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I’ve been asked this many times before, the only answer is eBay:
JERRY’S NUGGET CARDS - BLUE DECK - SEALED! MINT!
Jerry’s Nugget cards - SEALED BLUE VINTAGE DECK

If you like Jerry’s Nugget decks you might also dig Golden Nugget’s:
Vintage Golden Nugget Casino Playing Cards SEALED
2 OLD VINTAGE DECK OF CARDS GOLDEN NUGGET CASINO VEGAS
Vintage Golden Nugget Las Vegas Playing Cards Tin Old

About the Name:

It’s called YinYang fan for several reasons…
1st of all - because it’s form looks from the side like the YinYang symbol (if you got enough imagination to recognize this) , but beside that, I gave this fan his name,
because it’s inspired by FatFingerz (he showed me an aerial move he came up with, using the same grip I’m using for my fan) so I thought it would just be correct to thank him for that “now” ’cause for credits there was really no space in my Luv ‘n Hate video.
Which brings us to the next point - Yin Yang is the symbol which I immediately associate with things like Evil/Good, War/Peace or even Love and Hate…and I knew that those moves, would get me Love and Hate ( Big Thanks here for all the great feedback I’ve gotten on the moves and [...] ).
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Whatever - YY describes also harmony and FatFingerz is the livin’ harmony as I know him - so I want to dedicate this move to you Fatz!

About the Move:

Maybe you ask yourself why I only do the move in my left hand. It’s because this fan is about the hand motion, the nice build up (which I can’t do that smooth in my right hand) and it’s about the great look from the side, not about the indices…
If you prefer doing it in your right hand — go for it.
If you got problems getting into the right grip, then try it first with a half deck.
Powder is not necessary, but it helps (especially on the flip over).

Ti©aL

Today the I Photography Competition begins. If you are a magician, flourisher, cardist, xcmer, poker player, sleight of hand artist, cheater, playing card collector, or you just like taking photos you have a chance to Wynn, ehmm… i mean win these cool prizes:

1st place: 12 Decks of Wynn Playing cards (6 red / 6 Blue)
2nd place: 8 Decks of Wynn Playing cards (4 red / 4 Blue)
3rd place: 4 Decks of Wynn Playing cards (2 red / 2 Blue)

I’ve made a deal with John (AceKing Playing Cards) and he will ship the cards to the winners once they are decided. So please give thanks to him for these great prizes (and to me for paying them! :P).

These are the rules:

-Only one pic per participant.
-The pic must contain at least a playing card or a deck of cards or anything related to playing cards (symbols, court guys running around or whatever).
-Only submisions to thecuso@gmail.com with the subject My Photo will be allowed for the contest.
-Emails must include your full name and nickname/screen name (if you have).
-Deadline is 29 February 2008.

There will also be runner ups for these categories:

Funniest pic: If you think you have THE pic that would make us laugh our asses out.
Most Artistic: If your pic has the best colours, lights or photoshop effects.
Most Original: If you did Pandora while jumping off a bridge bungee style.

The 3 runner ups will get my Nebula tutorial and some other unreleased clips of me.

Well, i think that’s about it! Start sending me your pics and please spread the word because if this contest has success i might throw in some more prizes.
You can put a link to this post in your forum’s signature, open threads, tell your friends, post myspace/youtube bulletins or whatever you want, just lets make this big!

Thanks in advance to the participants and i wish you good luck!

-Alejandro.

Picture by David Blanch

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Magic, Xcm and flourish tutorials at www.thecuso.info

Here is a short tutorial for my Riu Cut, i shot it yesterday in a break from studying (i have my first exam tomorrow), i know the quality is not very good, i made it with my nokia n95 8gb phone camera and edited it with the poor video editing software it has… but the music just rox :P

This cut is nothing very original i have to admit, i created it long time ago but some people seemed to like it so im giving you this for you to experiment it and trash it once u’ve learned it :P

I dont use this in real life but, well, there you go!

Dedicated to my friend Jonas Haglund, the #1 Dr.Kosmos fan.

You might wonder just why a casino would dump a load of cards as nice as these. They don’t just to decide to sell them off. Something more eventful has to happen… like they change their logo or go out of business. The Wynn isn’t doing either of those.

I heard Bee lost the contract to Gemaco. I haven’t been there myself to verify that but I was told by reliable sources. You can bet that’s a BIG contract to loose.

Casinos go through thousands of decks in a week. They don’t let any slip out either, casino cards are handled under tight security. If a “live” deck were to get in the hands of a cheat they could make a lot of money. Well… they would try to make a lot of money until they got caught by some of the most sophisticated security in the world.

Un-cancelled casino cards like these are rare, they don’t just pop up for sale every day of the week… certainly not with an awesome looking logo, solid color and white border. When they do, it’s a fixed amount because Bee can’t print more unless they win (pun) that contract back. So enjoy them while they last… they are printed on the finest materials available for demanding casino use. Let’s hope they never go full plastic. Yuck!