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This would only work on people who were made aware of the problem but spent no time understanding it and just memorized 'switch.' Even if you didn't cheat them

• GistNoesis 7y ago
  This is not cheating, you don't have to hide the fact that you know where the good card is. It is entertainment teaching a valuable lesson. It is, as I said before, a fair game so it has zero expectation value for both players, better odds than a casino for the player and there is no reason for a gambler to refuse this bet. In expectation you won't lose money, but people who think they know better will happily give you their money by making a bad move while being convinced they are getting an edge. Most math-type people don't know the hypothesis of the Monty-Hall Problem and can't state it properly, but most have seen it played on TV-shows and know they must switch. In the heat of the moment, especially if you have played a few follow the red queen games before, the brain is still in fast mode, and will jump to using heuristics. Mind trick.