After Richard Turners show Matt Field interviewed Richard, asking about his journey through cheating and gambling.

It’s inspiring to know that Richard Turner has only ever really read two main titles on cards, Erdnase - The Expert At The Card Table, and Marlo’s Seconds, Centres and Bottoms.

With just this and an average of 17 hours practice a day for the last 40 years, Richard spoke about how he’s honed his skills with cards.

Although even when pushed, Richard wouldn’t talk about exactly how he performs his effects with cards. The only pointers he did give when asked was on his second deal, offering a wonderful insight into exactly how, and why seconds look good, or bad, before demonstrating his own.

Richard Turner trained under Dai Vernon for over 17 years, now, registered almost completely blind, Richard can only really see, as he describes “light and dark”, making his work even more amazing. Richard also learnt from Charlie Miller, whom he credits for a lot of the finishes on his second deals.

Richard when asked about what good a second deal did, replied that during the hour long show, he’d performed between 70-90 second deals to obtain the effects.

Richard also now assists the US Playing Card Company with the quality of their card stock, and helps the R&D of their playing card finishes, stock, and cutting methods.

Richard also spoke about his touring show “Hoodwinked” which is desscribed as a ‘first show of its kind’.  The show stars a cast of “con artists”, cheats and swindlers who expose the secrets of the streets in a wild night of schemes and scams. Throughout the show, volunteers from the audience are invited on-stage to participate and at times the entire audience is conned. The cast features four of the most renowned international con artists: Bob Arno, Banachek, Todd Robbins and of course Richard Turner. The show is currently touring the USA.