I just got back from a 2-hour lecture from the hitman of magic, Sal Piacente. For those who haven't heard of Sal, he a world-renowned expert in gambling cheats and has consulted security teams in the top Vegas casinos as well as the FBI.
Sal gave numerous demonstrations of card cheats for poker and blackjack, as well as his handlings of numerous Ed Marlo routines. He went into the psychology of the gambling cheat and got into numerous techniques such as stacking the deck on the fly with just a few shuffles and peeks.
Most fascinating were his displays of memorization. Within about 6 seconds, he had memorized an entire deck. He demonstrated the ability to memorize 25 randomly named objects on a list with no visual clues or cheats. He revealed his systems for binary code memorization and the phonetic alphabet mnemonic.
I purchased his Memory on the Fly lecture notes and can't wait to use this in my shows.
It was one of the most enlightening events I've ever attended and recommend Sal's material and lectures to anyone interested in gambling cheats or zero-prop mentalism using pure memory.
Sal gave numerous demonstrations of card cheats for poker and blackjack, as well as his handlings of numerous Ed Marlo routines. He went into the psychology of the gambling cheat and got into numerous techniques such as stacking the deck on the fly with just a few shuffles and peeks.
Most fascinating were his displays of memorization. Within about 6 seconds, he had memorized an entire deck. He demonstrated the ability to memorize 25 randomly named objects on a list with no visual clues or cheats. He revealed his systems for binary code memorization and the phonetic alphabet mnemonic.
I purchased his Memory on the Fly lecture notes and can't wait to use this in my shows.
It was one of the most enlightening events I've ever attended and recommend Sal's material and lectures to anyone interested in gambling cheats or zero-prop mentalism using pure memory.