Here's another very easy but very effective card trick from The Encyclopedia of Card Tricks.
Push
by Farelli
ANY pack of cards is shuffled by a spectator and returned to you. Then with the blunt end of a pencil you push out a packet of cards from the middle.
Invite a spectator to note the top card of the projecting portion by lifting a corner and noting the card index.
You glimpse the index of the bottom card of the top packet as you turn the cards edgewise to push the projecting packet back in flush with the pack.
Now by running through the pack and noting the card below this one you know what card the spectator looked at.
The trick is done and you can now Reveal the card in some stunning way and in as striking a manner as you can.
After you have glimpsed the card at the bottom of the "Pushed Out" portion and pushed the packet flush once again, you can allow the spectator to shuffle the pack if you wish.
There is little danger of the two cards being separated if you allow the spectator to make a short overhand shuffle. This actually strengthens the effect greatly, as the spectator has first shuffled the pack then looked at a randomly "Pushed Out" card, - the card is simply pushed back into the pack and then the spectator is allowed to shuffle the pack once again.
It does appear to be impossible for the magician to actually know the name of the spectator's card. Just use your imagination to really build up the way you reveal the name of the card.
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