The History of Magic: The World's Greatest Card Cheat

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CREDITS:
The 3 card monte phases at the beginning are based on the work of Darwin Ortiz, Dai Vernon, Ricky Jay, Richard Turner, and S.W. Erdnase. The location of the spades is a slight variation of Darwin Ortiz's routine 12 the Hard Way, published in Lessons in Card Mastery. The subsequent production of the hearts makes use of ideas from Benjamin Earl, Johnny Benzais, Jose Carroll, Dai Vernon, Ricky Jay, and Hofzinser. The modern incarnation of the suit production was invented by Ricky Jay, who was apparently inspired by a Hofzinser idea. The location of the clubs and diamonds in pairs is based on A Matching Routine by Ed Marlo, published in Faro Controlled Miracles.

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CREDITS:
The 3 card monte phases at the beginning are based on the work of Darwin Ortiz, Dai Vernon, Ricky Jay, Richard Turner, and S.W. Erdnase. The location of the spades is a slight variation of Darwin Ortiz's routine 12 the Hard Way, published in Lessons in Card Mastery. The subsequent production of the hearts makes use of ideas from Benjamin Earl, Johnny Benzais, Jose Carroll, Dai Vernon, Ricky Jay, and Hofzinser. The modern incarnation of the suit production was invented by Ricky Jay, who was apparently inspired by a Hofzinser idea. The location of the clubs and diamonds in pairs is based on A Matching Routine by Ed Marlo, published in Faro Controlled Miracles.

[BumbletonJones]

You know he's cheating you, you might even know how he's cheating you, but it's so smoothly and beautifully done that you can't help but be entertained... as he takes all your money. Superb stuff, as always, Mr Roy.

[Seismicoony]

The fact this looks to be 1 continuous take, with perfect dialogue & handling throughout is truly baffelling.
A master of the art good Sir!

[freddy_zaubert]

This is a real masterpiece of card magic, with an amazing presentation and story telling to result in a so great routine, and even more amazing effortless-seeming sleights with great variety. With each effect you put another smile on my face, thanks a lot for that!!! :)

[towellight]

Always great to see you handle the cards. They just do what you want, regardless of what people think they should do.

[jeanmemmler]

Now that I've watched so many of your videos, I get suggestions on every card cheating story around YouTube! But your dexterity and natural motions always amaze me, and I thoroughly enjoy your storytelling around cards. Thank you very much for these o so enjoyable and informative videos!

[purplepotato]

Wow this is really good, and we even learned about Faro which actually looks like a nice game. I also like the dice work really gives the routine a “gambling” kinda feel.

[BlackSharn]

I've seen some amazing card tricks and skills in my day. This is just....amazing. While I can see his card handling is very "deliberate" and "precise", I really cannot comprehend how he can do these things.

[thomasroberts]

at 7:55 the deck is symmetrical, how he locates the cards is beyond me, but I think its interesting how he has complete control over the deck

[briancarter]

2 years old...randomly came up in my YT feed. Fantastic. The references to an old game, gamblers, SoH history...you rock.

[mickborneo]

Seems that the entire video (with card manipulation) was done in one take without cuts. This would mean you would have had to nail the progression of cards throughout in that single take. Impressive if this is what you did!

[Zappro]

I loved the three card monte at the beginning, it was a nice touch. I learned your routine for it from the levels of three card monte video. Some of the things I see in this video I know how to do it, but then the way you do it makes it hard to follow and I can’t figure it out. Great trick!

[brainycheddar]

The die was a nice twist! I'm curious how honest that die is, and what your out would be if you got a double. Also fun to see a faro shuffle in its natural habitat!

[rolfbuchner]

I appreciate that you credit the folks who designed the base effects that you use / modify for your routine. Your mastery of the various techniques on display here is impressive.

If I could offer one observation - You may be able to go with a lighter touch during your DLs. It looks like you're using a lot of thumb to keep things clean, but it makes it visually different than what came before.

Only a minor comment offered in the spirit of improvement though, and not intended to be any sort of criticism of a truly masterful performance.

[peterdelessio]

Daniel's going to have everyone playing Faro again. It's really well done, and switching it up by getting away from poker for a gambling routine was awesome. Bravo! 👍🏻👏🏼

[bb.and.b]

Great presentation, Daniel. You have the soul of a teacher and with your smarts and skills you’re a polished entertainer. Quite a combination!

[Dimitris.Papastamatis]

wtf? i do magic with playing cards for 15 years and that's how long it would take me to reconstruct this trick. Insane trick

[michaeleasler]

Hi Daniel! This is a fabulous routine and I recognize what it is an outgrowth of. I really appreciate the hard work you put into working this out. I'm looking forward to taking another lesson from you next time I'm in NYC. All the best!

[jrmiasmg]

When you said "I have to be prepared to any possible outcome" (06:42), I was expecting you to roll the dice get a repeated number (2 or 5) and then pull out a repeated card (of hearts) from the deck.

[carlpowers]

I really like your presentation. You are really smooth