Professional Magician Reacts to Tricks from Card Shark | PC Gamer

Card Shark is about scamming French aristocrats and trying your best to avoid death along the way. There are plenty of tricks within the game to learn and trick your opponents with but how accurate are they and can you learn them in real life? We sat down with Scam Nation host Brian Brushwood to finds out.
You can watch more of Brian's tips and ticks on his Scam Nation KZbin channel
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[@toptextbottomtext6104]

This is two months late, but they actually do show the base secret to the three card monte in the game! It was just cut from whatever video they were watching for some reason.

[@jucom756]

Came to comment this, you where first

[@scamschool]

Oh, shoot! nice catch! -brian

[@David-gk2ml]

14:34 "if ya see it, then it's best to pretend you didn't see it, because / nobody cheats at gambling without some muscle at the ready. " my take away today

[@thekoifishcoyote8762]

14:25 Going frame-by-frame using comma and period, and this is pure execution. Basically he lifts on the top part using his thumbs, pushes them over the side into his lower hand, and brings them back together before he finishes shaking.

[@Owlpunk]

He's a real modern rogue, that Brian!

[@Excludos]

I think you meant to say that he's "a modern roooooooogue!!"

[@quadconjures]

I did not expect brian to be the guy you pegged for this; but also, I bet he has absolutely dressed up for a ren faire to do period-accurate card scams.

[@Appl_Jax]

14:25 dang... even in .5 speed, it's hard to tell what happened there, and it doesn't seem like a camera cut.

[@GHAMVs]

Editor here, no camera cut.

[@Appl_Jax]

@@GHAMVs Took another look, I can see the swap now, but man... that's wicked!

[@leroybarneriv2189]

How’d he do it, I still don’t see how he did that

[@Appl_Jax]

@@leroybarneriv2189 You gotta look really close on the slowest possible speed. We don't have a lot of fine control in these videos but right around 14:26.8 seconds in, as he does the shake, I think he pops the stack in his left hand up while pulling the right one to the side so we're looking at the top of the left stack, then pulls everything together. You could see around 14:27.0 that there's a stack of cards on top of his left pinky. It might be easier to see when he did it face up at around 14:03.

[@mloxard]

@@Appl_Jax Kind of late but it's quite useful You can move the video by pressing , and . when it is paused Each click will move it by 1 frame

[@xray8012]

You never actually "outjog" yourself until the very end of the game! Because the Comte never told you that!

[@jedrzejkoszewski4342]

I know two more uses/tricks to three card monte: 1. Hand slide: Bend the corner on the correct card and let your friends in crowd lose and rise the win pool. When non friend viewer bets, swap correct card with bent corner for a wrong card with bent corner. 2. Kind scam: Shuffle cards in the way viewers can't see. Use the odds of 2/3 to your advantage. Bet frequently for a low sums with a lot of people. Don't let them rise cause you are lowering the house chances or if you are feeling lucky let them rise only if they won. This allows people to see that you can win money and attracts more people to play. House wins 2/3 times and the rest 1/3 times wich gives you 1/3 of profit.

[@rmarsh1732]

It's very weird to be seeing the modern rouge props in the background without watching the modern rouge.

[@msolec2000]

Wow, I remember BB from his scam school guile spike-hair days, and a few years after that. Then I kinda drifted away, but it was a cool show. It would teach you great things, and then amazing things like Cole's Law.

[@Braincain007]

I recommend you check out a channel he does with one of his best friends, called The Modern Rogue. As someone who also driften away from Brian after the Earley years, watching that channel was amazing. I recommend starting with the earlier videos myself.

[@shadou1234567]

the 3 card monty gets better explained on the game if you fail it. but the replay is fine

[@Binahnyte]

Aliensrock is in the middle of a playthrough of this game right now lol

[@Afgncaatp]

that's why I'm here!

[@gogoajojo]

Same, his playthrough's been really fun to watch

[@MohammedKhal1d]

Shame it was only 3/10

[@Binahnyte]

@@MohammedKhal1d Tbh his 3/10 is more just what elements of games he prioritizes. He prioritized choices and story, in which the game was very linear in, over actual gameplay and scamming people. I'd give it a 5/10 maybe cuz I found the gameplay interesting and the story was kinda neat.

[@MohammedKhal1d]

@@Binahnyte so I am the only one who find the story good, guess I should disappear huh? And in the end, I liked it, not much after he explained but still good

[@KusaneHexaku]

BRIAN BRUSHWOOD LETS GOOO

[@Katzenha]

I was a bit shocked for a sec when I read the title, because the great owner of the Phoenix Cards also named Card Shark. :D

[@Tkdriverx]

They should have had him actually play the game, not just a video.

[@doomrider7]

Would love to have seen that yeah.

[@netherfoot]

It was neat to learn about these tricks in a videogame. I played it on the Steam Deck.

[@jettguadarrama1965]

A question for the game what kind of card game is in the game poker blackjack or solitaire?

[@Green24152]

it's definitely SOMETHING might be some kinda poker considering royals beat numbers

[@styxrakash4639]

Is this the dude from the modern rogue wtf?

[@Braincain007]

I remember when Brian has a whole career doing Scam School before MR even started lol

[@gregortega6547]

Has anyone ever seen the person picked out of the audience be a card mechanic and screw up the magicians trick?

[@skyguy713]

important question does Dio retain his flesh bud slaves?

[@DJ_NOOB]

My youtube subs collide again!

[@toshironikko]

does he react to everything or is this it

[@mloxard]

This is it It was meant as a preview for the game

[@LOL_MANN]

W

[@sxkanade]

who just wanted to make soft-

[@jrdoge1503]

Huh only 12 comments- i mean 13

[@TrueInvisible]

it's not "magic" it's just quick hand tricks. "magic" belongs to actual sorcery , rituals, and whatnot.