| This is the present version of Matrix. It is my hope that, during discussions of Matrix, |
| the name Classic Matrix is associated with this version. Before leaping into a detail |
| discussion of Classic Matrix, I would like to cover some of the features of this version |
| that make it outstanding. |
| The first feature is that the audience does not regard the set-up or the initial transfer of |
| the first coin as part of the presentation. When the coins are placed onto the table and |
| the coins are covered, the performer is chatting with the audience about magic in |
| general or something about that which they are about to see. This attitude is supported |
| by the fact that the main part of the deck is held by the left hand while the cards are |
| being placed on the table and the right hand alone is placing the cards over the coins. |
| That is, the props have just been picked up and are simply being placed onto the table. |
| During this phase four cards are pushed into the right hand and placed on the coins. In |
| many other methods of Matrix the cards are held in an unusual position or two hands |
| are used to manipulate the cards. All of these alternate methods suggest to the |
| audience or alerts them to the idea that something could be going on. The goal in this |
| presentation is to suggest that nothing is going on when the coins are initially covered. |
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