Procedimiento metodológico aplicado

Probabl# the easiest and most effectie of all @reerse card tricks@ is this one originated b# (rancis Carl#le. The secret 0as once sold b# dealers and later a44eared in a magic book or t0o. The trick is so good it 0as felt it must be included here.

A s4ectator shuffles his 4ack= cuts it into ' fairl# eual 4ortions= retains one half and gies #ou the other. +ou tell him that 0hile #our back is turned he is to look at his cards and decide u4on one= and #ou 0ill do the same. <e is to hold his chosen card face do0n in his right hand= his half 4ack in the other.

+ou turn #our back and uickl# take the bottom card of #our 4ortion= look at it= remember it and re4lace it (AC, ;P at the bottom of #our face do0n 4acket. The right hand takes off the to4 card of the 4acket and holds it aside 0hile the left hand turns oer the entire 4acket so

that the noted card is on to4 of all the others 0hich are face u4= the noted card no0 being face do0n. +ou need not look at the card #ou hold in #our right hand as #ou need not kno0 it.

8hen the s4ectator has chosen a card and is holding it se4arate from the rest of the deck= turn to face him. Insert the indifferent card in #our right hand into the center of his 4acket. Take the card he is holding and insert it into the center of #our 4acket. ,en it u4.

Place half of his 4acket face u4 on to4 of #our 4acket= the other half face u4 at the bottom of #our 4acket= so that #ours is sand0iched bet0een the ' hales of his 4acket. ,en all the cards. Sa# #ou 0ill gie the 4ack the magic turn= 0hich consists of turning it ) times. Turn it oer ) times= 0hich 0ill bring all the cards face do0n ece4t his and the one #ou noted.

Call out the name of #our card. Ask him to call out his. :ie the 4ack a 0ide ribbons4read across the table. It is seen that all the cards hae righted themseles= all no0 being face do0n ece4t the ' chosen cards= #ours and his= 0hich are face u4= a dramatic reelation.

It is 0ell to use cards= the backs of 0hich hae 0hite borders so that 0hen #ou insert his card among #our face u4 cards no accidental glim4se of 0hite background 0ill reeal that the cards are not face do0n.

ut o The *oom

Tell a s4ectator #ou 0ill ste4 out of the room to aoid the sus4icion of seeing 0hat he does= but 0ill sta# 0ithin s4eaking distance so #ou can gie him instructions.

Ste4 out of sight. Tell him to shuffle the 4ack and to deal cards face u4 into ' 4iles= a card at a time alternatel#= but not to deal oer a doDen or so= in order to sae time. <e is to sto4 0heneer he 0ishes= ending on either 4ile.

8hile he is doing this #ou take 4encil and small 4ad from #our 4ocket read# to Eot do0n a fe0 notes. That is the real reason 0h# #ou adEourn to the net room. Tell him to cut as man# cards as he 4leases from the to4 of the face u4 left hand 4ile= and to 4lace them on to4 of the right hand 4ile= first noting and remembering the card at the bottom of the cut...off 4ortion Gthe first card to go on the right hand 4ile.H

This 4rocedure ma# also be handled in another 0a#. <e can choose an# card he 0ishes from the left hand 4ile= 4lace it on the right hand 4ile= then coer it 0ith as man# cards as he cares to from the left hand 4ile.

In either case his card is buried some0here among the cards in the right hand 4ile and #ou remind him there is no 0a# #ou can 4ossibl# kno0 0here it lies= that is= ho0 man# cards are aboe it.

State that #ou 0ill ask him no uestions at an# time= but #ou must kno0 0hat cards he is using. Ask him to first read #ou the names of the cards in the left hand 4ile= starting at the one at a time. <e does so.

+ou need not kno0 their names. This is misdirection. *ut #ou kno0 ho0 man#= 0hich is im4ortant. Su44ose there are ). do0n the figure= ). No0 hae him do the same thing 0ith the left hand 4ile. This time Eot do0n their names in order= using initials= as 7C for seen of clubs= AS for Ace of S4ades= etc.

Almost as soon as he has finished #ou call out the name of the chosen card. +ou merel# add the number in the left 4ile G)H to the number in the right 4ile= sa# %). iide the total G%3H b# '= 0hich tells #ou the location of his card. Since= in the aboe case= there 0ere ) in the left hand 4ile= and %3 diided b# ' euals !. Therefore his card is 5th in the right hand 4ile. That is to sa#= the ) cards in the left hand 4ile subtracted from ! gies #ou 5.

If the number of cards in both 4iles together is an odd number= sim4l# add I= and diide b# '. Su44ose at the finish he has ) cards in the left 4ile and %' in the right. *oth together hae %5. Add %= making %3. iide b# '= leaing !. Subtract the number of cards in the left 4ile G)H from != signif#ing the chosen card is 5th from the to4 of the right hand 4ile.

Since #ou Eotted do0n the names of the cards in the right hand 4ile #ou hae onl# to consult #our list= find the correct 4osition= and name the card at that number.