Meir’s Muses
MyMagic eNewsletter #1,324
July 30, 2025
In the last newsletter I introduced you to a download by David Solomon. If you don’t already use this routine, I highly recommend you get Mexican Poker (which was also published in MAGIC and in a Bannon book). It is not just another ten-card Poker routine. It is devious, uses a different method, and is completely self-working. You won’t be sorry… I promise. Get in now, get it: HERE
I have been performing it lately, with a regular deck, and my presentation revolves around the expression, “I’d rather be lucky than good,” and justifying the procedure as a test to see how good their intuition is, and how lucky they are. In the last phase I let them cheat by looking at everything.
Last week I offered you David’s El Escorial notes on The Punch Deal which sold out immediately. Today I will offer you two other of his El Escorial notes. However, since I have much fewer of these, I also made available digital versions for half the price.
►Matt Schulien Eddie Fechter A Comparison:
In October 1999 at the exclusive El Escorial gathering that is annually produced by Juan Tamariz, David Solomon gave a talk comparing famed bar magicians Matt Schulien and Eddie Fechter.
Contents Include: Similarities Between Schulien And Fechter. Differences Between Schulien And Fechter. Eddie Fechter Biography. Fechter’s Tricks. Fechter The Bartender. Matt Schulien Biography. Matt’s Magic. A Summary Of Matt’s Advice On Magic.
Get the original notes: HERE
Get a digital copy: HERE
►Edward Marlo Deck Switches:
In October 2000 at the exclusive El Escorial gathering that is annually produced by Juan Tamariz David Solomon gave a talk about Edward Marlo’s Deck Switches.
Contents Include: An overview of Marlo’s Deck Switches. Solomon’s Observations. Natural Deck Switch. Marlo’s Covered Deck Switch. The Covered Thought. Another Marlo Deck Switch. Marlo’s Visual Retention Deck Switch. Marlo’s Double Undercut Deck Switch. Cased Deck Switches (4 methods). Ringing In The Deck. Taking The Deck Out Of Play. Before And After Rest Position. Five More Deck Switches.
Get the original notes: HERE
Get a digital copy: HERE
►The Punch Deal:
In October 2001 at the exclusive El Escorial gathering that is annually produced by Juan Tamariz David Solomon gave a talk about The Punch Deal.
Contents Include: A Selective History Of The Modern Punch Deal. From Phantom At The Card Table: Master Second Dealing, Top Card Peek, Scott’s Punch, The Blindfold Deal, and Slick Ace Formula. From Marlo Magazine 4: Marlo’s Punch Deal, The Routine And Presentation, and Aces And Kings Or Jacks And Queens. Quick Descriptions of Punch effects from Marlo In Spades (1947), Marlo Magazine 4 (1981), Marlo Magazine 5 (1984). Marlo’s Favorite Demonstration (previously unpublished). An Interview with Steve Forte about the punch deal.
Get a digital copy: HERE
►Mexican Poker:
If you ever wanted to do an impromptu poker deal that is self-working where the spectator makes all the choices, and you still win… this is for you.
David Solomon teaches his excellent routine using jumbo cards (although you can do it with a borrowed deck). Ten cards are used and are dealt to the table, two at a time, letting your friend decide which cards are for them and which cards are for you. After giving them every opportunity to change their mind at every instance you still win. They will end up with a full house while you show that they selected a straight flush for you… depending on the choices they make you might even get a Royal Flush!
Watch and buy: HERE
►Solomon’s Notes 2007:
David Solomon continuously changed his lectures based on where he was lecturing. He included his latest and favorite routines, improved versions of previous routines, as well as the stuff he was currently playing with.
Routines include: Blank Thought, Hello Sailors, Just one Mo’ Sandwich, Just Friends, Marlo/Gardner/Britland Poker Deal, Revisited Mexican Poker, Royal Mayo, and SolMar Ace Assembly Updated.
The lecture notes conclude with David reminiscing about his years at Schulien’s with Ed Marlo.
Get a copy: HERE
►Solomon’s Notes 2011:
David Solomon continuously changed his lectures based on where he was lecturing. He included his latest and favorite routines, improved versions of previous routines, as well as the stuff he was currently playing with.
Routines include: The Ambitious Card, Blank Thought Revisited, Colorful Mates, Jamesway Poker, Jokers Are Wild, Just Friends, Revisited Mexican Poker, Simple Refined Oil & Water, SolMar Ace Assembly-Updated, and The 21 Card Trick.
Get a copy: HERE
►Stage Size BS Board:
A funny and surprising comedy routine for entertainers.
This is the first time it has been made available for stage performers. Meir Yedid has been closing his stage shows with it for 15+ years and magicians have been begging him to release the stage version.
It is not a magic routine. It is a comedy bit that can be used anytime during a show.
Watch and buy: HERE
►UPCOMING APPEARANCES:
►AUG 3-6: Displaying at Magic Live! in Las Vegas. Info: HERE
►AUG 24: Spinnato’s Comedy Magic Show at Comix @ Mohegan Sun Casino in CT. Tickets: HERE
To view all my upcoming appearances, go: HERE
Stay happy, Meir
PS: You will probably not hear from me until I get back from Magic Live! As usual I will be introducing you to all the new and exclusive stuff I will be picking up.
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“From an educational point of view, those who learn to perform even the simplest forms of magic become less inhibited and more at ease with other people.”
…IB Permin (Hokus Pokus, 1968)
