When does it start <| sep |> Thanks for the response . I guess I should have anticipated this prior to performing the trick for them and perhaps practiced one of my tricks that allowed free shuffling and some basic sleight of hand like a variation on the 4 aces . You make a really good point which I hadn ' t considered before The suspension of disbelief . I ' m sure some of the individuals who I performed the trick to definitely wanted to have more control over the procedure but also wanted to be fooled and impressed so they allowed themselves to be led by me into the trick . Thanks again for responding <| sep |> Because a lot of people picked him over AD lol <| sep |> I feel like this keeps happening often around here .