[Magic Video] Dani DaOrtiz – Semi-Automatic Weapons Project Chapter 7.

Behold! Dani DaOrtiz’s ‘Semi-Automatic Weapons Project Ch.7’! Witness an impossible four-of-a-kind revelation. Learn to control fate itself with masterful card handling! A miracle revealed!

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Dani DaOrtiz – Semi-Automatic Weapons Project Chapter 7

Prepare to be amazed as Dani DaOrtiz unveils an astonishing prediction effect that culminates in the revelation of a four-of-a-kind. This mind-blowing trick will leave your audience in awe. The deck is divided among multiple spectators, thoroughly shuffled, and then reassembled. The performer openly places a few cards face down on the table as a prediction. A spectator is then asked to think of a number between ten and twenty, count out that number of cards, and place them on the table. The top card is turned over, and a number of cards equal to its value is dealt onto the pile. Another random number is thought of by the spectator, and that number of cards is added to the tabled packet. When the predictions are turned over, they reveal three cards with identical values. The last card placed on the packet by the spectator is turned over, and impossibly, it matches, completing the four-of-a-kind. Dani is joined by some of his closest friends and students for a session on the incredible principles at play in this Semi-Automatic Miracle.

This lesson, just over 30 minutes in length, will introduce you to new concepts in performance style, routining, and a fascinating way of counting cards that gives the performer access to any card anywhere in the deck. Key takeaways for the student include:

• Breaking Numbers
  What looks like a very fair way of counting cards from off the top of the deck is actually an incredibly deceptive way to force a particular number on your audience. This very open technique feels like your audience has total control. The reality is that this technique gives you access to any position in the deck, no matter the number your audience names.
• 1-2X-3
  This new way of thinking about your actions in the process of an effect will change the way you perform your magic. 1-2X-3 is the rhythm with which Dani executes some of his beautifully chaotic effects. Breaking down this concept will help the student to understand how Dani blends language, actions, and the steps of the effect to make the audience believe they are in charge. This is a road map for audience management.
• The Serial
  By adding a known sequence of cards to the concept of Breaking Number and 1-2X-3, you can precisely force a card deep inside the deck. This is the type of magic that has earned Dani a reputation for miracles around the world. The Serial is the culmination of all of Dani’s devious exploits put together into one gorgeous Semi-Automatic Weapon with a deck of cards.