World's Greatest Magic: Chicago Opener by L&L Publishing - DVD Wayne Fox MENTAL POWER - The performer

MENTAL POWER - The performer correctly divines a spectator's thought-of card and then subsequently shows that the spectator had no other choice as every other card in the deck is now blank

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Mark prefers to reduce the handling to sensible

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World's Greatest Magic: Chicago Opener by L&L Publishing - DVD Wayne Fox MENTAL POWER - The performerThe card trick popularly known as Chicago Opener had its origins in an effect invented by Al Leech that was originally called Hot Card Trick No. 1 and then later rechristened Red Hot Mama. The trick became immensely popular and many working performers immediately added it to their repertoires, notably Frank Everhart and Jim Ryan, who each sometimes get credit for its invention (Everhart's version was published in a Frank Garcia Book as Chicago Opener