Jack Carpenter - Expert Card & Gambling Routines(1-2)
Jack Carpenter is one of card magic's best kept secrets. These DVDs feature some of his most visually stunning and commercial card routines and the routines that comprise his fantastic gambling act. The plots and methods are innovative and well constructed. You will learn very flashy and skillful looking routines that feature solid presentations.
Expert Card Routines:An Impulsive Premonition, A Dance For The Devious, O'Henry's Return, Quantum Theory (Mysterious), A Potent Presage, and Pocket Interchange.
Expert Gambling Routines:Steppin' Out with Molly, The J.C. Pop Out, Four At Once, The Sweep Control, Riffle & Roll, Nine Angry Men, The D.C. Hustle, Nova Royale and how to execute natural looking second deals.
These routines use advanced sleight-of-hand. Each routine explanation is a mini course in advanced techniques and construction.
A Meir Yedid Magic product. Original release date: July 2009. Combined running time: Approximately 2 hours and 15 minutes.
Jack Carpenter is one of card magic's best kept secrets. This DVD features some of his most visually stunning and commercial card routines. The plots and methods are innovative and well constructed. His magic also has a dramatic effect on audiences.
An Impulsive Premonition:A thought of card is seen to be the only red backed card in a blue backed deck. It then visually and startlingly changes places with a blue backed card.
A Dance For The Devious:Four Queens vanish one at a time and are then reproduced in a flash display.
O'Henry's Return: An amazing progressive four Queen assembly with multiple kicker endings. First the Queens end up under the spectator抯 hand instead of the expected leader packet and instantaneously vanish and appear back where they started with one Queen in each packet.
Quantum Theory (Mysterious):A truly amazing routine were a spectator is handed a Quantum Card that is held in full view. A second spectator selects and signs a card that is lost in the deck. The four queens now come into play. The two black queens are placed around the Quantum Card and magically change places with the red Queens while in the spectator抯 hand. But now the Quantum Card is seen to be the signed selection.
A Potent Presage:Three random cards are removed from a shuffled deck. The cards are lost face up into the deck by a second spectator. The deck is split where the cards were inserted and the cards next to them turn out to be their mates. The card case is now shown to contain a card amazingly the card now matches the top cards of the three packets.
Pocket Interchange:Four Aces are signed and four Kings are placed in your pocket. One at a time the Aces change places with the Kings. Just when you think it is over the Kings now change into the Aces and the Kings are now found in different pockets.
These are advanced card routines that use advanced sleight-of-hand. Each routine explanation is a mini course in advanced techniques and construction.
A Meir Yedid Magic product. Original release date: VHS: 1998, DVD: July 2009. Running time: Approximately 70 minutes.
Jack Carpenter is well known for his fascination with gambling themed card magic. On this DVD he performs and explains the routines that comprise his gambling act. You will learn very flashy and skillful looking routines that feature solid gambling presentations. Carpenter also teaches how to execute natural looking second deals.
Steppin' Out with Molly:A Three Card Monte routine where the spectator finds it impossible to find his signed Queen. As a kicker ending the Queen vanishes and reappears in the middle of the deck.
The J.C. Pop Out:A flashy way to produce cards one at a time.
Four At Once:A flashy instantaneous production of a four of a kind.
The Sweep Control:A shuffled deck is cut into four packets and the bottom card of each is a Queen.
Riffle & Roll:A demonstration of card control has you, with one shuffle, positioning the Queens for a five handed game of Poker.
Nine Angry Men:A ten handed Poker deal where the four Queens are stacked into the winning hand using just one shuffle.
The D.C. Hustle:Using just one shuffle eight cards are stacked for a five handed game of Poker so that the victim gets a great hand but your partner ends up with a better one. Amazingly the hand you dealt yourself beats both of theirs.
Nova Royale:A very impressive production of a Royal Flush in the shape of a star.
These routines use advanced sleight-of-hand. Each routine explanation is a mini course in advanced techniques and construction.
A Meir Yedid Magic product. Original release date: VHS: 1998, DVD: 2009. Running time: Approximately 65 minutes.