This routine is a hybrid of ideas from the late sixties to early seventies. A three-card monte routine I saw Daniel Cros perform at his bar at the Desert Inn Hotel in Las Vegas in 1971 inspired this routine. I added a trick from Pallbearers Review that allowed you to complete the effect from a shuffled deck in use. Also, I added a bit from an old Marlo routine that allowed you to do a convincing card vanish, added a reappearance of the vanished card, and closed with the torn card finish from the Daniel Cros routine. The magician can perform the effect in any position - sitting down, standing, or walk around.
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