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- What's up guys?
Chris Ramsay here and welcome to my channel.
This week I'm bringing you something very special.
It is one of my favorite cuts that I've ever created
and I'm calling it 50K, in honor of hitting
50,000 subscribers on my YouTube channel.
So for those of you who are subbed,
and you like and share my videos,
thank you so much.
I'm very humbled by it and I hope to keep bringing you
amazing content and I hope that you guys don't get
too bored with the stuff that I post.
And in honor of the 50K, I'm also giving away
one brand new brick of sealed cards.
There will be some rare cards.
There will be some not-so-rare cards
but they all are sealed and I'm shipping
anywhere in the world
so all you have to do to win is like this video
and give it a share.
Once you do that, you're automatically entered
and I will choose one winner at random
and announce them on ELOG.
If you don't know what ELOG is,
head on over to Ellusionist's YouTube channel
and the winner will be announced there
this Friday so stay tuned for that.
Alright, without further adieu,
let's get into the tutorial for 50K.
See you then.
Peace.
Alright, so we're gonna start off from a front view
and then I'll show you the rest of the flourish
from over the shoulder.
This flourish happens in two parts.
I'm gonna run over both parts right now
and then we'll get into a more detailed look.
So, first you wanna do is you wanna grab the deck like this.
Now I'm holding it.
Ring finger, very important that it's aligned
with the corner and your thumb down there.
And the other two fingers just rest on top,
so you're kinda holding it like that.
Your left hand's gonna come in and your thumb
is just gonna grab a small portion of the bottom,
five to ten cards,
separating it using the ring finger on your right hand.
Just like that.
So once that's done, boom.
Your index is going to open up the top packet.
So it should look like this.
Okay?
You're then gonna take your left hand
and you're gonna reach around
and straddle grip that very top packet.
So the first packet, you're just gonna grab it
and separate it.
As you come down here,
this packet here is going to push down on that corner,
making it rotate.
Once it's rotated, you go straight.
I use my index here to hold it so it doesn't go anywhere.
And then I take this packet here
and I push, letting it flop on top
and that is the first part of the flourish.
So we'll run through that once again.
So you hold it like this.
Thumb.
Separate.
So that's just one move.
Boom.
Okay?
Grab.
Move over, move this one out of the way
so that the corner here can spin.
Comes back here.
Thumb pushes forward and the index sorta helps it flop
over there.
So you've done this.
You've rotated that around.
This has flopped there.
You're going to use your middle finger.
So you're in this position and you're gonna create
that Z grip right there.
Keep your index finger curled here because that's
what's gonna hold this top packet.
You're gonna get it and kinda like a sliding motion
towards the front.
And as you slide that towards the front,
you're gonna move back with this packet here.
Okay?
Making that cooll little display.
Right there.
See that?
So once you've got that down,
this is where it gets tricky.
The top packet, you're gonna go all the way to the end.
You're gonna close it up with your thumb
and keep that break.
You're gonna use this part of the packet
to flip this one back and it's gonna flip up.
It's hard to do in slo mo.
But it flips up.
And then you rotate forward as you grab.
Pull out that packet.
Slam it on top.
So let's do that second part again.
You're here.
So you grab it with your thumb, is here.
So you should already be in this position
from the last part of the cut.
And then this part here.
I love this little display.
Just opens up.
Go to the end.
This whole thing is gonna push and rotate
around your thumb.
And then you come back forward,
pulling out this packet.
Flopping it on top.
Alright now let's get into an over the shoulder view.
So you wanna start off, thumb peels.
Index separates.
Reach over and straddle that first packet.
It's gonna be used to rotate that.
You come back here.
This one is then used to push,
flopping it on top.
Now you're here.
You're ready to go.
Your middle finger is gonna separate.
Open.
Rotate around, and as you come back,
boom.
It's hard to do because I'm looking at
the monitor right here.
So I'll break it down into two moves once again.
Peel.
Separate.
Grab.
Rotate this packet.
Push that.
Falls on top.
That's move number one.
Again.
You wann grab with your middle finger here.
So that's move number two.
You wanna open up.
So you wanna let it slide.
You wanna bring that left hand down
so it creates this cool display.
All the way to the end.
Close.
Now you're gonna use the pressure here
to rotate it around your thumbs.
It's gonna snap up.
You go back forward.
Peel this out.
And then your index sorta points it down.
A quick tip, always better to use a deck of cards
that isn't brand new when learning cuts like this,
especially packet cuts.
Now unless you're fanning or something else,
then you won't need a brand new deck of cards.
But it's always better to have a poop deck,
something that's already been used.
The packets stay together.
That's one of the untold secrets of cardists
a lot of them use.
Now mind you, some of the best cardists in the world
can open a brand new deck of cards
and do anything with them.
I've seen it.
But if you're practicing a new flourish,
it's always best to use a little bit of a poopy deck.
It'll help you out.
So let's take that again from the top.
Break.
Right here.
Grab this.
Move over.
Rotate.
Here.
Boom.
Open.
Now I'm doing this on an angle so it's hard.
Bam.
Come back.
Now if you just want to do that second part,
that can be a cool move too.
Here, let me give you a front view from that.
So this second move is like my favorite of the sequence
because it just feels so comfortable.
What's great about that is you're retaining the top stock.
So it's not necessarily a false cut,
but if you wanna control a card or a stock of cards
at the top of the deck,
and make it look like you're mixing them up,
you're actually not.
It's staying on top, so it still looks like
a lot's going on, but you're retaining that top stock.
So this little move here is my favorite
because it rotates around, you see that?
So as I'm here, and I'm grabbing,
I'm not coming around.
I'm letting the pressure here push that up
around my thumb and then I come back.
It just looks like a whole lots going on at once.
It's hard to follow, which is nice.
So that part there.
And then the first part,
once again, boom.
Reach around.
Come over.
Pushes.
Open.
Boom.
I like that little move at the end where it just kinda
flops on top and you get that nice noise.
So this was 50K.
I hope you enjoyed it.
Alright guys, so that was my tutorial on 50K.
Like I said, it's one of my favorite cuts.
It's comfortable, it's fun to do.
I'm sure you'll pick it up in no time
with the tips that I've given you.
And remember, to win the one brick of cards
that I'm giving away,
simply like this video and give it a share.
Share the youtube link and we'll announce one winner
on this week's ELOG, which is Friday
on the Ellusionist's YouTube channel.
So I'll see you then.
Thanks for tuning in and we'll see you next time.
Peace.
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