SITUACIÓN PROBLEMÁTICA

that two Black Aces are face up on top of two face down Red Aces. The Aces are in a fanned condition held by right hand. Show

both sides of the fan then rest it against top of deck, w i t h Black Aces face up, in readiness for the "Two of Four Exchange" 2nd

Procedure using the K.M. Moves as per Figures 1_ and 8 except

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3) On completion of the turning action of Figure 8 the left thumb deals off two face down cards to table. These are supposedly B l a c k Aces but actually two Red Kings. The left hand turns palm u p wards and left thumb at on ee deals over the two face up Red Aces w h i c h are taken by right hand. At same time left thumb advances the next two cards of de ck then pulls these ba ck as left 4th

fi n gertip gets a break be neath what are actually the two Bl ack Aces. The patter line for these actions is simply, "Two B l a c k Aces",

as left hand thumbs off the two face down cards, really Red Kings, as supposedly Bla c k Aces. As right hand turns p a l m up you add, " And two Red Aces", as left thumb fans over thte two Red Aces wh ich are taken, faces up, w ith right hand thumb on face, at lower r i g h t ’ corner and fingers beneath.

4) Remem b e r you have a b r e a k under the to p two cards, the Black Aces, of the deck. Right hand holds two fanned face up Red Aces. Right fingers flip the Red Aces face down and flush onto the

top of deck. At o nce the right hand grasps all the cards, from above, by the ends, that are above the left 4th fingertip break. The four card packet is raised up above the de ck and squared between the thumbs and fingers of both hands. Ask what color Aces you have. If the spectator gets cute and says "Black"

your right fingers and thumb can me r ely peel off the top card of the packet to show it is a Red Ace as you add, "No - two Red Aces". Ask again what color Ac e s you have and he will have to say 'Re d1. 5) Before the spectator actually answers the four card squared packet is held by right hand alone in readiness for the D'Amico Spread. The right thumb is on the face of the packet. The right 1st fingertip is pressing down on the upper side edge of the cards. The right 2nd and 3rd fingertips touch the ba ck of the cards. The right 4th fingertip does not touch the back of the cards but comes at a point just b elo w the inner end of the packet. While right hand is holding the squared packet the left 4th

fingertip releases two top cards, at the lower right corner,

then moves in to obtain a break be n eath these top two cards whi ch are the two Black Kings. The left 4th fingertip count can be covered by merely h olding left hand so that backs of de ck are towards p erformers body.

6) When spectator answers that you have the two Red Aces you say, "Watch", as you do the D ' Ami c o Spread with right thumb

pushing or fanning the face Ace past the tip of right 1st f ing er­ tip w h i c h continues to press down on the top side edge of the remaining three cards thus k eeping these squared as if they we re one card. On ce the right hand has fanned or spread the cards they are turned face up and rested against top of deck to show two Black Aces.

7) The right thumb and fingers at on c e gr asp also those cards above the break. Right hand moves off to the right side of the deck seemingly wi th two face up Black Aces but actually a total of 6 cards, four face up Aces and two face down B l a c k Kings. The situation, to the spectator is similar to that shown in Figure except here two Black Aces are the face up cards shown. The 6 cards, as apparently two face up B l ack Aces, are turned over onto the top of de ck in a manner identical to that shown in Figure j>. The p a l m down left hand at once thumbs off the supposed B l a c k Aces face down to the table. Actually the Black Kings go face down to

The the table. The action here is similar to that in Figure 6. line here is, "No - these are the two Black Aces".

8) The four Aces are face down on top of deck and left hand is palm down with the deck in hand. Your left hand reaches for the supposed two Red Aces as you say, " These are the Red ____ , "

stopping short when left hand has turned over two Red Kings instead. C on t i nu e by adding, "Kings?", in a q u e s t io ning or puzzled tone.

N o w add, "I forgot to tell you - this is a four King trick", as right hand turns the tabled Black Kings face up and tosses them alongside the face up Red Kings. The left hand casuall y turns palm up as the Aces are face down on top of deck. The effect has been concluded unless you want to overdo things and change the Kings back to Aces via the "Exchanging Four For Four" method as per the Figures JL6 to inclusive. I don't recommend this since you already have reached a good surprise ending.

Exchanging Four of Eight - (D. Solomon)

This is an extension of the "Two of Four Exchange" and basically is handled with either four Aces face up on top of four Kings face down or with four Aces face down on top 6f four face up Kings. A left 4th finger break is held be neath the top four cards which can be X cards or as in the case of David Solomon's routine the four Deuces. It will be best to describe the

"Four of Eight Exchange" as used in the - "Surprise T r a n s p o s i t i o n " - Da v id Solomon.

EFFECT: Eight cards, the four Aces and four Kings, are shown in a fanned condition. The spectator gets a choice of either the Aces or Kings, Assume he chooses the Kings. These are dealt face down in front of him. The four face up Aces are now placed face down in front of performer. Spectator is asked what cards he has. His reply is, "The Kings". Performer makes a magic pass and shows that his face down cards are the Kings. The Aces are shown face up in center of deck. The spectator now w on d er s what cards he has. Performer says, "You were

double crossed - you have the four Deuces". With this the four cards in front of spectator are turned face up to dis close the four Deuces.

1) In removing the four Aces and Kings from t.he d e c k you will find it a simple matter to also get the four Deuc es secretly to top of the deck. In squaring the deck get a left 4th fingertip b r eak beneath the top four D euces of the deck. Maintain break during all actions.

2) Wi t h right hand pick up the tabled Aces and Kings. Using both hands, resting the 8 cards against top of deck, arrange the Aces and Kings so that they are back to back. At this stage you can give the spectator a choice of either the Aces or Kings. For

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3) Turn the 8 card packet so that the chosen four cards, in this case the Kings, are face up while the four Aces are face down. The 8 cards are in a spread or fanned condition. Rest the 8 card fan against top of deck as you say "You want the Kings". Here the right fingers and thumb take all the cards above the break and move them, as apparently only a fan of 8 cards, off to the right side of deck and do the turnover with the 8 fanned cards plus the secret four D e u c e s onto top of d ec k as left hand moves palm downward to meet the turning fan of cards. The action here is identical to that shown in Figures 7 and 8 except here you have a 8 card fan w it h the 4 Kings face up and 4 Aces face down.

4) W i t h the left hand p a lm down your left thumb qu i c k l y thumbs off, one at a time, four face down cards, one onto the other,

to the table. The left hand turns p a lm u pwards and both hands spread the top cards to show 4 face up Aces. During the spreading of the 4 Aces you actually spread down to the eight card from

top of d e ck and in resquaring the dec k only the left 4th f inger ­ tip o bt a i n s a break b e l o w these four cards. The 4 Aces remain

fanned against top of the deck. The patter line, as you thumb off the supposed four Kings face down to table, is, "One-two- t h ree - fo u r Kings for you". Left hand turns pal m up showing the

four Aces as you add, "And I have the four Aces".

5) The real situation, at this stage, is that the 4 D e u c e s are

face down in front of the spectator. The 4 Kings are face down

on top of deck and you have a break belo w them. The 4^ Aces are face up, in a fanned condition, held against top of deck. You will no w do the ex change of four cards for four. The right thumb first down-jogs the face Ace. Right hand flips over the Aces faces down onto the deck. The in-jogged Ace is now 4th card from top. The left thumb deals over only the top two cards.

The right fingers and thumb n ow g r a s p all those cards above the bre a k to move them off to the right side of deck and into the eventual turning over of these cards against top of deck. These K.M. Move actions are similar to that shown in the Figures _15 to

19 inclusive except here the Aces will be face down when the K.M. Move is started. The eventual e x cha nge as per Figures 18 -

19 will result in the 4_ Kings going face down to the table

while the 4_ Aces will be face up on top of deck. Keep left

hand p al m down.

6) W i t h right hand ca sually undercut half of the still face up deck that is in left hand. W i t h this right hand portion you g es t u r e towards the 4 tabled cards near you as you ask "What

cards do I have". The spectator will say, "Four Aces", w i t h this you turn your cards over, to show 4 Kings, adding the line "No-I have the Kings". Continue with, "The four Aces are in the deck". (By this time you have placed the half of deck from

right hand onto the cards in left hand, centrali zin g the four face up Aces.) Turn the deck face down into the right h a n d .

Do a R e v e r s e Pressure Fan with left hand fanning the cards front right to l e f t . All cards will appear to be face down due to Lite- reverse fan. Close the fan. Not having seen the Aces the

spectator will look q ues t i o n i n g l y at you. Patter as follow:;: "You don't believe the Aces are in the deck. Tell you what- I will make them turn face up to save time." Do a regular pressure fan iri left hand as right hand does the fanning from left to right thus clearly showing the four Aces face up and together in center of deck.

7) Point to the four face down cards in front of spectator with the comment, "You were d o u b l e - c r o s s e d , really, you have the four Deuces", as your right hand turns the four Deuces face up to con c lu d e the effect.

So m e times the addition of another bit to a routine could bog it down. In the event that the addition of the R everse Pressure Fan at Step 6 above could do just that you can put the blame on me.

If you wish to avoid the one at a time thumbing off of the cards, (those given to the spectator) at Step j4 of Solo m o n ' s routine you can use a similar four for four exchange even thou gh you are handling an 0 card fan. The following technique makes for a packet exchange of four cards of the original 8 card fan.

1. You have a break w i t h tip of left 4th fingertip, at lower right corner, below the top four Deuces.

2. The 8 card fan can have four Kings face up and four Aces face down or four Aces face up and four Kings face down.

3. For clarity of illustration the four Aces are face up with four Kings face down. All 8 cards are in a fanned condition more or less held between the thumbs on top and fingers

below.

4. D u ri n g the time the 8 card fan is thus held by both hands the left 2nd and 3rd fingertips press against the face of the lowermost King and move it downward t o injog it for about

a half inch. The left thumb presses onto the top of the second and third King in order to keep any other Kings from being injogged.

5. On c e the lowermost King, the 8 th card from top in the fan, is injogged the right hand moves the fan towards top of the deck so that the injogged card and the third King will be actually on top of the deck but the second and first King will remain fanned or spread.

6. The right thumb and fingers now grasp all the cards above the b r e a k and move them off to the right side of the deck as

appare ntly only the 8 card spread. The Figure _21 shows this situation at this stage.

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7. Do the K.M. Move turning of the spread cards up against top of deck. The injogged King will remain injogged. All that is required is for right thumb to press cut the injogged card

which will lever up only the n e w cards or in this case the four Deuces. These actions are identical to that already shown in Figures _17 to JL9 inclusive to com p l e t e the exchange. The four D e u c e s are now face down on the table. Left hand can turn p a lm up to now show the four face up Aces. From here proceed with the rest of D a ve Sol o mon' s routine as outlined. Let me m e ntion the o bvi o us ob s e rva t ion that using the techniques of the "Four For Four Exchange" you can e xch a n g e say a complete

fanned packet of say ten Red cards for ten Black cards or for that matter any number of cards. Thus a shuffled mixed packet of ten cards could be substituted for ten cards that may be in a p re-arranged order. As to wh e ther the original cards end up face down or face up, on top of the deck, will depend on h ow you start or what your p ur po se or effect is to be. As an example here are a couple of 'cheeky' uses for the above suggestions. Direct Transposition

EFFECT: Four Aces transpose w i t h four Kings.

1) Arr a n ge four Aces on top of four Kings. The Aces and Kings should be back to back. The 8 card fan is shown both sides as you ask which four cards the spectator wants. Assume he wants the Aces.

2) The 8 card spread is turned so the chosen Aces are face up. N o w say, "You don't want the Kings". O p e n l y place the four face down Kings onto top of deck and in squaring them, in line with top of deck, the left -lth fingertip ob tains a break be neath them.

3) The four Aces are held face up and fanned. Fi ngers and thumbs of both hands sort of hold onto each side of the fanned Aces.

The left 2nd and 3rd fingertips downjog the lowermost Ace or the one fourth from the face. Here e xecute the exchange actions of the K.M. Move as per the Figures 1_G to _19 inclusive. Your patter during this ex ch an ge action is, "You want the four Aces." (He gets the Kings)

4) Turn left hand pal m up and at once thumb over the top four cards as you add, "And I will take the four Kings". Hold the fan of four cards in right hand as you say, "Watch". Her e ruffle the upper left corner of deck as you hold deck, wit h left hand p a l m down, above the fan of four cards held by right hand.

5) Turn your 4^ cards face up as you say, "Now I have the Aces". Point to spectators tabled packet saying, "And you have the Kings". The performer or spectator turns over the tabled cards to disclose the Kings and the transposition is completed.

Another bold approach, using the above exchange moves, is to apply it to a mental transposition effect ori gin ally devised by E.G. Brown. The details of the original (?) Brown effect can be found in "The Card Magic of Edward G. B r o w n " on page J39 under the title of "The Twelve Card Thought Transition". The

reader will notice that I put a qu e stion m a r k next to the word "original". The reason is that it seems the routine wa s up­ dated w i th what appears like a Vernon Pushoff count that got very rapid world w ide attention almost on the heels of Vernon's v ery first lecture. Suspect ing "updating" is pret ty valid

w hen one considers the original E.G. Brown version of "Three

Guesses" that appeared in the "Sphinx" for 1943 and the obviously updated version that was published in the "Pentagram" by Peter W a r l o c k w h o apparently did the updating without mentioning the fact;. This mislead the reader to assume that it was the same as

that w h i c h appeared in the "Sphinx". And how many of the present day up-coming magicians have a file of the "Sphinx" magazine?

I myself got a copy of the original routine in the "Sphinx", from John Braun. But this is digressing from the method to be described for the thought card transition effect. It is not of fered as an improvement btit rather to show how the K.M. Move can be applied to get a similar effect under close-up conditions. Mental Card Across

EFFECT: Same as that by E.G. Brown whe r e a card thought of in a six card packet transposes itself to the performers six card packet. The spectator has only five cards and the performer seven cards when the effect is concluded.

1) Remove any twelve cards of mixed suits and values. Turn

six of the cards face up onto the remaining six face down cards. The left hand has the deck in dealing position. Both hands spread