See Shin Lim amaze TODAY cohosts with live playing card illusion

[@cwad8073]

I met Shin Lim at a wedding a few months ago and he is as nice and genuine in-person as he is on camera. Great magician and even better person!

[@dkny02138]

Wow how cool! Was he performing at the wedding or attending as a guest?

[@cindymmm11]

I met him at Venetian poker room grand opening to move upstairs. He played a little bit of poker for fun. A cool genuine man. Respect.

[@itsalltakenup]

Shin's hair is the biggest magical spectacle.

[@Kla2024-s5t]

Wait till You see mine 😅

[@haucowby8957]

@@Kla2024-s5t his hair actually can hide 10 decks of cards

[@gnewgnew2011]

This is where he is hiding all those queens.

[@SP-do5sm]

Hi must have been sitting right behind a cow with a bit of gas.

[@therealBocaStudios]

Shin lim is the best of all time with cards

[@melanil9197]

Only Shin Lim can pull off this “ infamous, insanely and extremely healthy “ hairstyle! It’s his iconic style.

[@thethethethe38]

Ace ventura rocked this style before shins dad was even thinking about him

[@CountDankula0]

Wow my mind is blown he is amazing

[@itsalltakenup]

Just have to say that the hosts of TODAY have the best chemistry ever.

[@JasonJia909]

Saw him at Mirage. He's amazing.

[@Kla2024-s5t]

I got the same hair

[@CarlosJimenez-gd2ix]

I saw his show at the mirage too. He did a version of this trick with the entire audience and it was mind blowing.

[@JasonJia909]

@@CarlosJimenez-gd2ix ya dude that was insane haha. I’m still trying to figure out how it works

[@SolveThisS]

​@@Kla2024-s5tBut not the same talent and charm!

[@cindymmm11]

Same. He is spectacular

[@EliaGaitau]

I’ll give props to Paul Wilson for this great effect. Shin Lim is amazing with how he presents every effect.

[@JGthe3rd]

Is it a paul wilson effect? It looks like a variation of an Andi Gladwin effect from his masterclass

[@EliaGaitau]

@@JGthe3rd I saw a tutorial vid of Paul Wilson teaching it many years ago (2010) when I was into learning card sleights etc I’ll have to go check the dvd somewhere in storage lol and see if it is his. Edit update: yes Paul Wilson 2010 an effect called; “Con Cam Coincedencia.” First Sold in Dan and Dave. It’s now sold on other magic platforms.

[@VancouverMagic]

@@EliaGaitau yes, when I did my research on it years ago, I came up with Paul as being the originator. Although I still perform this periodically, I prefer Bill Malone's 'Cutting The Tens' trick (as it is a lot less procedural and... quicker to the punch)

[@colinmack2566]

Yeah, the presentation really makes it. Don't care whether the chosen card was forced or peeked--I think it was the latter, but he can force a card on nearly anyone, so whatever. I had to watch the rest like 10 times (after seeing comments that the end is automatic) before I could see it, and then it's like "duh"--it's so simple. But it's that presentation that makes him so good--with his distractions, pacing, chatter, you just don't see the super obvious thing going on right in front of you. Dude is slick.

[@katlis]

@@colinmack2566 He legit has a queen of spades tattoo on his chest, so it was forced. Amazing performance!

[@intodaysepisode...]

Hes so talented and HUMBLE!

[@nhatvurchannel9770]

Shin's hair is his signature and unique style when performing magic. I love this trick and Shin's performance. I sometimes perform it for a group of friends, but Shin makes it smooth and clean. I can learn from him after watching this. He's just amazing as always.

[@Justbeyoself]

It’s always the Queen of Spades with Shim Lim.

[@brianng8350]

That might be true, but the other parts of the trick are still amazing.

[@ViperK88]

This one doesn't seem forced though from a standard pack. I truly think he got super lucky Dylan landed on one of the queens and from there he played it out with his tattoo

[@MyTardisGoWhoosh]

​@ViperK88 you can see it in his face... he couldn't help but do it

[@brianmendenhall8387]

This isn't his trick....it's a creation by Paul Wilson. Look him up and if you search you will find this trick. I hope he credits Paul​@@ViperK88

[@hencole]

​@@ViperK88i think its a force, but if the force fails the rest of the trick still works he just cant show the tattoo.

[@richardwong2950]

I have watched videos of Shin Lim many times repeatedly because they give me much enjoyment. They are magical and entertaining at the same time. I like all the hosts who have invited him to their show. They are funny and they interact with each other well.

[@sierram1st]

That’s how my hair looks like when I wake up

[@b-reel]

[@VancouverMagic]

I love performing this trick (except for tattoo bit) & have been doing it for the past 6 years. Great reactions every time!!

[@JB-pr6yl]

detailed explanation please? don't o worry, no one knows who you are... lol

[@troyocarroll]

Me too champ

[@JGthe3rd]

I just wanna know, was it a force at the beginning? or did he just get lucky? Also whos trick is it?

[@abhirup780]

Con Cam Coincidencia by Paul Wilson. He just got lucky with Queen of Spades so did the last reveal.

[@jeremyrjackson]

didnt ask

[@furyofbongos]

2:16 here it appears he peaked at the card she chose. But I can't see how that would make any difference in the trick. Totally amazing!

[@nathanielromero9284]

big difference so he would know what card was chosen and used for preparation of the cards to carry out the effect

[@Laurie473]

@@nathanielromero9284 great trick ! , somehow.. he 'forced' that Queen of Spades to be chosen..., I mean he's got the Tattoo right. I also don't quite figure how he got all 4 Queens to the top of each pile, when they each burned a random qty of cards. So Good !!

[@createdbybrian]

@@Laurie473 I don't think he forced it because he has done this trick before (you can see it on Ellen with Porche and Wanda Sykes). It's always a random card. Not that I don't think he could force it if he wanted to but it's not necessary for the trick. When he's "making piles" of cards, he's putting each Queen on the bottom of the pile, when he flips it over the queens are now all on the top of each pile. They deal that card down...making the Queens now all on the bottom...the shuffling that happens afterwards doesn't change anything it's just to make it seem like they are really mixed up. Now their piles have the queen on the bottom...so they burn the top cards...as long as they don't burn the bottom card (the queen), the trick works. Now with the queens on the bottom of the remaining piles, he tells them to deal them down to count them. This puts the queens back on the top of the deck ready for the reveal. He uses a magicians choice force to get the pile with the chosen card in front of the woman who chose it. She picks the wrong pile first so he tells her to give it to someone else...same for the second pile, then she chooses the right pile and he tells her to take it. If you watch the Ellen version, Ellen (who chose the card), chose her pile on the first choice and he told her to take it right away.

[@sergemerto256]

It's actually pretty easy card trick but the presentation is what is fantastic as usual

[@doug8237]

I must know

[@yolobiz6450]

Really do share!

[@sergemerto256]

@@yolobiz6450 explaining vaguely, first he peeks at the card slightly then asks her to shuffle. Then makes four piles with four of the kind of that card at the top. Then notice closely how in all the steps (like burning) he keeps that top card at the same position

[@micklebrain]

@@sergemerto256 not only that but he pushed her to pick the queen of spades subconsciously

[@miraknroll]

@@sergemerto256 All of them burned the amount of cards they wanted at the end how do you explain stopping at the queen exactly?

[@sig9girl]

He’s fantastic!!

[@agentlesoul1975]

I don't want to know the answer to this. Therefore it will remain magic.

[@denniszenanywhere]

I agree. It’s like watching a movie. You don’t want to know the ending while you’re still watching it.

[@dav1dgear]

It's easy, when he separate the deck into 4 pile, the most bottom card of all the pile is the queens. He looks at the card when he separate the deck into pile so it's very easy to do this. That is also why He told everyone to count how many card they have in the pile, so the queen rises to the top. The queen of spade in her pile is also directed. The first 2 pile he ask her to give it to someone else and then on the third one he ask her to take it herself. The break in this pattern is to make sure that queen of spade is in her hand. One thing I don't get is how did he force the queen of spade? If he saw the deck before the riffle I can understand how he force it, but he does not even see the deck. That oneis masterful.

[@Zerothas]

@@dav1dgear He didn't force it, he sneaks a peek at the selected card at 2:18. He got lucky that it was Queen of Spades this time, which he does have a real tattoo for, but the other times he's done this trick if it were a different card he leaves the tattoo bit out.

[@dav1dgear]

​@@Zerothas I admit there might be a chance for him to peek there. But if what you said is true what is the odd of her stopping in the queen of spade on a tv show? Even stopping on a queen of spade is already 1/52 and doing it on a tapping of a tv show? Shin Lim better to to Vegas and bet on 00. I mean that's pretty unbelievable, it's a downright miracle. And with magician I never trust a miracle or coincidences. So I think there must be a way for him to force the queen

[@Zerothas]

@dav1dgear he does so many interviews. He has loads where he does this exact trick, but they didn't pick queen of spades. Sometimes, he gets the jackpot. He has a real tattoo, but ofc he's only references it when it matters.

[@emergentform1188]

Amazing trick!

[@JDRichard]

So I met Shim at the Browsers den of magic show before Covid, where he sat a couple tables away from me. A great magician and a true gentleman.

[@y0Jesper]

One of my fav magicians

[@super_magic7]

He is an artist

[@johnkramer745]

this is such a simple trick (he s done it earlier too).. i learnt it and i do it too and it just amazes people.. but the way Shin Lim does it is unmatched..

[@TerjeSkuggen]

The hardest part is to not miss the grip while looking. Once he knows, and have splitted the cards into four packs with the queens on top (bottom view), it's mostly show. The only thing that can mess this up, is if they deal from the bottom.

[@johnkramer745]

@@TerjeSkuggen yep.. hence the misdirection and the story around it to not let people do what they feel like and mimic all his moves..

[@TerjeSkuggen]

@@johnkramer745 Yes, it's that "easy". I probably would have messsed up, and revealed myself at that moment. It's masterclass. That's the moment where everyone is (or should be) checking if you peeked at the card. But he's so fast. I would never be able to do that, even though I know how. He's just too good.

[@SuperJay12jay]

He's not human!!!!

[@patrickmcevoy3257]

Hi shim nice to see you back doing card magic

[@DP-jaja]

Dylan so wanted Shin Lim 😂

[@ddonlee]

Not a very difficult card trick, but his presentation and charisma is is what makes it special

[@DamianLirettePiano]

He forces the queen of spades selection. Finds the four queens in the deck at 2:35 so they are on the bottom of each deck. Forces the card taker to select the deck with queen of spades under the false pretense of free selection. Forces the queens to the top of each deck when he has everyone count out their cards. The rest plays itself out. I love magic. He is the absolute best, currently.

[@createdbybrian]

The trick actually works without a force. There's a move he does when handing over the cards that allows the chosen card to be "peeked" at...Of course he could force the card if he wanted to but it's just not how he performs this trick. He uses the peek. The queen of spades was a coincidence so he was able to make it even more of a crazy outcome by showing his tattoo. If you watch him do it on Ellen, it's not the Queen of Spades, it's a random card.

[@0kaznuan999]

@@createdbybrianI think he meant shim forced the host to pick out the pile with the queen of spade. Notice how he immediately told her to keep the third pile instead of telling her to hand it to him

[@EdgewoodTennis]

I've seen this trick on AGT and learned how to do it. That Queen of Spades tattoo is real because he reveals the same card on other shows.

[@jachcoff]

i get everything else but how did he force the queen of spades on a random deck

[@helloman3676]

@@jachcoff magic

[@ivaerz4977]

​@@jachcoffat 2:31 look whatever trick it happened right here look how he looks at the card definitely he did something

[@bobnazrul5278]

Miracle happen sometime​@@jachcoff

[@licclesteve992]

@@jachcoff there are hundreds of differeent forces to use its not so difficult when you know how to force

[@ckgoogl]

The four top cards he told them to deal "at the edge of the table" @3:17 are the 4 queens. Everything after the point (the shuffle, the being neat, the burning etc) are just for show to you make you think you are randomly mixing all 52 cards, because at the end when he told them to "count" their cards, those queens will come back to the top of each pile.

[@MiracleJTheIllusionist]

Do you want an award?

[@anvy7281]

Thanks @ckgoogl for the explanation. Btw are you a Louis CK fan as well?

[@dippy9119]

Thank you, I can sleep now!

[@peaceonearth1971]

His hair is magic too

[@erikab.7015]

He’s still have the hair! Love it!

[@Bur6212]

If he didn’t, he’d be Skin Lim

[@sasho888prm]

Biggest magic here is Shin finally grew a moustache.

[@Radracer999]

Super simple trick however Shim, as usual, presents it very well.

[@huikh2r]

Yes, indeed. I am not a magician, but I figured out this card trick by myself when Shim Lim did it in AGT with bunch of TV hosts.

[@gauravtee]

@@huikh2r I've been performing this trick ever since I saw him do it on AGT. Always gets great reactions!

[@the1337fleet]

I've been working on this myself, but one thing I haven't quite prepared for is when the person is picking the piles. Do you have suggestions if they pick the pile with the card on their 2nd time? If you tell them to give the 1st pile to someone else and to keep the 2nd pile, isn't it a bit unnatural? (If they pick the right pile on the 1st, 3rd or 4th, it would be fine)

[@the1337fleet]

Also, how did he riffle to the Queen of Spades with a sealed deck of cards...?

[@jeffflorentino8645]

@@the1337fleet That was the also the only part I didn't understand

[@pishyp]

When he took the cards and went through them quickly he put a queen on each pile that he laid down before handing each pile to each one of them, the queen of spades was also a card force

[@kisuulexherbert106]

Shin Lim is something else❤😅😅

[@bariizlam638]

That was awesome

[@rugvedhalarnkar768]

Queen of spade was coincidence makes trick more magical to work , killer ending 💫💥

[@varnium]

He hypnotized her since the beginning to choose queen of spade

[@BeoAndBu]

No matter when she said stop she’d see the queen of heart

[@itaialter]

That's not how this specific trick works. Although 51 out of 52 of the times, this trick would not end with him revealing the tattoo.

[@michaelworsham2724]

Well done!

[@agrainofsalt4889]

"i could have picked any Card" 🤣

[@dan_at_redant]

Playing this at 0.25 speed a) reveals the trick, and b) makes it feel like this trick was done at the end of a really really big night out :)

[@ulti-zh9ey]

realy easy card trick, but presentation is top!

[@gohumberto]

He forced the Queen of Spades at the start (We know it was a forced card because of the Tattoo ... that undermined the whole trick actually) I have no idea how he forced it, but I guess that's Magician 101. After that .... I'm thinking about it. OK, at 4:15 he makes them (needlessly) count out their cards. That puts her bottom card (the QoS) on top. It's been safely at the bottom since ........ 2:34 when he openly, in plain sight, finds the QoS by sorting through them in to piles. So now he has the QoS to hand, at the bottom of a pile he created in plain sight. 2:37 when he tells her whether to give the pile to someone else or not ... making sure she gets to keep the pile with the QoS. 3:17 she deals the QoS onto the table. That's basically the trick over right there. He gave her the pile with the QoS on top. So at 2:34 he is sorting the Queens into 4 piles. That's why the piles aren't even, and why he adds cards to make them even. The position of the 4 Queens determined the size of the piles. OK ... it's actually incredibly simple but really well performed. Everyone thinks they've been shuffling cards and throwing cards away, but really the 4 Queens have been safe all along, at the bottom of everyone's pile.

[@jasemagic1]

Anyone can do this trick, if you know you know. But only a guy like Shin Lim can take this trick on national television and get reactions like this. 😬🤯

[@Mister_Y]

I’d imagine Shin Lim did see her tattoo later on that night.

[@guyavery]

Making her say stop as he riffles is a classic force technique. He’s riddling but his finger/thumb is set on stopping at the Q of spades even though it seems like she said stop randomly. He’ll always end up showing her that one. He makes the 4 piles. Puts a queen on the top of each packet but lays each pile face up then ‘evens them out’ and flips them back face down. So the queen is at the top of each pile. He has them each pick up a pile and deal the first one (the queen) face down as an example of a ‘casino deal’ the queen is now the first one dealt face down for each person. Then he has them randomly deal other ones in randoms order of their choosing but it doesn’t matter. The queens were already the first card down. Now he has them pick up each packet and deal a bunch in the middle. Remember the queen is at the bottom of each pile. He specifically says throw as many as you want but DON’T go all the way to the bottom. Save some. This prevents the queens from going in the middle. Now with whatever anyone has left he has them count how many remain. By dealing in a pile in front of them. Starting with their top card and ending with the last one. This brings the queens to the top of each pile. Then he has each person flip their top card. Voila. Shin is the greatest card magician I’ve ever seen. But this was rudimentary.

[@Vince-sanity]

This is an old trick. Thanks captain obvious!!! But how do you force that Q♠ when it was a borrowed shuffled deck, touch the deck for the first time, never looked at them (probably peeked) but you watch his eyes in slow motion, you will not catch a thing, and then riffled the cards to force to Q♠????

[@hencole]

Forcing the q of spades is a bonus, but not required for the trick.

[@createdbybrian]

The card is not forced in this trick. This trick uses a peek. Pinky break where it stopped and flip the deck which moves the top half of the break out slightly to reveal the card for a peek. The Queen of Spades is a coincidence. Watch him do it on Ellen, it's not the Queen of Spades. Obviously Shin can force a card if he wants to but he uses the Queen of Spades force/Tattoo reveal in another trick so it would start to get real suspicious if he forced the Queen of Spades in more tricks.

[@ArtSawce]

They key is at the first part of the trick to choose the card, its easy to control which card people will pick by flipping it so fast that they will only see the queen of spades and pick that exact card you want. Its a mentalist trick. He already knew to setup the Queen for this trick to work

[@mdkk]

that trick was legit.

[@Mario-qua]

this guy is from outer space.....

[@yesyah80]

Easy Trick, but great perfomance 👍🏻

[@gbcookiesyqr]

You forgot to mention he also fooled Penn & Teller twice on "Fool Us" before AGT. It's OK to mention shows that don't air on your network.

[@cryptoman9781]

I’m losing my hair and saw his hair it hurts 😂 😂 😂

[@duc_huy_ngo]

I know exactly one thing he did in the beginning for this trick, but the rest just fooled me out of the world XD

[@upupandaway6882]

wow

[@rheneberg]

Wow! beautiful ... wife 😊

[@M.D.Universe]

Now show me your tattoo 😂😂🤣 @ 6:06

[@TheBensonBadBoy]

Shin Lim amaze TODAY cohosts......that shouldn't be too hard since between all of them they have the combined intelligence of two dead flies.

[@jackhon]

Kind of work out how the 4 queens are on top but so many things can go wrong, amazing

[@ArielLuzzi-pl4es]

ES MUY FÁCIL 😁

[@will_274]

I think his hair is a distraction. He feels mysterious and looks mysterious. Makes the slight of hand easier.

[@Tamaket1]

Imagine his joy when she picked queen of spades :)

[@leftstanding]

Yup, his hair got all excited! XD

[@arveedibira2454]

got a free quick show 😅

[@JDRichard]

Got it:)

[@NumhomCh2]

MJ I love u

[@14-Peaks]

His hair is performing its own show lol

[@sirr6]

He needs to do some magic to his hair.

[@patriciapatriciagray-thorp9574]

Yaaaa.... love Shin Lin....make-up/hair...Shin has a hair issue....lol 😂😂😂

[@dayeeoliver]

What they could have done at the end? Let's do this all over again, the 2nd round 🤣

[@MissedCall456]

Shin is the Michael Jackson of cards. Wow!😂

[@KP-xi4bj]

Except Shin does not touch little boys. LOL

[@andrewmakasini4054]

I’m so lost 😅 No magician here but one thing Shin can improve on is his acting haha. Mind is blown as usual!

[@MichaelDevaney-d5x]

God almighty that is unbelievable he would put the fear of god into every casino owner in the world

[@deancafe4739]

Now i'll wait and see the magicians code reveal and see how simple this is.

[@AP-eb8hd]

It's too simple for a trick..but the tattoo reveal is good

[@erikab.7015]

This was repeated trick but never gets old! He did this on Ellen!

[@erikab.7015]

I can explain this trick, hahahahah but it was good!

[@ifamilymoments1965]

Shin is forcing the card at the beginning of the trick. And he knows where each of the cards are positioned in the deck, therefore on each of the piles. It’s amazing how he does it, but it takes a lot of practice. Well done, Shin.

[@brianmendenhall8387]

This is actually a very simple trick..it's not even his. Look up Paul Wilson and you will find this trick. I won't name it to keep it a secret, but if you search him and all of his tricks you will find it.

[@nhatvurchannel9770]

I'm pretty sure he didn't force the card. It's just coincidental with his Tatoo.

[@brianmendenhall8387]

@@nhatvurchannel9770 he did force the card...the trick is not his. Paul Wilson created it. It's called ConCam Con Cam Coincidencia. Look it up

[@ifamilymoments1965]

@@nhatvurchannel9770 that is the whole idea. Look at his other videos on YT. He uses that card on most his tricks. The sleight of hand way he forces the card is the real magic.

[@JGthe3rd]

@@ifamilymoments1965 that was a good force

[@kurdanime2023]

when he said stop , he already point to the queen

[@0kaznuan999]

No he peeked at the card

[@jonathan711]

Black dude said “Hold up; I wanna toss out two more cards in the pile.” Like, if he ain’t do that then he ain’t got no Queen on top of his pile.

[@AlanSmith88888]

He showed her the Queen of Spades purposely

[@josekennethgreen3705]

the wife is lovely

[@Recon3Y3z]

It's a new game called 15,000 pickup. Wanna play?

[@macbr9]

First of all, how he got her to pick the Q of spades is pretty simple for most magicians. The whole tell me when to stop. A trained magician can easily stop at the card that THEY want you to pick. But the real magic here, is how he tricks them all into setting the Q's on the top of their decks. That part is more advanced.

[@RandyL86]

How does he know where the queen of spades is in a new deck (not his own) that’s been shuffled?

[@Videsh1997]

My thoughts exactly but he did force the Queen of Spades without watching the deck so that is also something to be amazed by tbh

[@mad4sports]

The queen was separated out of the deck at 3:21 to the bottom. Then they discarded random cards and once he asked everyone to count how many cards they had left the queen was brought back to the top of the deck

[@macbr9]

@@mad4sports yes I noticed that as well where the count your cards essentially brings the bottom to the top. He had to get each queen to the bottom of everyone’s deck. Also when he said pick a pile, if she would have picked the queen of spades pile he would have directed her to put it in front of her. It’s very smart because it all looks random but every detail is intentional. Still pretty kickass trick.

[@Videsh1997]

@@macbr9 but it's the ending that has me baffled because they all stopped at whichever card they liked and all got the other Queens 🤔

[@TonyStark-vx9qz]

I know how the trick is done. It was super easy!

[@cashboymusic245]

I wanna learn how to do Magic like Shim

[@ibrahemwasti957]

How does he force the Q of Spades?

[@marsh3825]

That's the only thing I can't figure out

[@garhong9125]

The trick is he doesn't. He only added the tattoo reveal part to the trick because she happened to pick that card.

[@marsh3825]

@@garhong9125 then how does he know what card she selected after?

[@garhong9125]

@@marsh3825 He peeks at the card when she picks it. He just can't influence which card it is (nor does he need to).

[@masayahing_mahiyain]

@@garhong9125 It is pretty obvious that was a force card.

[@sapphir8]

Reminds me of Dani DeOrtiz. He’s growing up from his usual tricks, which are also elite.

[@yatinkheti2427]

This is a self working trick and no where on the level of Dani

[@TimsGym]

@@yatinkheti2427this is a Dani DaOrtiz trick that he worked on for AGT

[@taivo5753]

I knew MJ is alive.

[@piggy4651]

i figured out how he does it

[@marsh3825]

Same, I got everything on a second watch. Only thing I haven't figured out is how how forced the queen at the beginning.

[@masayahing_mahiyain]

@@marsh3825me too

[@pavtop]

Simple trick

[@davidbenjamin9394]

Shin Lim knew it was queen of spades at 2:19. Follow his eyes..

[@helloman3676]

That's not the trick....the trick is HOW DID THEY ALL DEAL THE Qs??????

[@helloman3676]

NVM, someone explained in the comment section 😂😂😂

[@ivaerz4977]

I think 2:32 is where trick happened

[@Funkytrip73]

Yeah, so smooth in flipping the cards with a little bit of room for the picked card so he could see it. Wonder how he had to hide his enjoyment seeing it actually was the queen of spades so he could add his tattoo reveal at the end :D

[@bemacbe]

I think I figured out out! Each card is a high tech Wifi OLED display. When all the cards are upside down, they turn into whatever card the wife programs them to be. When they are right-side-up they stay whatever value they reveal. Right? 😜

[@dav1dgear]

The trick is fairly simple if you think of it backwards. The important part is that he ask them to count the cards, which make the most bottom card of the deck rises to the top. Which mean the queens is in the bottom of each deck so even if they burn them all it does not matter. This also means that when he separate the deck into 4 pile, the queens is actually at the top of each deck, this is to make sure that you seem to shuffle the card but it won't matter because the way you shuffle, the bottom card will always queen. One thing I don't get is how did he force the queen of spade? If he saw the deck before the riffle I can understand how he force it, but he does not even see the deck. That one is masterful.

[@TimsGym]

This wasn’t a force. Just lucky coincidence.

[@alonetiev]

Queen probably wasn't a force, it was peeked and from there Shin had plenty of time to arrange the 4 piles. The rest is crowd control :)

[@BrianHSC]

That lady host is in on it. They didn't show the card she picked to the camera as Shin Lim usually do. And she chose the pile with Queen of spades which Shin Lim told her in advance. Shin Lim chose which card would be at the top of each deck which are all Queens. Then before shuffling, he told them to put that top card down on the table first and then shuffle the rest. Then when they were counting the cards, it brought the Queens back to the top.

[@deliverydoctor]

she's not in on it. whichever pile she picks, he would just tell her to pass it on or keep it herself as appropriate.

[@BrianHSC]

@@deliverydoctor If he tells her to pass the first, keep the second, then pass the 3rd, that would make the trick very obvious doesn't it?

[@deliverydoctor]

@@BrianHSC in that case, he would just finish the trick and say so and so has your chosen card on the top

[@BrianHSC]

@@deliverydoctor You're kidding right? Shin Lim is not an amateur.

[@spacer999]

He forced the queen of spades to her, then placed a queen on top of each pile, which became the burned card. The rest is just getting them to move the burned card around but eventually moving it back to the top of their pile again.

[@e.t926]

How did he force it??

[@Jason-Moon]

​​​@@e.t926right? I easily figured out the whole trick except the original force of the queen of spades from a shuffled, borrowed deck handed to him. My best guess: He had a small piece of the top corner of a queen of spades card palmed in his hand. He inserted it into the riffle so It covered whatever card he was really stopping at. That's why he only showed her such a small piece of the card, and so quickly. Then he palmed the piece of the queen of spades again and handed her the deck. I sure can't see the palm though when I rewatch it. False thumbtip? Was it stuck to his hand or fingers somewhere?

[@createdbybrian]

@@Jason-Moon He didn't force it. It was a coincidence. This trick uses a peek to find the card she stopped at. When he has performed this other times, it's a random card, not the Q of Spades.

[@Jason-Moon]

@@createdbybrian I've seen enough magicians perform to see plenty of great coincidences like that. It makes for wonderful moments when there's such a lucky moment for the magician. Why are you sure that's what happened here though?

[@createdbybrian]

@@Jason-Moon He's done the trick on Ellen and on AGT, each with a different card as the outcome...also how that card selection is taught is with a peek...and you can see him peek at it when he flips the deck to hand it to the spectator. If he forced it he wouldn't have had to peek. Also, he could have used another force to get to the same card. So it just makes sense that it was a coincidence. That said, maybe he felt like forcing the Q of S that day and did force it...I guess we'll never know!

[@Proj_Doomsday]

He definitely grew up a Robert Smith fan of the cure.

[@ewnyMetroExpress]

Set up game?

[@Wiley_Coyote]

Shim... use the Force!

[@LAchamps]

I got the second half of the trick, but how did he get her to choose the queen of spades?

[@createdbybrian]

He didn't. It was a coincidence in this case. He can easily force it but this trick starts with a spectator shuffle so it would be difficult to force it. This particular trick uses a peek. When he hands the deck back, he peeks at the card.

[@yago8672]

super basic trick presented in the most masterfull way. like an fry egg