The Shell Game Sept 2018

Pop Haydn performs the Shell Game at Conjuror Community's "Cardstock" in Tupelo, Mississipi. September 2018.
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[@christianforbes6579]

It gets no better than this.

[@garethb3775]

Brilliant.

[@cal_laz]

I got the Exhibition Shell Game, watched it, and look forward to working on it. A great video. This is a wonderful routine you have put together! I smile all the way through.

[@PopHaydn]

Thanks! I think you will enjoy performing it. It is a hoot to do.

[@glennhester2720]

Love watching the master of misdirection

[@glennbishopbishthemagish]

Very nice, I have never seen your routine before. Very nice.

[@warnaoh]

Great performance !!! Thanks for sharing it on youtube :P.

[@ronthompson929]

LOVE the patter! I think you might definitely be related to Throg!

[@treywest268]

But a take on the "Cups and Balls" which has been performed since the Egyptian Mystics and only known unto to them. Well, until Buchinger or Mellini.

[@PopHaydn]

That is correct. The Cups and Balls was probably always a take down scam presented as a "magic trick." How this worked was described in Robert-Houdin's book on crooked gambling from the mid 19th Century, called in English, "Card Sharpers." The thimble-rig seems to have arisen in England in the mid-18th Century. It is the cups and balls scam, minus the magic tricks. It is reduced in size and portability, and can be used to take an individual in a pub without having to draw a crowd. This turned a open game into a closed game, providing more protection for the operators. The thimble-rig developed into the "Shell Game" in the American West in the 1850's.

[@gmamagillmore4812]

Got my PPPPPPPs. Thank you.

[@ChrisDodges123]

7:29 When he placed the pea under the left shell 😬😬

[@PopHaydn]

That's the advantage of watching the shell game on video. You don't get any instant replays on the street... :)

[@PuckDudesHockey]

Maybe so, but I still can't see it. I'm sorry, but Pop has me convinced... the magic is real!