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How to do a two-card transposition

Learn a classic two-card transposition: two cards swap places, one of them under the spectator’s own hand, using the double lift.

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How to do the Elmsley count: the four-card false count

What the Elmsley count does, its general shape, where it came from, how to practise it and a simple routine to start with.

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How to do the glide

The glide lets you show the bottom card and secretly deal the one above it instead; here is the classic outline, a practice plan and two ol…