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Hey, if you have 5 cards in your hand, and you only want to show 2 of them is this possible using the Elmsley Count?

Maybe you have to think towards a D/L kind of situation?

Theres a diminishing lift sequence on James Browns 'Fancy a pot of Jam? ' dvd. i think that would work. With an elmsley, you are showing 3 cards out of the 4.

The only way I can think of it to push off one card as you would with elmsley, but block push the 4 cards as one as you steal back the first

biddle count, drop the last two

Flushtration count with a little variation.
Gemini count with a little variation.

Both can be found in Card College. Any questions, PM.

Hey, if you have 5 cards in your hand, and you only want to show 2 of them is this possible using the Elmsley Count?

Not without the spec laughing at you as you cycle 1 card and 4 cards back and forth. You need to be showing 3 cards for elmsley to work.

Do you want to count 5 and only display 2? (Isn't this type of count going to be really tough - the spec will see one of the cards at least 3 times?)
Or just pass 5 cards off as if they were 2?

stepSeven wrote:Do you want to count 5 and only display 2? (Isn't this type of count going to be really tough - the spec will see one of the cards at least 3 times?)
Or just pass 5 cards off as if they were 2?

This is the same question I was gonna ask. Perhaps some detailon the routine might help aswell.

As for it being difficult to count 5 and display 2, it really depends on the routine. Perhaps he wants to show two same coloured backs 5 times, or a funky version of a Jumping Gemini style effect where he wants to show the ten of hearts or something 5 times without having to use just the one ten. This is exactly why we need more detail on the routine and what effect this count is to create.

That'll be a tall order without arousing suspicion. I'd prob try and show two cards as a fan and have the rest hid behind. Not actually count the cards but say here's two cards then quickly close up and move on before anything can be examined properly.