Richard Turner - The Cheat (Perfomance)

Richard Turner has achieved legendary status in the world of card magicians. However, Richard Turner is not a magician nor does he claim to be one-he demonstrates card cheating. Of course, all of this is made even more impressive given that Mr. Turner is blind. The bio-segment advertises his show as well as his motivational speaking. When one weighs his skills and accomplishments with his handicap, it's easy to see how Mr. Turner would make a most inspirational speaker.

[@Xantar]

He has basically superhuman touch. And he knows karate. And he's blind. He's Daredevil.

[@tinybubbles1673]

The Real One . And he knows how to Throw cards Ninja Throw hahahaha

[@jvmiller1995]

its mulitple degree black belt I dont remember how many i want to say like 7th degree. I could be way off might only be three. But yeah kinda like a real Daredevil.

[@YesYouAreAbsolutelyCorrect]

No. Daredevil is Richard Turner.

[@zombiefreaktank]

No. Daredevil has super sensitive hearing. This guy is known as card devil

[@Touphnya]

2 years and nobody said "DealDevil"

[@cookiecutter6735]

There is something poetic in the fact that he shuffles and deals in a manner that people _can't see._

[@bryanfidelman3846]

HAHAHA

[@MrCoffeejingler]

Pick a number between 1 and 8 carrie "11"

[@-_Nuke_-]

typical

[@Adwest2323]

😂😂😂😂

[@nicktumia5078]

Pssshaha godamm carrie

[@Ghostdogsurvivalist]

Watched Spinal Tap a few too many times.

[@ilyakreyer513]

She meant in binary. It's actually 3

[@LebenUSA]

He was in denial, not accepting that he is almost blind and hated the word "blind" - so he is faking that he can see. On this video his vision is blocked by huge pitch black circles in the middle - the size of your palm. He only sees extremely blurry shapes on the side of his eyes. Most of the time he is imagining things by sound, such as people. When he lost his vision completely a couple years later, he wasn't even aware of it for about 1 year, as he was still imagining what he thought was there. Watch the documentary "Dealt".

[@skipthis1142]

I was wondering how he knew her hand went up at 10:32. He can see something.

[@MrStacey1983]

Thanks man have to watch that.this guy is amazinh

[@beastmodefiazco1048]

wow

[@gj4312]

Now he has a rare syndrome where he is completely blind but has a 360 view of anything he wants to see.

[@joebarbot-doherty7126]

This is very true

[@stormscorners]

Claps were louder in the 80’s

[@ProxCQ]

They didn't have to hold their cellphones LOL

[@dylanpritchard4981]

Worse mics??? Lol

[@gabrielc6252]

no smartphones :D

[@CarlAquaForce]

The cocaine was way better too.

[@evanlongfellow6849]

Probably not as well mixed as they are now.

[@indiaable9027]

I used to go to church with Richard. So cool that I know him and his family. I saw him perform in person. There is nothing like it. Nothing.

[@macthefireman]

This guy is incredible. I had the privilege of seeing him (and his son) at the Magic Castle and it was a "once in a lifetime" experience. He is the real deal and a nice guy to boot!

[@skab111]

out of all the magic tricks ive seen in my life, this is by far the most respected one insanely sick skills.....

[@VeZzE1337]

Coz that is not magic trick, he is not magician he is mechanic.

[@zenkiriyazumi537]

He's a mechanic not a magician

[@casper14301]

8:25 The Joker is apparently also attending lmao.

[@RIISK04]

That was actually a really good joker laugh, holy shit.

[@PaddyP538]

Good catch!

[@Wheatley1120]

Ikr

[@theflyinsquirrel7368]

😂

[@PROTOSSDOTA]

This is how PokerStars deals when I'm playin

[@ProxCQ]

He is the only person in the world who can perform the majority of the skills displayed here.

[@dombowombo3076]

@@ProxCQ Pokerstars is online poker..Just in case you didn't get the joke.

[@moonrock5324]

Lmao yes

[@mikemclean6242]

What's crazy about this is that this is not magic...He's legit doing it.

[@steinychickens9026]

Yeah, magic doesn’t exist...sorry to be the one to tell you.

[@c-r]

@@steinychickens9026 she didn't mean...lol, buddy, come on.

[@RayAtchley]

@@steinychickens9026 take your time bud...

[@user-vc2yq4mm6t]

Not only doing it, straight up telling everyone what's going on. But the mind still cannot accept that as it seems so far beyond possibility and would rather believe in nonsense.

[@modalize]

@steiny we should go back to mars. We are not welcome here anymore

[@bcschroer]

I met him about 30 years ago at the optometrist I worked for - who specialized in legally bling patients - and YES - he is legally blind - he is just the most talented gifted card magician on the planet -

[@Epoch210]

I just realized after watching several of his videos that I've actually sat down and spoken with this man on several occasions when I was a teen. He worked at Fiesta Texas here in San Antonio for years. I literally looked this man dead in the eyes while speaking to him and no idea that he was blind. If only I had known who, and how amazing this man was back then.

[@МУЅТ]

Bro when did he work there? I grew up there

[@billypph.d4434]

He doesn't say he is blind here and his gestures makes it seem as if he isn't blind but he did stage acting and a mentor of his taught him to speak to other actors as if he was sighted. An absolute incredible man makes me embarrassed for all my 'i do it later" crap.

[@Steely_Fran]

For a while he didn't talk about being blind and didn't want to be introduced as being blind. He said that his blindness was irrelevant because it's never prevented him from doing anything he's wanted to do. You're right about him acting like he could see. I saw an interview where he talked about how he's been in situations where if people knew he was blind, they would know it was him. One of those times was when a card counter was being filmed playing poker for a TV show. From what I gathered, the card counter was bragging about how he was going to win. So the casino decided to bring Richard in to deal and didn't tell anybody. He said that he had to act like he could see so he wouldn't tip anyone off. They filmed for 2 hours and Richard didn't deal the card counter a single winning hand.

[@a-nus]

​@@Steely_Franisnt that cheating though? like yeah, the card counter was cheating but they just cheated right back lmao

[@bluesifer8238]

"I'm gonna remember your face" "How you know this is my real face?"

[@joeschmoe6516]

I don't know that it's possible to be any better with a deck of cards than this man...

[@-_Nuke_-]

Whoever disliked this... Has a very bad, eye to hand coordination

[@mustafam3285]

NUKE I would say they were blind, but considering what this guy can do, I hardly find that an excuse.

[@KardSharp]

The way he does the strip out after the one-handed cut is always flawless.

[@AngrySkipperGC]

seriously... the most amazing card handler on the entire planet. Unreal.

[@GSXK4]

I remember hearing at one point Richard could read a card by feeling the ink on it's face. He's estimated to have practiced each particular card skill over 60 million times over his lifetime. Yeah, he's good.

[@PaulsPubAndBrew]

That's a common misconception. He has superhuman touch. But he can't feel what a card is by touching the face. Nor can he sense the weight of the card based on the ink on it. When he opens a new pack of cards he rubs the edges of the deck in a certain way that make microscopic impressions across the deck. Because the deck is in new deck order at the time he did this he can feel the edges of the cards later to know what cards are what. He can't do this for all 52 cards. He might know the kings or the aces, ETC.

[@khosen6592]

@@PaulsPubAndBrew he can’t see so how can he tell which cards are aces or faces?

[@PaulsPubAndBrew]

@@khosen6592 I explained that in my comment. He opens the deck which is in a new deck order, and he rubs the side of the deck very carefully to make invisible markings on the sides of the cards that he can feel with his crazy touching ability. Then when the cards are shuffled he can feel the sides of the cards to have an idea what they are. He doesn't do it for all 52 cards, just the cards he wants to find later for his show.

[@khosen6592]

@@PaulsPubAndBrew that can’t be true considering he’s not the only one who can do these tricks. If that was the case every card player that can fix games has the touch of a blind man.

[@PaulsPubAndBrew]

@@khosen6592 My explanation is 100% accurate. Whether you want to believe it or not. Penn jillette even explains it online. He did a video for GQ answering questions where he covered it.

[@petepecina6052]

People had so much style in the old days....

[@moncorp1]

+Pete Pecina (King of Hearts) ~ and a class that is missing now.

[@MrTmc1252]

Pete Pecina old days? meaning? the 80s or way before that?

[@bulasturubula3660]

Yeah because "so much style" in the 80s, not so much xD

[@Winteramen]

Pete Pecina you should've seen the douchebags back in the day. Hella stylish douchebags

[@DanteAtropos]

Richard is still alive and still dealing cards with style. (Abit he is legally blind now.)

[@nwisco2]

that opener was absolutely stunning. wow.

[@lucifer6966]

Absolutely amazing. I'm left speechless. Even when he slows down I still have trouble seeing it.

[@quoodle9883]

He is an incredible man. The hat and mustache are the cherry on the top.

[@liudizzle]

I thought Ricky Jay was amazing, this is absolutely mind blowing!

[@thattruckerguy4673]

And he's blind......

[@taylorhaws6402]

"What does that have to do with anything?"

[@farmercraig6080]

The best card handling I've seen

[@ilovepudding7873]

10:40 “i want to see you shuffle” The audience doesnt know how funny that statement is

[@DanTheStripe]

People often say that magic isn't real, but Richard Turner exists.

[@chrisaguero3115]

Richard Turner My Favorite Magician Ever Good Work My Man

[@sobahorse]

This man is unreal,can't wait to see the film/documentary about him out soon

[@ScarletWitchJakarta]

He depresses more than inspires. He can do all that, blind, and I cant do shit, sighted. Lol.

[@DiMono]

Or you could look at it as "if he can do all that blind, imagine what I could do if I put my mind to it." It's all a matter of perspective.

[@DiMono]

It's never too late to be inspired.

[@ShinyVeggie]

It's more like this. It's easier for him since he's blind than it would be for you. When you're blind, your brain will use the resources normally used for sight for something else. Usually the other senses get strengthened. Don't get me wrong though, accomplishing something like this takes immense effort and practise, but it would be easier for a blind person to accomplish than a normal person with all senses intact.

[@Ishamv3]

He's blind? What...?

[@Awesum]

@@ShinyVeggie extreme levels of dedication, this guys literally always has cards in his hands..18 to 20 hours a day, when he trains is the only time he doesnt practice. The thing is we can do anything with enough practice and time but laziness holds us back..

[@alphabravo6932]

he's a God! I just saw a note about him from this new deck I just bought.

[@boxspite]

What card ?

[@josephcokermusic]

Imagine just randomly see a guy perform three increasingly hard false deals. Nuts

[@devrolijkekoster]

Ha, at 1:36 you even hear Pine Apple Rag by Scott Joplin being played at a piano somewhere in the back parlor.

[@alexanderwong4232]

Here from Penn and Teller

[@lekatsu391]

After seeing more about RT I'm starting to understand why Penn said "It's an honor".

[@eliemeouchi5445]

The girl in the end did the bottom deal . Watch the video carefully ☺

[@vincentspawns]

Nice spotting, He is skilled but he is mixing a bit of trickery in there.

[@abesdemise]

I know Richard, he is also a blackbelt in karate.

[@MrRaylith]

This guy is the closest thing to Daredevil.

[@Apollys]

What the hell? This guy is blind?

[@_dinesh]

I don't think he was completely blind at this time.

[@lionslicer9999]

He's not completely blind. He has 20/400 vision.

[@KingOfBlades27]

He went blind when he was something like 9 years old.

[@taylorhaws6402]

he started losing his vision at 9. by 19 he could see vague shadows and had some peripheral vision. by his early 40s his vision went completely dark.

[@gj4312]

@@_dinesh yes, he went completely blind earlier I think

[@melvinwren]

i saw this guy as a kid at six flags fiesta texas theme park in san antonio , had no idea he was blind.. prolly like several years after this.

[@chucknola484]

BTW I can deal any card any where any time "lol well we know your face" How do you know that this is my real face? That made me laugh out loud for a good minute not just because it was funny but because you had to say hmmm mayyybe he's right lmao

[@JLB456]

Absolute discipline and skill, amazing!

[@muaj81]

the master card mechanic and a very humble person

[@AllTheRooks]

He's not even a magician. There's no trick, he's just a wizard

[@trick7903]

MrTinyface and he’s fully blind

[@MrMate8869]

Well wizards are the true magicians

[@ProxCQ]

He likes to be called a "card mechanic", a fixer.

[@testodude]

This video would be better if recorded with microphones.

[@erwinvanderkurk7252]

what??????????? a false one handed riffle shuffle? i have never seen that bevore!

[@alex-er3de]

There was a cut prior.

[@geony35]

Yes, is really easy if you know any techniques of handling, you can blind it in youtube

[@A3roboy]

It's not false per se, it's just reversed. You can tell his false riffles (push-through) from his genuine ones by whether he does a cut immediately after, and this applies to his one-handed too. He riffles the cards but leaves them up-jogged and then simply pulls them out in a cut.

[@erwinvanderkurk7252]

A3roboy In my eyes that is a false riffle shuffle, Most of the false riffle shuffles are don by up/sidde jog the cards and than pul them out but I have nevver seen it done whit a one handed riffle shuffle and then a one handed cut

[@anabang1251]

Seb D This is one of the best comments I've ever read

[@nacarzzz]

i think my man richard had some fun with carrie later that night

[@empy206]

the gloves came off

[@12345DJay]

this guy is so ridiculous. one handed second deals, one handed false riffle shuffles, dealing from the center of the deck, finding 4 cards BEING BLIND from the middle of the deck and shuffle them into the correct positions in matter of seconds HOLY SHIT. this guy is the legit god of card handling, never have i ever seen anything like this before

[@perigeedynamics5941]

This man is literally an algorithm machine!

[@johndoe-jz3dy]

This never gets old

[@jhonhomerrana9080]

There is no magic here. But pure skill...

[@michaelhammond7115]

The incredible skill and focus....dude does karate everyday almost 50 years now.

[@gokulsivakumar4930]

If I can give multiple likes.. I would broke my phone by pressing like. What a skill and class whaa!!

[@SeanK1998]

Insane how when he gives you the deck to shuffle he is putting all of his trust in you bc you can kill the show very easily. When he takes the cards back from her at the end is his way of saying you’re fucking up my cards.

[@thomas3816]

Anybody know where I can find this full performance?

[@nick0703]

thomas3816 v its from his DVDs called the cheat

[@kunkushun1]

A true master im super impressed.

[@Serenity5460]

3:33 He could tell that she has cloves on, by feeling that the cards are not sweaty ! HOLY MOLY

[@Autom_te]

"I want to see you shuffle" had me in stitches

[@justmetv6725]

I studied Erdnase for years along with this man!! Was mentored by some of the best in Colorado!!! I’m still a considerable Mechanic, seconds bottoms and cold shell!!!!! Careful out there people, I still round the tables.....

[@Serjohn]

he does the same tricks today...im crushed

[@viper4fun32]

I bet you cant do some things you did when you were young. Lazy

[@ballroompics3794]

The skill is impressive. Did he gain his skills before being blind? If not, does anyone know how he developed? A mentor who was willing to work with a blind disciple?

[@PurpleCubeCast]

He became blind at the age of 9, started cheating at cards at 7 i believe, after watching the television show Maverick. He had the privilege of working with professor Dai Vernon, who was considered the best in the world with a deck of cards for over half a century and was the man who fooled Houdini. But because Dai couldnt show him the tricks he had to explain them, but he didnt explain how he did them or how someone else would be able to do them, but how he wished they could have been done, just to see what turner would do. Turner was able to do the moves as Dai wished they couldve been done after thousands of hours of practice (he practised 10-20 hours a day at that time), and Dai told him what he had done afterwards. Dai went on to call Turner the most skilled card technician in the world, as he could do things no one else was able to do. Turner tells a lot about his history in the show he performed at MIT in 2017. You should look up the video, its great.

[@jefreymikkelson]

Better than anticipated

[@theboognish]

Dear God, he isn't human!!! This man is unreal!!

[@brendanstack5423]

Here is my question about the shuffles to getting all 4 of a kinds in order. Do you do the same Process as the new deck order? Riffle Riffle strip riffle and cut? Or is there another way to do it?

[@1ZosoLZ]

Damn Carrie was fine 😍

[@jintarokensei3308]

She was

[@Thecoinmanproof]

Good.

[@johnjohn-rn6oy]

he is the real master...amazing

[@MLSK8200]

Didnt he say he lost his vision when he was 9 years old?

[@sultan_sss]

@3:30 the man is blind for sure

[@testodude]

@Epic Terry When he messes up a trick, the audience just plays along out of courtesy with a golf clap.

[@justinmason9114]

If you go blind, does this happen?

[@Bboy2436]

No he could have become a pianist but choose card tricks

[@taylorhaws6402]

yes. you should try it yourself.

[@NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself]

No, why would you think so? This happens because of practice; that's it.

[@evanlongfellow6849]

And besides, what happened to him was unique: His sense of touch became stronger as his sight deteriorated. That doesn't just come with blindness.

[@DheerajAgarwalD]

If you can do perfect shuffles consistently, it is easy to shuffle the queens into the right order. It is basic math. Let's say you have 4 queens on top and have five players. You just shuffle 5 times perfectly, and the queens will be at the 1st, 6th, 11th, and 16th position. - @flewkisdead

[@taylorhaws6402]

that's called "faro stacking"

[@MrFunkee]

Four shuffles for a 5 player game rather. If you watch it carefully, the initial cut from the spectator throws me off completely. It appears that he first placed the Queens on top. Then she cut the deck. Then he shuffled twice, and asked a spectator for the number of players. Two shuffles would have put them at a 3 player stack. It would be safe to assume the person would say 2 or more. But he's already gone too far if they said just 2 players because the deck is stacked for 3. Risky! He then did two more shuffles to make it a 5 player game. Then a false strip cut to finish it off. But where were the Queens to start with?

[@ryanrusch3976]

You can see him pretending to see when he goes to grab smaller objects, he often misses them the first time round.

[@mney4403]

Does Richard Turner use special cards with brail on the back so he knows what they are?

[@trippwilsonphoto]

Typa comment that shows up on Jason Ladanye vids

[@georgegeorgantas6468]

pick a number between one and eight Kerry.....eleven.

[@eversosleight]

Nice wedge cut!

[@geony35]

Amazing routine and final

[@erdnase92]

I love his handling

[@solamanhuq7780]

The first time I saw this I thought it was amazing and impossible. Then recently I learned he was (and is) in fact blind

[@ogxj6]

is there a video of him following his cards through a full casino poker shuffle - with the wash and everything? he’s absolutely incredible, but id like to see him do that

[@MrFunkee]

Watch him on Penn & Teller's Fool Us. They do a face up casino wash.

[@dirkbergstrom9751]

INCREDIBLE! THE BEST !!!

[@peternemes6770]

Amazing skills!!! And amazing legs, too!! 🤗😁

[@alxuria]

Is there a full version of this

[@SakariMover]

Was there a mistake at 9:27? I would have preferred to see how he handled himself if he made a mistake.

[@BumPatrol]

If there was a mistake, it wasn't included in the performance video. I posted this without editing it, so that cut was done from the production's side. Sorry about that!

[@artistjohnwoolley]

On the cheat dvd by richard turner there was a mistake where he placed the queens in the wrong positions and had to do it again which is where it was transitioned to in this video.

[@indigomontoya1970]

9 min in. Nobody knows he's blind! Amazing

[@MrStingray186]

The volume is so low I can't hear what the are saying

[@ProfWulfenstein]

What the hell is the name of that hat?! It's slick as fuck!!

[@kalufas14]

How is this posible ..... is this a super power. How.....

[@juandoughe5995]

How does he know when and where she hands him the deck?

[@braunhausmedia]

I can't believe it didn't get to the point where he says he's blind...

[@Ghosted760]

"Not a magician"... proceeds to take everyone's money at the poker table, and somehow the other players leave with a smile.

[@dommerjasonranze]

You know what's crazy? During this period, Turner was already suffering from macular degeneration. He lost his central vision. He now only has intact peripheral vision. The good thing is, thru daily training, he has hightened the sensation of his Meissner's corpuscles and Merkel's disks at his fingertips.

[@ciobanucatalin5908]

this guy has WAY to few views

[@EazyWarrior]

Is the licking of his fingers the trick when it comes to getting the cards to stick when dealing

[@nopeno2350]

People who dislike this just mad a blind guy done more then them

[@Fritz-The-Cat]

Does someone know what year this is from?

[@matthewcurley1416]

This is an example of a wizard....

[@moncorp1]

Went to one of those charity casino night things once. Was playing blackjack at a table and the guy dealing was an old Vegas blackjack dealer and he could do all these things. That's when I realized I'd never play Blackjack at a single deck table again. I only play out of a shoe.

[@rubencitorobles]

That blackjack dealer..... Albert Einstein.

[@lvl4k225]

God that was tough for her counting out 27 cards...

[@mikesrandomchannel]

This is where you know Richard has got it right and you pray the assistant doesn't miscount...

[@HenkJanBakker]

His kung-fu is strong But the man looks like a karate champion

[@JohnBham79]

The only question I have, is how in the hell do you practice doing this if you can't see? What he did at 3:00 is freaking crazy, unless he somehow swapped the deck he shuffled a few times for a deck that was already in the order he wanted. I mean, I'm sure it took years to be able to do it legitimatially, but how? If you can't really see what you're doing it seems impossible... Someone clue me in

[@Minuteman_Medic]

Honestly just decades of practice. He's got a documentary called "Dealt" that explains a lot more, but he'd spend like 20 hours a day practicing for years. He'd even be one handed shuffling while in bed with his wife

[@Zein_]

The deck is already in order. He uses fake shuffles. Take for example the one handed shuffle. the cards are cut in half and interlaced, however right after he cuts the cards again putting them back into order

[@Synsane]

Is there a part two?