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Hello,

Here's David Berglas in action http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZqR2HD-U9E

Look at this card fan he does. It displays all the cards at once.

I tried to do it on my own, but it failed to happen.

Are the mechanics written somewhere ? I'd love to learn it properly.

Thank you

Looks like a pressure fan to me. A gazillion sources.

It's basically a thumb fan, though he is doing it backwards and in the other hand. A bog standard thumb fan, as taught everywhere, if done well is going toallow the same result of "seeing all the cards"

It's described in detail in The Berglas Effects by Richard Kaufmann. Not only is the action described, but the methods of his famous think a card effect using the fan.

It most definitely ISN'T a pressure fan.

Lenoir wrote:It's described in detail in The Berglas Effects by Richard Kaufmann. Not only is the action described, but the methods of his famous think a card effect using the fan.

It most definitely ISN'T a pressure fan.

Sorry, I think the OP was looking for a method to spread out all the cards, not actually do the fan for the reasons Berglas is doing it, hence my suggestion.

If I'm wrong and the OP was actually after the thinking behind the method Berlglas is doing, then apologies.

Indeed. I needed a method to show all the cards in one big fan. Preferably just like David does it. It looks neat to my magical satisfaction.

So some say its a pressure fan, and some say it isn't. Is the "way" you fan the cards described in the book Lenoir ?

Yes, the fan is described in detail. The book includes 3 DVDs and on one of them he goes through it visually.

Sorry to harp on, OP, do you want a method to psychologically force cards a la Berglas, or do you simply just want a neat display of all the cards.

I've a feeling it's the latter...

Its ok, I apologize for not being clear. I simply just want a neat display of all the cards, just the way he does it.