Card trick...

sheldor · March 16, 2010, 06:43:26 PM

Whoa - this was incredible.

Did he switch decks?

KingIsaacLinksr · March 16, 2010, 07:45:59 PM

HOLY CRAP.

That was....wowsers. It must be something to do with when he flicks the cards.

King

X · March 17, 2010, 09:53:59 AM

He didn't switch decks, but it's kind of easy to figure out what he did do.

moyer777 · March 17, 2010, 09:58:42 AM

It is?

X · March 17, 2010, 10:10:00 AM

Yes sir, but I lived and breathed magic tricks as a kid

[spoiler] The deck is in a preset order. WHile he did allow her to cut, he looked at the top card to know where she broke the order. He also make a single cut to change the order. What looks like a vegas style shuffle wasn't. It starts off as one, but he then pulls the cards apart which leave them in the order that they were initally in before the cut. By knowing the order of the cards, he can still move them around as needed and the first two queens were and example of that. Once those cards were played, he put other cards at the bottom of the deck to fix the cut and build the straight flush he would need at the end.

It's still very damned impressive to be able to remember all of that, but if I am not mistake from other magicians, the story can be altered based on the first cards that are revealed. Which makes it even more work and even more impressive.[/spoiler]

sheldor · March 17, 2010, 12:10:15 PM

Yes, but when he originally showed the deck it appeared in suit/rank order. That's some pretty fancy shuffling. Must have taken some time to perfect.

KingIsaacLinksr · March 17, 2010, 12:10:32 PM

Quote from: Just X on March 17, 2010, 10:10:00 AM
Yes sir, but I lived and breathed magic tricks as a kid

[spoiler] The deck is in a preset order. WHile he did allow her to cut, he looked at the top card to know where she broke the order. He also make a single cut to change the order. What looks like a vegas style shuffle wasn't. It starts off as one, but he then pulls the cards apart which leave them in the order that they were initally in before the cut. By knowing the order of the cards, he can still move them around as needed and the first two queens were and example of that. Once those cards were played, he put other cards at the bottom of the deck to fix the cut and build the straight flush he would need at the end.

It's still very damned impressive to be able to remember all of that, but if I am not mistake from other magicians, the story can be altered based on the first cards that are revealed. Which makes it even more work and even more impressive.[/spoiler]

[spoiler]I was thinking myself that he would have had to change the story, there is no way that story could be done the same way every time. The probability of that is so unlikely. It would have to be real magic. [/spoiler]

But the trick is very good.

King

X · March 17, 2010, 02:13:08 PM

Quote from: sheldar on March 17, 2010, 12:10:15 PM
Yes, but when he originally showed the deck it appeared in suit/rank order. That's some pretty fancy shuffling. Must have taken some time to perfect.

It wasn't in suit order, the last card was a six of clubs. Which was the last card in the trick

Geekyfanboy · March 18, 2010, 01:26:30 PM

Wow.. that's awesome.. and I don't care how he did it.. it's still very impressive.

sheldor · March 18, 2010, 03:24:44 PM

Quote from: Just X on March 17, 2010, 02:13:08 PM
Quote from: sheldar on March 17, 2010, 12:10:15 PM
Yes, but when he originally showed the deck it appeared in suit/rank order. That's some pretty fancy shuffling. Must have taken some time to perfect.
It wasn't in suit order, the last card was a six of clubs. Which was the last card in the trick

I noticed that. I don't think I was supposed to... :)