People usually do not use the Jokers found in a deck of playing cards for a card game.  The Jokers are usually discarded and are known to be of little or no value.  On the other hand there are some card games where the Jokers are wild and can stand for any card.  In this case the Jokers are regarded as high value cards.

The performer says he collects the Jokers from the playing cards of different casinos.  Each casino has its own design deck and its own unique presentation of the Jokers.

He brings out 10 different Jokers from 10 different casinos.  They are shown fronts and backs.

He hands a spectator a poker chip and tells her to keep it in her hand for safe keeping.

The spectator then freely selects any one of these 10 Jokers.  The card is turned over to reveal that the selected Joker comes from, say, the Dunes Casino.

The spectator opens her hand and the poker chip she holds also comes from the Dunes Casino.  She also notes that the value of the poker chip is $25.

The performer suggests they play a game with the Jokers to see who can win the $25 poker chip.  The cards are mixed up and the spectator deals 2 hands, one for the performer and one for herself.

She turns over her hand of 5 cards and the performer proclaims that she has five of a kind.  This is laughable because in poker, there is no such thing as five of a kind.  Moreover, all the cards are Jokers.

The performer turns over his hand and he has the royal flush in Spades: his Jokers have turned into the Ace, King, Queen and Jack of Spades!  So the performer gets to keep the poker chip.  When the spectators look at the poker chip again, it is now a $25,000 poker chip, not the $25 poker chip, and this now belongs to the performer!

This is a 3 phase routine: the prediction of the selected casino chip, the magical transformation of the performer’s Jokers into a royal flush in Spades, and the magical transformation of the $25 chip to $25,000 chip.

You receive everything in a nice hard case, including a small wallet to carry the cards.  You are given a link to a 49 minutes video tutorial, where both Peter and Harry Nardi teach their own presentations of this effect.

The props are attractive and it is a 3-phase routine.  You need a little audience management but it is all done at the offheat period.  This trick blends well with a casino or gambling theme.  (Rated 5/5 stars)