Gambling Expose

In this gambling exposé, Juan Tamariz & Pepe Carroll demonstrate cheating using a unique form of Spanish playing cards — Los Tahúres.

In this gambling exposé, Juan Tamariz and Pepe Carroll demonstrate uses of marked cards in card games.

As part of a gambling exposé, Juan Tamariz and Pepe Carroll demonstrate techniques for controlling playing cards.

The saying goes, "Put your faith in providence but always cut the cards." In this extended gambling expoé, Juan Tamariz & Pepe Carroll discuss methods for nullifying the cut in a card game.

A gambling exposé with Juan Tamariz and Pepe Carroll demonstrating techniques for secretly switching in one pack of cards for another. 

Sitting in the Saloon of the Luna De Verano set, Juan Tamariz and Pepe Carroll demonstrate a variety of methods for cheating at poker. 

"Old Man River" is a story of gamblers and cheaters on a Mississipi river boat illustrated with a deck of cards. René Lavand is an Argentinian magician who lost his right arm at an early age in an accident.

Juan Tamariz, Fernando Keops and Kevin Ray sit together to discuss different methods for cheating at cards including marked cards, false dealing and hand-mucking (switching cards through palming.)

This documentary from 1999 was produced to explore the life and magic of Dai Vernon (David Frederick Wingfield Verner, 1894-1992), the most influential magician of the twentieth century—possibly of all time.

Directed by Daniel Zuckerbrot. Narrated by Patrick Watson.