Soft Shoe Monte
Jim Steinmeyer
The most amazing game of Three Card Monte ever devised, including the specially-made mechanical cards, step-by-step instructions with photographs, full presentation and patter.
Soft Shoe Monte uses just three jumbo cards (with the requisite Bicycle backs, thank you very much) to pull the proverbial wool over the eyes of your spectators. Through three phases, though it seems as if everything has been explained clearly and that the rules couldn't be any easier to follow, the money card is never where they expect it. Even when you use one hand and two cards, the spectators are completely flummoxed.
This is a trick that plays huge, packs small and packs a punch.
Masterfully deceptive, ingeniously clever and devilishly entertaining, Jim Steinmeyer's Soft Shoe Monte isn't just cheating, it's a complete stand-up routine that makes dishonesty a sure thing.
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This is a parlor version of the three card monte. It uses jumbo cards and the method is ingenious. The cards look great and the gimmick works fine. You get a small booklet with the gimmicks that explains the routine as well.
I really like the idea here but I have had various problems. I assume that the gimmicks are handmade so some inconsistencies are to be expected but in mine there is a slight problem with the alignment which exposes the method. In the handling described I have never been able to get it down, there is a slight discrepancy built in that doesn’t sit well with me.
It’s too bad but because of the above problems this has stayed at the bottom of my magic drawer for a few years now.