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[[Spectator Cuts to the Aces]] is a classic card routine where the spectator cuts the deck to locate the four aces. [[T.A. Waters]] claims that the basic effect was devised by [[Bob Veeser]] (around 1959).
[[Spectator Cuts to the Aces]] is a classic card routine where the spectator cuts the deck to locate the four aces.  


There have been many many variations developed. Some are self-working. Some require a gaffed deck or setup. Some allow the spectator to do all the cutting and turning the cards over. Some have kicker endings where not only the aces are on top of each pile after the spectator cuts the deck into four piles, but the kings are on the bottom.
This routine makes a very efficient opener for a four ace routine.


Lots of magicians like to open with this effect before going into a four ace routine.


== History ==
== History ==
===Self-working version===
This plot was proposed by [[Bob Veeser]] in 1956 in a letter to [[Ed Marlo]], with three possible solutions.<ref>A Problem Posed by Ed Marlo, [[New Tops]] March, 1965</ref>


It's not exactly the plot because, after cutting the deck in four packets, the spectator have to move some cards from packet to packet but it's the premiss.
There have been many many variations developed over the year with various procedures. Some are self-working, some requiring a gaffed deck or setup, and some allowing the spectator to do all the cutting and turning the cards over.  Later kicker endings were added in which not only the aces are on top of each pile, but the kings are also on the bottom.


A Four Aces Set Up (Belchou's Ace) - was invented by [[Steve Belchou]], written up by [[Oscar Weigle]] and first published in The [[Dragon]] Magazine, Vol. 8, No. 6, june 1939.
A similar premiss in which after cutting the deck in four packets, the spectator moves some cards from packet to packet was published in The [[Dragon]] Magazine (Vol. 8, No. 6) in June 1939. Written up by [[Oscar Weigle]], it was created by [[Steve Belchou]] and called "A Four Aces Set Up" (Belchou's Ace).


== Variations ==
== Variations ==
*''Poker Players Picnic'' in [[Royal Road to Card Magic]] by [[Jean Hugard]] & [[Fred Braue]] (1948)
*''A Poker Players Picnic'' in [[Royal Road to Card Magic]] by [[Jean Hugard]] & [[Fred Braue]] (1948) (Belchou's trick)
* ''The Weigle Aces'' from [[John Scarne on Card Tricks]] by [[John Scarne]] (1950)
* ''The Weigle Aces'' from [[John Scarne on Card Tricks]] by [[John Scarne]] (1950) (Belchou's trick)
*''A Spectator Finds the Aces'' By [[Harvey Rosenthal]] in [[Genii 1963 October]].
* ''A Problem Posed'' by [[Ed Marlo]] in The [[New Tops]], (March 1965). (Reprint in [[M.I.N.T., Vol. I]], 1988). Extensive work on this plot.
* ''A Problem Posed'' by [[Ed Marlo]] in The [[New Tops]], (March 1965). (Reprint in [[M.I.N.T., Vol. I]], 1988). Extensive work on this plot.
* ''Spectator Cuts to the Aces'' by Allan Ackerman in [[Magic Mafia Effects]] (1968).
* ''Spectator Cuts to the Aces'' by Allan Ackerman in [[Magic Mafia Effects]] (1968).
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* [[Gary Ouellet]]'s ''Three-Second Wonder'' from [[Close-Up Illusions]] (1990)
* [[Gary Ouellet]]'s ''Three-Second Wonder'' from [[Close-Up Illusions]] (1990)
* [[Shigeo Takagi]]'s version in The [[Amazing Miracles of Shigeo Takagi]] by Richard Kaufman (1990)
* [[Shigeo Takagi]]'s version in The [[Amazing Miracles of Shigeo Takagi]] by Richard Kaufman (1990)
* ''Directed Verdict'' by John Bannon in [[Smoke and Mirrors]] (1991)
* ''Directed Verdict'' by [[John Bannon]] in [[Smoke and Mirrors]] (1991)
* [[Roberto Giobbi]]'s ''The Spectator Cuts the Aces'' from [[Card College]], Vol. 1 (1995)  
* [[Roberto Giobbi]]'s ''The Spectator Cuts the Aces'' from [[Card College]], Vol. 1 (1995)  
* ''Cutting to the Aces'' from Tom Ogden's [[Complete Idiot's Guide to Magic]] (1998)
* ''Cutting to the Aces'' from [[Tom Ogden]]'s [[Complete Idiot's Guide to Magic]] (1998)
* [[David Regal]]'s ''Deep Guilt Aces'' in [[Constant Fooling 2]] (2002)
* [[David Regal]]'s ''Deep Guilt Aces'' in [[Constant Fooling 2]] (2002)
* [[John Bannon]]'s ''Final Verdict'' from [[Dear Mr. Fantasy]] (2004)
* [[John Bannon]]'s ''Final Verdict'' from [[Dear Mr. Fantasy]] (2004)
* [[Kipp Sherry]]'s ''Riverboat Shuffle''  (2006)


 
== References ==
 
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[[Category:Card Plots]]
[[Category:Card Plots]]

Latest revision as of 17:37, 30 May 2011

Spectator Cuts to the Aces is a classic card routine where the spectator cuts the deck to locate the four aces.

This routine makes a very efficient opener for a four ace routine.


History

This plot was proposed by Bob Veeser in 1956 in a letter to Ed Marlo, with three possible solutions.[1]

There have been many many variations developed over the year with various procedures. Some are self-working, some requiring a gaffed deck or setup, and some allowing the spectator to do all the cutting and turning the cards over. Later kicker endings were added in which not only the aces are on top of each pile, but the kings are also on the bottom.

A similar premiss in which after cutting the deck in four packets, the spectator moves some cards from packet to packet was published in The Dragon Magazine (Vol. 8, No. 6) in June 1939. Written up by Oscar Weigle, it was created by Steve Belchou and called "A Four Aces Set Up" (Belchou's Ace).

Variations

References

  1. ↑ A Problem Posed by Ed Marlo, New Tops March, 1965
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