Antonee Robinson is often referred to as 'Jedi' by his Fulham teammates... and for good reason.
The 25-year-old defender has established himself for club and country after impressing for Fulham last season. He has also become a regular with the United States national team, which is all well and good.
But back in July 2022, Robinson showed off one of his other talents.
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To pass the time on the club's pre-season tour, the defender played his 'Jedi mind trick' around the dinner table and earned a well-deserved standing ovation. How good is this?!
Unsurprisingly, the incredible card trick went viral after Fulham's official Twitter account posted the clip. One fan commented: "How has he done that?" while another said: "I can't get enough of this."
If you can't watch the video [I highly recommend you do so], then here's a transcript of what happened.
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"This is a normal deck of cards. There's nothing funny going on," Robinson began "Cut the cards in half for me. So, I'm gonna tell you a story about what happened to me. I was walking on the street and met these girls; these two redheads. I was speaking to them for one, two, three minutes, and their friends came over. It was two brunettes.
"I said, 'Hi, I'm Jedi. Nice to meet ya.' So what are you doing tonight? They said, 'Oh we're going to a party at 673 King Street. I asked much how much is it to get in? They said 25 quid. I said, 'how much?' They said 25 quid."
Robinson continues: "I'm walking down to meet them and someone rings me. I say, 'Hello Jedi speaking, who is it?' They asked what I was doing tonight, so I've said, 'I've gone up to a party with these girls at 700 and something King Street.' The girls knew that was wrong and said it was 673 King Street. My bad, it was 673 King Street. Do you know how much it was to get in? 25 quid. All I've got on me is ten pounds. The bouncer said, 'Don't lie to me.' I replied, 'Okay, I've 40 pounds but that's all I've got. Can you give me a good table at least.' They said yeah, no problem, Jedi. We'll sort you out."
The Fulham defender then asks one of the club's backroom staff to cut the cards again.
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"So, when we got there, we ended up going into the casino," Robinson says. "And everyone wanted me to cut cards and give them a good hand so that they'd win. So the first guy said, 'Can you give me a pair of fours and three eights. I said, 'Yeah that's fine.'
"The next guy said, 'I want to beat that. Can you give me four nines?' So I said, yeah, that's fine. My friend, who I walked in with, said, 'Can you give me an eight and four aces. I said, 'No problem. There's one, two, three and four.
"Everyone looked at me said, 'Jedi you're not going to beat that hand. 'And then I turn around and pull out the flush."
It turns out Robinson is a man of many talents. As well as impressing his teammates with card tricks every now and then, the USA international is a dab hand at playing the piano.
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In fact, Fulham posted a clip of 'Jedi' playing the song 'River Flows in You' during last season's Championship campaign.
Here he is in full flow.
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Featured Image Credit: Fulham/TwitterTopics: Fulham, Premier League
