Description

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.

IntroductionTable of ContentsAn Overview of False DealsThe Bottom DealThe Second DealThe Middle DealRounding Out the OverviewThe Bottom DealThe Sharps & Flats Bottom DealThe WJ Front Bottom DealThe Erdnase Bottom DealThe Merlin Bottom DealThe Scott Bottom DealThe Ireland Bottom DealThe Expert Card Technique Bottom DealThe Marlo DealsThe Torrales Bottom DealThe Jack Diamond Bent Fingers Bottom DealThe Beveled Whisper Bottom DealMiscellaneous Bottom DealsSpecial Application Bottom DealsThe Back-Right Bottom DealThe Lateral Bottom DealThe WJ Tabled Bottom DealWJ Under the Spread ForceThe Immediate Bottom DealMarlo Force/ControlThe Bottop ChangeBottom Deal StratagemsTake & Turn Bottom DealBottom Deal Take BackReverse Take Poker or Gin DealThe Second DealThe “Pushover” Second DealsThe “Pushover” Second DealsThe Sharps & Flats Second DealThe Erdnase Second MethodThe Rezvani Second DealVernon’s “New Theory” DealDai Vernon’s “New Theory” DealRuss Barnhart’s “Spooky Second”New Theory on the New TheoryMy “Sure Theory” Second DealThe Beveled Whisper Second DealThe Strike/Take ApproachThe Strike/Take Second DealsThe Merlin Strike Second DealThe ECT Strike Second DealThe Carlyle Take Second DealThe WJ Option Second DealDead Thumb Second DealsWalter Scott’s “Phantom Deal”Vynn Boyar’s “Ghostly Second”The Marlo “No Touch” TheoryThe Pushoff Second DealMiscellaneous DealsOn the PunchThe Lavand Turnover Second DealMarlo’s Push-Off Unit ControlTheory ThirdsThe ECT Double DealThe WJ Double DealThe Greek/Minus One Bottom DealThe JB Kard KopThe Snap DealThe Rocking Chair DealThe Middle DealMiddle Deal OverviewJor’s Middle DealThe ECT Middle DealThe Maze Middle DealThe Kennedy Middle DealThe Marlo/Ackerman/James Middle DealsThe Wimhurst Center DealFred Robinson’s Middle DealThe Undifferentiated Middle DealThe Beveled Whisper Middle DealA Hybrid Jogged Middle DealLearning to DealApplications, Effects and RoutinesAt Your CommandTabled Multi-Deal Cheat CountHer Last Chance to Deal with the TantalizerThe FutureYou Picked It, You Find ItEtude for the Under the Spread ForceMacJames Poker DealNo-be-Mad AcesUndone Dukes1-2-3 Rise1-2-3-4 RiseSneaky Pete’s Blackjack SaloonWJ’s Spectators’ Open PredictionOlive Oil on the SidePlay AlongStopped ColdIn My EstimationMacMillan UnmovedToo Much AmbitionThe Gambling TeacherA Hand Too FewEtude for Tabled Ambitious CardA Simon, Gagnon, Rise, Rise, Rise SetupDead Thumb Fake-outThe Moon is Made of Blue CheeseOmega DeckEtude for DealersIndexBibliographyVideo Sources

1st edition 2018, 405 pages.
word count: 184466 which is equivalent to 737 standard pages of text