Shimshi or Slap Jack

This month I played and I mean played with a new twist on the Las Vegas Leaper by Paul Harris.  The version is Shimshi’s 10-13-20.

I was never a fan of the Las Vegas Leaper because it seemed pointless to me considering it has no plot to speak of.  Well neither does 10-13-20 however that didn’t stop me from having some real fun with it.

Jeffro pointed out that there were two additions by Shimshi.  He felt that one detracted from the effect.  I completely disagree.  There is one point in the effect where you slap the table in front of the spectator.  The move is so innocent and unexpected it’s perfect!  Classic magic and so cleanly thought out.  The bottom line here is if you are aggressive it will be taken as aggressive.  If you work to make it natural it will be.  Not once in any of the performances did it scare an audience member, in fact it just seemed to slip by.

The second addition of picking a number and that number ending added is so stinking slick that it give me the chills.  It did miss about 1/3 of the time, but as Jeff pointed out Shimshi’s outs are very brilliant and they WORK!

From those closest to me, such as my wife, they were able to sort out the beginning but were never able to figure the second phase.  In fact it seemed to really puzzle them.

I performed it over and over again at This Is The Place Heritage Park and it had great reactions each and every time.  We have been hosting school field trips so I was able to get this in front of a number of people of all ages.  The reactions ranged from wild screams to “cat got your tongue” syndrome.

I did perform it at a restaurant once and it works excellent for walk around.  This is great for that one more trick request.

Bottom line is from here on out, this will be one of those tricks that I do because it works.  It can be done with any cards at anytime.  I like that idea.  Oh and the slights are very simple.

5 out of 5 Carats – Clarity Brilliant!

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