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No way the 55 bet works


All that subliminal stuff makes sense but it wouldn't have that effect on him. He would've instinctively picked the first player he saw


Doesn't write the number down? Yeah because i would trust Glenn ?

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But they changed the chandeliers in his hotel that read "55"! 

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And they got a bunch of people to pretend they were Local 55 union members on strike!

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in glenn's mind this was all on the up and up.


so why would he need to put any thought into picking a random player? its not like its skilled based or he has to trick them somehow all he has to do is pick a number so why put thought into it

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Well, they stole this trick from something Derren Brown did on his Tricks of the Mind special.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyQjr1YL0zg

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in glenn's mind this was all on the up and up.
Ha!  Not necessarily!
so why would he need to put any thought into picking a random player? its not like its skilled based or he has to trick them somehow all he has to do is pick a number so why put thought into it
This is an experienced gambler who had to be enticed into the final bet. Will Smith's character had to alter the bet and say that the woman would "guess" the number...and before that the degenerate gambler even said, "No, I don't like it!"...despite the fact he had 100 to 1 odds in his favor.
All that subliminal stuff makes sense but it wouldn't have that effect on him. He would've instinctively picked the first player he saw
I think it's fairly well implied that Will Smith's team is well researched on their victim's betting tactics when it comes to high value wagers. 


On November 6, 2012 god blessed America...again. 

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