while mitch didn't go to hogwarts, he did find a kind of diagon alley. he goes online to find new tricks and to shop for magic supplies. but the real trick to magic is practice, because each magical moment requires showmanship and expert dexterity called sleight of hand. >> i guess that was it, wasn't it? >> yes. [ laughs ] >> every day i spend about an hour practicing. i'll either practice in front of a mirror, or i'll practice in front of my computer with the webcam on and recording. take it, place it back into my pocket again, snap my fingers. it's underneath there. one more time. that way i can play back the tricks after i do the performance and watch it from the perspective of somebody watching the trick. >> like most magicians, mitch doesn't reveal how he does his tricks, though he did give away the secret to this one. you might say "the eye's quicker than the hand." >> as you take that card and show it, i go like this. >> okay. >> i get a glimpse of that card -- for example, the 8 of clubs. in magic, we call that glimpsing a card. >> like an athle