Tonight, anyone who fools Penn & Teller wins
a slot performing in their long running Vegas magic show. Let's see if our first performer can do the
trick. My vision started going south when I was 9
years old, so I have no sight. But, I don't call myself blind because I see
things in ways that other people can't see. People always want to know how I can determine
different cards. My thumbs and my fingers can feel things that
other hands can't. I now have 10 eyeballs. I'm a card mechanic. I demonstrate how many ways you can be cheated
in cards. A card mechanic is somebody who controls the
outcome of a card game, and the techniques for the card table are literally a thousand
times more difficult to develop than the techniques used to perform card magic. Ever since I started karate, people say, "You're
a black belt? How can you possibly fight?" I haven't missed a work out in 45 years and
2 weeks. And, we all have obstacles. All of us! You know what I consider the worst disability
of all? Procrastination and laziness. Give me blindness over that any day of the
week. Please welcome the amazing Richard Turner. Penn, Teller, can you join me at my table,
please? Penn over here. Teller on this side. C'mon over. It's an honor. It's a pleasure. Well, HOWDY! Howdy! I love it when the audience shows up. Well I'm Richard Turner and I represent why
you should never play cards with strangers. As you heard, I'm not a magician. I'm what's known as a card mechanic, but what
I do can appear very magical. Now, this is not to fool you yet, gentlemen. This is just to educate the audience. When you play poker, black jack, bridge, hold
'em, whatever the game, you want to make sure the cards are evenly mixed. This is basic casino procedure which is what
is known as... Riffle. Riffle. You're supposed to do what's called a block
cut or a strip cut. Another riffle. A cut. That is basic casino procedure. Now in a private game, that's where the hustlers
hang out. Here's something you never do when you play
for money. Never shuffle with one hand. It makes the other players nervous. And when they see you shuffle with one hand
followed by a one-hand flip around cut, they get up and run. You're left playing with yourself. Right, Penn? Exactly, I know what that's like. Now, Penn, how many times would you see I
shuffled and cut this deck? 6 or 7. Let's see if this deck is evenly mixed. Does that look pretty even, Penn? Do we have ace through king, ace through king,
king through ace, king through ace? Did I shuffle back into perfectly numerical
order? You did. Well, we did it then, Penn! Thank you. Penn, would you do me a favor? Reach in and pull out a card. Just any random card. Tell me when you got one. I got one. Alright. Square up this mess here. I'm going to show you a few moves. Hand me the card face up. Face up? Face up. Tell the audience what you picked. Seven of hearts! Watch the seven of hearts. I'm going to show you how I can magically
keep this seven on top by dealing underneath the top card. Watch face up. This is called dealing seconds but you have
to deal the card as neatly as if you are dealing from the top. Watch I'll deal it in super slow motion. Super slow motion. Seven on top. See the dealer will hit the other players
on a play of black jack. I have a fourteen. Watch face up. See how the card stays as the second card
kind of melts through the deck. Here's one handed. Now when the card is face down, see you can't
tell you've been swindled. Isn't that fun? Thank you. Now y'all saw that I had a full deck of cards
here. Penn, I want you to take this half and give
it a casino wash. Face up. I want, and, Teller you take this half. I want the audience to see cards being randomly
scrambled, mixed, screwed up in every possible way you can. Ok. Got it? May I have your cards there? Penn, let's wash those... Teller, would you wash those two halves together,
please? Square them up for us, Teller. And then turn them face down. And when you're done, shuffle them in any
fashion you like. Tell me when you're done. When you're done, set them done face down in front of me. Alright. Penn. Sir. You are going to be my interpreter. I'm going to ask a few questions of Teller. You're going to tell me if he nods his head
yes or if he nods his head no. Ok. If you understand what I said, nod yes. He said yes. Alright, we're in business. Have you ever played in a private game where
it's your deal, it's Penn's deal, it's my deal. Do you know what I'm talking about? Dealer... deck is passed around the table. Yes, he knows what you're talking about. No, he doesn't play cards. He's smart. Now if this works, it almost looks like magic
because it'll appear as if nothing happened. I'm going to do the same thing you just watched. Riffle. And once again, you guys just scrambled these
cards. We did! Riffle. And then again, you're supposed to do a strip
cut. Another riffle. And a cut. We're going to deal a hand of hold 'em. Penn, you're going to tell me how many players
step up to the table. Mind you, we are doing this after the deck
has been shuffled and cut. Ok. 5, 6, or 7. Pick your number. Uh, six. Six players. One. Two. Three. Four. Five. Six. One. Two. Three. Four. Five. Six. And then we have what's called a "burn," and
then we have what's called the "flop." Yup. Penn, what are those three cards? Can you tell the audience. My favorite three of clubs. Followed by the jack of spades and the king
of spades. And, we have a burn, and we have what's
called the "turn." What is that card? That's the six of spades. And, we have a burn and we have what's called
the "river." What is that? That's the king of hearts. Now Penn, you can take any one of these hands
here. Teller, these are yours, don't let anyone
see your cards. And, let's see if you... go ahead and turn over a few hands and see. Any hand I want? Any hand you want. Ok, I've turned over the second hand. What do you have? I'll turn them all over, as a matter of fact. What the heck. What the heck. Turn them all over. I'll tell you this, no matter how good those
hands are, they're not going to beat my partner, Teller's hand. We have a queen and a four. Nothing really exciting. Would you clear the table? I sure will. Clear that table. Let me have your cards there, Teller. You can let go. He was afraid I was going to steal them. Now once again, you shuffled and cut. Chose six players. Let's see what Teller has in the pocket. Penn, what is that? That's a king. And what is that? That's another king. Once again you shuffled and cut. You chose six players. And so on that board we ended up with four
kings, right? Yes, we did. Well gentlemen, you can now go back to your
huddle and see if you can reconstruct, believe or not, the thirteen different methods, techniques
and controls it took to take that washed shuffled deck to deal that pat hand to my partner. Oh, and Teller? If I perhaps fooled you and you want to communicate
with me, my right ear reads lips. Anyway, hope y'all had fun everybody. Thank you! Richard Turner! Fantastic! Alyson, we've got nothing to say. He fooled us. Oh my goodness! That's fantastic! I've never seen moves like that. Never seen moves like that. Thank you. That took years and years, you know. Oh, I know, I know. Get that trophy here. I want to make this very clear to you, Richard. This trophy we're giving you, it says on it
*beep* *beep* from the bottom of our hearts, Richard. From the bottom of our hearts. Well, thank you thank you. Oh my. Oh wow! Richard Turner! So, Penn & Teller have been fooled once. Let's see if another fooler is in the cards
or the magic wand. See you in a minute!
For those who don't know, most people consider Richard Turner to be the most talented card mechanic alive today (notice Penn says it's an honor when he sits down). Pen and Teller likely know the methods he's using. In fact, most if not all of it is being done just how he says he's doing it. He's just that good. IIRC their rules are that if they don't catch him doing any of it then they consider that being "fooled".
talk about a GetMotivated quote
"You know what I consider the worst disability of all? Procrastination and laziness." Ouch man.... ouch.
Maybe it's his showmanship but he also seems like the nicest person ever.
Fun Fact: His son's name is Asa Spades Turner. Which is amazing.
TIL that I just been called a disabled by a Blind-Karate-Magician-Card Mechanic
Edit : added and learn that term "card mechanic" exist. HOW COOL IS THAT? card mechanic card mechanic card mechanic card mechanic
Richard Turner is one of the most incredibly gifted men I've ever met!! And yes one of the nicest too! He's actually a good family friend and I've had the opportunity to meet and see his magic up close many times.
I was about 11 years old the first time I met him and my dad mentioned nothing of his blindness. As he's doing his first trick for me, I kinda notice him talking to "me" but more of to a space around me. I started shifting my weight to see if he would adjust with his glances and when he didn't I realized and thought, "HOLY SHIT DAD HE'S BLIND??!?!?!?" It made his flipping and naming of all the face cards from a shuffled deck on to the table even more mind blowing.
One of my favorite things he does is place a deck of cards on the table and says, "Give me a number between 1 and 52. Not 1, Not 52." Whatever number is said, without even the slightest hesitation, he will cut the deck and make you count the cards..and it's the exact number every time. The man did a one handed cut of a deck of cards throughout an entire medical procedure once because it keeps him calm.
(dang first comment. Just had to share about this awesome man!)
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Alyson is dead inside.
if he so blind why he wearin a damn watch