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====== Four Ace Location by Spectator ====== | ====== Four Ace Location by Spectator ====== | ||
- | The general effect dates back to the 19th century. [[cards: | + | The general effect dates back to the 19th century. [[cards: |
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+ | William Larsen Jr. approached the effect by palming the four Aces, spreading the deck for four selections, and then performing a four-for-four palm change. This was published in // | ||
Louis Lam described the idea of a spectator making four piles to find the Aces. It was an inversion of the now-common cutting sequence, with the spectator dealing any number of cards she desires into four piles and finding an Ace at the bottom of each. This was published in //" | Louis Lam described the idea of a spectator making four piles to find the Aces. It was an inversion of the now-common cutting sequence, with the spectator dealing any number of cards she desires into four piles and finding an Ace at the bottom of each. This was published in //" | ||
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The best-known progenitor of the plot has a spectator cutting the deck into four piles, and then ducking three cards, followed by dealing three, with each pile, after which he finds the Aces on top of the piles. This is Steve Belchou' | The best-known progenitor of the plot has a spectator cutting the deck into four piles, and then ducking three cards, followed by dealing three, with each pile, after which he finds the Aces on top of the piles. This is Steve Belchou' | ||
- | It is possible an earlier Ace location by Frederick Moorhouse may have been Belchou' | + | It is possible an earlier Ace location by Frederick Moorhouse may have been Belchou' |
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