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Classic Triple Intuition

Triple Intuición Clásica

Three spectators choose three cards. The cards are signed and remembered. In a progressively clean and Dani DaOrtiz

miraculous manner, each person is capable of finding their card, thanks only to the ability of their own intuition Tres espectadores eligen una carta cada uno de ellos. Las cartas son enseñadas y recordadas. De forma cada vez más limpia y milagrosa, cada uno de ellos es capaz de encontrar su carta, gracias únicamente al poder de su intuición.

Preparation: The deck is ordered, from top to bottom, in the following manner: ten (10) indifferent cards, twelve (12) repeated cards (in our example the 7C), seventeen (17) indifferent cards, QC, an indifferent card, 10H, indifferent card, 8S, indifferent card, 6C,

Method: We differentiate between the three spectators sensibly as #1, #2, and #3. Look at spectator #1 and ask if they have a lucky number, which they prefer more than the others or that they just happen to like. Once this is done, we say that we will play with that, with the lucky numbers, the positions of luck or the intuition. With this response, the action of having asked the spectator for a number is ended, and no one gives it any importance. But we not only have heard the number, but we’ve memorized it. Suppose for example that the number named was 5. Take the deck in your hands and start to fan them between the hands so that the spectator #1 can take one of the top ten cards

indifferent card, 4D, indifferent card, 2S, indifferent card. Be

Preparación

aware that there are 13 cards eliminated from the deck which a baraja estará́ ordenada, de top a bottom, de tréboles, carta indiferente, 4 de diamantes,

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de la siguiente forma: 10 cartas indiferentes, carta indiferente, 2 de picas, carta indiferente. have been replaced by the 13 repeated cards (7C). 12 cartas repetidas (en nuestro ejemplo el Advierte que se han eliminado 13 cartas de la ba-

siete de tréboles), 17 cartas indiferentes, Q de tréboles, carta indiferente, 10 de corazones, carta indiferente, 8 de picas, carta indiferente, 6

raja, que han sido sustituidas por las 13 damas de corazones.

Desarrollo:

Finally, continue spreading the cards, you’re past mienza a ensure abrirlas entre las manos, para the que el iferenciaremos a los tres espectadores

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sencillamente como uno, dos y tres. Mira

espectador número uno coja una de las diez car-

sevens and offer #3sithe spread (foto to pick a card. It is tas superiores 1). al espectador númerospectator uno y pregúntale

tiene algún número de la suerte, que prefiera important that they don’t pick of theabriendo bottom las thirteen cartas en cards. las manos y entre otros o simplemente que le guste. Una one vez Sigue hecho, le diremos que jugaremos con eso, con ofrécele al espectador dos otra carta. Ábrele la los números de la suerte, las posiciones de la zona donde se hallan los sietes, para que elija This o should repeated una de ellas (foto 2). cards there are suerte la intuición. easy Con estasince respuestaafter queda the cerrada la acción de haberle preguntado el seventeen (17) indifferent cards to be chosen from. número al espectador, con lo que nadie le dará́ Finalmente, sigue abriendo las cartas, asegúrate más importancia. Pero nosotros no sólo habre- que has pasado los sietes, y ofrece otra carta al mos escuchado cuál es el número, sino que lo espectador número tres. Es importante que no memorizaremos. Supongamos como ejemplo, toque ninguna de las trece cartas inferiores. Esto es fácil, ya que después de las damas, tiene 17 que ha nombrado el cinco. Coge la baraja de cartas en tus manos y co- cartas para elegir.

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(photo 1). Continue spreading the cards in the hands and offer spectator #2 another card. The cards should be spread at the zone where there are the repeated cards, such that the spectator #2 chooses one of the repeated cards (photo 2). 1

asked for their lucky/preferred number. To do so, the right hand lifts the top four cards in Biddle grip, thanks to the break, asking the spectator to leave their card on the deck to “lose it”. Once done, the right hand drops the pile of 4 cards back onto the deck. The right hand tilts the pile of 4 cards so they can’t be counted easily (photo 3). It should go without saying, that if the spectator named a different number than the one in our example, the number of cards cut off by the right hand would be different, nonetheless we have lost spectator #1’s card. Now we continue with the second: Spread the cards between the hands, just as we did before to give them a choice. On this occasion, we do it to lose the card of spectator #2. The seven. To do this, we open the spread till we are sure we’ve arrived at our repeating stack, and ask the spectator to lose their card between the cards. In reality, the other sevens (photo 4). To lose the third card of the spectator, we square the deck in our hands. The right hand cuts the deck into two piles. The top pile is left always face down on the table. It is important that you’ve cut a little below the halfway point of the deck, leaving the duplicates on the bottom of the top pile that is now on the table. A quick glance at the bottom of the pile in question in the action of the cut Once the cards are chosen, ask that they remember and return

will alert us if we must cut slightly lower. We ask spectator #3 to

them. To do this, while you speak, your hands prepare a break

leave their card on the pile that’s on the table. To lose it, the right

with your left little finger below the 4th card from the top. Why the

hand drops the remaining cards in the hand onto the tabled pile

fourth card? - Simply because the spectator named 5, when we 2

(thus completing the cut). In this way, the three cards have been

holding and look at the value of it. Just as before we say the card

lost in the deck.

at this position will be the chosen one. Either way, the spectator

We have arrived at the moment of the miracle: The intuitive search for the three cards. Hand the deck to spectator #3 and ask them to begin to deal, slowly, cards one by one on the table, face up. When the QC appears, we look at them and say “But stop where you want,

deals the last card and it is theirs. We now ask the spectator to pass the deck to spectator #1, who should remember his lucky number, in our example 5, and look at the card at that position. The spectator deals four and turns the 5th over which is revealed as his own card.

don’t wait too long!” The spectator, thanks to the order, will have

In this moment, if the card is placed at 10 for the “lucky number”

understood just at this moment, that he should have stopped on

the result is where the repeating cards begin. That is to say, if

any of these cards that he’s already turned face up on the table.

from 10, we subtract 5, we get 5. This reveals to us that we have

Due to this, the spectators reaction will be to pass a few more

5 indifferent cards followed by the repeated sevens.

cads and stop. It doesn’t matter which of the next 12 cards they stop on, because all of them lead to the spectator’s card.

Now we can ask spectator #3 to take the deck and begin to deal the cards face down one by one onto the table. When they have

If they stopped placing cards on the table on one of the even

dealt five cards, till the sevens (in our example), we ask that they

cards that we have prepared (see the last 13 cards in the

stop where they want. The spectator stops on whichever seven.

preparation and notice that in the that in the even positions are

In this moment, we can dramatize the situation and ask if they

cards that descend from Q - 2), we tell them to count down the

really want to change the card repeatedly. It doesn’t matter what

pile as many cards as the value shows on the last turned up card.

they do, because all of the cards that they have dealt are, with the

For example, if the last card on the table was a 4C, we ask that

exception of the last card, sevens. They are completely free to

they turn the 4th card which will without a doubt be their chosen

stop anywhere they want and it will be spectator #3’s chosen

card. It doesn’t matter which even card we end on, all of them

card.

lead to the chosen card.

One idea of Christian Engblom, to prevent the spectator waiting

If the last card dealt was a indifferent card between the even

till the last card, is having them to look at the bottom card before

cards. We tell them to take the top card of the pile that they are

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Thought of Intuition

The deck is shuffled by the spectators. One thinks of a card. You begin to discard cards eliminating by groups, piles or one by one, till you finally stop with one single card on the table, the thought of card.

Preparation: The deck is ordered as follows: 10 indifferent cards, 12 repeated cards (for example the 7C) and the rest of the deck. Notice that the deck has 13 cards missing which have been substituted by 13 duplicates.

Method: Now talking to the spectator on your left, ask that he takes a Divide the deck between four spectators so they mix in groups.

card, looks at it and returns it to the pile. Once done, cut and

To do this, deal 10 cards on the table and give them to a

mix.

spectator, deal 12 cards (the repeated ones) and give these to the spectator on your left. Deal about half the cards to the table

Finally, ask the last spectator that he moves two or three cards

and give these to one spectator and the rest to a final spectator.

from the top to the bottom and mix again once done.

We will now utilize a strategy of “thought of card.” What we will

All of these actions can be done with the piles below the table.

do is that one of the spectators will look at a card, but the fact that this is done will have no significance to anyone. We can easily manipulate this moment. To do so, treating it as if it were a trick of shuffling the cards: ask a spectator to take a card and without looking at it, to put it in the middle. Then, cut and mix. To another, ask they cut and mix a few times.

At this point, what has happened is that one spectator maintains the pile of duplicate cards, has seen one of them without calling attention to the fact and that everyone is “shuffling.” Continuing with the trick, we ask for the pile from one of the spectators (not the one with the chosen card). From this pile, we deal a few on the table and say at the same time: “You’ve mixed them well right?” The rest are still in the hands (photo 5).

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We now ask for the pile of the spectator on the left, the pile of duplicate cards, and once he gives them to us, we put them onto the ones we have in our hand, but maintaining a break with the pinky between the two piles. Immediately, we do a pass (photo 6 exposes the technique), taking the bottom pile in a continuing action with the right hand (photo 7) which is placed onto the

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cards that were previously dealt onto the table. Following this action the right hand takes all the cards from the table and leaves them on the pile in the left hand.

These strange actions that we just did are VERY important: We

must have at this point, a pile in the left hand, and on the bottom

all of the duplicated cards. We have simply gotten to this situation without asking for the duplicate cards pile first, but if someone

had given importance to the actions with this pile (the choosing of a card), then now the card is certainly “lost.”

Take the group of cards they’ve eliminated and turn the face up on the table, asking if they see in this group of cards the card he’s

Continuing with the recollection of the deck ask for the third and

thinking of. While this happens, close the spread and leave the

fourth spectators and leave those on those you already have. The

deck squared on the table.

the bottom. Beginning to Discard (3 from spreads):

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deck is now complete in your hand, with the duplicate cards on

The response from the spectator will be negative. Ask now that they eliminate a group from the center of the spread. To do so, spread the cards, face down, but on this occasion from left to right, as we are accustomed to doing.

Spread the deck, face down, on the table from right to left. and ask the spectator to your left to eliminate some cards from his

The spectator will remove another group of cards, that you take

side.

and show and ask if they see their thought of card here. The

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response will again be negative. Take this group and leave it face

hands, pulling cards from the back. We begin the shuffle by

up on the pile you left face up before.

pulling tiny groups (photo 9). When we arrive at a point where we

The groups should not be squared so that the spectators can see at all times the eliminated cards (photo 8).

only have a packet of 15-20 cards in the hands, we run singly (photo 10) till we are sure that we only have 10 or so cards left, and we throw these on top (photo 11).

your right now that he eliminates a group of cards from his end.

we’ve moved the bottom 12 cards to the top. That is to say the

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Once done, do the same actions: show them, ask if they see their

This way, the only thing we have done is through the shuffle,

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Concluding the eliminations by spreads, ask the spectator on

thought of card and leave them face up on the eliminated pile.

duplicate cards are now on top of the deck. Creating three piles Take a group of 4 cards from the top part and leave them face down on the table. Leave another group of 4 cards and leave them to the right of the previous pile. Take again 4 more cards and do the same.

Now you state that we will eliminate some piles. Continuing take now 4 more cards and put them on top of one of the end piles. Take 4 more and leave them on the opposite pile.

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Now take only 3 and leave them on the middle pile. Say: “We will put one more in the middle, but not any one, just the one you DONT eliminate.” Fan the cards face down with the cards that you have left in your

We are going to do now a partial “Ireland Shuffle.” That is to say

hands (photo 12) and ask the spectator to eliminate one by one,

we are going to take the deck and begin to mix normally in the

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till they finally only have one in your hand, and without looking at it, leave it on the pile in the center of the table. If the fan has many

Eliminating Piles

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cards, you can ask them to eliminate by groups.

The effect is each time more interesting as you keep having less and less cards on the table and the thought of card still hasn’t appeared.

Ask the spectator now to tell you which pile to eliminate.

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Whichever it is, take it and place it on your left hand in dealing

position. The right hand takes the top 3 cards and shows them

(photo 13). Taking them again face down onto the cards the left

fingers steal the bottom card in the right hand to underneath the pile in your left hand (photo 14). Always in a continuing action, both hands turn their cards collecting them face up (photo 15).

The right hand leaves its cards slightly unsquared on the pile which is in the left hand and takes the whole group now. Finishing the action the left hand takes the bottom card of the packet 7

(photo 16) and openly places it on top. The pile should always seem messy, showing indifferent cards, and hiding at all times the duplicates. The right hand leaves the pile on the “eliminated pile” On the table the “eliminated pile” can always be seen (photo 17). Ask

face up on the discards on the table. Four and Four

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it is, do the same actions to the removed pile and leave it also

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again that they decide which pile to leave on the table. Whichever

On the table, there is only one pile face down. Take it and spread it between the hands (there’ll be 8 cards) and move two cards

from top to bottom, while you say that you’ll cut more and more. Count slowly one by one (inverting their order) 4 cards onto the table and leave the other 4 in your hand. Ask the spectator to

Now ask the spectator which they’d like to play with: the outsides or the insides. If the spectator answers the center, simply, both

Whichever it is, take it and leave it face up on the discard pile,

pair) and shows the ones they’ve eliminated asking if either of

slightly unsquared at the top, showing “as if you don’t care” the

these was the chosen card. They’ll say no (photo 19).

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eliminate one pile (the one in your hands or the one on the table).

top two cards, and hiding the bottom duplicates underneath. The last four cards

Take the last four cards in your hands and move one from the bottom to the top and spread them, leaving two in each hand. The duplicate cards should be on the inside (photo 18).

hands leave the center cards on the table (the bottom of each

Otherwise, if they choose to play with the extreme cards, each hand switches the position of each card, moving each card to the opposite side. Leaving on the table the opposite card of each pair, which they’ll now see as the “interior ones” as seen in photo 21. And at each side of these, the other two. You continue turning over each center card, asking if this was the one they chose. 8

Before the negative response, take the eliminated cards and leave them on the discard pile too. One from Two This is a very delicate moment, because on the table are only two cards. Obviously, it doesn’t matter which is chosen, they’re both

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moment, is as I said, very delicate, especially since we can’t

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duplicates of the chosen card. It goes without saying that this is show the eliminated card. To do this, we create a situation that

justifies why they don’t show the card. Or equally, we are going to eliminate the need to want to see the card.

To do so, the right hand takes the top card of eliminated pile and using it like a shovel, picks up the whole pile. Thanks to the

“shovel” we don’t move any of the cards, showing none of the

duplicates. Turn this pile face down adn ask the spectator to grab any of the two cards on the table and stick it in anywhere in the eliminated cards.

This way, the spectator takes one of them, always face down adn

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loses it, leaving finally one card on the table (photo 22). Once

done, leave the messy pile face up on the table again (with care to not spread more and show a duplicate).

Finally, ask the spectator to name the card they’re thinking of and turn the last card which you’ve arrived at finally amongst all the paths of elimination, revealing this miracle and surely the surprised faces of all your assistants. 9

Intuition at a Number

ACAAN. A thought of card appears in a chosen position, once the deck is shuffled by the spectators.

Comments:

Preparation:

This is a very direct and strong effect. Even though the

Just as before, we start with the same preparation. All the deck

explanations can seem a bit confusing, once tried with a deck of

has ten indifferent cards, and 12 repeated cards (for example the

cards in the hands, you’ll see the trick is semi-automatic.

7C) and then the rest of the deck.

Method: Before we do anything, we ask the spectator on our left to think

The important thing is that now the spectator on the right has

of any number within the deck, from 1 to 52.

seen a card, which we from that moment on refer to as “thought

We are use the method of “thought of card” that we used in the previous trick. To do so with the deck in the left hand we hand ten cards to the spectator on our left. Taking now 12 more cards

of.” Ask now that they take all of the piles out from under the table. Say that you’re going to reconstitute the deck in the order but only at the will of randomness.

(the repeated ones), and giving them to a spectator on our right.

Say that you want help putting the deck back together and ask

The pile that we’re left with in our hand we divide into two (with

for a few things. To do so, ask for only four cards from the

the deck in our hands) and we give each part to a spectator. This

spectator on your right (remember they’re all duplicates). From

way, 4 spectators shuffle their own piles of cards.

any other spectator who has enough cards, ask for a few cards

To “play with the shuffle,” ask the spectator on your left to take some cards from top to bottom and continue by cutting and shuffling; the spectator on your right (who has the repeated cards) ask him to cut, take a card, look at it and return it and shuffle once again. The third and fourth spectators are asked to do some other things. This is much better if everything occurs under the table.

more, that are placed below the ones you already have. First 12 Now say, you all are going to arrange the deck. Ask one of the spectators, who doesn’t know the spectator on your right to deal 2-3 cards on the table. We focus on how many are dealt and on top of these we deal 8 cards. always face down. Now we ask a

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third spectator (not the right spectator), to deal another number of

spectators (never the one from the right), or simply continue

cards. In reality, the number that we ask for is what we need to

directing.

make the total number on the table add to 12 cards. This way, if the first dealt 2, the magician 8, we then ask the spectator to deal 2 cards more. The request should be casual without importance. We say “deal one or two more cards,.... perhaps it’s better if it’s two.”

This way, the deck should be complete on the table, face down. Not only this, but you have a thought of card at 10, 20, 30, 40. The rest of the cards are repeated and lost through the positions 40 - 52 (we don’t use these anymore. Now we take the deck in the hands and we ask to the spectator

Once done, ask the spectator tot ehr ight to deal a few more

who is thinking of a number that he tells us for the first time what

cards, but since he only has 4, tell him only to deal one so that he

is the number he’s thinking of.

can continue “playing.” Nine more Now we do the same, but with only nine cards. That is to say, we make it so that between all the spectators (not the one on the right) that we have one by one cards on the table. When it’s your turn, having counted cards you have left, we leave what is necessary to complete nine cards. That is to say, after the 13 that are already there (12 + the spectator’s 1) and the 9, there should be 22 cards. Once done, ask the spectator to the right to deal one more card (really one of the duplicates). Nine more and Nine more Repeat this twice more. If you run out of cards during the recomposition of the deck, you can ask for more cards from the

Depending on the number, we have to move cards from top to bottom or vice versa, to place the thought of card at the right number. Here is the great thing: Since the thought of card is repeated in 5 places, you only have to move at maximum 5 cards from top to bottom or in reverse and you will have already have the thought of card at the right location. For example if the number names 32, we only have to move two cards from the bottom to the top. This way the thought of card that was previously at 30 is now at 32. Also, remember that the spectator to the right is thinking of a card. If you had to move cards from bottom to top, take the deck and gesture at the spectator who has named his number as if he should count the cards. To do so, have the spectator count slowly one by one, face down and one on top of another onto the table, 11

the same number of cards that you moved from top to bottom. You do this as if to explain how to deal. Once done, take the cards you have counted and leave them on the top of the deck. If instead you have to move cards from top to bottom, do it in reverse, then you don’t have to do anything. Hand the deck to a spectator and ask them to count. When they arrive at their thought of number, have them take the card adn not show anyone. At this moment, you can take the counted cards and spread them face up on the table, if spread far enough apart so they can’t see the possible duplicates (photo 23). Now ask the spectator to the right to name their thought of card. Then have the spectator turn over the card and show the miracle. If you want, while everyone applauds and is astonished, take the rest of the deck the spectator has and pass one card from top to bottom, turning the deck face up and spread the deck in the hands taking care to not show duplicates that are in the top few from the face of the deck (when face up). You can finish leaving this pile onto the other counted ones on the table so that they can apparently see all the faces of the cards, while everyone stays astonished (photo 24).

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