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===== Gaffed Guessing Game ===== | ===== Gaffed Guessing Game ===== | ||
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The original trick used a rudimentary application of the principle embodied in the sliding display move associated today with the Two-Card Monte effect. The original effect was more of a gag. The performer would show both cards, place one on the table face up, and the other face down. After covering the face-up card with his hand, the performer would bet that the spectator couldn' | The original trick used a rudimentary application of the principle embodied in the sliding display move associated today with the Two-Card Monte effect. The original effect was more of a gag. The performer would show both cards, place one on the table face up, and the other face down. After covering the face-up card with his hand, the performer would bet that the spectator couldn' |