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I love poker, and the demo for this looks pretty intersting... but i was just wondering if anyone has purchased this and could give me a brief review of it. Thanks alot. Ciao!

I have it, and your satisfaction would depend on what you are hoping to get out of it. If I have time, and there is interest, I can write up a review. Briefly, it is ok.

i wouldn't if i were you. i watched this once and got somewhat (read: extremely) irritated with it and gave it away.
it's the "do a pass, or a shift" bit's of it, that leave you going "ok, how do i do that then?"
or starting EVERY sentence with "what you're going to want to do it...."

what exactly is it you want to learn? there's probably better places if it's something specific

Lawrence wrote:i wouldn't if i were you. i watched this once and got somewhat (read: extremely) irritated with it and gave it away.
it's the "do a pass, or a shift" bit's of it, that leave you going "ok, how do i do that then?"
or starting EVERY sentence with "what you're going to want to do it...."

what exactly is it you want to learn? there's probably better places if it's something specific

That was exactly my experience. It is basically an expose video, not a teaching video. The only thing that you may learn from it is how the moves are used in a game, but certainly not how to do them. Also Weapons of the Card Sharp by Jeff Wessmiller will simmilarly leave you disappointed if you want to learn to actually do the moves.

Alan Ackerman's Advanced Card Control DVD Vol 2 teaches false deals. Martin Nash's Sleight Unseen (book) teaches false deals. Simon Lovell's Second to None also does a good job. Another good source would be Expert at the Card Table. My experience has been that you will probably need multiple sources (for false deals anyways) and will eventually find one that works for you, depending on your specific criteria.

wow thanks alot for the advice...saved me from wasting 40 bucks. When i go to my local magic shop the owner usually would give me advice, but i can just order it and its much easier because the only shop is so far away. I was just gonna order this, but not any more. Thankyou, and thanks for the counter suggestions as well. Ciao!

I find Tudor an extremely bad teahcer.. I have xtreme generation which is the most annoying DVD I own.. he teaches you NOTHING.. its like you are supposed to know all the moves and then he will just tell you what order to do them in.. same withthe heckler and even showoff with cards. Showoff is okish, he goes into a little more detail but camera angles are bad and he goes quite fast with little repetition

to be fair the first showoff video is actually alright, he seems like an alright fellow in it and teaches reasonably well.
then the XCM seems to go to his head and it all goes wrong.