Hey guys. I am working on a brand new effect (one I created with some 'special' cards lying around).

I am at a point in the effect that I just can't get past.

At the end of the effect you have three face down cards laying on the table. They are supposedly three 5 of Hearts. You have one Joker in your hand and three other "Jokers" along with it. I am looking for a way to switch the tabled cards with "Jokers" in my hand.

I want it to look like I am just turning over the face down cards. After the switch is done it is to look like you just turned over the 5's.

I tried to Mexican Turnover the the packets but that obviously didn't work.

Does anybody know of a switch I can learn, and what book or video I can purchase that contains it?

My friend suggested the Jinx Switch but that is in the hands.


Chris

Paul Curry's Turnover Change

I found a thread with a situation similar to yours...

http://www.themagiccafe.com/forums/viewt......;forum=2

Are the jokers face-down?

I can't see how you would be able to use the Curry change here, care to enlighten us Cameron?

You can indeed use a mexican turnover to switch the three for three. However it would require just a slight difference in handling, when you slide the three cards below the ones on the table make sure you slide them so that they are outjogged about an inch or so.. Now just do the change as per normal except your right thumb can easily grasp the other three cards as you do the switch (due to the jog).. I believe this is a Gene Maze idea, but I would have to check up on that.

regards

--Euan

Are you turning over all the cards at the same time or one at a time?

Perhaps I am not understanding what you mean. I was under the impression that you had three cards on the table and three Fives of Hearts in your hand. I thought you wanted to switch the three on the table for the three in your hand, as you turn them over.

At what point in the routine is this happening? If you're ending the routine with this revelation, then I'd say you may need to rethink the method or routining. A final revelation is usually not a great time to make a switch.

In that light, I think we'd need to know a little more before we can make any REALLY useful recommendations.

Paul

Ok here is the thing.

You have 4 jokers and 3 d*****b**k that shows jokers and 5 of hearts.

On the table 3 jokers lay face down. You have in your hand 1 joker and 3 5's. One at a time the 5's change to jokers. So after the last one you have 4 jokers in your hand. You reach down to flip over the face down jokers (in the spectators mind they are the 5's). As you go to turn them over you need to switch the jokers on that are on the table with the cards in your hand.

You do turn them over all at once. If I was doing it one at a time the Mexican Turnover would work.

Chris

Ok, that's the roughest possible time to try and pull off a packet switch. I recommend you try and routine around that. It may involve bringing more cards (secretly) into play, but otherwise you're gonna have a real tough time.

But, since you're interested in a switch...the only possible switch I can think of is some variation on the "wildcard" switch, the Hofzinser thing. It works GREAT with a single DF card in the hand being switched for a face down tabled card. I know it's in one of the card college books, many descriptions of Wildcard, and undoubtedly a ton of other places. Play with that and see if you can apply it to a group.

But it'd be better if you could ACTUALLY have fives on the table.

Paul

Thanks for the info Paul.


I'll see if I can routine around that.


Chris

Why not just pick up the cards and place them onto the cards in hand and turn over?