Card trick

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A Fool's Bet

Effect: The magician cuts the deck into three piles, takes the top two cards from the middle pile and puts them onto the other two piles and shows the third card to the spectator and tells them this is your card. The magician than puts the piles together and allows the spectator to shuffle as many times as they want in any way they want. The magician is then able to find the card.

Procedure: Show the spectator a deck of cards, and fan them out, saying "I want you to see that this deck is not arranged in any way" Take note of the third card from the top. Cut the deck into three piles, making sure to keep the cards that were on the top in the middle pile. Take the top card and put it on the right pile, then take the next card and put it on the right pile, and show them the third card. (the one you took note of) Tell them thats their card. Allow them to shuffle as much as they want. Deal the cards in a cirle untill you see their card, but don't stop. Keep dealing until the card is almost buried, them ask them how much they want to bet that the next card you flip over will be theirs. Because they've already seen their card go by, they will bet a lot. Flip their card (which is almost buried in the pile) over. Collect your money.