Double D's and Aces - Syd Slydini Dan and Dave On Demand

[Jameswoerd1]

Alright so here we go a review for everyone. This trick is a very neat trick to do. what you do is you get the deck shuffled, and after the spectator shuffes the deck, you spell to each ace in the most cleanest way ever (look at performence video). So i was always interested into spelling tricks so i decided to get this one. here we go.


What they say: From a spectator shuffled deck, the 4 Aces are spelled to and located in this baffling 4 of a kind production. $5.00



What I say: So this trick is really good. I like it. Now there is a little deception here and i will go into that into a more detailed manner right NOWWW!!!



Setup: ok so there is a setup but not much of one. it will take you like 20-30 seconds or something like that. so its not big at all.



Difficulty: this is not that hard to do. Its not hard, but it will take you some time to make it look natural and smooth. so i think its about 4/10 on the difficulty. (low being easy)



Method: ok so on of the biggest things about this trick is that the spectator can shuffle the deck before you do this trick. But there is one thing that i have to say about that. Yes they can shuffle the deck, and No they cant. what i mean is that you can only let the shuffe packets of the deck. so this is really good for bigger groups of people. that way everyone can shuffle the deck. you cant just hand the WHOLE deck out and get them to shuffle it. you have to divide it. look at the performence video for more detail if you have no clue what im talking about. now this isnt a problem, in-fact its fine. the spectator sees it in the same light no matter what. now the spelling is very clean too. you dont need to add cards or anything at all, dont need to shuffle the deck, just deal down and spell. the effect can be used as a... well effect or a production. what ever you want which is nice.


Overall: ok so overall this is really good. I am going to hopfully do this trick a lot (if i remember when im performing). setup is easy, method is great and super clean, so yeah i will give it a 9/10. I really like this trick so i hope you get it if you like it.

 

[SKSleighofHand]

Just to let you know, it's Syd Segal. There's a easier variation called Commerical Aces which happened in the Simply Sydney DVD.

 

[visualartist]

lol how do you get segal and slydini mixed up?

 

[dejavu05]

I love this effect. Very powerful when performed properly. But I have a few corrections to your review. You said the spectator shuffling might be easier with more spectators, that isn't completely true. You can just split the deck into what you need to and give the packets to the same person. So he/she shuffles one packet, then you can hand him/her the other once they are done with the first.

The other correction I have is when you talk about dealing the cards. While the dealing of the cards isn't too hard, it isn't as straight forward as you say it is. For some cards, you can deal normally. But some cards do require a little "trick" to your dealing. This "trick" isn't too hard like I said, nor is it something that you would probably get caught on. But I just wanted to clarify that not all the dealing is completely straight forward.

Like I said, this is a great effect. At first, the method might not seem so great, but when performed correctly, it is great.

 

[Jameswoerd1]

lol how do you get segal and slydini mixed up?

my bad. it was really late. lol

 

[Jameswoerd1]

I love this effect. Very powerful when performed properly. But I have a few corrections to your review. You said the spectator shuffling might be easier with more spectators, that isn't completely true. You can just split the deck into what you need to and give the packets to the same person. So he/she shuffles one packet, then you can hand him/her the other once they are done with the first.

The other correction I have is when you talk about dealing the cards. While the dealing of the cards isn't too hard, it isn't as straight forward as you say it is. For some cards, you can deal normally. But some cards do require a little "trick" to your dealing. This "trick" isn't too hard like I said, nor is it something that you would probably get caught on. But I just wanted to clarify that not all the dealing is completely straight forward.

Like I said, this is a great effect. At first, the method might not seem so great, but when performed correctly, it is great.

yeah but the thing is that im trying to also tell the beginers how hard it is for them in a way. that little trick is incredible easy for me, but can be a little tricky for others. and yes it is easier to hand out to shuffle for more people because it gives you a reason for spliting the deck up. if you do it for one person, they will sometimes say "why dont you just give me the whole deck to shuffle?"

 

[cedwards90]

yeah but the thing is that im trying to also tell the beginers how hard it is for them in a way. that little trick is incredible easy for me, but can be a little tricky for others. and yes it is easier to hand out to shuffle for more people because it gives you a reason for spliting the deck up. if you do it for one person, they will sometimes say "why dont you just give me the whole deck to shuffle?"

I have always found that if you give a spectator a reason they wont question it. " Now, to make this even more fair, I am going to split the deck and have you shuffle each pile so there is no possible way I can no the order of the cards"

No spectator will ever question something like that, well not that I have ever seen.