Become a poker champion

Since taking up magic, you may have noticed that people are far less likely to want to play cards with you. Get ready to prove them right! 

Nick Trost's Super Showdown is here to make you look like the magical card shark all your friends already think you are. This self-working, 4-phase routine is sure to get you permanently banned from any casino. Cue the Ocean's 11 music, because here's the plan:

Phase 1. 

You're going to be dealing five poker hands. Four will go to your spectators. One will go to you. Despite random dealing, your hand easily beats everyone else's. 

Phase 2. 

You once again deal five hands. This time, though, you let each spectator decide whether they want to switch with your hand. At the end, they all look at their hands, and they are solid poker hands. Unfortunately, yours is still better!

Phase 3. 

You agree to go head-to-head with one spectator. You deal cards one by one and let them choose which cards go to you and which go to them. You flip over both hands and you still win! 

Phase 4. 

The final phase feels the most fair yet. Still dealing to one spectator, you two piles of cards, some are face up and some are face down. You give them the opportunity to trade their face up cards for your face up cards and their face down cards for yours. Even though your spectator could literally see most of the cards they were selecting, you still end up with the better hand!

Super Showdown is available in red or blue at any Murphy's Magic dealer, or you can check out with our featured dealer, MJM Magic!