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I have michael ammar's easy to master card effects. One of the tricks he does is called las vegas leaper. However, the verison he teaches is one different from where my friend showed me. He starts with 10 cards, the spectator turns over each card counting from 2-10. "2, 3, 4 ... 10".

Then the magician removes 3 cards from the deck, he does a tent vanish and one card vanishes. He does a wipeaway vanish and another card disappears (which michael doesn't explain how to do) and then the third card vanishes. All the cards have magically transferred to the spectator's 10 cards. So now the spectator has 13. The magician then says he will intune the deck to the spectator's heart. 3 more cards transfer and the spectator ends up with 16.

Now here's what my friend taught me about las vegas leaper. (I think it's a different verison)

Now it's going to be hard to describe this without exposure. But you start out with 10 cards. You hold the 10 cards in the biddle grip in the right hand
then count to 10 as you transfer them into the mechanics grip in the left hand. You do it again, and you only have 9. Then again, only 8. Again, only 7.

This is the only part I know how to do. I think the above rountine is paul haris's orginail rountine. Can someone help me complete this effect?

You then hand the spectator the packet and the spectator counts the rest down and have the spectator put the packet in a "safe" place. You then do the vanish of the three cards and then have the spectator retrieve their packet, count and be amazed. I can't say any more without exposure.

For the details try to find a copy of Paul Harris "Las Vegas Close-up" (it is on pg. 112)