The Trick that Fooled Einstein

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Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Unknown The Number Discovery number of cards divined à la Einstein
 		1933 Page Wright's Notebook 2
Edward Victor A Match Divination divination of amount of selected matches
Related toVariations 1937 Magic of the Hands 114
Unknown A Matter of Debit and Credit "I have as many cards as you have, and enough....", magician twice divines correct number of cut off cards
Variations 1938 Greater Magic 157
Unknown A Baffling Card Stunt The Trick That Fooled Einstein with cards
 		1949 Tricks and Stunts With Playing Cards 18
Unknown The Estimated Cut Trick That Fooled Einstein
 		1956 Mathematics, Magic And Mystery 5
Ken De Courcy The Jackpot Matchbox divination of amount of selected matches
Inspired by 1971 At the Drop of a Match 30
Karl Fulves Change in Mind "as many pennies as you have, plus three more, plus enough left over...", trick that fooled Einstein with coins
Variations 1977 The Magic Book 83
Gene "Phantini" Grant Estimation "A Matter of Debit and Credit" with blank cards, Larry Becker's "Ghost Image" Deck
Inspired by 1981 Phantini's Incredible Mental Secrets Volume Two 40
Unknown Matching Matches No. 19, off-beat divination of selected amount of matches, "as many as you plus enough more to make X"
 		1981 Self-Working Table Magic 21
Barrie Richardson Alphabet Mentalism with scrabble letters, prediction, coincidence and mindreading
Also published here Nov. 1983 Pabular (Vol. 8 No. 2) 1177
Jon Racherbaumer Correct Change trick that fooled Einstein with coins
Inspired byVariations 1984 At The Table 60
Unknown No Guesswork No. 1, spectator cuts off some cards from a pile, prediction in the form of "the same as you and enough to make them twelve, ..." (The Trick That Fooled Einstein)
 		1995 Easy Magic 1
Roy Johnson Münzenlotto II Miraskill and Einstein routine with coins and two cups
Inspired by 1997 Intermagic (Vol. 21 No. 2) 80
Barrie Richardson Alphabet Mentalism scrabble pieces in clear change bag, Trick that Fooled Einstein, followed by letter divination (tossed-out deck principle)
Also published here 1999 Theater of the Mind 126
Barrie Richardson Little Jackpot Coins
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here
  • Club 71, Halloween 1997
 1999 Theater of the Mind 175
Barrie Richardson The Trick That Fooled Einstein with coins
Also published here
  • Club 71, Autumn 1989
 1999 Theater of the Mind 119
Ralph W. Hull, Roberto Giobbi Miraculous Coincidence magician twice divines correct number of cut off cards
Inspired by
  • "Still Simpler" (R. W. Hull, Sandu Writes Again, 1934, Paul Stadelman)
 2000 Card College — Volume 4 891
Karl Fulves, Walter B. Gibson Bet a Million No. 39, "as many cards as your number, plus enough...", bet presentation
 		2001 New Self-Working Card Tricks 57
Harry Lorayne Dig This "I have as many cards as you, plus...", Royal Flush kicker
 		2001 Personal Collection 45
Karl Fulves Apex Footnote connection to "I have as many cards as you..." and red black relationship principle, also with suits
 		2004 When Psychics Play Poker 43
Barrie Richardson But There's More! "The 'Coins and Currency Divination' Revisited"
spectators take coins and bills while the performer is not looking, performer divines who holds what
Inspired by
  • "Coins and Currency Divination" (Barrie Richardson, Club 71, Summer 1991)
  • "Dollars and (6th) Cents" (Stewart James, Linking Ring, Oct. 1971)
Related toAlso published here
  • Club 71, Millennium 2000
 2005 Act Two 93
Michael Weber Picking on Rainman Trick that Fooled Einstein presentation for toothpick routine, dated 1989
 		2008 Thirteen Steps Backwards for Mentalism 2
Nick Trost A Divination Routine divination of number, color and suit in cut-of packet
  • Phase One - As Many As You
  • Phase Two - Color Sense
  • Phase Three - Suit Discernment
Inspired by
  • "As Many As You" (Walter B. Gibson, Magic Explained, 1949)
 2009 Subtle Card Creations — Volume 2 351
Michael Weber, Tim Trono The Drink that Schooled Einstein predicting how much a spectator will drink, The Trick that Fooled Einstein
 		2015 The Session 2015 3
Michael Weber Bonus Effect version of "The Tricks that Fooled Einstein"/"Jackpot Coins" ("I have exactly as much as you, plus...")
 		2015 Making Things Right 12
Jim Steinmeyer Subversive Math
2020 Virtual Impuzzibilities 14