Mabey he is Jesus

anatta · #1 04-26-2005, 02:39 AM

So did you see Ferguson looking at a deck one card at a time and then knowing the last card. I tried it with A-5. Not really trying hard, no surprise, missed.

Does this take a photographic memory or one of those memory tricks? I think this would be a good drill. I am gonna start with 3 cards to build my confidence.

Gamblor · #2 04-26-2005, 03:16 AM

it's been posted here a few times.

he assigns a number to each card in the deck. 2 [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] = 1, 2 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] = 2, 2 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] = 3, 2 [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] = 4, 3 [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] = 5, 3 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] = 6 ... A [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] = 52.

the total is 1378. He practices recalling the number for each card at a glance, then counts them down as he deals them out.

At the end, he has a number between 1326 and 1377. subtract that number from 1378 and you have the missing card.

GrandmaStabone · #3 04-26-2005, 03:55 AM

mabey he is...

anatta · #4 04-26-2005, 06:50 PM

Thanks. I was 99% sure it was a trick. (.5% photographic memory, .5% he was Christ).

Phill S · #5 04-26-2005, 09:37 PM

[ QUOTE ]
Thanks. I was 99% sure it was a trick. (.5% photographic memory, .5% he was Christ).

[/ QUOTE ]

thats a big % when you think about it.

MrLob · #6 04-27-2005, 05:35 AM

At the risk of being blasted as a liar, I saw that same trick back on the first airing of the show and did it without knowing the "trick" on my fourth attempt. What I did was break the cards into four groups, keep track of which groups had filled up, and then tried to make an educated guess from memory out of the range of cards I knew the missing one was from. Fergusons way is a lot better.