But what does it look like?! You really should all know, and I can't be arsed to type it into youtube. Although, in the time it took me to write these last two sentences, I could have probably found a decent video of the DPS.
Anyway... after using and loving this beautiful sleight for a long old while, Jason England blessed us with a video teaching it on Theory11.com. Now, Mr.
Hard to get hold of a copy nowadays, but there was nothing original on the DVD that made it worth buying. The reason I bought it was for the Riffle Stacking Tips and the McMillan Switch.
Unfortunately, the Riffle Stacking Tips turned out to be a single Riffle Stacking Tip, that is quite good, but it uses an idea originally thought up by Sadowitz in Cut Controls with no credit. The Advanced Riffle Stacking Tips are very good, but very non-original. It was again taken straight from Jerry Sadowitz from Thanks To Zarrow.
But yeah, this wasn't meant to be a post about bashing Jason England, I've got a lot of respect for the guy, even if he is selling other peoples stuff... further proved by Theory11.
Back on topic!! Ok, the DPS... In the original as published in EATCT, it is suggested that the left index finger is curled on the bottom of the deck and only straightened to get the card into palm. Ok, fair enough. It will do the job. BUT, it will give you masses of fingers flashing underneath the deck.
What is it with gamblers and finger flashing?? If you are manipulating cards, your fingers are going to be moving around. Erdnase's Bottom Deal has a shit load of finger flashing, as does the DPS. Or rather, the original DPS.
Jason England seems to think that after the publishing of EATCT, no one has added anything to the DPS. Kind of ironic then that he gives his tips and his very minor variations to a move that was supposedly "perfected" over a decade ago, and then sells them for 10 bucks!
I'm sorry, I need to stop bashing Jason's work, as I really DO have respect for the guy, however little I show of it...
But anyway, to stop the annoying finger flashing on any sleight there is only one thing that you need to do, and strangely enough, it is to STOP MOVING YOUR DAMN FINGERS!!
DO NOT straighten out your index finger to get the card into palm. After the card has been left protruding from the pack, extend your index finger to the side of the deck, by the right hand top corner of the pack, next to the other three fingers. Now when you are doing the DPS, the only finger that needs to be moved is the little finger as it curls in to get the card into palm. Luckily, there is a big deck of cards and two hands covering that little finger, so nobody can see it moving from any angle.
Also, angle the deck so that the top edge is facing towards the spectators eyes. This is going to make the whole thing utterly invisible, and you will not need to worry about people on your right, contrary to what Mr. England says (damn it).
Another issue with the original is that Erdnase says to carry on pushing the angled card down the side of the deck with the index finger. I have found that the left thumb can take over as soon as the index finger gets to the top edge of the deck. This reduces a lot of the unneeded movement for the sleight.
Another thing to watch with the left thumb is that as the card is being extracted, the left thumb needs to slide over the right thumb, making sure you do not stick out your left thumb. To the spectators, you have pushed a card in and have squared up the deck with your thumb on one side and fingers on the other. This means you need to keep the left thumb in contact with the left edge of the card the whole time. That will make a huge difference when learning the DPS.
There is not much more to say on this particular sleight. Erdnase explains it brilliantly and it can be learnt just fine from the original source, which is FREE, for all you tight ass monkeys.
And strangely, I haven't found any YouTube videos on the DPS that make me want to rip my fucking eye balls out. I will leave you with a video, though...
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