Vanish Magic Magazine no. 39

Repeat what you just did for the first count,
throw away and reveal of still having six
cards, suiting the actions to the words. Remember
to transfer the empty pocket card
to the front of the pile so the final pocket
card is closest to you.
“Google led me to YouTube where there was
a video of a kid doing a trick where he had
1-2-3-4-5-6 cards, threw away 1-2-3 and still
had 1-2-3-4-5-6.”
Repeat what you just did for the first count,
throw away and reveal of still having six
cards, suiting the actions to the words. This
time you don’t need to transfer the pocket
card to the front of the pile.
“I left message in the comments that I
wanted to learn to do the trick. He said he’d
sell me the trick for 3 bucks…”
Put away the cards and take out the stack
of dollar bills.
“…which is good because I had 1-2-3-4-5-6
dollar.”
Count to show six dollars.
“I sent him 1-2-3.”
SET UP: Fill each pocket card with three
cards. Now take three regular cards and
put the pocket cards on them. When you
hold them with the faces towards the
audience, the pockets will be closest to you
and the normal cards will be towards the
audience. These start in your hand.
Fill the pocket dollar with three dollars. Fill
the pocket card in the bill to cards gimmick
with five regular cards. Fold the gimmick
so it looks like a regular dollar, so the cards
are inside and not visible. The bills will be
arranged from the audience side towards
you. First is the bill to cards gimmick, then
four regular dollar bills and finally the
pocket dollar (filled with three dollars), so
the pocket dollar is closest to you. Set this
on your table or in your case.
ROUTINE: “I saw a magician do a trick that
used 1-2-3-4-5-6 cards.”
Count to show six cards.
“He threw away 1-2-3…”
Remove three cards from the pocket closest
to you.
“…and he still had six cards.”
Count to show six cards. After the count,
move the empty pocket card to the front
of the stack of cards, so the next full pocket
card is towards you.
“I wanted to learn it, so I googled, “magic
trick with 1-2-3-4-5-6 cards throw away 1-2-
3, and still have 1-2-3-4-5-6” cards.”
Remove the three dollars from the pocket
dollar.
“When he got the money he said I forgot to
send money for shipping, which was another
three bucks for a total of 1-2-3-4-5-6 dollars.”
Count to show six dollars. As you finish the
count, take all four of the regular dollars
and put them inside the pocket dollar. You
are now holding the Bill to Cards Gimmick
and a full pocket dollar. The pocket dollar
is closest to you.
“So I sent him 1-2-3 more dollars…”
Remove a dollar from the pocket dollar
for each count of one and two, and for
the count of three remove the full pocket
dollar. You are now left with just the Bill to
Cards Gimmick in your hand.
“you know what I got…”
Fold the bill in your hands so the cards
are now show and count out six cards by
removing five from the pocket in the gimmick.
“…the trick that uses 1-2-3-4-5-6 six cards!”
Notes: I’ve been selling the cards to bills
gimmick under the name Whiplash at
lectures for over a decade with a different
routine. The six card repeat premise was
invented by Tommy Tucker. My introduction
to the Six Card Repeat trick was
through Card Mondor’s Hollywood Six Card
Repeat which used pocket cards which
were introduced to the trick by Charles
Brush.
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