I'm honest here and I love John's work, normally. This one is not a keeper. It is long, involved,
and unnatural looking. There is a huge discrepancy with the aces packet where it should be FACE UP
(watch the video) and it is NOT when you get to the final packet that should be aces. IF you could
do this for real, you'd SHOW the aces going down. Ultimately this is useless for me. I hate
packets, especially 4 of them. There's no reason to do it. The audience is just confused and even
the marks in the video show confusion not wonder. There is much better out there and this is just
too far afield from anything "magical" to me. Sorry to break with the pack that seems to love this
effect but count me out.
I've been doing this for quite awhile. (John has previously published it, and it was included in John Bannon's last set of lecture notes, Lucky.) Personally I wouldn't use this as a stand-alone trick. I use it as the last of a three-phase assembly and it carries its weight. Yes, there is a discrepancy, but isn't there always? I'd suggest you give this one another chance, lest you miss out on a good 'un!
I don't love it
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