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The Broken Bridge False Shuffle Tutorial - YouTube
Channel: Daniel Madison
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(soft music)
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- [Daniel] The broken bridge
shuffle is divisive, you know?
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It's, it looks real, it
appears to be a real shuffle.
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It looks like the cards
are really being shuffled.
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But really it's just a deception.
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It's very divisive.
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The deck stays in order,
the deck doesn't shuffle.
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Broken bridge shuffle.
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The deck that does not shuffle.
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It's divisive.
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I am Daniel Madison.
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The passion culminates
in the professional.
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In this video, I'm gonna
teach you a very intricate,
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knuckle-busting, difficult
false table shuffle
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that I call the Broken Bridge Shuffle.
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It was inspired by Steve Faulty,
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I've seen a few other people, magicians,
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challenge this concept, the idea
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of making a bridge shuffle false.
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Lee Asher, BJ Bueno, Michael Webber,
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they all have great work on this idea
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of making a bridge shuffle false.
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I believe that this one is superior
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for a few different reasons.
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And that's not arrogance,
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that's just experience,
that's just the nature of it.
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For me, this is my solution.
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I fell in love with the bridge shuffle,
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and if you know me, and I
assume a lot of you watching do,
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you know that I never
shuffle playing cards.
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I haven't thoroughly shuffled a deck
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of playing cards in the past 20 years,
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so when I discovered the bridge shuffle,
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I just had to find a
false way of doing it,
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and I wasn't happy with,
although commendable,
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I wasn't happy with the
methods that existed.
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They didn't look fair enough to me to use,
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so I had to come up with my own.
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And they do look acceptable by the way,
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so hats off to Lee, to BJ, and to Michael.
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But I always advise people to use mine,
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to go for my solution first.
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Here's what it looks like.
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(suspenseful music)
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Go get yourself a deck of playing cards.
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This is a knuckle-busting
slight of hand concept.
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So it's gonna take a lot of time.
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This video's probably gonna be quite long,
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and we're in the season of false shuffles,
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and I wanted to give a knuckle-busting one
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because a lot of people
are saying the shuffles
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that I'm giving away, or
the method that I've taught
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over the past few videos
are a little bit easy,
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or a little bit simple, some
people find it difficult
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and that's all right,
everybody's at a different level.
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But this one really is a knuckle-buster.
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It took me years to get it perfect,
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so don't expect to be able
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to do this one perfectly straight away.
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Now I'm not gonna teach
the perfect riffle shuffle,
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and this is not my place to teach that,
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but I will teach you ways around that
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and other ways of getting
into the riffle to begin with.
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So this is how you shuffle
two halves of a deck together
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in a bridge fashion.
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They perfectly interweave
and the deck is shuffled.
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This is how you do it convincingly.
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This is how you do it deceptively.
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I am Daniel Madison,
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and this is the Broken Bridge Shuffle.
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(ambient music)
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This is the Broken Bridge Shuffle.
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A false shuffle that keeps
the entire deck completely
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in order yet it appears
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to be a completely real, fair shuffle.
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I think what makes this fly,
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I think what makes this the
most deceptive table shuffle
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of all in my opinion, is that
moment where you've bridged
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the cards, this moment right
here where they fall together.
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It looks like there's no
control whatsoever over the deck
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at that point, yet with the
mechanics applied to this,
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as you can see, the order
is completely retained.
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I'm not sure if retained or
restored is the right word,
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I've always kinda been on the fence,
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because the two halves do
actually shuffle together,
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but they never completely merge.
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So they never completely fit together.
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So we're gonna get straight up into it,
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so I don't take too much time.
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But in saying that, I
don't want to rush this.
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It's a very intricate and
difficult knuckle-busting shuffle
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so it's gonna take a lot
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of practise, time,
persistence, and effort.
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So as always, my deck is
in brand new deck order.
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We're gonna start with the deck in order.
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And the right hand is going
to pull the bottom half
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to the right, left hand is
going to pull the top half
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to the left as so.
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Now the pack on the right
needs to go inside the pack
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on the left, what I mean by
this, here's a simple way
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of explaining what I mean.
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This packet needs to go inside this.
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So this shuffles first and
then this shuffle continues,
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and then this shuffle last.
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So the top card and the
bottom card on this side,
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they're both on the outside.
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So the bottom card is on the outside,
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the top card is on the outside.
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This packet is completely
inside this packet.
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And I'll explain the
reason for that right now.
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We merged the two parts together.
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When we get to this point here,
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I'm gonna strip out the bottom part,
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I'm gonna strip it back out.
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As you can see, they never went together.
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Now it's important that
this is on the inside
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because when I do the strip,
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it needs to look like I'm
pulling a pile from the bottom
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and putting it on the top.
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The visual deception here is the top card.
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So if you're looking at
the top card as the victim,
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you're looking at the top card,
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you see the bottom pile go
from the bottom to the top.
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Or at least it appears so.
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It's actually coming from the
inside, and it goes on top.
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To make that make more sense,
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if I put that packet on the outside,
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if I put the bottom packet on the outside,
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when we get to this position here,
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and the actions that follow,
the mechanics of this mean
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that this packet needs to
be taken out and put on top.
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Watch the top card.
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I'm taking the top half
and putting it back on top.
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It doesn't make sense,
it doesn't make sense.
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So that's why it's imperative
for the right hand,
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the right packet to go inside.
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So that's how we begin.
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We're gonna pull the
bottom packet to the right,
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and this packet's gonna go inside this.
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Now it's not my place to teach
the perfect riffle shuffle.
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It's not my place to teach that.
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This isn't the video for it.
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I do wanna look into whether
or not I can teach you
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from a moral point of view,
but as for this video,
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I'm not gonna teach it.
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Hopefully a lot of you watching
will know how to do this.
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Now it's important that you
get a really good, strong weave
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between the two halves, hoping
for the best is one for one.
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So you get that perfect one for one weave,
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it's not vital though.
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The reason I always try to
get a perfect one for one is
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because it makes this
moment more realistic,
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more believable, it makes it last longer.
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It plays, it acts out as a fair shuffle.
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It feels, it looks, and it
sounds like a fair shuffle.
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If you get clunky piles
where they're put together
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in a very scruffy way, at this
point, it gets a bit messy
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and it gets a bit harder to control.
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In fact I think I just messed up, yes,
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even in trying to show
you how difficult it was
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I messed up, so I'll get it back in order.
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So it's not my place to do that.
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There are plenty of places
where you can learn how
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to do that, how you can do.
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This is the up, the upper perfect shuffle.
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Depending on what deck you're using
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and your skill level, you
can also do this downwards.
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I'm not used to doing it down.
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I much prefer doing it upwards.
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So I'm gonna teach it to you like this.
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We're gonna literally
just riffle the right half
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into the left half.
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So once you're in that position
where you've riffled these
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packets together, right now
the grips, the finger positions
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are vital, it's vital that
you follow along every step,
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every nuance that I'm about to say.
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So once that packet is on the inside,
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it's inside by about a centimetre.
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There's about a centimetre
in it just there.
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Maybe a little bit over a centimetre.
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That's good enough for me.
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So right now, finger three
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of the left hand is
pressing against the corner
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of this packet, the outer
corner of this packet.
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Finger two and the thumb
have a very tight grip,
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a very tight grip on either side.
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The thumb in the back,
finger two on the front.
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Finger one is going to press
down with a lot of pressure.
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Now you can see how much pressure's there
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because everything is rising on this side.
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So this hand needs to count to that.
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So the same thing's
happening here basically.
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I have the same grip, finger
three on that outer corner
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which is vital, finger two on the outside,
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the thumb on the back.
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Once they're in position, once I'm happy,
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the right hand is gonna shift grip.
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Now I can completely let go.
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The thumb's gonna press
down on the middle.
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Fingers two and three are
gonna grab this packet here,
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the right packet here, and
the thumb goes all the way
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in the back so the grip is
right here just like this,
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and baby finger, pinky finger,
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is gonna press against
the corner just here.
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Now the pressure between
the baby finger, the pinky,
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and finger three of
the left hand is vital.
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It is vital.
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So this is the grip that
you're aiming for right now.
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Finger one on top, two
and three in the front,
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finger four, the pinky at the back.
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Now fingers two and three
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and the thumb are gonna lift everything up
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to create that bridge.
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As I do this, the left
hand pushes inwards so
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that the right hand can
stay pretty much where it is
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or at least the pinky, the
right pinky stays exactly
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where it is.
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Watch the pinky.
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It doesn't lift the table,
it stays exactly where it is.
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Now from this position, fingers two
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and three are gonna slowly
let playing cards release
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from that pack, from the
middle, from the grip,
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and so all the cards are gonna
cascade towards each other.
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Now the most important thing
that's happening right now
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is the grip between finger
three of the left hand
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and the pinky finger of the right hand,
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'cause when I let go, watch
what happens inside the cascade
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when I start to let go.
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I'll try to do it slowly.
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You can see they're going
in at opposite angles.
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So I'll let that fall and complete
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and show you the situation.
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The situation right now
is, it looks like this.
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The two paths have not completed.
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They've not gone together perfectly.
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And that is because,
number one, finger three
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and finger four of the opposite hands,
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which are on the opposite corners,
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which caused the cards to go like this,
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separate inwards towards me,
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but also the grip between
finger two and the thumb
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of the left hand is so tight
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that these packets can go together,
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so when the cards fall into each other,
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not only is this pressure stopping them,
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but they're comin' in at this angle,
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so every single one of
them stops on my thumb
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on my left thumb so it can't
possibly come together.
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So I end up with a complete separation.
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It's the easiest thing now to
just pull those packets apart
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put this to the bottom,
and we're back in order.
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But it's not as simple as that.
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We need to make it look
like a real shuffle.
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We need to make it look
like we're not running away,
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like we're not up to no good.
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It needs to look fair.
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So this is how we do it.
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So the bottom packet
to the right hand side
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goes inside the left packet.
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The pinky hits the edge,
finger one goes on top.
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Fingers two and three are the
front, the thumb in the back.
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Finger three vital there.
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The pinky vital there.
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Lift up, release.
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Everything's cascaded.
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I can feel, I know from the way it feels,
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no single card interweaves
with the other completely.
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They all got completely separated.
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So as soon as they fold in,
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I'm gonna keep a grip between finger two
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and the thumb in the back.
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The right hand is gonna
straighten these packets up so
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that they are straight.
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The left hand is obviously gonna help,
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but the grip needs to stay there
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between finger two and the thumb.
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So the thumb of the right hand
simply pushes in in the back
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and fingers two and three
pull this to the side
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until they are straight.
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This thumb helps in the
back to straighten up,
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so now I'm left with this situation,
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where the two packets
are completely straight
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but they're not together.
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They're completely
separate of one another,
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although they are interweaved.
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Now another reason why
finger two and the thumb,
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the grip still remains throughout,
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is right now it's hiding.
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A big part of the deception
is hiding the visual
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of being able to see the
difference between the packets.
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So I even moved finger two
over and let finger three
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in as well to cover up the front.
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The same's happening on this side.
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Everything's hiding behind
fingers two and three,
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with finger one bowing or
stretching across the top like so
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so you can't see the deception.
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So that from the front or from above,
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it looks like the piles are together.
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But really if I expose everything,
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then there's well over an inch,
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there's about three, maybe
two and a half centimetres,
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or you could go, you could
push in much further,
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but you don't need to run,
you're not being chased,
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no one's seeing this yet.
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It looks like a real
shuffle at this point.
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So what I do, let's go back a step.
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When I'm in this position,
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I straighten up, I riffle up the back,
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I even bow the deck to let some air in,
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so it looks like I'm just
straightenin' the deck up,
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and it looks like that
shuffle, that very moment
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of the shuffle has been complete.
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It looks like the deck is shuffled.
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Now when I strip this inside packet off,
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and complete the shuffle,
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it looks like I'm just
doin' an extra shuffle.
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So it looks like two
shuffles have taken place.
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So now what I do is I
pull the bottom packet out
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and put it on top.
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Bear in mind, this is the bottom packet,
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so when it goes on top, left
thumb one keeps the two packets
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from contacting each other.
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So I'm basically keepin'
a huge break with my thumb
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as I place this on top.
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I now grab the lower packet,
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and I split it in two.
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So I split this packet in two.
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I pull a half out, the bottom half.
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Slap it on top, and then
I go back for the rest,
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slap it on top and the
deck is back in order.
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So I'll do that at a
little bit of a speed,
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now that you know what's goin' on.
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Now that you can see everything,
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just so you can see the
separation of the two shuffles.
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Separating the two
shuffles into a sequence,
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we'll have one full shuffle.
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So this is the Broken Bridge Shuffle.
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Straighten up, get some air in there.
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I'll expose how far in they
are right now so you can see.
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At this point, after I bowed
and riffled up the back,
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I strip as if it's the
bottom packet, top, one, two,
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and the deck is back in
brand new deck order.
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I'm Daniel Madison and that is
Broken Bridge False Shuffle.
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So the Broken Bridge Shuffle,
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everything just like
everything in slight of hand,
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everything in deceptive practises
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from now on is gonna take time.
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It's gonna take patience.
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It's gonna take persistence and practise.
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You need to do it in front of a mirror.
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Constantly practise,
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and don't ever show it until
you can do it properly.
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Until you believe that it
is good enough to show.
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Now you have to be your own judge of that.
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Now I don't mind being the judge of that.
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So if you wanna tag me in videos,
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if you're doing this
move or any of my moves.
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I will be brutal.
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If you're not ready.
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If you rushed and you've
done the move or the slight
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or the trick before you're
ready, I will tell you.
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I will be telling you.
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It's an important part of
learning, an important part
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of the mentor student
relationship is you being able
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to take constructive criticism I guess
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is the right way to describe it.
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So don't be upset if I
put you in your place
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with a slight of hand
that you're doin' badly.
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I'm Daniel Madison.
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Thanks for spending time with me.
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Thanks for learning the
Broken Bridge Shuffle.
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I'll see you next time.
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(soft music)
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