The Blackjack Room

by Zandman

With contributions from:
Greg Arce, Neil Tobin and Richard Osterlind

Impromptu. No Gimmicks. No Sleight of Hand. No Markings.

The Prediction

A prediction is sealed in an envelope and held by an audience member the entire presentation. No switches.

The Game

On stage: a table, 5 chairs and a deck of cards. 5 players (spectators) come up to play a hand of blackjack. Cards are shuffled by a random player and re-cased to avoid any tampering by the performer as he explains about blackjack. No false shuffles. No Sleights. One player deals a face-down card to each player followed by a face-up card.

The Kicker

All players are given the option to switch seats.

The Climax

The performer tells about a vision he had that morning of a person playing blackjack and receiving the same hand, over and over again from the dealer. He then names out loud that exact envisioned blackjack hand; total and card names and states that he also wrote down a description of this person in a sealed envelope that an audience member now holds.

For the first time, the players are instructed to look at their face-down card. One player has that exact hand.

The audience member holding the envelope, now opens it and reads it aloud only to reveal a detailed description of the player with the exact hand the performer had envisioned, earlier that morning!

Additional Effect: Back to the Future 2