# Shape Of My Heart-done in playing cards **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 30, 2013, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shape-of-my-heart-done-in-playing-cards/677491 "2013-12-30T16:48:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2013, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shape-of-my-heart-done-in-playing-cards/677491/1 "2013-12-30T16:48:57Z")
Shawn Farquhar ([who fooled Penn and Teller](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMkhC37HqvU)) performs a [card trick](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5frj2No_nc) in sync with Sting’s _Shape of My Heart._ ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2013, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shape-of-my-heart-done-in-playing-cards/677491/2 "2013-12-30T18:21:37Z")
Sorceror! ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2014, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shape-of-my-heart-done-in-playing-cards/677491/3 "2014-01-01T18:18:59Z")
That’s actually easy to do. All it takes is a couple of thousand hours of dedicated practice. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2014, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shape-of-my-heart-done-in-playing-cards/677491/4 "2014-01-01T18:38:14Z")
OK, I can see how he does some of those elements, and if it were just the 5h that keeps coming up, I wouldn’t be all that impressed… But then when he works in the aces, kings, and jack, too, well, that’s a lot to keep in order. Near as I can tell, he’s keeping track of an even dozen different cards through all of the false shuffles. It’s still not _complicated_, but it takes a lot of skill. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2014, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shape-of-my-heart-done-in-playing-cards/677491/5 "2014-01-01T23:25:26Z")
I’d like to see him do “Ace of Spades” or “the Jack.” If he did the latter, he could ask Fran or whoever to pee in a cup or take a culture for the twist. Tada! [You have gonorrhea](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T.N.T._%28album%29#Songs). ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shape-of-my-heart-done-in-playing-cards/677491/6 "2014-01-02T01:05:21Z")
Close up magic tricks are just fucking awesome. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shape-of-my-heart-done-in-playing-cards/677491/7 "2014-01-02T03:13:30Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > That’s actually easy to do. All it takes is a couple of thousand hours of dedicated practice. 🙂 > [@Chefguy](#): > > Close up magic tricks are just fucking awesome. Absolutely - this is both wonderful entertainment and a testament to skill. (And the guy fooled Penn when Penn was **holding the deck**!) ---
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shape-of-my-heart-done-in-playing-cards/677491/8 "2014-01-03T04:18:08Z")
I don’t know if I should thank you or hate you for sharing this. I’ve watched it so many times that now I have a mindworm. Dang, I love his pleased and happy face when he does it perfectly. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shape-of-my-heart-done-in-playing-cards/677491/9 "2014-01-03T05:01:18Z")
How did he make the bent card come to the top? I don’t care about the rest. I only want to know this before…well, before I die. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shape-of-my-heart-done-in-playing-cards/677491/10 "2014-01-03T05:14:40Z")
OK, I watched him fool Penn and Teller as well. What is a “neck switch” as Penn states during the explanation? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shape-of-my-heart-done-in-playing-cards/677491/11 "2014-01-03T05:22:12Z")
Deck switch. Substituting another deck for the original. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shape-of-my-heart-done-in-playing-cards/677491/12 "2014-01-03T14:53:52Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > Deck switch. Substituting another deck for the original. :smack: Thanks!