David Copperfield Aces - Learn It Now

He really should not let video get out. If you watch it enough you can see what he does. He has awesome card handling skills. I don't like when the camera cuts away because you can't see what he is doing.

In magic you watch what he is not showing you. That is the key.

First shuffle: The only one I can see well is the last cut. You can see though, the cards he takes off the top go back on the top. He is an awesome card handler, so it looks like he is shuffling, but he is not. It is hard to see in the cut away but the close up is no mistake.

Aces up: You can see the bottom of the deck ends up in his right hand. Three aces are on bottom. Spades is on top of the deck. Play it at half speed and you can barely see him flip the first three from the bottom of the deck. The first movement of the next shuffle it to take the top card (A of spades) and put it on the table. Then he puts the rest of the deck on top putting the ace on the bottom. When he splits the deck the bottom of the deck is in his right hand and he flips the ace out. Again, amazing card handling.

Disappearing: Key in this is your mind thinking you have seen the back of every card. The first ace goes on the back of the three card pile. So the ace is on the back of the 9 when he flips it over. This is a delicate maneuver, but completely possible. Obviously he has put a lot of practice into this. The second one he puts the ace face out. His right hand covers the bottom of his left hand. He takes the card off the back of the pile slides it down his hand, and then slides it on front as he waves his hand over the cards. Then he puts the queen down (ace on back) and does not show the back. The next two cards he shows the back - to keep your mind thinking he has shown everything. The third is the same as the second. It is easy to see the queen of diamonds is in back as he picks up the pile, and is in front when the ace disappears.

Reappearance: This goes back to his shuffling. It took me a while to figure it out. There are at least 7 aces in that deck. Three are on bottom when he started four are on top with ace spades on very top. Before he does the disappearing he has set the ace of spades down with the top three cards off the deck under it.

This is purely from observation and I could be wrong, but I think I got it. Good luck learning this trick well enough to pull it off. It is all about showmanship and card-handling. He is good enough to get paid to do both. Any guy who can get paid to have fun deserves props.

Before you argue watch in slo-mo and full screen at least once.