Allan Ackerman is an expert at sleight of hand magic with playing cards. His published material is extensive. He is the performer on a series of instructional DVDs that teach elementary sleight of hand all the way up through advanced card work. Ackerman has also been a professor of mathematics at UNLV, and in addition to card magic, he also performs coin magic. He has studied under Ed Marlo, the famous Chicago cardician, and now lives in Las Vegas. Wikipedia
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