Jack-Ro-Batics
1. Place all four Jacks on the bottom of a face up pack of cards.
2. Show your spectator the cards and announce "I'm going to show you some fancy acrobatics with four Jacks".
3. Remove the four Jacks from the bottom of the deck. While you do this take an extra card with them, making sure the spectator doesn't see.
4. Square them all neatly together and put the remainder of the deck face down on the table.
5. Hold the five cards in your right hand and using the left thumb pull the first jack into your palm. Pull the second and third jacks onto the top of the first jack in the same way, and then pull the last jack that had the hidden card under it on top of the other cards. You should practise this so that it looks as if you only have four cards. Talk as you show the jacks (something like "these are the four circus jacks who came from europe a short while ago to enterain us this aftenoon")
6. Turn the five cards face down and set them on top of the deck on the table.
7. Now deal the top four cards out face down in a row on the table from left to right. Three of the cards will be jacks, but the card on the right end is in fact the hidden card, and not a jack. The last jack really remains on top of the deck.
8. Drop the entire deck onto the first card to your left. Place your index finger in the center of the deck and riffle the cards upwards. Use the thumb and middle finger to snap double lift the top card. As you lift it from the deck show that it is a jack and drop it on the table.
9. Pick up the second jack and place it on top of the deck ("this next jack will perform the invisible diving routine passing through the deck and landing on the bottom without a net")
10. Riffle the cards as before and then turn the entire pack face up and show the jack. Put the jack on the table next to the other one.
11. ("Jack number three will do a double-somersault and turn over"). Place the third jack face down into the face up pile.
2. Show your spectator the cards and announce "I'm going to show you some fancy acrobatics with four Jacks".
3. Remove the four Jacks from the bottom of the deck. While you do this take an extra card with them, making sure the spectator doesn't see.
4. Square them all neatly together and put the remainder of the deck face down on the table.
5. Hold the five cards in your right hand and using the left thumb pull the first jack into your palm. Pull the second and third jacks onto the top of the first jack in the same way, and then pull the last jack that had the hidden card under it on top of the other cards. You should practise this so that it looks as if you only have four cards. Talk as you show the jacks (something like "these are the four circus jacks who came from europe a short while ago to enterain us this aftenoon")
6. Turn the five cards face down and set them on top of the deck on the table.
7. Now deal the top four cards out face down in a row on the table from left to right. Three of the cards will be jacks, but the card on the right end is in fact the hidden card, and not a jack. The last jack really remains on top of the deck.
8. Drop the entire deck onto the first card to your left. Place your index finger in the center of the deck and riffle the cards upwards. Use the thumb and middle finger to snap double lift the top card. As you lift it from the deck show that it is a jack and drop it on the table.
9. Pick up the second jack and place it on top of the deck ("this next jack will perform the invisible diving routine passing through the deck and landing on the bottom without a net")
10. Riffle the cards as before and then turn the entire pack face up and show the jack. Put the jack on the table next to the other one.
11. ("Jack number three will do a double-somersault and turn over"). Place the third jack face down into the face up pile.
