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Story from a full deck
« on: January 21, 2015, 10:51:18 PM »
 

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Just wanted to share this... I'm baffled by the method as well as by the presentation!
http://sploid.gizmodo.com/willie-nelson-tells-a-story-using-an-awesome-magic-card-1634335348

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Re: Story from a full deck
« Reply #1 on: January 22, 2015, 01:08:33 PM »
 

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Just wanted to share this... I'm baffled by the method as well as by the presentation!
http://sploid.gizmodo.com/willie-nelson-tells-a-story-using-an-awesome-magic-card-1634335348

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It's a simple version of a more complicated trick.  The more complicated version has actual deck shuffles in it.

Long story short, it involves prearrangement of the deck into a specific order.  I'm also thinking that perhaps the "porter card" is marked, allowing him to find it without much trouble.

Notice that when he's counting the cards off the deck, going from street to street, house to house, he appears to maintain the deck's original order before the cut was made, in essence reversing the cut when he slips those cards he removed to the bottom of the deck.  It even allows for a certain form of error-checking, as most of those cards get flipped face up while he's performing the trick.

I can't recall who the magician was, but someone did a similar trick on the Ellen Show a couple of years ago.  We have a topic about it here somewhere.
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Re: Story from a full deck
« Reply #2 on: January 22, 2015, 03:48:23 PM »
 

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Probably Bill Malone, I think this is the recent thread mentioned

http://www.playingcardforum.com/index.php?topic=7488

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S002GkROkA0


EDIT - Here's the variation done by another recently on Ellen that was mentioned
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DX7v6pK0lrU
 

Re: Story from a full deck
« Reply #3 on: January 22, 2015, 08:57:34 PM »
 

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Probably Bill Malone, I think this is the recent thread mentioned

http://www.playingcardforum.com/index.php?topic=7488

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S002GkROkA0


EDIT - Here's the variation done by another recently on Ellen that was mentioned
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DX7v6pK0lrU

James Galea does a variant of the "Sam the Bellhop" or "Club 654" trick.  Bill's even selling a pre-stacked deck for the routine.

James' version, however, is far from a standard deck.  In addition to having a printed message on a blank-faced card, he produces at least five Jacks - there's probably other repeated cards as well.

I'm thinking of a Canadian magician, someone who also appeared on Penn & Teller: Fool Us - I believe he's based out of Vancouver.  He's youngish, as well.
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