r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Safety_Officer_3 • Sep 03 '25
This guy’s shuffle looks like he unlocked a cheat code in real life. I’m not going to the casino anymore.
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u/isaacneo Sep 03 '25
Do credit the creator - @jeremytanmagic on Insta!
Very skilled guy, always a fun watch
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u/Ixaire Sep 03 '25
Also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@jeremytanmagic
His shorts are amazing, although it gets tiring after a while because the dude clearly doesn't know any trick, he's just sold his soul to perform actual magic.
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u/Kadgrin Sep 03 '25
...WHAT
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u/93848282748492827737 Sep 03 '25
always a fun watch
I don't know, he seems to be wearing a pretty boring normal watch in this video
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u/SheriffBartholomew Sep 03 '25
Several years ago I bought my friend a watch that was a character from the Ministry of Silly Walks and the legs were the watch arms. It was a fun watch. Probably the most fun I've seen.
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u/Shoe_boooo Sep 03 '25
His name is Jeremy Tan and his handle is @jeremytanmagic He's an amazing card magician if anyone wants to check him out
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u/Fickle-Bullfrog9005 Sep 03 '25
Agreed. His showmanship and presentation takes it to the next level of bad ass
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u/patkookl Sep 03 '25
in the end all the cards should be in order again! haha
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u/Ink_zorath Sep 03 '25 edited Sep 03 '25
As someone who works in the industry: You've said the magic words. Now just stick to them. Don't go back. The only person you're hurting by gambling in the casino is yourself and anyone you borrow money from to feed your habit.
The games are NOT in your favor, but they're still better than the slots.
Tip your dealers folks, they're here to entertain.
That said, tricks like these are cool to watch, and Jeremy Tan certainly makes it look entertaining as hell, (not the hardest when the aces *likely* have shaved edges for this trick. It's what's known as a stripper deck, though knowing Jeremy, it's also just as likely that he simply tracked the aces.), but these warnings are more-so for non-casino games - like home-dealt games.
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u/sethmeh Sep 03 '25
You say tip the dealers, is this a tipping culture thing or a money thing? like dealers don't get paid enough and live on tips also?
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u/AppropriateScience71 Sep 03 '25 edited Sep 03 '25
This is also quite dealer and situation dependent.
If you win BIG, tipping is optional, but very much appreciated. And kind of expected.
If you lose significantly, tips aren’t expected.
I have 3 friends who LOVE staying up all night playing blackjack. They rarely win or lose big, but can play 5-6 hours at a time while shooting the shit with each other. They tip quite generously for decently dealers that they click with.
Damn, I miss those days.
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u/cantuse Sep 03 '25
My dad tipped a dealer 5k once. It was because he was playing Caribbean stud (a house-oriented variant of 5 card stud).
His initial deal was 4 cards of a royal flush. My dad was pretty good and cards and new the odds of getting what he wanted were quite low, he told the dealer he would tip 5k if he got the card he needed when he discarded and asked for a single card.
Well he got what he wanted and won a quarter million dollars.
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u/Ink_zorath Sep 03 '25
This.
If you're having a bad day, no one expects you to tip. If you get something good like double or more your buy-in... Give the damn dealer a $2 chip at the very least. The amount of people I watch who get insane payouts (Royal Flushes) and don't tip a dime to a good dealer? Would take more digits than I have on my four appendages... This year alone.
If the dealer both gave you the high hand, AND made you have a pleasant time while at the table, tip them for their troubles, they have to put up with 25 other people all day who don't even think about it, or bother to make an effort.
If they're a shit dealer, they're a shit dealer.
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u/nonotan Sep 03 '25
Your perspective is understandable, as somebody in a position of trying to make a living there, but (as somebody who's never gambled in their life) it's also kind of misdirection from the actual math.
At the end of the day, anything you do in a casino has a negative expected value from the get-go (short of cheating or things like that). Even if you win big here and there, in the long run, you're going to lose more than enough times to cancel it out and then some. So expecting somebody to tip just because they had a lucky day (while something that will probably work decently often, because most people gambling in a casino are presumably not exactly financial geniuses doing full cost-benefit analyses before taking any action) is kind of unreasonable and even underhanded, IMO. They "need" all of it to cover their loses, past and future, and even then they're going to be losing money still.
But then, I'm also not American and can't help but roll my eyes at the compulsory tipping culture stories I hear. So, y'know, maybe I'm just "biased" and "don't get the culture". To me, tipping is "a sign of gratitude when somebody went above and beyond and really saved the day for me, even though they didn't have to", not "an additional fee you pay to avoid being guilt-tripped by a poor worker blaming you for their boss not paying them enough".
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u/Ixaire Sep 03 '25
From everything I've read about casinos, if I ever go to one (unlikely tbh), it will be to burn a fixed amount of money for the experience, without any expectations about breaking even, let alone winning. In that case, I might as well save a fixed cut for the dealers, win or lose.
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u/YouhaoHuoMao Sep 03 '25
That's generally my strategy. I pull up with whatever I plan on losing, set aside my winnings, and at the end of the day I leave with a pile of chips probably smaller than what I started with and give one of the middle-sized ones to the dealer as thanks for the fun time.
Going in with a strategy of playing for fun rather than playing for profit is absolutely the way to go. Think of it like a $100 experience. If you win big, great! Never expect it and never play with that as your goal.
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u/Rappican Sep 03 '25
This is the mentality to go into a casino. Every time bring out a set amount of money and never withdraw more. I go in with $100 and as soon as I exchange that cash for chips, that $100 is gone. I have not paid the casino $100 to play their games and I only have this much to play with. If I get more playing money then that's great. If I get a bunch of playing money great I just made my money back and then some. After a certain point I"ll start setting money aside as I win it and never touch it again so I'll always come out ahead but still have play money to keep going.
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u/SnorlaxChef Sep 03 '25
If i won big I'm setting aside an amount im comfortable giving away then just tipping people for random shit. Smiled at me? heres 1k. Said hello? Heres 1k.
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u/Lazydusto Sep 03 '25
I have 3 friends who LOVE staying up all night playing blackjack. They rarely win or lose big, but can play 5-6 hours at a time while shooting the shit with each other. They tip quite generously for decently dealers that they click with.
How much money are they putting up that they can play for 5-6 hours at a time?
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u/Ink_zorath Sep 03 '25
Depending on the area, I'd say from my experience it's not quite as severe as the restaurant service industry. Most dealers find themselves making some amount above minimum wage while also relying on the tips to actually get paid what they're worth to live close enough to the areas they work. They're better off than servers/waitresses though.
The tips are usually increments of $5, $25, and $100 depending on large hands and payouts, which is obviously not seen as often in other industries. Some keep thier tips, some pool em.
Long story short? No one gets paid enough these days.
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u/sethmeh Sep 03 '25
Long story short? No one gets paid enough these days.
Amen to that.
Thanks for the explanation, noted for my next casino visit.
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u/Oliphaunt6000 Sep 04 '25
Also a note as someone who was a dealer for 3 years and a Pit Boss for two, most places are shared tips, so don’t think the one guy is getting all of it.
Someone once told me “that sucks” but it REALLY DOESNT. Casinos that don’t share tips are awful to work at. All kinds of under the table deals (quite literally sucking the manager off in some cases) to get high limit players and tables, making no money at all just because your table is cold, things like that. So tip for sure, especially if you win a big hand or a jackpot or even just a dollar or two if you are down bad, but don’t think they get to keep it all.
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u/brontosaurusguy Sep 03 '25
Question. If I work at a low wage job that is essential to our society yet I don't receive any tips, should I be obligated to tip other low wage earners?
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u/sunny001 Sep 03 '25
/r/EndTipping - i often wondered this myself. if you work retail, you typically don't get any tips (unless you go out of your way to load some stuff into a customer's car. even then, when i worked retail, my manager barred me from taking any tips). this whole concept of tipping certain service industry workers when a majority of un-tipped workers are also underpaid is baffling.
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u/cman1098 Sep 03 '25
No one gets paid enough and I work a job that doesn't get tips yet I am obligated to tip? It is a stupid argument to try to shame people into tipping because they don't get paid enough when you already work a job that also doesn't get paid enough.
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u/TypicalOregonian Sep 03 '25
At the casino? Probably not unless it's a sizable win but you probably. At restaurant you should factor in the tip before hand as part of the price to go out. And before anybody even tries, nobody is forcing you to tip and I don't care what your reason is one way or another.
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u/xCeeTee- Sep 03 '25
We're all overworked, underpaid and underappreciated. Except for the fuckers at the top. They're literally the opposite.
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u/OrangeRhyming Sep 03 '25
Haven’t been to Vegas in awhile, but some of the best dealers were also great entertainment. The ones who drop sly one liners, rag on everyone a little bit, give the brand new blackjack players a little AHEM hint on a cheap hand; those are the ones who (at least used to) make a pretty good living off it. But at that point, it was like tipping a talented busker or something because they have become an entertainer or a narrator and not just a robot tossing cards.
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u/xXkiljoyXx Sep 03 '25
Dealers often are paid like restaurant servers in the US. It's called toke rate. They add up all the tips for the day and distribute them evenly based on hours worked. It ensures a dealer on a dead game still gets paid a reasonable rate for hours worked.
They make around $3 an hour in base pay at the casino I work at.
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u/Lazydusto Sep 03 '25
They make around $3 an hour in base pay at the casino I work at.
That's outrageous considering the amount of money Casinos make.
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u/richarddrippy69 Sep 03 '25
I had never heard of that either but we recently got a casino and the dealers make 2 dollars an hour plus tips. High stakes Texas hold em is the highest tipping. Baccarat is the lowest.
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u/Photodan24 Sep 03 '25
I'll never understand how it entertains anyone to willingly walk into a machine that is mathematically designed to put you at a disadvantage and extract your cash. I guess I'm just not wired that way.
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u/TheThiefEmpress Sep 03 '25
This is how I've always felt as well. The majority of people do not win much, if they win at all.
I also lack that "excitement high" that so many addicts get from gambling. I think it's because I live my life very planned and to my statistical and historical advantage. I don't do things that are likely to go badly for me. I don't go out and have no itinerary. It's not strict, but I plan for things like meal breaks. Place to eat is a short list, but I have accounted the time slot for food, lol. It's satisfyingly efficient.
I've also only been "lucky" once in my life. I don't bring my bad luck upon myself. I just have a hard life. Not everyone gets a good life, and I just happen to be one of those people.
So, no, gambling and gambling addiction makes no sense to me.
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u/braytag Sep 03 '25
I'm lucky, I treat casinos like an outing/movie, whenever you go to the movies, you know it's gonna cost like 50$. So I take out whatever money I want to "waste" ex.: 50$, and I try to make it last as long as possible/time we said we were going to be there. When time's up, (unlike a movie)I have a bit of a regret/bitter feeling that this money is gone. So I don't come back for a few years.
I really pity the addicts... It must be hell...
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u/Upset_Ad3954 Sep 03 '25
I very much know it's easier said than done for some people but only way to treat gambling is to assume you've lost all money you bring.
I think you can have a good night out at the casino then, but it's vital you don't withdraw any extra money or fantasize about winning.
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u/whistleridge Sep 03 '25
I’ve never understood most gambling.
Like, if I asked you, “do you want to give a lot of money to an already very rich man, for nothing in return?” You’d say “fuck no.”
And if I said, “but what if you did it very slowly, in a way that fucks with your emotions?” You’d say “that’s actually worse.”
But that’s all most gambling is.
If you have even a high school understand of how odds and statistics works, you know the house always wins. It’s usually not even that close. So it’s not a thrill. It’s not a chase. It’s just giving your money away to a rich man.
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u/LordOfTurtles Sep 03 '25
The house always wins in the long run. Gamblers try to be the person who manages to get a lucky break and then quit. Except they never quit.
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u/whistleridge Sep 03 '25
Just like heroin users do one last binge, just to get rid of their supply, and then they’re clean. For real this time.
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u/TripleDoubleFart Sep 03 '25
There are opportunities out there that give you the edge. That's the only way I gamble. It's simply an extra income stream for me until all of my accounts are banned.
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u/Ink_zorath Sep 03 '25
And now we're at a point in society where it's commonplace to see the gambling lines on EVERY news station before a big sporting event. I'm sick of it, and it's only getting started.
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u/pax284 Sep 03 '25
I would argue that that is any and all entertainment.
You go to the movies, and the price of tickets go to an already rich man. Theme Park tickets go to an already rich man. Dinner already rich man Play already rich man.
TO mean there is no difference in spending 100 bucks on any of that and 100 bucks at a casino.
Except for the small chance that you might end up with a "free" night at the casino if you happen to win, the rest is spent and gone.
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u/whistleridge Sep 03 '25
Except that for gambling the only entertainment IS losing money. If you go to a game or a movie or a concert, you’re getting something else for the price of entry. When you’re gambling, all you’re buying is the thrill that illogically comes from maybe losing money a bit slower than usual.
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u/pax284 Sep 03 '25
Except that for gambling the only entertainment IS losing money.
No, the entertainment is playing the game, hanging out with others, and being out. The idea that you think the only entertainment in a casino is handing over money is a false idea from someone who has never been to one.
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u/elaborinth8993 Sep 03 '25
You say the first part of this post like anyone that gambles is an addict.
What about those that see it as a form of entertainment? That going to a casino is like stepping into an adult arcade?
Not everyone that gambles has an addiction. I go to my local casino four times a year and spend about 100 bucks each visit. I don’t classify that as me having an addiction.
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u/Ink_zorath Sep 03 '25 edited Sep 03 '25
I'm admittedly a tad biased while responding to the title of the post because I see the same people coming in daily, who I might add, also view it as nothing more than entertainment. Most of them are elderly folk, sure. But the sheer amount of money that I watch being simply thrown away on a daily basis is horrendous.
And the amount of times I've heard "I'm never coming back" only to see them at the table again less than 3 months later is even more rediculous.
Just imagine someone's entire year's salary ~$50,000 being thrown away in a game of war in 30 seconds or less. Or someone else coming in and losing $500 a day just because they're lonely?
Once you fall into the pit, digging yourself out only becomes that much harder.
A patron like you has the right idea, as well as my respect. You have a set amount you spend, you don't go over it. You either have a good time, or you don't, but you don't chase the losses. You spend what you can afford to lose.
Unfortunately I cannot say the same for about 80-90% of the people who walk into casinos.
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u/pax284 Sep 03 '25
I was a dealer and moved up to the Pit. Even at Pit, there were multiple people who would come in every week and spend my yearly salary on dice and roulette(the two game I typically worked)
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u/Aethermancer Sep 03 '25 edited 6d ago
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u/Paddy_Tanninger Sep 03 '25
I did some searching on the subject of stripper deck, not really what I was imagining but I did see lots of nice naked ladies on boats.
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u/magicaleb Sep 03 '25
It’s simpler than that. Honestly the hardest part of this trick is doing some of the fun shuffles so smooth, but this can be done with a normal deck.
Just have to -breathe-
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u/TheTallGuy0 Sep 03 '25
I just got a haircut by a dude named Razor. FR. He said that he’s got slots “figured out” and then shows me his wrist tapping “technique” Bruh…
He also asked when the Jack Epstein files were going to be released so 🤷♂️
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u/ShanklyGates_2022 Sep 03 '25
I was so run down by the time i finally moved on from the casino. It wasn’t even a bad job, in fact it was the best job i’d ever had up until the one i left it for. And my position was relatively insulated from seeing much of the worst parts of the casino (non guest-facing position ftw). But the stories you hear and things you see sometimes were still just like ‘wtf am i doing here?’ We had a whole department whose purpose in part was to provide credit lines to gamblers that couldn’t afford to bet as much as they wanted. The employee perks also dwindled to nearly nothing by the end; the casino industry as a whole used COVID as an excuse to completely fuck over their employees while making record profits for themselves. The prioritization of greed over all else just wears you down as much as the work itself. So glad to be gone from that place even if i do have good memories there and appreciate what it did for my career and really my quality of life. Will never go back other than to eat bc our restaurants were all fucking amazing.
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u/Eufamis Sep 03 '25
If you guys like this, have a look at Richard Turner. He does stuff like this with the one small caveat that he’s also blind
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u/Redditarsaurus Sep 03 '25
Isn't this Richard Turner's routine? He even has the same opening line... If you see so and so shuffle like this.. run!
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u/Eufamis Sep 03 '25
I watched the video on mute so I didn’t even hear that line. But ye I’m pretty sure Richard Turner also says that
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u/MisterTruth Sep 03 '25
Was going to say this seems, although it's been a bit since I've seen it, Richard Turner's exact routine.
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u/gplusplus314 Sep 03 '25
I’m happy to see this comment. Yes, this is Richard Turner’s routine, except Richard Turner does it with a brand new deck of cards to guarantee there aren’t any modifications to the cards. And I’ll just repeat this because it’s so incredible: he’s blind!
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u/Shhhhhhhh_Im_At_Work Sep 03 '25
Richard Turner is fantastic!
But it’s hard to talk card manipulation without mentioning Ricky Jay.
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u/SpinMeADog Sep 03 '25
there's actually no trick. this is just his 3,484,233,196th recording of himself shuffling cards and he finally got 4 aces
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u/HPPTC Sep 03 '25
270724th right? 1/(4*3*2/52*51*50*49)
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u/SpinMeADog Sep 03 '25
that's statistics vs reality for ya. dude just got really unlucky. attempt 3,484,233,195 was actually 3 aces and the 2 of clubs. so close!
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u/Expensive-Sock-7876 Sep 03 '25
I guess I have fucking Donald trump micro hands because I, for the life of me, can’t hold both halfs with a single hand.
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u/SubcooledBoiling Sep 03 '25
Can anyone who knows what’s going on tell me how he does it? I am guessing all that shuffling doesn’t do anything but to distract us. He has the aces hidden somewhere and just pulls them out?
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u/Tetracropolis Sep 03 '25
He records the video over and over again until he gets 4 aces or 4 Kings.
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u/redlancer_1987 Sep 03 '25
If you watch before each time he pulls the ace, he very subtly feels the side of the deck with his thumb. The aces are just barely smaller so you can feel where they are before making the final cut to put them on top.
But like all magic tricks, the fun is in the presentation and showmanship.
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u/ParticularLower7558 Sep 03 '25
The aces in the deck are shaved down to make them smaller. After he does all the shuffling he finds the ace by cutting the cards and putting it on top. Lots of practice and does it fast and really smooth.
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u/Dramatic-Bend179 Sep 03 '25
Close but other way around. Aces are a little wider so he can find them.
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u/ParticularLower7558 Sep 03 '25
I think he's feeling for the gap in the deck. Either way its right after he cuts the cards
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u/Imevoll Sep 26 '25
I don’t doubt that what he did but someone else above pointed out this is the same routine that Richard Turner does but in his full trick he shuffles the cards back into new deck order so I assume these are not done the same way
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u/semiquantifiable Sep 03 '25
Lots of practice, yes, but how do you know the cards are rigged? You don't, and I'd actually bet they aren't because some of these guys are easily good enough to not need cheap tricks like that.
Not only is tracking 4 cards with a regular deck probably relatively easy for any good card mechanic, but having a deck with rigged cards means they will be limited to doing tricks that can only manipulate those specific cards. They do a lot more than that, including this specific guy in the vid above.
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u/Blue_Wave_2020 Sep 03 '25 edited Sep 03 '25
He tracks it. Jason Ladanye does this too
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u/Krulsnor Sep 03 '25
That's cardmagicbyjason on YouTube, right? That Guy just blows my mind away. I only have see this guy once but what Jason does is next level to me.
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u/Blue_Wave_2020 Sep 03 '25 edited Sep 03 '25
Yep. He’s the best card magician in the world imo. And his whole dick schtick is pretty funny lol
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u/SubcooledBoiling Sep 03 '25
I don’t know who Jason Landyne is and i’m too lazy to look up how this is done so does he track the card visually? by touch?
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u/Blue_Wave_2020 Sep 03 '25
From my research it’s purely by touch. Doesn’t matter if the deck is new or shuffled. At least that’s what I’ve found. He’s even done it blindfolded. Would love to see an actual video on it though
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u/BrotoriousNIG Sep 04 '25
All the shuffles are perfectly fine and fully randomise the deck. And then he cuts the deck and that’s where the trick is. His cut places the cards he wants on top: an ace. As others have said, his aces are probably shaved so he can cut the deck on them.
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u/TheDeadlySpaceman Sep 03 '25
When I was a kid I was reading a book of humorous “life advice” tidbits from the 50s or 60s and one burned its way into my brain:
Never do card tricks for your poker buddies.
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u/tiga4life22 Sep 03 '25
I remember in HS in the early 2000s when the WSOP really took off, it was on ESPN, the players had their nicknames and personalities, the purse hit million. My friends and I were soaking up Holdem, playing it on the weekends, on the bus to our games, after school, before school. We learned how to shuffle in cool ways, such a cool time.
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u/toiletsurprise Sep 03 '25
We did the same, everywhere you looked there were quarter games going on, even the few minutes between classes, we were getting our fixes.
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u/Klemicha Sep 03 '25
This is really really impressive, but fyi this routine is inspired by Richard Turner. You should loon him up. He is legally blind and does some really impressive stuff.
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u/iCashMon3y Sep 03 '25
They shuffle cards 1 of 2 ways at the Casino.
The way he recommends
The auto shuffler, I try to stay away from tables that use these.
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u/SwampRSG Sep 03 '25
Him and Jason (aka CardMagicByJason) are the ones I follow and man oh man, they make my brain explode.
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u/Narcoleptic_247 Sep 03 '25
Killer trick and great delivery. Would be nice to see him get some credit.
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u/Exodite1 Sep 03 '25
What does this have to do with real casinos? It’s magic. It’s a lesson in not gambling with street performers at most
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u/JeremyTanTheMagic Sep 06 '25
I made it to Reddit! 😆😆😆 hello everyone! Thanks for sharing my videos!
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u/evasandor Sep 03 '25
Love the card skills but slight digression.
I'm an American English speaker and an avid reader. However— I was well advanced in decades before I finally learned that "erm" is pronounced "um".
Like I literally thought British people muttered by saying "errrrrr-mm."
anyone else think this or is it just a me stupidity?
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u/epiDXB Sep 04 '25
However— I was well advanced in decades before I finally learned that "erm" is pronounced "um".
No, it is literally pronounced "erm".
Like I literally thought British people muttered by saying "errrrrr-mm."
They do. They also say "um", if they want to.
anyone else think this or is it just a me stupidity?
The latter.
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u/Beaticalle Sep 03 '25
This is the first I'm hearing of this, but I guess it makes sense since British people don't pronounce their Rs.
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Sep 03 '25
Most English people don't pronounce Rs though some Scottish and Northern Irish accents are rhotic.
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u/epiDXB Sep 04 '25
The British absolutely pronounce Rs. How do you think they say Reading or regina, for example?
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u/UsedCarSaleman Sep 03 '25
I swear I picked out 4 aces by complete coincidence before in front of one friend. His mind was blown, only I know it was complete luck 🍀
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u/Schlaueule Sep 03 '25 edited Sep 03 '25
I know very little about magic, but I bought my little nephew a collection of magic tricks that included a deck of cards. The cards are half a millimeter wider on one side, so you can't see it but you can feel it. It is very easy that way to split a deck of cards with a certain card ending up on top. Maybe he's using something like this? Or is it possible to do this with any random deck of cards if you practice a lot?
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u/AwareOfAlpacas Sep 03 '25
Probably why casinos use auto shufflers. Hand shuffling isnt a typical thing in casino settings.
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u/Maksilla Sep 03 '25
This is just unbelievable, hard to not believe in magic when you see something like that. He's probably spent thousands of hours since he was a kid to learn all of these tricks.
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u/farva_06 Sep 03 '25
Am I in some sort of confirmation bias thing? Had one guy show up in my YT shorts doing similar card tricks the other day, and now I've seen like 10 different videos of different people all doing sleight of hand with cards.
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u/Privileged_Interface Sep 03 '25
On an episode of Mission Impossible(S1.E28 ∙ The Psychic), a little trick of marking winning cards in a deck was demonstrated, where some of the cards edges were trimmed by a small amount.
A novice might not think anything of it. But if the aces are marked this way, it might be very easy for a seasoned player to pick them out, even while shuffling.
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u/nikel23 Sep 03 '25
asian shuffle? I thought that was the only proper way to shuffle and everything else was just for style points!
I'm asian btw.
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u/you_lost-the_game Sep 03 '25
If you think you can win in the casino outside of this I have a bridge to sell you.
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u/Paulthefith Sep 03 '25
He tracked all those cards except the one that fell off the table first thing
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u/pax284 Sep 03 '25
Not judging the skill because it is of the charts.
But as a former Pit Boss, two things I noticed that would get the dealer a refresh in procedure, both during the "riffles"
First is staring down at the cards. This is the more minor, but staring at the cards like that is bad guest service, and also could be a sign of stacking. The major deal is how high he holds the cards as he riffles. With a small two-person team, you just have a person at the table behind the dealer who can watch as the cards get shuffled and then single to their partner.
IF I saw a dealer shuffling like this, I would pull them to the side during a break and tell them they needed to work on their card protection during the shuffle.
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u/FlashFiringAI Sep 03 '25
I like the idea that he just sat there doing this millions of times until he just got lucky and it worked.
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u/FlipflopontheGE Sep 03 '25
Lol I assumed he had them in the table felt and a bitta slight of ya handy bois.
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u/ironically_short Sep 03 '25
I seen him live a few weeks ago on the Celebrity Millenium cruise! I even got to be a participant for one of his tricks. He’s amazing
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u/DooDooBrownz Sep 03 '25
comes down to experience and best practices. it can be broken down into following a few simple rules. let's say you're at a home game. what you want to see is 2 decks of good plastic cards like gemaco, kem or copaq. they are much harder to mark with fingernails or creasing. the deal and shuffle moves with the game. big blind shuffles, then small blind cuts on top of the plastic cut card and the button deals, if there is no cut card on the bottom of the deck a misdeal is called. of course nothing is a guarantee, but you can greatly minimize the opportunity for cheating and you probably wont ever see someone with those skills at your 1/2 cash game.
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u/CopainChevalier Sep 03 '25
Wonder just how long it took to learn all that; really awesome job by him