The Pop Out Move by Chris Kenner
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What The Spectators See
In a nutshell, you split the deck in two halves. As you tap the two halves together close to the ends, a face up card pops out between the two facedown packets. It looks amazing, and is extremely deceptive.
Gimmicks
There are no gimmicks involved in this effect whatsoever. Just you and a deck of cards.
Difficulty
This is a tough category to judge the sleight on, because it really isn’t that difficult, but it is knacky. If you’ve ever done any of Greg Wilson’s stuff, you’ll probably know what I’m talking about. Greg’s stuff is pretty easy once you get it, but it’s not guaranteed to always work perfectly, because it is a knack. Same for the Pop Out Move.
Set Up
This effect does require a tad bit of setup, but it can easily be done in front of your spectators (if you’re good enough), and there’s no weird orders or anything. Basically, the four cards you want to produce have to all be in a certain part of the deck. I don’t really think that’s exposure, since it’s kind of a given, but if it is, Mods… feel free to delete it!
Angles
From what I can tell, this effect is virtually angle proof. As with most effects, it wouldn’t be very good to have a spectator directly below you, and someone standing right behind you and looking over your shoulder might see something that they shouldn’t, but in 90% of scenarios, I don’t think you’ll have to deal with either of these issues. So, if you’re worrying about the angles of this sleight… don’t!
Card Condition
I know with a lot of effects, I worry whether or not the condition of the deck I’m performing with will make a difference on how well the sleight or effect will work. Obviously, as with most sleights and effects, a newer deck is ideal, but 99% of decks will work with this.
Hands
Along with deck condition, I worry about whether sweaty or extremely dry hands affecting the trick. Again, as far as I can tell, I don’t think this will have a major impact on how well the sleight works. Extremely sweaty hands obviously will be more of a hindrance than dry hands, but I think you can expect that with most sleights and effects.
Uses
This sleight really has only one use- producing cards from the deck. From that aspect, it’s a very unilateral and one-trick-pony type of sleight. However, since it is a production sleight, you can produce really any amount of cards you wish, so there are literally endless possibilities where you can go with the produced cards after the sleight is “performed”.
Price
At a very fair $4.95, I think this sleight is priced very fairly, just like the majority of theory11 1on1s. You definitely get what you pay for here, and learning this sleight from Chris Kenner and his 20+ years of experience with it, make it well worth it.
I hope you guys enjoyed the review, and I hope it helped somebody with their purchasing decisions! I know the review was shorter than usual, but I think I covered just about everything you can cover in a review. Again, thanks for reading!
The Official Spam-
What The Spectators See
In a nutshell, you split the deck in two halves. As you tap the two halves together close to the ends, a face up card pops out between the two facedown packets. It looks amazing, and is extremely deceptive.
Gimmicks
There are no gimmicks involved in this effect whatsoever. Just you and a deck of cards.
Difficulty
This is a tough category to judge the sleight on, because it really isn’t that difficult, but it is knacky. If you’ve ever done any of Greg Wilson’s stuff, you’ll probably know what I’m talking about. Greg’s stuff is pretty easy once you get it, but it’s not guaranteed to always work perfectly, because it is a knack. Same for the Pop Out Move.
Set Up
This effect does require a tad bit of setup, but it can easily be done in front of your spectators (if you’re good enough), and there’s no weird orders or anything. Basically, the four cards you want to produce have to all be in a certain part of the deck. I don’t really think that’s exposure, since it’s kind of a given, but if it is, Mods… feel free to delete it!
Angles
From what I can tell, this effect is virtually angle proof. As with most effects, it wouldn’t be very good to have a spectator directly below you, and someone standing right behind you and looking over your shoulder might see something that they shouldn’t, but in 90% of scenarios, I don’t think you’ll have to deal with either of these issues. So, if you’re worrying about the angles of this sleight… don’t!
Card Condition
I know with a lot of effects, I worry whether or not the condition of the deck I’m performing with will make a difference on how well the sleight or effect will work. Obviously, as with most sleights and effects, a newer deck is ideal, but 99% of decks will work with this.
Hands
Along with deck condition, I worry about whether sweaty or extremely dry hands affecting the trick. Again, as far as I can tell, I don’t think this will have a major impact on how well the sleight works. Extremely sweaty hands obviously will be more of a hindrance than dry hands, but I think you can expect that with most sleights and effects.
Uses
This sleight really has only one use- producing cards from the deck. From that aspect, it’s a very unilateral and one-trick-pony type of sleight. However, since it is a production sleight, you can produce really any amount of cards you wish, so there are literally endless possibilities where you can go with the produced cards after the sleight is “performed”.
Price
At a very fair $4.95, I think this sleight is priced very fairly, just like the majority of theory11 1on1s. You definitely get what you pay for here, and learning this sleight from Chris Kenner and his 20+ years of experience with it, make it well worth it.
I hope you guys enjoyed the review, and I hope it helped somebody with their purchasing decisions! I know the review was shorter than usual, but I think I covered just about everything you can cover in a review. Again, thanks for reading!
