EFFECT :
A card selected by spectator while pack is in his own
hands, placed in performer's pack and card selected by performer
from his pack, placed in spectator's pack. These two unknown
selected cards turn out to be the same card. Unprepared packs.





Requirements :
Two ordinary packs, same size, white border;
one Red-back pack and one Blue-back pack.



HOW IT'S DONE....
Hand one pack to spectator. Before handing it to him,
palm off any card. This could be in the lower waistcoat pocket or in
the act of handing him the pack retain one of his cards on the
bottom of the pack you hold. Now have him fan his pack, you
fanning yours at the same time.
Back up, being careful not to expose the bottom card. Now ask
him to thoroughly shuffle his pack while you shuffle yours. Execute
the overhand shuffle with the face of your cards toward the
spectator. First in overhand shuffle draw off his card you have
retained to the back of pack, and remember this card, still
executing overhand shuffle, until you reach the same card in your
own pack, which is a duplicate of his card. When you reach it stop
the shuffle, leaving this card on the bottom. Now draw off this
card singly to the back picking up rest of the pack, shuffle off
leaving his card again on the bottom. You should now have his
card on the bottom and the same card from your pack on top.
Now ask the spectator to remove any card from his pack which he
is holding. Be sure spectator does not see face of this card. Lift or
cut your pack about the center and have spectator place any card
from his pack at the point you have cut. In placing upper half of
pack on his card, execute the slip or draw the top card of pack off
on top of card he has just placed into your pack. Insert little finger
on top of this card, placing the two halves together, you are now
ready to execute the two-hand pass.
Remark to the spectator while you execute the pass, to cut his
pack about the center. This acts as good misdirection for the pass.
The two-hand pass automatically brings bottom card to center and
the one he just placed in pack second from top. Lift the two top
cards as one, NOT EXPOSING FACE, and place in center of his
pack. His card loses itself in his pack, leaving one opposite color
card in each pack. Upon spectator removing your card from his
pack and you removing his card from your pack they prove to be
the same card. Both packs can now be examined as there is
nothing wrong with them. Even the advanced card man cannot
dope the method unless you give it to him.