The Art of Card Tricks: A Deep Dive with Riley

Riley, a skilled magician, recently performed an incredible card trick that left his audience stunned and bewildered. The trick involved shuffling cards, using intuition, and manipulating the deck to create an astonishing illusion. As we delve into the world of card magic, let's explore the mind-bending techniques used by Riley.

As Riley began the trick, he asked his assistant to hold out her hand, palm facing upwards. He then placed a card in her hand, but not before instructing her to cut it at a specific point. The audience watched intently as Riley revealed that the card was from a different pack than the one they were using. This raised questions about how Riley had managed to select the correct card without seeing it.

To understand this feat, we need to examine the setup of the trick. Riley explained that he was working with two decks of cards: one face-up and one face-down. By alternating between these two decks, he created a randomization effect that made it difficult for anyone to predict which card would be chosen. The assistant's role in cutting the card at a specific point added an element of unpredictability to the trick.

One of the most striking aspects of Riley's performance was his ability to create a sense of déjà vu among his audience members. He asked them to hold their hands up, count backwards from 60 seconds, and then freeze at the number one. This seemingly arbitrary instruction created a strange sensation, as if time had come to a standstill.

As the trick progressed, Riley revealed that he was using a technique called "stacking." By placing multiple cards on top of each other in a specific order, he could create an illusion of depth and continuity. The audience watched in amazement as Riley appeared to pull a card from thin air, seemingly defying the laws of probability.

Riley's performance is a testament to the power of suggestion and misdirection in magic. By carefully manipulating the audience's expectations, he created an illusion that was both convincing and unsettling. As we watch this trick unfold, we are reminded that, even with our best efforts, we can never truly predict what will happen next.

The Future of Twitch: A Mainstream Phenomenon

As Riley's performance came to a close, the conversation turned to the ever-growing world of Twitch streaming. With over 5 million concurrent viewers at any given time, Twitch has become a mainstream phenomenon that is changing the way we consume entertainment. According to keynote speaker [name], the platform has "exploded" in popularity, with its dedicated community and loyal following driving growth and innovation.

The key to Twitch's success lies in its ability to create a sense of community among its users. By fostering a culture of collaboration and interaction, the platform has attracted millions of viewers who are passionate about gaming, music, and other creative pursuits. Whether it's through live streaming, chat rooms, or social media, Twitch provides a unique space for users to connect with one another and share their interests.

As Riley's performance came to an end, we were reminded that the world of magic is not just about tricks and illusions – it's also about connection and community. By using his talents to entertain and inspire others, Riley has created a sense of wonder and awe that transcends the boundaries of reality itself.

A Glimpse into Shroud's World

Later in the interview, we caught up with popular streamer Shroud, who was performing a classical music set on Twitch. As he began to play his violin, we noticed something strange – a small pack of cards was sitting on his lap, seemingly out of place amidst the instruments and equipment.

When asked about the cards, Shroud revealed that they were part of an upcoming trick involving sleight of hand and misdirection. According to Riley, Shroud's card trick is one of the most impressive he has ever seen, with a level of complexity and sophistication that rivals even the most seasoned magicians.

We also had the opportunity to chat with NL, another popular Twitch streamer who was playing a violin set in his channel. As we watched him perform, we noticed that one of his cards seemed out of place – it was as if he had pulled it from thin air, without any visible means of support or explanation.

Theories about Shroud's card trick abound, with many speculating that it involves some form of advanced sleight-of-hand technique. However, for now, the exact details remain a mystery, leaving us to wonder and speculate about the incredible skills at work behind the scenes.

Giveaways and Community Engagement

As we continue our conversation with Riley, we're excited to announce an upcoming giveaway – $100 Amazon gift cards will be awarded to lucky participants who email their username in response to a special code. To enter, simply keep watching and stay tuned for more details!

In the meantime, we'll take a quick break to play some videos and catch up on the latest news from the world of magic and Twitch streaming. When we return, we'll be joined by Riley himself, as he delves deeper into the art of card magic and shares his secrets with our audience.

The Art of Card Magic: A Conversation with Riley

As we conclude our conversation with Riley, it's clear that the world of card magic is full of wonder and awe. From sleight-of-hand techniques to misdirection and manipulation, the art of card magic requires a deep understanding of psychology, probability, and showmanship.

For those interested in learning more about the art of card magic, we recommend checking out Riley's upcoming performances or workshops. With his guidance and expertise, you'll be well on your way to mastering the techniques and illusions that have captivated audiences around the world.

As we bid farewell to Riley and our conversation, we're reminded that the true power of magic lies not in the tricks themselves, but in the connections and relationships they create between people. Whether it's through card tricks, music, or other forms of creative expression, the art of magic has the ability to inspire, educate, and entertain us in ways both profound and surprising.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enback here with DT daily thank somebody for joining in and again I want to emphasize we are live on YouTube periscope Facebook and Twitter which is what we are talking about right now because twitchcon just happened this last weekend we're joined now by mr. Riley Wynn hello Riley hi so in case anybody doesn't know some of the social media here might be maybe you yeah I do I do pretty much all of it okay if it's inappropriate or immature it's usually me so so that is who you can comment on I know somebody had a comment earlier today from for all right who is win yeah yeah for the fortnight yeah just to let that person know I don't play for tonight I was just at the hall at twitchcon okay and it was nuts it was absolutely and I can only imagine that that's just insane yeah and that's what I want to talk about so for twitchcon for anybody doesn't know maybe just give a brief explainer of what it is but then talk about the other yeah of course so twitch is a live streaming platform for people to put content on and what twitchcon is it's where they gather all their partners so those are the people that essentially make money off their twitch right and then their affiliates and then they let the community come and they have everyone and anyone there it's it's insane and then all the brands and companies that work with twitch or you know advertise with twitch they're all there and so the entire thing everyone's live-streaming everyone has these everybody's walking around with a foot everyone's got selfie sticks they've got these little like cameras on their shoulder that have like like a car battery in the backpack that keeps it running for damn hire time and it's just absolutely insane like you just go around and like you don't know if people are talking to you yeah like I felt crazy just people are just talking I'm like what and they're like no I'm talking about twitch chat dude I'm like oh okay sorry I'm sorry yeah no it was great there's really the thing I thought was the funniest is I've never seen so much neon hair in my life like I'm wondering so how many people attend twitchcon I don't know the exact number that there was so there was 6000 partners so those are the best just the partners Wow yeah so if you include the community I bet it's got to be twenty thirty thousand and so you walk around this and this took place it would San Jose yep San Jose at the Convention Center San Jose I think event enter we're looking at some images here right now yes it does just look insane it was nutty so at twitchcon you know there's the live events there's people I think he said everybody's streaming yeah but then the actual events themselves they have different stars yeah so the really the highlight there was two highlights of the weekend there was the fortnight skirmish which was on well was going the whole weekend but I think it ended on Sunday morning and then Saturday night was the Doritos Bowl now the Doritos Bowl was black ops they have the new krakow mode which is like the what do you call it battle royale mode okay kind of like for tonight and they had the biggest gamers in the world their plane and so that was really like the headliner of the conference we actually got to interview the second biggest streamer on Twitch I know it was amazing that's that's where it was incredible that's awesome and you were just there by yourself like walking through all this stuff to do right yeah yeah so I was doing all the coverage so I got 10 or 11 interviews with partners while I was there and then I was you know they're looking for guests for the show and then I was covering everything for social media so I was I was busy I was working I was getting up at 6:00 to like edit everything and then I'd go to the convention singer film everything then I'd send it back when I got home and it was crazy Oh forgot about the party Oh party Friday night all right you okay let's why we play with overt interviews I want to hear that part here because that's half the thing about these it was amazing all right so what interview do we wanna play first let's go Shroud he's yeah he's the second biggest streamer on Twitch behind ninja which if you haven't heard of either of those guys you've been living under a rock the last you're not here with Digital Trends at twitchcon 2018 I'm here with shoud the team captain of the winning team at the Doritos Bowl talk us through your strategy throughout the heats and what you guys had to do to adapt to get the W well for the heat the second I found out the format I pretty much played like that format in regular home practice so I knew that we were playing against the online public so okay I'm gonna figure out the rotations figure out where the most people are and it paid off we had so any frags who during the competition was your biggest competition who had your number the entire definitely courage they were oh my god like we had really good first and second heat and we were doing really really good and then all of a sudden we looked at the points right Wow courage is really really close this is getting close I did not expect that so yeah they they definitely turned up what are you gonna do with your proportion I'm gonna say what I said my last one which was a new watch last question we got a no lunch trout's favorite flavor um Doritos sweet chili heat or spicy chili spicy sweet chili that's the one it's like the purple bag right yeah yeah any candidates black bag oh that's why that's why I said sweet chili it's sweet chili eat there how many bags do you think you can crush in a week I do when I open one of those bags like the big ones they're gone in that day it is gone I go through it real fast so I could I could probably I probably do 10 10 big bags huge ones party size okay the question right now Riley can you do more than ten bags three dozen a week Oh easily okay I can do today consistently I used to be a fat kid so I swim down a little bit yeah so you could train you could train yourself up to do this Oh easily like when I was playing video games when I was in middle school I was definitely crushing at least a bag of Cool Ranch Doritos a day okay well there we go it has been set well that's so that's awesome so that was shroud talking about $100,000 in prize money yes hundred thousand not split four ways though so there's four people on the team but yeah seriously yeah it's a real tough job yeah but it was a really fun and the crab is crazy yeah oh I can imagine yeah just going nuts for their favorite sauce I mean it is you know and for anybody who is just catching up on some of that stuff you know it's it's like a live sporting right oh yeah exactly that kind of atmosphere oh ya know people whenever there's a big play or a big kill I guess is the better phrase people are standing up cheering like yeah like hands of certain players oh yeah people were chanting like ninjas name like it's like it was an eye-opening experience like I've never seen anything like that other than at real sporting events yeah and so just seeing how big eSports has become is really insane to like witness it grow yeah and where it's I mean just how far along it is right now and just where it's gonna be in the next couple hours yeah where it's that right now well you got another interview I'm gonna you have lots of interviews that will be having of course a Digital Trends calm but why don't we talk about what your next one is here that you want to play yeah so the next one was my favorite one so it's slightly musical he's a twitch streamer that does magic and plays music and behind-the-scenes Bradley's been talking about this for I've been super like a few days before he even went he was excited about the magic are you a magic fan Oh big time okay oh I imagine ah my roommate actually my roommate roommate's your favorite magician oh he like gets like super drunk and tries to do magic tricks and it's like the funniest thing to watch ever like he does this one where he tried to make a car disappear and like half the time he drops that because he's so hammered it's like drunk history but druckmann exactly but he's actually pretty good when he's sober okay but more entertaining when he's drunk okay clearly he needs a twitch stream yeah big-time all right well I'm assuming this guy wasn't drunk I don't know so who is this that we're gonna hear from yeah so slightly musical flight's felt like sleight of hand gotcha play on words yeah and he does a variety of things but mainly magic and music on a stood stream okay all right let's hear it let's hear from slightly musical sorry say that again okay before you put it back I wants to memorize this moment in time right where you're holding on to your car haha the deck looks just like this okay right back the deck so have you ever traveled back in time no I have experienced it for the first time today and to to prove that we actually were traveling in time I need to change the current condition of the cards and normally you would do that by just changing the order of the cards yeah buddy the orders may mix facedown you don't actually know what's being mixed I went mix these cards on face up in your face down okay so so this way you know 100% that this is definitely not the order what a condition that we started you want to get in a little closer on this makes you look see what he's doing there it's in the cards I don't see right we do that card that face-up cards are face down going pretty much throughout the pack get some cards that are face up some cards that are back to back face to face it's just big mess cuz I really can you hold out your hand to me like this wait like this yeah perfect nervous all right well it cuts a card the approach wasn't your card right it was not all right I want you to hold onto three parts for me just like this okay we're gonna travel one minute back in time that's 60 seconds 50 40 30 20 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 did you do anything change I do not well if this has worked we should have gone back 1 min ago all the cards what the ladies are all facing the same way dan does this look familiar this yeah so if you gone all the way back in time we should have come back to the exact moment where you picked hard so did you see anything where he was no I had no idea was no idea how to forget what he did I will say at the end when like I found out it was leisa spades my card I originally picked I had like the chills down my spine and my side started hurting like I like felt like I had like a spell cast on me like it was the most like uncomfortable feeling like right after that we did a couple more questions and I was just like super uneasy for a couple minutes and like I don't I mean it's all all me obviously I could write it was the most insane trick there's another trick that we did that's in the full interview that's just equally is like mind-blowing alright and the full interview is gonna be up at Digital Trends calm yeah so that that interview as well as the 10 other interviews we did are gonna be live either today or the next couple days shroud is already live and then we have another streamer NL who's already live now I do want to know what was on his back like is that one of the packs that you were talking about no that's actually his violin oh he's got a violin that he walks yeah so the way he got famous on Twitch well part of the reason got famous on Twitch is what he would do is he'd do classical covers of like pop songs and like movie scores and so like one of his famous ones which I have seen that actually yeah one of his like his most famous ones is a country country roads yeah that's a big one in like he actually performed at twitchcon they had a stage outside of the fort night hall and they had different twitch musicians play which was really cool that's really amazing well thanks you don't forget now they're getting all that coverage to you because there's there's so much to hit at that kind of thing yeah it's probably impossible to see all of it yeah what's what's one other thing that you took away from it that you can you can tell everybody the the biggest takeaway like just like broad thinking is like twitch is mainstream yeah it's it's mainstream they talked about in the keynote that they have around five million people on at any given time and with those ratings they would be like top three on TV for like networker exam which is yeah unreal and then the fact that the community is so dedicated and loyal I think that it's just gonna it's gonna explode even more I think what everybody should do right now is follow digital trends under fish that's that's very important to do right now as you're watching and I do see that we've got some people watching on twitch right yeah so well Riley thank you yes we're you guys and you can check out all of that digital trend stat come and take a look at Riley has I do want to say this we've got a giveaway still coming up $100 Amazon gift card that will be given away and we'll we'll tell you how to I'll tell you what's gonna happen we're gonna show a code on the screen and then you're gonna email me the tenth email or and then you'll win it so that's coming up here in just a little bit but we're gonna take another quick break and play a couple of videos for you and then we'll be joined back here with comedian Michael anoche who's gonna be talking about touring and he just ran a half marathon and yeah so we're gonna cover some of that stuff but drop in your questions if you have some specific for him and won't be it right back here in a couple of minutes with more DT dailyback here with DT daily thank somebody for joining in and again I want to emphasize we are live on YouTube periscope Facebook and Twitter which is what we are talking about right now because twitchcon just happened this last weekend we're joined now by mr. Riley Wynn hello Riley hi so in case anybody doesn't know some of the social media here might be maybe you yeah I do I do pretty much all of it okay if it's inappropriate or immature it's usually me so so that is who you can comment on I know somebody had a comment earlier today from for all right who is win yeah yeah for the fortnight yeah just to let that person know I don't play for tonight I was just at the hall at twitchcon okay and it was nuts it was absolutely and I can only imagine that that's just insane yeah and that's what I want to talk about so for twitchcon for anybody doesn't know maybe just give a brief explainer of what it is but then talk about the other yeah of course so twitch is a live streaming platform for people to put content on and what twitchcon is it's where they gather all their partners so those are the people that essentially make money off their twitch right and then their affiliates and then they let the community come and they have everyone and anyone there it's it's insane and then all the brands and companies that work with twitch or you know advertise with twitch they're all there and so the entire thing everyone's live-streaming everyone has these everybody's walking around with a foot everyone's got selfie sticks they've got these little like cameras on their shoulder that have like like a car battery in the backpack that keeps it running for damn hire time and it's just absolutely insane like you just go around and like you don't know if people are talking to you yeah like I felt crazy just people are just talking I'm like what and they're like no I'm talking about twitch chat dude I'm like oh okay sorry I'm sorry yeah no it was great there's really the thing I thought was the funniest is I've never seen so much neon hair in my life like I'm wondering so how many people attend twitchcon I don't know the exact number that there was so there was 6000 partners so those are the best just the partners Wow yeah so if you include the community I bet it's got to be twenty thirty thousand and so you walk around this and this took place it would San Jose yep San Jose at the Convention Center San Jose I think event enter we're looking at some images here right now yes it does just look insane it was nutty so at twitchcon you know there's the live events there's people I think he said everybody's streaming yeah but then the actual events themselves they have different stars yeah so the really the highlight there was two highlights of the weekend there was the fortnight skirmish which was on well was going the whole weekend but I think it ended on Sunday morning and then Saturday night was the Doritos Bowl now the Doritos Bowl was black ops they have the new krakow mode which is like the what do you call it battle royale mode okay kind of like for tonight and they had the biggest gamers in the world their plane and so that was really like the headliner of the conference we actually got to interview the second biggest streamer on Twitch I know it was amazing that's that's where it was incredible that's awesome and you were just there by yourself like walking through all this stuff to do right yeah yeah so I was doing all the coverage so I got 10 or 11 interviews with partners while I was there and then I was you know they're looking for guests for the show and then I was covering everything for social media so I was I was busy I was working I was getting up at 6:00 to like edit everything and then I'd go to the convention singer film everything then I'd send it back when I got home and it was crazy Oh forgot about the party Oh party Friday night all right you okay let's why we play with overt interviews I want to hear that part here because that's half the thing about these it was amazing all right so what interview do we wanna play first let's go Shroud he's yeah he's the second biggest streamer on Twitch behind ninja which if you haven't heard of either of those guys you've been living under a rock the last you're not here with Digital Trends at twitchcon 2018 I'm here with shoud the team captain of the winning team at the Doritos Bowl talk us through your strategy throughout the heats and what you guys had to do to adapt to get the W well for the heat the second I found out the format I pretty much played like that format in regular home practice so I knew that we were playing against the online public so okay I'm gonna figure out the rotations figure out where the most people are and it paid off we had so any frags who during the competition was your biggest competition who had your number the entire definitely courage they were oh my god like we had really good first and second heat and we were doing really really good and then all of a sudden we looked at the points right Wow courage is really really close this is getting close I did not expect that so yeah they they definitely turned up what are you gonna do with your proportion I'm gonna say what I said my last one which was a new watch last question we got a no lunch trout's favorite flavor um Doritos sweet chili heat or spicy chili spicy sweet chili that's the one it's like the purple bag right yeah yeah any candidates black bag oh that's why that's why I said sweet chili it's sweet chili eat there how many bags do you think you can crush in a week I do when I open one of those bags like the big ones they're gone in that day it is gone I go through it real fast so I could I could probably I probably do 10 10 big bags huge ones party size okay the question right now Riley can you do more than ten bags three dozen a week Oh easily okay I can do today consistently I used to be a fat kid so I swim down a little bit yeah so you could train you could train yourself up to do this Oh easily like when I was playing video games when I was in middle school I was definitely crushing at least a bag of Cool Ranch Doritos a day okay well there we go it has been set well that's so that's awesome so that was shroud talking about $100,000 in prize money yes hundred thousand not split four ways though so there's four people on the team but yeah seriously yeah it's a real tough job yeah but it was a really fun and the crab is crazy yeah oh I can imagine yeah just going nuts for their favorite sauce I mean it is you know and for anybody who is just catching up on some of that stuff you know it's it's like a live sporting right oh yeah exactly that kind of atmosphere oh ya know people whenever there's a big play or a big kill I guess is the better phrase people are standing up cheering like yeah like hands of certain players oh yeah people were chanting like ninjas name like it's like it was an eye-opening experience like I've never seen anything like that other than at real sporting events yeah and so just seeing how big eSports has become is really insane to like witness it grow yeah and where it's I mean just how far along it is right now and just where it's gonna be in the next couple hours yeah where it's that right now well you got another interview I'm gonna you have lots of interviews that will be having of course a Digital Trends calm but why don't we talk about what your next one is here that you want to play yeah so the next one was my favorite one so it's slightly musical he's a twitch streamer that does magic and plays music and behind-the-scenes Bradley's been talking about this for I've been super like a few days before he even went he was excited about the magic are you a magic fan Oh big time okay oh I imagine ah my roommate actually my roommate roommate's your favorite magician oh he like gets like super drunk and tries to do magic tricks and it's like the funniest thing to watch ever like he does this one where he tried to make a car disappear and like half the time he drops that because he's so hammered it's like drunk history but druckmann exactly but he's actually pretty good when he's sober okay but more entertaining when he's drunk okay clearly he needs a twitch stream yeah big-time all right well I'm assuming this guy wasn't drunk I don't know so who is this that we're gonna hear from yeah so slightly musical flight's felt like sleight of hand gotcha play on words yeah and he does a variety of things but mainly magic and music on a stood stream okay all right let's hear it let's hear from slightly musical sorry say that again okay before you put it back I wants to memorize this moment in time right where you're holding on to your car haha the deck looks just like this okay right back the deck so have you ever traveled back in time no I have experienced it for the first time today and to to prove that we actually were traveling in time I need to change the current condition of the cards and normally you would do that by just changing the order of the cards yeah buddy the orders may mix facedown you don't actually know what's being mixed I went mix these cards on face up in your face down okay so so this way you know 100% that this is definitely not the order what a condition that we started you want to get in a little closer on this makes you look see what he's doing there it's in the cards I don't see right we do that card that face-up cards are face down going pretty much throughout the pack get some cards that are face up some cards that are back to back face to face it's just big mess cuz I really can you hold out your hand to me like this wait like this yeah perfect nervous all right well it cuts a card the approach wasn't your card right it was not all right I want you to hold onto three parts for me just like this okay we're gonna travel one minute back in time that's 60 seconds 50 40 30 20 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 did you do anything change I do not well if this has worked we should have gone back 1 min ago all the cards what the ladies are all facing the same way dan does this look familiar this yeah so if you gone all the way back in time we should have come back to the exact moment where you picked hard so did you see anything where he was no I had no idea was no idea how to forget what he did I will say at the end when like I found out it was leisa spades my card I originally picked I had like the chills down my spine and my side started hurting like I like felt like I had like a spell cast on me like it was the most like uncomfortable feeling like right after that we did a couple more questions and I was just like super uneasy for a couple minutes and like I don't I mean it's all all me obviously I could write it was the most insane trick there's another trick that we did that's in the full interview that's just equally is like mind-blowing alright and the full interview is gonna be up at Digital Trends calm yeah so that that interview as well as the 10 other interviews we did are gonna be live either today or the next couple days shroud is already live and then we have another streamer NL who's already live now I do want to know what was on his back like is that one of the packs that you were talking about no that's actually his violin oh he's got a violin that he walks yeah so the way he got famous on Twitch well part of the reason got famous on Twitch is what he would do is he'd do classical covers of like pop songs and like movie scores and so like one of his famous ones which I have seen that actually yeah one of his like his most famous ones is a country country roads yeah that's a big one in like he actually performed at twitchcon they had a stage outside of the fort night hall and they had different twitch musicians play which was really cool that's really amazing well thanks you don't forget now they're getting all that coverage to you because there's there's so much to hit at that kind of thing yeah it's probably impossible to see all of it yeah what's what's one other thing that you took away from it that you can you can tell everybody the the biggest takeaway like just like broad thinking is like twitch is mainstream yeah it's it's mainstream they talked about in the keynote that they have around five million people on at any given time and with those ratings they would be like top three on TV for like networker exam which is yeah unreal and then the fact that the community is so dedicated and loyal I think that it's just gonna it's gonna explode even more I think what everybody should do right now is follow digital trends under fish that's that's very important to do right now as you're watching and I do see that we've got some people watching on twitch right yeah so well Riley thank you yes we're you guys and you can check out all of that digital trend stat come and take a look at Riley has I do want to say this we've got a giveaway still coming up $100 Amazon gift card that will be given away and we'll we'll tell you how to I'll tell you what's gonna happen we're gonna show a code on the screen and then you're gonna email me the tenth email or and then you'll win it so that's coming up here in just a little bit but we're gonna take another quick break and play a couple of videos for you and then we'll be joined back here with comedian Michael anoche who's gonna be talking about touring and he just ran a half marathon and yeah so we're gonna cover some of that stuff but drop in your questions if you have some specific for him and won't be it right back here in a couple of minutes with more DT daily\n"