being nine club and the bottom being three heart in this example. this is the secret of the trick. the magician places the two cards face-up on the table. then he or she places the rest of the deck card by card (from the top to bottom of the deck) on the table and tells the audience to stop him from doing this whenever the audience wants. when stopped, the magician places the three club face-up on top of the pile on the table and then places the deck in hand on that pile. the secret is that the three heart (the bottom card of the deck in hand) meets 