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As someone aiming to be a professional pool player in Japan right now, all I noticed was how crappy the table, balls, and house cues were... was there a magic trick?

I learned from the Darwin Ortiz tapes (can't remember them off the top of my head), but generally, you don't really need point to point instruction, you need to take what you know and practice like crazy, several hours a day, for a year. That is what I had to do. Now for practice, I cut the...

Great ideas there in the change. Here are a few opinions regarding performance that I think will make it a bit better (w/o changing the mechanics too much). Obviously you need to turn the original card over in the manner you do, to be able to do the change w/ your mechanics, so we can't...

Sorry to say, but you are mistaken. I will not go into details as you should pick up the one-on-one and see for yourself. But, I assure you, you are mistaken.

I know some of you out there are a bit skeptical of this 1-on-1, however, take a leap of faith and pick this one up... you will not be disappointed. Let's set aside the actual tricks first and just take a look at Tony and his teaching. There is definitely something special about Tony that...

Regarding coins size: Just remember "anything is possible with some small adjustments". I am able to do the vanish sleight with morgans and half-dollars, and even the Japanese 500 yen coin (which is a bit smaller than a half-dollar). Although, my success rate is a bit higher with the...

I posted a response on the magiccafe as Satoeri, but just to give you a bit more. I understand the urge to post videos of this routine, and the others, but don't sell yourself short and give into that urge. To be honest, I think you do have the mechanics down decent, but as a whole, it is...

It will be hard to label someone as the "best", because it depends on what we mean by the word, the "best"? If we are talking about the most successful (money and fame), then yeah, we would have to name people like David Roth, etc... If we are talking about creativity, we would have to...

This DVD is great !!! Check my review in the product review forum. Definitely not for the feint of heart, as this is quite a challenging dvd. But, nonetheless, amazing!

The first ever Ponta the Smith coin DVD (on sale in Japan now): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0u_5834RGo for purchase here: https://www.frenchdrop.com/detail?id=2404 First of all, this DVD is only on sale in Japan at the moment, but apparently will be released in the states next month...

The answer is simple, and in all respect to the OP, I believe he is misunderstanding a simple thing... that is that, people will do what they are interested in doing. If someone loves cards, ie... maybe is a trick monkey, or just loves the feel of a deck of cards in their hands, then cheers...

Keep it under 5 phases. Use the DL only once, MAYBE twice, if you are good at it and do it in different ways (never right after another), use the tilt maybe, don't use the pass, could use the cherry control.

The correct name for this "principle" is: common sense. thread closed?

...ugh is all I can think right now. Questions: Why have the card selected from the middle, only to place it back face down on the top of the deck before showing the card. It is an extra step that only draws suspicion and totally not needed. Why flick the card a gazillion times...

I think you are misunderstanding, or not realizing, the most important reasoning behind the idea of "do not perform a trick more than once." The reason for the rule is not to just protect your sleights and prevent from being figured out. Think of what you are providing to the audience...

I am going to take a pretty safe guess and assume that you don't speak Japanese. If you did speak Japanese (and I don't mean 1 year of University level Japanese, but really KNEW Japanese), and knew about how Japanese people are, you would know that Cyril actually is a GREAT performer and knows...

Subtle misdirection and subtle subliminal suggestion is your friend. Learn it and love it. The biddle trick is designed very well and needs very little tweaking, if any, to be amazing, but ONLY, if you know how to control the fine parts of the sequence. If you are having trouble...

No offense, but I would not be considering putting together a poker demo until you get together your techniques. If you had already started working on: second deal, (face down or stud, 1 handed deals, normal deals) bottom deal, center deal (if needed but not really) stack shuffling (A...

seriously? Who cares? If a move-monkey is happy and enjoys it, that is his/her choice. If what you enjoy from the hobby is pracitcing and trying to master every move you come by, then great. If you enjoy performing, then great. There is no right or wrong... everyone can do what they...

I am confused. What exaclty are you practicing for? If you are wanting to be a poker dealer, say... in a casino or card room, then: 1- make your shuffles faster 2- spin the card more as you deal them out so they don't have a "shooting towards the player" feel, but more of a "floating...