Richard Turner performing live on Penn & Teller Vegas Show 

And he's not even joking, he can feel how many cards he's handed and cut any amount he wants at any time. I heard that card companies ask him to check consistency.

@@jangtheconqueror that's correct, he has a lifetime supply of cards, whenever he wants em. For his contributions to the feel of cards

i will never play cards with him

haha right?? as soon I heard it, I went to comments. And here it was on top with 698 likes. Now you're just one away from 700!

the ridiculous thing is you think he's joking, his shows he has a part where he asks for a number between 1-52 and one handed as the number is said immediately cuts that many cards. fucken insane

no shit

@@AlexG-fm7ml But man to be able to do that just from the weight of them is crazy. That's some super power shit.

@@pavmx703 he probably does it from the thickness. just acting like he does it from weight to make it seem more magical. but I said no shit cuz he said " when he asks them to switch its because the card he wants isnt in that pile."

@@AlexG-fm7ml I've heard some magicians that rely on touch sand paper the side of the cards or even the cards back I don't know specifically. I assume he can tell the amount of cards based on the thickness and specific cards based on however he marked the deck

@@bensonspov reply he is blind and has a crazy sensation of touch so it's not hard to feel how many cards are there in his hand on how heavily it is and the way the side feels

Haha! Made me laugh out loud!

You shouldn't laugh at a Karate black belt.Especially if this black belt is blind.

He's a fifth level black belt

is the onlyone who can defeats chuck norris

And How did he get his Black belt? By physically beating *TEN* Black Belts in *TEN* straight fights, in a windowless brick building in Tijuana summer.

Hes blind also

he told that many blind people are extraordinary with eyes it may take more than that cause blind people sense of touch is higher

Not being distracted by eye-seight also helps...

You need to poke your eyes out and you're set.

19 hours👌🏻👌🏻

daniel madison is better...erdnase himself agrees

@@roccoVAL is Daniel Madison blind ?

There probably is,but he makes his money cheating people instead of doing shows!

Mark F. Bullshit

Mark F. Lmfao!! I just went and watched Daniel Madison, his trick on Penn and Teller where he had to go through the deck in complete quiet and wasn’t sure at the end that the last card was right was not even impressive, not even close to Turners level.

He is not blind. There are lies that someone keeps all their life.

@@rwyo83 Bullshit. I met Richard in 2012. I saw him performing, lecturing, selling his DVD's and having a conversation for dozens of people for a whole weekend. I was competing in that weekend and while I waited my turn, I was just 10 feet away from him while he was "watching" the contest. And I can assure, he wasn't watching the contest. He had a small pad in his lap and he kept shuffling and dealing his cards with a personal assistant in his side. When people came to talk to him, he didn't had any contact with his eyes but he knew where to glance when he was spoken to because he had had a great acting teachers. But when he went to stage to do his one man show, he almost tripped to a plant that was in his way. He didn't find the table before he got some assist. He is definitely blind. But guess what? It doesn't bother him. Maybe he can not see but every time people came to him, he greeted everybody with big smile and a quick joke. I had (and still has) huge respect to his work and when I came to him, almost shaking with excitement and asked to pose for a photo with me, he gladly said yes. I had to point to him where the camera where and I got my picture with him. After that he presented us his techniques with cards as long as we wanted. He was just glad that there were people interested to see his skills. So summa summarum, if you have not met him, shut up saying that he is not blind. I can assure that he is. And even if he weren't, he is still one of the finest card men in the world. And one of my biggest heroes.

@@rikupajari Also, He has prefomed a couple times with blindfolds and coins taped over his eyes, even if he could see he can definitley do the trick without seeing, and that would almost be more impressive. Either way, he preformed for years while he didn't want anyone to know he was blind, his skills speaks for themselves and doesn't require him to be blind to be impressive..

not just legally blind. 100% blind

@@rwyo83 I hate to be the one to point out how stupid you are but someone has to mention that you cant fake being blind. You cant stop your pupils from responding to light if you're not actually blind. Youd go to a doctor and they'd test your eyes and see youre lying.

That's why they don't ever play cards with him

I would guess they ask to play poker with him purely to watch him work honestly

Yeah, it’s insane!

Just think about that being the least impressive part of his skillset. He can actually feel what kind of card is in every position of the deck.

A trick he does is asks someone to pick a number between 1 and 52 and he will litterally drop that many cards in their hand in one smooth fast onehanded motion. Its nuts

He's literally recognizing the cards with touch, that's nothing comparatively

I kinda understand what he’s doing at least parts of it. When he tell hers to switch decks with him, he obviously didn’t like at the very least the top card on the deck. He is also able to deal from the second card and from the bottom. So with the belief that he can feel which cards are which I can see how is able to do at least a part of this trick

Dad joke: Well then he lied because sharks don’t have feet, let alone seven of them.

DARYL DIETRICH TRUE THAT

He did a couple of 4th deals here... They were his sloppiest deals, however when he does something sloppy it's still better than anyone else... His sloppy is everyone else's perfect.

And may I add ...the best mechanic that will ever exist. Period.

I have a hypothesis about him and want to refute it - has he ever said that a trick of his can be done with any deck? As in that he doesn't need to bring his own cards. Spoiler idea: his cards are marked and he's extremely, extremely skilled.

Gal Grünfeld on penn and tellers show the inspected the cards, no markings or alterations of any kind

I agree. I struggled to keep up at times, and I had no idea what the cards that showed up meant. I don't know the rules of whatever card game he was using.

7 card stud. It's poker, and it's like regular hold'em except that you get 7 cards, and that your side cards decide if you win if someone else has as good of a hand. And as Ace High Straight is quite good, most hands don't win over it. You could still get a Straight Flush and then have Ace High. Which is the absolute best hand. However the way he dealt those cards it was impossible for anyone to get a Straight Flush Ace High.

@p3rpl3x1ty I've played it a handful of times and I'm familiar with it, but I don't know every in and out of it. The fact that I didn't recognise that it was poker probably illustrates my point about things going a bit too quick. 😅 My comment is 2 years old so I don't really remember the video too much.

He explained slowly what he was doing on fool is and it still fooled Penn and Teller. He did the trick slowly and with one hand and it didn't matter. He even turned the card right side up and let us see what he was doing. I think you expect way too much of us to be able to follow what he's doing. All we have, is to be amazed.

ive seen him do the 7 card stud trick so many times, and its still baffles me

At 0.25 playing speed you can see he second deals a lot of times, thats not the impressive part tho, knowing when to second deal and when to middle/bottom/top deal is the impressive part. feeling without touching more than the sides witch cards to deal his "partner", thats the real trick... And he does it with a normal deck, no cheating. He's done similar performances with both brand new and borrowed decks..

What's impressive is the 4th card deal he did... Second dealing isn't super hard, but 3rd or 4th is difficult. Not to mention Middle Deals...

It's also worth to mention that his left thumb was badly injured

I think word "magician" could offend him. Every performace he keep telling that he is not card magician

CARD MECHANIC... It's a real profession... It's not a Card Magician, because there is no trickery involved.

@Philippians 44 I think it's called hyperbole where you over exaggerate something for dramatic effect. Y'know, the whole thing magicians do. You Protestants are very silly sometimes.

@Philippians 44 Also what you did was repetition, an attempt that by solely repeating something it somehow gives the claim more weight. And you are not that bright if you think that I value Turner over a volunteer worker. Don't be an asshole to people for no fuckin reason.

They even said it's an honor when they came to have a seat in the show he fooled both of em, what an absolute legend.

28 years 14 hours a day and you are on your way!

That’s how he dealt the last card, he felt the whole deck looking for the jack and then made it seem like he was dealing the top card

would have been funny if she simply rejected to do so.

@@_cytosine he would've still somehow dealt a royal straight LOL

Look like he can see throught the card ...👍

i thought the same about Dealt. not to ruin it but very very little about cards is discussed. 90% of the film is about is inability to accept his blindness. still an amazing film about an amazing man.

Your Focusing in the card too much not in what's Mr.Turner saying . Watch the video again and listen carefully ..Open ur ears Man, The girl giving him less than two cards in every after fourth dealt.

I think u don't know how to play Poker.. 🙄😑

You can take any five cards (of the seven). Best hands have low probability. He had a straight (5 consecutive cards 10 Jack Queen King Ace). All in the same suit would have been better, but that's a good hand.

10 to 20 hours a day 7 days a week for 26 years

Juan José Fonseca Godoy there is nothing to know that's just some god teir slight of hand.

Honestly, even knowing how it's done it's still astounding, there aren't many people in the world who could do card sleights as well as he can.

It’s more skill than trickery. That’s why he calls himself a card mechanic rather than magician.

Knowing how its done is even better. Its touch, he can feel the print on the cards to know what it is. he basically has 3 options, deal from the top, bottom or deal seconds until the top card is needed. not sure if he can "feel and deal" any lower than 2, but i suppose its R.T where talking about so it wouldn't surprise me. There is one video out there where he nails it without needing to "swap" or "cut" the deck. its fucking brilliant.

He has more than 3 options, there are videos of him dealing right from the middle of the deck. He can deal you any card you want from every single position in the deck

Hes blind

@@zachg427 My guy, what is this complot theory, he litterally HAS NO PUPILS xD

It's not a secret, he can feel which cards are which and can tell what he's holding based on the wight of them. Even if you know every move he does, you wouldn't be able to do it because you don't have that ability and he's the only person I've ever seen able to do this.

@@pavmx703 No that is not how it's done, that is his premise. He has amazing talent and ability, but he is human. He can feel with one hand how many cards there are in the deck, but if he could feel what card it was he wouldn't have to ask the audience. He also could not feel the difference between different aces, yet he always finds the ace of spades for his 7 card stud. There is a system, and it's not feeling the weight difference of the amount of ink on each card.

@@AitoNitram it's always amazing to me how many people think it's based on weight. Like, how do you weigh an individual card whilst it's in the centre of the deck lmao. People are silly.

Magic

Yes, he can, and he can do even more than showcased here. He can genuinely just feel tiny details that no one else can. He doesn't consider himself to be a magician because he's not using any tricks, he calls himself a card mechanic.

no bro, the card is talking to him!

I hear its true when you lose one sense your others one one is stronger...Dude prob can see cards in his mind/feel cards and tell you what it is without seeing it...Im pretty sure his sense on colors/numbers is pretty high...

In his documentary, he showcases that he has a lifetime supply of new cards, and for years and years, he would spend time feeling the cards to where there are card-specific consistent tells for what each card is. It's absolutely mind-boggling.

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