Big Four Poker by Tom Dobrowolski and Big Blind Media

A self-working, powerhouse poker trick that plays HUGE!

Tom Dobrowolski's BIG FOUR POKER is an absolute powerhouse of a magic trick. Completely self working, hugely involving for one spectator, a small group or even a full stage performance and ending with a climax that is as hilarious as it is shocking. It packs tiny (just one indestructible plastic credit card sized 'instruction' sheet and a pack of cards) but it plays like a closer!

You offer to teach your audience the fantastic new game of BIG FOUR POKER. A spectator removes 16 cards from a shuffled deck. Under the rules of BIG FOUR POKER the spectator is instructed to shuffle, cut and mix the packet in numerous ways (including mixing face up and face down cards). Unlike any other casino game, the spectator is in charge of all the shuffling and mixing. In fact you (as the magician) stay hands off!

When the spectator is satisfied that the packet is thoroughly mixed THEY then deal out four hands of poker, one for the house and three for players. They can deal with the packet face up or face down. Their choice. They then choose ANY of the player's hands for themselves. After all of this hands-off behavior you finally step in and reveal that Big Four Poker is a game that you just don't lose, because despite all of the spectator's free actions you somehow always win.

The ending is something NO-ONE will see coming. It's funny. It's fun. And it's the kind of magic trick that makes sure people remember you! Big Four Poker - wanna play?

INCLUDES:
Japanese Special 'Poker Rules' Card (printed on credit card sized hard plastic)
A6 cardboard Japanese 'Poker Rules' Card
Mini Magnifying Glass
DVD Instructions (English)
"You can't go wrong with Tom's, 'Big Four Poker.' Highly commercial and downright 'impossible', this will leave your audience in stitches!" - Jack Carpenter

"You don't have to be a poker enthusiast to LOVE Tom's Poker. The surprise ending knocked me out!" - Jeff Prace

"Tom's version of the poker deal is the real deal, a superbly constructed routine." - David Parr

"Strong hook, loads of fun, and definitely fools em." - David Kuraya

"Big Four is just like every other poker demo, except the audience does all the shuffling, all the dealing, and when you still end up the winner, everybody laughs." - Curtis Kam

"Big Four is fab! Another great party trick from Tom. It's a little bit poker and a whole lot of fun." - John Bannon

"I love this routine! A great trick with huge entertainment value!" - Cameron Francis

The Double Lift Project by Big Blind Media

The Double Turnover (most usually referred to as a double lift) is perhaps the single most essential move in all of card magic. It is the act of turning over two playing cards whilst creating the impression that you are handling just a single card.

It is invariably the first sleight magicians learn once they decide to progress from entirely self working card magic, and for many magicians it is the ONLY sleight they need to unleash all manner of magic chicanery on their spectators.

And yet it is often performed clumsily, and in the exact same manner as it was first learnt. Indeed, many magicians spend a lifetime sticking to their initial method, and fail to take advantage of the numerous variations and context specific variants that exist.

On the Double Lift Project you will find thorough, easy to understand, indepth teaching on fourteen different double lifts. With these moves in your arsenal you will be ready to perform a double lift regardless of the situation. From the top of the deck, the middle of the deck, from a packet of cards - you name it. You will also have the skills to 'get ready' for your double lift using a host of methods - thumb count (at the front or rear of the deck), a pinkie count, pushover and more. Then once you progress further into the DVD Liam will even teach you how to do triple, quadruple (or MORE) turnovers.

Make no mistake - there are a lot of techniques, tips and skills to learn and enjoy!

Regardless of whether you are just starting out in magic, or are a seasoned pro, there is something exciting to learn here. And 'The Double Lift Project' will provide utterly essential skills that will elevate your card magic to the next level.

On the second half of the video, your host, Liam Montier, presents some of the greatest card tricks ever invented - all using just a double lift! Mindblowing routines from the likes of David Solomon, Alex Elmsley & Peter Duffie will arm you with material guaranteed to blow an audience's mind!

PRAISE FOR 'THE DOUBLE LIFT PROJECT' -

"I thought my double lift was fine. Then I watched this, improved my technique 100% and learnt loads of variations I never knew existed. Thank you Liam!"
- Mark Hanson, Merchant Of Magic

"Beginner or working pro - you need this DVD. It WILL improve your technique. Plus the tricks are killer."
- James Went (BBC's 'Help My Supply Teacher Is Magic')

"The most comprehensive guide to the double lift I have ever seen".
- Dave Forrest

"An utterly indispensable guide to an essential move!"
- Iain Moran

HIGHLIGHTS:

Huge project spanning 3 hours!
Content for beginner's right through to performing pros.
Features 6 get readies, 14 doublelifts and 7 amazing routines
High production values and excellent in depth teaching.
Part of the same series as the best selling releases THE ELMSLEY COUNT PROJECT and THE CULLFATHER.
CONTENTS -

The Get Readies
Holding The Deck
The Lift Up
The Gary Ouelett Get Ready
The Push Over Break
The Lift Get Ready
The Thumb Count
The Pinkie Count

The Turnovers
The Expert Card Technique Turnover
The Book Turnover
The Upjogged Turnover
The Spin Double
The Larry Jenning's Snap Double
The Pages Of Time
The Triple Delight Turnover
The Crook
The Pushoff
The Floop
The LePaul Flipover
The Centre Double Lifts
The Forceps
The Bro Hamman Packet Double Lifts

The Tricks
Chicago Opener/Red Hot Mama
David Solomon's Fingerprint Trick
Peter Duffie's Two Card Transpo
Dave Campbell's Leapfrog
George McBride's Double Swap Sandwich
Alex Elmsley's Double Swap
Mike Skinner's The Mona Lisa Card Trick

The Thick Card Project by Liam Montier and Big Blind Media

Thick Card - a double thick playing card used as a locator card, a peek device, an automatic double lift facilitator, a break-less control gaff and a sleight free forcing machine!

The thick card is one of the most overlooked and underused gaffs in magic. Simple and inexpensive to make, yet massively versatile, this innocuous creation is a powerful replacement for sleight of hand. With one dropped into your working deck you will be armed and ready to perform controls, forces, multiple lifts and peeks all without EVER HOLDING A BREAK!

The Thick Card is like the swizz army knife of gaffs - it can do so much, yet is all but invisible in the deck. You can have your thick card in play all day long. The deck can be handled by the spectator. It's undetectable from every angle, and it's 100% locatable with touch alone. (No more panicked triple checking that you cut at the right place!).

This single gaff card will elevate your routines to a stratospheric level - now you can perform forces, controls, peeks and multiple lifts with the cleanest possible handling. As you never need to hold a break, you are free to put the deck down. You can shuffle, cut and mix the deck AND STILL BE IN COMPLETE CONTROL OF THE CARDS!

On 'The Thick Card Project' your host, Liam Montier, will teach you how to use this most venerable of gaffs . Learn over 90 mins of techniques, tips and ingenious applications. Then delve into the collection of ten incredible routines.

BASIC TECHNIQUES:
The right way to make a thick card
Which cards to use for your thick card
How to cut a thick card to the top of the deck
How to cut a thick card to the bottom of the deck
Control a selection to the top of the deck
Control a selection to the bottom of the deck
Having selections made with a thick card loose in the deck

CONTROLS:
Overhand Shuffle Control
Double Overhand Shuffle Control
Another Overhand Shuffle Technique
Controlling a selection to 2nd from top
Harry Riser's Mistake Control
Advice on using different controls
George Kaplan's Fan Cut Control
George Kaplan's Triple Cut Control
Steve Bedwell's Pinkie Count Control
Advice on making the most of the clean handling

FORCES:
The Riffle Force
Riffle Force For A Selection
The Dribble Force
Using The Dribble Force As A Control
The Cross Cut Force
The Stop Force
The Peek Force
Advice on using a light touch

DOUBLELIFTS & PEEKS:
Hit Style Double Lift
Tabled Double Lift
The Pros & Cons Of A Thick Card
Top Peek
Bottom Peek
Centre Peek
The Wind Up Gag Peek
Letting Your Spectators Handle The Deck

ROUTINES:
Your Card Plus 4 Aces (Rovi)
Cards In Harmony (Rovi)
Surprise Speller (Bert Allerton)
Xray Eyes (Jean Hugard)
Xray Location (George Kaplan)
Without Sight, Without Knowledge (Rovi)
Emotional Reaction (Dai Vernon)
The Biddle Trick (Elmer Biddle)
Expert Card Technique Reveal
Bonus - Liam's full multi-phase Multiple Selection routine

Awesome Self Working Card Tricks by Big Blind Media

Join your hosts Liam Montier, Cameron Francis, Dave Forrest and Steve Dela and prepare to learn some of the most powerful and useable card tricks EVER INVENTED!

These powerhouse routines have been specifically handpicked because they absolutely slay audiences, yet do not require a single sleight or move. Yep - these are 100% sleight free. You will positively cackle when the innovative and imaginative methods are revealed to you, and you can rest assured that audiences will be floored by each of the eleven routines on offer.

From the ridiculously clean double card location of 'Double Salto' to the totally impromptu memory feats of 'Wayneman' to Dave Forrest's mind exploding ACAAN 'Route 1', this is a collection of material that you WILL USE!

Awesome Self Working Card Tricks - amazing magic without the sleights!

Power Of Thought (Paul Curry)
Route 1 (Dave Forrest)
Compatibility (Wayne Dobson)
Wayne Man (Wayne Dobson)
Emotional Reaction (Dai Vernon)
Double Salto (William B Gibson)
Automatic Ace Triumph (Kuniyasu Fujiwara)
Further Than That (Stewart James)
The Future Deck (Jack Vosburgh)
What A Turn Up (Kaymar Magic)
Your Thoughts Are Mine (John Carey)