Any deck is well shuffled by a spectator who then cuts off about a third of the cards. He is
asked to look them over and finally settle his mind upon any one card in the packet lie is
holding.

You now take the packet, fan it, and appear to be trying to locate the thought-of card.
Actually you look for two spot cards of like value, preferably from 6 to 10. These are kept
together and are moved about in the fan, which is held face towards you, so that the
second of the two cards will occupy its own number from the top of the packet. Thus, if you
use two “nines,” one should be placed eighth and the other ninth from the top; if two
“eights,” one should be seventh and the other eighth. (more…)

This is a unique impromptu force that is worth including for some reason or other. It makes use of the old reflection principle where a table knife is pushed into the pack and the performer sees a reflection of the tip comer of card as the spectator notes it. To force a number up to ten is most feasible. A spectator shuffles (more…)

One, two or three cards may be forced in succession in a clean cut manner as follows: The three cards are previously placed in the inside coat pocket. The deck is shuffled and then openly placed in pocket so that (more…)

A simple yet effective force is to have the card on the bottom of the deck. After a shuffle which leaves it still there, the deck is placed behind the back and performer asks spectator to cut off any number of cards in a bunch. Immediately this is done, the performer swings around and asks the spectator if he knows bow many cards he cut. (more…)

The card to be forced is on the bottom of deck. The cards are run from left to right in the usual manner, but the action is started while approaching the audience so as to give time for the following maneuver: With the (more…)