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Price$20.00
Media TypeTrick, Online Instructions, Gimmick(s)
CategoryMentalism
Date AddedApr 26, 2022

Big Blind

John Morton

(Based on 1 review)
Five colored cards are mixed up by a volunteer (face down) while the magicians back is turned; then, the magician shows 5 poker chips in the same colors as the cards.

Under these impossible circumstances the magician still manages to place the corresponding poker chip on the correct card.

Reviews

Rob Jacks

Apr 14, 2023

After I bought The Twins by Morton, I knew I had to have Big Blind. There are a couple of things that I really like about Big Blind and Twins. First, the price. They are both quite inexpensive especially these days when everything seems to be around $30-$40 and up. These tricks are $10-$20.Secondly, the effects are easy to do and lots of fun.

Big Blind is basically a matching card trick with poker chips. The chips cloak the method and form a bit of misdirection. All the props are high quality. Heavy casino chips and the marked cards are ingenious and undetectable.

The description of the trick doesn't do it justice. While correct, it plays much bigger than just the match of cards and chips.

The spectator is heavily involved in the two (maybe three) phase routine.

The instructions are colour printed on two letter sized sheets. The instructions are very clear. I really like printed instructions.
There is also a QR code for John's website. The instructional videos are also very good. No high tec camera work, just John performing for one person and the explaining how the trick is done. There are a few variations but I like the original basic one best.

The only negative is that the videos are NOT downloadable. I like to have videos on my desktop drive because I don't always have access to the internet. I deducted .5 stars for the non downloadable thingy.

Highly recommended.
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