... The card so the top cards will be so far that those people will not throw them away because they are supposed to take cards from their sides. Now, imagine the top card is the card which must remain and you will see what I mean (look how cards are spread). At the last 4 cards FIRST he tells her to choose one card. If it is the right one he will tell her to hand in. 1/4 chance. If not, he tells her to choose other card with other hand. Now the second is correct he will say give them to me and
Not so amazing if I tell you how it is done. Ok so when he touches the cards around 1 50 - 2 10, he puts the third card on the top to be 2 of hearts. This is coming from his pocket when he puts back the wallet or uner the table or he is so good that he changes the order in the deck but i dont think he is so good. Ok, this is obvious because he is so focused on this hard thing that he repeats in his story "it is called". Now it is simple because he starts spreading with the person which choses...
He palms the 2 of hearts from and put it to the top of the deck in between 1:53-1:59. That was the hardest part of the trick.
Then he starts talking lots off bullsh** about this japanese movie in between every time he spreads the cards. This is just to distract the audience from noticing what he`s really doing, which is spreading the cards away from the person before telling themr to pull away some cards. The top card always stays on top. And in the last few cards he just uses a magicians force.
@admiralgman1 For the last 4 cards he uses a different technique. He knows which card is the 2 of hearts (it was the card on top). When the lady picks 2 cards, if the 2 of hearts is one of those cards he would have retained them and put the other 2 away. Same when she picks one card. Of course there's no way to prove that this is what he would have done, but it would have fooled them just as well.
@yates2718@Vanguard448 It's called a magician's chatter. It's a key to most magicians' acts, although there are a few who pull off the silent illusion very well. But not most. (In fact, chatter is considered a skillset all to itself.)
when he was saying "push it away" or "give me that one" and such he probably knew which one the card was the whole time. but everyone else probably figured that one out too though
i know how to do the whole trick except the part of how he gets the two of hearts to the top. He wrote his prediction while they were shuffling so he had to somewhere find the two of hearts and get it to the top. If someone can tell me where he moves the two to the top plz fill me in. I know the card is third from the top but still he has to find the two and move it there.
if you notice after 3:45 when he starts laying down the cards he picks them up and changes the rotation of the spread each time one of them takes away a bunch, keeping the end card safe from elimination. obvious force, not very easy to catch when listening to the story
@When there are six cards left, he specifically tells the woman to take a "couple" cards. So she took two. He then tells her to put her hands on two cards. If she had, by chance, put one of her hands on the third card, he would have told her to keep that card there and push another aside. If not, he gets rid of both the cards she put her hands on. Either way, he's left with the third card plus another card. Then, the same thing for the last move. Thus, he is left with the third card.
@DrMonkeymint Great! So now we know how he got it out from the top. I know how he kept it on top, and all we need is to find out is how he first put it on the top.
The way he kept it on the top (in case you're interested) is pretty simple: By spreading cards exactly so the top would always be away from whomever took "a bunch" of cards (you'll notice he always spreads them from the person who needs to take the card to the other one).
@ogirdora What a ludicrous statement. It's "curious" real magic doesn't exist? I don't know of a single magician who claims to be able to do"real magic",because there's no such thing as "real magic". The purpose of magic is NOT to persuade you that real magic exists, but to entertain you by making you creatng sense of mystery and wonder, to do the impossible. It's the very fact that magic doesn't exist that makes the art so great.
@james121515 Probably true. But if you really could do magic and you are the only person in the world who can where would you hide, with illusionists.
Watch carefully, the card was on the bottom of the deck, the way they cut + folded the cards caused the bottom card to ALWAYS stay there. No matter what.
I will rock all you guys man whos down to play the real thing with me? Let me know we can play webcam poker on pokerview so we can see eachother real live face to face.
2of hearts was about on the top of the deck. As u can see he srpeads the cards out to the same direction and tell them to take some ,so top cards are always remaining.When he leaves 4 cards is easy.You can manipulate their choice by taking out or leaving in the cards they chose
If someone you know refers to themselves as a raconteur, you tell them, "Ricky Jay is a raconteur. Penn Jillette is a raconteur. You just talk too much."
@bombydruful dude i did. if you watched it he kinda made it seem like he forgot to show it cause he was like "and it IS The Two of Hearts" making it seem like that was his final statement
Really great story but I wish he wouldn't do the whole "now take some cards off the bottom of the deck" thing... could have been more impressive than it was.
@AcylumEU Bro this is Close-up Card Magic & not Streetmagic. Card Magic isn't just visual effects. There is a love & hate thing with Card Magic and if one is a very fond of Card Magic he has to accept that fact. Not all Card effects are great as well, that's why if you like powerful effects then it's your job to research on them. Being a magician is not easy bro.
I think I know how this is done...Somehow, he manages to put the 2 of hearts on top off all the cards. Then he makes his spectators take card from the BOTTOM of the pack, thus leaving the uppermost cards. Then, when he gives you a "choice", but it doesn't matter which one you pick - if you pick the 2 of hearts, he'll show it tho you, if you pick the other, he'll make you discard it...
Hmm i can see ur point! Great. So after he "manage" to get the card on top of the rest, when he spread the cards, he push the 2OH away from the lady (since she will discard anything towards her). Of course if the lady discard cards which is at the other side (from middle towards the guy) , this will spoil the magic.
for some seconds the camera only shows ricky jay and the guy and leave the woman out what i believe is that is a camera trick and the woman replaces the deck with a deck of 1 type of card what makes me believe that is that ricky asks the woman to give him the deck exactly the same time the camera shows her again
@makeris32 There is a subtlety on the handling of this trick. No camera tricks, this magician is really good and very smooth in presenting the effect. Other than the "magician's choice" I know there are other principles in card magic that he's using... trust me, there's no camera tricks here.
well, i tried to figure out what he does , and i found out a couple of facts...
the story is obviously a distraction for the spectators, and the part which he opens his wallet and shows his pictures isn;t random...the main part of the trick is hidden in that part, and that's those who are much smarter than me can figure out what he does there..and i know that he didn't change anything when the woman put the shuffled deck in front of him but when he says take away cards,
at 1:54 he palms 4 cards and places them on top of the deck. when he spreads them, the top of the deck goes away from the person therefore the top 4 never moves. now you might think that the top four are all two of hearts but only one is. he knows the third card is the two of hearts so he forces her to pick it. if her hands landed on the first and second, then he would take them away, but if it landed on the third and fourth, he would take the other two away
on the 1:55 he takes from is pocket four cards and all of them are 2 of hearts if you can see he makesthe man and the woman take only the button cards from the deck he say to to the woman at the end to take a coupel of cards and then the only card can be in the four cards is a 2 of hearts and no it!!!
You can tell that just how he handles the cards that Ricky Jay has a general respect for cards. The other 2 people were all like bending them when they shuffled them (especially that one lady), but Jay was just so smooth with them. They didn't even know how to properly hold them, but he did. When your a magician, I guess you can understand where I'm coming from (I know Jay probably can).
honestly, this trick is simple, there's nothing to doubt about it. however there are still some people who speaks like they know a lot about magic but still reveal the wrong answer. he really did nothing to change the order of deck. in a simple way to explain is...he is using one marked card and force them to choose it. that's it.
But as "BasterdW" said, doing a trick is simple, doing a trick with a great presentation is a whole different story. ricky jay is really a great magician.
easy trick!!!!! lame story as well. its simple card control, whatever she picks he tells here what to do with the card until she finally grabs the right card and then the crappy lame ass story ends
Ricky Jay is a theatrical genius. This is what magic performances should be. Forget the Las Vegas shows with their flashy lights and animals. A true illusionist needs only an audience and his chosen medium.
Sorry to say it was a bit too slow. the final reveal was a bit boring really, ive seen much better tricks than the old, choose a card from the deck, oh look I wrote it down on a piece of paper we had at the start.
i get the idea of forcing the card, i do similar tricks, but to that extent takes some serious skill, i may have just found my new favorite magician, this guy is amazing, and agree with PrestyGomez, the trick isnt all of it, but still, awesome
"Choose the sword and you will join me. Choose the ball and you join your mother in death. You don't understand my words, but you must choose. Son, come boy, choose life or death." GZA - 4th Chamber (Sword of Vegeance reference)
When he's going in and out of his pockets he gets the 2 of hearts card. He's holding it in his hand and he places it on top of the deck. He then just keeps making sure the card stays where he wants it (on top). Then at the end he lets her "choose". Whichever card she picks he'll decide if that's the one to get rid of or keep so the 2 of hearts stays on the table.
i figured this out from the first time i watched it,
The first time he spreads the cards for the woman to choose, he spreads it away from her (towards the man), then asks her to take a bunch of cards (which is irrelevent because she's taking cards from the top of the deck.
However when he wants the man to take cards off, he spreads them away from him (towards the woman)
By using this way, he is forcing them to take cards only from the TOP of the deck.
um ur wrong in a way. the card is on the top and he is taking cards away from the bottom the whole time. he looked at the card on the top when she finished shuffling and changes his prediction with the picture used as a"fan"
but seriously i think the movie he talks about is the worst samurai movie i ever seen.... not only the cup is annoying but everything the fights and everything is badly made in my opinion.. but i must admit the idea with the sword and the ball i just love its so great...
i know how he did it but I can somebody explain me the last step where there were two cards left. He said give it to me. What would happen if she gave the other card?
if she picked the right card, he would have did the same thing, but if she picked the other card, he would have told her," now the card you picked is the card we are going to get rid of."
I know he uses card forcing to make her chose the card he wants. But how does he get that card (two of hearts) on top of the deck and how do did he know it before to make the prediction?? I'm propably missing something.. Can somebody explain a bit? Thanks.
real simple....he speard it each time to a different deraction
so the 2 of heats is in the oppeset to the person who takes some cards aside...
then at the end its simple cards forcing...if the cards she chose are not the 2H and something so he push them away if they are hell just say ok keep them and push the other 2 away...but great presenting
It actually is quite an easy trick but the way he does the trick is really cool. i mean the story and all. I won't put the explenation out here, but if you really want to know, pm me.
This is what i think. I think that if you CAN NOT do what Ricky does please do not say his trick is very easy. He is one of the best well known magicians Alive. Again, plz do not comment negative things about him because you can do his tricks. And most likely, I probably am a better magician than most of you idiots and im 14.
@nblaze111 It is an easy trick, but it's not the complexity that makes it a good trick. It's the performance that makes it so good. Ricky Jay is a great performer.
@nblaze111 He loads the deck with 4 equal cards on top at 1:55. He keeps the top cards always away from the audience when cutting them. In the end, he specifically asks her to take her "a couple of cards", so that 4 cards remain. All cards are the same, her choice doesn't matter. He puts the other cards away. When he reveals the cards in the end, he returns the copies to his right hand. That is how it's done. Couldn't explain any better in the character limit.
@had3l and also at 2:32 and 2:55 he makes sure that those same 4 cards are on the top while the other people take away parts of the decks(the tail ends of the deck)
@nblaze111 idk how he gets the card on the top but he could prolly just had it in his hand all along and just stealhy placed it there when he spreads the card. and when he spreads he always have the top card away from the person removing cards, so the top card is never removed. and when its 4 cards left she places her hands on 2 cards, if she placed her hand on the right card he says *keep those card* or discard those card if she didnt. same with the last 2, gimme that card, or discard that card
@nblaze111 No one's revealing the secret because there are others ways to do it. Some of them doesn't really know how it's done. And I know someone in here knows the real works on this effect. Revealing the effect is against the magician's code and we should all respect that.
Hey! I really want to know how this trick is done, becouse it seems it lends itself to very creative patter and I would like to perform it for some friends. If anybody REALLY knows how it is done please send me a message. I DO NOT encourage anybody to post the method here, becouse there are many people who just don't want to know, and it is disrespectfull to ruin it for others.
@PrestyGomez : The comment from BasterdW is the most arrogant thing I've ever read. Cannot imagine the hubris of someone who would post such words about The Master. He has, indeed, missed the genius, but also the wonderful humor of this most entertaining of men.
@PrestyGomez Indeed, it's not about the trick. It's about the performance and how you bring the trick onto the audience/spectators. Knowing the trick is an essential starting point, but there's a long way to get from there to the finish, which is leaving people feeling the same way Ricky Jay leaves them: baffled.
@neko2808 I know that. I think Ricky Jay is a great person and I love the story with the card tricks. Im doing card trick myself and I was quite happy to figure it out
Gambit really let himself go
sugreev2001 1 month ago
... The card so the top cards will be so far that those people will not throw them away because they are supposed to take cards from their sides. Now, imagine the top card is the card which must remain and you will see what I mean (look how cards are spread). At the last 4 cards FIRST he tells her to choose one card. If it is the right one he will tell her to hand in. 1/4 chance. If not, he tells her to choose other card with other hand. Now the second is correct he will say give them to me and
stefandavid11 1 month ago
Not so amazing if I tell you how it is done. Ok so when he touches the cards around 1 50 - 2 10, he puts the third card on the top to be 2 of hearts. This is coming from his pocket when he puts back the wallet or uner the table or he is so good that he changes the order in the deck but i dont think he is so good. Ok, this is obvious because he is so focused on this hard thing that he repeats in his story "it is called". Now it is simple because he starts spreading with the person which choses...
stefandavid11 1 month ago
She shuffles better than the other random dude lol :p
kunkushun1 2 months ago
He palms the 2 of hearts from and put it to the top of the deck in between 1:53-1:59. That was the hardest part of the trick.
Then he starts talking lots off bullsh** about this japanese movie in between every time he spreads the cards. This is just to distract the audience from noticing what he`s really doing, which is spreading the cards away from the person before telling themr to pull away some cards. The top card always stays on top. And in the last few cards he just uses a magicians force.
admiralgman1 2 months ago
@admiralgman1 For the last 4 cards he uses a different technique. He knows which card is the 2 of hearts (it was the card on top). When the lady picks 2 cards, if the 2 of hearts is one of those cards he would have retained them and put the other 2 away. Same when she picks one card. Of course there's no way to prove that this is what he would have done, but it would have fooled them just as well.
connaultnicolas 1 month ago
Play the video and hold down 0
XxmattronxX 3 months ago 2
He's on Deadwood
LucifersArgument 3 months ago
basic weak ass trick , amateur hour
MrPpppppppppf 3 months ago
@yates2718 @Vanguard448 It's called a magician's chatter. It's a key to most magicians' acts, although there are a few who pull off the silent illusion very well. But not most. (In fact, chatter is considered a skillset all to itself.)
theoblivious 3 months ago
and that, my friends, is how you create an amazing illusion just with presentation. brilliant work.
JSLSampaio 3 months ago 15
@JSLSampaio what is the illusion?
LucaTurilli89 1 month ago
@LucaTurilli89 well, to find that out, you could... I don't know... watch the video?
JSLSampaio 1 month ago
merely a handpalm at the start then a return to top after shuffling. Lastly a magicians choice. A bit dissapointing for a man of ricky's calibre
ilyaseleznyov 4 months ago
the trick is super easy to do. amazing idea!!
gerbarista 4 months ago
@yates2718 Distraction. If they're focusing on what he's saying, they're less likely to notice some slight-of-hand.
Vanguard448 4 months ago
when he was saying "push it away" or "give me that one" and such he probably knew which one the card was the whole time. but everyone else probably figured that one out too though
thePWNranger 5 months ago
I think while we were all listening to his story, he did some crazy crap we would never notice unless we put all focus into cards.
benben829 5 months ago
Man the film he is talking about was sampled in the song 4th Chamber by GZA at the beginning!
WU TANG FOREVER!
ArtificialBeavers 5 months ago
@ArtificialBeavers cool story bro
camoor 5 months ago
i know how to do the whole trick except the part of how he gets the two of hearts to the top. He wrote his prediction while they were shuffling so he had to somewhere find the two of hearts and get it to the top. If someone can tell me where he moves the two to the top plz fill me in. I know the card is third from the top but still he has to find the two and move it there.
MrGoodbar1318 5 months ago
*tells entire story*
......cool story bro
nickster181 6 months ago
That long boring story for a simple force at the end of the trick
66hardhitter 6 months ago
if you notice after 3:45 when he starts laying down the cards he picks them up and changes the rotation of the spread each time one of them takes away a bunch, keeping the end card safe from elimination. obvious force, not very easy to catch when listening to the story
RsProgrammingTeam 6 months ago
Stfu and do card trick, okomi game sucks hard -.-"
afker553 6 months ago
can anyone actually tell me exactly how they did this?
BlazianNinja 7 months ago
Not a set up, he was doing a trick that would be easily spotted by the spectators, but he was distracting them by telling them a story.
AZNBeast654FTW 8 months ago
I saw the push. human nature left her to choose the closest card to take away, interesting choice of distraction however
TeamC00L 8 months ago
he somehow forces the card onto the top, slight of hand or otherwise and then its all to do with the direction he sweeps the deck.
the choice bit im not sure about
Joelalati 8 months ago
@Joelalati I thought you had the right idea, but at the end the top card isn't chosen its the card 3rd from the top
ShmexyNinja 7 months ago
@When there are six cards left, he specifically tells the woman to take a "couple" cards. So she took two. He then tells her to put her hands on two cards. If she had, by chance, put one of her hands on the third card, he would have told her to keep that card there and push another aside. If not, he gets rid of both the cards she put her hands on. Either way, he's left with the third card plus another card. Then, the same thing for the last move. Thus, he is left with the third card.
DrMonkeymint 6 months ago
@DrMonkeymint Great! So now we know how he got it out from the top. I know how he kept it on top, and all we need is to find out is how he first put it on the top.
The way he kept it on the top (in case you're interested) is pretty simple: By spreading cards exactly so the top would always be away from whomever took "a bunch" of cards (you'll notice he always spreads them from the person who needs to take the card to the other one).
someman7 5 months ago
@someman7 I'm thinking about making a tutorial for this. But I feel like that would kind of be a low blow to mr. jay
DrMonkeymint 5 months ago
he had a two of hearts in his palm before he opened the deck of the same brand.
ilyaseleznyov 4 months ago
Fuck haters. All of them.
IOS123 8 months ago
It's amazing how many people watch magic videos and call them fake.... OF COURSE THEY'RE FAKE! IT'S MAGIC! CAPSLOCK RAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!
CaptainBeaverino 8 months ago
@CaptainBeaverino its curious how the "real" magic doesn't exist and the magic that exist is called fake.
ogirdora 8 months ago
@ogirdora What a ludicrous statement. It's "curious" real magic doesn't exist? I don't know of a single magician who claims to be able to do"real magic",because there's no such thing as "real magic". The purpose of magic is NOT to persuade you that real magic exists, but to entertain you by making you creatng sense of mystery and wonder, to do the impossible. It's the very fact that magic doesn't exist that makes the art so great.
james121515 6 months ago 16
it's NOT "ludicrous"... In fact i agree with what you are saying, are you sure you understood what i meant to say?
ogirdora 6 months ago
@james121515 Probably true. But if you really could do magic and you are the only person in the world who can where would you hide, with illusionists.
MrMaximusCharles 3 months ago
Also, pause @ 3:49, you will see that he take a peek at the card. Obvious set up.
xHunux 9 months ago
They were both in on it:
Watch carefully, the card was on the bottom of the deck, the way they cut + folded the cards caused the bottom card to ALWAYS stay there. No matter what.
xHunux 9 months ago
this was the first card trick i actually figured out compared to this one /watch?v=UWvRorX0KhQ
jiamonx2 9 months ago
i zoned out so many times watching this because what he was saying was so dull. Which is a shame because I normally love Ricky Jay!
bonniehudson 9 months ago
he was good in Tomorrow Never Dies
FaidleyEthan 10 months ago
Lonewolf and Cub. Great movie. Greater read.
Kotiare 10 months ago
Interesting
ProbablyCoolerThanU 10 months ago
pause at 0:47 the two of hearts is at the bottom of the deck good trick but he made the story way too long
harvey288 10 months ago
she is in on it.. she carefully shuffling the cards.. try better
stib858 10 months ago
@stib858 she is not in on it, he is a classic in magic.. try better
codecrt321 5 months ago
love the movies, love the trick,thanks for the upload
animewisher 11 months ago
I will rock all you guys man whos down to play the real thing with me? Let me know we can play webcam poker on pokerview so we can see eachother real live face to face.
johnsmith7490 11 months ago
2of hearts was about on the top of the deck. As u can see he srpeads the cards out to the same direction and tell them to take some ,so top cards are always remaining.When he leaves 4 cards is easy.You can manipulate their choice by taking out or leaving in the cards they chose
makeris32 11 months ago
If someone you know refers to themselves as a raconteur, you tell them, "Ricky Jay is a raconteur. Penn Jillette is a raconteur. You just talk too much."
HiroGaems 1 year ago
5:53 he kinda forgot to show his prediction. lol
Zepp710 1 year ago
@Zepp710 He did it on purpose ;)
henryk8675309 1 year ago
@Zepp710 did you watch the rest of the video??? he does show his prediction
bombydruful 1 year ago
@bombydruful dude i did. if you watched it he kinda made it seem like he forgot to show it cause he was like "and it IS The Two of Hearts" making it seem like that was his final statement
Zepp710 1 year ago
this thing the choice thing with the ball or the sword i think it is in red dragon jet li is in it
CROSSFIRE145 1 year ago
type 'he can turn a pack of cards into a turtle' into you tube
it will amaze you
Immanuelhasamal 1 year ago
i can't trust him
he change the direction of cards when he say ( take a couple of cards ) so the top card stay the same
youniscou 1 year ago
i can't trust him
youniscou 1 year ago
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ExpertMagicTutorials 1 year ago
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ExpertMagicTutorials 1 year ago
that was shit
wogboy4708 1 year ago
He's totally macking on that lady and ignores the guy. hahaha.
y3ll0ch0c0lat3 1 year ago
Wu tang it
amannvig 1 year ago
like the guy said before. if you think this vid is just about the trick you have missed the point of Ricky Jays Genius.
FanBoy2113 1 year ago
Wu-Tang Clan Features this movie in one of there songs
six0threeproductions 1 year ago
Wow, this story is told on one of the intro's for a Wu tang clan song.
ntee300 1 year ago
Really great story but I wish he wouldn't do the whole "now take some cards off the bottom of the deck" thing... could have been more impressive than it was.
lIThorIl 1 year ago
@lIThorIl Don't Reveal TRICKS !!!!!!!!!!!!
puresoul35 1 year ago
I have got this trick on my channel. I also have a contest on there.
ExpertMagicTutorials 1 year ago
Who cares about how easy a trick is, he has AMAZING showmanship, and he took a fundamentally easy trick, and turned it into a small miracle
ArrogantAtheism 1 year ago
That was a very long way to do that trick but I loved it. If I didn't know how to do it I would b very impressed.
Zen876 1 year ago
i thought it would be something amazing with cards, but no..some wierdo talks 6mins nonstops about japanese suicide :D
AcylumEU 1 year ago
@AcylumEU Bro this is Close-up Card Magic & not Streetmagic. Card Magic isn't just visual effects. There is a love & hate thing with Card Magic and if one is a very fond of Card Magic he has to accept that fact. Not all Card effects are great as well, that's why if you like powerful effects then it's your job to research on them. Being a magician is not easy bro.
rickmartinez09 1 year ago
@AcylumEU lol agreed, easiest trick ever
lllshokoboylll 1 year ago
I think I know how this is done...Somehow, he manages to put the 2 of hearts on top off all the cards. Then he makes his spectators take card from the BOTTOM of the pack, thus leaving the uppermost cards. Then, when he gives you a "choice", but it doesn't matter which one you pick - if you pick the 2 of hearts, he'll show it tho you, if you pick the other, he'll make you discard it...
zemitoqdemige 1 year ago
@zemitoqdemige
Hmm i can see ur point! Great. So after he "manage" to get the card on top of the rest, when he spread the cards, he push the 2OH away from the lady (since she will discard anything towards her). Of course if the lady discard cards which is at the other side (from middle towards the guy) , this will spoil the magic.
coisox 1 year ago
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KabraliusTheJoker 1 year ago
GZA had this story in the intro to his 4th Chamber
haz20102010 1 year ago
I like the story's arround his magic. It makes me travel in time :-)
daPerik 1 year ago
for some seconds the camera only shows ricky jay and the guy and leave the woman out what i believe is that is a camera trick and the woman replaces the deck with a deck of 1 type of card what makes me believe that is that ricky asks the woman to give him the deck exactly the same time the camera shows her again
makeris32 1 year ago
@makeris32 There is a subtlety on the handling of this trick. No camera tricks, this magician is really good and very smooth in presenting the effect. Other than the "magician's choice" I know there are other principles in card magic that he's using... trust me, there's no camera tricks here.
rickmartinez09 1 year ago
he spreads them somehow that the spectator pushes cards away from the bottom of the deck....dunno how that helps though.
s4mis4mi 1 year ago
well, i tried to figure out what he does , and i found out a couple of facts...
the story is obviously a distraction for the spectators, and the part which he opens his wallet and shows his pictures isn;t random...the main part of the trick is hidden in that part, and that's those who are much smarter than me can figure out what he does there..and i know that he didn't change anything when the woman put the shuffled deck in front of him but when he says take away cards,
s4mis4mi 1 year ago
This man is a true wizard and master of the elemental forces of nature.
presbarkeep 1 year ago
@presbarkeep or ur just retarded....
funkyfresh63 1 year ago
@funkyfresh63 or you have no idea what sarcastic humor is. welcome to the internet, buddy. everyone's had a first time.
presbarkeep 1 year ago
@presbarkeep sarcastic humor isnt even the proper phrase btw....but u know everyone's had a first....
funkyfresh63 1 year ago
Look at the card under the fan from 2:30 - 2:33. :)
dhspeed 1 year ago
at 1:54 he palms 4 cards and places them on top of the deck. when he spreads them, the top of the deck goes away from the person therefore the top 4 never moves. now you might think that the top four are all two of hearts but only one is. he knows the third card is the two of hearts so he forces her to pick it. if her hands landed on the first and second, then he would take them away, but if it landed on the third and fourth, he would take the other two away
JiaPRiX 1 year ago
i think i know how
okey first when he put his hand in his pocket i think he take 4 cards wich are 2 of hearts
then when the lady give hime card he put the 4 cards (2 of heart ) on the top
then if you make attention he spred cards frome the right and frome the left just to
let the 4 cards on the top as they are so that's it you can make a conclousion .
sorry for my weak english :)
raindanncer 1 year ago
hes such a wanker r0fl
blakeybr4 1 year ago
on the 1:55 he takes from is pocket four cards and all of them are 2 of hearts if you can see he makesthe man and the woman take only the button cards from the deck he say to to the woman at the end to take a coupel of cards and then the only card can be in the four cards is a 2 of hearts and no it!!!
ttmwoi 1 year ago
You can tell that just how he handles the cards that Ricky Jay has a general respect for cards. The other 2 people were all like bending them when they shuffled them (especially that one lady), but Jay was just so smooth with them. They didn't even know how to properly hold them, but he did. When your a magician, I guess you can understand where I'm coming from (I know Jay probably can).
superchef78 1 year ago
honestly, this trick is simple, there's nothing to doubt about it. however there are still some people who speaks like they know a lot about magic but still reveal the wrong answer. he really did nothing to change the order of deck. in a simple way to explain is...he is using one marked card and force them to choose it. that's it.
But as "BasterdW" said, doing a trick is simple, doing a trick with a great presentation is a whole different story. ricky jay is really a great magician.
16777215 1 year ago
lol at the end he says, "...and it IS the two of hearts" and got no reaction, then remembers he hasn't shown them the 'prediction' yet
Smeagollum86 1 year ago
@Smeagollum86 dude thats just part of the act acting stupid
Zolkz1Zneew 1 year ago
it was a good trick, he was great at forcing the card.
Everyvideo123 1 year ago
This video sits at the intersection of a large number of my interests.
voltagedrop 1 year ago
He always keeps top on the other side of the man/women, and when the women chose 2 cards he could eather say push a side or leave it there.
nafativedec 1 year ago
easy trick!!!!! lame story as well. its simple card control, whatever she picks he tells here what to do with the card until she finally grabs the right card and then the crappy lame ass story ends
retrorockstar78 1 year ago
The secret to figuring out this trick is not thinking about it too hard.
Metricus 1 year ago
He surgically removed the 2 from the deck ahead of time. Then he added it to the deck by palming it when he was putting his "wallet" in his jacket.
MouserXXX 1 year ago
He is the Chris angel of card tricks
im99mining 1 year ago
@im99mining no.. ricky jay is actually good
UnknownMagician93 1 year ago
what the actually fuck? ricky has god like powers with cards maybe?
cm999 1 year ago
This is such an easy trick done in such an amazing way... just wow...
IBetNoOneHasThisUser 1 year ago
Ricky J is a great student of history as well as a great entertainer.
FmrCQB 1 year ago
3:48 he peeks at the top card
AJCospa 1 year ago
Ricky Jay is a theatrical genius. This is what magic performances should be. Forget the Las Vegas shows with their flashy lights and animals. A true illusionist needs only an audience and his chosen medium.
VvLestatvV 1 year ago 55
Sorry to say it was a bit too slow. the final reveal was a bit boring really, ive seen much better tricks than the old, choose a card from the deck, oh look I wrote it down on a piece of paper we had at the start.
lankygit101 1 year ago
I only watch his 'tricks' for the performance and presentation, I couldn't care less about how easy/hard the trick is
iwin5 1 year ago
this is really impressive....too good to be a trick
ag15ui11na19ldo80 1 year ago
He always places the top card away from the person whos taking a bunch of cards so the top card never gets taken away,
coloneljade 1 year ago
@coloneljade at the end , the woman can choose any of the two cards left, obviously they weren't two cards of 2 of hearts.
jeleuri 1 year ago
I wonder what would have happened if she picked the other one :P
ThatJasonThing 1 year ago
i get the idea of forcing the card, i do similar tricks, but to that extent takes some serious skill, i may have just found my new favorite magician, this guy is amazing, and agree with PrestyGomez, the trick isnt all of it, but still, awesome
Tearhart 1 year ago
They were only given the "ILLUSION" of choice. That card was always going to get picked from the start.
chattyw87 1 year ago
i don't get it
bleachedwhite9 1 year ago
bbut the 2 of hearts isnt even the top card or is it?
when she choses the card was the 3rd last card
pande4360 1 year ago
"Choose the sword and you will join me. Choose the ball and you join your mother in death. You don't understand my words, but you must choose. Son, come boy, choose life or death." GZA - 4th Chamber (Sword of Vegeance reference)
unitedpnx 1 year ago
comon show the hoole youtube how to do your tricks!!!!!!
carlosma1295 1 year ago
When he's going in and out of his pockets he gets the 2 of hearts card. He's holding it in his hand and he places it on top of the deck. He then just keeps making sure the card stays where he wants it (on top). Then at the end he lets her "choose". Whichever card she picks he'll decide if that's the one to get rid of or keep so the 2 of hearts stays on the table.
elevatorbrown 1 year ago
i figured this out from the first time i watched it,
The first time he spreads the cards for the woman to choose, he spreads it away from her (towards the man), then asks her to take a bunch of cards (which is irrelevent because she's taking cards from the top of the deck.
However when he wants the man to take cards off, he spreads them away from him (towards the woman)
By using this way, he is forcing them to take cards only from the TOP of the deck.
You can probably figure out the rest
yomomma7070 1 year ago
Haha...i dont think u figured right....better watch it again or let magic do it
MeGaLoPoulI 1 year ago
yeah but the lady aty the begining suffled them thouroughly or other wise wuffled it really good....os its magic
skateperson111 1 year ago
um ur wrong in a way. the card is on the top and he is taking cards away from the bottom the whole time. he looked at the card on the top when she finished shuffling and changes his prediction with the picture used as a"fan"
Gunger290 1 year ago
Very nice!
ninerstd 1 year ago
but seriously i think the movie he talks about is the worst samurai movie i ever seen.... not only the cup is annoying but everything the fights and everything is badly made in my opinion.. but i must admit the idea with the sword and the ball i just love its so great...
IPAWNMYQUEENS 2 years ago
i know how he did it but I can somebody explain me the last step where there were two cards left. He said give it to me. What would happen if she gave the other card?
BCObozeman 2 years ago
if she picked the right card, he would have did the same thing, but if she picked the other card, he would have told her," now the card you picked is the card we are going to get rid of."
Zo1827 1 year ago
@BCObozeman he would probably get rid of it himself, and say like 'this is the card you have choosen to get rid of', the other is.. ta da. lol
lukeowns 1 year ago
Lone wolf and cub!
ElendilAndurilz 2 years ago
from the start, he could see the bottom card because the spectators shuffled that way
Kounteron 2 years ago
I know he uses card forcing to make her chose the card he wants. But how does he get that card (two of hearts) on top of the deck and how do did he know it before to make the prediction?? I'm propably missing something.. Can somebody explain a bit? Thanks.
JNovak92 2 years ago
@JNovak92 looked at the bottom probs. Lmao
lukeowns 1 year ago
Great trick.
He uses the card forces in such a clean way.
JoRon73 2 years ago
1:58-2:08...!!
Suspectization 2 years ago
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blah blah blah this really drags on get on with teh card trick already f*sake
quosmo1 2 years ago
That's the point, moron.
AJComixII 2 years ago
It took me a few times, but I finally figured it out. Even so, still a great trick, and even vetter performance.
Metricus 2 years ago
sooooooooooooooooooo easy and kinda obv tbh
AaronMorgan1995 2 years ago
real simple....he speard it each time to a different deraction
so the 2 of heats is in the oppeset to the person who takes some cards aside...
then at the end its simple cards forcing...if the cards she chose are not the 2H and something so he push them away if they are hell just say ok keep them and push the other 2 away...but great presenting
shaysotil 2 years ago
1:56 is the trick :) pure genious
jinzo94 2 years ago 5
@jinzo94 I SAW IT LOL
bulboflight 1 year ago
that's called forcing a card!
he MADE them chose that card!
he allways keeps the card away from the person wen he spreads them so that they can take some of the cards!
Fabiolol2 2 years ago
But they mixed the deck :-) so.... how did he know which card is his??? :-)
FruityLoopsas 2 years ago
fortinbras47 kinda ruined the ending, the rest is even easier, just keep your eyes on the top card and tell me if you notice something...
fredericg54 2 years ago
it is in fact very easy, Jay is just a very good performer
I know a card trick that uses a similar method, if you want to know how Jay does it, just PM me, won't ruin it here
fredericg54 2 years ago
Who want's to know how this trick is done?
It actually is quite an easy trick but the way he does the trick is really cool. i mean the story and all. I won't put the explenation out here, but if you really want to know, pm me.
CyberFi3nd 2 years ago
This is really simple. Obviously he uses real magic.
CaptainChaos 2 years ago 111
@CaptainChaos Hahaha!
rickmartinez09 1 year ago
This is what i think. I think that if you CAN NOT do what Ricky does please do not say his trick is very easy. He is one of the best well known magicians Alive. Again, plz do not comment negative things about him because you can do his tricks. And most likely, I probably am a better magician than most of you idiots and im 14.
123romell 2 years ago
everyone is like "very easy trick" but no one's actually revealing how it's done. nice.. just a bunch of dumbasses ;]
nblaze111 2 years ago 49
@nblaze111 It is an easy trick, but it's not the complexity that makes it a good trick. It's the performance that makes it so good. Ricky Jay is a great performer.
erk13z 2 years ago
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had3l 1 year ago
@nblaze111 He loads the deck with 4 equal cards on top at 1:55. He keeps the top cards always away from the audience when cutting them. In the end, he specifically asks her to take her "a couple of cards", so that 4 cards remain. All cards are the same, her choice doesn't matter. He puts the other cards away. When he reveals the cards in the end, he returns the copies to his right hand. That is how it's done. Couldn't explain any better in the character limit.
had3l 1 year ago
@had3l nah 1 card is enough
Zolkz1Zneew 1 year ago
@had3l I thought he just loads one card and uses a force to make her pick the 2 of hearts.
jingu3 1 year ago
@had3l and also at 2:32 and 2:55 he makes sure that those same 4 cards are on the top while the other people take away parts of the decks(the tail ends of the deck)
not the top =]
C94Slim 1 year ago
@nblaze111 idk how he gets the card on the top but he could prolly just had it in his hand all along and just stealhy placed it there when he spreads the card. and when he spreads he always have the top card away from the person removing cards, so the top card is never removed. and when its 4 cards left she places her hands on 2 cards, if she placed her hand on the right card he says *keep those card* or discard those card if she didnt. same with the last 2, gimme that card, or discard that card
Zolkz1Zneew 1 year ago
@nblaze111 No one's revealing the secret because there are others ways to do it. Some of them doesn't really know how it's done. And I know someone in here knows the real works on this effect. Revealing the effect is against the magician's code and we should all respect that.
rickmartinez09 1 year ago
Hey! I really want to know how this trick is done, becouse it seems it lends itself to very creative patter and I would like to perform it for some friends. If anybody REALLY knows how it is done please send me a message. I DO NOT encourage anybody to post the method here, becouse there are many people who just don't want to know, and it is disrespectfull to ruin it for others.
txmagician 2 years ago
palms a card a 1:59
Th3GrammarPolice 2 years ago
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Hmm figured the trick out immediately
Very easy to do if you know how to perform this
BasterdW 2 years ago
If you think that this video is only about a trick, then you're missing 90% of the genius of Ricky Jay.
PrestyGomez 2 years ago 38
@PrestyGomez : The comment from BasterdW is the most arrogant thing I've ever read. Cannot imagine the hubris of someone who would post such words about The Master. He has, indeed, missed the genius, but also the wonderful humor of this most entertaining of men.
turtlelucy 1 year ago
@PrestyGomez Indeed, it's not about the trick. It's about the performance and how you bring the trick onto the audience/spectators. Knowing the trick is an essential starting point, but there's a long way to get from there to the finish, which is leaving people feeling the same way Ricky Jay leaves them: baffled.
DaTux91 1 year ago
@BasterdW Hmm I'm sure nobody cares if you figured it out or not.
neko2808 1 year ago
@neko2808 I know that. I think Ricky Jay is a great person and I love the story with the card tricks. Im doing card trick myself and I was quite happy to figure it out
BasterdW 1 year ago
@BasterdW Ok, I understand that. Sorry for the cynical comment and whish you good magic.
neko2808 1 year ago
i love the pause after he sais " it IS the 2 of hearts"
realeques 2 years ago 4
Easy trick.. very well executed though
the guy is kindda hiper dont ya think?
SeanNadd 2 years ago