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tenchu Inner circle Europe 1117 Posts |
Hey guys,
Polish Poker is now available WORLDWIDE! Check your favorite magic dealer! Vanishing Inc: https://www.vanishingincmagic.com/magic/......h-poker/ Penguin Magic: http://www.penguinmagic.com/p/S26644 Murphy's Magic: https://www.murphysmagic.com/product.aspx?id=64001 - Deal the hand the spectator names... before he names it! This could be a packet trick; but it is so much more. Not just a poker demonstration, but a real magical experience for the spectator. The spectator only THINKS of a hand he wants and then can STOP the magician at five different cards. No chance that the magician would know which hand to deal or to force. The five chosen cards are exactly the hand he was thinking of. This is our first release with online instructions, that have professional transcriptions (subtitles) in English, German, Japanese. Includes a red back Phoenix Deck with standard indexes and a special set of gimmicks. Best, Mike |
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Kjellstrom Inner circle Sweden, Scandinavia, Europe 5203 Posts |
Wow, looks amazing.
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magicinsight Inner circle 4293 Posts |
I assume the selection must either be four of a kind or a Royal Flush.
“Belief matters more than truth. Every moment, belief in imaginary things alters lives while truth sits unnoticed and waits.”
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magicinsight Inner circle 4293 Posts |
Since you cannot show the face up cards using this deck for this routine, it would be most beneficial to do one or two card effects using a regular deck and then do a sw...h before doing this routine
“Belief matters more than truth. Every moment, belief in imaginary things alters lives while truth sits unnoticed and waits.”
—Hakim, Loreweaver |
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TuneHV Inner circle New York 2063 Posts |
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On Apr 27, 2019, magicinsight wrote: This is not a fully gimmicked deck. You could do many routines beforehand with the same deck, then easily transition to this effect. They can also name any poker hand, not just the two you mentioned. |
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saysold1 Eternal Order Recovering Cafe addict with only 10794 Posts |
Reviews please? It’s been out since Blackpool
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CardGuyMike Special user 787 Posts |
It's a pretty baffling effect. The standard method for this sort of effect has been distilled down to a handful of special cards that come with a Phoenix deck. As David mentioned you can do many routines with the same deck beforehand to include showing faces (with proper care), or you can do this as a packet trick. I would recommend the full-deck routine. They can name any poker hand from 2-of-a-kind on up, and you will produce the highest-valued version of that hand. Of course it's worth noting that the highest-valued flush and straight are both royal flushes.
As far as a review, there's not a lot to say. This gives you the ability to perform a miracle. Five cards are dealt to the table, the spectator names any poker hand, and those five cards -- with no funny moves or switches -- match the named hand. It's all in the presentation. If you sell it as a miracle, you will indeed have one. It resets instantly and can even be repeated. |
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magicinsight Inner circle 4293 Posts |
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On Apr 27, 2019, TuneHV wrote: Thank you very much for the correction and clarification. Michael
“Belief matters more than truth. Every moment, belief in imaginary things alters lives while truth sits unnoticed and waits.”
—Hakim, Loreweaver |
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TheBentos Loyal user Grim North 246 Posts |
I bought this, pre Blackpool at the Session.
When I practised it on my wife she wasn’t too enamoured, however, after performing to real people, in the real world (mainly at restaurants and bars), this is KILLER! I’ve found that most groups have at least one poker player in. Because of this, it makes it so much stronger. I always get the ‘poker player’ to confirm and explain what they’ve chosen, before the reveal. That way the whole group knows what to expect. Great reactions so far. I personally wouldn’t repeat the effect, but I do go onto other gambling style effects |
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Dark Knight Loyal user My troops are stationed at 272 Posts |
Four double enders; say, 10S/AD, JS/KC, QS/AC, and KS/AH; and a regular AS could be reconfigured into One Pair (10S-KC-JS-KS-AS), Two Pair (10S-KC-AC-KS-AS), 3-of-a-kind (AD-JS-AC-KS-AS), 4-of-a-kind (4 Aces and a KC), a Full House (AD-KC-AC-KS-AS) and a Flush, Straight, Straight Flush or Royal Flush (10S-JS-QS-KS-AS) depending on how you spread the cards. But to say there are "no funny moves" after the spectator names his choice of hand, as CardGuyMike says above, doesn't seem accurate, if this is the method.
If this is indeed the method, I don't understand why a large bank of gaffed cards is needed. Why not simply switch the cards selected for the five you need? There are several deceptive ways to do this. DK |
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Drtriage Elite user My garden fence has 463 Posts |
A similar type of effect is Zen Master by Steve Beam - see http://www.stevebeam.com/blog/zen-master/ . I bought it from him at an excellent lecture he gave.
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CardGuyMike Special user 787 Posts |
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On Apr 28, 2019, Dark Knight wrote: Well of course you are manipulating the cards, but the way it is taught it really does not look like any sort of funny moves to the spectator. |
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barts185 Inner circle Can you believe I've been wrong on 1355 Posts |
Can you really name ANY poker hand?
It seems to me that you are limited to a very small subset that doesn't even include all of the different types of hands (like straight or flush), never mind any hand (like four jacks as opposed to four aces) ? |
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videoman Inner circle 6732 Posts |
It was stated earlier that you can produce the highest version of each chosen hand. Which make sense to me because if they could choose for instance a four of kind with any value that would require covering a lot bases.
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lumberjohn Special user Memphis, TN 626 Posts |
You can produce a royal flush which is both the highest straight and the highest flush
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barts185 Inner circle Can you believe I've been wrong on 1355 Posts |
I guess if you never perform for people that actually play poker seriously, you might get away with the Royal Flush line, but telling someone that actually plays poker seriously that a Royal Flush is the highest straight or highest flush is going to get you laughed at in my opinion. If not directly, afterwards. "Yeah, the magician thinks that a Royal Flush is the highest possible straight. HAHAHAHAHAHA -what an idiot!"
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Magicsquared Inner circle 1262 Posts |
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On Apr 30, 2019, barts185 wrote: But a royal flush IS the highest possible straight and the highest possible flush. |
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Mark_Chandaue Inner circle Essex UK 4187 Posts |
A straight and a straight flush are not the same. If I asked for a straight I’d consider a straight flush a miss. Same as if I asked for two pairs and got two pairs of aces, nope that’s 4 of a kind even though technically there are two pairs.
Mind you it’s easy to rule out the straight by saying choose a hand such as a straight, don’t go for a straight because I’ve said that. Mark |
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tenchu Inner circle Europe 1117 Posts |
Hey guys,
When it comes to Polish Poker, I think it is really cool how much you can do with so little. Obviously, there has to be some limitations, but with a little bit of thought you can use them as an advantage. I understand that some might feel that producing a Royal Flush when a Straight, Flush, or a Straight Flush is requested, is a bit of cheating. I think it's safe to say that showing a Royal Flush when someone chose a Straight Flush is acceptable. This is the highest Straight Flush there is, so this leaves the only two problematic hands – the Straight and the Flush. Many magicians I shared the concept with commented that this weakness can be sneakily turned into a a good thing, and suggested the "best <Straight, Flush, or Straight Flush> there is" strategy. And, although this works okay when the performer does all the work, this is especially good when the spectator himself picks the cards. This allows you to jokingly comment that the spectator did even better than you expected. For example, right before the reveal say, "You know, this never happens, but if the Flush you wanted is somehow the highest Flush there is, Ten to Ace in Spades - you're not incredible - you're a show off!" Mike |
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barts185 Inner circle Can you believe I've been wrong on 1355 Posts |
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On Apr 30, 2019, Magicsquared wrote: No, it is not. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_poker_hands A straight is a hand that contains five cards of sequential rank, not all of the same suit... A flush is a hand that contains five cards all of the same suit, not all of sequential rank... These are to distinguish those hands from a straight flush, which is a different classification and is not the highest straight nor the highest flush. If you want to use the method / lines suggested, that's your option, but as I said, expect less than complimentary thoughts about your poker knowledge from anyone that actually plays. |
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