you harness it. Why not? Cheers! |
funny_gecko Elite user 436 Posts |
Well put.
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Mago Gregorio Elite user Paris, France 473 Posts |
You'll find also nice suggestion (routine of 5 tricks) in the Learned Pig Project site, lot of ressources for the real magicians !.
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Kjellstrom Inner circle Sweden, Scandinavia, Europe 5203 Posts |
This is a great ebook for Si Stebbins workers:
http://www.trickshop.com/stebbins.html |
prospero Special user Elsewhere 572 Posts |
How about just "name a card, any card?" Or Card at Any Number?
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Rik Chew Special user 538 Posts |
Sorry, I do use the search for most things, I just forgot this time sorry again.
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scott0819 Inner circle Toronto, Ont. 1040 Posts |
Take a look at the 'si stebbins secret' in darwin ortiz at the card table for an easy way to shuffle a new deck into stebbins order.
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John Macmillan Loyal user Vancouver, BC 226 Posts |
Vol 2 - Steve Beam's Semi-Automatic Card Tricks - "Sly Stebbins" Page 46
The Card Magic of Nick Trost - Automatic Lie Speller - page 155 These are two Si Stebbins stack effects that I like. Anyone care to add some more specific references to the list? |
andre combrinck Special user South Africa 953 Posts |
Practical Mental Magic has some excellent applications of Si Stebbins.
Andre |
John Macmillan Loyal user Vancouver, BC 226 Posts |
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On 2005-08-26 01:23, Kjellstrom wrote: I just purchased this and while I haven't digested everything in it there are some excellent ideas consolidated in this relatively inexpensive e-book. Thanks for the suggestion Kjellstrom! Anyone else have more specific reference points for SS related material? |
Paul Chosse V.I.P. 1955 - 2010 2389 Posts |
If a magician know a hundred ways to find a card and one way to reveal it, he knows one trick. If a magician knows one way to find a card and a hundred ways to reveal it, then he knows a hundred tricks...
Stebbins gives you a wonderful way to find the card, now you need to work on the hundred revelations that will make you a magician... Best, PSC
"You can't steal a gift..." Dizzy Gillespie
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Tophie Loyal user 261 Posts |
Also...
Ortiz book At the Card Table tells you how to set up this stack from a new deck order. It requires two Faro shuffles I usually do this then go into Steve Beam's Sly Stebbins. It knocks them out! |
JohnLamberti Elite user Los Angeles, CA 420 Posts |
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On 2005-09-03 19:46, Paul Chosse wrote: Paul, In my opinion, anything you write should be required reading. Thanks for that nugget |
tunafish Regular user Everett, Wa 137 Posts |
In my opinion, the best source for tricks with a stacked deck is Mind Mysteries Vol 2 by Richard Osterlind. If you like working with a stacked deck, and do not have this DVD, then you are missing out.
ETMMM Vol 3 (also by Richard Osterlind) has two excellent tricks using the Si Stebbins stack. They are Encore Card Stab by Al Koran, and Par-Optic Vision by Theo Annemann. There are some excellent OOTW type effects that require the deck to be set up in red/black/red/black order as well. These are John Kennedy's "Red and Black", and better yet Gordon Bean's "Splitting The Difference" found in the May 2005 issue of Genii magazine. Matt |
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