explain this trick...

[OllieWinchester]

Quick version. Sat down the pub with some mates. One gets 9 coins, places them in a grid of 3x3 then turns away and walks off. Someone picks a coin by touching it, calls out to the bloke who comes back and indicates which coin was chosen. I saw him do it right 4 times, my mates have seen him do it many times over the weekend and no one knows how he is doing it. Anyone help?

[Major Fallout]

If I had to do the trick, I would have someone in on it watching and then tell me.

[DrTre]

was there always the same person in the group too?

[redtwin]

Moisture from finger (from holding pint glass etc) leaves a mark on coin?.

[DrTre]

http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-do-the-hustler...

[Mojooo]

that was crap!

[OllieWinchester]

same people in the group but i'm 100% convinced no one is colluding with him, people aren't necessarily touching the coin, he definately cant see the coins. Haven't checked the link yet, maybe that explains it?

[Save Ferris]

OllieWinchester said:

same people in the group but i'm 100% convinced no one is colluding with him, people aren't necessarily touching the coin, he definately cant see the coins. Haven't checked the link yet, maybe that explains it?

You need to watch it, all is explained!

[Peter101]

OllieWinchester said:

same people in the group but i'm 100% convinced no one is colluding with him, people aren't necessarily touching the coin, he definately cant see the coins. Haven't checked the link yet, maybe that explains it?

Thats quite an old trick. Someone else in the group is in on it.

[elanfan]

I used to do this in a large group of friends years ago but used a ring of around 10 coins. I used to hover my forefinger over the coins in a mystical sort of way and my mate used to sniff or clear his throat or other pre planned signal. It was amazing how gullible everyone else was.

You do know that 'gullible' isn't in the dictionary don't you?

[Hedders]

elanfan said:

You do know that 'gullible' isn't in the dictionary don't you?

My phsychic advisor tried to pull that one on me. He must think i am some kind of simpleton!

[OllieWinchester]

Is there any other explanation? I'm pretty sure there was no one indicating which one it was because every time i saw it if would stride over and pick the right coin immediately, no hovering over or any indecision, and we tried moving the coins about.

[HOGEPH]

Is one of your mates him?

[j44esd]

Me and my mate used to do this when we were about 18, I think you will find that the person who is in on it (And there will be one) will be placing his pint at a certain position relative to his beermat - that's how we used to do it! e.g.

Coins like this:

XXX
XXX
XXX

Beer represented below by a 0, beer mat by B

BBB
B0B
BBB

Means it is the middle coin,

BB0
BBB
BBB

Means it is the top right one,

BBB
BB0
BBB

Middle row, right hand side, and so on...

[BERGS2]

j44esd said:

Me and my mate used to do this when we were about 18, I think you will find that the person who is in on it (And there will be one) will be placing his pint at a certain position relative to his beermat - that's how we used to do it! e.g.

Coins like this:

XXX
XXX
XXX

Beer represented below by a 0, beer mat by B

BBB
B0B
BBB

Means it is the middle coin,

BB0
BBB
BBB

Means it is the top right one,

BBB
BB0
BBB

Middle row, right hand side, and so on...

subtly done, can fox even the most observant....