Jim Karol News & Updates

Jim Karol played in his second WSOP Ante Up For Africa event. Jim played against Ray Romano and Annie Duke most of the afternoon and ended up in 19th place. Other stars included Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Adam Sandler and some of the top pro's in poker.

Jim Karol is now under new management and is currently working on several BIG projects. Jim's new manager Alan Somers, from Pure Arts in Los Angeles, is also the manager for Weeman from Jackass.

Jim is about to announce a BIG, BIG surprize that will shock the magic community. Details coming soon...

Jim Karol's new book called "Supermind" will be rapping up soon and hopefully be out before Christmas. Supermind is the story of Jim's remarkable life going all the way back to his childhood. The book will also show you how to improve your memory and teach you other tricks of Jim's trade.

Jim Karol performed in Wisconsin on Saturday early morning and Detroit, just before noon. Karol then flew to Vermont for a 7pm show at Castleton College. Karol went without sleep for 36 hours while performing on stage at Castleton College. "This is definitely a personal record for me", Karol said afterwards.

Jim Karol concluded his tour of the midwest in Stevens Point, Wisconsin on Friday night. Jim said that the people there were AWESOME! His show took place upstairs at Skip's Bowling Center and helped raise money for local charities in Stevens Point.

Jim will be performing and playing golf once again at Alice Cooper's Celebrity Golf outing this May. Last time out, Alice gave Jim the award for the Worst Celebrity Golfer, an award that Jim will cherish for ever. The event benefits Alice Cooper's Solid Rock Foundation and is held every year in Scottsdale Arizona.

Jim Karol performed for thousands of people in Iowa this past week. He began the week at DMACC and ended up at Iowa State University for Veishea Weekend working once again for his good buddy Steve Satterlee. Jim really enjoyed the Iowa hospitality, and looks forward to returning soon.

Jim Karol's prediction for the final four ends up 100% correct. Jim predicted that the four "number one" seeds would advance to the final four for the first time ever. He made the prediction at the beginning of the tournament back on March 19th on WZZO in Allentown, PA. Jim also made the prediction on Coast to Coast in front of millions of people back in November.

Jim Karol performed last night for the Utica Chapter of the Red Cross Fire and Ice event. Over 300 people watched as Karol performed one of the most amazing memory feats EVER! He memorized the serial numbers of over 100 movie DVD's, with the numbers ranging from 25 to 40 digits long.

Jim Karol performed at the Scottish Rite Theatre in Allentown, PA last night. The show was a benefit for the Masonic Childrens Learning Center. Karol premiered his NEW effect which includes 100 different movie DVD's.

Jim Karol predicted that the final four in the NCAA tournament will consist of the 4 number one seeds on Allentown, PA's WZZO's Bearman and Keith morning show this morning. This has never happened in the history of the tournament.

Jackass Two is currently airing on Showtime. If you did not see Number Two, this is your opportunity to see Jim Karol make his appearance in the segment NOW known as "The Card Throwing Machine". Jim is introduced by Steve O and Bam as the world champion card thrower, when each time he throws a playing card at Weeman's ass, Weeman receives a SHOCK. Very funny bit!

Jim Karol played in his 7th celebrity charity poker tournament in the last 6 months. The event took place Super Bowl weekend and some of the top pro's in the game were in attendance as well as some A list celebrities, including Paris Hilton. Jim got knocked out of the tournament by his good buddy Dale Jensen, co-owner of the Arizona Diamondbacks and Phoenix Suns. The event benefited the Boomer Esaison Foundation.

Jim Karol was the host last night for the Super Bowl MVP Main Event in downtown Phoenix. The charity event benefited disadvantaged kids and honored the MVP for Super Bowl 2008, as well as previous other Super Bowl MVP's. Jim began the evening with his infamous "Star Trek" routine, then introduced the guest of honor and friend Ray Lewis, MVP of Super Bowl XXXV. Hines Ward then spoke and rapper "Common" ended the evening with a bang.

Jim Karol made another "live" appearance on the Coast to Coast show on Thanksgiving eve. During the show, Karol predicted that Clinton would be the next president and that Obama would be her vice president. Coast to Coast has million's of listeners each night and is hosted by George Noorey during the week and Art Bell on weekends. Karol also brought two good friends on the show (Angela Funovits and Mike Super) the winner and runner up of NBC's Phenomenon.

Jim Karol finally got his chance to perform at the world famous Playboy Mansion. Karol strolled the grounds performing feats of the mind during the Playboy Mansion's yearly Halloween Extravaganza.

Jim Karol made another guest appearance, this time on NBC's Today Show. Jim played some of his mind games on the hosts and guessed the card that Al Roker was thinking of. Jim then recited several digits of Pi and plugged NBC's Phenomenon, which was to air that evening. A clip of the show can be seen on the main page of Jim's web site.

Jim Karol performed his Bear Trap in conjunction with a mind reading routine with Rachel Hunter. The Tonight Shows Ross the Intern and Jim provided a very comical segment. The show featured three other mentalist's last night with Criss Angel and Uri Geller looking on as judges .

Jim Karol will appear on prime time live television tonight at 8pm eastern standard time. During the show, Jim will use either Carmen Electra or Rachel Hunter to perform a mind reading feat. The show features the world's 10 top mentalists performing feats of the mind with $250,000 going to the winner.

Jim Karol played some more mind games on the Howard Stern Show this morning. During the show, Jim successfully attempted to burn Howard's wrist with his mind by using only a piece of tin foil from Howard's sandwich. Afterwards, Jim had Howard read Robin's mind and once again everyone had a blast. This was Jim's 2nd appearance on Howard in the last 5 months.

Jim Karol played poker with some of the biggest names in movies, television and poker. Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Adam Sandler, Ray Romano, Johnny Chan, Robert Williamson III, Doyle Brunson and several other superstars helped raise over $ 500,000 for Ante Up For Africa. Karol finished in the money and donated most of his winnings to the charity.

Jim Karol was a huge hit at NY Cities Comic Strip Live last night. Karol promoted the show on Howard Stern and Breuer Unleashed on Tuesday. This was Jim's first appearance at Comic Strip.

Jim Karol made a guest appearance on the Howard Stern Show yesterday. During the show, Jim had Howard pick a card and tear it up, keeping one of the pieces. Jim then made the card REAPPEAR, totally restored, where NO MAN HAS GONE BEFORE. You MUST see this on Howard on Demand. YOU WILL NOT BELIEVE IT. Jim and Howard then had a blast with Jim's "Lie Detector Shock chair as seen in the Jackass Two movie.

Jackass Two is scheduled to be released on December 26th. Jim's appearance in the blockbuster hit can now be seen if you missed it in theatres.

Jim Karol had a big surprize when Gary Busey showed up at Arizona State and went on stage to introduce Jim. Jim and Gary have been friends since meeting in Las Vegas at the World Series of Poker back in July and wanted to reunite at Jim's ASU show.

Jim has officially become the spokes person and College Ambassador for Kaboom Infinite Energy. "Kaboom Energy juice not only works but also tastes great", said Jim.

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