Marine Corps, where he completed a tour of duty before returning home with honors.  Though he left his home behind, he brought his talent with him! Smooth spent his downtime performing magic for his comrades and even went on to win a talent contest between all of the branches of the armed forces, re-legitimizing his dream of performing magic for a living. 

In 2014, the magician/Marine decided to take his act to the big stage and audition for America’s Got Talent. He decided to perform close-up magic tricks for the judges, interacting with them on an

intimate level, while simultaneously avoiding the need for expensive eye-catching props. The Ghetto Houdini decided to let the magic speak for itself.

In his AGT audition Smoothini, armed with only a salt shaker, a deck of cards, and two red foam balls wowed the judges with his vanishing act. As he’s talking to the judges,

Smoothini coughs an ENTIRE deck of cards up out of his mouth! As he continues to talk he holds out his hand and pulls the cards from thin air one by one as he drops them into his hat! He continues in this fashion with the red balls, putting one into Heidi Klum’s hand and leaving the other on his own.

The Marine says the Magic word and asks Heidi to open her hand. Voila! BOTH balls popped out! What he does in the end of this video is where he uses the real magic though!

Continue to the next page to see the trick that leaves judges in awe!

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