Cheat! The Sequel by Bob Farmer

Still No Skill? Still Absolutely No Problem!

"This one is really, really good." - Mike K.

Seldom does a card trick leave your audience groveling at your feet, women throwing themselves at you and the IRS auditing your tax returns. Sure, parting the Red Sea may be more impressive, but after your hands, in a dazzling digital jitterbug, cut five packets to reveal four Aces and a Queen - and then top that by immediately reassembling the deck and cutting another five packets to reveal a Royal Flush - well, even Moses would have to acknowledge, that's pretty damn slammin'.

And that's just one of the effects in Cheat! The Sequel. Here's another: a spectator names any poker hand and you immediately cut the deck into five parts to reveal that poker hand.

If you can cut a deck, you can do these tricks. If you can't cut a deck, please refer to my other manuscript, Card Tricks For People Who Can't Cut A Deck.

Lots of photographs provide a guide to every step.

A special note from Bob Farmer: all goofy ad puffery aside, this manuscript is the result of years of research and experimentation and the price reflects that. It solves one of the major mysteries of card magic - the origins of a ruse widely used - but until this manuscript - has never been analyzed and its origins discovered. I traced it through 25 magicians and all that information is revealed here.

CONTENTS

• INTRODUCTION
  • OPTI-CON PART I
  • CUTTING A ROYAL FLUSH
  • OPTI-CON PART II
  • JIVE ASS ACES
  • CUTTING ANY POKER HAND CALLED FOR
  • THE LAGGING EDGE
• ACE CUT RUSE REFERENCES
  • 1952/54 DeStefano, Joe
  • 1956 Haxton, Francis
  • 1956/64 Veeser, Bob
  • 1957/76/95 Marlo, Ed
  • 1969 Baxter, Ian
  • 1971 Grippo, Jimmy
  • 1976 Harris, Paul
  • 1977 Curry, Paul
  • 1978/79 Smith, Al
  • 1979/2001 Lorayne, Harry
  • 1980 Cyprian, Father
  • 1986 Jennings, Larry
  • 1987 Wagner, J.C.
  • 1987 Ouellet, Gary
  • 1987 Hierling, Thomas
  • 1990 Takagi, Shigeo
  • 1992 Giobbi, Roberto
  • 1993 Bronstein, Mike
  • 1994 Ackerman, Allan
  • 1995 King, Bob
  • 2001 LaGerould, Terry
  • 2002 Long, Chad; Cummins, Paul
  • 2007 Stenberg, Patrick
  • 2011 Goodwin, Bill