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CAPPER CARD DEAL WiLL Ross, THIS EFFECT IS TAKEN FROM AN OLD TRICK COMMONLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE THREE SHELL GAME, THREE CARD MONTE AND OTHER GAMES OF CHANCE IN WHICH A "CAPPER" OR CONFEDERATE WAS USED BY THE PERFORMER TO LEAD SPECTATORS INTO BETTING BY OBVIOUSLY SPOILING THE EFFECT WHILE THE PERFORMER'S BACK WAS TURNED. NEEDLESS TO SAY, THE TRICK ALWAYS CAME TO ITS PROPPER CONCLUSION TO THE MUTUAL BENEFIT OF THE "CAPPER" AND THE PERFORMER. IN THIS EFFECT THE MAGICIAN REMOVES THE FOUR ACES FROM ANY DECK AND HAVING HAD ONE OF THESE ACES SELECTED RETURNS THE OTHER THREE TO THE TOP OF THE DECK FROM WHICH THREE ACES ARE DEALT TO THE TABLE AND TWO INDIFFERENT CARDS PLACED ON EACH, THE REMAINDER OF THE DECK IS NOW CUT AND THE PREVIOUSLY CHOSEN ACF PLACED ON THE BOTTOM HALF AND TWO INSPECTED INDIFFERENT CARDS PLACED UPON IT. THE OTHER THREE ACES WITH THEIR ACCOMPANYING INDIFFERENT CARDS ARE NOW PLACED UPON THE PILE AND THE REMAINDER OF THE DECK ADDED, LEAVING THE FOUR ACES, EACH SEPARATED BY TWO CARDS IN THE CENTER OF THE DECK. THE MAGICIAN NOW CLAIMS THAT HE WILL BRING THE FOUR ACES TOGETHER IN THE CENTER OF THE DECK WITH THE PREVIOUSLY CHOSEN ACE AT ANY POSITION AMONG THE FOUR AS REQUESTED BY THE SPECTATORS, THIS HE PROCEEDS TO DO BY DEALING CARDS FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE DECK, THE EFFECT IS ACCOMPLISHED AS FOLLOWS: FOUR ACES ARE TAKEN FROM THE DECK AND ONE SELECTED BY THE SPECTATORS, THE OTHER THREE ARE RETURNED TO THE TOP OF THE DECK. A T THIS POINT, TWO INDIFFERENT CARDS ARE PALMED FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE DECK (AS PER THE MAGICIAN'S FAVORITE METHOD OF WORKING THE COLOR CHANGE WITH A BACK STEAL) AND ADDED TO THE THREE ACES ON THE TOP OF THE DECK, THE TOP THREE CARDS OF THE DECK ARE NOW DEALT FROM LEFT TO RIGHT ON THE TABLE, AND THEN TWO INDIFFERENT CARDS IN SEQUENCE ADDED TO EACH OF THE PREVIOUSLY DEALT CARDS, DEALING F R O M RIGHT TO LEFT,

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THIS LEAVES THE PILE OF THREE CARDS ON THE EXTREME RIGHT ALL ACES. THE PACK IS NOW CUT AND THE BOTTOM HALF FANNED, OBVIOUSLY TO SHOW THAT THERE ARE NO ACES THEREIN, BUT IN REALITY TO ALLOW THE PERFORMER TO SIGHT THE TOP CARD, WHICH WE WILL CALL THE KEY. THE LOWER HALF OF THE DECK IS RETURNED TO THE TABLE AND THE SPECTATOR HOLDING THE CHOSEN ACE REQUESTED TO PLACE THIS ACE ON TOP OF THE BOTTOM HALF. TWO INDIFFERENT CARDS ARE NOW FREELY SHOWN AND PLACED UPON THE TOP OF THE LOWER HALF OF THE DECK DIRECTLY OVER THE ACE. THE MAGICIAN NOW PICKS UP THE PILE OF THREE CARDS AT THE EXTREME RIGHT AND PLACES THEM ON TOP OF THE BOTTOM HALF OF THE DECK, STATING THAT NOW TWO ACES HAVE BEEN RETURNED TO THE DECK AND SEPARATED FROM EACH OTHER BY TWO INDIFFERENT CARDS. THE

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E D IN ORDER TO THE LOWER HALF OF THE DECK, GIVING THE IMPRESSION THAT THE FOUR ACES ARE NOW ALL ON TOP OF THE LOWER HALF OF THE DECK , EACH ACE SEPARATED FROM THE NEXT ABOVE BY TWO CARDS. THE TOP HALF OF THE DECK IS NOW PLACED ON TOP OF THE P I LE , THE MAG I C I AN STARTS DEALING FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE DECK, HOLDING THE DECK WITH ITS FACE TO THE FLOOR AND GRASP FROM ABOVE BETWEEN THE THUMB AND FINGERS OF THE LEFT HAND. THE CARDS ARE REMOVED FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE DECK AND TURNED OVER ONE

BY ONE, WHILE THE MAG ICI AN PATTERS ABOUT THE OLD CIRCUS PERFORMERS AND THEIR "CAPPERS", ALL THE TIME WATCHING THE FACES OF THE CARDS UNTIL HE COMES TO THE KEY CARD, WHICH IS CASUALLY REMOVED AND PLACED WITH THE REST OF THE DEALT CARDS. THE NEXT CARDS, COUNTING FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE DECK, WILL BE ACE, TWO INDIFFERENT CARDS AND THE OTHER THREE ACES, IN ORDER. AS THE RIGHT HAND REACHES FOR THE NEXT CARD AT THE BOTTOM OF THE DECK, THE SECOND FINGER CATCHES THE EDGE OF THE ACE AT THE BOTTOM AND PUSHES IT BACK ABOUT THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH, WHILE THE INDEX FINGER OF THE RIGHT HAND GRASPS THE SECOND CARD FROM THE BOTTOM AND PULLS IT OUT: THEN RETURNS AND GRASPS THE THIRD CARD FROM THE BOTTOM, LEAVING THE FOUR ACES -3 -