Ricky Jay- Card Manipulation

[PalmLine]

You know, I would like the video cos of his card skills.. but that smile is just gay

[xXlolz567Xx]

what cards are thouse

[ZacharyRTaylor]

@xXlolz567Xx Classic Bees. A gambler and mechanic standard for decades.

[BraydonSzafranski]

This is not pure skill. There are a lot of weird things going on.

[adamo36532]

owned

[ykk1431314]

look at how his left hand twitches at 2:23

[alchemy900]

@ykk1431314 lol, skill

[jake519]

I'm pretty sure the last two riffle shuffles are not legit, not to take anything away from the trick.

[SanctumZero]

@jake519 2 Zarrow shuffles

[CRISNCHIPS12398]

What a beast...

[Kounteron]

the first few shuffles were definately real, or , the push-through shuffle was very well executed, or, he did 8 perfect shuffles, and some fake strip cuts

[keatonlynn]

whoa, notice the left packet moves at 2:17

[jake519]

@keatonlynn You're right. The appearance of the left packet definitely changes when he sweeps the king off the table. WTF?

[ChillinJarMAn]

He's awesome.

[THEWARRIORSLEADER]

at :22 seconds in watch how when he fans the cards are already in order

[hempster1956]

I would like to know how much of this was filmed and then shown backwards?

[bowser77]

if what your saying makes any since at all... how he pulled off 2:02 is what i wanna know how to do

[youngold95]

That, or he used a stripper deck.

[RS1963]

@youngold95 Nope he didn't use a gaffed deck at all. If you handed Ricky a deck of your own that wasn't gaffed he could and would be able to do the things you see him do on this vid with your deck.

[Sgomenza]

it's not only faro shuffles he use fake table riffles too.. a lot of times.. it's easier

[zeith2k]

Well, yes, it could have been because of some random mistake or something, it doesnt have to mean it was in some way of cheating. Because he's talanted for sure :)

[8ballsix27]

never really noticed that. nice catch. but im wondering if it couldve been when he slid the card, he might of slid the tablecloth. but i unno, lol.

[beeble2003]

Nope. You can see that, at 2:15 the left-hand packet (as we look at it) is pretty much squared-off but, at 2:17, there's a notch in it. Only the top half of that packet moved, so it can't be the tablecloth. It looks mighty suspicious when that happens, he performs two Zarrows (i.e., does nothing) and suddenly the deck's in order. I don't understand: Ricky Jay is clearly capable of doing amazing stuff without camera tricks. And I don't understand how nothing else moves when those cards do.

[zeith2k]

Fail, the deck is changed due a video cut at 2.16. :S

[1nf3rnus0153]

FAIL how do u know he changed the video at 2:16?

[matthewbisd]

what the hell

[Rometgw]

I just love watching him do his art. Not sure why he is using bees though...they fan and spread like crap, at least the ones he is using does.

[slightofhandmanXCM]

Bees dont have a white strip around the edges like bikes do soo they look better in zarrows and second deals (not that seconds are used here) with no boarder it makes the move harder to see :)

[Rometgw]

True, true. Funny thing is I have since started using them to practice those....gosh my grammar was horrible in my previous post.

[NANOELMAGO]

0:32 CUT

[CRISNCHIPS12398]

That was amazing!!!1