picking a victim for a pickpocketing is crucial, once I got caught by the wrong person and had to rely on some fast thinging to get out of it (pretended I took it to do a trick and do a watch vannish and put it back on his wrist in the vannish) yet the sweetest pick I've done is I have a spec select and sign a card while I go on his other side my back turned, while the crowd gathered around the card sheilding me from view I tugged on the chain the guys wallet was atteched to, I took the wallet off, and asked to have the deck handed to me, I controlled their card did a mercury fold, and put it in his wallet, then I had them shuffle the cards in the same circle manner and slipped his wallet back, sounds impossible but these were huge pockets, the only time i ever tried something taht daring. I said I was going to make his card vannish, and they went throught the deck it was gone, then I asked for tips, the man readilly took out his wallet, after an amazing feat of magic where I barely touched the cards, opened his wallet and there folded in forths was his card, he swore so loud, now at this point noone else knwe the card was there yet, he took it out and showed them it was in his pocket where " I never went near" (his showing attracted more people,) and I recieved a $20 tip from him because he already had his wallet out and he was [edited] himself!

still can't believe I got away with it!