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jpleddington Loyal user Lewisburg, PA 294 Posts 
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I'm wondering if there are any print sources for Darwin Ortiz's Si Stebbins Secret apart from *Darwin Ortiz At the Card Table*? I can't seem to locate any other references. I suspect there's a reason for that: there are none?
Thanks, Jason
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Vlad_77 Inner circle The Netherlands 5829 Posts
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Jason,
AFAIK Darwin Ortiz at the Card Table is the only source. However, you may want to PM Mr. Ortiz. Nothing like going to the source himself! Ahimsa, Vlad |
kentfgunn Inner circle Merritt Island FL 1639 Posts
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Drop Steven Youell a note. I'm pretty sure he has some work on this.
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hcs Special user Germany, Magdeburg 508 Posts
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My book "Si Stebbins Pro - Compendium" is IMHO the only legal source apart from Mr. Ortiz. The book was published with kindly permission of Mr. Ortiz. The book (in English) is available at Lybrary.com.
Thank you again to Mr. Ortiz for your great thinking! Hans-Christian Solka |
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Vlad_77 Inner circle The Netherlands 5829 Posts
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On 2012-03-19 06:25, hcs wrote: Dank je wel Hans-Christian! I am off to Lybrary.com to get this! Ahimsa, Vlad |
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jpleddington Loyal user Lewisburg, PA 294 Posts
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Thanks, everyone, for the helpful responses.
Hans-Christian -- I was looking for a work with the title "Si Stebbins Pro - Compendium" at Lybrary.com, and what I found is a work entitled "Si Stebbins Pro." Here: http://www.lybrary.com/si-stebbins-pro-p-4180.html Is this the work you're referring to? Or is the "Compendium" a different work? Best, Jason
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BarryFernelius Inner circle Still learning, even though I've made 2537 Posts
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Take a look at the cover art, below the Jester and the pile of playing cards.
"To achieve great things, two things are needed: a plan and not quite enough time."
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jpleddington Loyal user Lewisburg, PA 294 Posts
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Ah, thanks, Barry.
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hcs Special user Germany, Magdeburg 508 Posts
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Quote: Yes, it is the mentioned ebook. The "Compendium" is the English version of the German ebook "Handbuch" - the essentials from the more extensive German ebook "Si Stebbins Pro".
On 2012-03-19 16:24, jpleddington wrote: Thank you very much for buying my book! |
everitt99 New user 30 Posts
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It can also be found in the book "Down Under Deals" by Andrew Wimhurst in the description of "The $1,000 Test Card Transmission.
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Stanyon Inner circle Landrum, S.C. by way of Chicago 3433 Posts
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Jason -
Sent you a PM. Hopefully you found what you were looking for in 2012! I just noticed the date of the OP!! Cheers! 
Stanyon
aka Steve Taylor "Every move a move!" "If you've enjoyed my performance half as much as I've enjoyed performing for you, then you've enjoyed it twice as much as me!" |
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bmmagic24 New user 11 Posts
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On Mar 19, 2012, hcs wrote: In case anyone buys Dr. Christian's ebook in hopes of learning the Si Stebbins Secret, just so you are aware, he does not actually teach the method, despite what the above quote of his implies. I bought his $15 ebook after reading through this thread only because I wanted to learn the Ortiz method which is now out of print, Dr. Christian says that he is the only other legal source in print, but as it turns out he only gives the "equation" so to speak for the Si Stebbins Secret, which is gibberish to those who aren't already in the know. It is quite disappointing, I cannot speak as to the rest of his book because I haven't read it, perhaps I will, but again, my main motive for buying it was to learn Ortiz' method of going from new deck order to Si Stebbins Stack. That is not taught here. |
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JBSmith1978 Veteran user NY 389 Posts
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Not a print source but Akerman basically describes the method in a video purchasable on Lybrary.
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Patrick Redford Inner circle Michigan 1751 Posts
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I have a different sequence that gets into Stebbins from a new deck and it is included in the new project "Temporarily out of Order" that is due out this month. Actually I give a method from both a US new deck order and the European new deck order (neither of which are the same as what Ortiz originally published.
I hope this is helpful to those searching. |
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sjrw Special user 571 Posts
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Would you consider your sequence an improvement on Darwin's method Patrick?
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Patrick Redford Inner circle Michigan 1751 Posts
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It's different. It works equally as well and is designed to work as a bridge step between new deck order, Stebbins and my memorized stack. In that case it is made to deliver a card to the face of the pack readying it to transform into a different stack once in Stebbins.
Like Darwin's method, it is four over hand run shuffles followed by two faro shuffles. |
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