Interesting Topic of the Day Thread

[tokyoUW]

My topic for today:

What is the VERY first slight/flourish/thing you do with a deck of cards or coin when you pick one up.

Cards: I usually immediately do a basic fan to get a feel for the cards, followed by closing it up and dribbling the pack back into my left hand. After that, anything... but yes, I always open up with just fanning the pack.

Coins: I always just do a basic retention (finger palm) into the "right hand". Nothing fancy yet, like a classic, or nothing as set uppy as a french drop.. just your basic run of the mill finger palm retention pass to the "right hand".


What do you other theory11 frequent forum trolls do?

 

[The Dark Angel]

One hand thumb fan, I love it, it lets me get a good feel for the cards.

 

[clllllust]

When I first open a deck of cards, I do a one hand thumb fan just to see all the cards, but if its a specialty deck I've never seen before, I'll run through them to see all the faces, then I'll do a Charlier, and some revolution cuts and Sybil to see how they flourish, and throw in a shapeshifter.

That's basically it, just try to break them in really, see if they're good for what I need them to be.

Happy Holidays,
-RA69

 

[copperfield 14]

If you mean new deck of cards then I thumb fan it. If you mean old pack then I cut th deck then practice a bunch of flourishes.

 

[Krash]

For me, it's either a fan or the Triple Z that Bayme put on the Kard Klub DVD.

Shane K.

 

[PhilTheMagician]

2 scenarios for the very first thing I do with a deck of cards:

1) new deck : take off the celophane wrapper

2) used deck: open the deck box

 

[Aris.SA]

1.- dribble them, or swing cut them like 5 times in a row..
2.- classic palm it or if it is too small thumbpalm it

 

[MitchellStafiej]

I always spring the cards, it is simply a habit that I find breaks in the deck pretty well.

Mitchell

 

[nightmare]

dribble a fair few times, followed by multiple swing cuts

 

[Eddie]

I touch them.

And do a dribble.

 

[BlueBackedBikes]

I dribble them once and do a Moth cut with the deck.

Always. And I have no idea why