- [Alex] Alright, we have a deck of cards and a spectator names
a card that they see. So which one do you see right there? Oh, let's say they say two of diamonds. You go, two of diamonds, I love that card. We'll leave it in the center of the deck. I don't know where it is. You don't know where it is. (snaps)
But in fact, with a snap of the fingers, you have complete control over that card. (jazz music) (jazz music) Yo, guys, Alex Pandrea here. What's going on? I'm really excited about this video today because today we are going to learn my favorite control of all time. It's called the turnover pass. Now, the turnover pass is
something that I've released in the past but I think
it's important to learn and learn correctly. We're gonna learn the
move in three easy steps and figure out why it's
important, why you should use it and why it's my favorite
control of all time. So, let's take a look at the
turnover pass, how it looks, learn it and then go
out and blow some minds. Alright, we have a deck of cards and the spectator names
a card that they see. So which one do you see right there? Oh, let's say they say two of diamonds. You go, two of diamonds, I love that card. We'll leave it in the center of the deck. I don't know where it is. You don't know where it is. (snaps)
But in fact, with a snap of the fingers, you have complete control over that card. Okay, before we get into
the actual technique of the turnover pass, I
wanna go over a few things psychologically when doing this move. Now, there is a few ways to do it. As you may or may not know this is part of the
invisible control category where it looks like nothing is happening and in fact, all you're doing
is turning over the deck. Now, before we get into it,
I wanna explain one thing. The turnover pass originally
never made sense to me and it's for one reason
and one reason only. When doing the move, all the
time you would have the card get placed back and then
the hand would turn over for whatever reason,
either to check the time or to grab something or whatever and it was an unjustified
move for the most part, okay. Instead, what I've done with
the turnover pass is taken it and turned around 180 degrees. So what that means is that
instead of doing the control with the cards face down and
then have the cards go face up and then face down again, I
start with the deck face up, have the card selected, named,
whatever the case may be and then turn the deck
from face up to face down. Now, that's very important
because that's truly gonna build it into I didn't do anything. I just placed the deck on the table or gave it to the spectator, just literally in this move
instead of here, here, here. Okay, so I hope that
makes sense and you'll see in the performance why it's important. Okay, so before we talk about
the actual technique used for the turnover pass, I
wanna get a few things across that I think is important before we begin. Like I was saying, instead
of going from face down to face up and then back to face down because this is the starting position of how every trick starts, right? You have a card selected, you
place it back into the pack and then you're in this situation. The deck is in your hand and
you're ready to find the card or whatever you do, okay. So we always have to get
back to this situation. Now, instead of going from
here, doing the move, right, originally how it was or
turn over, do the move and then your hand has to turn over. There's a lot of room for flashing and then you turn your hand back over. It's a lot of things going on,
okay, and I don't like that so much, so I decided to turn
everything around and start from face up, okay. Now, for a few reasons. It feels more natural and free and I think that's so much better than
just having this picture in their head all the time. Here, please pick a card, okay. And I know I've said that over
and over and I will continue to say it until you guys stop
being like everybody else and start being unique. I think that's important. So instead of doing this,
turn over the cards. Say, look, which one do you want? Now, another thing that
you may have noticed and when I perform it I always do this, I start in front of the
spectator like this. Now, the best angle for this
move is of course a little bit to the side like this to
prevent any flashing, okay. This is the perfect angle. You are the spectator and
the cards are the cards. And this angle from your
eye to here would be the perfect position to do
the move just like that, okay. Now, you obviously don't want
to start with your side, okay. And of course, this is too much, right? Doing something like this and
then going way to the side is very awkward and don't ever do that. So, from here I start
facing the spectator. Now, I need a motive. I need a reason to do this, alright. And it's very simple. I spread the cards and
I say, look, which card do you wanna use for this effect? Obviously, to them and of
course your point of view, the cards are upside down. I notice this and in between my line I go, oh, do you see the cards and I turn, okay. So from here I take a step
with my right foot forward and I go, oh, do you see the cards, okay. You don't have to make
a big deal out of it. It's just, here, which
one do you wanna use? Do you see them, which one? Okay and now you're in the
perfect position, alright. Now, from here, you can execute the move with whatever card they say
and we're gonna take a look at that right now in three easy steps. Okay, so the first thing
is you're going to need to get a break underneath
the card that they name. So once you spread the
deck just like this, they're gonna name a card. Let's say it's the 10 of clubs. You're gonna catch a break underneath. Now, it's important not to get your break as soon as they name the card,
okay, because this is how it's gonna look if that happens. They name the card, you move, right? This is a very awkward
situation and it can look weird when they name a card and then
you do one of these things, alright, and it's pretty obvious you're doing something, okay. So you wanna look as natural as possible. So I wait, okay. My pinky touches the back of
the card but I don't push up all the way and also the other reason is that once you square up the deck and if you get a break like that, look what happens, okay. This is very nasty. I hate this. I feel like vomiting when I see this. When you're about to do
a pass or a turnover pass in this case or just holding
a break, I swear to God, I see this all the time
and it drives me crazy. So, we're gonna try to
eliminate that and the way that we do that is they name
the card, you place your pinky touching it just like this,
spread the rest of the cards and you're going to square up and don't get that break just yet. Look, the pinky's not pushing up. There is nothing to see on this side and you should be good, okay. Now, from here, you're going
to push up on the break only when the hand comes over, okay. So as the hand comes over,
that's when you push up and you're not even
gonna maintain that break for a long time. What you're going to do is
you're going to automatically go into step number one, okay. So this is the set up for it. Now, for step number one. Step number one is going to
be tilting this packet down like that because basically
what's going to happen is this packet is going to rotate
from face up to face down and so is this packet, is
gonna also rotate from face up to face down but they're
gonna do it like that, okay. So you're essentially invisibly
cutting the deck, alright, just like that, alright. So from here, the break,
you're going to start by dipping your hand down. All you have to do is
literally this with your hand. That's it, okay. This is a very easy move if you put the three
steps together, alright. From here to here, okay. I doubt that's hard, alright. Literally, you're just dipping
just like that, alright. Second move, alright, so once
that dips, the second move is going to be turning
this around, alright. So all you're doing for
that is just this, alright. Again, not a hard move. Your first finger is here turning it around like that, alright. From here to here, alright. And you're gonna do that almost
at the same time, alright. Boom, boom instead of boom. Instead of doing this and you're waiting and then doing that, there's
a lot of room for flashing the packets are apart and
this position you don't wanna be held in this very confined
position for a long time. Number one, I dip down until
it makes a T-position, okay. This is the letter T, keep that in mind. Once that T starts, you can
start pulling this packet. Now, in the beginning you're gonna see that they start hitting each other. This is a good sign. That means you're doing it tight. Tight is good, loose is bad. You can take that however way you want. Tight is good. Tight, touching each other,
dip down until it makes the T, then I start to turn so
I know that it clears and then step number three is
I think the most important one because from here, a lot of people they would turn their
hand over, okay, for cover or they would, oh, let me check my watch or move something or ... My opinion is I don't like that. Do what you want but
from here I get my break. As my hand comes here, I dip. You see I dip? And now, I start to turn this,(whistles) one, two. And now, for the last move,
my fingers of the left hand will push up the packet until
it reaches the nails, okay. So you could feel your nails on there. So, one pull and then push up
until it gets to the nails. So that the cards are in the same position of when they started. They start on this platform, move is done, you pull, you
push up and it's level, right? It's the same level, alright. So that's important. So, again, really quickly, I get my break. Actually I just put my
pinky, I get my break as the cards close and my hand comes here, that's when I push up. My hand dips down. You can see that dip like that. My first finger after it
makes that T starts to pull and now, at this position,
you're gonna push up until it reaches the nails
and now you can take it into the right hand,
place it onto the table, you could give it to the
spectator, you can just drop it into the other hand and
you're good to go, okay. So it should look like,
here, which one do you want? Oh, do you see them? The two of clubs, break, pinky, break now, tilt down now, pull now and now very quickly after this is done, because if you're gonna
go here, you're gonna get into a weird position, you
push up with the fingertips and you get back into that level plane. Pick up with the right
hand, place it on the table or can you hold the deck or just drop it like that and be very free with the cards. Okay, one thing that I wanna
mention is about the angles. Now, once you start to do
it and you start getting it tighter and tighter, you'll notice that the angles are really not that bad. Of course, that would be the
best position but let's say you were in front of the spectator. Well, you can do something to
cover that action of basically what's gonna happen is at this point it's probably gonna flash,
okay, through this part of the hand, alright. So, to get a way around
that, I use something called the dip, the natural up and
down motion of your hands. Now, this happens all the time in magic and I think it's important
to use to your advantage. So, for example, if I have
my hands and I'm here, it's natural. If I place my hands higher, okay, now I have room to relax, alright. So that's important. The room to relax is
going to be used to do it on this angle. So it should look like
something like this. You've raised your hands in
a more than relaxed position, you spread, let's say they
say a card, you're going to do this and now as you
come over to do the move, you're relaxing, okay. So you're relaxing and then
you're coming back up, okay. Relaxing and coming back up,
back from a natural position, relax for a second, come back up, card is controlled and you
have a very nice moment that doesn't involve
too much misdirection. Okay, even from worse angles, you can see how this tight turnover pass could be used and let's say nine of spades. Nine of spades, I don't
know exactly where it is and even if they were
standing somewhere behind you, you can see how it's
pretty good, pretty good. Okay, so a few things that I
wanna go over and reinforce some of the facts about the
turnover pass is the following. So, first things first, this
is an invisible type of control where it looks like nothing is happening. So, please don't do this control and then start shuffling the deck, okay. I think that's something I
said in a previous video. There's no point, okay,
if you do it correctly. I know the mentality because
sometimes I used to do this as well. You do the control,
you think in your head, oh, I didn't do it so well, so let me just reinstill
the fact that it's lost by shuffling and you go into that. It's something that you
just try to stay away from as much as possible because
again in my opinion of course it leads to the fact that oh,
you're doing something quick with your hands and I wanna
be the type of magician, card handler, whatever you wanna call it that if I'm gonna do
something, I do it very smooth and different from your
typical card trick, okay. So, everything that goes into
the slight by having them name a card face up, very
important, takes you away from your typical card trick as well as look, place it on the table,
I don't wanna touch anything, I didn't do anything, no shuffling. No, it's not pick a card,
I'm gonna shuffle it and I'm gonna find it, okay. Once they name the card,
you do the control, put it in their hands on the
table and it doesn't feel like every other card trick, okay. So the last thing I wanna talk
about with the turnover pass is just something that
you can keep in mind when practicing it and when performing it, something a little bit
differently and it's something that I do all the time. Instead of spreading the cards
and having them name a card that they see, so they see
the card is in the middle and then perform the turnover
pass, another thing you can do is have them name a card
off the top of their head and without going through the deck, I mean without showing them really, you go through the deck, find the card, do the turnover pass,
place it on the table. This way it feels more like
they just named the card and the selection process wasn't there. They didn't see the card or
whatever and you could take that a lot further so one of the things I do is have them name a card, secretly find it by spreading through the pack and saying something like
I don't know if it's here or which one did you say? Find it, do the turnover
pass, place it on the table and I palm it off right away
and I go, it's funny because I don't think it's in there. Before I took out the
deck, I left one card in my back pocket, just so happens to be and you pull out the card, okay. So there's one extra tip that you can do using the turnover pass. Because it is all invisible,
it really looks like nothing is done. They name a card and it
ends up in your pocket or whatever you wanna do from there, okay. Alright, guys, so there you have it. That was the turnover pass. Like I said, this is my
favorite control of all time. So thank you for letting
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