The most comprehensive book on False Deals ever conceived is now available. Written by one of the greatest living False Deal experts and performers; Wesley James is also one of the most detail focused writers in magic's long history.
This is the third book in the Wesley James "Technique Mastery" series, which currently includes A Call to Palms, Neo-Shufflogica and, now, It's Your Deal. Planned future volumes include I'll Pass and Cooler than Ever.
If you think you know all about False Dealing, you're almost certainly mistaken; Bottoms, Seconds and Middles just scratch the surface. No one volume could be fully comprehensive on this broad subject, but this large volume will teach you all you're ever likely to need to know. It includes Double Deals, Greek/Minus One Deals, not to mention Punch Deals and No/Steal Deals. The sources come from Maskelyne to Maze, Merlin to Marlo, Erdnase to Vernon, plus Carlyle, Lavand, Kennedy, Ackerman, Robinson, Torrales, Wimhurst, and more. Of course, Wesley also includes his own techniques: The Sure Theory Second, Theory Thirds, the Option Second, the Beveled Whisper Bottom, Second and Middle Deals, but much more.
Each detailed description faithfully captures the original published treatment but adds insights, emendations, and improvements. Wesley builds on the techniques that have been published adding the fine points that make his False Deals among the finest ever developed, so illusionary it seems impossible they could be False Deals. You'll have to invest time to gain proficiency, but it's all here for you to absorb.
Wesley also includes a critical section on how to learn to False Deal by Dealing. This tutorial section will have you False Dealing as quickly as the techniques can be acquired. It is a pedagogic breakthrough that focuses on the keys to gaining the requisite skills necessary to use the False Dealing techniques you'll learn in your magic. Then, you'll find some of the most powerful magic ever published using False Deals.
All this knowledge has been packed into 400 plus dense pages, the largest book on the subject ever compiled. It's a book you'll return to frequently for many years to come, as your skills and interests expand. Get your copy today, at the bargain price of just $60.
Introduction
Table of Contents
An Overview of False Deals
The Bottom Deal
The Second Deal
The Middle Deal
Rounding Out the Overview
The Bottom Deal
The Sharps & Flats Bottom Deal
The WJ Front Bottom Deal
The Erdnase Bottom Deal
The Merlin Bottom Deal
The Scott Bottom Deal
The Ireland Bottom Deal
The Expert Card Technique Bottom Deal
The Marlo Deals
The Torrales Bottom Deal
The Jack Diamond Bent Fingers Bottom Deal
The Beveled Whisper Bottom Deal
Miscellaneous Bottom Deals
Special Application Bottom Deals
The Back-Right Bottom Deal
The Lateral Bottom Deal
The WJ Tabled Bottom Deal
WJ Under the Spread Force
The Immediate Bottom Deal
Marlo Force/Control
The Bottop Change
Bottom Deal Stratagems
Take & Turn Bottom Deal
Bottom Deal Take Back
Reverse Take Poker or Gin Deal
The Second Deal
The "Pushover" Second Deals
The "Pushover" Second Deals
The Sharps & Flats Second Deal
The Erdnase Second Method
The Rezvani Second Deal
Vernon's "New Theory" Deal
Dai Vernon's "New Theory" Deal
Russ Barnhart's "Spooky Second"
New Theory on the New Theory
My "Sure Theory" Second Deal
The Beveled Whisper Second Deal
The Strike/Take Approach
The Strike/Take Second Deals
The Merlin Strike Second Deal
The ECT Strike Second Deal
The Carlyle Take Second Deal
The WJ Option Second Deal
Dead Thumb Second Deals
Walter Scott's "Phantom Deal"
Vynn Boyar's "Ghostly Second"
The Marlo "No Touch" Theory
The Pushoff Second Deal
Miscellaneous Deals
On the Punch
The Lavand Turnover Second Deal
Marlo's Push-Off Unit Control
Theory Thirds
The ECT Double Deal
The WJ Double Deal
The Greek/Minus One Bottom Deal
The JB Kard Kop
The Snap Deal
The Rocking Chair Deal
The Middle Deal
Middle Deal Overview
Jor's Middle Deal
The ECT Middle Deal
The Maze Middle Deal
The Kennedy Middle Deal
The Marlo/Ackerman/James Middle Deals
The Wimhurst Center Deal
Fred Robinson's Middle Deal
The Undifferentiated Middle Deal
The Beveled Whisper Middle Deal
A Hybrid Jogged Middle Deal
Learning to Deal
Applications, Effects and Routines
At Your Command
Tabled Multi-Deal Cheat Count
Her Last Chance to Deal with the Tantalizer
The Future
You Picked It, You Find It
Etude for the Under the Spread Force
MacJames Poker Deal
No-be-Mad Aces
Undone Dukes
1-2-3 Rise
1-2-3-4 Rise
Sneaky Pete's Blackjack Saloon
WJ's Spectators' Open Prediction
Olive Oil on the Side
Play Along
Stopped Cold
In My Estimation
MacMillan Unmoved
Too Much Ambition
The Gambling Teacher
A Hand Too Few
Etude for Tabled Ambitious Card
A Simon, Gagnon, Rise, Rise, Rise Setup
Dead Thumb Fake-out
The Moon is Made of Blue Cheese
Omega Deck
Etude for Dealers
Index
Bibliography
Video Sources
1st edition 2018, 405 pages.
word count: 184466 which is equivalent to 737 standard pages of text
