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Doug takes a casual approach to

not really cutting the cards.

NONCHALANT IN-HANDS FALSE CUT

By Doug Edwards

This is a nonchalant false cut, keeping the whole deck in the same order. This is
good for a full deck stack when you want to keep the full deck in the same
position.
Start with the deck in the right hand, backs up.

The deck is in the right hand, backs up.

The left hand picks up two-thirds of the

pack ...

... and the left first finger lifts up the top

half of its packet.

The right thumb presses down on the

upper right corner of the remaining
stock.

The left hand moves right and the top

half of the left stock is 'kicked' between
the first and second fingers of the right
hand.

The right first and second fingers close

to hold that packet, the remaining stock
in the left hand moves up and is
dropped on the top stock in the right
hand.

The left fingers move down to take hold

of the bottom packet in the right hand
and pull it to the left so that it clears the
stock in the right hand ...

Then rises up to drop the packet on top

of the cards held in the right hand.

The left hand moves over the top of the deck in the right hand and picks up
two-thirds of the pack and, almost in the same action, the left first finger lifts
up the top half of its packet.

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As the left hand moves left, the right thumb presses down on the upper right
corner of the remaining stock to that the stock is held between the extended
right first finger (below) and the thumb above, with the right top edge of the
stock touching the crotch of the thumb.
The remaining right fingers are extended out and spread slightly apart.
The left hand moves right and the top half of the left stock is 'kicked' between
the first and second fingers of the right hand. The right first and second fingers
close to hold that packet. At this point the right hand now holds two packets,
one between the right first finger and thumb, and one between the first and
second fingers. The right third and fourth fingers remain extended.
The left hand now holds only the lower half of its original packet. This packet is
placed onto the top packet in the right hand using a light 'tossing' motion.
As soon as the left fingers release their packet, they move down to take hold of
the bottom packet in the right hand. The left fingers take hold of the front end
of the packet, the left thumb is at the back end, the packet is pulled away to the
left so that it clears the stock in the right hand, then rises up to drop the packet
on top of the cards held in the right hand.
Done.
2003 by Doug Edwards.
Photographs by Richard Robinson.
Magic Show is 2003 by Robinson Wizard, Inc.

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