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I went to the Coconut Creek Seminole Casino today to play some poker. About 5 people we’re ahead of me to get seats. As I was waiting for my name to be called I took out my Bicycle Black Tiger Deck and started practicing some card flourishes and a card color change trick.

My skills are good so that I can impress random people but they are not up to my standards yet. Anyways as I’m practicing some card flourishes, the floor comes to me and says:

Joe The Floor: Are you a magician?
Preston: As a matter of fact I am…
Joe The Floor: Nice (and he immediately walks away)

I suppose he had to do his job and couldn’t have everyone circle around me while I astonish them with some magic tricks.

As far as the poker session I played $80 in $2 Ante for the first time and lost within 15 minutes got a seat at a regular $2 straight game and turned my $40 into $200 in about an hour. I played good but I was also being a luck box.

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“How’d he do that? It must be a trick deck!”

If you are a novice magician you may of asked yourself this a few times. I put together this list which I believe is the top 5 trick decks used in magic tricks.

1. Svengali Deck
2. Stripper Deck
3. Invisible Deck
4. Rising Card Deck
5. Gaff Deck

What is a “Svengali Deck“?

A Svengali Deck alternates between normal cards and shortened cards, and the shortened cards are all of the same card. When you riffle the deck front to back, only the regular cards are visible; when the deck is riffled back to front, only the shortened cards are visible.

A Svengali Magic Deck should not be allowed to be examined closely. A Svengali deck can aslo be detected by its characteristic faster riffle and sound.

Svengali Deck Card Tricks

An example of a trick that could be performed with a Svengali Magic Deck the spectator or you cut the deck and picks the first card. This would be a shortened card.

After the card is placed back in the deck the magician can reveal the card in many ways; 2 examples would be shuffling the deck and revealing another short card (which would be an identical card). Another example would be turning the deck over and riffling back to front revealing only the shortened cards showing that the whole deck is now their card.

What is a “Stripper Deck“?

A Stripper Deck is a deck of cards that have each card has a cut on one of the sides.

A Stripper deck can be either a”Belly Stripper Deck” or a “Hindu Stripper Deck“. The differnce between a “Belly Stripper Deck” and a “Hindu Stripper Deck” is if the cut is on the narrow or wide side of the deck of cards.

Stripper Deck Card Tricks

An example of a card trick that could be performed with a Stripper Deck would be letting a spectator choose a card and being able to immediately locate it.

This works by turning the deck over so the opposite side face the spectator; so when the card is placed back in the deck and shuffled you will be able to cut right to the card by cutting the deck on that side of the deck.

Another trick you could perform with a Stripper Deck would be separating the black cards from the red cards.

What is a “Invisible Deck“?

A Invisible Deck trick that is performed with an Invisible Deck is where you ask the spectator to tell you of any card he thinks of and it just so happens that specific card is flipped inside the deck.

Invisible Deck Trick Revealed

The cards are kept in a certain order for example odds on one side even on the other side. If the card is an even card the magician would flip the deck to the odd side where only odd cards can be seen.

Every other card in the deck is turned over. A special coating is placed on the cards so the backs will not slide if you give a lot of pressure.

So if the spectator choose the 6 of Hearts the magician would flip the deck to the odd side and would look for the 5 Of Hearts and the 7 of Hearts, then giving less pressure with his thumb he would reveal the card hidden behind the 5 of hearts flipped over. Which he would then reveal is in fact the 6 of Hearts.

What is a “Rising Card Deck“?

The Rising Card Deck is a special trick deck that obviously makes the spectator’s card rise out of the deck.

Rising Card Deck Revealed

After the spectator picks his card the deck is cut to a special section of the deck which is stuck together.

This section of cards has a special weight and string attached to a peice of 3m tape. When the card is flipped upside down the weight is forced to go down.

Depending on how much pressure you use when holding the deck it will make the card rise faster or slower.

What is a “Gaff Deck“?

Tricks performed with a Gaff Deck usually requires a good amount of sleight of hand skill.

Gaff Deck Trick

An example is moving the pips of a card and sliding it down. This trick is performed with gaff cards that are obviously fake but with some sleight of hand can be made into amazing tricks.

Another example card from a gaff deck is a “3 1/2 of Clubs” or a “14 of Diamonds”

Criss Angel will make a guest appearance on CBS CSI NY tonight at 10pm EST.

Criss Angel will play world-renowned illusionist Luke Blade. When Luke Blade brings his show to New York, his crew members start dieing. It will be up to Mac and his team of detectives to shed some light on the mysterious deaths.

CBS has a sneak peek of tonight’s episode of CBS CSI NY available to view right now. I have to admit, I haven’t watched CBS CSI NY before, but this episode sounds like a good one to catch.

I still will be watching Lost tonight and will catch this episode of CSI NY with Criss Angel online tommorow on CBS.com

This weekend at Aventura Mall Miami FL we walked the mall and showed some people some magic tricks.

Unfortunately we only were able to film one of the times. I’ll have that video up shortly.

One particular person had very positive results. It was an employee of the Aventura Mall Apple Store named Gary.

I did the ambiguous card routine flawlessly with his signed card. He was amazed with the trick. I then said “I’ll show you one more trick gary” and forced the 7 of Clubs on him. Moisha the Magician already put a duplicate 7 of Clubs in his wallet during the ambiguous card routine.

Preston: And I give a little snap and presto chango your card is now on top.
(I flip over a King of Diamonds)
Gary Apple Store Employee: That’s not my card…
Preston: What? Are you sure? It must have been this one then.
(Shows 3 of Spades)
Gary Apple Store Employee: No
(Gary sighs with disappointment)
Preston: What was your card?
Gary Apple Store Employee: the 7 of Clubs
Preston: No it couldn’t have been the 7 of Clubs
Gary Apple Store Employee: It was the 7 of Clubs, I promise.
Preston: It couldn’t of been the 7 of Clubs, because the 7 of Clubs is in your wallet…
(I do the David Blaine Stare)
Gary Apple Store Employee: No. you didn’t even touch me.
(Precedes to look inside his wallet and finds the 7 of Clubs)

Hilarity Ensues and Gary begs me to show him how the trick was done. I tell him to check out StreetMagicBlog.com

“So, that’s Hawaiian bounty hunters ONE, magic guy NONE!” said Dog the Bounty Hunter to Criss Angel after his houdini like water escape went wrong.

Apparently an escape involving Criss Angel and Dog the Bounty Hunter in the Las Vegas Luxor hotel’s pool went wrong during filming for Mindfreak Season 3, Dog the Bounty Hunter was asked to tie and shackle Criss Angel and throw him into the Luxor pool for what should have been a daring aquatic escape.

Angel was submerged for 4-1/2 minutes trying to get free from the bounty hunter’s “Samoa Knot”, when his handlers got the sign to go in after him. Angel has rarely stayed under for more than 2-1/2 to 3 minutes, so it was “a close one,” a rep said.

The good news for Criss Angel fans, Dog the Bounty Hunter has accepted a rematch to take place in Hawaii. This is supposibly Criss Angels’ first blown magic trick in 15 years.

Criss Angel will appear on Entertainment Tonight to talk about his role on CSI:NY

CBS Feb. 28th - Check your local listings for time.

Source: CrissAngel.com

We’re at it again, this time will be in the Aventura Mall Miami FL. Come join us to see some amazing feats.

Place: All Around Aventura Mall Miami FL, the Aventura Mall Movie Theater, and the Apple Mac Computer Store
Who: Preston, Moisha, and Konstatin
Date: Saturday, February 24, 2007
Time: 3:00PM-10:30PM

Putting cards in people’s pockets I think is on the top of the list of tricks that will make people amazed.

Today at work I slipped a card in a manager’s pocket when he was talking to someone else at work. I later asked him if he wanted to see a magic trick, of course he said yes.

I forced a duplicate card on him. I shuffled it into the deck and revealed the wrong card. After he told me it wasn’t his card, I asked him what his card was? He said ,”the 7 of Clubs”. I answer with, “7 of Clubs? No that’s impossible it couldn’t of been the 7 of clubs….because the 7 of clubs is in your pocket”.

He looks in his pocket and pulls out his wallet and inside his wallet was the 7 of clubs. I got really lucky with the card slipping inside his wallet. But nevertheless everyone was amazed and a few people thought he was in on the trick.

Anyone have any good techniques or suggestions for putting a card in someone’s pocket or revealing the card is in their pocket?

I received an email yesterday asking me how David Blaine does the Fly Ressurection. I thought everyone knew how this was done but for those who don’t I wrote up a short explanation.

Fly Ressurection Illusion 

Effect: Pick a spectator and ask them to come with you to a nearby spot where you find a dead fly. You put it in his or your palm and appear to be concentrating hard and the fly will slowly come back to life and fly away.

Preparation:  Freeze the fly, putting the fly in a temporary coma.

Method: You need to catch a fly and freeze it. I suggest you get some Dry Ice and put it in a small portable cooler to bring with you on the streets.

When your ready to perform the Fly Ressurection illusion, take the fly out of the dry ice and place him somewhere in the shade. It’s important that the fly is in the shade to precent the fly from defrosting too quickly.

The heat of your hand will revive the fly.