A routine from Billy O’Connor’s act called COUNTING THE CARDS, the audience yells out a number of cards, and you instantly cut off that exact number, again and again! It's fairly easy to do and again, looks like enormous skill.
The routine was found by accident when described by another magician from the same era in a routine of theirs. It's these happy coincidence, brought upon by hard work and study, that have enabled us to get a good look at Billy's practical methods.
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