Divide
the deck of 52
cards into two stacks of 26 cards.
Ask the participant to choose a pile and pick a card.
Ask the participant to place his/her card on top a a pile.
Remember
:
If partcicpant places his/her card on top of the right pile,
his/her
card will be card 27 or
in pile
3.
If partcicpant places his/her card on top of the left
pile, his/her
card will be card 26 or
in pile
2.
Place the other pile on top of his/her card.
In
the video, the
card is placed on the left
pile.
Therefore the participant's card will be the 26th
card or in pile
2.
Deal
the top 4 cards
face-down onto the table making four stacks.
Deal all the cards onto the 4 stacks.
Ask
the participant
to point to any 2 stacks.
1 2 3 4
If participant points to stack 2 remove any other
two stacks.
(In the video the magic wand is pointing to stack 2.)
Ask
participant to
point to 1 stack.
Pick up a stack.
Deal
out 4 stacks
face-down onto the table.
The first stack will end up having an extra card.
Set the first stack aside.
There
are now 3
stacks.
Place
the third
stack on top
of the first
stack
Place the second
stack on top of the other two.
Make 2
stacks face-down
on the table.
The first stack will end up having an extra card.
Set the first stack aside.
You
now
have one stack of 4 cards.
Place
the cards down
on the table, one beside the other.
The participant's card is the bottom
card on the stack
(The magic wand indicates the card.)
Ask
the participant
to point to any 2 cards.
1 2 3 4
Remove the other two cards
Always
be sure to
keep card 1 on the
table
(In the video the magic wand is ponting to card 1)
Ask
participant to
point to a card.
Remove a card.
Ask
the participant
to tell you his/her chosen card.
Turn over the card.
Magic!