Product description: I’m a huge fan of Stand Up Montee by Garrett Thomas and Ace by Richard Sanders, Hustle intrigued me. It looks like the 2 tricks had a baby and it is Hustle, very direct, very impactful and perfect to start a 3 card monte routine in my opinion. The idea is very simple, you have 7 cards, you show 6 jokers and 1 queen of Hearts, the aim is to find the queen. They first succeed and then.. succeed again! But did they? All the cards are turn over, you now have 6 queen of Hearts and only one jokers! I love the routine but is it as good as it seems? Let’s find out.
Price and where to buy it: This is sold at $24.95 and you can find it in nearly every Murphy's magic partner !
What you get: You get a slim DVD case with inside the DVD, which is really well shot and you understand the main routine which is really easy to do. You also get all the cards needed for the effect, you just have to add a bit of secret stuff which you should have at home. The setup is easy, so is the manipulation, this is a packet trick which will require some table space or do it in the hand of the spectator. Overall, I’m very pleased with this trick, it’s cheap and the impact on people is very good.
The pros and the cons: Here is the core of my review, let's begin with the cons, as I will usually be doing, I prefer to keep the good things for the end.
THE CONS:
You don’t end clean so not all the cards are examinable after the reveal.
You’ll need some table space in order to place the cards.
THE PROS:
I love the idea behind this, it’s a 7 cards monte which makes sense and is perfect to introduce a “simpler” 3 card version after. I think this would works pretty well before Stand Up Monte by Garrett Thomas.
The trick is very easy to do, minimal and basics sleights are needed.
At the end of the routine, the spectator wins but then you reveal that in fact, you changed the rule of the whole game and I love the fact people think they won and you blow them away.
The reset is very simple, just place the card back in a pack and you’re almost ready to go again.
It’s a cheap trick! For less than $25, you have a powerful routine which can be done by anyone at any time with an amazing climax.
Overall rating: I really like Hustle, it’s an amazing routine which is perfect to introduce the 3 card monte, I’m still unsure whether I would perform it because of the need of a table but still a really good trick, 3,5/4 hearts.
As for the difficulty level, if you know your basic card magic sleight, you can do Hustle, 2/5 stars.
Similar products: I think you can go and check Stand Up Monte by Garrett Thomas and Aces by Richard Sanders, those are 2 very good tricks.