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The effect of the following was inspired by Steve Hamilton’s “Thinking Out Loud” that appeared in Roger’s Thesaurus by Roger Crosthwaite and Justin Higham. The principle employed here stems from an observation made by Tom Sellers in “A Trick with the Si Stebbins Pack”`(Card Tricks That Work). The deck is set in the standard Si Stebbins arrangement, which is simply that each card is three ahead in value than the previous, and the four suits rotate throughout. WORKING 1. Begin by giving the deck a False Shuffle, followed by a couple of genuine cuts. Spread the deck between your hands and have a card freely selected by a spectator who places the card directly into his pocket without looking at it. As he is doing this, give the deck a complete cut at the point where the card was withdrawn and square up. 2. Turn to a second spectator and say, “You will now discover the secret identity of the hidden card, first the suit and then the value. However, you will need some help to do this, so let’s call upon the greatest detective of all time, Mr. Sherlock Holmes. He will help you to identify the suit.” Hand the deck to the spectator and ask him to spell the name S-H-E-R-L-O-C-K by dealing one card for each letter in the name into a face down pile on the table. Turn over the top card of the tabled pile to indicate the suit. 3. Next, say, “OK, so that’s the suit taken care of, but the value is much more difficult...even for Mr. Holmes. I think we will need to use a little ‘magic’ now.” You now ask the spectator to spell the word M-A-G-I-C in the same way as before, but dealing into a separate pile. Turn over the top card of this pile heap to indicate the value. 4. Finally announce both the value and suit together thus completing the name of the card then ask the spectator to remove the card from his pocket. This will prove to be that very card. END NOTES The above will also work with a four lettered word followed by a nine lettered word. I use “CARD” “DISCOVERY” for an instant repeat, by replacing the used cards on the bottom of the deck, and then having a second selection made from the top half of the deck. As I prepare for the repeat, I say, “Of course this is really a Card Discovery, so let's use those very words and see what happens?”
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