Before performing, you will need to have the bottom of the deck stacked with the order king, jack, king and the top with 3 jacks and 1 king of any suit. You will also need a story (there is one provided).

1. Place the 3 jacks and king on the top of the deck, as prearranged, onto a table or in the spectator's hands.

2. Explain that the 3 jacks are robbers, the king a cop, and the deck is a house. Then begin to tell a story (See presentation picture).
(You can use any story or you can use the one provided BUT do not let the spectators memorize which suit the jacks are!)

3. You can begin by saying, 'One day three robbers decided to rob a house together. The first robber went through the front door...' by saying this take any jack and place it on the top of the deck.

4. Then continue by saying, 'The second went through the back door...' after saying this place another jack on the bottom of the deck.
(When doing this part, do not show the spectator the bottom of the deck so they don't see the preset (Preset picture).)

5. After that say, 'And the third robber went through the window.' Take the last jack and place it in the middle of the deck and square it up. Do not leave a break. This is why you don't want the spectator to remember the jacks because this card will be lost in the deck and won't be used again.

6. Finally say, 'The cop sees the robbers enter, and goes through the front door.' Take the king and place it on the top (The exposed view picture shows how it should look if the deck was face up. The Jack of clubs in this example will be lost).

7. Next say, 'When the robbers see the cop inside the house, they try to run. The cop chases them around the house three times....' After saying this, cut the deck in half three times. Make sure you square up the deck after each cut. You cannot false cut the deck because this is when the trick works itself.

8. Continue by saying, 'The cop becomes tired and radios for backup. And so...' Begin to fan out the cards until you see the order from left to right, king jack king jack king jack (Final picture).

While fanning you might see the jack that was lost (the jack that went through the window). Do not stop at it or say anything because you don't want the spectator to remember and say, 'Wasn't that one of the robbers and why is one of the robbers a different suit?' (See the lost jack picture)

9. Finally, finish the story and the trick by saying, '...they caught them!'

You can solve the problem with the jack that is lost by using a duplicate. For example, the jack of hearts will be on the top with the other jacks and the king as well as the double being on the bottom between the other kings. Unfortunately when fanning you can still see the double while searching for the order. Somehow you will need to find a time to palm it before you place it in the middle of the deck.

Mechanics:
When cutting the deck, you can find out that the top half that has a jack and king on it will connect to the bottom half, which will get you the order you want. However, because this is easy to understand while watching the trick, you will need to cut it two more times. When you cut for the second time it will tear apart this pattern depending on where the cut is made. On the third cut, it will be replaced back into the order of king, jack, king, jack, king, jack.

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