Dealt

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Konichiwa.

Bobbling baby bobby bobbles

the bimble bobble on his bib.

Bobbling baby bobby bobbles

the bimble bobble on his bib.

Many money-minded moguls

minded their moolah more than morals.

Little Lillian lying by the lily pad

lets lazy lizards lie along the lily pond.

Various Victorian virgins

very rarely victimize their virginity

by various Victorian ways.

Welcome to the close-up gallery here

at the world-famous Magic Castle on Friday night.

Now this gentleman you're about to see

he is really a living legend in card magic.

He's been performing for over 40 years.

Richard Turner can do things with cards

that no one in the world can do.

No one.

Ladies and gentlemen, put your hands together

for the absolutely incredible

Richard Turner!

Ladies and gentlemen, would you welcome

this ace of cards Richard Turner.

I'm a card mechanic.

A mechanic is somebody who can fix something.

An auto-mechanic fixes a car.

A body mechanic is a professional killer.

I'm a card mechanic. I can fix a card game.

It's almost like there's not enough time

in his life to have gotten as good as he is.

He's on the crazy end of obsessive-compulsive.

And this is a guy that literally lives

with a deck of cards in his hand.

- Well, howdy? - Howdy?

I love it when the audience shows up.

- Your name? - Erin.

- Erin? - Lexi.

Lexi. Well, I'm Richard Turner.

I represent why you should never

play cards with strangers.

When you play poker, blackjack, bridge

hold 'em, whatever your game, you wanna

make sure that the cards are evenly mixed.

Erin and I are gonna show you

how it's done, so do as I do.

Just cut your deck any way you want.

Give it a cut.

- Got it? - Mm-hm.

Now give it, uh, up the river cut.

Give it an alternating up the river cut.

Give it a flying three-way.

Beautiful.

Casino procedures what's called

riffle, riffle, strip, riffle, cut.

First, you break 'em 26-26.

Notice I'm exactly in half.

And then you lace 'em up every other card.

Then you have to do what's called a strip.

That's making a bunch of random little piles.

Good. One more time. Give it another riffle.

Another riffle.

A... And a straight cut.

You're having a little trouble, aren't ya?

Your right hand screwed ya.

Try it like this. Put 'em in your left hand.

Take it in this finger, break 'em across

slide them in and then give them

a one-hand bridge.

Then of course, after that, you have to give it

what's called a one-hand flip around cut.

Like that.

Now I have shown you a half a dozen ways

of shuffling and cutting the deck.

They should be pretty evenly mixed, yes?

- Yes? - Yes.

Let's see if this deck is pretty evenly mixed.

- Wow. - I want you to note.

Ace, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

is suited numerically.

When I saw Richard Turner perform

I realized that I was

in the presence of greatness.

Richard stands out.

You know, he's not your classic close-up magician.

He is demonstrating the moves used by cheaters.

The most difficult things you can do

with a deck of cards.

How many players do we have? 5, 6 or 7?

- How about 5? - How about 5?

1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, burn.

And we have what's called the flop.

What is that card out loud?

- Erin? - Ace.

Burn, turn. What's that, Erin?

- Ace. - Burn, turn.

- What's that card, Erin? - Ace.

And you're my partner sittin' in number 4.

What do you have in the pocket? What's that?

Ace.

Slide of hands.

When you're doing the type of work that Richard does

involves a level of detail

that is microscopic.

Watch the 6 of hearts.

You're gonna understand what I'm showin' you.

I'm not gonna do any tricks.

The gambler wants a 6, so what happens is

I deal cards to the other players.

Only when I'm ready, do I deal the 6.

Watch face up.

See how the card sits there

as the second card is dealt.

Watch again! Watch again!

6 on top. Super slow motion.

See the dealer will hit the other players.

Only when I'm ready, do I deal the 6.

See I'm the, we're playing blackjack

I have a 15.

I hit the other players and that 6 equals 21.

Several times, I have been sitting in his audiences

and about halfway through the show

you can sort of see

different members of the audience realize it.

It hits them out of the blue.

This guy can't see!

So hold on, he was blind, right?

'Cause he was looking at us, but I couldn't tell

if he was like discerning facial cues.

Am I wrong? I think I'm.. Is this a de..

Is there a deeper magic that's happening?

Did he fool me? Yes.

Is he blind?

Hm. Hm.

If you say he's blind

then I'll take that into consideration.

I'm gonna put a numbing eye drop.

It may burn a little bit.

Look up.

- Close your eyes. - Argh! Oh, just kiddin'.

Close your eyes.

Okay, Richard. Look straight ahead.

Based on his history and on my exam

he had a macular dystrophy

that started when he was a young boy.

He was legally blind for some time.

And as the time progressed, um

around 3rd or 4th decade of his life

his vision completely went dark.

Right now, he is what we call

no light perception. He cannot see anything.

He will not be able to tell if the lights

in the room on or off.

No shadows, not even movement.

He is completely blind right now.

10, 20, 20, 22.

This is my closet of cards.

In here, I have about 5 to 6000.

I haven't taken inventory in a few months

but altogether in the house

we have tens of thousands of decks.

But this is just my premium stock.

Cards are like wine.

Uh, this up here, I have what I call my G1107s.

That was a good year.

These are my favorite.

Uh, it was a, it was a portrait

that was done of me back in 1986.

I put 'em on the back of the Gamblers Playing Cards.

Nowadays, I have a 2 to 3 pack a day habit.

I used to have a 3 to 6 pack a day habit.

As I practice, they start pilin' up.

They pile up in the glove compartment.

They pile up downstairs on the kitchen table.

They pile up next to the piano where I sit.

"The Lone Ranger."

What sparked my interest in cards

was watching old Westerns.

One in particular was "Maverick"

starring James Garner.

I was sittin' in front of a black and white

television set right beside the TV

so I could just absorb myself.

I wanna be right in the middle of action.