World's Greatest Chicago Opener by L&L Publishing - Video Download Dave Womach No Sleights-very easy to perform

No Sleights-very easy to perform

lemon and potato beneath the cups

Silk Contact routine by Lawrens Godon

Paul Wilson uses four Jacks and two Queens to relate an amusingly risqué but magical story while John Mendoza demonstrates the ability of three blank cards to change into three selected cards

World's Greatest Chicago Opener by L&L Publishing - Video Download Dave Womach No Sleights-very easy to performThe card trick popularly known as Chicago Opener had its origins in an effect invented by Al Leech that was originally called Hot Card Trick No. 1 and then later rechristened Red Hot Mama. The trick became immensely popular and many working performers immediately added it to their repertoires, notably Frank Everhart and Jim Ryan, who each sometimes get credit for its invention (Everhart's version was published in a Frank Garcia Book as Chicago Opener