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Genii Magazine - 11-2015

Royal-O-Cation
Described by Harry Lorayne
RICHARD KAUFMAN will probably talk me into contribut- square the remaining card of the four fully onto the deck
ing a “killer” item or two from my upcoming, probably last, and then move the just-formed double card a bit to the
book (100% cards—97% impromptu—94% jaw droppers). right—hold the double in place with your left thumb.
In the meantime … There’s no obvious pause here … “Well, you left this
Caleb Wiles’s take-off on a Gordon Bean effect (“Elimin- Ten—and hey, you did good, you left the Ten of Spades!”
ACE-ion”) appeared in the May, 2015 issue of Genii. Flip the double card face up to show the Ten of Spades;
Good idea, good thinking which started me thinking. square the face-up double onto top of the deck. First
It necessitates secretly setting four specific cards in a climax; not a very strong one—the spectator could have
specific sequence, which is certainly no problem for any legitimately left the Ten of Spades—but a “climax”
“card handler” but I wanted to eliminate it anyway. I nevertheless.
did, and performed the effect that way for a while—no Turn your left hand palm down, the deck face up, as your
setup at all—ending with four Aces as in the original. And right fingers reach under and pull out the facedown Ten
then a “what if” concerning a royal flush flitted through of Spades (photo 2); turn it face up and table it near the
my mind—“what if” the ending was a royal-flush revela- three tabled facedown cards (photo 3). As you patter, casu-
tion? And using the same original concept the following ally complete cut the face-up deck—and one of the high
evolved: Spades is now reversed at center deck. Patter: “Well, that
Run through a shuffled deck faces toward you and table was pretty magical; now let me try some stronger magic.”
face down, without flashing its face, each Spade royal flush As you speak, pick up the face-up Ten of Spades and
card as you locate it—but leave the Ten of Spades on top tap each of the other three (facedown) cards with it (photo
of the deck. That’s your setup! Overhand Injog Shuffle 4). “I want to try to magically make these Tens ‘more
(or use my Status Quo Shuffle—Rim Shots section of The
Classic Collection, Volume 2) keeping the Ten of Spades
on top as you patter: “Assume these four (tabled) cards
are the Tens. Which is your favorite Ten—Clubs, Hearts,
Diamonds or Spades?” I always emphasize “Spades” just
a bit. If your spectator says “Spades” you say, “Oh good,
that’s my favorite also.” If (s)he says any other suit, say,
“Interesting; my favorite is Spades.”
Okay; after this tiny bit of byplay to arrive at Spades,
continue the patter—“Would you help me eliminate the
suits other than Spades, please?” As you speak pick up the
four tabled cards, hold them face down and spread—“Just 2
point to one of the Tens that you believe is not the Spade.”
Pull out the card he indicates (photo 1) and table it face
down. “Okay; of these three remaining Tens, again, which
do you think is not the Spade?” Table the indicated card.
“Now, it’s nitty-gritty time—which one of these two
remaining Tens do you think is not the Spade?” As you
speak obtain a left little fingertip break under the deck’s
top card (the Ten of Spades). Table the indicated card—
there are now three facedown cards on the table. Casually

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