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Simply, gather about 5 of the worlds best magicians, and have them play poker.
Rules are: anything goes - any trick/sleight of hand they can imagine is allowed.
What's that in your ear? Why, it's the ace I was looking for!...Damn, the rabbit ate my king...
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I'd play this, if only i knew some cool magic tricks. You get a bun. |
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This is completely insane, but it might work, especially since I've got 5 aces up my sleeve, seeing as that in another dimension there are 5 suits of cards, instead of 4. |
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nothing original about cheating [marked–for–deletion] |
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To escape the dreaded [m-f-d], propose not merely cheating at poker, but televising it. The audience is watching in an attempt to catch the players cheating. |
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This is no worse than the 7,000 other flaky poker shows now engulfing most of cable television. No better either, tho. - |
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This brought to mind the Harlem Globetrotters, they were so good no regular basketball team could beat them. So they became a show in themselves. Magicians would add the pizazz and humor an ordinary game of cards lacks, and I think should be televised.+ |
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Of course, you've got to cut the deck with a saw. |
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Po, I realise there is nothing new about cheating, it's just that magicians make their living by it and so would be better (I'm assuming), I haven't accounted for thieves, car salesmen etc... |
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Dress them as cowboys. Give them guns. |
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Po, how could you? I'm shocked. |
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<obligatory>"Nothing in that sleeve...nothing in" (poke) "that one...Now--" (poke) "Hey! Now if you'll just h--" (poke) "--old this for a m-moment--" (poke) "Stopit!--I'll" (poke) "F--in' 'ell..."</obligatory> |
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Seriously, though, I imagine most magicians use decks with gimmicks built in--would this have security procedures to ensure normal cards, and would therefore test skills at true sleight-of-hand? |
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I thought this said Michigan Poker. |
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I like the idea. One of them is sitting there, secure in the knowledge he has four of a kind, let's say aces.
Another is called, and lays out his hand, to show a pair of aces and a pair of eights.
The first one looks at his hand, to find he now has only a pair of aces. |
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[Etymon]--I'm sure the deck would start perfectly normal, but I imagine at least one if not all of the magicians will swap it for their own ASAP. |
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"Are you accusing me of cheating?"
"Of course I am."
"Well, if you'll just pay attention to my lovely assistant over here, away from me..." *POOF* |
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[5th Earth], that gets funny, when one magician is trying to manipulate another's trick deck. |
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Could this be MFD'd for Magic? |
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No, because nobody believes magicians are actually doing Magic. The fun is in trying to spot the sleight of hand, knowing it must be there. |
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//I imagine most magicians use decks with gimmicks built in// |
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There are plenty of such decks, but good card magicians can also achieve a lot with a normal deck. |
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You could add a twist by adding a round before the reveal. Each magician can auction his hand to the others - this could add in an extra element of bluff... "Did he fix his hand this round or not?" |
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