Here’s a cracking new routine from Dead Rebel Productions that takes some classic mentalism principles and slaps them together into an utterly astonishing performance.
'Free William Hicks' is the sort of bizarre/mental magic that you can whip out anytime, anywhere, and it’s bound to leave everyone scratching their heads. You’ll spin a yarn about Joseph Pascal, a bit of a rogue who saved his partner, William Hicks, from a sticky situation by pulling the wool over the sheriff’s eyes—with three mind-boggling effects using poker chips, a leather wallet, and a cheeky prediction...
First up, the chips get all mixed up—your spectator picks one, juggles them about, and leaves you with zero clues. And guess what? You nail the revelation of which one they peeked at! Next, they do it again, but this time you simply blurt out the colour of the chip they chose without even lifting a finger (seriously, it’s that good)! Finally, they mix the chips once more, keeping one, handing one to you, and stashing one in the wallet. In a jaw-dropping twist, a prediction that’s been out in the open the whole time reveals where all THREE CHIPS are hiding!
By combining two classic mentalism principles (Bob Hummer's Mathematical Monte and Deddy Corbuzier's Free Will), you’ve got a compact, powerful, three-phase routine that practically does the work for you—no resetting needed. And, as always with Dead Rebel Productions, the props are absolutely top-notch. The chips are custom printed in vibrant colour, the leather wallet is a beauty (and only gets better with age), and it all comes wrapped up in faux tobacco packaging that just screams class. Even the prediction card is a work of art!
