Hand the spectator a packet of nine different playing cards. Ask the spectator to mix the cards and look at them and then choose one in his or her mind. Ask the spectator to mix up the cards some more.
Deal the cards into three face up piles - always left to right. The figure displays the correct order.
Ask the spectator which pile his or her card is in. As you stack the cards to deal them again, stack the 3-card pile that contains the spectator's card between the other two piles. As an example, if the spectator's card is in the left pile, place the left pile between the other two, with the center pile at the bottom, and the right pile on the top (or vice versa).
Deal the cards again into three face-up piles in the same left to right order. Have the spectator identify his or her card and again place the pile containing the card between the other two piles as you stack them.
Deal the cards again into three face-up piles - in the same left to right order. The spectator's card will be the middle card in the middle pile. Or, instead of dealing the cards again, you can simply count the stack of cards-the spectator's card will be the fifth card from the top.
From here, you can simply pick out the card and show it to the spectator. Or you can glance at the card and then "read" your spectator's mind and reveal the card that they selected.
If you want to work with more cards, you may use a stack of 21 cards. The trick works in the exact same manner-at the end of the third deal, the spectator’s card will be the middle card in the middle stack, or the 11th card from the top of the deck.
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