How to Perform the Cops and Robbers Card Trick

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Get a hold of a normal deck of cards.

   Do this by by keeping one Jack on the bottom of the deck, and by taking out the other three Jacks, and one King. , Say, "Here I have three Jacks that are bank robbers and the one King that is a cop".
   
   Be quick when you show the cards to your audience, or they may notice that something with wrong with your trick. , Remember that the deck still has the Jack on the bottom. , Put the Jack at the very bottom of the deck—on top of the Jack that is already there. , Put this Jack anything in the deck; you do not need to remember where that Jack is. , Put the jack on the top of the deck and put the King on top of the Jack. , Cut the deck in half and put the bottom half on top of the top half. , You will soon find that they will all be together.
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   Step 2: Prepare the deck.

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   Step 3: Speak to your audience.

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   Step 4: "The rest of the deck is the bank".

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   Step 5: "The first robber goes in through the basement".

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   Step 6: "The foolish robber goes int through the front door".

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   Step 7: "Now the last robber goes in through the roof

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   Step 8: where the cop goes in after him."

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   Step 9: "At that very moment

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    Step 10: there was an earthquake

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    Step 11: so they got mixed up!"

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    Step 12: Look through the deck.

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