steals the two cards above the break (these two cards are now below the right hand cards).
Situation: In the left hand you have three
cards, from top down (face up): 8C, J, 8C. In the right hand you have five cards, from top down (face up): J, J, J, 8C, 8C. Leave the left hand cards face down on the table.
Do an Elmsley Count and show three Jokers and an 8C. Repeat the Elmsley Count (but this time place the last card on the bottom) and show two Jokers and two 8C. Repeat the Elmsley Count and show three 8C and one Joker. Leave the Joker face up on the table.
Turn the left hand packet face down. Deal the top card (without showing it) onto the tabled packet (J), deal the next two as one onto the tabled packet and drop the last card on top of all.
Pick up the packet and show seven 8C with the Olram Move as fol- lows: the packet is face down in the left hand dealing position (from top down: 8C, J, 8C, J, 8C, J, 8C). The right hand takes the top card (figure 3). Turn both hands to show two 8C as in figure 4 (the left hand shows the bottom card of its packet.
Note that the left fingers moved away from the original grip to allow to show most of the card). Turn both hands palm up again and deal the right hand card face down onto the table and imme- diately the left thumb pushes the TOP card of the packet (J) onto the tabled card. The right hand takes the top card of the left hand packet and the hands are turned one more time to show two more 8C.
Deal the cards as before onto the tabled cards. Repeat the moves with
the next two cards (dealing them face down onto the previous four) and then turn over the remaining card in the left hand to show another 8C. Leave this card face up on the table.
Pick up the face up Joker and slide it face down below the tabled pack- et (from top down, the order is: J, 8C, J, 8C, J, 8C, J). Pick up the packet and repeat the Olram Move showing seven Jokers. Leave the last Joker face up next to the tabled face up 8C.
Pick up the six face down cards. Deal the top card face down onto the face up 8C, the next face down onto the Joker and so on back and forth. Turn over the three face down cards which you just placed onto the Jokers and show three more Jokers. Turn over the three face down cards which you just placed onto the 8C and show three more 8C. You now have two packets, one has four 8C and the other four Jokers.
Drop the four 8C onto the Jokers. Pick up the packet and repeat the moves explained before beginning with the right thumb tip break at the bottom card. You'll end up in the same order. The left hand places its packet face down on the table. Place the right hand packet face down into the left hand and, casual- ly and openly, move the top card to the bottom of the packet.
Grip the packet face down from above with the right hand (Biddle Grip) and with the left thumb, slide the top card off and into the left hand, then the second on top of the first and then the third. Turn over the last two cards as one face up onto the left hand cards showing a black card. Turn the two cards face down again onto the left hand packet and deal the top card face down onto the table.
Re-grip the packet from above in the right hand again. The left thumb
peels off the top card into the left hand and then the next one on top of the first. Turn over the last two cards in the right hand as one (flipping them face up) and show another black card. Turn the dou- ble face down again and deal the top card onto the tabled card.
Turn the packet face up, grip- ping it from above in the right hand. With the left fingers, move the bottom card to the left showing two more black cards (the top card is a double.) The left hand slides the bottom card off and brings it on top of the double. Square, turn the cards face down and place the packet on top of the two face down cards on the table. Pick up the packet, turn it face up and perform an Elmsley Count showing four Jokers. This should be a good surprise. Keep the cards face up in the left hand dealing position.
The right hand takes the top card of the packet, flips it face down and places it onto the tabled cards. Flip the left hand cards face down. With the right hand once again take the top card and deal this card onto the tabled packet. (Do not show the face of this card.)
With the right hand take the top two cards as one and turn both hands to show two more red cards. The right hand then drops its two cards (as one) onto the tabled cards followed by the left hand card on top of them all. It now looks apparently as if you have placed four Jokers onto the tabled packet and the illusion is perfect.
Square the packet, slowly and clearly, one by one, turn the cards over face up, showing them Alternated black cards and Jokers for a great finale.
NOTE: You may force the 8C from a reg-
ular deck. Show seven Jokers, add the 8C and proceed as written.