Gregory Wilson, David Gripenwaldt – Pick Your Poison

Imagine that before you were two cups, one containing the most deadly poison known to man. You and your opponent must battle using your wits to decide who must drink from which cup and risk everything! It’s the ultimate test of intelligence and brains! Now stop worrying about that because it’s actually a pair of coffee cups, and there’s no poison. You and your audience are switching and lying to stay away from a cup of sugar, and you are right every time! Gregory Wilson and David Gripenwaldt have created an incredible routine that provides all the narrative elements from a famous scene in the film The Princess Bride and combined it with a foolproof gimmick that you can use to be able to guess correctly where the sugar is every time. This guessing game will get gales of laughter and gasps of astonishment from your audience when you perform the latest Coffee House Conjuring effect: Pick Your Poison.

Here’s what happens:

Two empty coffee cups are shown, and one has a packet of sugar dumped into it. You then mix them up while telling your audience members the thrilling tale of the battle of wits they are about to engage in, where they must guess which cup has the sugar so they can avoid certain death! No matter which cup they guess, it always contains the sugar. They can make all the choices and switch the cups as much as they like, yet they always end up with the cup of sugary doom! As a sweet finale, you demonstrate how you can vanish the sugar from one cup and make it appear in the empty cup. It’s an impossible choice, followed by an impossible task, all with items you can find in a coffee shop.

As with all of the Coffee House Conjuring effects, everything you need to perform this miracle can be found right at the coffee prep station. A couple of cups and a packet of sugar are all you need for an exciting adventure story punctuated with miracle after miracle. This effect can be used as the setup for a casual Which Hand style presentation or an over-the-top performance of one of the safest Roulette-style routines you could perform. The method is satisfying and easy to construct with just a few moment's notice. Prepare to engage in the most entertaining guessing game you’ll ever perform with Pick Your Poison by Gregory Wilson and David Gripenwaldt.