Nice detail showing the first card you set down on each pile, so we know the royal flush isn't there... until it is. Great trick. Certainly fooled me.

@SgtJoeSmith

6 жыл бұрын

Kragatar that's right he did. Paul is the man. He can do crazy stupid things with cards and you never catch him

@Jackofhearts17

5 жыл бұрын

ahhhhh, i didn't catch that, i was sure there was a reason but i didnt connect it. Nice one!

@grendelum

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah... he is *_really_* good at pulling off those twists that catch you totally off guard !!

@thisoldminer

5 жыл бұрын

I don't get it.

@buisgolalas

5 жыл бұрын

It fooled me at first too because it was a twist ending. No one was really expecting it, so no one was even looking for it. However, i did notice something "off" about the royal flush reveal the first time through. Upon the second viewing my thoughts were confirmed. I'll say that it was set up beautifully to deceive, but the actual 'move' at the end is something 100% of people could do. If Penn and Teller were close up, he wouldn't have fooled them.

I wonder what he was going to say after that "BUT".

@johnrotuno1077

5 жыл бұрын

Baris Yakut I want to know also

@shirkanesi

5 жыл бұрын

I think he thought he hasn't fooled them. I'm pretty sure the were close to the actual secret.

@MarkBowenPiano

5 жыл бұрын

Possibly that he added something in but 'not' when his back was turned. He may have added something but as they asked if he did it when his back was turned then they got it wrong. Adding something in at some other point in the trick would count as a fool and he realised that and quickly stayed quite 😉

@jacobnyhart6862

5 жыл бұрын

They were suggesting he added the 5 spades into the deck after the people drew their cards - keep them out of the deck to make sure none of them got selected. Thing is, Mr. Gertner is slick enough to do the trick while keeping the cards in the deck throughout - BUT even if they were out of the deck and he added them back, he would've done that without turning around. That's such a hokey entry-level thing to do and he's way too professional.

@-danR

5 жыл бұрын

Somebody give me the time-stamp when his back was turned? I can't find that. Never mind, found it. 2:50

6:31 You can visibly see Penn say "Oh dear" haha.

If you are in the Boston Area or visiting on a Friday Night come and see the Magic that Fooled Penn & Teller Live. The 7:00pm show is Sold Out most nights... but we just added a 9:00PM show and tickets are still available. Go to: www.MiraclesAndOtherDeceptions.com

*People in the comments* "Oh this was a very easy trick" *Me* currently contemplating reality.

Your version of Cups and balls was best I ever saw. Fooled me.

Shout out to the Kentucky weather map at the top of the screen

All the cards in the flush were already on the table when the card first trick began but were all covered up by small sheets of black felt to match the table/matt he was doing the trick on at the end he fixed up all the piles ontop of the ones he had already prepared and lift the cards up underneath the stacks to look like they were the bottom cards. if u go full screen you can kind of see the felt im talking about :)

good on you Paul - not an easy feat!

Man I love watching Paul. His cup and balls is still one of my favorite acts. This trick is one of the few I saw coming because it is similar to I trick I do, but the story telling and the act itself was still amazing to watch.

Love how he always does a last minute twist..

3:28 "Did you ever hear the tragedy of Thomas Preston? I thought not, it's not a story the magicians would tell you"

Notice that the royal flush he revealed in the end were not in the initial stack of cards when he showed the whole deck at the beginning.

Just wow at the precision and fluidness of that sleight of hand. I know most magicians know the basics of that (first) trick, but doing it while the camera is closeup on your hands so you can even see the slightest nervous shivering is just insane. Very happy to have been fooled by the second part as well. Great performance!

Say what you want, I still think the most entertaining one was the one with the cups. But I just love it all. It's the perfect combination of entertainment by storytelling, magic and just being an all around great act.

Congrats on fooling them again and congrats on new show. Wish I could catch you on tour someday

congratulations! your cup and ball routine amazes me every time i watch! such talent! thanks for sharing!

So happy for you, Paul. That was just astounding.

@Paul Gertner - Your control and manipulation of the deck is so amazing. I just can't get enough of watching you with cards in your hands.

Simply amazing! I wish I could go see one of your shows! :)

I think this is one of those tricks that even if you know how he did it, you still can't catch him doing it because he's just too good. I caught him for delivering their cards right away, but with repeated rewinds I still can't catch the royal flush. Penn had a really good guess though. Great trick.

@Sean-mq7wt

5 жыл бұрын

You can't catch him setting up the Royal Flush because he never did. He's such an amazing card trick performer that you (And P&T) believe that's how he would do it. Truth is, if you are looking for him palming cards, or manipulating the deck, or even using a gimmick deck you are looking where he wants you to look and not at the details that give away the trick. He wants you focused on how he manipulated the deck, because then you will never figure it out because he never did with the Royal Flush. That trick is laid out right in front of your eyes from the very beginning, and he did a fantastic job at camouflaging this fact through his performance, using his pedigree to cover for a rather simple trick.

@junkjunk2000

5 жыл бұрын

think you are implying how i figured it had to be done. It's not always meant to be something complicated or hard that fools them, it's more fun when someone fools them with something like how i think this one was done. So simple and I'm sure P & T would figure it out with a video replay. But Paul used his reputation and their P&T's own preconcieved notions about him as misdirection.

@lazarjanos6549

5 жыл бұрын

really nice covert answer,people can only understand this if we know how he did it :))

@tecturarch

5 жыл бұрын

Oughtbe - Great job using hints like P&T to explain how the trick with the royal flush was done!

@NoUanAkaAndre

5 жыл бұрын

actually i think Teller figured it out at 10:07, the moment he managed to get a closer look at the cards. Nonetheless, great trick and use of misdirection.

You fooled them again incredible. Your handling was so smooth. I wish I had your kind of control with the cards. Pure MAGIC.

I've watch Mr. Paul Gertner since I was a child, and he is by far one of the BEST magicians of OUR time ( still counting today!). A legend by his own right! He never fails to amaze and astound and drop my jaw each and every time! The only illusion/trick I've never seen you perform is the Ring On Hourglass. -- Mr. Gertner you are up there with the greats such as Dai Vernon, Ed Marlo, Alan Ackerman, David Roth just to name a few! Thank you for everything you have done and given to the magic community!

@EngeltheFallen

5 жыл бұрын

Absolutely true. He is a true masterclass. I love he keeps the classics alive and modernizes them.

I love that you used the Harrisburg, PA affiliate for the CW. That used to be an awesome place to work. Congrats on becoming a two time fooler

You say every trick should have a kicker ending so when u found the 5 cards i was like o theres more Just so good

You are a legend man. All three of your tricks are some of my favourites from the show.

I frickin love your stage energy

0 chance this could have been done with teller on that table. still great job man :D

Lmao he trolled Penn and Teller twice. 😂 just the greatest

Wonderful as always.. Loved you since reading your fantastic book 20 years ago..

Congrats on all of the tricks. For non-magician viewer, I enjoyed them all very much! Thank you and good luck!

Always love watching this artist.

Paul is fantastic. I'm glad he's the first 3x returner.

Wonderful trick. Paul Gertner, you amaze me each time you are on- wonderful.

badass legend!

Great card trick loved the story as well =) Congrats Paul

Amazing trick. Your moves are way smooth, and I was thoroughly entertained and baffled. Thank you, sir.

Wow...Fantastic Paul.. Pleasure meeting you at the Yacht Club !!

Dang Mr G, im no magician, but your presentation is just so smooth! I watch over and over in amazement like a 5 year old...

just love this show , , should be on mainstream tv again .

I love to see him performing...

9:09 thats not a listening face. Thats a "haha i defintly fooled them" face. What a legend

Great job, Paul, I wish I could come to see your show! :)

People like you and Shawn Farquhar and Jack Hanna, you are one of the most loveable folks in internet. Keep the good vibes going!

Great work yet again, Paul.

This guy is great!

Amazing work. I really love to see card tricks that you can do with multiple people, and that was one of the best I seen. Should have briefly mentioned that if all the names are long you would run out of cards, which is why you had to shorten the ones at the end. Small thing to mention at the start, that would have made that middle part much smoother IMO since it looked like you were doing something shady when you were not.

Congratulations on your 2nd 'Fool Us' Win!!

I saw his live show in person in Boston, really intimate space. Was a ton of fun, would highly recommend it to anyone in the area.

congrats, Paul.. fantastic magic

This takes as much practice as playing the fiddle like Jascha Heifetz. Amazing technique..... Bravo!!

what an amazing trick and performance

I like that guy. So gifted. So sympathetic. He deserved it.

Great going sir!

Amazing!

Paul your voice is so soothing!

Your awesome anytime I need a lift in my day to re-energize myself I watch one of your videos

I'm going to be come a magician so I can meet Alyson Hannigan.

Beautiful performance.

I loved your cups-and-balls trick. You had some.. heh.. real balls to pull that one off, and it was just SO entertaining. The "Unshuffle" totally blew my mind. This one.. I question physics. You're phenominal, sir.

I like how they were straight forward with him without using code words.

Great show

Congrats! So well earned.

@vsha2

5 жыл бұрын

your spot on P&TFU was great too Nathan!

Could be wrong, think I saw a second deal once or twice, but crazy well done trick.

@mohammedmahmoud5575

5 жыл бұрын

This trick cannot be done that way since he doesn't know how many letters in their names

Paul Gertner is just another level of cool, in the best way i can imagine.

I hope they survived that excessive heat warning.

"there's no way I could've done anything" YEAH RIGHT

Mr Gertner I love u greetings from Germany

Amazingly simple trick but very impressive.

Congrats!

Great guess by Penn! Thought they got it there for a second. I guess the first part is quite obvious but that twist at the end! He even showed the bottom cards before dealing them down! Mind blown...

i love your magic, keep it going your amazing

Nicely done man, you've bested them

I like how Paul just casually shows us the returned cards while relating the story. It's like: go ahead, verify on your own; I don't have to tell you what's happening -- just relax and enjoy, everything will work out great -- and that's like encouraging people to be happy. And all that practice -- doing it again and again -- because you're invested in a good show. What a class act.

Haha, great trick Paul. Love your work.

great work!

Great story, great trick

This was recorded off Pennsylvania local TV nice touch

Well done, mate!

You are great paul...

I can't say I know what particular method he used; I think I might have an idea but regardless he is so damn smooth it's totally up in the air. A master of the craft - I'm so happy for him and I wish all the success and luck!

I saw the trick with getting the 5 people's cards where they were needed. The royal flush got me.

Great performance. Loved the trick........... Love Omar Pasha. ;)

Such a nice person

i love this guy

Wooow!!!! I really thought I knew what he was doing and at the end he just blew my mind! I'm thinking and thinking.. and the only thing I can think of has something to do with the black carpet. Wow! What an amazing twist!

I am inspired by you Paul

wow. that one was awesome

Is it just me that find joy, when Pen calls someone a rat bastard? :D

How amazing

Incredible.

Your my new favorite!

Congrats on fooling them a second time!

Hats off

I think it's the weather alert in the top that keeps my eyes redirected away from the trick....got an idea on how it's done, but i'm certainly not good enough to pull this one out.amazing!would love to make it to a show in boston if you have one in early October.

@paulgertnermagic

5 жыл бұрын

We will be putting October Dates on the Schedule soon. You can subscribe and sign up for an advance notice of new date at the bottom of this page: www.MiraclesAndOtherDeceptions.com Probably will have 2 shows on Friday October. 5th at 7 & 9pm. Just waiting for the hotel to confirm. Paul Gertner

i knew he would fool them. he is almost perfect. carry on

Love the trick...but find it funny you're in Central Pa. In Lebanon, and yes excessive heat. Thanks for posting this.

Knowing that everything Paul uses is important, will help figuring this one out.

He's like the Martin Sheen of magic.

I can't believe I found your channel only a few hours before this vid went live, what luck! Must be the 12 letters in my name. I'm a little sad I could hear a "but" start to come out, I wanted to hear a bit more and find out if Penn was onto something; did he get hung up on a minor technicality, or was he just completely off track? In the end it feels like a win with caveats, but that just means there's still a tie, so you better get onto the next season and settle this completely! Been bingewatching youtube magic clips and your brass cups and steel balls is one of my favorite routines. Sleight of hand for the ears AND eyes! Heck, even mouth if you share that coke! So brilliant, pure showmanship, and I love love LOVE the stories you weave into your tricks. I used to do some very rudimentary tricks in my young years, I think I did the standard cups and balls for an elementary school talent show (and dropped the cups getting off the stage, cue extra ball reveal), but I didn't like doing card tricks unless they told a story, either like you did here or by personifying the cards.

@tlgwat

5 жыл бұрын

No, Penn was completely off track with the back turned guess. Nothing fishy was done at all during the trick.