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The Five Card Opener by Bill Abbott"The opening of any act is a tough choice for most performers. How do you get theirattention, how do you hold their attention, how do you amaze and entertain them all atthe same time? The 5 Card Opener is my answer all these questions and a whole lotmore." Bill Abbott What is the Five Card Opener? The Five card Opener re invents the classic five six card repeat with a completely freshapproach featuring three sequences that build with a definitive
"The opening of any act is a tough choice for most performers. How do you get theirattention, how do you hold their attention, how do you amaze and entertain them all atthe same time? The 5 Card Opener is my answer all these questions and a whole lotmore."- Bill Abbott
What is the Five Card Opener?
The Five card Opener re-invents the classic five/six card repeat with a completely freshapproach featuring three sequences that build with a definitive climax that is bigsurprise. It has been Bill's opener for many years and it's in all of his shows. Corporateshows, family shows, college shows, etc. The Five Card Opener is a whole new way tomake your show fun! AND it can play for audiences from 10-10,000.
The "Real" Secret
The BEST part about the 5 Card Opener is that you will have the audience screaming,yelling and at the edge of their seats in first 2 minutes of your show. Guaranteed! Andthe 5 Card Opener isn't just an opener-it's an audience conditioner. It trains yourcrowd to react, making applause feel natural, easy, and fun.
It's also a built-in call back. A verbal trigger that gets a response every time you use it,shaping the energy of your entire show. And it's fully customizable-have them shout acorporate slogan, school cheer, company name, even a birthday shoutout.
Simple to do & Gets Reactions
Performing this off the top of your show will guarantee you will not have any mediocrereactions to any of your tricks - because you're giving them an outlet to respond in aBIG way. And they will. Even the most jaded ones.
Bill has had corporate audiences (almost asleep after a cocktail hour, two-hour dinnerand then awards and speeches before his show) up and cheering in the first threeminutes of his show using The Five Card Opener.
For the working performer you can literally 'drop' this into your show the next day. Itplays BIG and VISUAL but packs small and flat in your prop case. And the best part isthat it's so easy to do.
No angle restrictions, no special staging, packs smart, resets in 30 seconds anddelivers a BIG impact. Work away from tables and out of your pockets, making aninstant connection with your audience. Just pure, practical, magic.
ALL-NEW Michael Ross' 5 Card Closer
Revealed for the first time, Michael Ross' 5 Card Closer, a genius twist that turns thispowerful opener into an even stronger show-stopping finale to your show.
With Michael's secret spin, your audience could be on their feet in a roaring standingovation! This isn't just an opener-it could also be your ultimate closer.
Not Just a Trick
The 5 Card Opener isn't just a trick-it's a game-changer. It grabs attention, buildsenergy, and conditions your audience to react from the very first moment. Don't leaveyour show's success to chance-get the 5 Card Opener and start every performancewith unstoppable momentum!
Pro Package Includes:
Handmade gimmicked Bicycle Jumbo Playing Cards: These play big for a theatreyet are deceptive enough for an up-close house party.
Portable Pop-Up Hamper: For seamless card drops and a clean stage.
Water-Proof Zip Up Bag: To keep all the props safe, dry between shows and whiletraveling.
Full Performance Script in PDF form exactly as Bill performs this at every show.(Remember the script is a template to add to, subtract from and get creative with.)
In-Depth Video Tutorial Featuring: 2 LIVE performances of the Five Card Opener. Oneat the Magic Hideaway and the second in a banquet hall for 300 audiencemembers. Detailed routine handling using the jumbo-sized cards and a secondshowcasing the script and the handling in unison. Several portable container ideas touse with the routine. The "REAL" secret of the Five Card Opener with decades ofinsider secrets and all the psychological subtleties to make this routine play as stronglyfor you as it has for Bill for many years.
Here is what performers are saying about the 5 Card Opener...
"If you use Bill's script it is a VERY solid opening effect. It delivers what he promises.The reactions are EXACTLY as Bill tells you they will be. My audience was screamingand cheering- for my OPENER. Beautiful! Performers looking for a good openingroutine will NOT be disappointed with this."
-Jason Wethington
"Bill, you are a genius. I followed your routine and everyone at the end was yelling,"that's amazing!" I knew this was great but never thought it would be THAT GREAT.Thanks!!!!! Worth every penny and I must say this will be in every show I do. ThanksBill!"
-Mike Storz
"All I can say is brilliant! A professional routine that's going in both my adult stand up &family show. Great routine with loads of potential for specific tailoring, includingcorporate presentations. I believe this is vastly underpriced. Thanks, Bill, for sharingthis real worker!"
-Andy Kean
"This is a true professional piece that you will want to have as your opener as soon asyou get it and watch Bills well done and detailed instructional video. And the best partis this effect is SO SIMPLE! Truly if you can count up to 9 you will have no problemsperforming this."
-Floyd Collins
"The routine is as close to self-working as one can be (can you count cards from onehand to another? That's it!). The focus is on the presentation and personality. It truly isan opener. Finally, a five-card-repeat trick that works! You get your money's worthhere."
-Harry Murphy
"I wish you could have seen the crowd at the end of my show this evening. It takes atrick that I always thought was ho-hum and turns it into something that really gets thecrowd unified! Thanks for making this available. It is "AMAZING."
-Tim Hannig
"Simply brilliant and not priced high enough!!! I perform weekly in a 1,700-seat theateron a cruise ship. I have the audience chanting my name over and over by the end ofThe Opener. What a great feeling to have a group of that size screaming your name inunison..."
- Malcom "Puck" Puckering
"The Five Card Opener sets the tone of the entire show and "trains" the audience, andvirtually assures you of positive responses throughout your entire act. Therein lies theinestimable value of the Five Card Opener."
-Scott F. Guinn
"I watched your outstanding instructional video late last night. Worked on my ownscript out loud for about an hour this morning. And I kicked off the general session in front of about 1000 people with the routine. IT KILLED! The 5-card opener got the audience laughing, applauding, reacting. Thanks a million, Bill!"
-Adam Christing
"Bill's Five Card Opener routine and thoughtful explanations on the instructional video are PRICELESS! I've got (probably) $75,000+ in props in my garage, and I'll tell you this the one routine I won't ever leave home without. This is staple in every show I do for young, old and everyone in between!"
-Al Jensen
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★★★★★ 4
Easy reading, needs an edit pass
Format: Kindle
Bottom Line Up Front: good enough to buy sequels.
The premise of the story is set up well, pacing is overall decent (coincidentally, about real-time with the reader). The characters are simple, boiling down to one property for personality, one for motivation, and one for looks. However, they play believably against each other and there's no feeling of railroading (except one place, more on that later).
The chapter prefaces offer a nice world building method unconstrained by the first person exclusive story itself. On the other hand... Tell me the book was written during Trump-era mask mandates without saying "The book was written during Trump-era mask mandates".
Those references, while amusing now, will be dead in a few years (unlike the reference to SpaceBattles which is eternal).
Speaking of: The book could use a professional editor to fix things like "gravity thingamaBALL" being two pages later called a "gravity thingamaGRENADE" and described as a cylinder, easy to tie to. Clearly the author changed the shape for convenience but forgot to change the earlier mention (also, metal cylinders slip out of nooses. If you write an ACME 10-ton weight, shape it like a weight and be done with it ;). There were other similar niggles that I forgot now, and I saw no major plotholes... But remember: SpaceBattles forum feedback does not an editor equal.
Overall, nice way to spend sick days with 40 C fever.
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Reviewed in the United States on March 15, 2023
★★★★★ 5
Just from the beginning, I'm hyped
Format: Kindle
Just from reading the first few chapters, I'm excited. I hate having to deduct stars for non-story related issues, but this formatting is really hard to read. This is much easier to read on Neovel. I started reading it there after Amazon had recommended this book to me. I had no idea we had a web-novel to (light?-)novel pipeline in English! After the first few chapters, I bought the book here to support the author, but trying to read it is a very poor experience. The spacing and sometimes fonts are wrong and make it really hard to read, which is odd because the formatting is great on Neovel. It's almost like it was copied over into ebook using a poorly written tool that didn't properly convert various tags. The primary issue is a lack of indentation on paragraphs. There's also that the AI speaks in italics, but sometimes the italics are missing. Some edits have been made from the web novel, though they seem mostly spelling fixes. The character's point totals are significantly different in Chapter 26 of the web novel vs this book. I haven't re-read the ebook from the beginning though, so I don't know why there's such a difference. I'm not sure which one is better to read, though for some reason the author never put volumes 2 and 3 on Amazon so you'll need to read them over there anyway.
Update: As a huge fan of the series, I raised my star rating even though I still stand by the formatting issues. It's not fair to have that tarnish the content rating though. Also, of course, future volumes have continued to be published since then.
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Reviewed in the United States on July 1, 2022
★★★★★ 5
it’s a very fun story
Format: Kindle
It’s got it’s issues but overall it’s fast paced, fun to read and some great lines from a snarky AI with a sense of humor
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Reviewed in the United States on December 26, 2024
★★★★★ 5
What a Great Ride
Format: Kindle
This book was a fun ride from start to finish. While not fully LitRPG, but sorta' LitRPG light based on the system that's set up, the world building makes sense and fits the story very well.
The real shining star was the character development. I felt like I knew the characters after a few lines and as the story developed, casual comments helped build a deeper web of interrelationships.
Also loved the blurbs at the start of the chapters - thought they really added to the world building and backstory in a fun way.
Can't wait to read more about Cat!
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Reviewed in the United States on September 3, 2021
★★★★★ 5
Wonderful
Format: Kindle
This was everything I was hoping for and more. Great world building, awesome characters and a mythology that just left you wanting more. Little snippets at the start of each chapter that hints at the history of the world at large while also slightly framing the content of that chapter? Spot on. My one issue, and I believe others have pointed it out, is the fact that the text is grey and not white, which can make it harder to read when you’re, say, outside. But that’s a formatting thing and has no bearing on the contents. I’ll be waiting in line to get the sequel as soon as it appears! Oh, since Amazon can be iffy about it, the LGBTQ+ tag is accurate!
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Reviewed in the United States on June 28, 2021
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