“…I WAS DEALT FOUR CARDS IN A GAME OF DRAW POKER BY A DRUNKEN DEALER, WHO HAD APPEARED IN A HAZE OF SMOKE, TWO GLASS EYES, A HUGE GREEN MUSTACHE, A HAIRY CHEST, SHE WAS A STRANGE GIRL, SHE ALSO HAD TATTOOED ON HER KNUCKLES, “LOVE & HAT“…SHE HAD A FINGER MISSING,… AS FOR THE CLOUD OF SMOKE, MAYBE THAT WAS JUST HER CIGAR ? HER PERFUME WAS UNMISTAKABLE…“CANAL NUMBER 5“, I SAID TO HER…”YOU HAVE LOVELY EYE’S, I PARTICULARLY LIKE THE BLUE ONE…” SHE SHUFFLED THE CARDS IN A VERY UNUSUAL WAY, SHE TURNED HALF OF THEM FACE UP AND HALF OF THEM FACE DOWN… SHE SMILED (WHICH IS DIFFICULT, WHEN YOU ONLY HAVE ONE TOOTH) AS SHE DEALT THE CARDS ONE HANDED AND, WITH A CURIOUS GLINT IN HER EYES, MAYBE IT WAS JUST LIGHT REFLECTING OFF THE HEAD OF THE BALD GUY BESIDE ME ?, IT WAS A SHAME BECAUSE HE HAD SPENT AGES DOING HIS HAIR AND THEN HAD LEFT IT AT HOME…” ***** A COMPLETELY RANDOMLY SHUFFLED PACK IS FURTHER MIXED BY TURNING HALF FACE UP AND HALF FACE DOWN, BOTH HALVES ARE SHUFFLED INTO EACH OTHER, YOU THEN DEAL OUT TWO POKER HANDS, YOU GET A FACE UP “FOUR OF A KIND”…THE PACK IS SHAKEN AND THE CARDS ARE THEN SHOWN TO HAVE ALL TURNED THE RIGHT WAY AROUND…THE PACK IS THEN SHUFFLED BY THE SPECTATOR WHO IS THEN IMMEDIATELY DEALT A PERFECT ROYAL FLUSH IN SPADES, FINALLY THE FIRST “FOUR OF A KIND” IS SHOWN TO HAVE DIFFERENT COLOURED BACKS IN CONTRAST TO THE REST OF THE PACK ! ***** “SHANGHAI POKER” IS A FANTASTIC, COMMERCIAL ROUTINE THAT IS “SELF WORKING”, IT LOOKS LIKE INCREDIBLE SKILL BUT IS SO, SO EASY !, ALONG WITH THE COMEDY PATTER, PLAYS FOR LAUGHS, NO ONE HAS TO “PICK A CARD…” ALSO, THE WHOLE THING RE-SETS IN UNDER TEN SECONDS ! COMPLETE WITH FULLY DETAILED ROUTINE, COMEDY PATTER AND ALL THE NECESSARY CARDS, ALL YOU NEED IS A REGULAR RED BICYCLE PACK. DON'T MISS IT, THIS IS A “REPUTATION MAKER” !