Yes, Charles Gauci is already back on Grey Matters Videos! This time, he's performing a memorization feat of a shuffled deck of cards. Not only is the memorization of the first part of the deck impressive, but so is the finish!
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Yes, Charles Gauci is already back on Grey Matters Videos! This time, he's performing a memorization feat of a shuffled deck of cards. Not only is the memorization of the first part of the deck impressive, but so is the finish!
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Charles Gauci
Published on Monday, July 07, 2008 in magic, memory, playing cards
Yes, Charles Gauci is already back on Grey Matters Videos! This time, he's performing a memorization feat of a shuffled deck of cards. Not only is the memorization of the first part of the deck impressive, but so is the finish!
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In this video, UK memory expert Susan Percy teaches you how to quickly memorize the order of a shuffled deck of cards. At the video link, you can also scroll down and go over the steps in more detail, as well.
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Susan Percy
Published on Sunday, December 02, 2007 in memory, playing cards, technique, unusual feats
In this video, UK memory expert Susan Percy teaches you how to quickly memorize the order of a shuffled deck of cards. At the video link, you can also scroll down and go over the steps in more detail, as well.
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The footage above is from the 2006 USA National Memory Championships, covered by HDNet (Originally in HD, which is why some titles are cut off). The above player shows all 6 parts of the coverage, which covers the 6 finalists of the championship.
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2006 USA World Memory Championships
Published on Thursday, May 10, 2007 in champions, memory, playing cards
The footage above is from the 2006 USA National Memory Championships, covered by HDNet (Originally in HD, which is why some titles are cut off). The above player shows all 6 parts of the coverage, which covers the 6 finalists of the championship.
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While 60 Minutes was covering Daniel Tammet, 20/20 focused on Scott Hagwood at the Memory Olympics. There's also a great segment in the interview about the kids from Samuel Gompers High School, in the South Bronx, who are being taught memory technique by their history teacher, Ramon Matthews, and are competing at the Memory Olympics.
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Scott Hagwood
Published on Thursday, March 29, 2007 in champions, child, documentaries, memory, playing cards
While 60 Minutes was covering Daniel Tammet, 20/20 focused on Scott Hagwood at the Memory Olympics. There's also a great segment in the interview about the kids from Samuel Gompers High School, in the South Bronx, who are being taught memory technique by their history teacher, Ramon Matthews, and are competing at the Memory Olympics.
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Other than the Knight's Tour videos I've featured here and here, chess hasn't made much of an appearance on this blog.
Derren Brown, who has been featured once or twice before here, helps to remedy the situation. In the above video, he challenges 9 champion chess players simultaneously, and actually wins most of the games! He also predicts (mostly) the number of pieces that will be left on the board, too. Stick through to the end, and he'll actually explain part of the feat, as well.
In another Derren Brown video, he performs some amazing feats of memory with playing cards, as well. Be warned that there is some brief profanity in this video, however.
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Derren Brown
Published on Sunday, December 31, 2006 in champions, Knight's Tour, magic, memory, playing cards, technique, unusual feats
Other than the Knight's Tour videos I've featured here and here, chess hasn't made much of an appearance on this blog.
Derren Brown, who has been featured once or twice before here, helps to remedy the situation. In the above video, he challenges 9 champion chess players simultaneously, and actually wins most of the games! He also predicts (mostly) the number of pieces that will be left on the board, too. Stick through to the end, and he'll actually explain part of the feat, as well.
In another Derren Brown video, he performs some amazing feats of memory with playing cards, as well. Be warned that there is some brief profanity in this video, however.
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This clip from the Discovery Channel features Tatiana Cooley, Scott Hagwood and Rajan Mahadevan, all of whom are top performers in the USA Memory Champoionships.
This clip is interesting, as it doesn't just focus on the memory feats themselves, but the methods behind the feats, as well.
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Tatiana Cooley, Scott Hagwood & Rajan Mahadevan
Published on Sunday, December 17, 2006 in champions, memory, playing cards
This clip from the Discovery Channel features Tatiana Cooley, Scott Hagwood and Rajan Mahadevan, all of whom are top performers in the USA Memory Champoionships.
This clip is interesting, as it doesn't just focus on the memory feats themselves, but the methods behind the feats, as well.
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Back in 2003, the BBC featured a series of documentaries titled The Human Mind. In the first episode, Get Smart, they featured memory champion Andi Bell memorizing 10 decks of cards in 20 minutes, to the point where he can recall where each card is in each deck!
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Andi Bell
Published on Wednesday, December 13, 2006 in champions, memory, playing cards
Back in 2003, the BBC featured a series of documentaries titled The Human Mind. In the first episode, Get Smart, they featured memory champion Andi Bell memorizing 10 decks of cards in 20 minutes, to the point where he can recall where each card is in each deck!
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So, did the title grab your attention? It's the title of this BBC video documentary, which is available free, courtesy of the BBC and Google Video. The video is 47 minutes and 46 seconds long, making it the longest video ever posted on Grey Matters Videos, so you may want to set aside some time to watch it.
The documentary concerns the MIT Blackjack team, and how they came together and eventually were able to win millions from Las Vegas casinos. There is also some great background on the history of card counting, including a talk with Edward Thorp, who is regarded as the father of card counting.
It can be a little too dramatic at times, but it's definitely worth watching in its entirety.
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Making Millions The Easy Way
Published on Sunday, December 10, 2006 in documentaries, math, memory, playing cards
So, did the title grab your attention? It's the title of this BBC video documentary, which is available free, courtesy of the BBC and Google Video. The video is 47 minutes and 46 seconds long, making it the longest video ever posted on Grey Matters Videos, so you may want to set aside some time to watch it.
The documentary concerns the MIT Blackjack team, and how they came together and eventually were able to win millions from Las Vegas casinos. There is also some great background on the history of card counting, including a talk with Edward Thorp, who is regarded as the father of card counting.
It can be a little too dramatic at times, but it's definitely worth watching in its entirety.
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In the above video, Derren Brown demonstrates his photographic memory in a library. First, he recalls a particular selected word from the Oxford English dictionary, and then memorizes a randomly selected book to the point where he can recall the first sentence from each page.
He also demonstrates his amazing memory in another video, this time using it to win at blackjack. This blackjack footage was also mentioned in an earlier entry in RealPlayer format.
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Derren Brown
Published on Thursday, October 12, 2006 in magic, memory, playing cards, unusual feats
In the above video, Derren Brown demonstrates his photographic memory in a library. First, he recalls a particular selected word from the Oxford English dictionary, and then memorizes a randomly selected book to the point where he can recall the first sentence from each page.
He also demonstrates his amazing memory in another video, this time using it to win at blackjack. This blackjack footage was also mentioned in an earlier entry in RealPlayer format.
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From Alain Nu's recent TV special, “The Mysterious World of Alain Nu”, we are able to see a rare double memory feat. In this clip, Alain not only memorizes the twists and turns of the famed Lambard St. in San Francisco to the point where he can drive it blindfolded, but he also recalls the order of a deck of cards at the same time!
Update (7/10/06): As you can tell by the addition of the above video, the Alain Nu clip is now also available on YouTube.
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Alain Nu
Published on Sunday, May 14, 2006 in memory, playing cards, unusual feats
From Alain Nu's recent TV special, “The Mysterious World of Alain Nu”, we are able to see a rare double memory feat. In this clip, Alain not only memorizes the twists and turns of the famed Lambard St. in San Francisco to the point where he can drive it blindfolded, but he also recalls the order of a deck of cards at the same time!
Update (7/10/06): As you can tell by the addition of the above video, the Alain Nu clip is now also available on YouTube.
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Performer Jim Karol, who goes by the nickname MindWiz, performs magic of the mind. Besides the mental magic he performs in his promotional video, there are some amazing memory feats. He knows every word in the Scrabble Dictionary, the capital of every nation, all the US zipcodes, and can name the day of the week for any date in history! There are also some brief clips of him on the Ellen show, recalling the order of a shuffled deck of cards.
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Jim Karol
Published on Friday, May 12, 2006 in calendar, memory, playing cards, unusual feats
Performer Jim Karol, who goes by the nickname MindWiz, performs magic of the mind. Besides the mental magic he performs in his promotional video, there are some amazing memory feats. He knows every word in the Scrabble Dictionary, the capital of every nation, all the US zipcodes, and can name the day of the week for any date in history! There are also some brief clips of him on the Ellen show, recalling the order of a shuffled deck of cards.
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Fellow math and magic fan Persi Diaconis combines his interests in this lecture. He performs a simple magic effect in which a deck of cards is cut, and then 5 people each take a card. He is then able to identify them without looking at their faces.
Unlike the previous entry, there isn't a full explanation of the routine available. Between the overhead projections in the video and the related Minnesota Daily article, you may be able to gather a few clues about it, however.
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Persi Diaconis
Published on Thursday, May 11, 2006 in magic, math, playing cards, unusual feats
Fellow math and magic fan Persi Diaconis combines his interests in this lecture. He performs a simple magic effect in which a deck of cards is cut, and then 5 people each take a card. He is then able to identify them without looking at their faces.
Unlike the previous entry, there isn't a full explanation of the routine available. Between the overhead projections in the video and the related Minnesota Daily article, you may be able to gather a few clues about it, however.
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Derren Brown
Published on Thursday, May 11, 2006 in memory, playing cards
Derren Brown, for those who haven't kept up with British TV, is a performer from Britain who specializes in mentalism (magic of the mind).
In this clip, in the form of a downloaded RealPlayer file, Derren demonstrates his card-counting skills at the Monte Carlo blackjack tables. While he does describe a legitimate card memory system that he purports to be using, I must say that I am very suspicious of his explanation, as the nature of true card counting is quite different than he claims.
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