Unexplainable card trick? I think so...

[bustwave.]

Dont know if it's repost, but w/e it will ALWAYS make me say "WTF" out loud...

http://www.gougoule.com/vrl/magic-trick.php

 

[Matrixhasu77]

There has to be a logical explanation behind it but I can't think of one without knowing how he did it. That's pretty cool.

 

[35mm]

It's awesome.

 

[Jpec07]

For one, when he puts the cards on the table he isn't holding them any more. If you slow the play rate down and make the video fill the whole screen, you can clearly see that the cards seem to "disappear" from the moment he picks them from the pile. In fact, this trick, like so many others, involves the slight of hand. During the trick, he gradually gets rid of the cards while our focus is on the table. It's a very clever trick, and I have no idea what he does to the cards, but by saying they're disappearing as they hit the table proves (in my mind at least) that he is using the slight of hand. Now all I have to figure out is what is happening to the cards.

 

[Jimmy Enslashay]

Jpec has it right. But I don't think it's all that amazing. It would seem like quite an easy trick for a professional Magician to perform. The cards disappear somewhere. Something looks dodgy though.

 

[Nasadus]

I watched it 10 times now and i can't figure it out.He can't pull them up his sleeves,you don't see the cards fly off underneath the table.They just vanish.It's awesome.

 

[diMe]

If you look at how close he is to the edge of the table it is possible that he is droping them down there with his thumb after he pics them up. While he is keeping people focused on his two fingers that should be laying cards.

 

[LoudMusic]

For one, when he puts the cards on the table he isn't holding them any more. If you slow the play rate down and make the video fill the whole screen, you can clearly see that the cards seem to "disappear" from the moment he picks them from the pile. In fact, this trick, like so many others, involves the slight of hand. During the trick, he gradually gets rid of the cards while our focus is on the table. It's a very clever trick, and I have no idea what he does to the cards, but by saying they're disappearing as they hit the table proves (in my mind at least) that he is using the slight of hand. Now all I have to figure out is what is happening to the cards.

You're right, the cards never actually leave the pile in his left hand. Beyond that, I've got nothing (:

Does the pile diminish while he's 'laying them out' or does it disapear all at once when he's done?

 

[Rumple Foreskin]

Watch his fingers on the hand that is holding the pile of cards. There is two fingers that are placed under the stack of cards that he uses to flick the cards under the table very quickly.

 

[Burnout]

You're right, the cards never actually leave the pile in his left hand. Beyond that, I've got nothing (:

Does the pile diminish while he's 'laying them out' or does it disapear all at once when he's done?

That's what I'm thinking.

It sorta looks like he pulls the cards back into the pile after you pretends to pull them out. It also looks like the last tmie he acted to lay a card out, which I think was actually the whole pile, it was closer to the edge than the others. Then he slides his finger over the edge of the table at the very end, right after you can't see the cards anymore...

 

[Tacet_Blue]

Its very good 👍 I do a few tricks myself, and think...that he is doing the following.

Before he starts he wipes his right hand on his trousers, this is to remove any sweat and make doing "the palm" easier. This is where you conceal a card in the palm of your hand, gripping it with the "heel" and base of the fingers, it allows you to move your fingers making it look like your hand is empty.

The pile of cards in his left hand do diminish, they are leaving his left hand for sure, and there is enough of a gap for you to see that he his not dropping them on the floor.

I think he feeds them into his right hand using a "palm grip" notice the two small fingers on his right hand don't move, only the index and middle, I think he is gripping the cards.

Then in the last move his right hand sweeps in a large distracting movement and goes near the edge of the table, I think he drops them just before he shows his empty hand...its very smoothly done.

But, the guy with the mike would surely see the cards at the last minute being dropped, but of course he could be in on it, and already seen it in rehearsals

 

[Event]

Its very good 👍 I do a few tricks myself, and think...that he is doing the following.

Before he starts he wipes his right hand on his trousers, this is to remove any sweat and make doing "the palm" easier. This is where you conceal a card in the palm of your hand, gripping it with the "heel" and base of the fingers, it allows you to move your fingers making it look like your hand is empty.

The pile of cards in his left hand do diminish, they are leaving his left hand for sure, and there is enough of a gap for you to see that he his not dropping them on the floor.

I think he feeds them into his right hand using a "palm grip" notice the two small fingers on his right hand don't move, only the index and middle, I think he is gripping the cards.

Then in the last move his right hand sweeps in a large distracting movement and goes near the edge of the table, I think he drops them just before he shows his empty hand...its very smoothly done.

But, the guy with the mike would surely see the cards at the last minute being dropped, but of course he could be in on it, and already seen it in rehearsals

Took the words out of my mouth. I was thinkning that, but was too lazy to type all of that out.

 

[TriplePlay]

What about the noise the cards make when they "hit the table"???

 

[Tacet_Blue]

What about the noise the cards make when they "hit the table"???

Well spotted (or heard) But the noise just sounds like a "flick" that could be done with either hand, merely by bending the corner of a card and releasing it. The table actually looks like it is cloth lined, so the noise would be incorrect for it anyway

 

[CAMAROBOY69]

That was still very good and I agree with what Tacet_Blue said.

 

[keram]

Double post

 

[87chevy]

yeah, i think he is 'palming' them too. but what about the first card? He actually removes that one from the pile, and it seems to be layed out. put those two fingers don't move on his right hand. possibly helping to grip the cards in his palm....

 

[keram]

Its to do with flicking

I can do a trick where you must quickly flick a coin from your finger up your sleave, easier then it sounds.

It happens so quick no one sees the coin fly past unless you miss your sleave.

He just flicks the cards along his arm somewhere I think.

 

[Tacet_Blue]

I'm only guessing how he does it, I can do a palm pretty well and the double lift and a couple of others. I've got that David Blaine trick nailed where he bends a card and has it jump to the top of the deck

But I've just tried doing this one the way I described, and damm its hard! Its possible, but it would take me a long time to get it smooth. I keep having the cards pop out from behind my right hand I do have to bend my two little fingers in the same way he does, so I'm still convinced he is holding cards in his right hand.

@87chevy, yes he displays the first card, but because his right hand is empty at that point it is easier to do something like that, he then tucks it back into his palm, and then can't display any more, because you'd see the others as he extends his fingers...I think

 

[Nasadus]

No,he isn't holding anything.I just played the video very slowly and the cards dissapear from his left hand and they are gone.I can't explain it.How can you say he is holding the cards in his right hand when he shows both his hands at the end?

 

[Tacet_Blue]

How can you say he is holding the cards in his right hand when he shows both his hands at the end?

Then in the last move his right hand sweeps in a large distracting movement and goes near the edge of the table, I think he drops them just before he shows his empty hand...its very smoothly done.

He only shows you his right hand when he is finished...

Some people would rather believe in magic than have spoilers like me try and say it was a trick.

 

[hanker]

I believe he's feeding the cards into his right hand (notice his ring & pinky finger are bent, they are holding the cards) Then before he shows you his hand he drops the cards on the edge of the table.

All done quick are precisly so its not noticble to the normal eye!

 

[Nasadus]

Ofcourse i don't belive in magic,i just want a logical explanation.The hand is not quicker then the eye,proven fact.So how can he dump the cards so quick that no one sees them?Either way,it's a good one.

 

[TriplePlay]

^^it's a low res video. It runs at like 12 FPS, you wouldn't notice a thing.

 

[Jimmy Enslashay]

Haha so true. But I don't believe in magic, as most people don't. I'm also one for logic. These things rack my brains. I just want to know how he does it. It actually looks fairly simple. Here's my view on things:

He has the cards. He pretend to flick them ono the table, but I bet he's feeding them back into his "deck" hand and then proceeding to flick them into his lap, or onto the ground. Now this is a dodgy show by the looks of it, so I bet the host is paid to keep his mouth shut.

I can't see many other explanations.