Sandwich
This
is a sandwich-type routine that uses the Elmsley
and Siva Counts. In this case, the "sandwich"
plot is combined with the "twisting" plot
to obtain a strong two-card revelation.
Effect:
The four Kings (or any other four-of-a-kind)
are removed and placed aside. Two cards are
selected and replaced. The four Kings turn
face up one after the other and are then placed
on the table -- the Red ones to one side,
the Black ones to the other side. Suddenly,
the two selected cards appear between the
Kings!
Performance:
Remove the four Kings and place them face
down on the table. Have two cards selected
and controlled to the top of the face-down
deck. Shuffle if you want, leaving the two
cards on top. Obtain a break below the two
selections with your left little finger while
your right hand picks up the four Kings. Flip
them face up onto the deck and if they are
not already so, arrange them in alternated
colors. In squaring them, steal the two face-down
selections. Your right hand grips the whole
packet (six cards) from above and by the ends,
while your left hand tables the deck.
Your
left thumb peels the top King into your left
hand, followed by the next two Kings. Place
the last King (and the two cards below it)
onto the other left-hand cards and square
up. Flip the packet over and perform an Elmsley
Count to ostensibly show four face-down cards.
Situation
Check: The four
Kings are face down, followed by the two face-up
selections. Perform Vernon's Through-The-Fist
Flourish, secretly turning over the packet.
Perform an Elmsley Count to show a face-up
King and three face-down cards. Repeat the
Elmsley Count and two Kings appear face up.
In this second count, move the last card to
the bottom.
Perform
a Siva Count to show that three Kings are
face up. Briefly: Hold the packet face up
in your left hand. Grasp the right side of
the packet at midpoint with your right thumb
and first/second fingers. Peel the face King
into your left hand with your left thumb.
As soon as it is peeled, your right thumb
pushes over four cards as one. (This
block pushoff is identical to the mechanics
used in the Elmsley Count.) Move the right-hand
cards over the left-hand King to ostensibly
peel the next King. When the hands move together
for the "peel," steal first face-up King under
the right-hand cards as your left hand takes
the four- card block.
Your
right hand now holds two cards and your left
hand holds four cards. Move the right-hand
cards onto the left-hand cards, peel the face-down
selection onto the others and place the last
face-up King on top of all. Holding the packet
squared in your left hand, grasp the packet
in Biddle Grip and lift the top two
cards as one with your right hand. Your left
thumb deals the next card (King of the same
color) below the double card in your
right hand. Table these three cards as apparently
two Kings to the right. Your right hand picks
up the left-hand cards from above and by the
ends. Your left fingers slide the bottom card
of the packet to the left to apparently show
two face-up Kings. (All the Kings have turned
face up.) Square-up and table the cards to
the left.
Pick
up the remainder of the deck and riffle the
cards toward the tabled pairs of Kings. The
onrushing air from the riffling action causes
the pairs to separate a little. Each has a
face-down card between them. Ask for the names
of the selected cards, then spread the "sandwiches"
to clearly reveal face-down cards. Turn them
over to show the selections and cap the routine.
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