# How the hell does this work? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 17, 2000, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-does-this-work/22727 "2000-06-17T22:28:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![spluurtaf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@spluurtaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spluurtaf)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2000, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-does-this-work/22727/1 "2000-06-17T22:28:13Z")
Go to [http://funkypages.com/cards/](http://funkypages.com/cards/) Choose one of the doors. Then follow their instructions, you will pick a card and click on the button and the card you picked will be gone. I tried this in random patterns. Such as picking a certain position, or color…etc… They haven’t failed once, how does this trick work? ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2000, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-does-this-work/22727/2 "2000-06-17T22:31:46Z")
_All_ of the cards are different (though similar), and there’s one less after the “trick.” ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2000, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-does-this-work/22727/3 "2000-06-17T22:37:08Z")
This was discussed here:[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=13862](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=13862) It is a trick; the second set of cards is totally different than the first. No matter what card you chose, it will be missing from the second set. ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2000, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-does-this-work/22727/4 "2000-06-17T22:38:15Z")
Damn, not only was I not first (I’m never first); I screwed up the link. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Honesty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f04885/32.png) [@Honesty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honesty)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2000, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-does-this-work/22727/5 "2000-06-17T22:38:35Z")
I just tried this website myself. Interesting. I wonder how they do it, perhaps it _is_ magic. 😉 Regards, B. Williams ---
**Author:** ![CreaseMunky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f475e1/32.png) [@CreaseMunky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CreaseMunky)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2000, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-does-this-work/22727/6 "2000-06-17T22:40:37Z")
It’s easy– **none** of the cards on the first screen are on the second. Take door 2. Your primary choices are 9 spades, 7 diamonds, 8 clubs, 7 spades, 8 diamonds, and 9 hearts. Choose your card (say 7 spades). Click to the next screen… lo and behold, not only is the 7 spades not there, neither are 9 spades, 7 diamonds, 8 clubs, etc. Instead, there are cards that look similar to the original choices (7 clubs, 9 diamonds, 8 spades, etc.) but were, in fact, not on the list of original choices. Pretty sneaky, huh? ---
**Author:** ![JBurton99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ea5d25/32.png) [@JBurton99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBurton99)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2000, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-does-this-work/22727/7 "2000-06-18T00:46:01Z")
Wow, i’m glad i’m not the only that was stumped on this damn card game. Actually had me getting mad at it for picking the right card each time before i calmed down and realized what was happening. 😃