How the, what the, who the....

[Uber Uberest ~Rathe]

I'm a sucker for card tricks, and this one blows my mind.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KrdBUFeFtY

[brekk]

I figured it out yesterday.

the 5 is always the blue card. Watch how he flips the blue card over to show it as the 8, and then flips it back over. He's flipping over more then 1 card at the same time.

Edit: on closer inspection look at time 1:03 when he lifts up the 8 to flip is back facedown, you can see his finger lifting an extra card.

edit 2: I watched it more carefully, this tricked is retarded.
Doesnt matter which card he picks the first time. he takes that card and places it in the deck right below the blue card.
The deck is prepped with the blue 5 on the bottom, the red 5 right above it. Watch his shuffling the bottom card of the starting deck goes right above the 8.
Now he just spreads out the cards, leaving the blue right above the 8. Grabs both, flips them to show it, flips them back over and throws the blue 5 on the table.
When he shuffles again the card he shows the bottom card of the deck which is now the red 5, and voila he already has a blue 5 on the table.

The only "trick" is flipping 2 cards at once and making it look like one, and he does a crappy job of it.

[Dildo Faggins]

brekk has it exactly right. The key things to notice are how he changed the way the card is selected the second time through, and how he fails to shuffle the complete deck. These are key factors in any card tricks. A strong part of sleight of hand is convincing someone you did soomething the same even if you dont.

[brekk]

The one thing i like about this trick is that while its still in the deck, he can use the blue card as a place marker. It allows him to get away without needing to do a special shuffle before the first spread. As long as he keeps the two 5's and the first shown card together.

[Uber Uberest ~Rathe]

O.K. explain this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7j-q-OMSjI

[brekk]

Originally Posted by Uber Uberest ~Rathe

O.K. explain this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7j-q-OMSjI

LOL what a pussy. I love how the friends, dont really show much concern.

[Dildo Faggins]

brekk has it exactly right. The key things to notice are how he changed the way the card is selected the second time through, and how he fails to shuffle the complete deck. These are key factors in any card tricks. A strong part of sleight of hand is convincing someone you did soomething the same even if you dont.

[brekk]

Originally Posted by Dildo Faggins

brekk has it exactly right. The key things to notice are how he changed the way the card is selected the second time through, and how he fails to shuffle the complete deck. These are key factors in any card tricks. A strong part of sleight of hand is convincing someone you did soomething the same even if you dont.

14 min delay double post? 0_o

Lemme toss a hint out there for you believers ...

Brand Name of Deck : Aristocrat

And yes, the gaff card is a shaved 5 from a blue backed Aristocrat deck.

Did those type tricks back in the ... mid 80's.

[WarderX]

Originally Posted by Bonzai

Did those type tricks back in the ... mid 80's.

You all just got SERVED

[brekk]

Originally Posted by WarderX

You all just got SERVED

by "all" you mean the 1 person in this thread who thought it was an awesome trick, and not easy to figure out?

[Frawdo]

Originally Posted by Uber Uberest ~Rathe

O.K. explain this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7j-q-OMSjI

laughing so hard right now

[DRocleric]

haha holy shit i cant breathe

[The Dauntless One]

so after you watch that card trick, there is a link to this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiHVNIayJsY&NR

i thought to myself, he's wearing a god damn suit with a ring on his right pinky, this guy has got to be good...

[Uber Uberest ~Rathe]

No one has explained the dunking accident yet.