Magic Tricks

OK, so we all know that Mr Turner is astonishing. Not only astonishing, but quite probably the best mechanic in history. His skills are of course not in question.

But if you're new to card table work or if you're a magician wanting to do gambling demos then although this will be helpful, you need to understand that you will need to put in A LOT of work before performing anything seen here.

Gambling work is literally all I do, I don't have any real interest in doing card magic or cardistry or anything other than gambling routines, so this was tremendously useful to me. I've studied RT for years, and seen absolutely everything that he's commited to film multiple times, much of my own act is comprised of things inspired by him. So it was really great to see a few effects that I've never seen him do before, and learn the methods.

If your seconds, bottoms and false table shuffles are passable then you'll benefit greatly from the subtleties and nuances that Mr Turner offers here, and will probably be able to perform the effects taught with relative ease (albeit not as flawlessly or invisibly as RT).

He's perhaps not the most natural teacher, but anyone who has put in the work on their card table technique will be able to follow very easily and will benefit massively.

Just days before watching this I was sat in front of my 3-way racking my brains about how to improve my push through and lo-and-behold, halfway into this was the perfect solution.

But the bottom line is that we are all privileged to be able to watch a true master like RT, the talent of whom we won't witness again in our lifetimes, perform and entertain. This is an absolute bargain even if just to observe and admire.

Thank you, sincerely, to Penguin Magic for making this available.