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Ricky Jay - Amazing Card Trick/Manipulation

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Magic, puzzles & curiosities

What it is

A three-minute clip of magician Ricky Jay performing a card manipulation routine, including table faro shuffles. The routine builds in intensity and ends with a surprising finish.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN people share it as a classic example of sleight-of-hand mastery whose ending is mind-blowing.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 2 strong recommendations
  • first 2015, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “was just floored, the whole thing just builds and builds and builds.”

    Card routine that builds and builds

    duxup, 2018-11 · Strong recommendation · in “Ricky Jay’s Magical Secrets (1993)”

  2. “The manipulations are pretty amazing and then at the end it's mindblowing.”

    Card manipulation that ends mindblowingly

    onychomys, 2023-07 · Strong recommendation · in ““Cards as Weapons” by Ricky Jay (1977)”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: ricky jay, card manipulation, sleight of hand, faro shuffle, magic

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