Chip Reader
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They choose a chip. You read their mind.
"Chip Reader" by Dave Forrest is easy to do and feels like mind-reading. This is a great bit of mentalism that fits in your pocket.
"That's brilliant!" Steve Faulkner
"That's wicked! That's awesome dude!" James Went
You tip out 5 different poker chips from a small velvet bag. With your back turned, your participant freely chooses one—no procedure, no force—and holds it tightly in their hand. They also keep the bag (you never touch it). You then turn around and begin to identify details of the chip before announcing the exact chip they took.
"Chip Reader" comes with everything you need, including the professional grade ceramic chips.
"Takes up very little room, no reset time and easy to do. This seems as if you are genuinely receiving someone's thoughts. Impossible to reconstruct. I know I WILL slay people with this. Dave Forrest has released a fantastic worker. Five stars!" Mike Donoghue (Happy Customer)
"Arrived yesterday. Already sufficiently confident to perform it tonight. Great tutorial, as usual from Dave. Genius method. The chips look and feel superb. Another winner! 10/10 - Essential EDC!!!" Tim Hills (Happy Customer)
Dave Forrest has done it again! Beautifully thought out, mind bending mentalism effect! After a bit of “Patter” practice I decided to slip it into my Table Hopping routine. The immediate reactions were… Wait, WHAT?!?! They were literally blown away! With the assistance of my wife ( an incredible magician/mentalist) we designed a few subtle changes to Dave’s performance routine. In addition to using it in my Table Hopping performances, we now use it in our Mentalism shows with my wife being the “Reader”! We found it to be the perfect effect to “Warm Up” the audience for our shows! It’s such a perfect mentalist routine that I encourage you to PRACTICE the routine before you go out and perform it! It’s not difficult to learn, but it deserves to be performed with Integrity and perfection! So with that being said…. THANK YOU Dave and Vanishing Inc for another amazing miracle of magic!! Ted Martin
These chips look beautiful. Video tutorial is great. The verbal wording is easy to learn. Allows you to add your own subtleties to the basic presentation. I'd replace the storage pouch since it seems too many mental themed tricks use some version of the drawstring pouch. It's possible the spectator can "reverse engineer" the method if given too much time with the chips post reveal. Just let them inspect the chips after bringing them out and then put away the leftovers after the selection.
Just received Chip Reader, and now I see why this sells out so quickly. The chips are really beautifully made, and the routine itself is very clever! There was obviously a lot of thought put into the method of this, and I can't wait to go out and try this on the crowds... a perfect table-hopping mentalist effect!
Omw this is so clever. I don't do mentalism much, but this is just mind blowingly clever. One learns so much more than just the effect. There is a whole new world that opened to me in terms of method. Also the chips are really nice. Not that sticker nonsense. All in all this is best money I have spent on a trick in a long time. I just love it. Well done Dave Forrest!
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