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Originally Posted by Jeremy
I found a deck of cards in Jacksonville Oregon that had bullit holes through them which gave me the idea to put on a western/gambler style themed magic show. Basically doing all sorts of 4 Ace tricks and anything that fits with the gambler theme. I would love any suggestions for tricks or gags that youse guys can offer. I suppose it kinda fits this thread right?
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Are you sure 4 aces is enough? Here are a couple of tricks that are readily available and not to difficult to learn.
The first is called "Color Monte" It is a three card monte style except you are telling a story about how you were taken. Runs about $6.
Another is Michael Skinner's Ultimate Three Card Monte. This is a very effect routine using what appear to be three regular red backed Bicycle cards. Runs about $12.
Hold It Buddy by Dan Harlan ($10) uses more simple handling techniques. Some fun ideas here. You start with three cards of one denomation, say the ace of hearts and one different card, say the joker. You again are telling the story of how you were taken. Now that I think of it, it is kind of like afour card monte.
These three tricks are very different in execution and yet when I simplify the description they all sound the same.
Different track here. Martin Nash is known as the charming cheat. He has a number of different videos out where his character is similar to what you are thinking about. Since they are being converted to DVDs the videos that were $30 are running $5 to $15. Check Ebay.
I would also recommend a few coin routines. Hampton Ridge DVDs run around $15, get yourself the "25 Coin Tricks" and "25 Tricks with Cards" These would give you a number of ideas. A Scotch and Soda set would be good for starters. Oh, this is important. When buying gimmicked coins buy Johnson and Johnson only. A number of companies offer cheap coins. You will save a couple of bucks at the beginning bu you will end up replacing them for one reason or another. Johnson coins are made very precisely and accurately. They are burr free, top qualitity and therefore they remain in good working order much longer than other brands.