Card
Manipulations
No. 4
By Jean Hugard
CIGAM FTP
PDF version by TARKO The GREAT
Part 1. -- Sleights
● To Palm a Number of Cards from
the Top
● The Change Over Palm
● New Top Change
● Replacing Palmed Cards
● Some Notes on the Pass
● Substitutes for the Pass
● Three Useful Moves
Part II. -- Tricks
● A Novel Reverse Discovery
● The Rising Pack
● To Make a Spectator Become a
Magician
● Torn and Restored Card with
Borrowed Deck
● The New Spell
● The Automatic Speller
● A Reversal of Form
● Royal Marriages
● Effective Poker Deal
● Two Card Control
● Card in Pocket
● Everywhere and Nowhere
● Expanding and Diminishing
Cards
Part III. -- Flourishes
● Variation of the Charlier Pass
● Three Cut Shuffle
● The Five Cut Shuffle
● The Multiple Cut
Card Manipulations No. 4
Jean Hugard
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To Palm a Number of Cards
from the Top
Palming is probably the weakest spot in the technique of
most card workers, both amateur and professional. The most
common faults being the manner in which the hand is
brought right over the deck, taking off the required cards
with a perceptible grabbing action, at the same time
telegraphing the movement by throwing the thumb straight
upward and, finally, the removal of the hand with the cards
in it without any reason at all having been given for the
whole action. Under these circumstances it Would have to
be a very innocent spectator who did not suspect that some
cards had been removed from the pack.
To palm cards perfectly the action must be so covered that a
spectator who keeps his eyes fixed on the performer's hands
can detect no suspicious movement. This is not so difficult
as might be imagined and the method that follows is well
within the reach of any card handler with a minimum of
practice.
I do not know who originated the move but it has been in
use amongst some experts for years and the general belief is
that we are indebted for