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hey guys, just joined and have read a few threads with people being caught on DL's. I have the perfect solution which you can do under their nose to make the deck clean, quite literally they can watch the deck while you do it and not notice it, here goes.

(for those fo you who can do the pass this will be extremely easy as is jsut a one card pass i have come up with allowing some very cool stuff to be done with the top and bottom cards.)

Regular deck grip with left hand thumb on top and fingers curled around the deck. Right hand index and middle finger on top of the deck and thumb on the bottom of the deck

Riffle the deck by raising the right hand up and leaving the left hand still, you should all be able to do this if you cant you should really go to coin magic and leave cards alone.

Here comes the move, go to riffle the deck again and when the deck is rising and your just about to start riffling the fingers of your left hand should tightly grip the top card and slide it around the side of the deck(like in the pass - see rich kaufman on the pass) straight to the bottom of the deck, as soon as the card is clear of the top of the deck the riffle starts.

If the audience if to your left they wont see anything, if to your right and you do this fast enough they wont see anything, i call this a one card riffle pass as you are passing the top card from the top to the bottom under the cover of a riffle. I feel it is too noisy and looks suspicious without the riffle. i will try to get a video of this for you so if you want to see it in action then PM me and i will try and send you it.

So now if you get caught on a DL just do the above move and show that the card is really on the top of the deck, if you require it back to where it was just perform a tilt (see daryl's ambitious card for that move).

hope this is helpful to you guys, let me know.
Just a note, DL is really one of the building blocks for cards, get it right.

It_Came_From_Space

Hmmm, IT, I'm completely lost on that But I've never seen a prob with a DL ??

i think what he's trying to write is sort of like a slip cut force, but hidden with a riffle... am i right?

Well, you could do this but it's a bit overkill, no? How about taking the top card and doing a top change? KM move?

This move is useful, however, when you want to get cards reversed on the bottom. You just slide them around and down .

Kati

yeah a top change would be equally as good but when the audience is burning your fingers and you get the odd fool who trys to work out everything then i prefer this. As for overkill i not sure about that, its not a hard move, i probably babbled on a bit during the description but its a very easy move and if used with the deck face up makes for a very fast and very effective colour change right in front of the audience, reactions from that are enormous this is what i usually use this sleight for

Cards can be reversed to the bottom as well using this move so a card can be selected, passed to the bottom and turned oer in the same move, deck cut and then spread to show its now face up.

this is also great for an ambitious card routine, they place their card on top and u pass it to the bottom unknown to them, you then place the top card which they think is theirs cleanly into the deck and then click your fingers or whatever and show it has gone through to the bottom of the deck, quite effective i think and is suprising to the audience as they will be trying to figure how to put it on top so fools them over even more


But yeah i agree with Tenko if you cant perform a DL with ease then go back to square one and keep practising over and over and over until it is fool proof and you can do it with no thought at all. if you would like a video with explanation i will try and post one up this evening.

Hmmm...this wouldn't really be useful for 'getting out of being caught with a DL' IMO!

If you are going to be caught doing a DL - you shouldn't be doing one! However, if you do get busted, then it will probably be as you turn the double face up. Rather than do this slip/riffle/cut/pass move - I recommend taking the spectators face up card off the deck as you do a wrist kill so they don't see the other face up card. Give the card a toss into the air so they can see it really is single and replace it onto the deck as you turn your hand palm up - timed correctly, they will never see the other reversed card.

I would keep 'It Came From Space's' move for colour changes only!

A second deal will do the job as well, just bring the deck up as you do the move and bobs your uncle, works for me if i end up in a double when i need a single.

Hey Guys,

I now have a video of this ready to send to anyone that wants it, if you'd like it then PM me with an email address that you want it sent to, its just under 2MB but the forum wont let me put it up :S

Cheers

I really can't see all the probs here. A DL is simple and if you are being caught out you are not doing it right You do not need to resort to other sleights to cover it. Just get the DL right.

No set ups, no pinkie break, no 2 cards as one

A clean and simple DL. I've been caught out with Emsley counts, Hammond counts and Jordan counts but I've never been caught out with a DL

My sentiments exactly!