John Born announces the upcoming release of his latest book Cheating At Texas Hold’em: A modern guide to deception and illicit play at the card table.  550 pages.  Over 1,300 photos.  Forward by Simon Lovell.  More to come at www.CheatingAtTexasHoldem.com


John Born is featured on MSNBC’s "The Rachel Maddow Show" to demonstrate secret CIA techniques from the 1950’s. Click below to view.
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John is featured in L’Illusionniste, France’s premier magic magazine, following a recent European lecture tour.


New York, N.Y. — John B. Born wins first place in one of the most prestigious annual international competitions for close-up magic in the world… the International Brotherhood of Magicians Gold Cups competition, which was held this year in Miami, Florida June 27th-July 1st. This competition is held annually by the International Brotherhood of Magicians — the largest organization for professional and amateur magicians in the world with nearly 13,000 members in over 73 countries (www.magician.org).

The competition took place over a two day period. The first day all competing acts (from over 20 from different parts of the world) performed three shows. That evening the top six acts were selected, and the next day the six acts chosen performed four shows in what is known as the Gold Cups Finals. At the final theater show of the convention, John B. Born was awarded the first place award.

This is not John's only competition achievement this year. In February John won first place at the close-up magic competition at the Magi-Fest in Columbus, Ohio — the largest convention in the Mid-West (approximately 1,000 magicians attend).
View the video here. Panasonic utilized John Born’s magic and contact juggling in a live feed to show off Panasonic’s new 3D camcorder prototype at the Sabre Awards at Cipriani.

John Born is featured guest on "The New Yorker’s" Show to wow Jim Chladek and talk about his latest book.

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John is featured for a week as a performer and speaker at the Magic Castle in Hollywood.

In late April, John released his second book, Meant To Be… Principles and Techniques for the Sophisticated Magical Artist. This book exemplifies John's eight stage creation process through the analysis of what magicians consider to be the holy grail of card magic: the Any Card at Any Number plot. Not only does John detail his approach to creativity, but also details his award-winning solutions as well as the solutions of some of the greatest minds in the magic community. An instant best seller for 2006, this release will soon be sold out. Click here to read more about Meant To Be... John is currently on a lecture tour across the country. Check the schedule to see if he is coming through your area…