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The Biddle Grip is how you hold the deck with your right hand. as with before, you MUST do as shown or you will fail to do some of the tricks. You should be able to hold a deck, with a break or not, in a biddle or Dealer's grip without support.
Dealer's grip is how you hold a deck with your left hand. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU DO EXACTLY.LIKE THIS! You should be able to hold a deck, with a break or not, in a Biddle or Dealer's grip without support.
Hold the deck in the biddle grip position. Now uncurve the index finger, and use it to grab a part of the deck and seperate them,(as you seperate, you might have to release the middle finger from biddle grip in an attempt to raise the packet) Now bring in the left hand and lock the packet into the meat between the thumb and index finger, and turn instantly into a dealer's grip, so you'll have one pack in each hand. This Is very important.
A break is a seperation between two stacks of cards, you can think of it as a book mark, which the audience cannot see. To break the bottom card(s) hold the deck in biddle grip. pretend to hold the deck with a dealer's grip also, while the left little finger counts the number of cards you want to break. Remember to hold on to the break with the right thumb. if you want to break the top card, hold the deck with your dealer's grip, and go into a biddle grip also, this time use the thumb to count the cards and use the left little finger to hold on to it. A double lift [my first trick -breathstealer]is flipping over two cards at once using the break, for more double lift tricks, check the Double Lifts Variation.
The Fake cut is not just to prove that the deck is not arranged in any order. You might see in some (most) routines at the gallery that you will be required to cut a card to the top. To do so I must first describe the Fake Cut.
Fake cut is very simple. Just cut the top packet (A) and put it under the bottom packet (B) retaining break with right hand. It's better to wait a second now and talk, OR keep finishing in a fast pace so they can't follow through where the packs have gone. Anyway, cut the bottom pack of pack A (A1) to the top, then A2. And that's a complete fake cut.
To cut somthing from the top to the bottom, take a break above the top card, and as you do the cut, when you put pack B on top of pack A, sneak the card, then complete the cut.
To Cut somthing from the bottom to the top, take the break over the bottom card. and do the cut, stealing the card as you do.
The Simple Cut, my most erm.... creative invention, is really quite simple if you understand the kick-cut. First, do a kick-cut, now we need some big movement here, dramatically slam (you don't have to) the RIGHT (bottom part) packet onto the table, then the left (top part). It looks really obvious that you are cutting because you are doing it really smoothly and boldly.[hahah..whats the use? -breathstealer]
A force card is a way to make people choose the card youwant them to want to choose, some are math, while some are pure skill. The basic Force is really simple, and takes no skill, but sometimes comes in handy.
To do a basic force, tell the audience to flip over a small portion of the deck, then a bigger portion. now turn over the first faced down card, that is actually the top card, now you can make people choose the top card, Have FUN!