Easy Magic Tricks - No Assumptions
Author: Lucas Da Silva

This easy magic trick will show you how to do a simple card
trick and teach your friends not to make assumptions.

The Trick: You happen to be in a room with a group of friends
and a pack of cards. Here's how to make some easy money out of
them with a simple card trick. Start by asking someone to pick
any card from the deck, show the rest of the people in the room
and then slide the card back into the pack. You shuffle the deck
and then start turning the cards over one by one until you see
the card that your friend choose. At this point you bet
everyone in the room a certain amount of money, perhaps $1 or
$5, that the next card you turn over will be the one that was
originally selected.

As the selected card has already been turned up, at least one
of your friends will assume that they can't lose and accept the
bet.

Once the bet is made, you simply turn over the card on top of
the pile of cards that have already been revealed and collect
your winnings.

The Explanation: Right, for all of you who can't figure out how
to do this trick, here's what happens.

Take a normal pack of playing cards, shuffle them well, fan
them out and ask one of your friends to pick a card. At this
stage it doesn't matter what card they select. Unlike many card
tricks you don't have to use sleight of hand to force them to
choose the card of your choice.

Once they've taken a card, it's a good idea to ask them to show
it to the rest of the people in the room. This will increase the
chances of someone accepting your bet later on. After everyone
except you has seen the card, shuffle the rest of the pack, cut
it in the middle and let the person return their card to the
pack.

This is the key to the trick. When you separate the pack to let
them return the card, take a subtle look at the card that will
be placed on top of their card when you put the pack together.
Make sure nobody sees you doing this. This is where the ability
to keep talking to distract your audience comes in useful.

Once you've placed the pack together, cut the deck a number of
times, making sure that you take note of the bottom card after
the last cut. If it's the card that was on top of the selected
card cut the pack once more. This will make sure that your card
is put back on top of the selected card.

Put the deck face down on the table and start turning the cards
over one by one. Keep going until you see the card that you made
a note of appear and then turn one more card (this will be the
card that was originally selected by your friend). Make it look
as though you're about to turn the next card, then stop and bet
anyone in the room a certain amount of money that the next card
you turn over will be the one that was initially chosen.

As soon as somebody accepts the bet, turn the selected card
face down and collect your winnings.

About The Author: To learn more easy magic tricks, visit Lucas
Da Silva's site at http://www.supermagictricks.com