Thank you for everything you have done for me Mr. Jay i never really did magic but you taught to be eloquent, a gentleman, a scholar, never sell myself short, and always be the light in the room! You will truly be missed, I’m glad you get to be with all your mentors again. They would all be so proud of how you carried on their legacies. R.I.P Mr. Jay ❤️❤️❤️
Ricky Jay is one of my Favorites. I Love honesty with Magicians. He's not necessarily trying to WOW you with "Magic" or the Trick. He's simply showing you what Years of Practice in Manipulation can do.
DMTsleeper I've seen Mr. Jay's live show (from the front row, as a matter of fact) in Manhattan and I can assure you that he does no editing (nor does he need any) to "make it look like he is better than he really is". He IS that good.
I got to see him perform in 2002 in NYC, and got to shake his hand and he autographed one of his books for me. Still have. It was one of the finest magic acts I have ever seen, and I also saw In and Of Itself. Which drew a lot of inspiration from Ricky J. Miss the old man.
"The Guarantee"--believe it or not--is a self-working illusion, not of Mr. Jays's invention...but the presentation is pure Ricky. The outcome might vary, but the dealer always ends up with the winning hand. Nifty.
I can think of an extremely easy way of pulling this off, but is there a source you could point me to such as a particular book or author, in case there's another way? I'm an amateur magician/mentalist if that helps, I even have Mnemonica and Aronson down cold! Thanks in advance for any help.
@@valmarsiglia Thanks to some smart editing, the deck switch is unseen by us, but you will need one (and good false shuffles) to pull this off. The trick? "Pokericulum" by Stewart James.
Absolutely brilliant. To see John C. in the circle makes it that much better. This is an art-form that goes far beyond simple 'card-magic'.The magician knows where a chosen card is, the mechanic knows where they all are.
Before I even knew he did this stuff, I saw him on The Heist in 2002. It was just a small role, but he had a certain something about him that was just cool that I liked. The way he spoke, the way he said things....just a good vibe.
I’d seen him in Nolan’s The Prestige in a small role, and had also seen him in PTA’s Boogie Nights and Magnolia, the aforementioned Nolan film I had also read he was the magical consultant and found out he was a stage magician. Brilliant sleight-of-hand and great oral speaking skills to tell a story with the manipulations and tricks and some of the urban legends of the magic world!
That made me tear up instantly. Just heard of his death today. Seeing the pure joy he brought to all those grown men was astonishing. Just look at John C Reilly's face at the egg trick in slow motion at the end.
It's a form of "double bind" , an ericksonian hypnotic language pattern, two options which really are just one. "Would you like to sign contract now or prefer lunch first?"
The effect you describe was recorded in Mark Singer's 1993 profile of Ricky Jay in "The New Yorker". Here it is, extracted from the entire article: "I'm always saying there's no correlation between gambling and magic," Jay said as he shuffle-cut the cards. "But this is a routine of actual gamblers' tech- niques within the context of a theatrical magic presentation." He noticed me watching him shuffling, and asked softly, with deadpan sin- cerity, "Does that look fair?" When I said it looked fair, he dealt two hands of five-card draw and told me to lay down my cards. Two pair. Then he laid down his. A straight. "Was that fair?" he said. "I don't think so. Let's discuss the reason why that wasn't fair. Even though I shuffled openly and honestly, I didn't let you cut the cards. So let's do it again, and this time I'll let you cut the cards." He shuffled again, I cut the cards, he dealt, and this time I had three tens. "Ready to turn them over?" My three-of-a-kind compared unfavorably with his diamond flush. "Is that fair?" he said again. "I don't think so. Let's talk about why that might not be fair. Even though I shuffled the cards"-he was now reshuffling the deck-"and you cut the cards, you saw me pick up the cards after you cut them, and maybe you think there was some way for me to nullify the cut by sleight of hand. So this time I'll shuffle the cards and you shuffle the cards." Jay shuffled the deck, I riffle-shuffled the deck and handed it back to him, and he said, "And I'll deal six hands of poker-one for myself and five for you. I'll let you choose any one of the five. And I'll beat you." He dealt six hands. Instead of revealing only one of my five hands, I turned them all face up. "Oh, oh," he said. "I see you want to turn them all over. I only intended for you to pick one-but, well, no, that's all right." The best of my five hands was two pair. Jay said, "Now, did that seem fair?" I said yes. Jay said, "I don't think so," and showed me his cards-four kings. I rested my elbows on the table and massaged my forehead. "Now, why might that be unfair?" he continued. "I'll tell you why. Because, even though you shuffled, I dealt the cards. That time, I also shuffled the cards. Now, this time you shuffle the cards and you deal the cards. And you pick the number of players. And you designate any hand for me and any hand for you." After shuffling, I dealt four hands, arranged as the points of a square. I chose a hand for myself and selected one for him. My cards added up to nothing- king-high nothing. "Is that fair?" Jay said, picking up his cards, waiting a beat, and returning them to the table, one by one-the coup de gr?ce. "I. Don't. Think. So." One, two, three, four aces.
@@surfingonmars8979 Amen, a genius, verily. I, too, was fortunate to be the onstage witness to a performance of this routine. Shortly after his death I wrote up my personal experience with him in a FB post: Ricky on my mind, and not just the auction. In 2002 I was an audience assistant for “Ricky Jay: On The Stem”. As I sat next to his card table I shifted my seat slightly for a better view of any unseen “work” that might go on. For this I received-deservedly-a brief, but hard glare from the artist, but the performance continued. Jay launched into his "Was That Fair?" poker demonstration. (Mark Singer described this multi-stage performance piece in his 4/5/93 New Yorker article: "Secrets Of the Magus.") At one point Jay pushed the pasteboards my way and requested that I shuffle. After a couple of riffle shuffles-nothing excessive-he leaned toward me and snapped his fingers in front of my face stating broadly and facetiously, “Come on, this is DEAD TIME”. The audience chuckled; I just ignored him and carried on. Now there is a way to riffle shuffle a tabled pack with a light touch that looks very tidy. This I did and, keeping the deck on the table, I pushed the cards into register using only my thumbs and second fingers and then towards Ricky. Silence. He pronounced: “Well, you HAVE played cards before…”. Here followed laughter from the audience that subsided into an awkward silence. I could only stare down at my hands for a moment and then return-impassively-his gaze. More silence, you know, the loud kind. What to do? Nothing but turn to the audience with a crooked grin and give my shoulders a slight shrug. They liked that.> ------ One of his teachers was a Canadian/American, Dai Vernon. Vernon once said that, "genius is the ability to take infinite pains." This seems to chime well with Mr. Jay's work. Be well.
It’s wonderful to see when a person, any person, who finds their perfect niche. The profession or hobby or whatever that they just seem so fitted for its as if that person was created just for that job or that job was created just for that person. And here’s one!
I work with noise-canceling headphones at work. They work much better than normal earplugs, and most of the day I have only one ear covered. This sounds about right.
I once met a master card magician (not Ricky). I asked him if he could cut the cards and then tell me how many cards were in the piles. He was within 1 card. I bet Ricky Jay had the same dexterity.
Ace 3 suited or even ace 3 offsuit is an easy call for a 3x raise. Aces are also probably just a flat depending on stack sizes. I would probably fold the kings on the turn depending on the sizing. Rip Mr Jay. One of the greatest to ever handle a deck.
Cosmologists tell us that no information in the Universe is ever lost: information is conserved. Where, now, is the genius that was imprinted on the mind of Ricky Jay? We're all impoverished by the loss of his wonderful personality -- unless it's alive somewhere. R.I.P., Ricky. I look forward to being entertained by you sometime in the (very distant) future.
@@LowEndMarauder Thanks, Dan -- what a generous thing to say. I remember a line Mamet wrote for his character in 'The Spanish Prisoner': "Worry is like interest paid in advance on a debt that never comes due." Have a good weekend.
Tried it four different ways on two browsers, both mobile and desktop; the audio does not work. I can click on any of the suggestions to the right and get audio right away. The controls on the video don't change anything.
@@edwardbronston1099 He's still active. I remember him from Stargate SG-1, where he played Martin Lloyd in 3 episodes, including the comedy ep "200". I've watched SG-1 far too often. :)
At around 12:29, before showing the river card (the 4th 3), Ricky says that the man should know that Ricky doesn’t have 4th 3 card because Ricky would not have called the bets up until then if he had a 3. Will someone please explain that statement. I would think that if Ricky was holding (J,3), that he would not either call or raise.
The video quality is poor so it's hard to tell, but the backs seem to be little bitty diamonds. If that's the case, that would make them Bee Club Specials, pretty standard in Nevada casinos (the ones I am familiar with).
My favorite trick is that I'm terrible at shuffling. Everyone assumes that I don't know the game because I never spent the time to learn fancy shuffling. If they complain, I hand them the deck and tell them to do it if they want.
ari1234a - He’s already played with allowing poker player across from him making every single decision; shuffling, dealing & cutting. Ricky doesn’t even touch them. Ricky wins every time. Many different top poker players one after the next. It’s insane.
