> They repeatedly cut the deck and then take a card each. I don't see how this works, unless the audience is picking five consecutive cards from the deck. If

> They repeatedly cut the deck and then take a card each. I don't see how this works, unless the audience is picking five consecutive cards from the deck. If you are picking 5 random cards, their colors can't encode what they are holding. The opening sentence is totally misleading and ruins the whole explanation.