On Jul 23, 2019, DavidKenney wrote:
Video review: https://youtu.be/wnbnenaOF3A

On Jan 18, 2020, Xcath1 wrote:
In a trick like this you want to distract from what may be the obvious climax of the trick and from the fact that the audience may be tempted to look at their cars too early if your presentation is “guilty”. You want to distract from the fact there will be magic going on until the last minute. you could talk about the value of kings and aces in poker. Ask the spectator a question. Would 1 ace bear 4 kings. Anything to make them think

On Jan 18, 2020, Xcath1 wrote:
I feel your pain. Actually in the last 3 or 4 years I have Mostly stopped doing magic for friends and family for sort of these reasons. I am now semi pro but I also do less magic. The magical experience that came from my friend asking “do I have any new tricks” just wasn’t doing it for me. But being honest that’s all most of us hobbyists have”. I think for F and F you are better of with longer form tricks where there is more of a story inherent in the trick. John Brannon and Simon Arronson have many no slight tricks that are very clever. You are correct that with a quickie like this it’s hard to hide where it’s going. If you are not familiar with Dr Daley’s last trick, google it. It is also a simple transposition bu with I gaffed cards and a story about the weight of the different colors to hid a little bit where it’s going. I think Michael has posted I the thread and you can PM him or he might have a social media presence where you can find him.

On Jan 18, 2020, notasperfectasyou wrote:
I love this trick. I am a beginner that likes to do magic for my friends. So, what I really like is that this is effectively an easy trick I can do, and I get a big reaction to it. At least that is the theory. Most tricks I have bought challenge me a bit on the mechanics and I learn the initial patter from the presentation videos and work into my own patter as I get comfortable doing the trick for my friends.

Michael does an exceptional job showing the mechanics of the trick and talking about little nuances that are good to know, I feel good about doing all the handlings to pull off the ace to four kings. I am here to ask for help on the patter. I wish the video had a solid 5 minutes on talking my way through the trick, an initial patter to learn. The videos longest presentation sequence is filmed in a way that it is very hard to hear Michael. As a beginner, I am kind of lost on what to say and how, at least to start out, saying it. I have tried selling this as . . . . I am going to swap a card into your hand, or I am going to ask you to think of one of the kings but do not tell me, or would not it be cool if I could take the ace of out your hand without you knowing. It would help if there was an initial proven script in the video.

It has gone badly the few times I have shown a friend. I do not feel like I have a coherent story to tell. So, I am hoping that coming here and asking . . . . . please does anyone have a good sequence to a patter for Anomaly that they could share with me, I would really appreciate it.

On Jan 18, 2020, Xcath1 wrote:
Let me show you a poker trick 4 kings and an ace that’s a pretty good hand. No this is sort of a trick question but if you had just the ace and Inhad the Kings who would have a winning hand, exactly, abracadabra, how about now.

On Jan 23, 2020, Honest Deception Mike wrote:
Hi notasperfectasyou,
I believe I just replied to your email
Hope that helped. For the script I used to say something like, "if we were playing cut to the high card. You would win right? In poker though I have the kings that beats an ace high. I want you to win." Then I do the magic to show the kings turn into the ace, the helpers ends with the kings. I like how I set the spectator up to win most gambling theme routines have the helper lose. Let me know if that makes sense. I would try not to say, "You have the ace" after the switch. Anything a magician says lay people will question, especially with a facedown card. Just have the person confirm he would beat your king in cut to the high card.