The Crated Coin by Mark Strivings

In 2022, a single appearance on 'Penn and Teller Fool Us' created a small firestorm. Wes Iseli performed an effect using one coin that filled the entire auditorium with mystery and involved literally everyone in the audience. Not only did the effect impress (and FOOL) Penn and Teller, but they also added it to their Las Vegas show. Easily the highest praise possible. Here's the basic effect. The performer shows a coin, and a helper comes on stage to verify everything. He then has everyone in the audience stand. He demonstrates a basic coin toss and instructs his audience to raise their hand if they think the next toss will be heads, but to leave their hands down if they think it will be tails. The coin is tossed. Let's say it comes up heads. Everyone who left their hand down, indicating tails, is instructed to sit down. This is repeated until just one person in the entire auditorium remains standing. It is then shown that the performer predicted exactly who that person would be ahead o