A Secret Shift: How Naturalness Reveals a Subtle System of Answers

Ladies and Gentlemen,

The Classic Pass and the Herrmann Pass are both venerable veterans of the ‘secret cut’ game; clandestine techniques for hustlers, hoaxters, pranksters, jokesters and magicians throughout the ages.

But which Pass is the best? The Classic or the Herrmann? Is there a definitive answer? Well, yes, there is—and it’s a discovery that has been hiding in plain sight for hundreds of years.

In this article, we will imagine that both moves are being used naturally and covertly as a secret control—with no one suspecting, let alone detecting, their deployment. When used in this way, there is little practical difference between either the Classic or the Herrmann Pass—they can both get the job done.