The person who names a number could be a plant. Maybe he memorized the order of the deck before the show and just named the position at which the Queen of Hearts was at. My other guess is that with careful experimentation, most people think of those cards with those numbers. It seems though that the second option would open the chance to failure. Notice that the deck isn't shuffled. So it is set up in some way. If I'm wrong then this is a miracle.
@batesy1996 yes. the effect is u have a prediction card to the side and the spectator names any number 1-52 and the number the called on is the same number as the prediction.im not sure how it works all i know is that it has a similar effect..a hint to the way the berglas effect is done:its a mem deck and uses hypnosis? to force a certain card ..very diffucult technique that no amateur magician can execute.
Variation(s)? Exact trick? That is a contradiction in terms. A 'variation' is not even a facsimile for other mentalists!
ACAAN presented by the charismatic David Berglas & the hands- off presentation, all cards turned over face-up by 3 spectators will remain in ice, because the "Berglas blueprint" is locked in the mind-vault of six elite magicians,who maintain the outdated Magician's code. I was at a private event in LA and saw it performed by 1 of the 6 - He calls himself Jando X.
@TheFireFurnace Sorry mate, this is not Mastermind! Mastermind does not cover the restriction of turning over the cards face up, number after number, until you reach the desired card.
@TheFireFurnace With all due respect, there is no such thing as "exact" if it isn't identical in all respects. Once you see the real thing . . . well, 'variations' will have to do.
Anyone who can send me an explanation of this, I will give anything on my channel and more! Ask me what you want and I'll see if I have it or if I can get it...Tool David Stone, Any Signed Card To Any Spectators Wallet (UCCU), Redemption, Torn 2 Pieces, Industrial Revelation, The Gathering, Marc Paul Affected By Berglas, ACCAN Mat Johnson, Humbug, Hover, X Ray by Ben Harris and tons more!!! PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Im guessing that the person who names the card is genuine but the person who names the number of the card is a stooge. Upon hearing the name of the card the stooge names the appropriate number according to the stack. If not then this is a miracle.
@L33T97 "Spoiler"? What do you mean? A few things popped into my mind. Possibly the QH being the most popular card after the AS, or perhaps along side the AS?
sorry below i meant NOT stooges - they're NOT in on the trick. But they have been spoken to / coached about the number and card that will be given beforehand. Interesting that Parky says "Give you the number now?" before saying 8 - note THE number not A number, like they'd already rehearsed it..just the vid again, it's an odd choice of phrase..
Of course, technically, the "the" could simply be referring to the number then just having been thought up, thus the proper article vs. the more open ended "a" article before the "number" asked for. I saw this performed at a magic club meeting just as clean as this, based on an idea by Bill Goldman, which perhaps speaks to this methodology. Of course, that said, legions of magicians who saw DB do this would swear otherwise.
"It is not guesswork at all. In fact, it's far from it." Ok great - so no guesswork means he must have known the card and number that were going to be chosen. So technically the presenter and the girl are "stooges" (i.e. in on the trick), but he must have spoken to them before the show about their choices. Thanks for the reveal, obvious now!
@attentionaddicts I'm impressed at the lack of intelligence in your response. Clearly, you didn't read the part at the beginning that says the spectator is NOT A STOOGE.
Second, you seem ignorant to the fact that in the first demonstration, no such action exists on the part of the spectator dealing the cards.
Finally, you don't even understand that the hand motions of the spectator in the second demonstration IN NO WAY suggested sleight of hand (I am a magician, I would know).
Everyone who has responded: Quit seeking the method. You will not find it. The fact is, the method is really quite evident to a practiced mentalist / showman. No psychological forces, by the way. Berglas himself has said that this piece is a combination of magic and mentalsim, which is why so many magicians just can't figure it out.
There is a simple way to do the effect, and it's been used for many other things as well. Nothing new; he just knows how to dress it up.
@MrPACOBURDITTO2 With all due respect, how do you know the method used?
Also if there's definitely no stooges, then only explanation must be guesswork / luck. He got lucky with 8 / queen of dimonds (maybe a very high chance those 2 will be chosen), if they're not he transitions into a slightly different trick with different but similar ending.
@attentionaddicts I know the method because I have studied both magic and mentalism for over 10 years, and aside from that, simple analytical skills work fairly well.
It is not guesswork at all. In fact, it's far from it. In looking for an explanation, you've overlooked one critical possibility that only an experienced mentalist or showperson would think of. That is why it hasn't occurred to you.
And it is the key to the deception of the Berglas Effect.
1)on Parkinson - presenter is in on it. "Think of a card" always results in about 5 common cards - parky just had to remember the placement of those. v easy, likely to be easy numbers (8, 10, 15, 28, 20). hence McCutheon and McGowan were amazed, Parkinson not so much.
I can't see why more than one person is 'in' on it, these aren't random stooges...these are actors on a chat show, you think Alistair mcgowen can palm and force any said card at will to any other place in the deck? get real...so I can rule him out...and the person picking the card I don't think is in on it either.IF there is a plant, it must be the number picker thats memorised card orders, but Michael parkinson is a bumbling old idiot and I can't see him remembering his own birthday. So I dunno
For the first one i guessed 8 in my head. Shat a brick when Parky said 8. Ok, coincidence. Second one mentally chose 23. I'm freaking the fuck out. WHAT THE HEEELL?!
I guessed 8 in my head for the first one, shat a brick when Parky said 8. Guessed 23 in my head for the second one, and now i'm freaking the fuck out. What the HELL.
the only reason we're ruling out plants is cuz of the added awe that it is an un revealed trick and only 2 ppl in the world know it. if you watched this without knowing that, you wouldnt have a problem convincing yourself that those guys were stooges.
The person counting the cards switches the card. If you notice both times they pause before turning over the last card which gives them time to place the card on top of the deck before revealing the card.
The only way it can work is the guy holding the cards is in on the trick, what ever he is doing I'm not sure, maybe pulling the card from the bottom or something.
I wanna see him ask the number before the card. I'm convinced he has a stooge memorize the entire deck, so that he can give a number matching the card
@caterpillar06 good idea in theory, but he often doesn't even use his own deck. he can do the same trick with a borrowed deck. also, what did he say that hinted at the number 8?
The conditions don't insist that the 3rd volunteer is not a stooge. He might have a way of finding the card externally (some of the deck could be flipped upside down, or a have polarized markings that he sees with special contacts). There are opportunities for "doing something" for the third volunteer in both tricks.
The reason I suspect this is because the magician does not allow the participants to inspect the cards at the beginning. I think there are more than 52 cards in that deck.
The old man's hand gestures in the second clip are rather suspicious. When he enters the stage he semi-casually puts his hand down his pocket, then hides his hand behind his back, then uses both hands in what seems to be an ordinary gesture to apply pressure to the card he just grabbed out of his pocket. You can see the thumb movement when he reaches the 23rd card, Berglar stops the countdown for a reason [so he can put the card on top].
@TheSphinxNL : This doesn't explain the first performance. I think there are 104 cards in that "deck" and the magician actually flips the bottom 52 (a legitimate deck) upside down. When she announces the Q of hearts, the "stooge" fans the cards towards his own body, so only he sees this. He locates the card, then makes a "break" and pushes it out so he can access it quickly. The magician stops at 7 cards and does the misdirection, so the stooge can "prepare the card" then he produces it.
@TheSphinxNL Your idea makes some sense, but I see two problems:
1. To me it looks like the old guy's hands are empty (and I'm a magician, I know some pretty unusual palms). That doesn't rule out loading a duplicate though.
2. He's dealing face up. If the selection is above the chosen number, it will be seen. In order to prevent this, he would have to know where the selection is in the pack and make sure it's not above the number that was called.
@chainfire9001 Maybe it's a stacked deck memorized by the dealer (easier than it sounds, trust me).
- If the card is above the number, do face up second deals when he gets to it.
- If the card is below the number, he could load a duplicate card in an unusual way (i.e. secret pocket in the front of his pants, shielded by his hands). He puts the duplicate there before he stands, when he hears the chosen number is too small.
- If the card is at the chosen number, you have a genuine miracle.
@mikvance haha its because i havent tried it myself to see if it works. theoretically it works, but i'll say that at least one person has to be in on it.
@darkdrageon how do you know that the original itself doesn't have at least one plant? Cause the video said so? If we are to believe magicians every time they say their trick doesn't involve a plant then there'll be thousands more unknowable tricks. It is their job to misdirect lol
@SpankyBurrito lol i knew this was a setting, its obvious as fuck, but when i saw your second comment (haven't seen the first) I was like "SHIT this guy know how to make it without a set up" then i read the last sentence and I tough "OMG captain obvious saved the day again"
@darkdrageon thanks i know im a genius. because unlike you i am not gullible enough to believe whatever the text says about how the trick is done and it appears that many here agree with me. good day to you captain oblivious.
lol you're so retarded that I'm not gonna explain what exacty mean with my comment because you're too lazy or stupid to re-read my comments. have a nice nice captain idiot.
I can't expian how he did it in Parkinson, but in the live show setting, is it possible that the person who calls the number has memorized the order of the cards in the pack and simply calls out the place in the pak (e.g. 23 in this case) where the chosen card is located?
Obviously, they have to be REALLY good a memorizing things.....it wouldn't be impossible, though.
I'm a big fan of Penn and Teller's "fool us", I'm not a magician myself, but I know quite a bit of slight of hand, and enjoy figuring out magic tricks and spotting mistakes. The one thing I can point out in this entire clip is, it's very peculiar to me how in depth they describe the first two volunteers are not stooges, planted, etc.. but then it's just said "a third volunteer does such and such" with no further description. that is all i will say.
Yup 52*52, that's doubling. Great trick, bad math.The probabillity of A card being in any spot is 1, the probability of any given card being in any spot is 1/52. And the probability of ACCIDENTALLY guessing where a card is is also 1/52.
There is no possible way to do this trick "straight" (i.e. without the aid of a stooge). The trick seems perfect in that a) it seems the magician cannot possibly affect the order of the cards after the spectator has made his pick and b) it seems like the magician has no influence whatsoever on the spectator's card choice. If someone out there can figure out how one of these two things can be accomplished, then I will believe the trick is straight.
3:18. No, it is not 52 times 52. It is just 52. This is a classic mistake people make when calculating probabilities - not realizing that one of the choices is completely free.
Pick a number from 1 to 52. I pick #30. I had a 1 in 52 chance of picking #30 but that doesn't matter because any number I pick is valid. What are the chances of the Ace of diamonds being at #30? 1 in 52. There are 52 possible cards that could be in that position, each equally likely.
the person who calls a number is in on it, but only that person, and that person uses simple math to calculate the position of any card in a pre-arranged , seemingly random but never randomized card sequence.
It's simple: he has the ability to stop time. So he simple freezes time, places the correct card at the right position, resumes the time flow (that's a technical term) and voila!
He manipulates the number you choose with hand movements. Once he has the deck nice and stacked, after learning the card chosen, he gets the person to choose the right number. Or vice versa. It's a really neat trick of the mind.
Yeah, stooges, In the second video, it seems that the "audience member" on stage is so eager to start that he knows what to do even before he's told. It would have been impressive if they shuffled the deck during the trick, but as it is, it almost seems too obvious. And telling us that "no one is a stooge" really doesn't work.
if the people who picked the number and the card weren't apart of the trick(stooges) then their reactions would have been amazed and not just clapping and smiling with the bored sounding "wow...". this is not a trick or magic, it's just a waste of our time to watch bullshit.
He keeps saying pick a number between 1& 52. 1+5+2 = 8 so maybe that's how he influences the man to pick 8. Don't know how he influences the Queen of Hearts though. Maybe he spoke about Princess Diana earlier???
@taptele idiots. illusionists whio claim mind controll or hiveminds are irresponsible assholes who try any nonsense for a cheap diversion and +publicity to gullible retards.
Personally I think It's a matter of Subliminal manipulation. The magician already KNOWS what the card is, but by leaking specific key word and hints, the magician is able to "convince" those people to pick the card they want.
simply Listen to the as if you where there having the trick done to you, don't try to "focus" on anything, simple act like your the one in the seat, and pick the number and card when he tells you to. 7/10 people who have never watch this vid, will pick the same card.
See Darren Brown, I think he is influencing what number/card the people are picking, without them knowing. I.E The choice of card + number are not really free choices, they only appear to be.
He should have the audience play rock, paper, scissors to determine who can say the number and card, and then who deals them out. That way it could be anyone who gets picked.
I don't think his maths at 3:18 is quite right, ie. that the probability of the trick succeeding is 1 over 52×52.
Take the "number" aspect of the trick out of the equation. Now all you're doing is asking someone to think of a card, and then you're asserting that it is SOMEWHERE within the deck. By Paul's logic, the probability of of this happening correctly is 1 over 52. But really, the probability is 1 over 1, since obviously the card will be in the pack (assuming that it's not a trick deck).
There is no fucking way that a stooge is not involved here. With the magician having no contact with the cards, of course there has to be a stooge involved at some point!
The dealer cannot be a stooge... suppose I'm the one that calling out the number and I say 51. I'd like to see the dealer skipping the right card in order to deal it as the penultimate... it would be too obvious. And, it wouldn't be so legendary if it has stooges involved... the trick would leak, and nobody would be impressed anymore
The person who names a number could be a plant. Maybe he memorized the order of the deck before the show and just named the position at which the Queen of Hearts was at. My other guess is that with careful experimentation, most people think of those cards with those numbers. It seems though that the second option would open the chance to failure. Notice that the deck isn't shuffled. So it is set up in some way. If I'm wrong then this is a miracle.
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MforMartian 1 month ago
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mindwong 1 month ago
u guys all realize u can perform this...its a trick deck called mastermind
TheFireFurnace 1 month ago
@TheFireFurnace can you perform this exact trick of a variation of the trick?
batesy1996 1 month ago
@batesy1996 with the mastermind deck of course
batesy1996 1 month ago
@batesy1996 yes. the effect is u have a prediction card to the side and the spectator names any number 1-52 and the number the called on is the same number as the prediction.im not sure how it works all i know is that it has a similar effect..a hint to the way the berglas effect is done:its a mem deck and uses hypnosis? to force a certain card ..very diffucult technique that no amateur magician can execute.
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Variation(s)? Exact trick? That is a contradiction in terms. A 'variation' is not even a facsimile for other mentalists!
ACAAN presented by the charismatic David Berglas & the hands- off presentation, all cards turned over face-up by 3 spectators will remain in ice, because the "Berglas blueprint" is locked in the mind-vault of six elite magicians,who maintain the outdated Magician's code. I was at a private event in LA and saw it performed by 1 of the 6 - He calls himself Jando X.
ABRAXIS 3 weeks ago
@TheFireFurnace Sorry mate, this is not Mastermind! Mastermind does not cover the restriction of turning over the cards face up, number after number, until you reach the desired card.
ABRAXIS 3 weeks ago
@ABRAXIS Im aware of that and a previous comment i said it was a variation
TheFireFurnace 3 weeks ago
@TheFireFurnace With all due respect, there is no such thing as "exact" if it isn't identical in all respects. Once you see the real thing . . . well, 'variations' will have to do.
ABRAXIS 3 weeks ago
Who'd have thought it??? Alastair Cook being a Great Magician!!!
jmjmartin 2 months ago
Actually , you can buy a berglars effect and get to know how its doned at just $500 . I sware !
magician560 2 months ago
@magician560 Really?Where?
ABRAXIS 3 weeks ago
I know how this is done and there is no one 'in on it' or pre-show stooges
WianBergMagic 2 months ago
@WianBergMagic You probably don't though.
thatwasfintanstack 2 months ago
@WianBergMagic what about "instant-stooges" ?
musicrox127 1 month ago
thats easy!!!
berreshilton 2 months ago
@berreshilton tutorial please
ciro007ify 2 months ago
Anyone who can send me an explanation of this, I will give anything on my channel and more! Ask me what you want and I'll see if I have it or if I can get it...Tool David Stone, Any Signed Card To Any Spectators Wallet (UCCU), Redemption, Torn 2 Pieces, Industrial Revelation, The Gathering, Marc Paul Affected By Berglas, ACCAN Mat Johnson, Humbug, Hover, X Ray by Ben Harris and tons more!!! PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WianBergMagic 3 months ago
I wonder if this could fool Penn and Teller.
TypicalPony 3 months ago
this effect has been revealed
thetyhoss 3 months ago
@thetyhoss where, plz tell me!
monkeyman822 3 months ago
@thetyhoss yes, please tell me too
WianBergMagic 3 months ago 2
no sound why show it thanks
steve123387 3 months ago
acctually the probability is 1 over 52 not 1 over 2704 (52 squared or 52 times 52) like he said
owenrhysmusic 3 months ago
where i can learn this effect?
JKmagicJK 3 months ago
@JKmagicJK
This effect or almost this effect can be learned on colin mcleods dvd opening minds.
owenrhysmusic 3 months ago
Im guessing that the person who names the card is genuine but the person who names the number of the card is a stooge. Upon hearing the name of the card the stooge names the appropriate number according to the stack. If not then this is a miracle.
Jimmycrow1980 3 months ago
What the hell was she raving about the Ace of Hearts?
789123Y 3 months ago
@789123Y yerr! i thought that :))
monkeyman822 3 months ago
1:31 What a spoiler...
L33T97 4 months ago
@L33T97 "Spoiler"? What do you mean? A few things popped into my mind. Possibly the QH being the most popular card after the AS, or perhaps along side the AS?
CheshireCatFun 4 months ago
Knowing how this trick works makes watching it so much more enjoyable.
joshgillespiewolf 4 months ago
@joshgillespiewolf were can i learn this
iiReVx 3 months ago
@joshgillespiewolf ? plz tell me in an inbox
monkeyman822 3 months ago
mentalism
ricer888 4 months ago
The person who is in on the trick is the guy counting the cards
ifyouseekay1000 4 months ago
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iCheesey 5 months ago
Stupid woman shit
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ccgood4u 5 months ago
The ACAAB version of Boris Wild resppect the chart (?) too...
GeoffreyS77 5 months ago
sorry below i meant NOT stooges - they're NOT in on the trick. But they have been spoken to / coached about the number and card that will be given beforehand. Interesting that Parky says "Give you the number now?" before saying 8 - note THE number not A number, like they'd already rehearsed it..just the vid again, it's an odd choice of phrase..
attentionaddicts 5 months ago
@attentionaddicts Ah, p**s*** w*** . . . interesting.
Of course, technically, the "the" could simply be referring to the number then just having been thought up, thus the proper article vs. the more open ended "a" article before the "number" asked for. I saw this performed at a magic club meeting just as clean as this, based on an idea by Bill Goldman, which perhaps speaks to this methodology. Of course, that said, legions of magicians who saw DB do this would swear otherwise.
CheshireCatFun 4 months ago
"It is not guesswork at all. In fact, it's far from it." Ok great - so no guesswork means he must have known the card and number that were going to be chosen. So technically the presenter and the girl are "stooges" (i.e. in on the trick), but he must have spoken to them before the show about their choices. Thanks for the reveal, obvious now!
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im not as good as this guy but i have tricks on my channel too not as good but if u wanna check out my channel i have tricks too mikella123
mikella123 5 months ago
2) dealer is in on it, he manipulates the deck and places correct number on top at 4:38. simple as that.
attentionaddicts 5 months ago
@attentionaddicts I'm impressed at the lack of intelligence in your response. Clearly, you didn't read the part at the beginning that says the spectator is NOT A STOOGE.
Second, you seem ignorant to the fact that in the first demonstration, no such action exists on the part of the spectator dealing the cards.
Finally, you don't even understand that the hand motions of the spectator in the second demonstration IN NO WAY suggested sleight of hand (I am a magician, I would know).
MrPACOBURDITTO2 5 months ago
Everyone who has responded: Quit seeking the method. You will not find it. The fact is, the method is really quite evident to a practiced mentalist / showman. No psychological forces, by the way. Berglas himself has said that this piece is a combination of magic and mentalsim, which is why so many magicians just can't figure it out.
There is a simple way to do the effect, and it's been used for many other things as well. Nothing new; he just knows how to dress it up.
MrPACOBURDITTO2 5 months ago
@MrPACOBURDITTO2 With all due respect, how do you know the method used?
Also if there's definitely no stooges, then only explanation must be guesswork / luck. He got lucky with 8 / queen of dimonds (maybe a very high chance those 2 will be chosen), if they're not he transitions into a slightly different trick with different but similar ending.
attentionaddicts 5 months ago
@attentionaddicts I know the method because I have studied both magic and mentalism for over 10 years, and aside from that, simple analytical skills work fairly well.
It is not guesswork at all. In fact, it's far from it. In looking for an explanation, you've overlooked one critical possibility that only an experienced mentalist or showperson would think of. That is why it hasn't occurred to you.
And it is the key to the deception of the Berglas Effect.
MrPACOBURDITTO2 5 months ago
2 different methods at work here.
1)on Parkinson - presenter is in on it. "Think of a card" always results in about 5 common cards - parky just had to remember the placement of those. v easy, likely to be easy numbers (8, 10, 15, 28, 20). hence McCutheon and McGowan were amazed, Parkinson not so much.
attentionaddicts 5 months ago
He uses gameshark. It ain't fair.
Bigodon 5 months ago
Pretty sure he's the devil.
voslyn 5 months ago
I can't see why more than one person is 'in' on it, these aren't random stooges...these are actors on a chat show, you think Alistair mcgowen can palm and force any said card at will to any other place in the deck? get real...so I can rule him out...and the person picking the card I don't think is in on it either.IF there is a plant, it must be the number picker thats memorised card orders, but Michael parkinson is a bumbling old idiot and I can't see him remembering his own birthday. So I dunno
SquareRo0o0t 5 months ago
For the first one i guessed 8 in my head. Shat a brick when Parky said 8. Ok, coincidence. Second one mentally chose 23. I'm freaking the fuck out. WHAT THE HEEELL?!
RuthelleHarrietBrown 5 months ago
I guessed 8 in my head for the first one, shat a brick when Parky said 8. Guessed 23 in my head for the second one, and now i'm freaking the fuck out. What the HELL.
RuthelleHarrietBrown 5 months ago
Don't you think if it were really a plant it would be common knowledge by now?
He's actually Dumbledoor
wubdubwub 5 months ago 6
I actually guessed Queen of heart and number 7 in the deck which is probably luck, or subliminal message maybe?
p4cm4n182 5 months ago
He cut that deck somehow and shuffled it in a certain way before he brought that deck out.
CitySkin09 5 months ago
one of them is stooges except the girl. Solved. next...!!
XGALARION 5 months ago
the only reason we're ruling out plants is cuz of the added awe that it is an un revealed trick and only 2 ppl in the world know it. if you watched this without knowing that, you wouldnt have a problem convincing yourself that those guys were stooges.
xSijUx 5 months ago
Hmmm thats a tricky one
BerryJoy 5 months ago
You people are kinda stupid..it's fucking staged.
End of story.
Porly62 5 months ago
The one that picks the number is obviously in on the trick.
LapisGarter 5 months ago
The person counting the cards switches the card. If you notice both times they pause before turning over the last card which gives them time to place the card on top of the deck before revealing the card.
JFetch 5 months ago
The only way it can work is the guy holding the cards is in on the trick, what ever he is doing I'm not sure, maybe pulling the card from the bottom or something.
RetroGoop 5 months ago
THIS GUY IS A FUCKIN DEMON
ihatej00poo 5 months ago
I like the spreadwave alot more
deadendjesenice 5 months ago
There's no method at all for the Berglass Effect.
CristianKirk 5 months ago
@moses815 - C'mon, whoever heard of a successful act with three stooges in it? ;)
CaptainPedant 5 months ago
@Limitless334 erm... that's quite the dumbest ideea I have read here... mostly everyone functions on the presumtion that the magician has plants...
cknro 5 months ago
I wanna see him ask the number before the card. I'm convinced he has a stooge memorize the entire deck, so that he can give a number matching the card
FatherTime89 5 months ago
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FatherTime89 5 months ago
is that Tommy from Power Rangers?
lishuss 5 months ago 2
Does he weigh more than a duck?
blue46gt 5 months ago 4
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SpankyBurrito 5 months ago
@caterpillar06 good idea in theory, but he often doesn't even use his own deck. he can do the same trick with a borrowed deck. also, what did he say that hinted at the number 8?
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caterpillar06 5 months ago
The conditions don't insist that the 3rd volunteer is not a stooge. He might have a way of finding the card externally (some of the deck could be flipped upside down, or a have polarized markings that he sees with special contacts). There are opportunities for "doing something" for the third volunteer in both tricks.
The reason I suspect this is because the magician does not allow the participants to inspect the cards at the beginning. I think there are more than 52 cards in that deck.
websnarf 5 months ago
Theres three stooges in this act.
Moses815 5 months ago
@Moses815 One is perfectly sufficient.
DrAlexisOlson 5 months ago
0:48 It's not unusual to love anyone?
420yendal 5 months ago
The 4th criteria does not specify that the chosen spectator is not a stooge. Clue, or error?
SpartanCarver 5 months ago
The old man's hand gestures in the second clip are rather suspicious. When he enters the stage he semi-casually puts his hand down his pocket, then hides his hand behind his back, then uses both hands in what seems to be an ordinary gesture to apply pressure to the card he just grabbed out of his pocket. You can see the thumb movement when he reaches the 23rd card, Berglar stops the countdown for a reason [so he can put the card on top].
This guy got nothing on the Great Danton.
TheSphinxNL 5 months ago
@TheSphinxNL : This doesn't explain the first performance. I think there are 104 cards in that "deck" and the magician actually flips the bottom 52 (a legitimate deck) upside down. When she announces the Q of hearts, the "stooge" fans the cards towards his own body, so only he sees this. He locates the card, then makes a "break" and pushes it out so he can access it quickly. The magician stops at 7 cards and does the misdirection, so the stooge can "prepare the card" then he produces it.
websnarf 5 months ago
@TheSphinxNL Your idea makes some sense, but I see two problems:
1. To me it looks like the old guy's hands are empty (and I'm a magician, I know some pretty unusual palms). That doesn't rule out loading a duplicate though.
2. He's dealing face up. If the selection is above the chosen number, it will be seen. In order to prevent this, he would have to know where the selection is in the pack and make sure it's not above the number that was called.
chainfire9001 5 months ago
@chainfire9001 Maybe it's a stacked deck memorized by the dealer (easier than it sounds, trust me).
- If the card is above the number, do face up second deals when he gets to it.
- If the card is below the number, he could load a duplicate card in an unusual way (i.e. secret pocket in the front of his pants, shielded by his hands). He puts the duplicate there before he stands, when he hears the chosen number is too small.
- If the card is at the chosen number, you have a genuine miracle.
chainfire9001 5 months ago
lol why is tom jones there? he's adorable lol.
barbroxursox 5 months ago
The answer is so obvious, sort of like this...
dubyadubyadubya.youtube.com/watch?v=Vcie7vYjk1E
Except with no magic words.
BobBX542 5 months ago
"You may need to boost your audio"
Immediately lowers it.
FenderBenderist 5 months ago
the last card comes of the bottom, my dad taught me that when i was a child. there's an accomplice. the guy that comes on stage.
dharmybum 5 months ago
That woman is so fucking stupid she makes me mad.
LeChuck99 5 months ago 31
hahaha hes just like phew thankgod that worked
fuckingfuckfuckfuckf 5 months ago
This is so gay and fake, fucking set up
siaosiaochin 5 months ago
stopped caring when she picked the queen of hearts the most picked card in the history of cards
Sixtystone 5 months ago
The whole time the guy was counting the cards, he held the deck loosely, but 4:36, I think, explains the whole trick.
CisforCock 5 months ago
@CisforCock that's rather suspicious
RichardKleiner 5 months ago
There's no proof that the participants are NOT planted. Anyway, I believe I have figured out how this is done and I'm gonna try it with my friends!
SpankyBurrito 5 months ago
@SpankyBurrito conveniently you forgot to share your answer -- good job!
mikvance 5 months ago
@mikvance haha its because i havent tried it myself to see if it works. theoretically it works, but i'll say that at least one person has to be in on it.
SpankyBurrito 5 months ago
@SpankyBurrito
lol we al tough you knew the answer without a setting up that makes this easier than fuck, lol,
darkdrageon 5 months ago
@darkdrageon how do you know that the original itself doesn't have at least one plant? Cause the video said so? If we are to believe magicians every time they say their trick doesn't involve a plant then there'll be thousands more unknowable tricks. It is their job to misdirect lol
SpankyBurrito 5 months ago
@SpankyBurrito lol i knew this was a setting, its obvious as fuck, but when i saw your second comment (haven't seen the first) I was like "SHIT this guy know how to make it without a set up" then i read the last sentence and I tough "OMG captain obvious saved the day again"
darkdrageon 5 months ago
@darkdrageon even my second comment said theres a plant so there you go captain oblivious
SpankyBurrito 5 months ago
@SpankyBurrito
this is to you genius
"then i read the last sentence"
got it? or I have to explain it to you?
darkdrageon 5 months ago
@darkdrageon thanks i know im a genius. because unlike you i am not gullible enough to believe whatever the text says about how the trick is done and it appears that many here agree with me. good day to you captain oblivious.
SpankyBurrito 5 months ago
@SpankyBurrito
lol you're so retarded that I'm not gonna explain what exacty mean with my comment because you're too lazy or stupid to re-read my comments. have a nice nice captain idiot.
darkdrageon 5 months ago
You will never see that trick when the audience chooses the first or the 52nd card.
tezropunkel 5 months ago
What happens if you say the number 52? Thumbs up if you want to know!
crossedanthrax 5 months ago
In one of the suggestion videos, the Chinese magician said that girls most likely pick Queen of Heart
pastelpeach22159 5 months ago
so who else came here from cracked?
s0m30n3el5e 5 months ago 166
@s0m30n3el5e I so did haha.
Alucard9879 5 months ago
id tap that chick.
derp.
toiletscrubbr 5 months ago
I can't expian how he did it in Parkinson, but in the live show setting, is it possible that the person who calls the number has memorized the order of the cards in the pack and simply calls out the place in the pak (e.g. 23 in this case) where the chosen card is located?
Obviously, they have to be REALLY good a memorizing things.....it wouldn't be impossible, though.
richard20bris 5 months ago
@richard20bris You could arrange the cards in such an order to make memorizing them much, much easier.
DrAlexisOlson 5 months ago
I'm a big fan of Penn and Teller's "fool us", I'm not a magician myself, but I know quite a bit of slight of hand, and enjoy figuring out magic tricks and spotting mistakes. The one thing I can point out in this entire clip is, it's very peculiar to me how in depth they describe the first two volunteers are not stooges, planted, etc.. but then it's just said "a third volunteer does such and such" with no further description. that is all i will say.
WarMachine00 5 months ago
Is the woman in the first clip the dumbest woman alive?
h0twire15 5 months ago 2
"The Berglas Effect" is a pretty name for 'sorcery'
MercuryForever 5 months ago 3
Yup 52*52, that's doubling. Great trick, bad math.The probabillity of A card being in any spot is 1, the probability of any given card being in any spot is 1/52. And the probability of ACCIDENTALLY guessing where a card is is also 1/52.
EinstenNJ 5 months ago
@EinstenNJ Yea, it's 1/52 every single time.
h0twire15 5 months ago
There is no possible way to do this trick "straight" (i.e. without the aid of a stooge). The trick seems perfect in that a) it seems the magician cannot possibly affect the order of the cards after the spectator has made his pick and b) it seems like the magician has no influence whatsoever on the spectator's card choice. If someone out there can figure out how one of these two things can be accomplished, then I will believe the trick is straight.
LegionarioCruel 5 months ago
who is the girl in the first clip? damn she's fine!
bzrwon 5 months ago 5
@bzrwon Martine McCutcheon. she was in Love Actually and some other films.
thewhiteafrican 5 months ago
3:18. No, it is not 52 times 52. It is just 52. This is a classic mistake people make when calculating probabilities - not realizing that one of the choices is completely free.
Pick a number from 1 to 52. I pick #30. I had a 1 in 52 chance of picking #30 but that doesn't matter because any number I pick is valid. What are the chances of the Ace of diamonds being at #30? 1 in 52. There are 52 possible cards that could be in that position, each equally likely.
Still a cool trick, though.
softy8088 5 months ago
the person who calls a number is in on it, but only that person, and that person uses simple math to calculate the position of any card in a pre-arranged , seemingly random but never randomized card sequence.
olllj 5 months ago
he says certain words that influence you to say what he wants you to say. its that simple. its all done sub consciously
napster11100 5 months ago
he says certain words that influence you to say what he wants you to say. its that simple.
napster11100 5 months ago
It's simple: he has the ability to stop time. So he simple freezes time, places the correct card at the right position, resumes the time flow (that's a technical term) and voila!
00cm 5 months ago 61
The chinese guy even had the cards cut by someone else. He one-upped this trick.
LeahWayEarth 5 months ago
my brain is so full of fuck
crusaderknight007 5 months ago
He manipulates the number you choose with hand movements. Once he has the deck nice and stacked, after learning the card chosen, he gets the person to choose the right number. Or vice versa. It's a really neat trick of the mind.
gianttoe 5 months ago
Anyone know what the girl's name is in the first clip?
silentrocker33 5 months ago
@silentrocker33 Martine McCutcheon
dmagol 5 months ago
@silentrocker33 Martine McCutcheon, she was in Love Actually.
fleurdelis 5 months ago
That girl is bonerific.
RebelBasestar 5 months ago 5
Yeah, stooges, In the second video, it seems that the "audience member" on stage is so eager to start that he knows what to do even before he's told. It would have been impressive if they shuffled the deck during the trick, but as it is, it almost seems too obvious. And telling us that "no one is a stooge" really doesn't work.
Olhado256 5 months ago 3
this guys a really good magician, but as showman...not as much
EpicBeard815 5 months ago
F**kin' magicians, how do they think of amazing shit such as this?!
sapphire2005 5 months ago
the "nobody is a Stooge" is a part of the act. its like saying any other part of the presentation of a trick.
spazemunky 5 months ago
if the people who picked the number and the card weren't apart of the trick(stooges) then their reactions would have been amazed and not just clapping and smiling with the bored sounding "wow...". this is not a trick or magic, it's just a waste of our time to watch bullshit.
GILLIGAN1080 5 months ago
@GILLIGAN1080 Sounds like u mad
musiqman0709 5 months ago
@musiqman0709 nah. wait as in angry or crazy? haha
GILLIGAN1080 5 months ago
stfu ppl
this is magic
nuf said
rivlean8 5 months ago
Cracked
wassupdoc319 5 months ago
his smile at 2:52 is like "how the fuck did i pull that off"
NaYarB04 5 months ago
A WITCH!!!! BURN HIM!!
IvanKesja 5 months ago 37
@IvanKesja Only if he weighs the same as a duck...
SirLeflets 5 months ago 7
@IvanKesja Only women can be accused of being a witch.
singhisking853 5 months ago
Marc Paul knows the order of the cards. Spectator 2 is the stooge.
kingomar69 5 months ago 2
LMAO
q0zi 5 months ago
He keeps saying pick a number between 1& 52. 1+5+2 = 8 so maybe that's how he influences the man to pick 8. Don't know how he influences the Queen of Hearts though. Maybe he spoke about Princess Diana earlier???
taptele 5 months ago
@taptele idiots. illusionists whio claim mind controll or hiveminds are irresponsible assholes who try any nonsense for a cheap diversion and +publicity to gullible retards.
olllj 5 months ago
Personally I think It's a matter of Subliminal manipulation. The magician already KNOWS what the card is, but by leaking specific key word and hints, the magician is able to "convince" those people to pick the card they want.
simply Listen to the as if you where there having the trick done to you, don't try to "focus" on anything, simple act like your the one in the seat, and pick the number and card when he tells you to. 7/10 people who have never watch this vid, will pick the same card.
TheTorigoma 5 months ago
Everyone is in on it.
SUPERGRASS1000 5 months ago 3
This video seems to be the only one of this effect
WatchMeShred 5 months ago
See Darren Brown, I think he is influencing what number/card the people are picking, without them knowing. I.E The choice of card + number are not really free choices, they only appear to be.
kittyloaf 5 months ago
He should have the audience play rock, paper, scissors to determine who can say the number and card, and then who deals them out. That way it could be anyone who gets picked.
honea1124 5 months ago
Obviously, he's keeping this trick a secret because he'd be burned at the stake for being a witch if he told everyone how he did it.
llxwarbirdxll 5 months ago 2
I don't think his maths at 3:18 is quite right, ie. that the probability of the trick succeeding is 1 over 52×52.
Take the "number" aspect of the trick out of the equation. Now all you're doing is asking someone to think of a card, and then you're asserting that it is SOMEWHERE within the deck. By Paul's logic, the probability of of this happening correctly is 1 over 52. But really, the probability is 1 over 1, since obviously the card will be in the pack (assuming that it's not a trick deck).
charlyandjosh 5 months ago
Damn strait
Ifindthevids 5 months ago
I simply can't think of a possible way this could have been done without a stooge. Mind=Blown
the1337cook 5 months ago
There is no fucking way that a stooge is not involved here. With the magician having no contact with the cards, of course there has to be a stooge involved at some point!
jackstorm777 5 months ago
The dealer cannot be a stooge... suppose I'm the one that calling out the number and I say 51. I'd like to see the dealer skipping the right card in order to deal it as the penultimate... it would be too obvious. And, it wouldn't be so legendary if it has stooges involved... the trick would leak, and nobody would be impressed anymore
2112guga 5 months ago
Assuming the words for the description is 100% accurate. The third one is the stooge. The first two are stated they are not, but the third isn't.
ixbleedxfire 5 months ago
OH MY SHIT!!! I THOUGHT OF 23!!! :O O.O
Mega007guy 5 months ago
@Mega007guy sadly this might be the smartest comment to this video.
olllj 5 months ago
Cracked.com says that only 2 people know the trick... but apparently that chinese guy on the related movies also knows :-(
gabrieloshiro 5 months ago 110
@gabrieloshiro They obviously meant everyone except Chinese people. Chinese people know everything.
musiqman0709 5 months ago
@gabrieloshiro there are a lot of variants and ripoffs of this trick with varying degrees of hackery involved.
krbato 5 months ago
That lady is retarded.
MrRelkeb 5 months ago
no stooges, my ass...
rhBOSS 5 months ago
Yeah, it's not difficult to figure out that a woman like that would pick the queen of hearts.
Kilgorin10 5 months ago