Last Word On Three Card Monte DVD (Vol 3) L & L Publishing......$19.95
Games of chance have a rich and colorful history but perhaps the most
famous - and notorious - of them all is the simple three-in-one proposition
game known alternatively as Find the Lady, Tossing the Broads, and
most popularly, Three-Card Monte. While written descriptions of early
versions of this classic con game date back to at least the 16th century,
Three-Card Monte hustlers are on the streets of the world's largest cities
to this day, still able to draw the unsuspecting into wagering their
hard-earned cash, a testimony to the lure and intrigue of this game. The
entertainment potential of this simple hustle didn't escape the notice of
magicians, either, with Professor Hoffman being just the first of many
conjurors to adapt the basic premise of this con game for the amusement
of their audiences.
In Volume 3, you'll see five skilled magicians each with a singular
perspective on Three Card Monte as entertainment. Jon Armstrong is
first with a very commercial routine that has the spectator trying to find the
one card they signed among blank cards. John Mendoza takes his
audience back to an encounter with a carnival swindler while Darwin Ortiz
displays the skills that have made him a world-class gambling consultant.
Doc Eason teaches the ins and outs of what makes Three Card Monte
such a great piece of card magic (along with super-practice sessions to
help ensure mastery) and Dan Harlan brings the swindle to a real-world
environment. Finally, as a bonus, Patrick Page gives up the real work on
the legendary Three Card Trick - Patrick Page's handling of what has
been called the Dutch Looper, the Kitson Miracle and, finally, just The
Three Card Trick, is arguably one of the great effects in magic. It was the
trick that he always carried with him and it became one of this legendary
magician's signature effects. A completely in-the-hands monte effect, a
Queen and two indifferent cards are shown. No matter how fairly the
cards are fanned, the spectator is unable to find the Queen. What's more,
the Queen seems to vanish and reappear repeatedly, all at the
performer's whim. For the startling finale, the cards are laid on the table
one at a time to show that the Queen has vanished for good. No extra
cards - nothing to add or take away - just one very diabolical secret.
Games of chance have a rich and colorful history but perhaps the most
famous - and notorious - of them all is the simple three-in-one proposition
game known alternatively as Find the Lady, Tossing the Broads, and
most popularly, Three-Card Monte. While written descriptions of early
versions of this classic con game date back to at least the 16th century,
Three-Card Monte hustlers are on the streets of the world's largest cities
to this day, still able to draw the unsuspecting into wagering their
hard-earned cash, a testimony to the lure and intrigue of this game. The
entertainment potential of this simple hustle didn't escape the notice of
magicians, either, with Professor Hoffman being just the first of many
conjurors to adapt the basic premise of this con game for the amusement
of their audiences.
In Volume 3, you'll see five skilled magicians each with a singular
perspective on Three Card Monte as entertainment. Jon Armstrong is
first with a very commercial routine that has the spectator trying to find the
one card they signed among blank cards. John Mendoza takes his
audience back to an encounter with a carnival swindler while Darwin Ortiz
displays the skills that have made him a world-class gambling consultant.
Doc Eason teaches the ins and outs of what makes Three Card Monte
such a great piece of card magic (along with super-practice sessions to
help ensure mastery) and Dan Harlan brings the swindle to a real-world
environment. Finally, as a bonus, Patrick Page gives up the real work on
the legendary Three Card Trick - Patrick Page's handling of what has
been called the Dutch Looper, the Kitson Miracle and, finally, just The
Three Card Trick, is arguably one of the great effects in magic. It was the
trick that he always carried with him and it became one of this legendary
magician's signature effects. A completely in-the-hands monte effect, a
Queen and two indifferent cards are shown. No matter how fairly the
cards are fanned, the spectator is unable to find the Queen. What's more,
the Queen seems to vanish and reappear repeatedly, all at the
performer's whim. For the startling finale, the cards are laid on the table
one at a time to show that the Queen has vanished for good. No extra
cards - nothing to add or take away - just one very diabolical secret.
