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cards:spectator_cuts_the_aces_ruse [2014/01/17 10:03] – tylerwilson | cards:spectator_cuts_the_aces_ruse [2016/10/14 19:37] – Added mention of Marlo's note on Veeser bluff. stephenminch | ||
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====== Spectator Cuts the Aces Ruse ====== | ====== Spectator Cuts the Aces Ruse ====== | ||
- | The idea here is that the first cut is forced at a break near center to form two piles, each with two Aces on top. Then each pile is freely cut again to form four piles. Two Aces are turned up and dropped onto the two null piles. Then the other two Aces are turned up and dropped on the piles from which they came. Visual confusion makes it seem as if each pile had an Ace on top. An early precursor to this idea appeared in Bob Veeser' | + | The idea here is that the first cut is forced at a break near center to form two piles, each with two Aces on top. Then each pile is freely cut again to form four piles. Two Aces are turned up and dropped onto the two null piles. Then the other two Aces are turned up and dropped on the piles from which they came. Visual confusion makes it seem as if each pile had an Ace on top. An early precursor to this idea appeared in Bob Veeser' |
Ian Baxter seems to have created the basic double-bluff ruse as described above, and published it within his " | Ian Baxter seems to have created the basic double-bluff ruse as described above, and published it within his " | ||
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