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I have just taped a routine called "King's Turn". I am not aware of the originator of this trick, but I picked it up from another magician, Roland Henning. It's a pretty easy and straight forward trick, but often, such tricks gain the most reactions. And infact, it's so close to be impromptu as well, just a tiny little prep and you are there...

As usual, all comments welcome....

King's Turn

I watched it and it was preformed FLAWLESSLY it was done so well that I was AMAZED

That was a great video Rune! Even though a well known trick, you did keep me interested in the video, which seldom any video do now days. A great job! Keep it up!

What can I say that I haven't already said in other posts?

That you hate it?

OK - I hate it (but I do lie alot)

Absolutely wonderful! Have you no idea at all where I could find this routine?

~Sym~

Penguin Magic sells it as an instant download under the name Revolver.

Thanks to mark_c1975 I know that there's a version of this effect by Ascanio called The Upturned One.

Both deliver the same effect, but the method and handling is a bit different.

Nice job, Rune.

I've just checked out the movie on PM.com for Revolver. Seems to be the same deal. Another download, I guess! Hehe..

Thanks Demitri, and of course Rune.

~Sym~

Thanks for the info on Revolver. I like the ending of Oz, yeah, maybe (only maybe) even better than mine hehe

rcarlsen wrote: I am not aware of the originator of this trick, but I picked it up from another magician, Roland Henning.

Maybe I can help. The trick twisting part is originated by Brother John Hamman. I sometimes use an Ascanio Spread (as a fan) to show the "visual" turning over of the kings. My only contribution is the color changing part, of the deck. Which is very strong if you do a couple of tricks with a red deck before "Kings Turn". I usually let a spectator hold the deck during the routine. (Face Up)

Quite similar to the Lee Ahsers' Ashers Twist that i saw the other day ... only with a little added patter ... same slights i would guess.

http://www.leeasher.com/

He has an instruction version of it if your looking to learn,

Rob

Nice Job though Carlson ... i LIKE it!

That said ... my last post might JUST be the most amount of rubbish to have past through my lips today .... its been a long night ... just watched the Lee Asher clip again and realized they arnt that simlar ... lol.

Appologies!

Rune, very well performed, as always and before I get going I'd just like to say that for what they are the slights were flawless and please remember I'm viewing this through magician's eyes (trying to put on "lay man glasses"!), so if I seem overly critical I'm sorry but there were a couple of things I picked up on immediately .

Firstly, the add on move that you performed was a little bit suspect. It was quite obvious that you were getting a break and then you lingered too long when replacing the cards on the deck. From my experience I have found that this particualr add on works best if it is done in one smooth motion and the cards must touch the deck for the least ammount of time possible, otherwise an intelligent spectator can quite easily work out what you are doing. Personally I cover the move by sloppily handling the cards without letting go off the deck, push off to get the break and then cover the action by using a squaring action (e.g. Las Vegas Leaper). All in all it takes a fraction of a second.

The second thing I noticed which put me off was that your Elmsley count was quite obviously not square as you stole the card back. It just leapt out at me as soon as I saw it and I think a spectator will see this too.

One final thing that I wondered about is how do you clean up after this effect? And may I suggest that you drop your packet on the table and then spread the cards infront of the tabled packet. This will hopefully stop a spectator from reaching out and grabbing it and thus exposing the whole workings

These are just my observations and I hope they come accross as constructive critisism rather than annoying trivialisations. Like I said earlier, you performed the effect wonderfully and from a technical point of view it was fantastic. Also the presentation flowed well and helped guide the trick along. Well done