On Aug 30, 2007, Steve Haynes wrote:
Drunken poker deal is a hard hitting scam that is very nice and quite diferent than any other gambling routine out there.
If there was an award for sucker tricks, this would be in the running.

On Sep 14, 2007, the fritz wrote:
Picard,

I respect your opinion, however I still believe the book is aimed at beginners.

One reason I believe this book is for beginner's comes from Scarne's introduction to the book. In my opinion, advice like "Never reveal how a trick is done" or "never repeat a trick for the same audience" is clearly directed toward someone new to performing card tricks. Scarne knew, as well as the rest of us who have performed before, that the temptation to reveal a secret or repeat a trick because people are dying to know how you did it can be overwhelming. Seasoned performers know why Scarne gives this advice.

Another reason I believe this book was originally intended for beginners is because Scarne mentions in his introduction, that he deliberately placed the simpler tricks at the beginning of the book and the more advanced ones near the end. Hugard and Braue also use this technique in their "Royal Road to Card Magic" because they know it is the most efficient way for a beginner to progress toward becoming an expert technician in card magic. This tells me Scarne had beginning card magicians or just someone interested in performing card tricks in mind when he wrote the book. He even quotes a statistic about people who've played card games before attempting a trick with cards.


Finally, as far as performing the tricks competently goes, Scarne talks about including "stories" to go along with the tricks, urging the performer to present the patter as written. In my mind, this book is definitely aimed at beginners.

On Jul 7, 2017, FilmMagician wrote:

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On Sep 14, 2007, the fritz wrote:
Picard,

I respect your opinion, however I still believe the book is aimed at beginners.

One reason I believe this book is for beginner's comes from Scarne's introduction to the book. In my opinion, advice like "Never reveal how a trick is done" or "never repeat a trick for the same audience" is clearly directed toward someone new to performing card tricks. Scarne knew, as well as the rest of us who have performed before, that the temptation to reveal a secret or repeat a trick because people are dying to know how you did it can be overwhelming. Seasoned performers know why Scarne gives this advice.

Another reason I believe this book was originally intended for beginners is because Scarne mentions in his introduction, that he deliberately placed the simpler tricks at the beginning of the book and the more advanced ones near the end. Hugard and Braue also use this technique in their "Royal Road to Card Magic" because they know it is the most efficient way for a beginner to progress toward becoming an expert technician in card magic. This tells me Scarne had beginning card magicians or just someone interested in performing card tricks in mind when he wrote the book. He even quotes a statistic about people who've played card games before attempting a trick with cards.


Finally, as far as performing the tricks competently goes, Scarne talks about including "stories" to go along with the tricks, urging the performer to present the patter as written. In my mind, this book is definitely aimed at beginners.

How could a magic book, that has no sleights in it, be a book for beginners?

You'd need to know basic handling and card sleights before learning a lot of these tricks.

On Jul 7, 2017, FilmMagician wrote:

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On Aug 30, 2007, Steve Haynes wrote:
Drunken poker deal is a hard hitting scam that is very nice and quite diferent than any other gambling routine out there.
If there was an award for sucker tricks, this would be in the running.

Does he explain the !@#$* shuffle in how to do this trick?

On May 29, 2015, Theodore Lawton wrote:
Lorayne's Mind Reading Card Trick. It's also in CCV1. I scared my daughters with this one!

On Mar 18, 2018, nattefrost wrote:
I know I probably said it already in this thread but I perform "Future Deck" a lot and it is just so clever, and without revealing the method, the spectator thinks they are doing one thing but actually doing the complete opposite, and they believe the magician is doing one thing but the magician is doing the complete opposite! I knew this was a great effect years ago when I performed it for my wife (who is not into magic at all but knows all the moves, gimmicks, methods, etc) and she gasped when both cards were turned over. It's just very clever. Yes- there is a one time set up that takes maybe 20 minutes tops, but believe me when I say it is well worth it! I've made up a few of these decks.