Matthew J. Dowden - 1 Deck 14 Tricks 24 Hours Vol 2
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00:00 [Music]
00:23 Okay, now for compatible it'll be the same card.
00:26 Are you ready?
00:27 One, two, three.
00:29 Oh, we're compatible.
00:32 That should be, what was your card?
00:35 King of spades.
00:36 The king of spades, isn't that crazy?
00:38 It gets better than that, because if you know poker, hold your other hand out.
00:41 If we count these out, that'll be the jack, the queen, the ace and the ten of spades,
00:47 which is, if you know, is a royal flush.
00:48 That's one.
00:49 Well, I win.
00:50 I don't know if you know that.
00:51 Or you win, you know, either way.
00:52 We're all winners.
00:53 We're all winners.
00:54 Yay.
00:55 So I want you to concentrate.
00:56 Look deep into her eyes.
00:58 No eyes.
00:59 And after three, after three, you're going to name the card.
01:01 Ready?
01:02 One, two, three, name it.
01:04 The king of diamonds.
01:05 Is that the card?
01:06 How the hell did you know that?
01:08 [Music]
01:23 For the first time.
01:24 Okay.
01:25 What card were you thinking of?
01:26 Queen of hearts.
01:27 Queen of hearts.
01:28 Not only is it not here, but it's actually vanished completely.
01:32 There were six, now five.
01:34 Isn't that weird?
01:35 But look, one card in my right jacket pocket.
01:40 Queen of hearts.
01:41 Awesome.
01:42 High five.
01:43 That was good.
01:44 You rock.
01:45 I don't rock.
01:46 We both rock.
01:47 We both rock.
01:48 That's right.
01:49 Completely gone.
01:50 Awesome.
01:51 I want to see another one.
01:52 Oh, you want to see another?
01:53 Yeah.
01:54 So what does that make?
01:55 Oh, I don't believe it.
01:56 How long you'll fight a Magic Dave striking hotline.
02:01 The card you have selected is the two of clubs.
02:07 What?
02:08 Where did you find that?
02:10 Thank you very much and have a lovely day.
02:13 The hell is with Magic Dave?
02:14 No.
02:15 What's up with that Magic Dave?
02:16 It was in this box.
02:17 I didn't know it was in this box.
02:18 It was in this box.
02:19 I don't know.
02:20 Where's Magic Dave?
02:21 Where is he?
02:22 Where is he?
02:23 I don't know.
02:24 So after three, we're going to turn them over, yeah?
02:25 Okay, yeah.
02:26 And if we're compatible, we go to dinner.
02:27 Okay, that's it.
02:28 Sweet.
02:29 Okay.
02:30 One, two, three, turn them over.
02:31 Oh my...
02:32 That's incredible.
02:33 That's amazing.
02:34 You're kidding me.
02:35 You're amazing.
02:36 You're amazing.
02:37 You're amazing.
02:38 You're amazing.
02:39 Do a high five.
02:40 Great, definitely.
02:41 I think that deserves a hug.
02:42 I can't.
02:43 Okay, wonderful.
02:44 We're going to...
02:45 We're going to dinner.
02:46 Okay, we're compatible.
02:47 Yeah, we are.
02:48 Let's go.
02:49 Let's go.
02:50 Let's go now.
02:51 That was awesome.
02:52 Hi, I'm Matthew Doughton.
03:11 Welcome to this DVD.
03:13 The concept of this DVD is extremely simple.
03:16 We wanted to take a collection of self-working card magic that was both appropriate for the
03:21 amateur performer who doesn't do a lot of sleight of hand, but also is appropriate for
03:26 the professional performer who has found himself in that situation that I know I have where
03:31 you're booked for a party of 100 for two hours and five people show up.
03:36 So what do you do when you've finished your regular set and somebody says, "Do something
03:39 else."
03:40 Well, these tricks, I think, get overlooked by a lot of professionals because you maybe
03:45 learnt them when you were first starting out and forget how powerful they are.
03:48 And just to prove how powerful they can be, we went out on location into London and filmed
03:54 them for real people and got some real reactions.
03:58 So having said that, let's go do some magic.
04:18 This is a brilliant effect.
04:19 It was a brilliant effect, self-working effect on its own.
04:23 What makes it slightly different is we've added a kicker ending, which I think really
04:28 gives it another powerful punch.
04:36 Okay, we're here with Chantel and Ashley and they are promoting World Series of Poker
04:50 Europe and Betfair.com.
04:51 So I thought we'd do a little poker thing.
04:53 Do you guys know poker?
04:54 Do you play poker?
04:55 I do.
04:56 Just so you know.
04:57 A little?
04:58 Okay.
04:59 Here's what I want you to do.
05:00 Rather than sometimes when I ask people to take out a card, they think I'm doing sleight
05:01 of hand.
05:02 So would you name a number between one and two?
05:04 Well, make it between 10 and 20.
05:06 Name a number between 10 and 20.
05:08 14.
05:09 14.
05:10 Perfect.
05:11 Hold your hand out.
05:12 I'll do 14 cards.
05:13 One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, 11, 12, 13, 14.
05:17 But sometimes people think that I know you're going to say 14.
05:20 So to make it even more impossible, we'll add those two digits together.
05:23 So one and four, five.
05:24 So if you count off five cards, take the fifth card and don't let anyone see it.
05:28 Three, four.
05:29 Have a look at it.
05:30 Make sure I don't see that card.
05:31 Okay?
05:32 Have you seen the card?
05:33 Now, show it to the camera as well.
05:36 Okay?
05:37 And here's what we'll do.
05:39 We'll put those cards together as well.
05:41 Here's a weird thing.
05:42 All you have to do, wave your hand over the pack as magically as you can.
05:44 Look at that.
05:45 She's a pro.
05:46 You can tell.
05:47 Look at that.
05:48 I don't mean a pro, you know, that kind of pro.
05:49 If I spread through, you'll see there's one card flips over in the pack, the five of diamonds,
05:53 your card, right?
05:54 No.
05:55 Really?
05:56 No.
05:57 Okay.
05:58 Never mind.
05:59 Because that's actually a marker card.
06:00 Because that shows me that if you hold your hand out, I count down one, two, three, four,
06:08 five cards.
06:10 That should be, what was your card?
06:11 King of spades.
06:12 The king of spades.
06:13 Isn't that crazy?
06:14 It gets better than that.
06:15 Because if you know poker, hold your other hand out.
06:18 If we count these out, that'll be the jack, the queen, the ace, and the ten of spades,
06:24 which is, if you know, is a royal flush.
06:25 That's one.
06:26 Well, I win.
06:27 I don't know if you know that.
06:28 Or you win.
06:29 We're all winners.
06:30 We're all winners.
06:31 Yay.
06:32 This trick has a classic element to it.
06:36 The apparently getting it wrong, the wrong card, but then you include that card and it
06:42 means that that card actually means something.
06:43 So you count from that that many.
06:45 So you have a five and you count five cards.
06:49 That premise has appeared in quite a few effects in the past.
06:53 What I added was the, when we were going through these tricks prior to making the DVD, was
06:59 that those cards being used, you could include them and make it turn into a royal flush.
07:06 The setup is extremely simple.
07:07 On the bottom of the pack, you have the ace of clubs, queen of clubs, jack of clubs, and
07:13 ten of clubs.
07:15 You can have any suit as long as that suit matches the force card, which is the king
07:19 of clubs in this case.
07:20 So if you're using the king of diamonds, that would be the ace and queen, jack, ten of diamonds.
07:26 Underneath that, you have any five.
07:28 I like to use a red five so it contrasts the black cards.
07:34 You have that face up on the bottom of the pack, face down even on the bottom of the
07:38 pack.
07:39 So, the setup again from here, as you can see from the bottom, is a face up five.
07:46 Then underneath that, you've got the other four cards matching in the royal flush.
07:52 You also have the king of clubs, depending if you're going to use this force, the count
07:57 force, you're going to have the king of clubs tenth from the top.
08:00 So four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
08:04 That needs to be the king of clubs.
08:07 You start the routine off.
08:08 You say, "Okay, I could spread through the cards and ask you to take one out, but sometimes
08:11 people think that I'm cheating, that I'm doing some sleight of hand.
08:14 So what I want you to do is just name a number between ten and twenty."
08:19 So they say, let's for argument's sake, fourteen.
08:22 So you count down fourteen cards onto their hand.
08:24 One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen.
08:31 I normally say after this, a lot of people think that I might have known what they were
08:34 going to say because I'm a magician after all.
08:36 So let's make it even more impossible.
08:38 Let's add those two digits together, one and four, five.
08:41 Okay, so look at the fifth card from the top of this packet.
08:45 So they can either count down cards from there onto somebody else's hand, or they can simply
08:50 go one, two, three, four, five, and that's the card that they look at.
08:55 That would be the King of Clubs.
08:58 Now what's important at this point is that they now put the King of Clubs back on top
09:03 of that packet, that packet of cards that you've just counted down.
09:08 Because now what you're going to do, you're going to drop the balance of the deck, with
09:12 the Ace of Clubs on the bottom, on top of the King of Clubs.
09:17 That's all there is to it.
09:18 Because now you're going to get them, I get them to wave their hand as magically as they
09:21 can over the packet and say, "Look, amazingly as it seems, if I spread through, your card
09:26 has reversed in the packet the Five of Hearts."
09:28 Of course they look at you and they say, "Okay, but it's a nice little moment because again
09:32 it's a sucker moment."
09:33 And they say no, and you say, "Oh, well that's not your card, that's a marker card.
09:38 It means if we count down, in fact you don't even have to say that is your card, you can
09:42 say one card's reversed in the packet, the Five of Hearts."
09:44 And they say, "That wasn't my card."
09:45 You say, "Well I didn't say it was your card."
09:46 "No, that's a marker card, because it means if I count one, two, three, four, and five
09:55 cards, that should be the King of Clubs, your card."
09:59 Of course they react to this, but this is the first part, this is a very strong effect,
10:03 you've found their card and it was at a specific point.
10:07 Not only that, you say, "And if you play poker you'll realize not only that, but we found
10:14 the Ten Jack, Queen and Ace of Clubs giving me a Royal Flush, which means I win."
10:21 So it's got a nice poker theme there at the end, it's a nice kicker finish.
10:27 Generally what I'll be doing is I'll be putting the cards into their hand.
10:30 So let's go through that again, when the King is there, and these cards are here, and the
10:35 Five of Hearts is there.
10:36 So you spread through, you say, "One card's reversed in the pack, that's the Five of Hearts."
10:43 You wait, and they're bound to say, "That's not my card."
10:44 You say, "No, no, no, it's a market card."
10:46 You see, if we count out one, two, three, four, five cards, that should be your card
10:54 right there.
10:55 You give that card to them, they grab it, they turn it over, they see it's their card.
10:59 I even put the deck away at this point, the King of Clubs.
11:02 I say, "Not only that, but if you've already asked them earlier on if they play poker,
11:07 you pick them up and say, "Not only that, but I think we did pretty well.
11:10 You'll see that we've actually made ourselves a Royal Flush."
11:14 And it's a really nice kicker ending, and it gives the trick a nice poker theme.
11:20 So that's a great trick, I hope you get a lot out of it, and it's again very, very simple
11:25 to do.
11:28 One of the most powerful tricks you can do is a selected card to an impossible location.
11:44 In this case, we've chosen the shoe because it tends to be something you've got on you
11:49 all day, and it's very easy to set up.
11:52 But you could equally do this to a beer bottle or a card box or anywhere else you can imagine.
11:59 One tip though, don't keep it in your shoe all day.
12:02 It could get a little soggy.
12:05 This is Soul Survivor.
12:20 Sometimes you see when I do magic and I spread cards out and say, "Get you to take one,"
12:23 people obviously think that I'm doing sleight of hand and stuff.
12:25 She's just so happy to be here, look at that.
12:28 What I want you to do instead, Nick, would you name a number in between 10 and 20.
12:33 Just name a number.
12:34 16.
12:35 16, brilliant.
12:36 Hold your hand out for a sec.
12:37 If I count down, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16.
12:44 Totally free choice, right?
12:45 Yeah.
12:46 But sometimes people think that I knew that you were going to say 16.
12:48 So if we make it even more impossible, add those two digits together, 6 and 1, that's
12:52 7.
12:53 So if you count off 7 cards, one at a time, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and that's the 7th card
13:04 there.
13:05 You take that, I'll take those, so that you make sure that's definitely ... Have a look
13:08 at that.
13:09 Show it to the camera, I don't want to see it.
13:10 It's very, very important.
13:11 Okay?
13:12 And just pop it back in the pack, absolutely anywhere you like.
13:16 Okay.
13:17 If you shuffle the cards as well.
13:19 Shuffle, give them a mix, mix, mix.
13:20 That's perfect.
13:21 Not too good.
13:22 God, he's good at me.
13:23 Okay.
13:24 Here's the weird thing.
13:25 If I reach in and grab one card, the 8 of hearts, is that your card?
13:29 No.
13:30 Okay, give me two seconds here.
13:32 Now, I could look through the cards for your card.
13:34 I could look through here for your card.
13:35 Boy, that would be embarrassing, wouldn't it?
13:37 Okay.
13:38 Was it the 5 of hearts?
13:39 No.
13:40 Oh, God.
13:41 Okay.
13:42 How about the 3 of diamonds?
13:43 No.
13:44 This is embarrassing, I'm sorry.
13:45 What about the queen of spades?
13:46 No.
13:47 Okay, I'll tell you what.
13:48 You shout out when you see your card.
13:49 Let me know when you see it.
13:50 Let me know when you see it.
13:51 Have you seen your card?
13:52 No.
13:53 Oh, so it's gone.
13:54 Not only that, but one card's gone.
13:56 If I actually take off my shoe.
13:58 Oh, and you thought it had gone.
14:01 Let's have a look.
14:02 If I slowly take this card out, you should find that there just happened to be, what
14:05 was your card?
14:06 10 of diamonds.
14:07 10 of diamonds.
14:08 Fantastic.
14:09 Oh, thanks very much.
14:10 Thanks very much.
14:11 Thank you.
14:12 Thank you.
14:13 Thanks a lot, guys.
14:14 And thanks for helping out.
14:15 Thanks a lot.
14:16 Thanks a lot.
14:17 Thanks a lot.
14:18 This trick is based on a duplicate card and a force.
14:22 It's very, very simple, again.
14:24 What you need to have is a duplicate card in your shoe and another card ready to force,
14:30 which in this case is the 10 of diamonds we're going to force.
14:33 And we're going to be using the count force.
14:36 Now the count force, what you need is you need the card that you're going to force,
14:39 you need a 10th from top.
14:41 So in this case, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.
14:45 The 10th card is the 10 of diamonds.
14:47 That's the card that we're forcing.
14:50 Now the way that I present this is I say, now sometimes when I spread the cards out
14:53 and ask somebody to take a card, they think that I'm doing some sort of slider hand.
14:57 So could you just randomly call out a number between, I don't know, 1 and, well, make it
15:02 between 10 and 20.
15:04 So in this case, let's say they say 13.
15:06 What you're going to do is you're going to have them hold their hand out and you're going
15:09 to count down 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 cards.
15:18 You then say to them, but sometimes people think that I knew that they were going to
15:21 say 13.
15:22 So what I want you to do, let's make it even more random.
15:24 Let's add those digits together.
15:26 Three and one is four.
15:27 So take those cards and count off another four cards.
15:31 1, 2, 3, 4.
15:34 I say look at that fourth card and remember it, which of course in this case is the 10
15:39 of diamonds.
15:41 They remember that card.
15:44 Now it's important when they count off those four cards, they can either count them off
15:49 into their own hands like so, or they could count off cards into somebody else's hand.
15:54 Either way, the fourth card from the top of that packet is going to be the fourth card.
15:59 But the great thing is about this, from then on, they can shuffle those cards in.
16:04 Put those cards, they can shuffle those.
16:07 You can take these and they shuffle those cards into those.
16:10 It really doesn't matter.
16:11 That card is completely lost.
16:14 But you're now going to actually vanish the 10 of diamonds from the deck.
16:21 It is a control as such.
16:22 It is a control, but it's the simplest control you'll ever do.
16:26 What I like to do is I'll reach into the back of the pack and I'll pull out a random card,
16:30 making sure it's not the 10 of diamonds, and say, "Was that your card, the nine of diamonds?
16:34 Your card, the nine of diamonds?"
16:35 Look all confident and they say no.
16:41 This is a great laugh moment.
16:43 It gets a nice little laugh.
16:45 Look a little sort of stressed and then spread through the pack.
16:48 Now what you're going to do is you're going to spread through the pack and you're going
16:50 to look for the 10 of diamonds.
16:52 So as soon as you see the 10 of diamonds here, leave a cover card, the nine of clubs there
16:58 in this case, and cut everything else to the top of the pack, meaning that the 10 of diamonds
17:04 is now second from the bottom.
17:07 Now proudly reveal, "I'm sorry about that first card.
17:10 Your card, the nine of clubs."
17:13 Again they're going to laugh and say no.
17:15 Now at this point it's the easiest thing in the world to pick up those two cards, the
17:20 nine of clubs and the 10 of diamonds, and embarrassingly put them away in your pocket
17:25 as if you're very embarrassed about the nine of clubs.
17:27 The great thing is it doesn't even have to be two cards.
17:30 The laughter moment is strong enough that you say, "It wasn't the nine of clubs."
17:35 Pick up a group of cards.
17:37 Just pick up a group and put those in your pocket.
17:38 In this case I think I picked up three.
17:40 But even if you picked up, say, "It wasn't the nine of clubs," put that away.
17:43 I mean that's a ridiculous group of cards, but the point is that's not a pressure moment.
17:48 It's not something you need to think about.
17:50 Just pick up a group of cards, say, "It wasn't the nine of clubs," and put those away in
17:53 your pocket.
17:54 So you're going to put those away in your pocket and you're going to say, "What about
17:56 the four of diamonds?"
17:58 No.
17:59 Repeat that action.
18:00 Put that in your pocket.
18:01 Say, "Ace of diamonds?"
18:02 No.
18:03 "Five of hearts?"
18:04 No.
18:05 And say, "Well, I tell you what, just let me know when you see your card."
18:07 Now start to spread through the cards and get them to shout out when they see their
18:11 card.
18:12 Of course they're not going to see it because it's actually in your pocket.
18:17 This is the first reaction moment, the fact that their card's actually vanished from the
18:20 pack.
18:21 You say, "Oh, it's weird.
18:22 Your card's vanished.
18:23 I can feel something in my shoe."
18:27 Now what you need is you need the duplicate ten of diamonds actually face down in your
18:31 shoe because that's going to give you a second and third reaction moment.
18:35 Rather than pulling your foot out of your shoe and they straight away see that the ten
18:38 of diamonds is there, you want to give yourself that extra little pause.
18:43 So the card's face down in your shoe.
18:44 You take your shoe off.
18:45 They see a card in there.
18:47 They've probably already made that leap to the fact that it's their card, but you pull
18:51 that card out of your shoe, hold it up and say, "And your card was," and they say, "Ten
18:55 of diamonds," turn the ten of diamonds over and you have an amazing trick.
19:00 You've just not only made their card vanish from the pack, but it's appeared in your shoe.
19:05 A card to an impossible location and I think that's as simple as it gets.
19:09 So I hope you get to have some fun with that, but like I say, don't leave it in your shoe
19:13 all day.
19:14 It can get a little soggy.
19:16 If you ever go out and forget your wallet, but you have a pack of cards on you, free
19:35 drinks all night.
19:36 You know what?
19:37 What the heck?
19:38 Forget your wallet.
19:39 Leave your wallet at home on purpose and get free drinks all night because this is the
19:41 ultimate free drink trick and this will get you more free drinks than any other trick.
19:48 Howard, Howard, Howard.
19:52 Great to see you again, Howard.
19:58 Okay.
19:59 Here's what we're going to do, Howard.
20:03 I'd like you to give those cards a little bit of a shuffle, Howard.
20:05 Just give them a mix, mix, mix, shuffle, shuffle, shuffle.
20:07 You can just give them a real good shuffle, bit of a mix.
20:10 That's perfect.
20:12 Not much of a shuffler are we, Howard?
20:14 That's all right.
20:15 Okay.
20:16 I won't show off or anything.
20:17 Woo, what a load of shit.
20:18 Don't worry.
20:19 I've got way too much time on my hands.
20:21 Okay.
20:22 Here's what I'd like you to do.
20:23 Howard, as I spread to the card, just take one out.
20:25 Show that around.
20:26 Make sure I don't see what it is, but show it to the camera as well.
20:29 Okay, Howard, put it back, put it back, put it back.
20:32 I'm going to try to cut the cards just like so.
20:36 And would you hold your hand out, please, Howard?
20:37 Here's what I'm going to try and do.
20:38 I'm going to try and find your card, but I'm going to have a little bet with you.
20:41 Okay?
20:42 Here's the thing.
20:43 If I get this card wrong, I'm going to buy you guys all a drink and dinner, okay?
20:48 And a meal.
20:49 I'm going to pay for your meal, I'm going to pay for a drink.
20:51 Otherwise, you buy me a drink if I get it right.
20:52 Okay?
20:53 So here's the idea.
20:54 Do you agree to that, Howard?
20:55 Yes, I do.
20:56 Okay, here we go.
20:57 I'm dealing cards down.
20:58 Now, try not to react.
20:59 Keep a complete poker face.
21:00 I'm trying to react.
21:01 I mean, he's got glasses on, so there's no way I could see a reaction.
21:05 It's a little bit windy.
21:06 Let's hope the cards don't blow.
21:08 Do not react, Howard.
21:09 Even if you see your card, don't react, okay?
21:12 Now, what I'm going to try and...
21:13 Okay, Howard.
21:14 I think the next card I turn over is going to be your card.
21:19 Are you happy with the bet so far, Howard?
21:22 Yeah, sure.
21:23 Why not?
21:24 So you're going to buy me a drink, Howard, right, if I get it right?
21:25 Yeah, sure.
21:26 Okay.
21:27 Let me just turn that next card over, and that will be the Queen of Diamonds.
21:29 And is that your card, Howard?
21:30 I don't believe it.
21:31 There you go.
21:32 Drinks on Howard, everybody.
21:33 Drinks on...
21:34 Oh, he's lying now.
21:35 He's lying now.
21:36 Okay.
21:37 Well, I'll catch you another time for the drink.
21:38 Okay, sure.
21:39 All right.
21:40 Okay.
21:41 Thanks a lot.
21:42 Okay, we're going to do a little bit of a thing here.
21:44 Okay, would you take out and just grab any card you like?
21:46 It's a free choice.
21:48 Don't let me influence you.
21:49 That's a little joke.
21:50 That's a joke.
21:51 Okay.
21:52 Any card you like.
21:53 And show it around to everybody.
21:54 I don't want to see what it is.
21:55 Make sure everybody sees it.
21:56 Okay.
21:57 Okay.
21:58 Has everybody seen it?
21:59 Yes.
22:00 Yes.
22:01 Okay.
22:02 Hand the card back.
22:03 Hand the card back.
22:04 Make sure I don't see what it is.
22:05 Make sure I don't see what it is.
22:06 Now, look.
22:07 I want you to hold your hand out for a second.
22:08 Now, we're going to have a little bet.
22:10 Okay.
22:11 If I find your card, I get to take you out to dinner.
22:15 If I don't find your card and I get it wrong, then I have to buy everybody's meal and I
22:19 have to buy everybody a drink here.
22:20 Okay?
22:21 Is that right?
22:22 Does that sound good?
22:23 Okay.
22:24 Do you agree to that?
22:25 Is that all right?
22:26 Okay.
22:27 Here we go.
22:28 God, I hope I get it right.
22:29 Okay.
22:30 Now, don't react.
22:31 Keep a very...
22:32 Don't react if you see your card.
22:33 That's very, very important.
22:34 Okay.
22:35 Keep your...
22:36 Keep your eyes open.
22:37 Keep your eyes open.
22:38 Keep your eyes open.
22:39 Okay.
22:40 I think the next card I turn over will be your card.
22:41 Okay.
22:42 Are you happy with that?
22:43 Yeah.
22:44 So, you're going to go out to dinner with me if I get it right.
22:45 Okay.
22:46 Let's have a look.
22:47 Let me just turn that card over and would that be your card there?
22:50 The seven of clubs?
22:51 I don't believe...
22:52 Oh, we're going out to dinner.
22:53 That's okay.
22:54 I'm sorry.
22:55 You guys didn't get a free meal.
22:59 This is one of those sucker kind of effects where you're really sucking them in and to
23:06 betting against you.
23:07 And the presentation I always like to use, which is...
23:10 It's very harmless.
23:11 I hardly ever take them up on a free drink because normally you're working anyway.
23:15 But you can get free drinks through this, is you're going to pretend that you've gone
23:20 past their card.
23:21 That's the concept.
23:23 But having said that, it's an extremely simple trick to use and to do and it uses a key card.
23:29 And all you have to do at any point is see what the bottom card is.
23:33 At some point, glimpse the bottom card.
23:35 Now, it's a completely free selection.
23:38 They take out any card they like.
23:39 So let's say they select that card there.
23:41 That's the jack of clubs.
23:44 What I like to do is I turn away and I say, "Okay, hand me the card."
23:49 They hand the card and say, "Look, there's no way I could possibly see what it is."
23:52 And I place it on top of the pack and say, "Look, I'll bury it into the pack somewhere."
23:57 I say, "Look, I'll even cut them again."
24:00 And the great thing now is you can say to them, "Look, you cut the cards.
24:05 Give them a cut."
24:06 I often, when I'm going to ask somebody to specifically cut the cards, I say, "Can you
24:09 cut cards?
24:10 Can you give them a cut like that?"
24:12 And I demonstrate it once so you know that they're not going to take them and shuffle
24:17 them up.
24:19 Once they've done that, you say, "Look, I'm going to try and find your card.
24:22 But what I want you to do is keep a very poker face and don't react so that if I see your
24:27 card, if you see your card, don't react because that might give it away."
24:31 What you're now going to do is deal through cards.
24:33 Now, in this case, the four of clubs, your key card, has ended up on top through a process
24:38 of random cutting.
24:40 So if we cut this to the middle, I mean, that works obviously just as well.
24:44 But just for example purposes, you start dealing through and you say, "I'm going to deal through
24:49 cards.
24:50 If you see your card, don't react, but I'm going to try and find your card."
24:54 Now, what you're looking for is the four of clubs, but you're going to deal straight past
24:57 it noting the card after it.
25:00 So I've now noted that the card is the jack of clubs.
25:02 I pause, I turn another one over, and then I flick this card and say, "You know what?
25:10 I bet this is your card."
25:11 No, sorry, this is the thing you don't say.
25:12 You don't say, "I bet this is your card."
25:14 So I bet the next card I turn over will be your card.
25:17 That's very important because that's the sucker affair.
25:20 You say, "The next card I turn over will be your card."
25:22 You're not saying this card, you're saying, "The next card I turn over."
25:25 So everybody who's seen that card go by, they can't wait for you to fail.
25:30 They're looking because they think they've got you this time.
25:33 So as soon as they say, "Yeah, you know, if you're right, I'll buy you a drink."
25:36 As soon as they say that, you spread through these cards, find their card, the jack of
25:42 clubs, and turn it over.
25:46 And sometimes you get a little bit of confusion at this point.
25:48 They go, "No, but you said..."
25:50 And then it dawns on them what you actually said.
25:51 I said, "I didn't say this card.
25:53 I said the next card I turn over."
25:55 And you'll see from the reactions.
25:58 It's a lot of fun because they think they have you, they think they've got you, which
26:04 they clearly haven't.
26:05 So I hope you get some free drinks with that.
26:09 Not too many though.
26:25 Sometimes it's nice to take a back seat and let somebody else be the star for once.
26:31 This is a very, very easy mind reading trick, which where somebody else gets to do the mind
26:36 reading.
26:37 And I think you'll have a lot of fun with it.
26:39 So this is taking a back seat.
26:47 In fact, the weird thing is, if you have a look at one card, have you got a card?
26:58 Okay, calm down, Becky.
26:59 Calm down.
27:00 Seriously.
27:01 Here's the weird thing, okay?
27:02 I'm going to give these cards a little bit of a shuffle.
27:05 But what I want you to do, Nick, if you would take these cards and cut a portion off onto
27:11 my hand, okay?
27:13 And again, we'll mark that spot just like so.
27:15 Now, again, that's a fair choice.
27:16 You can cut them wherever you wanted.
27:17 There's no way I could have influenced you.
27:19 I'm not that good.
27:20 Okay.
27:21 If I lift these up, you take the card, have a look at it, but don't show Becky or me.
27:26 And then just put the card back in absolutely anywhere you like.
27:29 Okay, look deep into his eyes, please.
27:32 And you're going to reveal the card.
27:33 Be as dramatic as you can.
27:34 Are you ready?
27:35 Yeah.
27:36 One, two, three, go for it.
27:37 Five of spades.
27:38 Is that the card, Nick?
27:39 It was indeed.
27:40 I don't believe it.
27:41 That's a miracle.
27:42 That's a miracle.
27:43 You were great.
27:44 You're a regular Debbie McGee.
27:45 Look at that.
27:46 I'm a little taller.
27:47 Thanks very much, guys.
27:48 And well done you.
27:49 Well done you.
27:50 Work on that.
27:51 That's a gift.
27:52 You should, you know.
27:53 All right.
27:54 Thanks a lot, guys.
27:55 Take care.
27:56 Can you see a card?
27:57 Yeah.
27:58 You've seen one.
27:59 Okay.
28:00 So here's the idea.
28:01 Would you grab hold of the card?
28:02 I just cut about half the pack into my hand.
28:03 Okay, that's perfect.
28:04 And we'll mark the position just like so.
28:05 All right.
28:06 Now, again, there's no way I could have influenced you.
28:07 Yeah.
28:08 You cut them wherever you want.
28:09 Look at that.
28:10 Isn't that great?
28:11 She's got the magic.
28:12 She's got the magic.
28:13 She's got the magic.
28:14 Look at that.
28:15 Isn't that great?
28:16 She's got the makeup done just for this.
28:17 Isn't that great?
28:18 Now, what I want you to do is have a look at the card.
28:20 Have a look at the card.
28:22 But you haven't seen it, right?
28:24 No.
28:25 Okay.
28:26 So I want you to concentrate.
28:27 Look deep into her eyes.
28:28 No, I haven't.
28:29 And after three, after three, you're going to name the card.
28:32 Ready?
28:33 One, two, three, name it.
28:34 The King of Diamonds.
28:35 Is that the card?
28:36 How the hell did you know that?
28:37 Oh, my God.
28:38 That's your cue to freak out, by the way.
28:43 You might have already guessed it.
28:44 This uses a stooge or a plant.
28:48 But you're going to be stooging or planting somebody that you've never met before, which
28:53 is a great thing because it means that everybody knows this person.
28:56 They know everybody else.
28:58 And it makes it equally more impossible, especially if, as it happens most times, the person that
29:04 you use ends up putting lots of effort into the acting.
29:07 Because the great thing is they're now the star.
29:10 I've had people putting lots of facial expressions on.
29:13 They're really concentrating.
29:14 And also, you'll see in the footage, one of the girls, she actually starts doing a mind
29:19 reading action.
29:20 And it's a lot of fun.
29:22 Having said that, it's extremely easy.
29:24 I just could find somebody maybe, I like to find somebody who's maybe separated off from
29:28 a group at a bar that I haven't been to their group yet.
29:33 And or I'll manage in a routine when everybody's sort of in between routines, I'll maybe whisper
29:39 to somebody.
29:40 And I'll basically say, "Look, I think we could have a bit of fun with your group."
29:43 And he'll say, "You're gonna be the mind reader."
29:46 And they love that.
29:47 Nobody ever says no.
29:51 And how you do it, you explain that the bottom card, when you hold up the pack, whatever
29:56 the bottom card is, that's the card that they have to name.
29:59 It's as simple as that.
30:01 And you're then gonna force that card.
30:04 Incidentally, if you want, another way that I use in the footage is if you don't have
30:09 really a chance to whisper in their ear and explain it, you can do a reverse fan.
30:14 So instead of fanning it that way, you actually fan it holding your right hand and reverse
30:21 the cards out like so.
30:23 Which means the only card that they can see is the bottom card.
30:27 Now apart from anything else, this is actually funny to somebody when you hold it and say,
30:31 "Okay, have you got a card?
30:32 Have you seen one?"
30:33 You maybe even give them a little wink.
30:35 Most people get it, okay?
30:38 If they don't get it, then maybe it's not the trick you want to do with them.
30:44 But having said that, the force that you use, that I use in the footage, is the crisscross
30:50 force or the cut force.
30:52 And it couldn't be simpler.
30:54 You give the cards to somebody else with the force card on the bottom.
30:58 And this can be done from the top or the bottom of the pack.
31:01 But from this point, it's better if it's on the bottom of the pack because it means you're
31:05 obviously stooging them, that's how you're stooging them.
31:08 So you get somebody to cut about half the cards into your hands.
31:13 And then take that packet from them and I say, "We'll mark the position."
31:19 And you cross the packets like so, making it obvious.
31:22 You then come back and address them face to face and say, "Now there's no way I could
31:26 possibly have influenced you there.
31:29 You cut wherever you want.
31:30 I mean, I didn't influence you, right?
31:31 That's true."
31:32 So it's all about time misdirection.
31:37 When you've cut those cards like so, say, "There's no way I can force you."
31:40 When they come back down, that's it.
31:43 That's as much time misdirection as you need.
31:45 You then come up and say, "Okay, I'd like you to remember the card."
31:49 Now I think this is important.
31:51 When you come up like this, if you hold the cards like this, this visual image makes it
31:56 look like it came from the middle of the pack.
32:00 Hold those up like that, have a look at the card, and then drop the cards together so
32:07 that card's completely lost.
32:10 That's the very, very simple crisscross force.
32:12 So let's say the force card is the ace of diamonds.
32:15 They take the cards.
32:16 They cut half the packet into your hand.
32:19 I take this packet from them and say, "Look, I'll mark that position like so."
32:24 Say there's no way I could possibly have influenced you there.
32:27 You cut wherever you want, as deep or as shallow as you want.
32:29 I want you to have a look at the card, and also a little bit of time distraction.
32:33 Make sure this person doesn't see.
32:36 That's an important thing.
32:37 Make sure they don't see the card.
32:38 It's very important because they're going to mind you.
32:40 Have a look at the card.
32:41 Have you seen it?
32:43 Okay, there's no way anybody can know.
32:45 Now address the person in the mind and say, "Okay."
32:49 And even do a bit of acting yourself here.
32:52 Say, "Okay, can I use you, sir?"
32:56 Or you might even bring them over and say, "I want you to look deep into their eyes,"
32:59 which is a nice little bit of comedy thing as well as you can see the girls go over the
33:02 top and get them to name the card.
33:06 When they name the card, everybody's going to be going, "How the heck did you know?
33:09 How the heck did you find that out?"
33:11 At which point, while everybody's freaking out, you can stooge them again.
33:15 You can hold the pack up.
33:16 When they look, they see the next card, the four of clubs, and you can do them again.
33:20 You can do it again.
33:22 And if you do it once or twice, this kills.
33:25 And you've got a friend for life as well because you've made them a star.
33:30 And the great thing is, like I said, they never tell anybody how it's done because why
33:33 would they tell them how their trick ... That's their trick.
33:36 It's their little moment.
33:38 So again, don't underestimate this trick.
33:40 It's extremely powerful.
33:42 And it's also a nice little thing to throw into the middle of a set as well.
33:47 So that is taking a back seat because you're taking a back seat.
33:56 Ahead of the game, again, a very, very powerful trick.
34:14 You can see from the reactions on the tape.
34:16 And again, it's a very simple concept.
34:18 That's the great thing about a lot of these tricks.
34:20 The concept is simple.
34:22 You ask them to find certain cards.
34:25 You turn them over, and they found them.
34:28 So this is ahead of the game.
34:35 All right, I'm Matthew.
34:46 What's your name, sorry?
34:47 Caroline.
34:48 Caroline.
34:49 Nice to meet you.
34:50 I'm Tom.
34:51 Tom, nice to meet you.
34:52 Caroline and Tom.
34:53 Okay.
34:54 Here's what we're going to do.
34:55 I'm going to actually spread these cards out a little bit.
34:56 Just make them a real mix.
34:57 Give them a nice little bit of a shuffle.
34:58 And Tom, what I'd like you to do, please, is point to a card that you think might be
35:02 the Ace of Spades.
35:05 That one right there?
35:06 Okay.
35:07 And your job is now to point to a card that you think might be, let's say, like the Jack
35:11 of Spades.
35:12 Okay?
35:13 That one right there.
35:14 Okay.
35:15 Now, as the magician, actually, my job is normally to find, I don't know if you know
35:19 this, the Queen of Hearts.
35:20 It's quite a popular card.
35:21 I don't know if you know that.
35:22 Let's have a look.
35:23 So if we name the cards out loud.
35:26 What was your card, Tom?
35:27 That was the Ace of Spades.
35:28 The Ace of Spades.
35:29 And your card was the Jack of Spades.
35:32 And my card, of course, is the Queen of Hearts.
35:33 But I'm the magician, so I was supposed to get it right.
35:36 And there you go.
35:37 That's a nice little trick.
35:38 And all the cards are completely and utterly different, I promise you.
35:41 They're all different.
35:42 Isn't that weird?
35:43 Didn't you do well finding your own cards?
35:46 Okay.
35:47 As the name suggests, a head of the game uses a one-ahead principle.
35:53 You need a leader card, which is on top of the pack.
35:56 I like to use the Ace of Spades.
35:57 It seems to be a logical card to use as a leader card.
36:01 You're going to keep track of the Ace of Spades.
36:03 And the way you're going to do that is you're going to dribble all the cards out onto the
36:06 table.
36:07 This is one of the few tricks on the DVD that you need a table for.
36:11 And I know the Ace of Spades is there, and I'm going to keep my thumb on the Ace of Spades
36:15 as I move all of these cards around.
36:16 I'm going to keep my thumb on it so I now know the Ace of Spades is there.
36:22 I often like to put it in a position where it's not too obvious so I know the Ace of
36:27 Spades is there.
36:28 But as long as you know which card that is, that's all you need to know.
36:32 The concept behind the trick is you're going to get people to point to cards that you name.
36:37 So the first person, you look to your left and you say, "So if we're using two spectators
36:42 like we do in the footage," I say, "Okay, I'd like you to point to a card."
36:46 It's important to say, "Point to a card."
36:49 Because if you say, "Okay, which card do you think is the Ace of Spades?"
36:51 They might pick one up.
36:53 And the trick's pointless then.
36:55 Say, "Point to a card that you think could be the Ace of Spades."
36:58 As soon as they point to that card, you pick it up.
37:02 Now don't look at it instantly.
37:04 I pick it up and I address the next person and I say, "Okay, I'd like you to point to
37:10 a card that you think might be the..." and I pause and I just glimpse this card.
37:15 And the next card you're going to name is whatever card you've picked up.
37:19 That's how the one-ahead principle works.
37:20 "I'd like you to point to a card that you think might be the... I don't know, the Seven
37:25 of Clubs."
37:26 Make it as if you're thinking of a random card, just saying, "That's a nice random card."
37:30 And then they point to a card.
37:31 And they've seen this guy do it, so they know the concept.
37:34 They point to that card.
37:36 You pick this up.
37:37 Now an important thing is to obviously when you pick these up, don't let anybody see what
37:39 they are.
37:40 So you pick this next card up and place it on the bottom of this two-card packet.
37:48 Put that to the bottom there.
37:49 And again, don't look at it again.
37:51 I've seen people do this before and they go, "Okay, I want you to think of the..."
37:55 That's going to be...
37:56 It doesn't sell it as well.
37:58 So they've pointed to that card and you say, "Now, my job as the magician is to find the
38:03 Five of Hearts."
38:05 I just glimpse the card.
38:07 I say that my job as the magician is to find...
38:09 And that's the card that they've just picked up or pointed to and I've picked up.
38:13 All you have to do now is pick up the Ace of Spades and I put it to the bottom of the
38:21 packet again.
38:22 And the nice touch here is to say, "So you guys pointed to cards.
38:27 There's no way you could possibly know what they are and yet, what was your..."
38:30 Now there's two ways of doing this.
38:32 Sometimes I like to say, "Now, my card was the Five of Hearts, but I'm the magician.
38:36 I'm supposed to find that."
38:38 And I place it in front of me like so.
38:40 I say, "But what was your card?"
38:43 They say, "The Ace of Spades."
38:44 I place that down on your card, the Seven of Clubs, and I place it like that.
38:48 And what you now have is this very visual thing where later on, especially when they're
38:54 tracking it back, all they remember is you said, "Point to these cards," and they pointed
38:58 to them.
38:59 And also, I like the idea of saying, "Well, I'm the magician.
39:02 I'm supposed to find this."
39:04 Or if you want to, you can do it in sequence and just say, "Okay, what was your card?
39:10 The Ace of Spades.
39:11 What was your card?
39:12 The Seven of Clubs.
39:13 And of course, my card was the Five of Hearts."
39:15 Either way, it's a very impressive trick.
39:19 One of the nice things you can do as well is involve more than that.
39:23 You can involve as many people as you like.
39:24 It's the same concept.
39:25 I mean, I wouldn't use too many people, but let's say I know the Ace of Spades is there,
39:32 and I say, "Okay, if you point to the Five of Hearts," I pick that one up.
39:36 I say, "Okay, somebody else, point to the Eight of Hearts."
39:39 They point to that one.
39:40 I say, "Okay, my job is to find the Four of Diamonds."
39:42 I pick up the Ace of Spades.
39:44 And literally, in order, you say, "Okay, what was your card?
39:47 The Ace of Spades."
39:48 Or you show your card first, say, "Now, I'm the magician.
39:51 I find my card, obviously.
39:52 What was your card?
39:53 The Ace of Spades.
39:54 What was your card?
39:55 The Seven of Clubs.
39:56 Your card, the Five of Hearts.
39:57 And your card, the Eight of Hearts."
39:59 And if you're doing this at a table, a smallish table, that's a very impressive trick.
40:04 And plus, you've involved lots of people in the trick, which is very important as well.
40:09 So that's ahead of the game.
40:11 And I think you could have a lot of fun with that.
40:14 I'm sorry, what's your name, please?
40:16 Tara.
40:17 Tara.
40:18 I'm Matthew.
40:19 And I'm Jamie.
40:20 Jamie, nice to meet you.
40:21 Okay, we're going to do a little...
40:22 You guys are going to help me out with a little trick here.
40:23 I'm going to spread these cards on the table.
40:24 You might have seen this before.
40:25 I don't know.
40:26 But what I'd like you to do...
40:27 Jamie, we'll start with you.
40:28 I'd like you to start with the Ace of Spades.
40:30 I want you to point to a card that you think might be the Ace of Spades.
40:35 That one right there.
40:36 Okay.
40:37 Now, what do you think, if I point to a card that you think might be...
40:40 Let's do something a little more random, like the Ten of Spades.
40:42 You know, point to the Ten of Spades.
40:45 That one right there.
40:46 Okay.
40:47 So wouldn't it be weird if not only you pointed to the Ace of Spades, but you pointed to the
40:51 Ten of Spades?
40:52 We can do that.
40:53 Why don't you have them?
40:54 And we can turn all these over.
40:58 These are really all different, I promise you.
41:00 All these cards are completely different.
41:03 Sometimes, not always, sometimes you get lucky.
41:10 And with this trick, it just, by chance or by fluke, they touch the right card.
41:17 Now it can happen a couple of ways.
41:19 One is that you know where the Ace of Spades is, and you spread them out on the table,
41:24 and you say to them, "Okay, having still kept your thumb on it, you know exactly where it
41:28 is."
41:29 You say, "Point to a card you think might be the Ace of Spades."
41:32 They point to it.
41:34 At this point, don't say anything.
41:36 Just say, "Turn it over."
41:39 When they turn that card over and that's the Ace of Spades, it's a miracle.
41:44 Because it is a miracle.
41:45 It's a fluke.
41:46 There's no explanation for it.
41:49 So that's, you know, you don't even have to...
41:52 The great thing about that is you don't touch anything.
41:55 They do it for you.
41:57 But sometimes what else happens, which is what happens in the footage, which is interesting,
42:03 is that the first person points to a card.
42:08 You pick this up and say to the second person, obviously naming the first card, "Point to
42:14 the Five of Hearts."
42:15 Now if they now point to the Ace of Spades, which is the card that you're going to, you
42:20 know, apparently pick up later on.
42:23 If they now point to the Ace of Spades, you're in a position where you've just asked them
42:28 to point to two cards and they've pointed to them.
42:32 Again, it's a miracle.
42:34 There's no explanation for it.
42:35 There's nothing there for them to work out.
42:38 Even if they retrace the steps, there's no explanation for it.
42:41 I mean, that's in some ways even more impressive, it is more impressive, than pointing to one
42:47 card because, hang on a sec, not only did you find your card, but I found my card.
42:52 It's unbelievable.
42:53 And that's what happens in the footage and like I say, when that happens, enjoy it.
42:59 Enjoy the moment.
43:00 So that is ahead of the game if you get lucky.
43:19 Out of this world, it's a classic trick.
43:23 With this version it's completely shuffled deck and it's completely impromptu, so it's
43:27 probably the simplest version that you'll ever perform.
43:36 Grace, Lucy and Nicola.
43:45 Nicola, that was her.
43:46 Nicola, will you take all the cards, give us a little bit of a shuffle please.
43:52 Okay.
43:53 And then pick off about half the cards.
43:59 Which half do you want?
44:00 That one there?
44:01 Okay, put the other one away.
44:02 It doesn't really matter.
44:03 Now, that's it, be precise.
44:04 I like it.
44:05 Okay, I'll take these cards back.
44:06 Now, the weird thing is, what happens is, there's a few different ways, people say,
44:11 how do you practice as a magician?
44:13 You can ask me, how do you practice?
44:14 How do you practice?
44:15 Well, I'm glad you asked.
44:16 There's a couple of ways.
44:18 One is separating out the black cards and the red cards, so you can, you know, you can
44:21 like, you know, you do this and you try and do it as quickly as possible, okay?
44:26 The other way, of course, that's one way to do it.
44:28 The other way, of course, is to actually get you to do it for me.
44:31 So if I put a black card, if I put a black card and a red card down and I spread through,
44:36 okay, Nicola, we'll do a little test run to start off with, okay?
44:40 Would you say that card's red or black?
44:43 Red.
44:44 See, that's very good.
44:45 Isn't that good?
44:46 That was just a test run, okay.
44:48 So we'll start off again.
44:49 Would you say that's red or black?
44:50 Red.
44:51 Red, okay.
44:52 Would you say that's red or black?
44:53 Red.
44:54 Red, okay.
44:55 And you're really getting it.
44:56 I can tell she's concentrating here.
44:57 Red or black?
44:58 Red or black?
44:59 Black.
45:00 Black, okay.
45:01 Red or black?
45:02 Go for it.
45:03 Black.
45:04 Black, wonderful, okay.
45:05 Another one.
45:06 Oh, sorry, that one there.
45:07 Red.
45:08 Red, okay.
45:09 Getting really, you're doing really well.
45:10 Okay, so, you're doing really well.
45:11 Red, okay.
45:12 Getting really, you're doing really well.
45:14 Okay, another one.
45:15 Black.
45:16 Okay, have you got any psychics in your family?
45:18 No?
45:19 Red or black?
45:20 Red.
45:21 Red, okay.
45:22 And let's just see, we'll do a few more.
45:23 Black.
45:24 Black, okay.
45:25 One more.
45:26 Red.
45:27 Red.
45:28 Actually, we'll do a couple more.
45:29 Red or black?
45:30 Black.
45:31 Black.
45:32 Now, how freaked out would you be if you were actually doing this yourself?
45:33 Say red or black.
45:34 We'll do a couple more.
45:35 Red or black?
45:36 Black.
45:37 Black.
45:38 Now, how freaked out would you be if you were actually doing this yourself?
45:39 Say red or black.
45:40 We'll do two more, I think.
45:41 Black.
45:42 Black.
45:43 And two more.
45:44 So, this one, red or black?
45:45 Red.
45:46 Red.
45:47 And that one?
45:48 Red.
45:49 Red.
45:50 Okay, now, I'm going to mix it up a little bit in here, because what I'm going to do,
45:51 I'll take out this red one, and I'll place that here.
45:52 So, we'll start just to make it a little bit crazy.
45:53 And finally, if you take these, and I'll put a black one here.
45:54 So, I'd like you to do it for now.
45:55 So, you take all of these cards.
45:56 Don't look at them.
45:57 Just get a feel.
45:58 And I'll put a black one here.
45:59 So, I'd like you to do it for now.
46:00 So, you take all of these cards.
46:01 Don't look at them.
46:02 Just get a feel.
46:03 And I'll put a black one here.
46:04 So, I'd like you to do it for now.
46:05 So, you take all of these cards.
46:06 Don't look at them.
46:07 Just get a feel.
46:08 And I'll put a black one here.
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49:35 So, you go through these cards and you keep bringing out red and say, "What about this one?"
49:39 And even, you know, to lighten the mood a little bit, say, "Look at the concentration she's putting into this.
49:44 She's brilliant.
49:45 Okay.
49:46 Have you got any psychics in the family?
49:47 This is really incredible."
49:48 They start to put cards down, red and black, red, whatever it happens to be.
49:54 And then at some point, you will notice that you only have one red card left in the pack,
50:01 which at this point is the four of diamonds.
50:05 What you're now going to do is say, "Okay, I want to make this a little more interesting."
50:10 We're going to swap the packets over just to keep things, you know, to make it a little bit more interesting.
50:17 You say, "I'm going to take a black card, whatever black card, and place it there.
50:23 And I'm going to take a red card, and this is now your last red card, and I'm going to put it on the black pile."
50:29 So now, the great thing is, now you're going to get them to do it.
50:33 Now, this makes the trick, this sells the trick, this makes it even more impossible.
50:37 Because you say, "You know what?
50:38 I want you to do it all from this point.
50:40 So give them a shuffle if you want, and I want you to take cards.
50:43 Don't look at them, but just go with your feeling whether they're black or red, black or red."
50:48 So if they think it's black, they put it there.
50:51 So all these cards that are going down, all these cards are black.
50:56 So no matter where they go, all these cards are black.
51:03 So the situation that you now have is you've got red cards here, black cards here, and this pile is completely fair.
51:14 This is actually correct.
51:16 All you have to do is switch the pile on the right.
51:20 Now, the way to do that is literally you gather up these cards and say, "Let's see how you did."
51:26 And you literally pull off that bottom card and place it down.
51:31 You then spread through these cards, which are on top, and flip them over.
51:37 So that once again, you've got these spread out like that, and you pull these cards together, put that card on the table,
51:48 spread these off and say, "I think you did pretty well for that pile.
51:51 Let's see how you did with the reds on this side."
51:54 Turn them over, and they're all correct.
51:57 Now you're completely clean.
51:59 You can say, "Tell you what, you have a look.
52:01 See how you did with these blacks."
52:04 They can turn those over, and these are all now black.
52:07 And when they turn these over, it's a very eerie thing when they turn them over
52:13 because they've mixed them, they've shuffled them, they've dealt them out themselves.
52:18 A lot of the time as well, they forget that you had any involvement at all
52:23 because the last part of the routine, they're putting them on black and red, red and black,
52:27 and they forget that you actually were holding the cards at all.
52:31 It's a very powerful trick.
52:33 It's one of those nice tricks that if you're in a quieter environment and somebody says,
52:38 "Can you show me something, just the two of us?"
52:41 It's one of those nice tricks, and you sit down with them and say,
52:44 "Okay, well, let's try a little experiment."
52:47 So that's Out of This World, and I hope you enjoy it.
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53:06 This is a very simple trick with, surprise, surprise, quite a flirtatious presentation.
53:15 For any of you who don't know what Match.com is, it's a dating service.
53:20 But I think you'll see from the footage it gets quite a nice reaction.
53:26 Actually, what we're going to do, I'd like to--would you do me a favor?
53:29 Can you shuffle cards?
53:30 No, not really.
53:31 You hold those. Okay, you shuffle those cards. Okay.
53:34 Okay.
53:35 You were right, you can't shuffle cards. That's okay.
53:37 Have you guys heard of Match.com? Have you heard of that?
53:41 Okay, this is going to be really embarrassing.
53:43 Match.com is basically a website for single people, which a friend of mine told me about.
53:47 It's for lonely people, but what it is, basically, you put your details into a computer
53:52 and it brings you a perfect match.
53:54 So let's take out a couple of cards.
53:56 Let's say, I don't know, the six of diamonds there, and let's say the seven of clubs as well.
54:03 That's a good card as well.
54:04 Would you hold onto those, please?
54:06 And do me a favor, just hold them like that.
54:08 And just any way you like, would you hold your hand out, sir?
54:10 I'm just going to deal down cards like this, and we're going to try and find the perfect match for the card.
54:15 Just say "stop" any way you like.
54:17 Any way you like, just say "stop."
54:23 Stop.
54:24 Are you happy there? Okay, put the six in.
54:26 Okay, just face up like that so we can mark it like that.
54:28 And, sir, any way you like. So just say "stop" any way you like, please.
54:31 Stop.
54:32 Okay, see how he just said he was being less awkward? Okay.
54:35 Now here's the weird thing. If I spread through, you'll see in the pack that there is a card.
54:41 Would you hold onto those? Don't turn them over yet.
54:43 There's a card there right next to the six, and there's a card right next to the seven.
54:47 And if we did it right and we found the perfect match, that should be the seven of spades, which is the perfect match.
54:53 Not only that, now you're just showing off.
54:55 Look at that. You found the perfect...
54:56 You guys! Are you here together?
54:59 That's brilliant!
55:00 Give me those back. You're showing off now.
55:02 Thanks very much, guys. Enjoy the rest of your time.
55:04 Cheers, guys. Thanks a lot.
55:05 This is a very self-working trick, but extremely powerful, as I think you'll see from some of the reactions.
55:12 I wanted a funny presentation, and it was when thinking about the fact that it's one of those tricks where the card finds the mate of the other card.
55:20 I thought, "Mate." And I thought of Match.com.
55:23 If you don't know what Match.com is, it's a dating service. I was told about it by a friend of a friend, which you'll find a lot of people say.
55:32 But it's nice because you can go up and say, "Has anyone heard of Match.com?"
55:36 And if they say yes, you can have a little fun with that, the fact that they're lonely and they've put the details on the website.
55:42 Having said that, you can then go on to do a really powerful trick.
55:47 What you need to do with this trick is they can shuffle the cards as much as they like.
55:53 When you take the deck back, you need to look at the bottom card and the top card.
55:57 In this case, it's the 7 of diamonds and the 4 of spades.
56:01 But what you want to do, you want to look at them cards, like spread through and look at the cards like this, so that they don't see the bottom card anyway.
56:09 You need to look for the mate of those cards.
56:12 In this case, we're going to look for the 7 of hearts and the 4 of clubs.
56:17 I spread through and say, "We need to find a couple of cards to use. Let's use the 7 of hearts and the 4 of clubs."
56:24 Just make it sound like it's a random selection.
56:26 Now, what you need to do is remember which card's on the bottom out of the two, so the 7 of diamonds.
56:31 This means you're going to deal down cards and they can say stop whenever they like.
56:36 You say, "Okay, sir." Deal cards into their hand.
56:39 Just say, "Just call out stop whenever you like. I'm dealing down cards."
56:42 Completely free choice.
56:44 When they say stop, say, "Okay, put the 7 of hearts in there like so."
56:48 They put the card face up.
56:50 Now, because you're going to drop the balance of the cards on top, you're now putting the 7 of diamonds directly onto the 7 of hearts.
56:57 That's how simple it is.
56:59 Not only that, because you were dealing down cards, the top card, which was the 4 of spades, is now on the bottom and you're ready to do the same thing again.
57:07 You're just going to repeat the effect.
57:09 Just say to the second person, "Okay, let's see if we can find your match."
57:13 The 4 of clubs goes in there and you're done.
57:17 That's the great thing.
57:18 Now it's all about presentation.
57:20 You say, "Let's see if we found your perfect match."
57:23 Spread through and you say, "You can see there's a card right next to the 7 of hearts there and you can see there's a card right next to your 4 of clubs."
57:32 Let's see how we did.
57:34 The 4 of clubs to the perfect mate is the 4 of spades.
57:38 Look at that.
57:39 Hammer it up as much as you like and then reveal.
57:43 I like to reveal them separately so it builds it up.
57:45 Let's see how we did over here.
57:47 The 7 of diamonds.
57:48 Look at that.
57:49 That's about as self-working a trick as you can find.
57:55 Like I say, look at the reactions.
57:57 It really does pack a powerful punch.
57:59 That is match.com and I hope you meet your perfect mate doing it.
58:07 Thank you very much for watching this DVD.
58:11 Please don't let the simplicity of these put you off.
58:14 You've seen the reactions of real people and how powerful they can be.
58:18 I hope you have as much fun performing them as we did.
58:22 See you next time.
58:23 Bye-bye.
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