{"id":3500,"date":"2026-04-25T16:50:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T16:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertandrews.org\/LIFE\/?p=3500"},"modified":"2026-04-25T18:16:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T18:16:22","slug":"five-card-finder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.org\/LIFE\/five-card-finder\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Card Finder"},"content":{"rendered":"

Five Card Finder<\/strong><\/h1>\n

RETURN TO CARD TRICK MENU<\/a><\/p>\n

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  1. Take any deck of cards and deal three piles of five cards each face down<\/li>\n
  2. Set aside all other cards.\u00a0 They will not be used any more.<\/li>\n
  3. Have The Mark pick any one of the piles, look at them all, and remember one card out of that pile<\/li>\n
  4. Shuffle those cards together, and place them\u00a0ON TOP of one of the other piles<\/li>\n
  5. Pick up the last 5 cards, and put that ON TOP of the pile of ten.<\/li>\n
  6. Pick up all the cards without shuffling and deal out five piles of three cards each FACE UP.<\/li>\n
  7. Ask The Mark which of the piles their card is in.<\/li>\n
  8. Take that pile into your hand and put two of the other piles on the back side of the Mark’s cards<\/li>\n
  9. HINT: <\/strong>You can pick up the pile, then put the other two in the back, and place the cards face down.\u00a0 Pick up the remaining 6 cards and shuffle them and place them on the top of the pile.\u00a0 This will put the marks cards, in the middle of 6 cards on each side.<\/span><\/li>\n
  10. Take that remaining two piles and shuffle them together.\u00a0 (Step 9)<\/li>\n
  11. Pick up the fifteen cards without shuffling<\/li>\n
  12. Deal the cards, face down, from left to right into two piles of ten each<\/li>\n
  13. Discard all cards in the left pile<\/li>\n
  14. Deal the cards, face down, from left to right into two piles<\/li>\n
  15. Discard all cards in the left pile<\/li>\n
  16. Deal the cards, face down, from left to right into two piles<\/li>\n
  17. Discard the two cards in the left pile<\/li>\n
  18. The remaining card is The Mark’s card<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n