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Half Pack Reverse Card Trick
Having secretly reversed the bottom card, hold the pack face down in
the left hand. Cut at about the
center, opening the pack book wise,
the backs of the cards to the front.
A moment before you separate your
hands slide the bottom card of the
right hand packet face up on top of
the lower portion and at once turn
the left hand over towards the
right, showing this reversed card
which will appear to be the bottom
card of that packet. The move is
covered by an upward motion of both
hands as the cut is made.
Show both packets back and front.
They appear to be perfectly regular
and that in the right hand is, hut
the
left hand packet has a card
reversed both at the top and bottom.
Turn this packet face up and on it
place the right hand packet face
down, so that the packets overlap
about half way. Hold them in this
position vertically, right thumb at
bottom and fingers on the top. The
original reversed bottom card is
towards the audience and the card
reversed in the cut faces you. Show
the packets back and front and it
will appear that half faces
downwards, the other half upwards.
If the two visible cards that face
one another in the middle are of the
same color you say that they should
differ, or if they differ say that
they should be alike; in either
case, still holding the packets
vertically, slide out the faced card
of the lower packet, turn it over
and insert it in the top packet.
"That's better," you say, and at
once push the two packets together,
square the deck and hold it face
down.
Pull out the bottom card and with it
fan the deck, then drop it face down
on top. Spread the cards out on the
table with a flourish. All of them
face the same way. |
