COIN GAMES




pdf, 14 pages, 2016
Available in English and in French.



An improvised technique for the HEADS or TAILS plot, or else, as it can be done with any flat object, like an index card or a piece of paper for instance with a different information on each side (that can be different than HEADS or TAILS, and allow a more captivating story than a binary game or a bet).

Effect (as perceived by the audience):
« Please take a coin, toss it, and watch secretly which side is up»...
« There is no way anybody here can know if you lie or tell the truth »...
«Now, if you want, you can turn the coin over. You can do it covertly, as many times as you want. »
When the spectator is satisfied, you ask only one innocent question, and you correctly guess which side is up at the end.
This effect can be repeated identically, with different questions to make it more non-backtrackable.

Remember: You ask only one question.

Can be done remotely, over the phone,...
100% hands off - 100% impromptu - Everything can be borrowed.
No switch, No gimmick, No accomplice, no D.R, etc. NOTHING! Just your intuition (-:

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EN FRANCAIS:


Effet (tel que perçu par l'audience):

« Prends une pièce»
« Quand j’aurai le dos tourné, tu vas jouer à Pile ou Face, pour laisser le hasard déterminer si tu vas mentir ou dire la vérité, sans que je le sache.»
...
« Maintenant, secoue bien la pièce dans tes mains, pour perdre tout contrôle, et regarde de quel coté elle retombe sans me montrer. »
Après ce « mélange » déconcertant, Il n'y a (véritablement) aucun moyen de savoir si la pièce est Pile ou Face, et si le spectateur ment ou dit la vérité!
Et pourtant, en posant une seule question, (anodine et justifiée) vous devinez de quel coté est retombée la pièce.


L'effet est improvisé et peut être répété différemment. Un exemple (autre que pile ou face) avec une carte de visite, est fourni.

Effet de base avec une carte de visite:


Donnez ou empruntez une carte de visite blanche, et demandez de dessiner un dessin différent de chaque coté.
Demandez à un spectateur de retourner plusieurs fois la carte sans regarder, puis de la poser sur la paume de sa main, et de la cacher avec l'autre.*
Avant de commencer, nous allons déterminer au hasard le rôle que vous allez jouer pour cette expérience. Pour cela, nous allons faire appel au hasard.”
«Pouvez-vous soulever légèrement votre main et regarder de quel coté est la carte?»
...
«Par exemple, si le dessin est ..., à partir de maintenant vous allez mentir.»
«Et si c'est l'autre, vous direz toujours la vérité»
Pour bien ancrer ceci et éviter toute tricherie, le dessin peut être signé.
«Cachez à présent la carte derrière votre dos, et «mélangez-la» en la retournant plusieurs fois, jusqu'à ce que ne plus savoir de quel coté elle est».
«Quand vous êtes satisfait, mettez vos mains devant vous et posez la carte de n'importe quel coté, sur le dos d'une main, et cachez-la avec l'autre main.»
«Je n'ai aucun moyen de savoir de quel coté est votre carte.»
«Je ne peux pas savoir non plus si vous êtes menteur ou honnête.»

«Par contre, je peux essayer de déceler des indices dans votre voix, votre regard, votre attitude, etc. Essayez donc de rester le plus imperturbable possible en répondant à la question que je vais vous poser»
« Soulevez légèrement votre main et regardez le dessin qui apparaît ».


Et avec une seule question, vous détectez de quel coté est la carte.

Peut être fait avec 2 spectateurs et 2 cartes de visites. 

Peut être fait à distance! Au téléphone, sans regarder.
100% sans toucher. 100% improvisé. Tout peut être emprunté.
Pas de manip, switch, pas de gimmick, pas de complice, pas de Double réalité, etc. Rien! Seulement votre "flair" (-:

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Deux spectateurs prennent chacun un papier et un stylo qui peuvent être de couleur différente, qui peuvent être empruntés.
Ils dessinent chacun un dessin différent, et déterminent secrètement lequel des deux va mentir, et lequel va dire la vérité.
Ils donnent ensuite leurs dessins et stylos à un autre spectateur qui mélange les deux cartes, en garde une dans sa poche, et donne l'autre à l'un des deux spectateurs qui le cache dans sa poche lui aussi.
Dans ces conditions de laboratoire, il est IMPOSSIBLE (véritablement) que vous sachiez qui a quel dessin, quel stylo a été utilisé par chacun, et qui est menteur ou honnête.
Et pourtant, en posant une seule question, anodine et justifiée, à un seul des trois spectateurs, vous dévoilez le dessin que chaque spectateur a dans sa poche.

Note:
 Il est possible de savoir qui ment ou qui dit la vérité, sans question supplémentaire....
 Ceci en utilisant un principe que j'ai déjà publié (en Anglais).

DEMONIAK
A 100% improvised and hands-off original routine with business cards

Diabolik:

Effect: Two spectators (one liar and one truth-teller) draw two different objects (or names, words, etc.) on a business card. They swap their cards and pens as much as they want (or they are shuffled by a third spectator), and hide them between their hands or in their pockets. It is IMPOSSIBLE (really) for you, to know which spectator has which drawing, which pen they used, who lies and who tells the truth, etc. You really know NOTHING!
And yet, with ONLY one question, innocent and justified, to only one spectator, you reveal the drawings they hide in their pockets, apparently just by listening to their (lovely!) voice.
Important: During this entire routine, you could have your back turned, or be over the phone. You do not need to see or touch anything.
Demoniak:
Effect: Two spectators draw two different objects (or names, words, etc.) on a business card, while your back is turned, and yet, without any question at all, you reveal which object they drew, apparently just by looking in their (lovely!) eyes.
Key points:
- No business card peek.
- Very easy to do. In 5 minutes you will learn both secrets, but presentation is key.
- 100% Improvised, Any time. 

- 100% Hands off
- Practical: No special restrictions (light, props, climate, temperature, noise, angles...), nothing to carry with you, No reset
- No gimmicks or electronics, usual props, e
verything can be borrowed
- Simple: No sleight, no memorisation, simple plot.
- Strong Impact (looks impossible, unbacktrackable)
- Fun for you and for the audience, entertaining, interesting, audience participation
- No risk of errors: The combination of Diabolik and Demoniak is 100% surefire in case something goes wrong
- Repeatable, Identically or differently.
- Universal: Adaptable presentation (any drawings, any words, any names, etc.), customizable (can be adapted to any occasion), can be done on stage (with larger sheets of paper instead of business cards), parlor, close-up.
- No stooges , No pre-show
- Organic. No nonsense process. Every detail is justified. Does NOT look like a puzzle.
- Diabolik and Demoniak can be combined in any order, or done separately.



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2013,Short version, pdf format, 20 pages 
2016, which hand V2 and DILEMMAS

"Man both routines are very very clever! I love them! Especially the heads and tails one!!! I definitely use them! Well done mate!" (ROMANOS, "GERTI/Silver swindle).


"I read carefully the pdf you sent me.Those ideas in the PDF are good ideas in deed! and they definitely workThey have been published before separately long time ago, so they have been in use already.but they are definitely great techniques ! Good stuff :) " (Nefesch,Mentalist)

"I really liked Coin Games." (Bob GIL, UK)

Effect:

Take your wallet and casually throw a 100$ bill (or 500$ , or just 1$...But the higher ,the better !) on the table.

« Who wants to earn 100$ at no risk ? »

This is a  good way to get a participant and an audience !

« I'll give you two opportunities to win 100$ ,by playing two different games.For each game, you will have 50% chance of winning. BUT you can play only once ,no more !».



1. HEADS OR TAILS 

« For the first one,I need a pen and a piece of paper ? »

(you can also pick up a beer mat or a business card )

Write TAILS for instance on the back without showing anybody, and place it face down on the table with the pen on top.

« Now...Have you got an invisible coin ? »

« Don't worry,I'll give it back to you ! »

« Please show everybody that it is a normal coin (- :. »

« This side is HEADS and that side is TAILS. »

« Please toss the coin. »
« Is it HEADS or TAILS ? »

In both cases ,ask them to write it down as a proof if you want.Whatever they will say, your prediction will be ALWAYS right.



2. WHICH HAND

« I give you another chance. This time with a real coin. »

At this stage, you can add more money on the table if you want !

Ask the participant to secretly hide the coin in one of his fists while you don't look.

« I am going to ask you to open one hand. Please open ONLY this one . »

To be fair , whatever the result is , you can even ask to open the other hand to prove everybody that they didn't cheat , and that the other hand is empty (or does not have an additional coin as well!).

Again you will ALWAYS win .

Take your bills and continue with other effects or leave your business card !


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CHEAT HAND

Have you ever played « Which hand » with somebody, and this guy hided the coin behind his back ! Here is a devious way to overcome this problem.



Effect:


This uses a completely new principle that will be very useful to you.

A spectator takes one of his coins and puts it in any hand behind his back. You won't look either. He can even hide it in one of his back pockets if he decides to be a heckler. You find out where is the coin (which hand or which pocket!).

If you just want to know in which hand the object is located, only one question needs to be asked, or no question at all.




2014, pdf, 7 pages

It looks like V(2) by Manos K. is using the same principle. Cheat hand was published 2 or 3 years earlier, in 2014.
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Which hand gag



pdf, 2018, 4 pages


Just a gag! But with all those which hand tricks, it's a change. It can be an opener or a closer to a more serious which hand routine, or in case somebody asks you to redo a which hand trick, or if a participant is giving you a hard time with methods that are not 100% safe.

Effect:

You ask a spectator to put a ball in any hand while your back is turned, and then, to put their hands on each side of your head, behind your back.
You will guess in which hand they hold the ball.
- No question asked
- You see nothing
- 100% hands off
- No accomplice



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pdf, 2016

SLIDER is another technique for the « Which hand » plot. The working was found to be the same as in one of the MINDFX's publications.

SLIDER
PROS:
- Easy to improvise
- Really leaves an impression of complete freedom
- No setup
- Can fool Magicians


CONS:
- May look like a logic puzzle as it uses a truth/liar concept.
- Like for all these kinds of tricks, there is always the risk that the participant makes a mistake (deliberately or not)

(In order to solve the CONS, you can use "FIFTY-FIFTY")



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JANUS V4(a.k.a "H.O T" or "The best Positive Negative?!" (-:  :              

"Killer methods for Heads or Tails "


2013, pdf, 50 pages

The spectator tosses an imaginary coin and the performer predicted the outcome: Heads or Tails.It is as simple as that.

Now here are more details:

The business card(or beer mat or piece of paper,etc.) is BORROWED and the performer writes HEADS or TAILS on the back,  nothing else.(You can also use your own business card and give it away at the end.).Then the spectator tosses the coin and decides whether the coin is heads or tails side up.He looks at the prediction himself .
- No funny business
- No equivoque.
- Works 100% of the time,(You can bet 1 million dollars on stage , or use it as a publicity stunt!)
- Impromptu ,no gimmicks , no electronics , Nothing to hide. Nothing hidden.You need nothing with you ,everything can be borrowed (even the invisible coin !) ,no preparation
- Really AAA
- Hands off. 
- Direct and practical,easy and FUN to perform.
- Everything is 100% examinable at the beginning ,and at the end.
- Suitable for close up, parlour or stage. (with a huge prediction if you want)
You will do this effect everyday of your life at any moment notice, because You need nothing with you ,and it is so much fun to perform.

It can be repeated using exactly the same process (but with a different imaginary coin,and a different outcome) .
JANUS V4 is clean and can't be back tracked. Play it impromptu and close up as well, or everytime you meet somebody .
Fools Magicians and laymen . 

The secret is only a couple of  pages but there are twenty pages of bonus material and ideas on how to repeat it.
- With two business cards (or beer mats or else) : Very easy. This is another new principle.Impromptu and hands off.It allows to repeat the effect any number of times or to involve any number of participants ...
- Three times ( this one is more difficult): It uses another new principle .
- N times : Play Heads or Tails with any number of participants (or many times with the same one) and always win at the end with lots of suspense !
- H.O.T divination: this one is purely mental and psychological ...
- Hot H.O.T : Needs some preparation but this one is hot ! It works in English and in French, maybe in other languages .

Bonus material:
- Subtleties:
The half coin principle
Different prediction
The unknown coin
The Double face coin gag
Other methods
What if
The Monte gag
- Other methods
« Twice as hot »
« Three times as hot »
« N times as hot » ( BINGO H.O.T )
H.O.T Divination
Hot H.O.T

Four-way out


Invisible Heads or Tails (Already published in "Business cards")
Cold H.O.T

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