that skype confused the shit out of me

Better card dealers? Probably. But he has a combination of theatricality and screen presence ONTOP of legendary skills which makes him so notable.

We've lost a master. So long, Mr. Jay.

R.I.P. Ricky Jay. Amazing human being 🙏

He was the absolute master. RIP Ricky Jay. We’ll miss you.

Seriously mind blowing. I love, respect, and miss you Ricky Jay…. Rest in peace.

I miss Ricky Jay so much! Truly a Master of the Arcane Arts.

Preternaturally gifted. Amazing. Also a great voice for narration. I want to believe, I hope, he was a decent human being - only because I like the stage persona so much.

R.I.P. Ricky Jay... 🌹

Thanks a ton for adding this video. Ricky Jay is amazing. Pretty cool to see the 3 main kinds of false deals done by such a pro.

I remember when this show was on HBO. One of my favorite magic shows I've ever seen on TV.

All the recent tributes to this man's genius fail to mention he can fart a Skype noise. Wonderfully talented man RIP

I am glad that I have no interest in cards, magic or gambling. Because I simply cannot focus on anything like the way he is dealing the cards and would lose every time. I just enjoy the way these are presented

The last deal is not from centre of the deck, but well thought out illusion. At 2:57 he stacks the aces (putting 4 card in between each). Then he puts couple cards on top of the first ace, runs the cards from top (as a schuffle) until there's just 5 cards left on top of the first ace. After that he deals the cards and when he deals to himself he deals second card from the deck. Wonderful illusion, well thought out as well the rest of the show.

simply amazing, he's the best i 've seen

Great showmanship, amazing magic

Sounds like my Skype was notifying me of a message while I was recording the video. Oops!

"and that would be cheating..." priceless.

Ricky Jay😍🥺 Humorous Magic

phah the last deal isnt a centre deal. He first stacks the deck putting four cards in-between the aces once he has controlled them after putting them "back into the middle of the deck" he then second deals the aces to his hand making it look like a centre deal but this whole show/routine is well thought out and well presented :)

I remember when i was really into magic. Ricky jay was a great man and a good entertainer. Sad he passed.

Simply amazing!

Ricky’s delivery is the epitome of droll.

Just to clarify, ricky Jay is the best living magician. Steve forte, Richard Turner, and jason england have been acknowledged as superior card handlers, although their performances are still not at this level.

The very best

I'm still pulling seconds and ripping bottoms in 2018 .......15 years of practice......

Any body else check there Skype 1:14

this was a case of a great magician explaining the method of gamblers to attain a certain purpose but at the same time, using these methods against his spectators who, satisfied that now they know how false deals are accomplished. With due respect to Ricky Jay, I have no doubt that he can do the center deal...but the last deal was definitely not a CENTER DEAL....

@generalmaximus5 There are several ways to do this effect. I think it unlikely he's using gaffed cards since either spectator could clearly see if there were breaks in the deck due to short cards or crimps. I've been in magic for going on 15 years. I've never heard of "magician's oil".

amazing...

Is there anybody better than Ricky Jay at this?

Wow. RIP.

Yup, saw that too. Agreed.

Ricky shows you how to manipulate the deck without revealing his methods. Also a fine actor.

Funny how, decades later, so many are still in denial about the center deal.

@xRNEx I think that all the aces are in the bottom, one next to the others. He only puts three or four additional cards in the bottom, those cards he showed us. He starts by bottom dealing for the three first cards and then the aces are in the bottom! He just has to perform an other bottom dealing for each ace, and that's it.

@RS1963 OMG you are right, that was not explained on the book of Expert at the Card Table it was explained on Center Deal by Allen Kennedy, I apologize for the confusion, I was thinking also of that one book by Karl Johnson named The Magician and The Cardsharp in which he told that old old old story about The Professor and Allen Kennedy ... For some reason it got me confused.. And I will agree with you on this one since for lay people it is the same and that was the main purpose of it.

Ricky, I regret that I missed the chance to shake your hand and call you the GOAT.

I understand that the center deal it is extremely hard to perform and master, it was meant for exhibition only just like Ricky Jay was doing it in this video. Center deal has been explained in great detail in the book of Expert at the Card Table by S.W. Erdnase (E.S Andrews) and in Revolutionary Card Technique by Ed Marlo and in both it has been offered for exhibition and that is exactly what Ricky Jay was doing in here.

Its because the face up aces are bend the opposite way leaving a space within the deck where the aces are

2nd dealing so frigging hard. I cant belive there people out there who can do it consistently.

Ricky Jay is a fav. Ok, but did he false shuffle and not move the cards and center deal? False shuffle and place all the aces in the center? Or false shuffle and place all the aces on the bottom and bottom deal and skip center dealing? One can only speculate and admire the master.

RIP Ricky Jay

Wow.

That skype sound made me check my computer twice. I had thought I had shut down my skype and was still getting messages. Quite confusing, to say the least!

look up foundations by jason england it's a DVD that teaches you most of this

Left Guys Style is lit

@Audi0Phil To show you even when the cards are face up, you couldn't tell they came from the middle.

@TonyRush haha, when the skype noise went off, i had to check mine to make sure it wasnt mine.

Please don't forget his role as the cameraman/ film editor for Jack Horner AND his role as Eddie Sawyer on DEADWOOD.

what grip is he using for the bottom deal?

the one man that isn't allowed in any casinos, Ricky Jay.

Christ almighty, it's like I'm sittin here playing cards with my brother's kids or somethin.

Ricky Jay is a god!

Why does it make that "bloop" noise when he reaches between his legs at 1:14? Is that a trick too?

It isn't a trick it is exactly what Ricky said. If you were a magician you would understand perfectly. Since you are not you really don't need to know.

I think he actually did it the set up would require ddddd u dddd u dddd u dddd u d means face down cards, u means face up cards He had 9 cards up on top of the first face up ace. he shuffled 4 of them to the bottom to make the set up work. I could not see him set up the rest of the deck clearly, but I think he did set them up. People might dislike this comment, but I do want to say it. And it is possible to deal aces from the center I will find the link and post it

Didn't know him till Deadwood.

I figured it out! Its false dealing. Im so smart.

No, three. Second-dealing at 0:15, bottom-dealing at 0:45 and centre-dealing at 3:20.

@149scrat its just on the right time when the dude on the right pulls someting out his nose..

whats the trick called to nullify a cut at 1:54 ?

Wow! The aces look like they just appear out of nowhere, actually they probably are lol!

i LOVE 1:53 so much!!!!

How did he do it?

i think he does a "pinky break" when putting the aces in the center, not sure though

wow, you and Houdini..

@149scrat Sounds like a skype I.M tone!

Rikki Jay is as legit as they come. If anyone can centre deal, he can. And he just did, so there. Just because you guys can't do it, doesn't mean it's impossible

There's another one at 1:16.

got me on that one

@Masterofpew There does exist a real center deal. However, it its hard to perform and master. What he did was either a second or bottom deal but he's so good I can't see which of two :)

@TonyRush yeah that messed with me, I checked my skype to see nothing

@RS1963 @RS1963 I understand what you mean about magicians doing those things, however, Ricky Jay has a reputation as a magician and as a performer and in this trick he only gives credit to his reputation as a performer not as a magician. Steve Forte he is more of a performer than a magician and its understandable that he would do that, but no Ricky Jay, he is a great magician as well.

I say you been cheatin -Wild Card Henry

1:14 I swear to god I thought I had an MSN Messenger message pop up.

Anyone else just staring at his hands and not listening

@TonyRush LOL i quit the fullscreen to check my skype... and was like wth no new conversaton :P

lmfao i tought it was my skype :))

@TonyRush lol the funny thing is that i thought someone was skyping me... and i checked but i was offline... i got confused...lol

dat fucking skype sound

Which second deal does Jay use here? Strike or Pushoff? IMO England is the best at centers and bottoms right now, but Ricky Jay's second is the most deceptive and the best performed I've ever seen-- ever. Aboslutely imperceptible.

the bottom deal is a bit more obvious than the second deal, I think, even when Ricky does it

I surmise your vision is impaired. If you watch clearly, you will see the individual/respective cards actually being placed in between groups of cards. While the method certainly wasn't a 'center' deal, I would consider asserting that the 4 cards used were on the bottom a mere wild guess, if anything (or of course if the above mention isn't true).

so knowing this, how is anyone ever supposed to play poker again? or any other card game in a casino, for that matter

I wish he's disclose how the tricks are done. For example, how does he "feel" an ace?

Love Ricky Jay, but still don't get how this is remotely possible even with 100 years of practice. I must be missing something.

Very well, but if you'd phrased your original comment more clearly, I wouldn't have followed up saying that you'd missed one...

Or he could just do a pass... but that move sounds much more interesting.

Thumbs up if you exited full screen to check your Skype at 1:43.

press 4 three times then 5

i actually know how to center deal, but nowhere close to performing it... but, in different places... ergh, hard...

Yeah sure. I believe Paul Wilson and Darwin Ortiz are as good as him. Jason England is even better. Then the true masters of this art are of course Steve Forte and Richard turner :)

@everio17 No disrespect inended here, but it's patter, Jay means to entertain with this bit, not necessarily educate.

Surely you jest. Yes I just called you Shirley.

Ok play the video and hold 1 and look. And then hold 8 and listen... lol

and this is why I don't gamble

he had skype on

then whats the wording?

That was not center dealing.