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World of Super Metalism, II

World of

Super Mentalism, II

Written by

Larry Becker

Layout & Design by

Lee Earle

P.O. Box 6023 • Carefree, AZ 85377

World of Super Metalism, II

Acknowledgement

To my beautiful wife, April, my everlasting appreciation for her love and

understanding during the turbulent days of writing and publishing this book. A

special thanks to my friend, Lee Earle, the master mentalist and master of the

Macintosh.

Larry Becker

Lawrence Becker

All manufacturing rights for the material and effects

explained in this book are hereby reserved by the author.

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transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying,

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PSI-STEBBINS

EFFECT: A jumbo pack of playing cards is displayed. The cards are seen to be well

mixed and different. Turning the cards face down, the mentalist hands batches of

cards to four volunteer spectators who are standing in a row on stage. The four

spectators are asked to thoroughly mix their cards. The pack is then reassembled

and immediately handed to spectator number one. The mentalist removes a sealed

envelope from his pocket and hands it to spectator number four. Now, spectator

number one is asked to cut off approximately half of the pack and hand it to spectator

number two. The mentalist takes the remaining cards from the irst spectator and

using the value of the top card, instructs the second spectator to deal that number

of cards face down to spectator number three. The balance of the cards are placed

to one side while the mentalist recaps what has transpired.

A pack of playing cards has been thoroughly shufled by four different people. A

sealed envelope has been remanded to the custody of a member of the committee.

A number of cards determined by a random cut have been dealt from the shufled

pack to another member of the committee. Obviously, the mentalist points out,

there is no possible way that the selection of cards could be inluenced...and no one

including the spectator who is holding the cards has any idea as to their identity.

The mentalist asks spectator number three to fan out the cards he is holding in

front of his eyes so that he alone can see the faces of the cards. Allow your eyes

to scan the cards and ix your attention on one card...the Ace of Diamonds, the

mentalist states. If I am correct, remove that card and hold it up so that everyone

can see it, he continues. Now, hand it to the gentleman on your right. Again and

again the spectator is asked to look at the cards and time after time, the mentalist

correctly identiies the cards held by the spectator until only one card remains. The

spectator holding the sealed envelope is asked to open and remove a prediction

the mentalist placed there earlier in the day. The mentalist asks him to read aloud

what is written on the slip of paper. It reads, The last card you will look at is the

Nine Of Spades. The spectator holding the one remaining card is asked to show it

to the audience. It is the nine of spades.

(Note: Supreme Magic published an effect by Billy McComb and Ken De Courcy

entitled Cabaret Card Divination. I loved the effect but disliked the method. I will

not reveal Billy and Ken's solution, however, I can state that my method is totally

different than theirs...and in my humble opinion...far superior.)

TO PREPARE:

You'll need a jumbo pack of playing cards. Also, a prediction which reads, The Last

Card You Will Look At Is The Nine Of Spades. Fold the prediction and seal it in

an opaque envelope. Arrange eight (8) cards in the familiar Si Stebbins order

of Ace of Diamonds...Four of Clubs... Seven of Hearts...Ten of Spades...King of

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Diamonds...Three of Clubs...Six of Hearts...and Nine of Spades. Turn the Ace of

Diamonds face down. Place a small pencil dot in the upper left hand corner and

in the lower right hand corner. Now, shufle the remaining seven cards face down

(they do not have to be in order) and place the Ace of Diamonds on the bottom of

the packet. Place the eight cards on top of the jumbo pack and replace it in its case.

Place the prediction envelope in your inside coat pocket and you're all set.

TO PERFORM:

The reason I use jumbo cards is two-fold. They are easier to see and better for stage

use. Second, their size substantiates the use of more than one person to shufle

the pack. To begin, remove the jumbo cards from their case and fan them so the

audience can see that they're all different. Have four spectators stand in a row

behind you. Proceed as previously described to hand batches of cards to the four

spectators for mixing. Approach spectator number four on your right and quickly

thumb off cards from the top of the pack (left to right) until you spot the telltale dot

on the eighth card from the top of the deck. Hand the irst eight cards face down to

the fourth spectator. Moving to your left, thumb off and hand about 13 cards (don't

count, just estimate) to spectator number three. Divide the remainder of the pack

approximately in half between spectators two and one.

Turn your back to all four spectators and request that they MIX their cards thoroughly.

When they have done so, turn and collect the cards beginning with spectator number

one. Add the second spectator's cards on top of the irst participant's packet. Place

spectator number three's cards on top of both and inally, the eight cards held by

spectator number four are placed on top of all. The pack has now been reassembled.

As far as the audience is concerned, the cards have been well shufled, however,

your 8 cards are now on top of the pack. Hand the deck to spectator number one

for a moment. Remove the prediction envelope from your pocket explaining that it

contains an impression which you have written and sealed in the envelope. You are

committed. Hand the envelope to spectator number four to hold in full view. Turn

to spectator number one and ask him to cut off approximately half of the pack and

hand it to spectator number two on his left. Take the remainder of the pack from

spectator number one. At this point, things are beginning to move fast. Don't hesitate

for a second, lift up a corner of the top card and glance at the indices. Ignore the

actual value of the top card and miscall it by saying, you've cut to an eight...will

you sir (point to spectator number two) please deal eight cards face down to the

gentleman on your left (spectator number three).

Gesture towards spectator number three and ask him to hold his hands out lat

to receive the cards being dealt. As soon as the 8 cards have been dealt, take the

balance of the cards from spectator number two and drop them on TOP of the cards

you are holding. Casually hand the pack to spectator number one for safekeeping.

(Note: The number of cards being dealt will not be considered important by the

audience, therefore, you don't have to be nervous about the miscall. It goes by so

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quickly, no one will suspect a thing.) Face the audience. Recap what has transpired

being emphatic when you state that a randomly selected number of cards has been

dealt to spectator number three from a pack of playing cards thoroughly shufled

by four different people. Now, you're all set to inish. Proceed as outlined under the

description of the effect.

Ask spectator number three to fan out the cards he's holding so that only he can

see the faces of the cards. Tell him to allow his eyes to scan the cards and to ix

his attention on one card...(pause)...the Ace of Diamonds. (Note: It should appear

to your audience that the spectator elected to look at any card and that you have

correctly identiied the one card that he is looking at. Actually, the way the patter

is structured...he is directed to the card you call out.) Continue by stating that if

you are correct, he should remove the Ace of Diamonds and show it to the audience.

Then, direct him to hand the card to spectator number two. Since the 8 cards are

in the Si Stebbins rotation, you simply call them in order: AD...4C...7H...10S...KD

...3C...and 6H. When only one card remains, have spectator number four open the

sealed envelope and read your prediction aloud. Naturally, it matches the last card

being held by spectator number three...the Nine of Spades.

That's it. A perfect stage presentation with no sleight of hand. Nothing is added or

taken away. It's absolutely clean, simple and totally bafling. Try it.

ADDENDUM:

Since you are using jumbo playing cards, you can discard seven cards and work

with a 45 card deck...and no one will suspect a thing. In this fashion, the batches

of cards handed to the four spectators will not differ greatly in thickness. In fact,

eight jumbo playing cards will feel like a handful to spectator number four.

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