Trick Ammar

“Just for fun, see if you can stop me at an Ace.” Actually, you will riffle force the King in the center, by riffling down the upper left corner with your left thumb. When they say stop, indicate that position with the right index finger as in Photo 2, but actually, the right thumb picks up the block at the break being held by the left little finger (Photo 3).

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“Sleeve Aces” with Michael Ammar ... a free trick for you right here on these two pages! In his book Variations, Earl Nelson printed a lovely routine based on Al Leech’s Discovery of Aces. Paul Harris and I were playing around with Earl’s handling, and we decided to eliminate the center phase, where the red Aces turn into the black Aces. We ended up with something fairly different than Earl’s original, so if this appeals to you, you’ll probably enjoy taking a look at how Earl Nelson approached the idea as well. To set up, put the 2 black Aces face-toface on top of deck, any red Ace second from bottom and any Jack on the bottom (Photo 1). The other red Ace is in the center, just below any King. Begin by holding a break between the Ace and King in the center of the deck. Jack Red Ace

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That’s what the J stands for. ‘Just’ missed.” The right hand, which casually holds its packet face down, moves up to rub the face of that packet against the left sleeve (Photo 8). Pause, then show that an Ace has appeared (Photo 9). Photo 8

As the right hand flashes the King at the face of its packet, you say, “Oops, but you were close. That’s what the K stands for. Klose.” As you draw attention to the King, the left little finger gets a break under the Ace which is face down on top of its packet (Photo 4). Photo 4

As the right swings face down, it steals the Ace from on top of the left hand packet (Photo 5). Continuing in one smooth motion, the right packet flips the Photo 5

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As the right hand shows the Ace, left gets break under the Jack at the face of its pack. The right hand places its cards face down onto left block, side jogged to right (Photo 10). Flip the right block face down and pick up the Jack, as the

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packet held by the left hand face up, to show a Jack (Photo 6 & 7). “Just missed.

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held by the left hand (Photo 21).

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The left hand puts both red Aces onto the table (Photo 16). The right hand uses its pack to flip the left packet face down (Photo 17 & 18). The right turns

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left hand moves to rub the right sleeve (Photo 11, 12 and 13). Show the second Ace has appeared. The left hand moves to thumb the Ace from the face of the right packet. This allows the right thumb to get a break above its bottom two cards (Photos 14 and 15.

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Immediately turn the left hand palm down. This moment flows smoothly, with no unnatural pauses, so practice the movements of the hands to find the ideal positioning. Once both hands are palm down, give the packets a magical shake (Photo 22), then turn both hands up to reveal the black Aces (Photo 23). There is an extra card face up beneath the Ace on top of the left hand packet (Photo 24).

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palm up to flash the back of the stack it holds, but be sure to keep the hands fairly close together (Photo 19).

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As the right hand turns palm down, the hands should be positioned so that the backs of the two packets ‘kiss’ together, as in Photo 20. During this moment, the two cards below the break in the right hand are dropped onto the packet

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You can either secretly unload this as you turn over the Ace, or you can get an additional effect out of it. For example, the right hand can return its packet beneath those in the left hand, then do a double turnover of the Ace and the card beneath it. Have a spectator hold their hand palm up, as you place the now indifferent card from the top into their hand. Dribble the deck onto the card in their palm, then show the Ace has traveled from their palm back to the top of the deck.