CardMagicByJason

Dealer gives a casino shuffle and deals himself a blackjack. This is mind-numbing sorcery, not magic.
CardMagicByJason
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The wash didn't look right to me.
The running strip cuts also didn't look right.

That said, I can't tell if the unusual appearance was because of something hinky, or just panache and flourish for the stage.

That guy. He is an outstanding card mechanic, as evidenced in other videos. It's also possible he just did the video many times until he did give himself a blackjack. It would have taken only 21 attempts on average. I accuse David Blaine of that in his video where he predicts 5 consecutive colors in roulette.

No, he said Jack and Ace of Clubs, so it'd be much higher than the typical 1 in 21 blackjack odds.
You can figure out the impossible odds or believe he's a card mechanic. I'll go with the card mechanic.

The audio can be added after the video, so the oral declaration is not necessarily significant.

It was in the lettering at the beginning of the video in the question part.

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No, he said Jack and Ace of Clubs, so it'd be much higher than the typical 1 in 21 blackjack odds.
You can figure out the impossible odds or believe he's a card mechanic. I'll go with the card mechanic.
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Good point. I didn't catch that. I still maintain he is a good enough mechanic to put any two cards he wants wherever in the deck he wants. I know some of the techniques, but they are very hard to master. The same kind of techniques that some cheating dealers use to deliver good cards to their confederates. You saw simplified versions of some of them in Rounders.

In a normal casino, this technique of card shuffling would be considered a violation of procedures, surveillance would have recorded the violation.

1. The deck was not laid out and was not completely open on the table
2. The shemi shuffle was not executed well
3. Riffle shuffle violation when dividing the deck + curved fingers are used rather than fingertips + Bottom cards are not shuffled
4. The "box" was not made before and after the strip shuffle
5. During the stipe shuffle, you should remove it only with a straight index finger.

If a croupier had made such a shuffle in Eastern Europe, he would either have had his arms broken or would already be in jail.

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No, he said Jack and Ace of Clubs, so it'd be much higher than the typical 1 in 21 blackjack odds.
You can figure out the impossible odds or believe he's a card mechanic. I'll go with the card mechanic.
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Impossible?

(2/52) * (1/51) = 0.00075414781 about 1 in 1,326

Hardly impossible. I’m inclined to agree that he’s a card mechanic, but will also allow it might not have been the first take unless someone has seen him perform this in person.

You’d be surprised. I can barely shuffle properly, but even amateurs tend to have a trick down pat after enough practicing. If this guy has ever performed this live, then I’d not bet against another individual attempt being successful if you gave me 100:1.

Here's a timed challenge. He has to post a video within an hour to a request and the loser pays. These shorts show up in my feed a lot so subscribe to his channel.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/owiAKO_hFRI

No, I can't shuffle cards, and I would defer to someone else to shuffle for me if it came to that. But as one poster above stated, there are illegal shuffles, and I wouldn't recognize them at all especially from this card mechanic. But when a dealer can deal himself 5 blackjacks from the top of a 6 deck shoe before a CSM ever gets involved, people start leaving the table.

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No, I can't shuffle cards, and I would defer to someone else to shuffle for me if it came to that. But as one poster above stated, there are illegal shuffles, and I wouldn't recognize them at all especially from this card mechanic.
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One of the things that jumps out at me is the "bridge" - arching the cards to fall together - as he's shuffling.
That is not 'casino style'. Casino procedure generally keeps the cards flat, not arched.
A bridge like that allows a skilled mechanic to read the deck sequence.

It's not "illegal" in the strict sense; it's a very common flourish that many non-mechanics incorporate into their shuffle. It looks cool, it takes a bit of talent to manage, but it's also useful if you want to get a sneaky peek at the faces of the cards.

Having seen a few videos, I would also notice any time he uses the term 'casino style' in his patter. It always seems to be misdirection, because what he does sure doesn't look like it would be procedure compliant.

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Here's a timed challenge. He has to post a video within an hour to a request and the loser pays. These shorts show up in my feed a lot so subscribe to his channel.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/owiAKO_hFRI

No, I can't shuffle cards, and I would defer to someone else to shuffle for me if it came to that. But as one poster above stated, there are illegal shuffles, and I wouldn't recognize them at all especially from this card mechanic. But when a dealer can deal himself 5 blackjacks from the top of a 6 deck shoe before a CSM ever gets involved, people start leaving the table.
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I don't know that there are illegal shuffles. Most casinos have their internal procedures but I don't recall any procedures mandated by the state of Nevada.