Magic Tricks

You follow the rules on the coin AND follow Paul’s rules as he explains them. He clearly says, pointing to the coin, “these are the rules, AND I WON’T CHANGE THE RULES!!! He then demonstrates, without clarity the participant and the magician are alternating turns. His trick won’t work IF you Roll, move to the left the number of cards according to the dice.

If the participant says I do everything, rolls a 2, the participant would then start on his left, magicians right and move the token, two cards and land on a black card. Same if the participant calls a 1 on the roll of the die. Paul explained on a roll of a one, rather than moving the coin one card to the left, you move the card to the Ace, which I acknowledge is a domination of 1 in games like 21. However, in every other instance he’s moving the coin the number of cards the participant calls out, ie: a four, he moves the coin four spaces from the left not to to the card with a four on it. He tells you to do the same thing if the participant calls a 6. Rather than move the coin six cards from the left, which means the trick fails every time, he tells you NOW RATHER THAN MOVE the coin 6 cards, the participant is supposed to have to guess where the number 6 card is located. Again he changes the rules mid game, which he clearly states he won’t do.

If one follows the rules on the coin, ie: roll the die, and moves the coin the number of cards to the left as indicated by the die, the magician loses more often than not.