I know how he did it, yes it watched it twice, but I find it fascinating how simple it really is yet how the way he does it makes it so much better. If you are wondering: He has two red chips, there is pretty much always one in each hand, you may notice that it is always the red chip that changes hand. Go watch it again but with that information and you will realise that it makes total sense.
@@mikeserds2333 They thought the chips were gimmicked, as that is the standard way to do this kind of trick. One design on one side, another design on the other. Just flip a chip or two and they've seemingly swapped places
When he used a different color chip? He basically has one extra red chip in the left hand. He “transfered” the same color each time and hoped no one noticed. I don’t understand how penn and teller missed it. It’s quite simple.
I’m here cause I just found out you actually fooled them. I remember watching this the first time. When I first read up on Bo Bo I lacked the confidence to do coin routines with extra coins and I couldn’t afford gimmicks, so I learned a few of David Roth’s routines with only 4 coins. I didn’t know about flapper coins at that time and had to use your own routine here to learn the timing to do it myself. I actually did a version of this throwing the coin over my back into thin air and dropping it down my jacket or shirt pocket, tbh it looks more natural that way..anyway I wanted you to know it’s great to see some of those book methods come to life and you were a inspiration to me, glad to find out you did fool them!
Its not the trick itself thats amazing, but the pure skill of handling them. Even knowing and following when or where the moves or stores or switches should be, it is so clean and seamless that the skill of it is as close to true magic as a person can get. Truly amazing and i can see why from the code he would thing they busted him, but im happy he got called back once they realized they had actually been fooled
Without question Simon, the Best version of 3 Fly I've seen & I've been playing with magic since 77. Wish this routine was available for purchase, to learn. Would love to add this version to my new show I'm working on. WELL done sir!
Im gonna be honest, this trick i believe is great in front of an audience, or live tv. But with something like this, idk its just when u can go back and expect whats gonna happen its quite obvious. I remember watching this on tv and i LOVED it!
Pause the video at 3:15 he has already made the switch, it's all about movement he switches them when your attention is drawn to the detail he wants you to look for. Pause and rewind and you'll see all changes! Even so very very intelligent man with very good slight of hand skills 💯👌🏻
This is a basic trick with an interesting twist. The real trick isn't in the trick itself, it's in how you never notice him keep swapping the red chip back to his right hand to repeat it.
Great trick, I was so happy for him when he got his trophy. Just noticed at 1:24 there is a second red chip in his right hand, but I am still amazed at how easy he makes it look
Yup it was all just a second red chip. Think the final disappearance was a drop into a pocket on his side or behind his back. Can’t believe they thought the chips were gimmicked or different color on the backs
Yes, that's the only flash I noticed. I still fail to understand what kind of gimmick P&T were thinking he was using. For me, it seemed obvious that this was just very well executed sleight of hand and continously being one step ahead of the viewer.
Go back and watch it again. It’s all basically that’s there’s 2 red chips. The last swap hurts it’s so obvious when you rewind. 10/10 my friend for misdirection. It’s brilliant
Just seeing this after watching his money trick which was fantastic. I love this honest magic and when people accuse me of cheating with a card trick… I just own it. “Yes that’s the point! But did you see it?” With this I just wish the chips were the same colour so I could compare the experience
Man, this trick was so easy to see through... with the speed turned down to 1/4th of the normal speed and by repeating it a few times. Yep, I'm a genius alright.
lol, it didn't seem like it was really meant to fool Penn and Teller and alot of people could probably guess what he was doing but the performance was phenomenal. Beautiful misdirection
why does he ONLY make the red chip 'disappear and reappear'? and also, in case anyone has missed that episode, on an April Fools Us special show, Penn and Teller DID award him the "FU Trophy" :D
The fact that the trick is so clean that it is impossible to see anything even in video but you could've made it even _cleaner_ by not using chips and using maybe coins annoys me more than it should ;) A big hug! Really nice trick!
People pointing out "There's more than 3 chips!" is like saying, "Aha! I bet that guy didn't REALLY saw that woman in half!" Nobody thinks he's literally a wizard. The real magic is in how he makes it look THIS good without gimmicked chips.
Obviously no one should answer this, but...Penn says that's it's not just a version of 3 Fly (to which Simon nods), but 'the best' version of 3 Fly. Since Penn later admitted that they hadn't gotten it and that Simon was in fact a Fooler, does that mean he didn't do the best version of 3 Fly after all? X3
its typically because its easier to control one coin, i wont give away the secret to the trick, but what's so fantastic about it is because its not coins, its chips, its supposed to be infinitely harder to control all three properly, make the green one disappear then reappear then blue etc, but he just does this because it LOOKS harder, but he's still only controlling one coin ideally, if that makes sense? bahaha im not the best at explaining magic
@@bmbl.b the misdirection really all comes down to that one red chip. it’s a simple trick, but sometimes the simplest of tricks are the best; they don’t need to be super elaborate and complicated to be effective. Teller, unarguably one of the best sleight of hand magicians alive, was fooled by a man and a bunch of oreo cookies. in another episode P & T were fooled by a guy with 3 walnut husks and a cork pea. not diminishing the skill that any of these tricks required to pull off, but sometimes simplicity is just such a beautiful thing, isn’t it :)
For me the illusion broke immediately when I noticed that its the red chip that switches hands and then I just knew he had two red chips, one in both hands
Jonathan Ho the trick you hide a fourth coin in the palm of one of your hands the whole time and if you have 3 different colors it's easier to fool a crowd then all the same color or same money coin
very cool to use your body movement to break my brain. i was good on the second and third but when your hand went under your elbow... my poor human brain followed. how cool
Not a polymath. But you will get there. Some day. Sooner than most. Your delivery is impeccable. Your presence is outstanding. And you fooled Penn and Teller so hard, that it took them a moment to realize that they had been fooled. Glad you are bringing back the polymath. But you really need to understand the humility it takes to truly acquire the title. You will get there.
jeff so brilliant. Right there with cups and balls. The design is just wild. Anyone even a smidgen of knowledge can appreciate the design of this is stellar.
Congratulations to all who figured out the secret! Wow you people are truly brilliant there are indeed 4 chips :p You should appreciate the level of skill he has & instead of bitching about seeing a second chip between the gaps.. check out the slow-motion execution @ 2:37! Absolutely brilliant!
Oh okay, well he didn't really fool me because the red chip was the one that traveled across and then he would just simply replace with the other two colors. So it immediately made me suspect he had two red chips
Boo to all of you who decided to take the time to figure it out and comment about it. You have all essentially taken away the purpose of magic. Magic used to be an art form where the magician visually entertains the audience, but now it seems like some kind of competition for the spectators to try and figure it out and brag about it.
You really can't expect society to remain ignorant forever. The game has simply evolved. Impress us with the dedication and skill rather than relying us to be too stupid to understand. That's what P&T is all about.
I love that he does it 4 times and the crowd only notices 3! So clean! Great sleight of hand
I would say this was his mistake. He did it while the audience was distracted and it went unnoticed. In another performance he did it well.
@@LouigiVerona He may have pushed it to the off-beat, because it does make the trick stronger.
Oh wow!
And the way he says 'If I had done it a third time you would have caught it' and they didn't.
I wondered about that, but there was a camera change at that time, he may have blatantly taken the coin in front of the audience.
@@mrlugh Rewatch it, even with the camera change, it shows all 3 chips in his lefthand and then the one appears in his right
In the latest episode "Penn & Teller: April Fool US", This guy finally got his trophy having fooled Penn & Teller. Congratulations !
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I know how he did it, yes it watched it twice, but I find it fascinating how simple it really is yet how the way he does it makes it so much better.
If you are wondering:
He has two red chips, there is pretty much always one in each hand, you may notice that it is always the red chip that changes hand. Go watch it again but with that information and you will realise that it makes total sense.
If we stop at 1:37 we can see one red chip on each hand ...
@@goncalodvd That whole thing is very clear to me, I dont understand what Pen and Teller thought it was?
@@mikeserds2333 They thought the chips were gimmicked, as that is the standard way to do this kind of trick. One design on one side, another design on the other. Just flip a chip or two and they've seemingly swapped places
The crowd missed it! The reversal of the third chip back to his right hand from the left. That was slick. 😎
The editing of the episode made it hard to see for the viewers as well, but I caught it rewound it, and then played it back in slow motion. Very cool
2:38 is my absolute favourite moment of this trick.
When he used a different color chip? He basically has one extra red chip in the left hand. He “transfered” the same color each time and hoped no one noticed. I don’t understand how penn and teller missed it. It’s quite simple.
@@MichaelWacher chances are.. you were more deeply fooled than you realize. 😉
@@MichaelWacherthey fooled penn and teller so probably fooled a “genius” like yourself
@@MichaelWacher 4:52
I’m here cause I just found out you actually fooled them. I remember watching this the first time. When I first read up on Bo Bo I lacked the confidence to do coin routines with extra coins and I couldn’t afford gimmicks, so I learned a few of David Roth’s routines with only 4 coins. I didn’t know about flapper coins at that time and had to use your own routine here to learn the timing to do it myself. I actually did a version of this throwing the coin over my back into thin air and dropping it down my jacket or shirt pocket, tbh it looks more natural that way..anyway I wanted you to know it’s great to see some of those book methods come to life and you were a inspiration to me, glad to find out you did fool them!
Wow well done Simon.
Back after they gave you the trophy! Congrats!
He chose me to examine the poker chips at magic live. I was blown away then, and am blown away now
I'll never get tired of watching this, bravo...
BEST ACT EVER!! Pulling psychological tomfoolery on the audience, complete misdirection, is TOP-TIER magic, good sir!! I salute you!!! 🎩🐇👍🏼
Simon is the best!
#magicbros
Phil clearly is an expert here.
Its not the trick itself thats amazing, but the pure skill of handling them. Even knowing and following when or where the moves or stores or switches should be, it is so clean and seamless that the skill of it is as close to true magic as a person can get.
Truly amazing and i can see why from the code he would thing they busted him, but im happy he got called back once they realized they had actually been fooled
This guy was so underrated. He actually FOOLED Penn and Teller, and he didn't know that he did it! P&T Gave him the trophy this year.
I’m glad he performed it even though hes not the creator of this routine. The timing and execution was just perfect.
@@g0t2 Could you give me a Name for the routine or the creator? In Bobo's or Tarbell perhaps?
TenderMan I did my research. It was Darly's routine with extra attention to the color of the chips
Penn's remark about color made me think he didn't fool them. The problem with speaking in code, you easily red it wrong.
@@ezion67 red is a color read is what you do when you look at words or interpret situations lol sorry but yeah I’m an ass I am that guy.
Without question Simon, the Best version of 3 Fly I've seen & I've been playing with magic since 77. Wish this routine was available for purchase, to learn. Would love to add this version to my new show I'm working on. WELL done sir!
I think it is available
re-watched a bunch of times, such a great trick!
Best version of Free Fry I've ever seen
Three Fly
@Dave Lee lol wtf free fry hahahahah it's "Three Fly"... you hungry mate?
sasawedx ironically Chris Kenner did releas an effect called "3 fry" many years ago...
Lol
Let the hunger games begin
So. Damn. Clean.
Stellar presentation!
This guy's personality is awesome as well.
Im gonna be honest, this trick i believe is great in front of an audience, or live tv. But with something like this, idk its just when u can go back and expect whats gonna happen its quite obvious. I remember watching this on tv and i LOVED it!
Absolutely loved this!
They just had an April Fool's special, he actually did fool them. Awesome
Yes it is the best version.
You fooled me, that's for sure. And it looks like you fooled them too. And fooled them about fooling them. Cheers from Canyon Lake, Texas.
He since fooled them a second time. With a banknote/money trick. A world class magician.
So cool! Great job simon
Pause the video at 3:15 he has already made the switch, it's all about movement he switches them when your attention is drawn to the detail he wants you to look for. Pause and rewind and you'll see all changes! Even so very very intelligent man with very good slight of hand skills 💯👌🏻
Retrospective honour from Penn and Teller - suddenly increased in my respect for him!!
This is a basic trick with an interesting twist. The real trick isn't in the trick itself, it's in how you never notice him keep swapping the red chip back to his right hand to repeat it.
Great trick, I was so happy for him when he got his trophy.
Just noticed at 1:24 there is a second red chip in his right hand, but I am still amazed at how easy he makes it look
Yup it was all just a second red chip. Think the final disappearance was a drop into a pocket on his side or behind his back. Can’t believe they thought the chips were gimmicked or different color on the backs
Yes, that's the only flash I noticed. I still fail to understand what kind of gimmick P&T were thinking he was using. For me, it seemed obvious that this was just very well executed sleight of hand and continously being one step ahead of the viewer.
I would love to see that performance an other time for the first time!
That is a lovely performance. It's not about the trick. Penn and Teller were never going to be fooled. It's showing how easily we can be fooled.
THIS comment didn't age well. . .
@@DJKevvyKevCoolBreeze Huh, that's surprising. When I first saw your comment I didn't understand it, but then saw. I'm surprised they were fooled.
@@Ag8MrE He's very, Very good.
Great trick!
Cheers; appreciated!
SImon!!! so awesome
The way they coded it really makes it seem like they knew tbf
Go back and watch it again. It’s all basically that’s there’s 2 red chips. The last swap hurts it’s so obvious when you rewind.
10/10 my friend for misdirection. It’s brilliant
They called him back later and gave him the award :)
at 1:24 camera catches the fourth chip in right hand hidden behind.
Excellent slight of hand !
The fact that it is only the red coin gives it away so quickly...
Logan Harvey And so what? It's an excellent routine.
Damn it Simon, it's so cool. By the way, it's Nelson, THE NELSON. The story between two men. You are now official my number 1 idol.
Oh my god! The story between two men still should be told one day.
Just seeing this after watching his money trick which was fantastic. I love this honest magic and when people accuse me of cheating with a card trick… I just own it. “Yes that’s the point! But did you see it?”
With this I just wish the chips were the same colour so I could compare the experience
Very very good. Seriously impressed well done.
'Oh yeah, they know. They know.' Lol.
But they didn't after all.
02:39 - I feel sad for him that the public didn't catch this one, but it turn out to end very well (after one year)..
Simple thick but so well done! Great work!
Man, this trick was so easy to see through... with the speed turned down to 1/4th of the normal speed and by repeating it a few times. Yep, I'm a genius alright.
lol, it didn't seem like it was really meant to fool Penn and Teller and alot of people could probably guess what he was doing but the performance was phenomenal. Beautiful misdirection
This doesn't make you smart or cool or whatever. In fact, you're the dumb one, you don't know how to just enjoy the magic.
No one is really getting the joke, at least I enjoyed it thenonexistanthero
thenonexistinghero I mean except for all the slowing down and rewatching stuff same
ummm duh, what did you think it was real magic? Thank you for discovering america.
Very clean, well engineered sleight of hand
why does he ONLY make the red chip 'disappear and reappear'?
and also, in case anyone has missed that episode, on an April Fools Us special show, Penn and Teller DID award him the "FU Trophy" :D
SO COOL!!
Lol the guy at 3:20 "OH!"
I figured it out this dude is just very good at misdirection
i've been fool ....even the 4th time he doing it very well
Nice of P&T to give him the trophy after! That is so cool!
He surely has more than three chips in his hands, but he does is so clean and with great storytelling!
The fact that the trick is so clean that it is impossible to see anything even in video but you could've made it even _cleaner_ by not using chips and using maybe coins annoys me more than it should ;) A big hug! Really nice trick!
One extra red poker chip + slight of hand. Watched it once, surprised penn and teller didn't get this
Cool trick. Well done.
My gosh, the peaople actually missed that at 2:37? I'm so pissed. This man is classier than Pigcake
5:41 *beat drops*
Wow, that was one of the most magical tricks I've seen
Aussie Aussie Aussie ......... rules !!! 😂
People pointing out "There's more than 3 chips!" is like saying, "Aha! I bet that guy didn't REALLY saw that woman in half!" Nobody thinks he's literally a wizard. The real magic is in how he makes it look THIS good without gimmicked chips.
But he got revenge and fool them twice... Great !!! :-)
You need to clip the next video to the end of this, where they realize years later you did fool them
Amazing! The only thing I noticed is that you only made the red chip move from hand to hand. I still don't know what it means haha
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.
This is the act where they apologized for and you got the FU award afterwards, right?
That guy that yelled “Oh!” or “Whoa!” at 3:22 😂
Always the red chip that moves
He’s fantastic...and he’s Australian! Double bonus. 👍😵😵
Is the past tense of 'I can read through this' spelt 'I Red through it'?
Obviously no one should answer this, but...Penn says that's it's not just a version of 3 Fly (to which Simon nods), but 'the best' version of 3 Fly. Since Penn later admitted that they hadn't gotten it and that Simon was in fact a Fooler, does that mean he didn't do the best version of 3 Fly after all? X3
I dont know a lot about magic, but is there a reason its always the red coin that moves?
its typically because its easier to control one coin, i wont give away the secret to the trick, but what's so fantastic about it is because its not coins, its chips, its supposed to be infinitely harder to control all three properly, make the green one disappear then reappear then blue etc, but he just does this because it LOOKS harder, but he's still only controlling one coin ideally, if that makes sense? bahaha im not the best at explaining magic
@@bmbl.b the misdirection really all comes down to that one red chip. it’s a simple trick, but sometimes the simplest of tricks are the best; they don’t need to be super elaborate and complicated to be effective. Teller, unarguably one of the best sleight of hand magicians alive, was fooled by a man and a bunch of oreo cookies. in another episode P & T were fooled by a guy with 3 walnut husks and a cork pea. not diminishing the skill that any of these tricks required to pull off, but sometimes simplicity is just such a beautiful thing, isn’t it :)
interesting how it was only the red chip that moves magically
Very easy and strong trick...
For me the illusion broke immediately when I noticed that its the red chip that switches hands and then I just knew he had two red chips, one in both hands
01:23 there is one more red chips in his right hand. It can be seen in between his fingers.
2:38 Best Part
that was fucking phenomenal...
Second viewing I followed every move and know the secret. Don't want to spoil it but let's just say this trick should be called the fab 4
Why did you use the 3 colors? Makes it much easier to spot?
Jonathan Ho the trick you hide a fourth coin in the palm of one of your hands the whole time and if you have 3 different colors it's easier to fool a crowd then all the same color or same money coin
very cool to use your body movement to break my brain. i was good on the second and third but when your hand went under your elbow... my poor human brain followed. how cool
Not a polymath. But you will get there.
Some day.
Sooner than most.
Your delivery is impeccable.
Your presence is outstanding.
And you fooled Penn and Teller so hard, that it took them a moment to realize that they had been fooled.
Glad you are bringing back the polymath.
But you really need to understand the humility it takes to truly acquire the title.
You will get there.
The audience didn't catch how he had all the chips in his left hand making one go over to his right saying let's try this again
The red chip was the only extra chip in the Left Hand. Watch it again Ruben.
Wow 😱
1:24 let it slip. The 4th chip
He keeps on doing it with the red chip!!!
Master of misdirection
That was actually brilliant!
jeff so brilliant. Right there with cups and balls. The design is just wild. Anyone even a smidgen of knowledge can appreciate the design of this is stellar.
@2:49. Final chip for Realzies this time 😂
I saw the fourth chip at 1:26(?)
Ayy I saw it!
Did anyone else notice that it was always the red chip that did the trick? The blue and green chips never did anything special.
This is Berlin from Money Heist doing magic on stage.
Congratulations to all who figured out the secret! Wow you people are truly brilliant there are indeed 4 chips :p You should appreciate the level of skill he has & instead of bitching about seeing a second chip between the gaps.. check out the slow-motion execution @ 2:37! Absolutely brilliant!
NFSU1111 lol you don't need slow mo to see it.
I didn't say you need slow-mo to see it.. I'm saying he did the switch in slowmotion right under everybodys nose.
Oh okay, well he didn't really fool me because the red chip was the one that traveled across and then he would just simply replace with the other two colors. So it immediately made me suspect he had two red chips
Boo to all of you who decided to take the time to figure it out and comment about it. You have all essentially taken away the purpose of magic. Magic used to be an art form where the magician visually entertains the audience, but now it seems like some kind of competition for the spectators to try and figure it out and brag about it.
You really can't expect society to remain ignorant forever. The game has simply evolved. Impress us with the dedication and skill rather than relying us to be too stupid to understand. That's what P&T is all about.
It's all about that red chip
Hey, I heard you actually Fooled them with this... or was that also an April Fools thing?
He looks like a happier version of Berlin from money heist ❤️
Only the red chip is your key to the trick