The second deal is simultaneously the most useless technique in all of card cheating and the most useful technique in all of card cheating. While the word “most” the this thesis statement is a slight exaggeration, the sentiment holds true. Why? It all comes down to information.

This video has literally been years in the making, and it’s taken me the most time to create compared to any video on my channel so far. I studied neurobiology at the University of Pennsylvania. This routine is adapted from a talk I gave alongside Barbara Schildkrout, MD, and Kathy Niu, MD, at the 2021 Annual American Neuropsychiatric Association (ANPA) Conference. I’ve covered far more topics (in slightly less technical detail) in this version. 

Doing this with magic was an interesting challenge, because most theoretical magic tricks that an audience member could (or might) suggest just wouldn’t be possible.