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VOLUME

3 1979

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MARLO 'S MAGAZINE VOLUME THREE by

EDWARD MARLO Copyr i ght 1979 by Edwar d Ma rl o Al l r i gh t s

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No p art of t h i s publi cati on may be repr od u c ed , s t or ed i n a r e t r i ev a l system , or tr an smi t t e d, in any f orm or by any mean s , ele ct r on ic , mechani cal , pho t ocopy i ng, rec ording , or otherwise without the prior wr itten permis sion of the co pyr igh t owner. First Edition September , 1979

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First Edition Sep tember , 1979

TAB LE OF CONTENTS Cover Drawing - "Illu sionist Confr o n t s the I ll u sion" c re a ted by John Kurtz , a note d Ch icago

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spread showing four cards a s in the Fig.18. Three of these cards are pairs and only the outer end card is-a single card. If you had de'c i.de dc on a widthwise spread the cards would appear as in the Fig . 19 and held from above by the ends with the right :hand. ,

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4 . Fr om the posi tion of th e Fig . 18 the r i gh t hand thu mb now g oes und e r t he spread, from the b a c k end , while the righ t fingers press onto t h e face o f t h e sprea d . Th e right han d now t i l ts the spread towa r d s the spectator. This leaves the l eft ,h a n d free to change i t s p o s iti on and regrasp the sides of the spread, from the back, with the left thumb going on the bottom sides o f the spread and the left 2nd , 3rd, and 4th fingers on the top sides of the spread. The left 1st finger is curled up against the back of the spread . The right hand still has its grip on the right end of the spread . S. In the above position the elongated spread is thus displ a yed to the audience with all indexes showing on your left or specta tor's right. It is at this time that the right thumb contacts the second s t epp e d pair on the right. The right thu]Ilb pulls this card very s l i g ht l y to the right and then moves onto , the third stepped pair to p ull its back card slightly t o the right . This action, with the r ight t humb moving t he b ac k card o f the 3rd pair, i s shown in the Fi g . 2 0 wh ich is the performer 's v i e w. Th e s e actions have slight l y end-Jo gged, t o the r ight, the ba ck card of t h e second a n d 't h i r d pair o f cards thus making the moves that follow v e r y easy . Al l this takes only seconds while displaying the faces of the spread t o the audience .

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6. Once the end-jogging has been completed the left hand al one holds fl the el ongated spread i n a n upright position. You now will find it j very easy f or the left 1st finger t ip to engage the back card o£ th e " 3rd pair f r om the top as-5een in t he exposed side vi ew of the Fig. 21.

7. You now go thr u the required c lockwise and counter-cl~ kwise , actions as the left 1st fin ger pushes down on i ts ca rd un ~i l it sutomatically lines up ana-c ove rs the KH card at the right an~ ~since the actual push action is made when the cards are pivoted clotkwise to the right. The KH has visually changed to the AH . "\('" ';:. ~

t he l eft 1st fing ertip engages the back c ard of the 2nd pair, again e asy due-to t he p r evi ou s end -jog gi n g act ions whi c h-rllsures onl y a single c ard be ing pUl l e d back. Thi s is s imil ar to Fig. 21 ex c ep t he r e it is the back card of the 2nd p air that wi l l be pulled back. Again repeat the cl ockw ise and c ounter-clockwise actions, as already depicted earlier in the Figs. 3 and 4, to cau se the 8S to change to the AS. , :~~, 8.

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9 . At t his st age t he AD c a r d i s the double cAr d. To ~lnsure an ea sy pull back o f the back o f t his pa i r the ri gh t thumb is pi a ce d on t he , back of the card(s), at the top end, whi le the righ t 2nd fing e r is '. placed onto the face of the card. The right 1st fingertip i s plac ed on the ~~R edge of the c a r d ( s ) . Holding the card(s) fir mly, press down wi~th e t ip of the right fingertip as at the same time the right thumb so r t of pul l s upwa r d. This pOSit ion, as seen f r om the front in t he Fig . 22, i s s eeming l y just an innoc ent a c t i on ; however , it v e ry mi nute l y bev els t he s e t wo c ards so t ha t the back c a rd is a mat ter of t wo thou sand s of an inch abo v e the fa c e AD thu s maki ng t he left' 1st f i n ge rtip s job of pulling the back card easier. . . .- ; . I

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1 0. The ac ti on depicted in the Fig. 22 wou l d apply als o to cards that may b~ ,spread widthwise. In any case, the left 1st finger pushes the back card do wn until it is automatically stopped by the fina l laC card thu s t he climax o f having f our Ac e s i s reached. The Fig. 2~hows the f ou r Ace Climax i n a l engthwise spread whi l e the Fig. 24 shows the climax with the cards held widthwis e. Rememb er that all the end-jogging actions described for the lengthwise spre ad will apply t o when the cards are hel d widthwise ex cept the jog would be termed a side-jog to t he right.

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l 2. N~ x t , very quickly and while theaudieric~' is 'kt i l l ab ~or bing t he c ha nge to Aces the right thumb pulls the back card; of the first pair to the left of th e AD , to the right until this card i s in line with the AD. At onc e proceed to pull the back card of the s e c ond pair also-ro the ri ght until i t lines up wi t h the AD plus the card already i n l i ne wi th the AD . The right thumb f oll ows by a t onc e pulling t he back c a rd of the last or thi rd pa ir so i t al so l ines up with the AD a nd t hos e already i n a l ignme n t . The Fig. 25 s ho ws the right t humo pul l ing ove r t he ba c k c ard of t he l ast pair-to t he ri ght. The le ft fi nge r s a nd thumb hold i ng the sides of the elongat e d sp r e a d provide a perfect t r a ck along whi ch t he back c a rd moves e a sily and smoothly until you have a total o f 4 cards in l ine, .a t the right end, with the f a c e ou t AD. Fr om the fro~t th e" spectator sees nothing of what has occurr ed.--Note right 1st finger along the top edge of spre ad. .-:.

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13 . Onc e all f our cards are a ligned as one , at the right end , the r igh t hand does not move away fr om this end. Instead t he right thumb presses on t o the back of the elongated spread while the right fingers press onto th e face of the spre ad . The right hand thus takes t he packet whi c h leaves the left hand free to turn palm up. The right hand places its still elongated spread face up into t he left hand so that the block of lined up c ards are towards the per former. With the left' hand holding the cards the right hand moves up to the tw o pro jecting ou ter Aces . The two Aces a re taken by t heir right s i d e s , with the right thumb on the face and 1st and 2nd f i ng e r s beneath . Simply move these tw o Aces away from~e other two which remain held in the left hand as shown i n t he Fi g. 26. The elongated spr e ad should be origi nally p ositioned s o t hat tne lined up bl ock o f car d ~ ~ l l l a t e r al!!2.!!l.§:..t .i c a lly fal l int o a Rear Cop or Gambl ers Cop po s r'fi on . 14.

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c omes back to remove the 3rd Ace . This ·time the left fingertips will be pushing a blo ck of 3 c a r d s t o the right and in line with the remaining AD ." Because Ot the right fingers being ex t end ed , to ' t he left , a lo ng the-top end o f the AD the l a s t Ace , for the m omen~ is practi'c a l l y out of the spectatoTTs view. Als o th e right 1st ~~d 2nd f i ng e rtips anchor themse l ves around the upper left corner-ot t~e compl ete block of c a r ds wh i c h a l s o inc l ude s t he AD. The upper r ~tht co rner of the bloc k is al so pre s s i ng in fi rml y-agai n st the r igh t palm a t the base of t he ri gh t 4th and 3rd f ingers. ' The Fi g . ~ s~p w s an exposed bottom view of the blocks ancho r ed cond ition at t hi~· s t a g e . From the f r on t it is practically concealed.

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Fig. 30 19 . Having dispos e d of t he 3r d -Ace the le f t hand c omes bac k but this time the thumb and f i nge rs peel of f the AD only by it s lowe r left c orner ana pivot the AD out t o the left while t he righthand retains the remaini ng 3 c a rds firmly ' anchored. The pivo t a l r e moval of the AD is sho wn i n the Fi g . 30 whic h-rs t he pe r former ' s view While t he ,Fig. 31 i s what the spectator se es . --

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20. The cards that remain in the left hand c an be lapped or brought . t o a f ull Rear Palm by s i mp l y pivo t i ng them inwa rd t oward the rig ht palm. You can now dispose bac k on to th e deck or into a pocket. .

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2l ~ The basic presentational plot is that the game is Five Card Stud and the f our cards you have are those tha t are v isible; howev er , another pl ayer is sitting there wi t h t hr e e of a kind such as 3 Queens. When the first Ace appears you comment that i f you have an Ace in t he hole you could wi n with three Aces but you'r e not sure about that so you make a third Ace appear. Again your comment is that if the fell ow ha s f our Que en s, on e in t he hole, he would win; the refore, yo u make the 4t h Ace appear. The pre s entation is sk etchy but e ach individual can-Duild on it acc ording to his own tastes.

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By this time you should be familiar with the procedures for setting up for either" a lengthwise spread or a ~~ ~ t hw i s e spread; there fore, the following will be brief description~ ' for a couple ~f effects. 1ST EFFECT: A card sandwiched between two ather cards of like value visibly, reverses itself. For the climax it is , shown to change to a different color back. ' 1. Assume the cards 'you will decide to use will be :a ,5S and the two '): Red Deuces. The deck is a Blue backed one. On top ~th e deck place " the regular 5S. From a Red back deck remove the 5S ~np place it some ~ where near the center of the deck. This arrangement 2~n practically be made during any other effects since getting the regular"~ to the ~ top of the deck and later loading in the duplicate Red back card pre- ~ sents no real problem. ' 2. When ready to begin the routine turn the deck face ' up ' a nd say you .] will need two Red Deuces. Spread thru the deck and toss out the Red Deuces as you come to them. Turn the deck face down and start to spread the cards and then raise both hands as you continue the spread till you reach the Red back card. Up-jog this and then the left hand holds the deck as right hand removes the Red backer to toss it face up to the table. The reason you convey is that it doesn't seem to ma.tter which card is used and your patter line is, llBesides the Red ' Twos I will need any other card. ll In essence you have forced the card while seemingly removing one at random.

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7 . . Soon as the r everse effect is r egistering the right hand comes .ov e r to the right end of the spread. The right thumb go es onto t he bac k of t h e Re d back card while th e ri gh t fi nge r s ~ on the f a c e bu t wi t h the ri ght fir st fing e r extende d alon g th e to p' ~ ide edg e and wi th t he bac k of the right 3r d fi nge r pr e ss i ng fi rmty aga i n st the end edge ~he Deu c e on your rig ht. In t his way' you f or m a p e rfe c t trac k alo ng whi c h t he Red , back 5S is pulled and i t will go no f ur .t he r than the end of the Deuce on the right because of the position of the ri ght 3rd fi nger ag a i n s t this end. Note --Originally I u sed . to , t r y a nd r emove t he c e nter c a rd by us ing the rig ht t humb to pu sh back fl us h the Red ba c k 5S as t he r i ght finge r s pu l l ed the visi ble card out from be t wee n the-Deuces . I fe l t thi s did not l ook ca s ua l e nough at a time when you shoul d be having no t ro uble; t here fo r e, do ing t he aligning a cti ons fr om t he bac k, as describe d, le ft onl y one c ard projec t ing from unde r the Deuce and it s removal is no w easy as the right fing ers and thumb gr a s p the project ing end of the face do wn c ard t o remov e it f r om be t we en the Deuc es.

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8. The r i gh t hand shows the face and ba ck of the 5S. It is now repl ac ed to between the Deuces but it go e s be l ow t ne now t HO al igned cards at · t he ou t er end or to your le f t de pend ing on th e posi t ion your packe t is in . Just be s ure you do not fl a sh the un der s i de of t he . still stepp ed Deuc es. With the 5S back face down between the face up Deuces you a r e now rea dy to cause it to turn f a c e up again. Simpl y repeat the same a c t i ons as be for e wh en suddenl y the 5S i s again fac e up ; howev er , remember t hi s is a Red ba ck 5S. AgaIn be sure t o do the ali gning mov e s a t t he ba ck s o a s to l e a v e on l y the face up 5S p roj e ct i ng. Wi th th e r i ght hand r emove t he 5S to show its f u ll-rac e bu t do no t s hoH i t s bac k. Replace the 5S-race up again to under both ali gned cards on your left. -9~ You are agai n set to ha ve t he 5S turn f a c e down again as once more the Bl u e back fac e dOlvn ca r d lvill co v e r the f a c e up Red back 5S . This t ime , whe n the 5S has t ur ned face down again, t he r igh t hand r e move s the bott om in -j ogged Deuc e to tur n i t f a c e down and re pl aces it back u nde r t he cards . Turn t he o t he r Deuc e fa ce do wn on top and square up the pac ket. You wi ll now go i nt o the f i na l phase which i s that of a visual color cha nge.

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from the face to the top, in 3 Red cards-l Black-l Red-3 Blacks order. Square up the packet. , 6 . " ~urn the packet face down into the lef t hand dealing pos iti on. The left thumb deals over the top ~ard which is taken by the right hand, at the lower right corner with thumb on top and 1st and 2nd fingers below. The 2nd knuckle of the right hand third finger pre s s e s agains t the lower r i gh t c orner bo t tom ed ge o f the c ar d, then moves ou t wa r d causing the c a r d t o p i vot fa ce up thu s showing it s face. By pressing forward, on the back of the card, with the right thumb, which moved downward when the card was pivoted face up, the card i s again brought face dow-n. The nex t card is taken under a nd a l on gs i de the first card. Now bo t h cards a re p i vote d , as a un it, face up t o show tw o Black c ar ds . The next t wo c a rds are ta ken, on e at a time, under those in th e r ight hand and then t ossed fac e down , t o the table. The patter for these actions is, "We have one, two, three, four Black cards." Turn the remaining cards face up. Thumb ov e r on l y two of th e f ace Red car ds , casua ll y showing t hree Red c a r ds , as you s ay, "These are t he Red c a r ds . " Tur n the s e c ar ds face down into the left hand. Spr ead or fan out these four cards holding them in the left hand . With right hand pick up the tabled c a r d and place it f ace down and up -jogged onto the t op card of the fan . The next tabled card is i ns er ted be t ween the 1s t and 2nd c ar ds of th e fan bu t s o that its sides are in line with the sides of t he 1 st c ard as shown in t he Fig. 2. 7. Pick up the n ext tabled card and insert it between the 2nd and 3rd car ds, 'of the fan , f r om the t op. At t hi s s tage 3 Bl a ck c ards a r e up- jogge d . As the right hand re a c he s f or the last tab l ed c ard, a ctually a Red one, the left hand turns inwards to f lash 3 Black up -jogged cards seemingl y interlaced amo ng the four Red cards. The lined up Black card hid e s the face of an actual Black card while t he l e ft fingers co v e r the lower portions of this same Black car d. Tu r n t he c a r d s face down. Insert the last card , in an up-j ogge d c ondition between t he 3rd and 4th c a r ds of the fan. Squa r e up the

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IS. Without hesitation the left hand feeds its 4th Red card to under and with the other 3 Red cards. Both hands move~wards each other during this 1st movement to converge the elongated packet as shown in the Fig. 8. To all appearances the elongated cards still alternate . 16. Believe it or not the patter line for all the above described actions is simply, "The cards now are mixed into Black-RedBlack-Red-Black-Red-Black-Red." This will give you an idea of the natural tempo and action of the Down-Jog Displacement. Done smoothly with no hesitation it appears you have done nothing but show that the cards alternate.

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t he p inned Kings c a n be s hown wi t h the spread pr ongs ef f ec ti vely camouflaging t he l a r ger ho le in the KC. It al so shows the Ki ngs d o not come a par t . The l e f t hand pl aceS-t he deck a s ide . 4 . Wi th t he Ki ngs f a c i ng you unpin th e Ki ng s and pu t t h e paper fast e ne r a s i de . Wlth t he Ki ngs s t il l fa ci ng you p l ac e the l e ft thumb over the hole i n the KC. Lowe r t he hands and wi th t he ri ght ha nd r emove the l owe r KS ana-t Tan sfe r i t onto t he f ace of the XC . The l e f t t humb an d f i nge rs fan or s pread the Kin gs so that t he-now l owe r mos t KC will s how t o t he Ti ght s i d e , f o r ab out a th ird of i t s width it s nole be i ng conc eal ed by the f a c e XS. The r i g ht ha nd p l a c e s the Kings fa c e up to t he t abl e . S , Ha ve the dec k s huffled by t he spec t a t or. Tak e i t ba ck wi t h t he r i gh t hand , f rom abov e and by the end s, t o pl ac e i t i nto t he l eft hand ; howeve r, as you do t h i s the l e ft f i nger t i ps con t ac t the bo t t om \ ca r d pus hing i t t o the rig ht a s a t th e same t i me the Ti ght ha nd turn s the dec k f ac e up . sidewi s e to the r i gh t , on t o t he f a ce down c a rd t hus the card i s r ever s ed i n the a c tion o f t urn i ng t he dec k fa ce up in to the l e f t ha nd . This i s a s ta ndar d reverse move and done well , witho ut any noi s e , i s s ti ll a d ec epti v e move espec i a ll y i f you move t he hand s to t he lef t du ring ~ h e t ur nove r act io ns.

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4. With the p a ck e t of c a r ds st i l l in y ou r l e ft hand th e ri ght han d pick s up th e 4 Aces to pl ace them face up onto the card s in th e l e f t hand . Op enl y arr ang e the 4 Ac e s f rom the fa ce to the top, in 2 Red Ac es - AC and AS . In re -squar ing the Aces secret ly a dd the t op ca rd to ' bel ow the m. The righ t ha n d a t once takes the f a c e up Ace s , pl u s i ts se cr e tly added fa ce down card , f r om a bov e by th e end s, whil e th e l eft ha n d p lac e s its po rt io n of cards fac e do wn to the table . "Th e situatio n at this point is the SH fa c e do wn be ne a th t he 4 fa ce up Ac e s. "Th e t wo tab led cards ar e assumed t o be - t wo selec t ed c ard s but ac t ua l ly one sele c te d ca rd is fa ce up whi l e t he fa ce do wn c ar d is an X c ard . 5. You now apparently pee l of f , i n to t he l e f t hand , th e tw o Red Aces; howev er , yo u a c t ua l ly u s e a Kardyro -Biddle Move stea l i ng the first Red Ace as you p eel off the s e c ond Red Ace . Some may pr efe r t o get away fro~ the above mo ve and use t he f oll owi ng : Rest th e Ace s in t h e le ft hand as t he right thumb, at the back end , li fts up t wo c ard s, t h e Red Aces , th en a ng les t hem of f t o th e l e ft as i n t he Fi g. 1 7 . The rig ht hand g r a s ps the right si d e o f t he Aces wh ile the left thumb pe e l s off the fa c e Ac e into the left hand . The Fig. 18 s hows t he start of the pee ling of f act ion .

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