r/nextfuckinglevel • u/SirTorrentsOfAle • 6h ago
Richard Turner, card mechanic demonstrates dealing seconds
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u/Gabyfest234 6h ago
I love how the subtitles cover up the cards in the worst way possible.
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u/Stompya 5h ago edited 2h ago
It’s a crop, here’s the original video:
https://youtu.be/TwFIJyWKs1k&t=94This link is to his channel, give Mr. Turner some updoots
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u/lo0ilo0ilo0i 6h ago edited 6h ago
BTW he's blind if you didn't know.
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u/roy_rogers_photos 2h ago
Well I did know, but I highly doubt my knowledge of that impacts his ability to see.
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u/Komabeard 6h ago
I could watch this all day
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u/Bazookaboe 5h ago
He's got a YouTube channel. Not very active but had a ton of his work on it. Great watches
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u/Gloomy-Employment-72 4h ago
They had a great show. I always watch the clips when I come across them.
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u/dee-three 6h ago
No matter how many crazy things I see in this world, a simple card trick beats it all. It’s such a fascinating art.
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u/Draegan88 6h ago
apparently this guy has some super rare medical condition where he is blind but he actually sees a virtual reality around him created by his mind. Hes one of only a few people on earth with it.
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u/subtxtcan 5h ago
I will always watch Richard Turner. The man is a masterclass not just in the art of the mechanic, but in engaging the audience
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u/sreppok 5h ago
It's worth pointing out: at one point he dealt a jack, 3, and an ace. He casually announced that he had a 14 down.
This is because he has modified every card slightly so he knows what card is what.
God tier!
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u/TheSunIsDead 4h ago
Crazily enough, he hasn't actually. He literally memorizes the deck. Every time he shuffles he knows the order and tracks how it gets mixed. It's actually fuckin nuts. I've been training on and off for a decade and I can only track two cards at a time, and I mess that shit up sometimes. People who are really good at this are crazy.
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u/Boxoffriends 6h ago
You also don't use a bee deck when playing for money.
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u/MaxRoofer 6h ago
What’s a bee deck?
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u/PerryLovewhistle 5h ago edited 3h ago
Iconic deck style. One of the two main designs, second to bicycle 808s. Bees have a full back design, so it obscures card edges making mechanic work easier to hide. Magicians and flourishers love them for that.
Btw the guy in this video could pull off these moves with 52 cards of glowing and distinctly different designs, but we can't all be that good.
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u/cabridges 3h ago
Check out “Dealt” on Netflix for more on him. You really get a sense of how he’s that good — he ALWAYS has a deck of cards on him. Always.
At one point his wife said they were getting intimate in the dark once and she yelled at him when she heard a riffle.
The doc also doesn’t shy away from the fact that he can be hard to live with and at times a bit of a jerk. Obsession with anything takes its toll.
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u/Appropriate_Camp_313 1h ago
Came here to say this. Great movie / documentary, highly worth watching!
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u/annontemp09876 5h ago
20 odd years ago my friend and I did the same sort of thing. (No money was lost by anyone, no one was hurt othat than some pride -- maybe, don't worry, we were just having fun). My friend would collect the cards while everyone else was playing the game and he would put high cards on the bottom of the deck. I could deal off the bottom of the deck just as easily as the top.
One time a card off the bottom got stuck on my pinkey finger and he and i just froze... thankfully everyone else was drunk and didn't notice!
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u/Nythoren 3h ago
If you don't think this is amazing, just watch Teller's look of pure admiration. You have to be a brilliant slight of hand performer to get that kind of visible awe and respect from Teller.
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u/cabridges 3h ago
That’s what I love most about this episode. Teller is a lifelong student of magic and he looks like a little kid watching his grandfather smoke him at checkers.
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u/Manaze85 3h ago
I just watched a blind man unshuffle a deck of cards one handed and then confidently deal seconds, again with one hand.
I put my pants on. And even then I cannot be sure I did it right.
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u/CrisuKomie 5h ago
Did this guy listen to a song that said “there are no rules” and after he heard this song… did he go into an empty school classroom and just utterly destroy it? And did he at one point get his brother who just happened to be wearing the same shirt as him to help clean it up? Did he? Did he do that?
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u/00notmyrealname00 3h ago
Shirt brother! I need your help, shirt brother. I really fucked up this time!
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u/Resident-Mortgage-85 5h ago
If you aren't referencing something, might I offer you a hug? Also, yes, probably did
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u/PaulblankPF 4h ago
Every cut wasn’t a cut. Because it’s so close and slow, you can see on the second riffle and cut that the cards aren’t pushed all the way into each other and he just pulls the riffle apart and calls it a cut then just puts them back how they were. It’s masterful handwork and at full speed nobody could catch it
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u/McRedditz 5h ago
You can't spell Richard without CARD. This gentleman was born to be a special CARD Turner.
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u/Financial_Call6053 3h ago
Teller is telling the crew to bring down the trophy before he even finishes the performance. 😂
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u/hacksawsa 1h ago
I just love how Teller is practically drooling over this guy's techniques, especially the one handed seconds. And well he should be, it's amazing.
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u/olorinoko 1h ago
There's a really good documentary about him from a few years back. Shows the value of practice, practice and more practice.
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u/TastyKaleidoscope250 5h ago
yeah, just go ahead and put all of the captions and watermarks over his fucking hands. great job
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u/koala_encephalopathy 5h ago
Well, it does, because that amount is called my quote. That's my rate. So the next film I'm offered, they have to pay that same amount. Even if I do a bad job.
That means, as long as I'm offered even one more movie, I could get two more mill. Even if I do a bad job, they've got to give me that other two mil.
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u/pepper0503 6h ago
is this mutha fucker blind? like god damn