Wager that you can show everyone something they have never seen and that after they have seen it, no one will ever see it again.
Wager that someone cannot push a quarter through a dime-sized hole in a business card without tearing the paper.
Bet that a spectator will not be able to catch a falling dollar bill that is held between their outstretched fingers.
A professional magician shares tricks that will amaze and confound viewers — and maybe even win a couple of bucks in a friendly bar bet. More than 60 illustrated feats range from balancing a dime on the edge of a dollar bill to rolling a cue ball under a stick placed across a pool table. These quick tricks are easy to learn and can be performed with such everyday items as coins, pencils, and matchsticks.
A professional magician since the age of 16, Dallas-based Diamond Jim Tyler performs, gives private lessons and group lectures, invents routines, and markets magic effects all over the world. Like any good conjurer, he knows his share of tricks and pranks to fool barroom targets.
Foreword
Tut’s Nuts
Quarters with Einstein
Three Burnt Matches
Finger Counting
Quarter & Coaster Stunt
If I’m Wrong
Giraffe Puzzle
Bill & Bottle Betcha #1
Bill & Bottle Betcha #2
Three-Glass Challenge
Pencil Pusher
Knotty Napkin
Newspaper Stand
Cup Runneth Over
Dime on the Edge
Lightning Reflexes
Breathalyzer Test
Under the Stick
Right Brain—Left Brain
Not So Crystal Clear
Bill through Lime
Balancing Act
Crazy Eight
Nim
Holy Moly
Mystery Nut
Free the Dime
Cork Out of a Bottle
Dollar Bridge
Four-Coin Lineup
Flying Dime
Water Buffaloed Nickel
Crackers
Birthday Betcha
Odd Coins
Sixer Mixer
Number Nim
Ten to One Backward
$3.41 Challenge
Bottle Cap Betcha
Glass/Toothpick Puzzle
Match Game
Trick-Shot Coin
Cork on End
Fourteen-Nails Puzzle
Free Beers
Straw Betcha
Coin, Coaster & Cig
Grape Escape
Kid Coins
4.5 Cents
18 Puzzle
Bus Driver Riddle
Date Revelation
Nine-Dot Puzzle #1
Nine-Dot Puzzle #2
Tableware Terror
Card Conundrum
Dollar Transformation
Cig in a Knot
Whiskey & Water Wonder
Matchstick Money
15 Cents Profit
Cat Math
Bad Math
1,000 Drops
Face-Out Five
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