Aced! by Frank Thompson

Apocalypse by Harry Lorayne
Volume 12, Number 6 June 1989
Page 1655 et seq.

Personal Comment: I'm not a great fan of riffle shuffles... but I do see how this can fool people if properly executed. The original handling used a face up card as the locator card. This uses another fairly common method. But I think this is slightly better as there is no chance of a face up card appearing in the riffle shuffle.

Difficulty 2/5

Flash Opener by Frank Thompson

Frank Thompson's The Cold Deck by Ray Goulet
Page 1 et seq.

also known as "Thompson's Aces"
Card College 5 by Roberto Giobbi
Page 1183 et seq.

Personal Comment: That is a neat Ace production. Easy to do and has such a nice rhythm. I suggest adding the palmed aces after a spectator has shuffled the deck. Much, much stronger.

Difficulty 1/5