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The Breathtaking Card Guessing Secret

March 20th, 2010

If you love doing simple card tricks that can have a profound effect on any audience, then you’ve come to the right place. This trick only requires a regular deck of cards, and some halfway decent patter. Even twenty five percent decent patter will work fine for this. Another great thing about this amazing trick is that you can choose to “reveal” the magic at the end in pretty much any way you like.

Here’s how this dramatic ploy will emerge to your fascinated spectators. You pull out a usual deck. You give the deck to an viewers member as well as have them rearrange it plus look through it to make repeated that it’s not a ruse deck or anything like that. Then they hand the deck back to you.

Then you start pulling cards off the peak, and laying them face down on the table. You don’t look at any cards. In fact, you don’t even glimpse at the deck. All you’re looking at is your dubious spectators. You direct someone in the viewers to yell “Smother!” whenever they feel like it. As soon as they yell “Silence!” you put that card, again face down, next to the other stack. You have the spectators member come forward, look at the “Gag!” card, and put it in the deck. They show the other viewers members, shuffle it, plus return the deck to. You calmly pick out up the deck, and quickly extract their card, to their extreme surprise.

Here’s how the ploy works. When they had you the deck back, you quickly peek at the bottom card. This is pretty easy as soon as you purchase the hang of it. You can do this promptly as they hand you the cards back. Then while holding the deck, you pull the bottom card back just faintly from the bottom, using only your left hand.

Then as soon as you are dealing, you are actually dealing from the bottom of the deck. This is much easier than it sounds. A little formula is all you need. It will also support if you have some decent patter, plus are engaged with the viewers while you are dealing out the cards. Once the chosen person yells “Smother!” you merely take the card from the bottom that you’ve been holding back, and that will be their card, which you have already looked at.

There are several ways you can discover this trick. You can clearly search through the deck to find their card. Or you can search through the deck, and pretend to read their mind as well as call out the card. Or you can pretend to read their mind, plus not even look through the deck as well as call out their card. The way are endless, plus I’m repeated you can suppose of plenty of wonderful ways to lower the fantastic boom on your viewers.

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Aoki Submits Alverez To Make Claim For Lightweight MMA Supremacy

March 20th, 2010

In one of the highlight matches of the DREAM/K-1 Fields Dynamite! New Years Eve megacard, Japanese submission machine Shinya Aoki used a heel hook to submit a top notch opponent in Eddie Alverez at 1:32 of the first round. With the victory, Aoki sets up a rematch against reigning DREAM lightweight champion Joachim Hansen and bolsters his claim as the best lightweight fighter in the world.

When the Aoki/Alverez fight was first announced, there was some speculation that Aoki had chosen one of the worst possible stylistic matchups for him. A product of tough Kensington neighborhood in Philadelphia, he grew up not far from where much of the exterior scenes were shot for the first Rocky movie. Though Alverez escaped the areas cycle of crime, he did so by earning respect on the streets for his toughness–basically, he was such a feared street fighter that no one would mess with him. With this sort of toughness and heart bred into him, and a solid background in boxing and amateur wrestling hes become one of the best all round fighters in MMA and among the best in the world at the weight.

Alverez received an enthusiastic reaction from the fans in Tokyo’s Saitama Super Arena as he made his way to the ring on New Years Eve”his run to the DREAM lightweight finals and particularly the epic battle with Hansen has made him a highly respected and popular fighter in Japan. The reaction he received was nothing like Aoki’s, however, who was cheered like a rock star as he bounced to the ring to his trademark theme song Baka Survivor.

As the two fighters stood for referee instructions, it was striking how much taller and rangier Aoki was than his opponent. Aoki is listed at 511, Alverez at 58 but the visual difference suggests that there’s much more than a three inch height advantage in favor of Aoki. The two men respectfully touched gloves and bowed slightly before heading back to their corner for the opening bell of what most anticipated would be a lengthy chess match between two of the best fighters at the weight.

For the first minute of the match, it appeared that a slow feeling out process was underway. Alverez landed the first blows of the contest, connecting with a nice three punch combination that displayed his lightning fast hands. Aoki danced away, however, and wasn’t hurt by the attack.

What happened next can only be described as unbelievable”the sequence started when Aoki grabbed Alverez’s ankle after a kick and appeared to go for what looked like a standing anklelock submission. Alverez managed to extricate his ankle and seeing that Aoki was off balance took the opportunity to go for his own takedown with a move that looked more like a judo throw than a traditional wrestling move. Against 99.9% of the other fighters in the world, Alverez would have ended up on top and started working in full or half guard. In other words, it was a perfect strategic move for Alverez and in theory would lead to an opportunity to use his superior power and striking ability.

When Alverez landed, however, Aoki wasn’t there. In one single, almost gravity defying motion he’d used the momentum from the takedown to shoot under Alverez and grab his leg. Alverez struggled briefly, but Aoki quickly cinched in a painful heel hook. Eventually, Alverez was forced to tap.

Ever the gentleman, Aoki dropped to the canvas after the tapout to check on his opponents condition than started his postfight celebration. He quickly addressed the crowd in Japanese to an enthusiastic response before heading to the back.

One superlative that is no longer in dispute is Shinya Aoki’s status as the best submission artist in mixed martial arts. Hes got the technical background to be sure, but what elevates him above the rest is his amazing ability at improvisation. Even if an opponent has mastered all of the defenses and counters for every known submission technique, there’s no way to defend someone who can make up effective submission moves during a fight.

Ross Everett is a freelance sports writer and respected authority on sports betting odds comparison. He writing has appeared on a variety of sports sites including sports news and betting odds portal sites. He lives in Las Vegas with three Jack Russell Terriers and an emu. He is currently working on an autobiography of former interior secretary James Watt.

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End Of An Era: Pacquiao Demolishes De La Hoya

March 20th, 2010

In professional prizefighting, its common to see high level fighters go from viable to geriatric before your eyes. Boxers, in particular, have a difficult time outrunning the ravages of age. Fighters seldom grow old gracefully, at least in the competitive sense. The exceptions–Archie Moore, George Foreman, James Toney–are few and far between. More often than not a professional prizefighter goes from being a legitimate contender to the brink of retirement in a matter of minutes. It can happen that suddenly, and most recently Mexican superstar Oscar De La Hoya was the latest victim. He looked utterly lost as a relentless Manny Pacquiao used his speed and workrate to completely frustrate De La Hoya en route to a 8th round TKO victory at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

Ironically, much of the concern before the fight centered on Pacquiao and his ability to handle the naturally larger, stronger and more powerful Mexican warrior. These doomsday scenarios quickly dissipated as boxing’s reigning ‘pound for pound’ king completely overwhelmed De La Hoya From the outset. He was able to hit his opponent at will, while De La Hoya was unable to find the elusive ‘Pac Man’ to return fire.

As the fight progressed, it became nothing less than a one sided beating. His only effective flurry came in the 5th round, when he scored with a few solid body punches. It did little more than prolong the inevitable finish. Between the 7th and 8th round, trainer Nacho Berenstein told his fighter that he wasn’t going to let him stay out there and take a beating if he wasnt throwing punches. After the 8th round, Berenstein stopped the fight and Oscar smartly didn’t object to what was clearly the right decision.

The judges scorecards at the time of the stoppage vividly reflect the one-sidedness of the contest: two of the three judges scored the fight 80-71, with Pacquaio winning all eight rounds (with a 10-8 margin in the 7th). One judge charitably gave De La Hoya the fifth round,resulting in a 79-72 margin. De La Hoya displayed the class of a champion following the fight, keeping the focus on Pacquiaos masterful performance. He stopped short of retiring in the ring, but certainly sounded as if he were leaning in that direction as he observed:

“At this stage when you face someone like Pacquiao, it’s going to be a hard fight. I worked hard and trained really hard to get ready for this fight, but it’s a lot different story when you’re training than when you are actually in the ring. I just felt flat, like I didn’t have it. My heart still wants to fight, but when you physically don’t respond, you have to be smart.”

De La Hoyas post fight behavior should be required viewing for all aspiring prizefighters to learn how a champion carries himself with class, dignity and respect for the sport even in defeat. De La Hoya is an international superstar with a nine figure ATM balance; if he can be humble and gracious in this setting other fighters have no excuse for not being able to emulate his gentlemanly manners.

The most touching moment came as De La Hoya prepared to leave the ring to allow Pacquiao to enjoy the glory he had earned. As De La Hoya gave a congratulatory hug, Pacquiao assured him that “You’re still my hero”.

To which the defeated De La Hoya responded: “No, now you’re my hero.

Ross Everett is a widely published freelance sports writer and respected authority on World Cup betting. His writing has appeared on a variety of sports sites including sportsbooks and sportsbook directory sites. He lives in Las Vegas, Nevada with three Jack Russell Terriers and a kangaroo. He is currently working on an autobiography of former interior secretary James Watt.

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