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Music's a very good idea. I've been thinking about that as well, but in a different context. Thanks for the input!

What you're talking about sounds a lot like the Walter Scott Punch Deal. Legend has it that Walter Irving Scott, a cheat, was meeting with the greatest New Yorker card men of the era (1930) and was able to fool them all by dealing himself a great poker hand from a deck another magician had...

There are people who have recognized (or claimed to have recognized) the technique he uses. The theory makes sense, but still you have to marvel at how well he executes it. Definitely. He does things you wouldn't believe are possible, and I can only assume that it would be even more incredible...

Hi Mazen, welcome to the Forums! I think you'll find them extremely helpful if you have any questions concerning cards, coins, presentation or anything else related to magic, so yes, you've come to the right place. Richard Turner is an amazing magician (he's actually who got me into magic)...

If you don't mind practicing something you won't ever need except for showing-off, you could start practicing one-handed shuffles with the halves of the deck end-to-end (see Richard Turner). If you want to learn something you can actually use, then that's of course not necessarily the way to go.

Sometimes I think that emoji was made specially for you and your profile picture. Also, which methods do you prefer to control a single card?!

Must've slipped onto the cursive button, didn't mean this to sound so intense. (Jeez, it sounds like a CIA interrogation!)

Did you develop those skills as a result of practicing mentalism already, or did you start doing mentalism as a result of developing these skills? Great story, great tips. Thank you both! What do you prefer?

That's a shame. Though it might be a topic for a different thread, may I ask why you stopped doing (most) card magic and started doing mentalism instead?

Rereading this, it sounds as if I was doubting your expertise. I'm very sorry if it came across this way! I'm merely interested in seeing (or not seeing?) good executions of this extremely difficult move.

You've got so many good tips to share on the pass, is there any place to see your pass, Christopher?

Jon Armstrong does a very nice three card monte with blank cards (you can find his performance on YouTube). What I personally like about that routine is (apart from the idea and his great performance) that it's pretty close sleight-wise to the actual street scam, and isn't a magician's version...

It might also give the feeling that this prediction of being one card off is the magician's contingency plan -- in case something goes wrong, I'll just pull out this piece of paper to make it work anyway.

Good point. But let's not further speculate upon his method; there was an argument (well, more of a fight) about that at the Magic Café, and I'm not keen on having that here :) Either way, yes, both Mr Forte and Mr England are fantastic to watch!

It helps a lot! Thanks, Scott!

"Those are the men who will dance at your wedding." - Guy Madison Hilarious! "But why do a gambler's cop, when you can just reveal a trick? For free? On YouTube?" -Daniel Madison Anyway, back to the topic: "No, I am the senate!" -Daniel Madison

Idea for WGN: Make up any quote and attribute it to Madison! :D

"No, I am, um ... wait ... no, hold on, I do -- no, that was something different ... oh, whatever." -Oscar Wilde

"No, I am better than Erdnase." -Daniel Madison

Oh, you mean that game Pop Haydn mentions? (at about 5:00) I'm impressed!