Gambling

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Henri Decremps Coup-d'oeil sur une assemblée de Joueurs. meeting Pilferer again in London, different methods for cheating at cards
 		1785
Supplément A La Magie Blanche Dévoillée
204
Henri Decremps Tour du Piquet incompréhensible, nouvellement perfectionné. performer always has best five cards from chosen suit, spectator deals several hands, inspired by a routine in Guyot
 		1785
Supplément A La Magie Blanche Dévoillée
225
Prouver combien il est imprudent de jouer de l'argent demonstration of cheating to give yourself the four Kings
 		1786
Testament de Jérôme Sharp
139
Faire une pareil demonstration au Brelan; en se donnant brelan de rois demonstration of cheating in another game to give yourself three-of-a-kind
 		1786
Testament de Jérôme Sharp
141
Henri Decremps Avis intéressant monte type game using four cards and the glide
 		1786
Testament de Jérôme Sharp
185
The Whist Trick. To deal yourself all the Trumps all four hands contain all cards of a suit
 		1876
Modern Magic
51
The "Three Card" Trick with bent corner
 		1876
Modern Magic
76
The Whist Trick. Improved Method. "To deal yourself all the Trumps, the three other Players holding the usual mixed Hands"
 		1876
Modern Magic
119
C. H. Wilson The Seven-up Trick No. 6, gambling demonstration, deal with set-up deck
 		1877
The 52 Wonders
20
C. H. Wilson The Thirty-one Game Trick No. 2
 		1877
The 52 Wonders
22
C. H. Wilson Three-Card Monte No. 2, short comment
 		1877
The 52 Wonders
25
The Whist Trick dealing four hands, one contains winning suit and others are either mixed or also sorted in suits
 		1889
Tricks with Cards
78
The "Three-Card" Trick with psychology & bent corner
 		1890
More Magic
51
The "Three-Card" Trick - Another Method gaffed face, fake-index precursor
 		1890
More Magic
54
Das Mischen und gleichzeitige Ordnen der Karten "Die Kartenschule von Carl Willmann"
open mixing procedure which stacks cards, for game Écarté
 		Aug. 1896
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 8)
114
Eduard W. Lufa Die berühmte Partie Piquet eines Blinden rules of the game piquet, playing it blind à la Comus & de Grisy-Torrini, flexible stack that allows decisions by spectator
Related to Aug. 1899
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 5 No. 8)
116
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Mariage "Hofzinser's Kartenkünste II."
King and Queen of Hearts put together in deck, they appear at top and bottom and are tabled, then appear back on top and bottom and tabled cards are indifferent, Jack of Clubs added to King and Queen, monte type routine with those three cards, they all change into Jacks of Clubs, Kings and Queen produced from deck again
 		Mar. 1901
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 7 No. 3)
35
Three Card Monte two methods for the Throw Switch
Related to 1902
The Expert at the Card Table
117
Mexican Three Card Monte featuring the Mexican Turnover
 		1902
The Expert at the Card Table
122
Henri De Manche The Three-Card Trick slowly without throw, extra card
 		1902
The Modern Conjurer
107
Carl Willmann Eine Partie Sechsundsechszig medium knows how the spectator should play his cards in a game
 		Dec. 1902
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 8 No. 12)
180
Henri De Manche The Three-Card Trick without throw
 		1904
Modern Card Manipulation
77
Adrian Plate The Great Poker Trick "a particular favorite of Mr. Adrian Plate", new deck opened and shuffled, seven hands dealt and performer wins
Related toAlso published here 1909
The Art of Magic
128
Another Poker Trick three Aces are controlled then riffle stacked for four players
Related to 1909
The Art of Magic
130
The "Three-Card" Trick monte throw
 		1911
Modern Card Manipulation
102
Charles T. Jordan The Phantom Aces No. 23, four Aces are alternated in color, spectator cannot take two of same color
 		1919/1920
Thirty Card Mysteries
65
Charles T. Jordan Joker Monte No. 6, three cards shown in fan and turned over, spectator cannot find Joker
Related toAlso published here 1920
Ten New Prepared Card Tricks
13
Charles T. Jordan Pedro Monte No. 7, three cards shown in fan and turned over, spectator cannot find card
 		1920
Ten New Prepared Card Tricks
14
Charles T. Jordan The Pinochle Ace Trick No. 4, eight Aces from Pinochle deck, packets are formed and eliminated by throwing dice, Aces travel to one packet
 		1920
Ten New Impromptu Card Tricks
10
Edward Bagshawe The "Decepta" Three Card Trick with a hinged card, jumbo cards
Related to 1924
Exclusive Problems in Magic
27
Oswald Rae, Oswald Williams The Giant Three Card Trick fake index palmed over corner of jumbo cards
 		1926
Between Ourselves
17
Louis Nikola All Trumps Produce all thirteen hearts for a perfect Bridge hand, linked to Wizard's Whist
Related toAlso published here 1927
The Nikola Card System
38
Louis Nikola The Game of Poker Everyone gets good hands, you get Royal Flush in Hearts
Related to 1927
The Nikola Card System
39
Louis Nikola The Game of "NAP"
Related to 1927
The Nikola Card System
39
Jack Merlin A Routine of Sleights at the Card Table
  • cards in spectator's pocket, card fished out very fast
  • second and bottom dealing expose
Related toVariations 1927/28
Merlin at the Card Table
2
Jack Merlin Three Card Monte routine, with bent corner ploy
 		1927/28
Merlin at the Card Table
4
Jack Merlin The Riffle Stack four cards
Related to 1927/28
Merlin at the Card Table
6
Jack Merlin Fake Runn Up three Aces for four hands, fourth already set
VariationsAlso published here 1927/28
Merlin at the Card Table
7
Jack Merlin Audacity Run Up stacking a straight, one shuffle, prepared
 		1927/28
Merlin at the Card Table
8
Jack Merlin The Hop off the Bottom switching hand in a game, Jinx Switch
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1927/28
Merlin at the Card Table
10
Jack Merlin Topping the Pack expose, helping spectator get a winning hand
 		1927/28
Merlin at the Card Table
10
Jack Merlin To Name the Hole Cards in the Stud Game knowing the first dealt cards
 		1927/28
Merlin at the Card Table
12
Jack Merlin Peep in Conjunction with a Second or Bottom as an Aid glimpsing cards on top and bottom while looking at hole card, dealing seconds or bottom accordingly
 		1927/28
Merlin at the Card Table
13
Jack Merlin Bottom Deal as used in a Game management, with palming and when to deal bottoms
 		1927/28
Merlin at the Card Table
13
Jack Merlin To Deal Four Aces From Any Man's Pack riffle stack of four Aces for four hands
 		1927/28
Merlin at the Card Table
15
Jack Merlin The Shooting of Pete McGuff story, seven hands dealt, own cards from bottom, they are a straight flush, cards changed for top five cards which are still a straight flush, from new pack order
Also published here 1927/28
Merlin at the Card Table
16
Jack Merlin Master Poker Dealing royal flush from named suit, four hands
 		1927/28
Merlin at the Card Table
17
Jack Merlin Exhibition Poker Feat five full houses, then straight from selected cut pile
Variations 1927/28
Merlin at the Card Table
19
Jack Merlin Pinochle routine for winning in Pinochle
 		1927/28
Merlin at the Card Table
19
Jack Merlin A Simple Run Up For Pinochle with haymow shuffle
 		1927/28
Merlin at the Card Table
20
Jack Merlin Bridge-West advantage play
 		1927/28
Merlin at the Card Table
21
Jack Merlin Challenge Bridge Demonstration named suit is dealt, bridge demonstration
 		1927/28
Merlin at the Card Table
22
Jack-Jack-Jack
Variations 1928
Card Tricks You Will Do
20
Ralph W. Hull The Elusive Joker reprint of original instructions, quote: "He [spectator] finally gives up in disgust"
 		1931
Interlock
67
Laurie Ireland Stacking the Deck for Ireland's Card Tricks Including Two Poker Deals
  • The First Poker Deal
  • The Second Poker Deal
with Ireland's memorized deck
 		1931
Ireland Writes a Book
15
Theodore Annemann The Gambler in Person pick-up stack
Also published here 1931
The Book Without A Name
22
Theodore Annemann The Gambler is Back Again
1931
The Book Without A Name
25
Graham Adams Nap Routine royal flush dealt repeatedly
 		1931
Mr. S. W. Erdnase — "His Book"
17
Tom Sellers Cut spectator and performer each have half the deck, performer wins at cutting the high card
 		1931
Magical Pleasantries
20
Tom Sellers The U Win Card Trick winning in Nap, Brag, Pontoon
 		1931
Magical Pleasantries
21
William Larsen A Few Hands of Cards Aces lost in deck, later they are dealt in a five-handed game, another deal with drawing, stud-deal in which the performer knows the hole cards
Variations 1931
I Won't Play Cards With Him
5
Ralph W. Hull, Leo Levi A Surprising Solitaire all cards laid out according to system, generating some stack that is used to spell out all values, all thirteen values spelled out have 52 letters
 		1932
"Eye-Openers"
18
John Scarne Introduction
1933
John Scarne explains Why You Can't Win!
11
Grifter's Signals
  • The Call Method
  • The Hand Method
  • The Head Method
 		1933
John Scarne explains Why You Can't Win!
13
Familiar Phrases in Gambling
  • Hipe
  • Shills or Cappers
  • Money Bag
  • Under-throw
  • Over-throw
 		1933
John Scarne explains Why You Can't Win!
14
John Scarne Three Card Monte basics
 		1933
John Scarne explains Why You Can't Win!
16
John Scarne A Series of Deceptive Moves
  • Number One
  • Number Two - All Red
  • Number Three - All Black
  • Number Four
  • Number Five - All Right Hand
  • Number Six
  • Number Seven - One Hand Deal
 		1933
John Scarne explains Why You Can't Win!
18
Bent or Crimped Corner "Grifter Method"
 		1933
John Scarne explains Why You Can't Win!
22
The Flip (?) "sort of Mexican turn over"
 		1933
John Scarne explains Why You Can't Win!
24
The Flip-Change
1933
John Scarne explains Why You Can't Win!
24
John Scarne Moves with Flip and Flip-Change
1933
John Scarne explains Why You Can't Win!
24
Grifter's Marked Corner "Using the Flip and Flip-Change"
 		1933
John Scarne explains Why You Can't Win!
27
John Scarne Scarne's Monte Slide two card switched, Optical Monte Move
 		1933
John Scarne explains Why You Can't Win!
28
John Scarne Scarne's Triple Climax with obvious one-way backs
Related to 1933
John Scarne explains Why You Can't Win!
30
John Scarne Scarne's Method of the Crimped Corner
1933
John Scarne explains Why You Can't Win!
32
John Scarne Scarne's Marked Corner
1933
John Scarne explains Why You Can't Win!
34
John Scarne The Stamped Ace - Scarne's Method
1933
John Scarne explains Why You Can't Win!
36
John Scarne Scarne's Method of Torn Corner
1933
John Scarne explains Why You Can't Win!
38
John Scarne Scarne's Push Over Change Optical Monte Move
 		1933
John Scarne explains Why You Can't Win!
39
Now Try This Move on Your Friends sequence with Mexican Turnover
 		1933
John Scarne explains Why You Can't Win!
40
The Daub
1933
John Scarne explains Why You Can't Win!
40
Proper Position for performing Three Card Monte spectators at the sides and not at front
Related to 1933
Page Wright's Notebook
4
Nate Leipzig Leipzig gambling exhibition cards remembered in first deal, dealt to oneself with second deals
 		1933
Page Wright's Notebook
10
Nate Leipzig Another Poker Problem Tens to Aces removed, wanted hands dealt, then Royal Flushs
 		1933
Page Wright's Notebook
41
Al Baker The Fall of the Wise sucker for wise guys, gaffed
 		1934
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Cardially Yours)
492
The Three Card Trick as a Trick and not a Gamble
1934
Card Manipulations (Issue 3)
66
Theodore Annemann Thoughts in General: Poker Hand Solitaire arranging poker hands from twenty-five cards
 		Sep. 1935
The Jinx (Issue 12)
58
Theodore Annemann Proposition Bet "Thoughts in General", two named values together
 		Sep. 1935
The Jinx (Issue 12)
58
Theodore Annemann Proposition Bet 2 "Thoughts in General"
 		Sep. 1935
The Jinx (Issue 12)
58
Theodore Annemann The Solitaire King winning canfield solitaire with Eight Kings stack
Related to Sep. 1935
The Jinx (Issue 12)
59
Louis Lam Find the Lady money card changes into card with business information on front
 		1935
Would You Believe It?
20
An Effective Poker Deal re-deal stacking done by spectator, double duke suggestion
Related toVariations 1935
Card Manipulations (Issue 4)
108
W. F. "Rufus" Steele My Personal Stack No. 14
  • The Stack
  • My Poker Run-Up
 		1935
Card Tricks that are Easy to Learn, Easy to Do
17
Jack-Jack-Jack No. 43
 		1935
Card Tricks that are Easy to Learn, Easy to Do
40
Effect 5: To Deal Yourself Every Trump - In a Whist or 4 Hand Game Si Stebbins application
 		1935
Card Tricks that are Easy to Learn, Easy to Do
47
Frank Lane, U. F. Grant An Impromptu Poker Deal spectator cuts, performer takes bottom half and deals two fair hands, after the draw the performer has four Aces
 		1935
They're Off
27
Audley Walsh The Audley Walsh Coincidence four cards selected turn out to be Aces, lost again and dealt in poker hand
Related toVariationsAlso published here June 1936
The Jinx (Issue 21)
122
Lu Brent "We Stand Pat" stacked
 		1936
The Jinx (Issue Summer Extra 1936)
136
Victor Farelli Poker and Brag four Aces produced in "magic gambling" routine via dealing procedure
Inspired by
  • "After the Four Ace Trick" (Billy O'Connor, The Magic Wand, June-Sept 1935)
 1936
Lend Me Your Pack
33
Victor Farelli The Harrison Deal Royal Flush lands in magician's hand
Variations 1936
Lend Me Your Pack
36
Victor Farelli "Poker Face" Royal Straight Flush dealt to performer
 		1936
Lend Me Your Pack
37
Victor Farelli Loo Lung or The Chinese Coin magician locates two cards by a lot of dealing and equivoque to eliminate piles, with a bit of gambling theme (Euchre and Loo Lung)
 		1936
Lend Me Your Pack
44
U. F. Grant Effect No. 1 spectator deals five hands, no good hand, but when the magician deals he get's a straight flush, re-deal stacking
Related to 1936
The Gambler's Expose Act
1
U. F. Grant Effect No. 3 second deal demo, top card has corner missing
 		1936
The Gambler's Expose Act
2
U. F. Grant Effect No. 4 bottom dealing demo, fake
 		1936
The Gambler's Expose Act
2
U. F. Grant Effect No. 5 - Blindfold Deal spectator shuffles, performer is blindfolded and deals out a Royal Flush (after deck switch)
 		1936
The Gambler's Expose Act
3
Howard Albright The Drunk Plays Bridge Effect No. 6
performer deals shuffled deck randomly into four hands, he has all Spades
Also published here 1936
The Gambler's Expose Act
3
Frank Lane A Slick Card Routine combo in which spectator finds selection, card is predicted, poker game is dealt, slick card and set-up
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
100
U. F. Grant New Card Monte spectator think of one of two cards, double facer
Related to 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
135
U. F. Grant No Dice removing cards from packet with certain values wins game, one-way backs
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
151
U. F. Grant The Marked Deck finding Aces in one-way deck, apparently marked
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
152
U. F. Grant Find the Lady one-way backs
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
162
Howard Albright The Drunk Plays Bridge you get all spades, one-way backs
Also published here 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
164
Winning the Cut cutting the high card with spectator, stacked
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
223
Dai Vernon Automatic Second Deal hole in card
Related to 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
305
Imitation Seconds three Jacks deal
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
332
A Subtle Set Up thumb count stack
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
365
Charles T. Jordan The Poker Shark performer's hand transforms to beat the other players, set-up
Variations 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
367
Double Poker Deal set-up
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
367
Charles T. Jordan Poker Player's Deal royal flush in named suit is located underneath handkerchief
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
368
Dai Vernon Poker Demonstration
1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
368
Michael F. Zens Quadruple Poker Trick
Related toVariations 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
369
Theodore Annemann The Gambler in Person pick-up stack
Variations 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
372
Theodore Annemann The Gambler is Back Again
1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
372
Tom Bowyer Klondyke Poker poker deal from new pack order
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
373
Impromptu Poker Deal
Variations 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
373
Stadelman Effective Poker Deal redistribution to stack royal flush
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
373
Louis Nikola Whist or Bridge trick with Nikola memorized deck
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
391
Louis Nikola Poker trick with Nikola memorized deck
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
391
Louis Nikola "Nap" trick with Nikola memorized deck
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
391
Louis Nikola All Trumps trick with Nikola memorized deck
Also published here 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
400
Val Evans Multeffect Cards long-short paired deck used for a routine of eighteen different effects
Related toVariations 1937
The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1936/37)
177
The Rhummy Master winning at rummy
 		1937
The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1936/37)
180
Henry Christ Dead Man's Hand selection found and dead man's hand dealt to someone, incorporating audible shot for shock effect
Related toVariations June 1937
The Jinx (Issue 33)
209
Theodore Annemann, Michael F. Zens Call Your Hand ten card set-up, see credit claim by Val Evans on page 259
VariationsAlso published here Sep. 1937
The Jinx (Issue 36)
243
Frank Travers The Rhummy Cheat using jinx switch
 		Oct. 1937
The Jinx (Issue 37)
247
Frank Travers Gambler at Large! stack for demo with several games (Poker, Blackjack, Bridge)
Related to Dec. 1937
The Jinx (Issue 39)
257
Edward Victor The Expert Deal four Aces, the Royal Flush
Variations 1937
Magic of the Hands
19
Edward Victor Stacking the Aces thumb count
 		1937
Magic of the Hands
21
Dr. Edward G. Ervin Three Card Monte six red and one black card, long-short glued pairs, jumbo card
 		1937
The Strange Inventions of Doctor Ervin
55
Dr. Edward G. Ervin Find the Joker with three jumbo cards, long-short glued pairs
 		1937
The Strange Inventions of Doctor Ervin
56
Frank Lane A Poker Deal performer draws four cards which are the Aces, deck flop
Related toVariations 1938
Greater Magic
297
William H. McCaffrey Unique Bridge and Poker Deal shuffled deck, card called out as memory demonstration (stacking), then bridge and poker deal demo
 		1938
Greater Magic
298
The Perfect Poker Trick Tens through aces are removed and dealt out multiple times, performer wins
 		1938
Greater Magic
303
William Larsen The Four Ace Deal thumb riffle stacking
 		1938
Greater Magic
305
A Si Stebbins System Wrinkle dealing Royal Flush from Si Stebbins
Variations 1938
Greater Magic
307
Two Card Monte with the Torn Corner Added
1938
Greater Magic
307
Poker Demonstration controlling the aces, belly strippers
 		1938
Greater Magic
461
Al Baker "Cherchez La Femme." (Find the woman.) using stand with three cases with holes onto it
VariationsAlso published here 1938
Greater Magic
512
Ralph W. Hull Skilled? Second Dealing with Pop-Eyed Eye-Popper deck
 		1938
Greater Magic
533
Nate Leipzig Five Hands
Variations 1938
Greater Magic
560
Martin Gardner Synthetic Seconds two selections travel together, presented as second deal demonstration, stooge
Related to 1938
The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1937/38)
272
Martin Gardner Draw Poker Plus
1938
The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1937/38)
275
Laurie Ireland A Gambling Expose Aces controlled while shuffling, then fake center deal
Related toVariations 1938
Lessons in Dishonesty
9
James G. Thompson Jr. Utility Routine Svengali deck with the different cards stacked, ends clean, bridge deal finale
Also published here Oct. 1939
The Jinx (Issue 63)
443
Henry Christ Mathematical Black Jacks black Jacks are located via counting
Related toVariations Dec. 1939
The Jinx (Issue 72)
485
Louis Lam Lady Be Good
1939
Be Deceived
7
Purvis W. Miller Setting up Poker Hands with the Riffle Shuffle mentioning pre-established breaks
1. To Run up Three Cards in a Four-Handed Game of Poker
2. To Set Up Two Hands, Threes in Each Hand, in a Four Hand Game
Related toVariations 1939
More Card Manipulations (Issue 2)
21
Purvis W. Miller Poker Hand Repeat Trick six card repeat with poker presentation
Related toVariations 1939
More Card Manipulations (Issue 2)
33
Tom Sellers The T.S. Find the Lady in the hands, gaffed
 		1939
Scots Magic
16
Theodore Annemann Poker Plus three hands, performer's hand changes twice, each time to beat the spectator's hands
 		1939
The Incorporated Strange Secrets
16
Frederick Braue Braue Poker Deal getting the aces, faro stack
Variations 1940
Expert Card Technique
150
Dishonesty at its Apogee naming cards during the deal from time to time
 		1940
Expert Card Technique
151
Frederick Braue The Royal Flush Deal simple faro stack
 		1940
Expert Card Technique
151
A Bridge Deal players receive the identical hands
 		1940
Expert Card Technique
152
Reading the Cards of Any Deck actually touch presentation
 		1940
Expert Card Technique
228
Charles Arbuthnot The Arbuthnot Canfield Solitaire Stack
Related to 1940
The Jinx (Issue 92)
573
Chris Charlton Modern Monte using different switches
 		1940
The Jinx (Issue 107)
640
Jack Vosburgh, Sid Lorraine, Theodore Annemann Cherchez La Lady performer finds money card in different situations
Also published here 1940
The Jinx (Issue 116)
687
Poker Heaps performer cuts deck in five piles, good poker hand on top
 		1940
More Card Manipulations (Issue 3)
21
Eddie Joseph Drunk or Sober? card travels, monte them, one card ends up on chair
 		1940 ca.
Original Tricks
16
John J. Crimmins Jr. Call Poker spectator chooses five cards in various way and ends up with Royal Flush
Inspired by 1941
The Jinx (Issue 129)
742
Frank Travers big deal? "Rapid Set-up" & "Expert Deal", two special full deck stacks for Stud Poker, Draw Poker, Black Jack, Bridge, Rhummy
 		June 1941
The Jinx (Issue 142)
799
Gerald Lynton Kaufman Poker Challenge bet/game in which performer and spectator openly draw cards, solution on page 885
 		Nov. 1941
The Jinx (Issue 150)
881
Jean Hugard, Frederick Braue The Busted Bobtail four royal flush cards produced, then fifth has wrong suit, rest is transformed
 		1941
The Stripper Deck
15
Eddie Joseph The Gambler's Second Dealing second deal demonstration with three duplicates
 		1941
How Gamblers Win
6
Eddie Joseph Three Card Monte "(a different version)", without monte toss
 		1941
How Gamblers Win
7
Eddie Joseph The Sensational Poker Demonstration two phase routine, overhand shuffle stack of Aces, then all players can draw
 		1941
How Gamblers Win
11
Val Evans Progressive Poker Hands dealing a four-handed game six times, better hand for performer each time
 		1941
Stacks and Stacks Of Cards
2
Val Evans Poker Memory spectator cuts deck, deals out five hands, performer names all hands
 		1941
Stacks and Stacks Of Cards
6
Val Evans The Ten Game Challenge stack that can be used to win at ten different games
 		1941
Stacks and Stacks Of Cards
8
Val Evans The Seven Game Stack stack that can be used to win at seven different games
 		1941
Stacks and Stacks Of Cards
11
Val Evans Any Hand Called For (Poker) forty-card stack
 		1941
Stacks and Stacks Of Cards
13
Val Evans Any Poker Hand Called For ten-card stack, for credit information see also p. 1
Also published here
  • "The Poker Hand" (Val Evans, Pasteboard Perplexities, 1920)
 1941
Stacks and Stacks Of Cards
16
Val Evans The Dealer Resorts to Magic sixteen-card stack, sucker deal, opponent is ahead until the last card, two phases
 		1941
Stacks and Stacks Of Cards
18
Val Evans Pat Hand Full Houses seven-handed deal, variation without bottom deal
 		1941
Stacks and Stacks Of Cards
19
Val Evans Solitaire Gag
1941
Stacks and Stacks Of Cards
20
Val Evans Pseudo Stacking Aces pushed into deck next to already stacked cards with marks on their backs
 		1941
Stacks and Stacks Of Cards
21
Dai Vernon The Optical Monte
1941/49
Select Secrets
17
Dai Vernon Vernon's Automatic Gambler same set-up dealt over and over for two players
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1941/49
Select Secrets
19
Edward Marlo Blindfold Poker Deal
1942
Let's See the Deck
25
Martin Gardner, Edward Marlo Gardner-Marlo Poker Routine
Related toVariations 1942
Let's See the Deck
28
Edward Marlo The Magical Gambler performer gets Queens, spectator Kings, Queens change to Aces
 		1942
Deck Deception
20
Tom Sellers A Different "Pick-It-Out" Trick three card monte with three pieces of paper
 		1942
That's Good!
8
Jean Hugard, Frederick Braue Two in One double duke
 		1942
Miracle Shuffles and Tricks
7
Jean Hugard, Frederick Braue Easy Skill three aces, then royal flush
 		1942
Miracle Shuffles and Tricks
8
Jean Hugard, Frederick Braue Ace in the Hole
1942
Miracle Shuffles and Tricks
9
Jean Hugard, Frederick Braue The Transparent Cards performer stacks himself three Aces and knows some cards (because they are apparently transparent)
 		1942
Miracle Shuffles and Tricks
9
Louis Zingone, Jean Hugard, Frederick Braue The Flying Cards also as poker deal
Inspired by 1942
Miracle Shuffles and Tricks
19
Jean Hugard, Frederick Braue Blind Man's Poker
1942
Miracle Shuffles and Tricks
23
Paul Studham, Black Jack Magic
1942
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1942)
21
Bruce Elliott, S. W. Erdnase The Expert at the Card Table stacking three Aces in a four hands game, modified Erdnase System, openly shown
Inspired byRelated to
  • corrections on p. 28
Variations 		Apr. 1942
The Phoenix (Issue 5)
17
John Scarne Scarne's Drunken Deal sucker
Also published here Nov. 1942
The Phoenix (Issue 23)
95
Eddie Joseph A Quick Four-Ace Trick Aces "mixed" with twelve cards, four hands dealt, one gets the Aces
 		1942
Greater Card Tricks
26
Martin Gardner The Surprised Gambler bottom deal demo, Aces in second phase
 		1942
Cut the Cards
11
Jean Hugard Cops and Crooks story presentation for Three Card Monte
 		1943
Tricks and Sleights
5
Laurie Ireland Laurie Ireland's Blindfold Poker Deal with unknown and selected hole card, tactile marks on side of card
 		1943
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1943)
21
Phil Weisbecker 3 Jacks & A Pat two hands, spectator always gets thee Jacks, royal flush finale
Related toAlso published here Dec. 1943
The Phoenix (Issue 51)
210
Audley Walsh Audley Walsh Coincidence four cards selected turn out to be aces, lost again and dealt in poker hand
Also published here 1943
Full Deck of Impromptu Card Tricks
6
Martin Gardner Draw Poker Plus
1943
Full Deck of Impromptu Card Tricks
57
Henry Christ Dead Man's Hand selection found and dead man's hand dealt to someone, incorporating audible shot for shock effect
Variations 1943
Full Deck of Impromptu Card Tricks
58
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Stack It spectator stacks the hand while apparently losing the cards in the deck, as Rusduck
Related to Mar. 1944
The Phoenix (Issue 55)
226
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Build Up six hands, two rounds, as Rusduck
Related toVariations May 1944
The Phoenix (Issue 61)
249
Stewart James, Russell "Rusduck" Duck Variation on Rusduck's Stack It
Inspired by Aug. 1944
The Phoenix (Issue 66)
270
Elray Hey...Rube! story of a con men, marking cards at a three card monte game with daub
 		Nov. 1944
The Phoenix (Issue 73)
297
John Mulholland Dealing the Winning Hand spectator chooses either Bridge or Poker and magician can deal himself a winning hand (Bridge), or himself and spectator a winning hand (Poker)
 		1944
The Art of Illusion
56
Jack Vosburgh Cherchez La Lady performer finds money card in different situations
Also published here 1944
Practical Mental Effects
286
James G. Thompson Jr. Utility Routine Svengali deck with the different cards stacked, ends clean, bridge deal finale
Also published here 1944
Practical Mental Effects
304
Edward Marlo Three Card Monte not the real thing
 		1945
Off the Top
11
R. C. Buff The Middle Deal middle deal bluff, selected card dealt at named number
 		1945
My Best
11
Dariel Fitzkee I Won't Play Cards With You
1945
My Best
134
Gerald Lynton Kaufman The Canfield Set-Up set-up to win solitaire or canfield
 		1945
My Best
141
Howard D. Wise A New "Find the Lady" Illusion with board, black art and shell
 		1945
My Best
150
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Gin! as Rusduck, strategy and subterfuge to win at Gin Rummy
 		Sep. 1945
The Phoenix (Issue 91)
370
Poker jonah card principle, brief
Related to 1946
Card Control
103
The Hold Out and Pick Up Builds redealing principle in combination with pick up stack
 		1946
Card Control
112
Arthur H. Buckley Demonstration Build of the Four Aces using the Buckley Double Cuts cutting system to stack cards
 		1946
Card Control
114
Arthur H. Buckley A Cold Deck Warmed Up switching 48 cards (deck minus Aces) and stack Aces into positions
 		1946
Card Control
115
Neal Elias "Tell Ya What I'm Gonna Do" using a combination cull stock shuffle
 		1946
At the Table Tricks
14
Neal Elias Blindfold Poker Deal brief idea
 		1946
At the Table Tricks
16
Neal Elias Zingone Spread Poker Deal idea
Inspired by 1946
At the Table Tricks
16
Warren Wiersbe Blindfold Poker Deal
1946
Mental Cases With Cards
7
Warren Wiersbe Stacking the Deck poker & dealing routine to secretly get into Si Stebbins
 		1946
Mental Cases With Cards
22
John Scarne The Challenge Grand Slam and Little Slam two decks shuffled by performer and one by spectator, bridge deal with one suit and dealing hand with high cards from second deck
 		Sep. 1946
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 4 No. 4)
247
Jean Hugard Can You Deal A Good Poker Hand? first round while explaining bottom deal, player with winning hand can be chosen for second phase
Variations Nov. 1946
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 4 No. 6)
267
R. M. Jamison MOOLA betting game, Jacks on table covered with indifferent card, spectator has to find indifferent card, three phases
 		Dec. 1946
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 4 No. 7)
279
W. F. "Rufus" Steele Improved Jack-Jack-Jack
Inspired by 1946
50 Tricks You Can Do, You Will Do, Easy to Do
19
Royal H. Brin, Jr. Simplicity Poker Deal performer gets the Aces after the draw
Variations 1946
50 Tricks You Can Do, You Will Do, Easy to Do
46
W. F. "Rufus" Steele Bridge and Poker Demonstration memory stacking (last cards remaining in each spectators's hand after card-calling are the selections) followed by poker and bridge demo
 		1946
50 Tricks You Can Do, You Will Do, Easy to Do
51
Royal Flush Royal Flush for any number of players, counting stacking method
 		1946
50 Tricks You Can Do, You Will Do, Easy to Do
55
Bill Salisbury Poker Stack From New Deck
1946
50 Tricks You Can Do, You Will Do, Easy to Do
62
Edward Marlo Marlo's Gambling Routine no set-up, faro shuffle
  • Poker-Rummy-Pinochle
  • Black Jack
  • The Sucker Hand
  • Bridge Honors
Variations 1947
Marlo In Spades
10
Edward Marlo A Straight Flush part of "Marlo's Miracle Routine"
Variations 1947
Marlo In Spades
16
Edward Marlo Perfect Bridge Hand part of "Marlo's Miracle Routine"
 		1947
Marlo In Spades
16
Edward Marlo The Rummy Game part of "Marlo's Miracle Routine"
 		1947
Marlo In Spades
16
Edward Marlo The Punch Deal bridge deal application
Related to 1947
Marlo In Spades
18
Edward Marlo Poker Prediction outcome after shuffled deck predicted, punch deal
Variations 1947
Marlo In Spades
20
Edward Marlo The Perfect Stack without adjustment, three aces are dealt to a player for two to eight players, punch deal
 		1947
Marlo In Spades
21
Edward Marlo The Blind Fold Stack punched cards as safety measure
Variations 1947
Marlo In Spades
23
Edward Marlo Super Memory presentation for royal flush punch deal
 		1947
Marlo In Spades
23
Edward Marlo Super Reading apparently magician can read marks extremely fast, punch deal
 		1947
Marlo In Spades
24
Edward Marlo For Cheaters Only punch deal
 		1947
Marlo In Spades
26
Edward Marlo Pseudo Stacking combining riffle stacking and second deal
 		1947
Marlo In Spades
26
Edward Marlo The Sucker's Stack combining riffle stacking and second deal
 		1947
Marlo In Spades
27
Edward Marlo The Stripper Combine spectator chooses high four of a kind which is dealt, stripper deck, two methods
Also published here 1947
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1947)
24
Russell "Rusduck" Duck The Gambler five people build a poker hand, after the cards are apparently mixed and the deck cut, all get the same cards again in the next round
 		Jan. 1947
The Phoenix (Issue 117)
471
Jack Potter 3 Jacks Every Time three Jacks are laid alternated with indifferent cards and come to the top, as a prelude to "3 Jack & a Pat" by Weisbecker
Related toVariationsAlso published here May 1947
The Phoenix (Issue 125)
503
Bruce Elliott No Skill gaff with a bill
 		Sep. 1947
The Phoenix (Issue 135)
542
Wm. T. Beadles Psychokinesis three card monte, where spectator always finds the card to prove psychokinesis
 		Dec. 1947
The Phoenix (Issue 140)
561
Billy McComb William's Poker Hand Trick several hands are dealt one hand is chosen it's a royal flush
 		1947
The First Book of William
39
Gustave Southall Perfect Poker Problem as "Gus Southhall", false dealing routine, apparently bottom dealing the Tens, ending up with Royal Flush, duplicates
 		Mar. 1947
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 4 No. 10)
303
Leon M. Dick, Jean Hugard A Gambler's Nightmare first round while explaining bottom deal, player with winning hand can be chosen for second phase, from new deck order
Inspired by Oct. 1947
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 5 No. 5)
363
George Starke Three Card Monte in Excelsis multiple phases, based on multiple lifts, in the end card from pocket
 		Dec. 1947
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 5 No. 7)
375
The Tantalizer twenty-second position and packet dealing
Related toVariations 1948
The Royal Road to Card Magic
112
Edward Marlo, Martin Gardner A Poker Puzzle
Related to 1948
The Royal Road to Card Magic
129
Jacks Wild
1948
The Royal Road to Card Magic
228
Monte by "Bertram", told by Dai Vernon
 		Jan. 1948
The Phoenix (Issue 143)
573
Tan Hock Chuan R. & S. Giant Monte odd-backed queen cannot be followed, changes in joker as kicker, partial rough-smooth
Inspired by 1948
Rough & Smooth Possibilities
1
Tan Hock Chuan R. & S. Poker Hand Routine pair of deuces changes into Royal Flush, backs change as well, partial rough-smooth
 		1948
Rough & Smooth Possibilities
3
Otis Manning Impromptu Card Reading cards are apparently marked, routine
 		Mar. 1948
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 5 No. 10)
402
Jean Hugard A Nikola Presentation starting with a shuffled deck
  • Naming the cards at any numbers called
  • Naming the position of any card called
  • Naming the number of cards cut by a spectator
  • A hand at poker
 		June 1948
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 6 No. 1)
427
U. F. Grant Dealing a Royal Flush performer receives Royal Flush on second deal, claim of principle
Related to Oct. 1948
Grant's Inner Circle Magazine (Vol. 1 No. 1 & 2)
6
Al Leech Simplified Poker Deal Ace stacking for five hands via re-dealing
 		1949
For Card Men Only
26
Dai Vernon, Paul Curry, Martin Gardner, John Scarne, Audley Walsh Ten Card Deal jonah card
Related toAlso published here Jan. 1949
The Phoenix (Issue 168)
672
Martin Gardner, Edward Marlo, Bert Allerton Ten Card Deal P.S. further ideas on the ten card poker deal
Related toAlso published here Feb. 1949
The Phoenix (Issue 170)
681
Harvey P. Graham Bagged! poker routine for stage, with a stand
 		Apr. 1949
The Phoenix (Issue 175)
702
John Murray Take Ten finale for ten card poker deal, all cards are put in separated envelopes
Related toAlso published here June 1949
The Phoenix (Issue 180)
719
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Build Up (Streamlined)
Inspired by Nov. 1949
The Phoenix (Issue 189)
755
Gilbert Wolk Monte Climax pips end up on a coin and card is blank
 		Nov. 1949
The Phoenix (Issue 189)
756
Canfield
1949
Tricks and Stunts With Playing Cards
77
Klondike
1949
Tricks and Stunts With Playing Cards
80
Elevens
1949
Tricks and Stunts With Playing Cards
83
Perpetual Motion
1949
Tricks and Stunts With Playing Cards
83
Even Up
1949
Tricks and Stunts With Playing Cards
85
Beehive
1949
Tricks and Stunts With Playing Cards
85
Gaps
1949
Tricks and Stunts With Playing Cards
87
Roll Call or Talkative
1949
Tricks and Stunts With Playing Cards
88
Idle Year
1949
Tricks and Stunts With Playing Cards
89
Round the Clock
1949
Tricks and Stunts With Playing Cards
90
Pirate Gold
1949
Tricks and Stunts With Playing Cards
91
Lazy Boy
1949
Tricks and Stunts With Playing Cards
93
Auld Lang Syne
1949
Tricks and Stunts With Playing Cards
94
Grandfather's Clock
1949
Tricks and Stunts With Playing Cards
95
Idiot's Delight
1949
Tricks and Stunts With Playing Cards
97
Streets and Alleys
1949
Tricks and Stunts With Playing Cards
99
Royal Marriage
1949
Tricks and Stunts With Playing Cards
101
Hidden Cards
1949
Tricks and Stunts With Playing Cards
102
Fifteens
1949
Tricks and Stunts With Playing Cards
104
Ten of Clubs
1949
Tricks and Stunts With Playing Cards
106
Jean Hugard The "Always Winning" Poker Deal brief notes on the ten card poker deal
 		Jan. 1949
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 6 No. 8)
500
Martin Gardner Center Deal fake center deal, four Aces
Related to Mar. 1949
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 6 No. 10)
525
Jack Lamonte A Winning Hand six card repeat with poker presentation
Related toVariations May 1949
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 6 No. 12)
540
Peter Sutton A Winning Hand variation of Lamonte's routine
six card repeat with poker presentation
Inspired by Oct. 1949
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 7 No. 5)
591
U. F. Grant Zella Poker Deal simple poker deal from spectator's cut, performer draws the four Aces
 		Mar. 1949
Grant's Inner Circle Magazine (Vol. 1 No. 5 & 6)
14
Betting on a Sure Thing Game of NIM with some rows of cards
 		1949
52 Amazing Card Tricks
18
John Scarne The Drunken Deal sucker
Also published here 1949
52 Amazing Card Tricks
54
Cy Endfield Tacked Extra Corner-Piece. Variation with specially printed card
Related to Mar. 1950
The Phoenix (Issue 199)
795
John Scarne The Four Royal Flushes No. 8, Performer removes high cards (Ten, J, Q, K, A) from shuffled deck, deals out four hands of Royal Flushes (Interlocking Chain Principle)
Variations 1950
Scarne on Card Tricks
20
John Scarne The Dean's Poker Deal No. 23, Credited to "The Dean", a gambler from New Jersey, simple Jonah card poker deal
Related to 1950
Scarne on Card Tricks
45
Dr. Al Berndt, Peter Musto The New Deal Poker Hand No. 56, Poker deal from new deck order, draw poker
 		1950
Scarne on Card Tricks
100
John Scarne Scarne's Drunken Poker Deal No. 68, Poker hands dealt from deck shuffled face up/down, final poker hand transformation (drunk man presentation)
Variations 1950
Scarne on Card Tricks
124
Louis Zingone Winning Poker No. 78, two-phase poker deal using faced deck
Variations 1950
Scarne on Card Tricks
142
Harry Lorayne, Clayton Rawson, Norman Jensen The Great Poker Demonstration No. 80, Three Jacks Deal with four-of-a-kind climax
Related toAlso published here 1950
Scarne on Card Tricks
145
Dai Vernon, Carmen D'Amico Vernon's Three-Card Assembly No. 85, handling and presentation for three Jacks deal from a shuffled deck
Variations 1950
Scarne on Card Tricks
155
Howard Albright, U. F. Grant The Drunk Plays Bridge No. 114, drunken bridge deal
 		1950
Scarne on Card Tricks
221
Si Stebbins Si Stebbins' Master Tricks No. 133, multi-phase routine using Stebbins.
 		1950
Scarne on Card Tricks
257
George Schindler, Bob Condon The Mishap Poker Deal No. 134
Inspired byAlso published here 1950
Scarne on Card Tricks
259
John Scarne, Henry Christ Wild Bill Hickock's Hand No. 153, poker hands are dealt, and spectator chooses one hand, and one card. After being lost in the deck, the magician finds the selected card by spelling procedure, and then re-deals the spectator's original hand.
 		1950
Scarne on Card Tricks
298
Lewis Ganson Gambler's Luck poker player's picnic type Kings location, open Bottom Deal demo followed by Aces deal
Inspired by
  • "Tops Four Aces" (Paul Clive's "Card Tricks Without Skill")
  • "The Honest Gambler" (Walter B. Gibson's "Professional Magic for Amateurs")
Variations 		1950
Routined Manipulation — Part One
71
Edward Marlo Poker Prediction and a Principle spectator shuffles, yet Aces are dealt out
Also published here 1950
Magical Gems
22
Paul Rosini A Sure Thing
1950
Magical Gems
41
Bert Fenn I Win! several phases, see p. 953 for corrections
 		Sep. 1951
The Phoenix (Issue 237)
947
Bruce Elliott On A Tear monte, tearing up corner, false index
Related to Oct. 1951
The Phoenix (Issue 239)
954
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Solitaire stacking for an advantage in playing Solitaire
 		Oct. 1951
The Phoenix (Issue 239)
956
H. K. Becker Your Flush gambling demonstration, royal flush finish
 		Nov. 1951
The Phoenix (Issue 242)
966
Toni Koynini Gambler's Delight half deck stacked, dealing several poker hands for different combination of players, good bridge hand
 		1951
Toni Koynini's Card Miracles
8
Toni Koynini A.B.C. Dealer four bridge hands dealt, top card of one pile is a Ten, first spectator counts down to tenth card, remembers it, tells his value to next one and so on for three selections, cards forced and dealt into performer's hand
 		1951
Toni Koynini's Card Miracles
10
Bob Hummer Hummers Mathematical 3 Card Monte mathematical three card monte
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1951
Mathematical 3 Card Monte
1
Eddie Joseph The Magician and the Bridge Fiend deck shuffled face-up/face-down several time with slop shuffles, sorted behind back by performer, then bridge deal of one suit
Related to 1951
More Dumbfounders with Cards
17
Eddie Joseph Topping in Poker Too! follow-up poker deal from any prepared stack
 		1951
More Dumbfounders with Cards
20
Bruce Elliott, Dai Vernon B.D.V. with hole deck in hand, spectator can decide on every card, without looking at it
Also published here Feb. 1952
The Phoenix (Issue 248)
990
Bruce Elliott Elliott's Last Lethargy false second deal
 		Mar. 1952
The Phoenix (Issue 250)
1001
Frank Garcia Garcia's Clip It monte, card marked with paper clip
Also published here June 1952
The Phoenix (Issue 258)
1030
Jackie Flosso The Easiest Monte card vanishes and appears face up in deck
 		June 1952
The Phoenix (Issue 258)
1033
Hugh Carroll Solitaired! solitaire stacking
 		Sep. 1952
The Phoenix (Issue 264)
1057
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Jinx-Ed eights and aces dealt in poker hand
Inspired by Nov. 1952
The Phoenix (Issue 269)
1074
Audley Walsh Audley's Best edge-marked deck, featuring Audley Walsh's memorized deck order with mnemonics
 		Dec. 1952
The Phoenix (Issue 270)
1078
Bill Simon Three Queens Monte with four cards, all turn into Aces
Related toVariations 1952
Effective Card Magic
37
Bill Simon The Middle Deal mock center deal
Related to 1952
Effective Card Magic
86
Die rote Karte hat sich nicht gedreht. card turns over in small fan
 		1952
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 13 No. 3)
34
Royal H. Brin, Jr. Call Your Hand
1952
The Last Word on Cards
56
W. F. "Rufus" Steele A Lecture With a Cold Deck
1952
The Last Word on Cards
62
Al Leech Surprise Monte the two non-money cards change at the end
Variations 1953
Card Man Stuff
13
Al Leech The Sandwich Deal pseudo false dealing
 		1953
Card Man Stuff
20
Edward Marlo The Stripper Combine spectator chooses high four of a kind which is dealt, stripper deck
Also published here 1953
The Cardician
29
Edward Marlo Poker Prediction and a Principle spectator shuffles, yet Aces are dealt out
VariationsAlso published here 1953
The Cardician
33
Edward Marlo Invisible Bottom Deal
Variations 1953
The Cardician
89
Edward Marlo Three Card Monte Climax showing all the same
 		1953
The Cardician
109
Edward Marlo Monte Climax Kicker transformation
 		1953
The Cardician
110
Edward Marlo Effect Two straight flush shown with six cards, extra-card vanishes and reappears in sleeve
 		1953
Unlimited
13
Martin Gardner Poker Problem open drawing of cards, solution on p. 1104
Related to Feb. 1953
The Phoenix (Issue 275)
1101
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Poker +
June 1953
The Phoenix (Issue 283)
1130
Edward Marlo Follow the Ace Ace changes into Eight as climax
 		1954
Miracle Card Changes
19
Dai Vernon Royal Monte "A Lesson in Artistic Card Handling"
Variations 1954
Stars of Magic (Vol. 12 No. 1)
158
Russell "Rusduck" Duck 3 'n' 1 solitaire stacking
 		Jan. 1954
The Phoenix (Issue 298)
1192
Russell "Rusduck" Duck E-Z Poker thumb count stacking of a poker hand
 		June 1954
The New Phoenix (Issue 310)
39
Dai Vernon The Vernon Poker Routine half deck set-up, see also p. 63
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here July 1954
The New Phoenix (Issue 311)
45
Stewart James Vernon Variation
Inspired byVariations Sep. 1954
The New Phoenix (Issue 316)
67
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Forever Royal
Variations Nov. 1954
The New Phoenix (Issue 320)
88
Mariano Palhinha Wherizit three cards with money card in middle held by spectator beneath handkerchief, money card vanishes
 		1954/27
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 6
62
W. F. "Rufus" Steele The Gambler's Rehearsal elaborated routine with full deck set up
Related to 1954/27
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 6
90
Card Stand for Gambler's Rehearsal to perform poker deals for larger crowd
 		1954/27
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 6
98
Cy Endfield The Three Card Monte Basic Moves
 		1955
Cy Endfield's Entertaining Card Magic — Part II
5
Cy Endfield Preparation of the Cards. (a) The Bridging
1955
Cy Endfield's Entertaining Card Magic — Part II
6
Cy Endfield The Bent Corner
1955
Cy Endfield's Entertaining Card Magic — Part II
9
Cy Endfield The Pencil Mark on the Card
1955
Cy Endfield's Entertaining Card Magic — Part II
11
Cy Endfield The Tacked Card Extra Corner-Piece. Variation with specially printed card
Related to 1955
Cy Endfield's Entertaining Card Magic — Part II
13
Cy Endfield The Routine incl. Bent Corner, Pencil Mark, Tacked Card
 		1955
Cy Endfield's Entertaining Card Magic — Part II
15
Audley Walsh Paper Clip Climax
1955
Cy Endfield's Entertaining Card Magic — Part II
17
Tony Kardyro The Blind Fold Poker Deal Supreme selected cards from several hands end up in performer's hand in next deal
 		1955
Kardyro's Kard Konjuring
31
P. Howard Lyons Cheating at Cheating No. 1, intro to column
 		June 1955
Ibidem (Issue 1)
12
P. Howard Lyons Middle Deal faking center deal with all Aces in the center together, then turnover pass and bottom deal
 		June 1955
Ibidem (Issue 1)
12
P. Howard Lyons No Switch Switch fake deck switch demo with different-colored decks
 		June 1955
Ibidem (Issue 1)
12
P. Howard Lyons Double Dealing Second Deal fake second deal demonstration with a duplicate, or a mene-tekel deck
 		June 1955
Ibidem (Issue 1)
13
P. Howard Lyons Dirty Deal five spectators remember a card in a poker hand each, those cards eventually end up in one poker hand in a later deal
 		Nov. 1955
Ibidem (Issue 4)
17
P. Howard Lyons Prak-Tekel Hand Control dealing two hands from a Menetekel deck, cards chosen from one hand are divined or located by touch in pocket
 		Nov. 1955
Ibidem (Issue 4)
19
Ken Beale No-Switch Switch #2 fake hole card switch
 		Nov. 1955
Ibidem (Issue 4)
20
Dai Vernon, Bruce Elliott B.D.V. with hole deck in hand, spectator can decide on every card, without looking at it
Also published here 1956
The Best in Magic
128
Frank Garcia Clip It monte, card marked with paper clip
Also published here 1956
The Best in Magic
170
Bruce Elliott No Second Deal miscall and duplicate, fake second deal
 		1956
The Best in Magic
182
Paul Curry, Martin Gardner, John Scarne, Dai Vernon, Audley Walsh Ten Card Deal jonah card
Also published here 1956
The Best in Magic
190
John Murray Take Ten finale for ten card poker deal, all cards are put in separated envelopes
Also published here 1956
The Best in Magic
194
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Once in 635,013,559,600 with story presentation
Related to 1956
Top Secrets of Magic
16
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Unabridget bridge demonstration
 		1956
Top Secrets of Magic
20
Jerry Andrus Stack the Aces
1956
Andrus Deals You In
176
Ken Beale Pseudo Seconds fake second dealing and stacking demonstration, Tantalizer deal with red Aces, black Aces show up as well, then stacking with the Aces, four duplicate Aces
  • Let's Get Fancy (half-deck gambling stack preserved during deals and Tantalizer deal for finale)
Related to Apr. 1956
Ibidem (Issue 5)
15
Ken Beale Blindfold Stud remembered hole cards in the poker hands end up in same hands again, Aces for performer
 		July 1956
Ibidem (Issue 6)
21
Edward Marlo On the Memorized Deck
  • four spectators each cut off a packet, remember the bottom card and shuffle the whole packet, after seeing the faces of the packets for a few seconds, the performer names the cards in all packets leaving the selection to last
  • then any number is named and performer names card at that position and vice versa
  • second deal and poker deal demo if Ireland stack is used
Variations Dec. 1956
Ibidem (Issue 8)
10
Edward Marlo Mexican Solitaire shuffled deck, deck dealt into four piles according to rules, one of each value in each pile, memory demonstrations, all four-of-a-kinds together or controlled, can be followed by poker deals:
  • Progressive Poker
    • First Game
    • Three-Handed
    • Four-Handed
    • Five-Handed
    • Second Play of Five-Handed Poker
  • Royal Flush Control
    • Second Royal
    • Third Royal
    • Fourth Royal
    • Alternative Procedure for Four Royals
Variations Dec. 1956
Ibidem (Issue 8)
27
Bill Hendricks Ten Knights in a Card Room gag card with a five miniature cards on them of a full house, performer wins with this one card only
  • 2nd Presentation
 		1956
1956 Card Annual
7
Victor Comello New Three Card Monte Move three cards held in spread in one hand, tabled one by one, two cards are switched
 		1956
1956 Card Annual
9
Dai Vernon, Mac McDonald Seven Card Monte card vanishes from packet and reappears on top of the deck, repeat
Related toVariations 1957
The Dai Vernon Book of Magic
88
Dai Vernon The Vernon Poker Demonstration half deck set-up
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1957
The Dai Vernon Book of Magic
223
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Strictly Straight performer always gets a straight, from five to two hands, then performer deals and can chose if dealer gets top or bottom card, progressive poker deal, Gilbreath precursor
Inspired by
  • Lin Searles's "The Straight Gambler"
Related to 		Feb. 1957
The Cardiste (Issue 1)
3
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Rusduck Bridge progressive bridge deal, four rounds, always winning hand
 		Feb. 1957
The Cardiste (Issue 1)
7
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Forever Royal - And Yet Again! eight hands, performer always gets a royal flush, as a climax all have good hands and performer almost has a royal flush, then he exchanges the wrong card and gets the missing one
Inspired by Feb. 1957
The Cardiste (Issue 1)
9
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Zens-Ational see No. 8 for credit information
Inspired byRelated to May 1957
The Cardiste (Issue 2)
3
Charles Hudson Hocus Pocus six hands, five rounds, ends with royal flush
Inspired by May 1957
The Cardiste (Issue 2)
5
Russell "Rusduck" Duck S-T-R-A-I-G-H-T poker deal then back in order with a second round
 		May 1957
The Cardiste (Issue 2)
13
Gerald Kosky Anyone for Bridge? stacking bridge with faro shuffles or milk build shuffles
VariationsAlso published here May 1957
The Cardiste (Issue 2)
15
The Milk Build Shuffle
May 1957
The Cardiste (Issue 2)
16
Russell "Rusduck" Duck The Poker Deal shuffled deck, marked
 		June 1957
The Cardiste (Issue 3)
7
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Bridge same concept as The Poker Deal
 		June 1957
The Cardiste (Issue 3)
7
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Bridge Deal four suites are dealt, follow up to Sermonette!
Related to June 1957
The Cardiste (Issue 3)
12
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Faro Fantasies spectators get remembered hands again, poker and bridge deal
Inspired byRelated toVariations June 1957
The Cardiste (Issue 3)
14
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Poker Poser stud deal
 		Sep. 1957
The Cardiste (Issue 4)
3
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Study in Stud system for coding/designating a card with four cards, for a stud deal
Related toVariations Sep. 1957
The Cardiste (Issue 4)
4
Tom Ransom Suicide Build progressive poker deal, from five to two hands
Related toVariations Sep. 1957
The Cardiste (Issue 4)
7
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Bottom Run-Up
Sep. 1957
The Cardiste (Issue 4)
12
P. Howard Lyons High in Denmark cutting the high card with all quartets in descending order
 		Sep. 1957
Ibidem (Issue 11)
7
Alex Elmsley Royal Flush Control Variation
Inspired by Sep. 1957
Ibidem (Issue 11)
15
Arthur Hastings Comments on the DFC Move Two Card Monte idea with a double facer and a regular card
Related to Dec. 1957
Ibidem (Issue 12)
13
Edward Marlo The Wrong Hand player receives Aces, performer straight flush
 		1958
Faro Notes
38
Brother John Hamman The Perfect Bridge Hand Spades stacked in preliminary dealing round
Variations 1958
The Card Magic of Bro. John Hamman S. M.
24
Tony Corinda Some More Tricks Using the Eight Kings Stack
  • (a) Blackjack (Pontoon), winning deal for two people
  • (b) behind back top card is reversed in the deck, card divined
  • (c) three cards in pocket one is selected, fishing
Variations 1958
Mnemonics and Mental Systems
75
William P. Miesel Straight Cheating straights, then four royal flushes as climax
Related to Feb. 1958
The Cardiste (Issue 5)
6
Alex Elmsley Aces Up stacking with faro shuffle for any number from two to five
 		Feb. 1958
The Cardiste (Issue 5)
15
Ronald B. Edwards The Cocoanut Poker Deal royal flush, special procedure, duplicates
 		Mar. 1958
The Cardiste (Issue 6)
5
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Revolving Poker with spelling
 		Mar. 1958
The Cardiste (Issue 6)
9
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Koldex Deluxe ten hands, then five hands
Related to Apr. 1958
The Cardiste (Issue 7)
4
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Dealer's Choice on Dai Vernon, Tom Henricks, credits, Ten Card Poker Deal credit information
 		May 1958
The Cardiste (Issue 8)
1
Milton Kort Gambling Expose long routine, including memory, poker face, false dealing demo, stacking demo, in the end cards vanish under a handkerchief except four aces
Related to May 1958
The Cardiste (Issue 8)
3
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Scrambled Straights straights, all hands, Gilbreath precursor (see Fulves' "When Psychics..." reference)
Related toVariations May 1958
The Cardiste (Issue 8)
8
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Alphomega five hands, resets itself, optional climax with ten hands
 		June 1958
The Cardiste (Issue 9)
3
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Rusduck Run-Up bringing deck back in order, when doing gambling (dealing) routines
 		June 1958
The Cardiste (Issue 9)
6
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Encore! encore to Koldex, spectators chose a poker hand and after deck is shuffled and cut, they get the same again
Related to June 1958
The Cardiste (Issue 9)
8
Gerald Kosky Poker Run-Up System no jogs, no breaks, no milk build shuffle
Also published here Aug. 1958
The Cardiste (Issue 11)
4
Stephen Herald Royal Aces five hands, always getting four aces, royal flush as a kicker, duplicates
 		Aug. 1958
The Cardiste (Issue 11)
6
Bob "Hardell" Ecklund Hardell's Three Card Monte with whole deck, duplicates, climax all three cards are the same
 		Aug. 1958
The Cardiste (Issue 11)
8
Alex Elmsley Pierce Arrow unusual game in which one deals through twelve cards and tries to predict position of reversed card, actually "Peirce Arrow"
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here Mar. 1958
Ibidem (Issue 13)
5
P. Howard Lyons Reverse Stud hand with Aces changes into Royal Flush
Related to Sep. 1958
Ibidem (Issue 14)
12
Dai Vernon Sure Fire Showdown Ten Card Poker principle, strippers
Related toAlso published here 1959
Inner Secrets of Card Magic
69
Edward Marlo The Jack Deal three Jack deal without extra Jack
 		1959
Seconds, Centers, Bottoms
116
Edward Marlo "He's My Partner" dealing four aces to partner after deck is shuffled
 		1959
Seconds, Centers, Bottoms
117
Edward Marlo Exhibitionism openly dealing thirds and fourths
 		1959
Seconds, Centers, Bottoms
118
Edward Marlo If I Were a Card Cheat how to present riffle stacking to audiences
 		1959
Riffle Shuffle Systems
85
Edward Marlo Faro Plus Seconds - Stud riffle and overhand combination
 		1959
Riffle Shuffle Systems
108
Edward Marlo Key Card System pseudo stacking, actually key cards next to aces, face up deal and second deal
 		1959
Riffle Shuffle Systems
111
Richard Segal The Sucker Poker Deal three Jacks are controlled for the spectator, magician gets a Royal Flush
 		1959
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1959)
41
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Poko-Combo stack that allows combination for ten card poker deal, strictly straight and straight cheating
Related toAlso published here Jan. 1959
The Cardiste (Issue 12)
2
Lin Searles The Cross Shuffle Slow-Motion Deal thirds of deck shuffled according to spectator's wishes, yet predicted Full House received in seven-handed game, faro
Related to 1959
Slow Motion Poker Deals
1
Lin Searles The Slow-Motion Crooked Straight fake false dealing from all parts of deck, pseudo mate pairs
 		1959
Slow Motion Poker Deals
3
Lin Searles The Slow-Motion Idiot's Shuffle deck shuffled face-up/face-down in slop style from tabled packets, humorous presentation, then "eightses" are dealt to performer
 		1959
Slow Motion Poker Deals
5
Matt Schulien Matt's Crazy Poker Deal spectator shuffles, performer deals five hands, third hand dealt openly from bottom, other hands shown first with some byplay, then third hand shown to be royal flush
 		1959
The Magic of Matt Schulien
99
Bill Elliott 3 Card Monkey Business packet trick with story presentation, blank card finale, or card with green face
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here Mar. 1959
Ibidem (Issue 16)
3
Martin Gardner Odd! Monty Hall discussion, bet with three cards
Variations Oct. 1959
Ibidem (Issue 18)
3
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Rusduck Thinks on the reverse faro
  • suit separation by going through the deck only once
  • reverse faros to pre-set a stack
  • poker deal application
Inspired byRelated to Oct. 1959
Ibidem (Issue 18)
19
P. Howard Lyons They're Really Marked performer sorts deck into reds and blacks from the back, procedure to get a mixed-up one-way deck into the right configuration by dealing once from the back and once from the face, borrowed deck is apparently marked
 		Oct. 1959
Ibidem (Issue 18)
30
Ken Beale Jackpott three Jacks deal (three Jacks are laid alternated with indifferent cards and come to the top), ending in full house and royal flush
Inspired by Oct. 1959
Ibidem (Issue 18)
31
Edward Marlo The Illogical Routine Aces are stacked with faros multiple times, but each time come out in an unexpected hand for an unexpected number of players, Aces vanish as finale
 		Dec. 1959
Ibidem (Issue 19)
18
Edward Marlo A Monte Vanish during a Three Card Monte the money card vanishes and appears in pocket, it then transposes with one of the other cards
 		Dec. 1959
Ibidem (Issue 19)
21
Edward Marlo Two Card Monte DeLand's Two Card Monte with pairs of roughed cards
 		Dec. 1959
Ibidem (Issue 19)
35
Edward Marlo Roughed False Dealing Demonstration fifth dealing with roughed Aces, also suggestion of using a paper clip
 		Dec. 1959
Ibidem (Issue 19)
43
James Steranko Dead Man's Hand Finale Chapter Twelve, "A Lesson in Card Artistry"
spectator choses card, they turn out to be Dead Man's Hand (pair of Eights and Aces), third Ace appears between them
 		1960
Steranko on Cards
83
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Unheimliche Kartenpartie deck is shuffled and dealt into four hands, suit is named and one remembers a card in his his hand, performer names the suit, then several rounds are played and performer is always able to name cards in other hands
Inspired by
  • Dr. J. Scott Inglis "The Mathematician's Poker Game" in Max Andrews' "Magic Magazine", February 1955
  • Dr. J. Scott Inglis "Dealing with a Bridge Deal" in Max Andrews' "Magic Magazine", April 1955
 1960
Ravelli's unheimliche Kartenpartie
1
Jochen Zmeck Ein Märchen mechanical (hinges) jumbo three card monte with story presentation
Inspired by
  • Eperny monte routine in Magie
 1960
Das Jochen Zmeck Skriptum
21
Neal Elias Down & Out sixteen-card packet is sorted into four fours-of-a-kind with down-under-deal
Inspired by May 1960
Ibidem (Issue 20)
20
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Poko-Combo stack that allows combination for ten card poker deal, strictly straight and straight cheating
Also published here May 1960
Ibidem (Issue 20)
23
Neal Elias Strip Faro Stock Shuffle Aces placed on top, stacked to any number from two to eight, faro and stripper deck combination
 		June 1960
Ibidem (Issue 21)
21
Neal Elias A Pseudo Cull-Stock Shuffle with faros
  • Four Five Hands
Inspired by June 1960
Ibidem (Issue 21)
22
Quote on Blackjack Strategy
Oct. 1960
Ibidem (Issue 22)
32
Dai Vernon Blindfold Poker Deal
Related to 1961
Further Inner Secrets of Card Magic
9
Dai Vernon Three Card Monte routine, including bent corner
Related to 1961
Further Inner Secrets of Card Magic
15
Dai Vernon The Use of a Short Card
1961
Further Inner Secrets of Card Magic
20
Dai Vernon The Optical Move
Related to 1961
Further Inner Secrets of Card Magic
21
Edward Marlo Monte Swindle clip on money card, using extra clip
 		1961
Card Switches
59
Charlie Miller Poker Deal target cards from shuffled first deal placed into own hand via bottom deals
 		1961
The Magic of Charles Earle Miller
28
Gerald Kosky Three and Four Alike intro for Three Card Monte, all cards are the same then all different
 		Mar. 1961
The New Phoenix (Issue 355)
248
Lin Searles Diapsalmata "An Old Poker Deal Refrain"
 		Mar. 1961
Ibidem (Issue 23)
24
William P. Miesel Routine Pinochle
  • Phase I
  • Phase II
  • Phase III
  • Phase IV
 		Dec. 1961
Ibidem (Issue 24)
16
Milton Kort Kort Kards monte packet trick with color changing backs
Inspired by
  • "Amaso" (Will de Sieve, marketed)
 Dec. 1961
Ibidem (Issue 24)
19
Harry Lorayne Little Fella' - Big Fella' set-up that is redealt multiple times
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1962
Close-up Card Magic
61
Edward Marlo, Harry Lorayne, Martin Gardner Lorayne's Poker Deal
Inspired byRelated toVariationsAlso published here 1962
Close-up Card Magic
153
Harry Lorayne, Dai Vernon, Sam Schwartz Push-Through Poker four cards change to complete royal flush
 		1962
Close-up Card Magic
207
Harry Lorayne Short Pseudo Exposé one card changes to complete royal flush
 		1962
Close-up Card Magic
243
Dai Vernon Vernon Poker Demonstration
1962
Early Vernon
26
Dai Vernon Vernon Automatic Second Deal hole in top card
Related to 1962
Early Vernon
28
Dai Vernon Puzzling Demonstration top two cards transpose, also as fake second deal
Related to 1962
Early Vernon
56
Dai Vernon Vernon Poker Routine - Revised
1962
Early Vernon
64
Jochen Zmeck Mein Rauh-Glatt-Kümmelblättchen partial rough-smooth
Variations 1962
Enzyklopädie der Rauh-Glatt-Kartentricks — Teil I
26
Arthur Rasper Die im Quartett wandernde Karte partial rough-smooth with three sections
Inspired by 1962
Enzyklopädie der Rauh-Glatt-Kartentricks — Teil I
27
Jochen Zmeck Der abgedankte König King changes into blank card with "I resigned", partial rough-smooth
Related to 1962
Enzyklopädie der Rauh-Glatt-Kartentricks — Teil II
5
Milton Kort The You Got Nothin Poker Deal Magician tries to deal the winning hand to himself, but gets a pair. But everyone else gets blank cards, so magician does win after all
 		1962
Kort Is Now In Session
13
Roger Klause Fake Center Deal using Tilt
Related to 1962
Tilt!
28
Ken Beale 3 Way Transposition monte effect from top of deck with Jack, Queen and King of Spades in which cards keep transforming
  • First Routine
  • Second Routine
  • Third Routine
  • Fourth Routine
  • Fifth Routine
Variations Sep. 1962
Ibidem (Issue 26)
16
Tony Blitz Colour Confused monte effect from top of deck
 		Sep. 1962
Ibidem (Issue 26)
19
Nate Leipzig Automatic Gambler royal flush
Variations 1963
Dai Vernon's Tribute to Nate Leipzig
160
Don Tanner O. Henry Monte - Two Card Monte Perfected with traveling kicker, see also p. 336 for ideas by Sid Lorraine
Variations Jan. 1963
The New Phoenix (Issue 376)
331
L. K. Stevenson More on the Monte
Inspired by Mar. 1963
The New Phoenix (Issue 378)
340
North Bigbee Decromancy routines for a new deck
  • cutting high card / to the Ace of Spades
  • finding selection (impromptu stripper)
 		Dec. 1963
The New Phoenix (Issue 385)
367
Edward Marlo Any Number of Hands shuffled deck, any number of hands named, performer looks through deck, when cards are dealt, the named value four-of-a-kind is in the named hand
 		1964
Faro Controlled Miracles
10
Edward Marlo Card Stack Demo Kings openly stacked, Tens and Aces end up also, faro and overhand stacking, for correction see Facsimile reference
Related to 1964
Faro Controlled Miracles
37
Edward Marlo Call and Stock any called value is stacked into named number of hands, from new pack order stack
 		1964
The Patented Shuffle (Issue 4 Transfers)
26
Edward Marlo Center Stacking cards stacked while apparently being in center
Related to 1964
The Patented Shuffle (Issue 4 Transfers)
38
Edward Marlo The Double Stack stacking two hands
 		1964
The Patented Shuffle (Issue 4 Transfers)
40
Edward Marlo The Triple Stack stacking three pairs of cards
 		1964
The Patented Shuffle (Issue 4 Transfers)
43
Edward Marlo Gin Rummy Stack
  • 1st Combination
  • 2nd Combination (In Two Shuffles)
  • 3rd Combination (In Two Shuffles)
 		1964
The Patented Shuffle (Issue 4 Transfers)
45
Edward Marlo Bluff Poker Stack
1964
The Patented Shuffle (Issue 5 I Shuffled the Cards)
Edward Marlo Stacking Demo
  • 5 Hand Stack
  • Six Hands
 		1964
The Patented Shuffle (Issue 6 Effects)
9
Edward Marlo Fast Demonstration of Stacking a Pair
1964
The Patented Shuffle (Issue 6 Effects)
11
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