The Poker Hand Bet
The Hustle:
Offer to show your friends a new kind of poker game. Explain that it is played with 10 cards: 3 tens, 3 Queens, 3 Kings and a Jack. Have someone shuffle the cards and spread them out on the table face down. You and a friend take turns picking a card for your hand. When all ten cards are chosen each of you turn your cards face up and the highest poker hand wins. You play this game a couple of times and you win some you lose some. But as soon as a bet is made, you win every time.
How it's done:
The first thing you need to do is make a mark on the back of the Jack so that you can identify it when the cards are spread out face down. A pencil dot or a scratch works well. Just so it's not obvious. The key to winning the poker hand is to not pick the marked card, the Jack. Because no matter what other cards are chosen, whoever picks the Jack will always lose. Make sure during the crucial betting hand that you pick first so that there is no chance of being stuck with the Jack.