On 2007-10-27 16:46, photius wrote:
Juan fools a lot of people. He made a monkey out of me doing Ambitious Card. I was watching him like a hawk. Waiting for the DL's passes, etc. Never caught a single one. Blew me away. He laughed put the deck on the table and walked away laughing his head off. Finally upon examining the deck it was discovered it was a Svengali deck. (And I always swore no one could ever fool me with one of those). Juan is quite the entertainer and magician, and has a wicked sense of humor when it comes to duping magi.

On 2007-10-27 18:39, Dannydoyle wrote:
Wanna bet?

Did that monte routine really fool you?

On 2007-11-08 23:54, mackinley wrote:
Juan=absolutely amazing. I love this video, and as Nordatrax said, even if it didn't fool you, you can still learn a lot from it. Routine's don't have to fool you in order to teach you something.
Photius I love that little story about him using a Svengali deck, something so simple, yet you'd never suspect it.
Everyone can learn things from Juan, and one of the most important thing's that I've learned from him is that it's ok to use sneaky, underhanded, borderline sleazy techniques..if it entertains people. hahaha, not to say in anyway that Juan is sneaky, underhanded, or borderline sleazy. I cannot remember who said this, but someone told me that they were amazed at the lengths that Juan will go to to mess with one person's head. They told me some story of him having an entire room in on a trick or something...I wish I could remember it. A lot of magicians consider some techniques cheating(duplicate cards, stooges, etc), I say, heck, we're all already a community of cheaters, a little more cheat won't hurt anyone.

Juan absolutely KILLED me last summer at CAM with numerous tricks. One was an oil and water(yes, full deck...actually it was 4 full decks...yeah...they were borrowed), as well as with an inCREDIBLY simple routine with a gaff deck, so brilliantly designed so that he fooled the whole crowd WHILE he was explaining how the trick was done. Busted a deck switch on us while using teaching as misdirection. All of a sudden in the middle of explaining the trick he goes "and of course, you can let them inspect this deck" we're all like "wuhhh? I need to go to the bathroom"

This man is genius, pure genius. Everything about him is amazing. His sense of humour, skills with cards, and his entire personality make him one of the most memorable performers I could ever name.

On 2007-10-28 22:19, Mb217 wrote:
Well the Monte fooled the heck out of me.... The guy is very good and a real master of his craft. Exceptional, I'd say.

Does he teach the Monte effect? I'd like ot learn it. The last part with the 2 cards fooled me badly.