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Michael Kras · Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 12:12 am Post subject: "Can I Shuffle The Cards?"

How do you respond to this? If your deck is stakced or in specific order, how do you gracefully handle spectators that wish to shuffle the cards? That's one problem that I have found difficult to overcome. Any ideas?

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BrianMillerMagic · Joined: 14 Aug 2007 Posts: 543 Location: New York State

"Yes, feel free." Hand them the deck and let them shuffle. 9 out of 10 if you say "yes" confidently, they won't actually want to shuffle them anyway. What they really want to know is if they "can be shuffled." In the instance that they do shuffle the cards, go into any number of card effects that don't require a stacked deck or setups of any kind. You must know hundreds of them if you're a Sankey fan!

If you want to read some really great thoughts about this subject, get Steven Youell's Weapons of Mass Destruction ebook - read the section about ProActive Control.
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Ethan the Emazing · Joined: 29 Aug 2007 Posts: 160

Great tips Brian. I usually just hand them the cards and go into a different routine.
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Michael Kras · Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 3:27 am Post subject:

Great tips!!! I guess the route I will personally go if this happens is to give them the freedom to shuffle. If they do I simply go into a back-up.
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Ben Train · Joined: 03 Jul 2008 Posts: 268

"fuck no"

Liam · Joined: 30 Dec 2007 Posts: 424

i play dead till they walk away

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Reuben The Great · Joined: 11 Sep 2007 Posts: 245

Personally, I would just hand the spec the cards and say my pleasure, and like Brian said they usually won't. But, if they do, like you guys have said, go into another routine (maybe some sort of poker deal), using the fact they shuffled to your advantage.

On another note, what if you have returned their card to the top with some shuffles and they ask to shuffle. This is easier for me, as I do a peak of the card and immediately throw the deck to the table for them to mess up as needed. Then spread as you say the deck is throughly shuffled now and that they really did mix those babies up, while I perform a quick cull.
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Michael Kras · Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2009 7:14 pm Post subject:

I will typically cull. However, on occasion (if it is just a single) I will execute a one handed top palm and drop the deck to the table.
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teddy · Joined: 31 Aug 2007 Posts: 166

I normally say, "You want to shuffle?", at the same time gesturing by doing an overhand shuffle which controls their card to the bottom, and then do a gambler's cop.

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