3 Card Monte ~ An In Depth Tutorial 

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"Baby, I love you" "Wrong, you owe me a dollar"

When your in math class and the teacher asks: "What's 2+2?" You: 4 Teacher: Wrong, you owe me a dollar.

This is one of the cleanest , in depth and practical videos on magic tricks . Thank you

Me: "this is the year I finally find that special someone." Him: "wrong, you owe me a dollar."

Wrong you owe me a dollar

Some people think that knowing how a card trick is done is all there is to it. They might not appreciate the many hours of dedicated practice required to make it work until they try. Thanks for posting this example of dexterity, legerdemain and prestidigitation.

Plot twist : he bought all those packs with this trick.

Many people make separate tutorials for the moves involved in a trick, and that's kinda frustrating, because you don't connect the moves up in the right way for _that_ particular trick. But Tom, thanks a lot for not doing so. We cherish this so much. Thank you 🙏

Just wanted to let you know: Thanks to your video, I learned this trick within a couple of days of practice and people LOVE it. It's amazing to see the surprise and disbelief on their face :D Keep up making these amazing tutorial videos, please!

I seen people doing this. They also have partners that 'win' a few bets to give punters some 'confidence'.

This video is 7 years old at this point in time but I still think it is fantastic. I recently bought the Mo Monte trick and did it on my channel but I still want to incorporate your version separately with the plain playing cards. Thank you for a wonderful tutorial

Thanks for this, Tom! Forty years doing magic and Color Monte gets them every time! I love that this can be done with a borrowed deck.

I performed illusions and a stage show for many years, yet my favorite tricks of all time are still Color Monte and the classic Sucker Die Box. Like you, I've ruined more than my fair share of cards, or simply wore the ink off. Really enjoyed this, thanks for sharing !

Jeez. I owe him so much money. 😥 in this pandemic. Who's here quarantine?

*Thank you everyone for over 1 million views!* "What if they say a different location?"... Here is the answer by user (youschtube)… "The patter isn't interactive with the audience! He isn't asking anyone to guess, then waiting for the answer. The patter simply accompanies the actions, like a story. The way we heard it on the video is Exactly the way you tell it. You don't ask the specs the questions for real. ..it is just talk to create a story and effectively do the trick with."

I'm sorry I'm two years too late in saying this, but I love everything about this video. The routine is awesome, the presentation is perfect, and the tutorial is super well explained. Plus I'm glad you showed how to do a double lift. Believe it or not, I cannot do a proper double lift. But I'll practice super hard just to be able to perform this trick. Thanks for the video and for helping me out.

Lovely calm and natural slight of hand. Practice practice practice. But the tutorial was really spot on, that very few can do with all the practice in the world. Really great to watch. Thank you!

4:34 even if the edge shows, nobody’s gonna see it. Try that around my group of friends lol.

this is a beautiful piece of magic. I actually learned this way way back by watching the original '3 card money' video again and again. it has always been my favorite piece to perform Thank you very much

Thank you for this tutorial! I've been trying to learn it myself. I use an ace and two others, lay them all out, and then mix them, and have my audience (quote unquote) try and guess. Then I say, "okay I'll make this easier. I'm gonna take out one of not- ace cards. Then, using sleight of hand, I make it look like I took out a not-ace card, but actually I take out the ace. THIS TUTORIAL VERSION IS MUCH BETTER

Eye: Ok I got it Hand: Wrong, you owe me a dollar

I love this trick but I hate it when as soon as I put the ace on the bottom (Wink,Wink) and I ask where it is they try be smart and say “MIDDLE” or “ITS STILL ON THE TOP”

I been doing color monte for 40 years and your handling is beautiful!!!

Was given two beautiful felt card mats the other day and it inspired me to really get going on the tricks again, to my amazement I have got this trick sorted, no where near as slick as the main man Tom Matriq but I am getting there. So thanks for the tutorial, well presented and it really helped my to finally figure it out. Really happy...

Pause at 2:43. I knew it, you're using more than 2 hands!

2:05 - there was only one joker the whole time? Man you're good!

Excellent tutorial. I own classic Color Monte which came with an instructional video, but your explantion is better and your routine and handling is smoother. Thanks!

Thanks, for the double lift show in minute 6:38 with upper card and bottom card. I see this video before when you explain it, but sometimes I review again in order to learn more about your tricks. Thanks, again!

Thank you-- a great, generous post. ..I always thought the "broadtossing" way of 3 card monte (as done on the streets, with the deceptive toss) was the superior monte version-- nothing came close, except that it was designed as a scam and has never been well adapted for performance purposes. This is better, plus you have good patter. , It didn't take me too long to learn the second sleight whereby you represent the bottom card as the top (your invention)? I will enjoy practicing the routine as I watch "A Big Hand for a LIttle Lady" (one of my top five Poker movies). Best

Great tutorial. I am using this video to learn your trick just for fun. I've never tried any magic tricks before. I am comfortable with the double lift now but the slide is tough. You do it so comfortably. I will be practicing this trick for the rest of my life. Thank you for the video.

It amazes me not only the tricks but that it took many years for people to create and perfect these techniques. Then to see them improved upon through the years is even more amazing. But some things never change and remain timeless classics. I love magic. Nice tutorial.

Neat. Nice and clean. Three Card Monty is a name that’s been around for as long as I can remember but I didn’t realize that I’ve known this trick for over 20 years now. When I was at app state in the early 90s, there was a man named George Vaughan who was a retired stage magician that had a magic shop near Tweetsie railroad that was called the Scorpions Den. I bought this from him and learned it, but we had always called it “Probably, Definitely“. It started with, “This card is Probably not your card… and this card is also probably not your card… But this card is DEFINITELY not your card.” The cards had regular Bicycle backs but the faces were white except the script “This is PROBABLY not your card” highlighted in yellow, ”This is DEFINITELY not your card” highlighted in red, and the last one of course “This IS you card!” highlighted in green. It was a wonderful trick but I never thought to use regular cards. 😂 Wonderfully done! Thank you!!

Thanks Tom, Great Tutorial!

This is probably my favorite video on youtube

Your explanation regarding application of pressure is v.clear n practical.. Thanks😂👌👍

At first I was "Not another 3 card Monte routine" but I clicked anyway because of the angle of the camera. I thought just maybe itd be a new routine. Glad I watched. Not the typical Monte sleight throw and I even learned a new bottom double-lift.

Great tutorial on the double lift!

Omg man, that’s such a thorough explanation. You are freaking awesome , even though I’m sure many magicians and scam artists hate you for this lol

Thanks for the insight to this wonderful three cards monty trick. I am always fascinated by it....

Tom Matriq - you are one very likeable & highly talented individual - Cheers!

This is an amazing trick. As soon as I saw it I knew I had to learn it. This is a great tutorial.

Neat. Short. Well explained. Classy bit of card manipulation. Love it

Excellent tutorial on one of my favorite Monte tricks.

Looking hard, I see your edges slip, but, so casual and natural, clean. And I now owe you a dollar.

Ive seem a lot of tutorials on this trick. By far this one is the best! 🙏🏻

3:10 - What I find really clever and amazing is that the hidden card is always right there on the table. I'm keen to see how the spectator can examine the cards afterwards, though.

Excellent execution of this trick and very good tutorial.

This is actually helpful. Thank you sensei. 🌷🙏

Youre really good at explaining dude, learned it pretty well in no time flat.

Super good presentation.

Love this sleight of hand,I'm going to start practicing again, thank you.

superb explanation... not a wasted syllable... not a remaining question.

by far the coolest card trick i have learned

The red-back version uses the 5 of diamonds for the sucker reveal at the end. The video fades out briefly at 8:49, and that is probably where the 5 of diamonds gets switched out and the $14 card gets switched in for the second sucker reveal.

I think this is my favourite routine and the story is the cherry on the cake, so good.

Reminds me of the cups and balls trick - even when you know how it's done, it still amazes!

After watching I rewatched the intro, felt so smart

I was looking for this video thanks man!!!!!

i just found your channel out of nowhere and i already love your content ! please make more videos similar to this . thanks

It takes years of experience ! Amazing job handling these cards

Just saw this and could not stop laughing, thinking of how my brother would react when i preform it.

Thanks Bro . Best regards Iraq - Baghdad

I'm like you, "Color Monte" was one of my 1st & favorite effects. Your version is very good, thanx for sharing

This was fairly easy to learn... Thanks 😊

thank you thank you thank you.

your sleight of hand is phenomenal, how long have you been practicing?

I just watched Richard Turner , then Michael Vincent do this trick. You are as smooth as them. After your explanation my respect for all three of you has just grown even further. Thank you very much.

Tom, you are a great man. Thanks for this lesson.

Just watching this is blowing my mind

Tom, good no nonsense video and you didn’t even ask viewers to subscribe and click bells or whatever. Refreshing. I’m subscribed!

Thank you. Awesome tutorial !

it’s 11PM and I got work in 5 hours

Once he teaches the trick it becomes so obvious 😭 but it blew my mind first time

Tom - Very smooth hand control. Clearly not your first day at the circus tent. Seen lots of people do this, but yours was quite convincing and smooth.

I love Color Monte and your presentation was dead on. It has a great script. The original script does start "a man walked up to me and said 'How'd you like to make some money?'" I then am demonstrating how I got taken. Your presentation turns it around and then you become the bad guy. The double lift can reveal the second. I usually do it with thumb and forefinger at the edges. Not as elegant as a real double lift. The Color Monte cards are easy to follow and the reveal at the end (You owe me $14), I think, is more fun. Worth the $7 or so.

Hi Tom, Thnx for this amazing routine. It's very powerful, you perform it a wonderful way and the story is funny. I like it all very much. Though, something bothers me : Top Slide (1:25 and 8:42 in the video) may seem strange from the spectator's point of view. He could wonder why we show the "top" card this weird way instead of just lifting it as usual. When watching your performance, I couldn't figure out what you were doing, but I felt there was a kind of sleight of hand at this very moment. Have you any improvement in sight ? Thnx again :-))

I did not expect to see such a beautiful ending to this piece of magic thank so much sharing this tom matriq !!!

Great video tom, very well explained, going to learn it for my nephew

This is a great tutorial, but I have a question. When you give the person a chance to try and find the ace, what should I do if they choose the middle card right after guessing the bottom card?

nice channel

I've performed Color Monte this way for many, many years. I actually suggest buying a copy of Color Monte, then discarding the two colored diamond cards. Keep the $14 card and use a Joker and Ace of Spades as Tom does. Then, you can use the same "you owe me a dollar" patter, concluding with the double or nothing offer like the original routine. I find this has more punch than the original Color Monte or using three standard cards from the deck (although I'll use Tom's method as an impromptu option if I don't have a $14 card with me :-) ).

Very good explained...thank you very much!👌🏻

legend says he still owes a dollar

Tanmay gang❤️

Tom..by far the best version of the monte i think..bravo👏

Fantastic trick and turorial. Thank you so much 🙏

You've got Abo! This is so skilled! Big up

And that's how you make a tutorial video! Wait a minute, how did you do that at the end? I know, you started with 5 cards.

Relearning so i can reagain memory and heal from trauma.... Best video for me to follow yet! Bless you for making it. 👍 Still regain read / write too sorry if misspell...

Great tutorial! Thank you.

Me:But I've seen the.. Tom: Wrong you owe me a dollar

What do i do if they, in the second guess, where they should say top, they say middle?

Wonderful Tricks.Thank you for the double lift tutorial.

Thank you ! I loved this trick all of my life. You make it look so easy..

Player1: Have a guess. Player2: Show me all of the three cards. Player1 has left the chatroom.

Question: When you show the Ace is on top, and then double-lift it to the bottom showing the joker. What if their next guess is that of the Ace being in the middle? How do you get the joker from the bottom to the middle, lol? There is no move for that here.

I have one deck of magic cards with me and they require no skill at all to do some pretty amazing tricks. And they work for any card pulled from the deck. Well worth the money I paid.

Nicely done and well taught

I replayed your Video.. At first I owe you 14 dollars.. 2nd We're even and the 3rd I owe you 7 dollars.. hehezz