241 entries in Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Spectator cuts to the Aces
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Dr. H. Walter Grote The Harmony of Numbers "An Original Card Divertissement"
several piles made by cutting and saying stop, each pile has ten cards and a Ten spot on top
Related to 1939 28
Jean Hugard, Frederick Braue A Year in Your Life four digits of named year cut to
Related to 1942 19
Bob Veeser A Subtlety for the Spectator Cuts the Aces two Aces are on one pile, bluff sequence, packets assembled one by one and top cards tabled
Variations 1964 46
Edward Marlo Bluff Ace Cutting packets assembled one by one and top cards tabled, bluff
Inspired byRelated to 1964 46
Edward Marlo Marlo's Four Card Miracle four selections, faro control, cut to the Aces with selections
1964 47
Alton Sharpe Jumping Jacks performer cuts pack into four piles, Jacks on top, then matrix routine with table mat with post card covers
1969 145
Edward Marlo Cutting the Aces
1969 147
Harry Lorayne To Catch an Ace #1 Lorayne says he didn't do any research, so the methods might not be his
1971 50
Derek Dingle, Edward Marlo To Catch an Ace #2
Inspired by 1971 53
Harry Lorayne To Catch an Ace #3
Related to 1971 56
Harry Lorayne Case Aces Spectator Cuts to the Aces with color changing back kicker of aces
1971 63
Harry Lorayne To Catch an Ace #4
1971 65
Harry Lorayne To Catch an Ace #5
Variations 1971 69
Harry Lorayne To Catch an Ace #5A
1971 71
Harry Lorayne To Catch an Ace #6
Related to 1971 74
Edward Marlo Lead-in Ace Cutting
Apr. 1971
Kabbala — Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 4)
25
Jim Surprise Surprise Aces: Spectator Cuts The Aces
Variations 1972 91
Jerry K. Hartman A Cut Above mirroring each other, magician and spectator each cut four piles, magician has cut to Kings, spectator has cut to Aces with corresponding order of suits
Also published here 1972 38
Jerry K. Hartman Overskill spectator cuts to the Aces after they are openly lost, for a climax they are separated throughout deck and magician finds them all in a group with one Charlier cut
Related to
  • "A Problem Posed, 38th Method" (Edward Marlo, The New Tops, March 1965, p. 24)
1972 39
Put Up Bottom Deal Variation No. 487, four packets cut to, Aces found on bottom
Related to 1972 136
Mystic Number Card Routine No. 499, four packets cut by spectator, remaining cards are ten cards, Ten on bottom of each cut-off packet
1972 138
Harry Lorayne Half-Force Aces spectator cuts to the aces, they change to kings, aces produced from anywhere
1973 23
Harry Lorayne Half-Force Open Prediction three prediction cards, spectator cuts deck into three packets, top cards match
1973 26
Jerry K. Hartman Overskill II Spectator cuts to Aces, then magician cuts to Aces in different flashy ways
Inspired byAlso published here 1973 28
Edward Marlo Another Spectator Cuts the Aces with bluff, two Aces end up on same pile
1974 209
Edward Marlo Spectator Cuts To Locate Aces spectator cuts four piles, numbers of top cards are counted and every Ace is found
VariationsAlso published here Apr. 1976
Pabular (Vol. 2 No. 8)
244
Paul Harris Silver and Aces spectator cuts to the Aces and a coin are found under each ace
Related to 1976 49
Edward Marlo A Spectator Unwittingly Cuts to the Aces
Also published here
  • 37th solution in The New Tops (March 1965)
1976 9
Gene Maze Spectator Aces - new version three methods
1977 326
Paul Curry Tops Of The Heaps Ace to Four instead of four aces
1977 13
Danny Korem The Spectator Cuts the Four Aces #10,001 two cards as hung cards, two added to bottom after shuffling
1977 13
Allan Ackerman Al Leech's "Posthumous"
1978 98
Ken Krenzel Variation of To Catch and Ace #6
1978 89
Ken Krenzel KK's HHH
1978 97
Gustave Southall Dialing the Cards telephone number of spectator dealt out with "the spectator cuts to and counts down to the Aces" procedure
1978 33
Reinhard Müller Bonus: Ein Zuschauer findet die vier Asse card chosen with cutting procedure, rest cut into three packets, Aces are found
Mar. 1978
Intermagic (Vol. 5 No. 1)
35
Edward Marlo Spectator Cuts Aces three methods
Related to 1979 323
Edward Marlo Spectator Cuts U Count variation of "Spectator Cuts And Counts To The Aces", no set up
Variations 1979 326
Harry Lorayne Double Take using pick-up from wrong packets
Variations 1979 214
Karl Fulves Textbook Aces spectator cuts to Aces, then performer, at bottom of piles is Royal Flush
  • Immediate Aces
  • Knockout Poker
1979
The Chronicles (Issue 24)
1298
Stephen Tucker, David Britland Face Card Fantasy with Aces, Kings, Queens and Jacks
Sep. 1979
The Talon (Issue 5)
66
Father Cyprian Door to Door Card Sharp Deck shuffled, spectator cuts to four Aces, magician turns them over
Inspired by
  • "The Spectator Aces" (Alan Shaxon, Magigram)
1979 7
Gene Maze The Spectator Cuts the Aces
1980 49
Gene Maze Cutting Colors color changing back climax
1980 58
Steve Beam Cutting to the Aces spectator cuts and finds two Aces, Aces are cut inside the two halves to find other Aces
1980 15
Jon Racherbaumer, David Solomon Spectator Cuts Off more than he can Choose spectator cuts deck in four packets, after some counting and packet handling aces, queens and kings are turned over
1981 3
Stephen Tucker Fantasia four cards are cut to, which are predicted with miniature cards, cards have different colored back than rest of the deck which is blank on the face too
Dec. 1981
Spell-Binder (Vol. 1 No. 8)
148
Daryl Martinez Cut to Kill Kings and Aces, further credits see page 55
Related to Dec. 1982 29
David Britland Specututular!
Aug. 1982
Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. 16)
309
Alex East The musical deck cards with singers, composers and songs, spectator cuts to a matching combination, they transform to another song that is played from music box
Related toAlso published here Sep. 1982
Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. 17)
327
Justin Higham, Stephen Tucker, Pascal Monmoine Pandemonium
  • growing Deck gag (Higham)
  • trouser pocket as servante (Higham)
  • card revelation gag with two spectators selecting the same card (Tucker)
  • five coins travel from hand to hand and then change into one coin (Tucker)
  • Cutting the Aces, Bilis/ Marlo variation idea (Monmoine)
Feb. 1983
Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. 22)
420
Dai Vernon Vernon's Four Ace Sand Trick cutting the Ace, beach method, hiding Aces under sand
1983 98
Edward Marlo Spectator's Ace Cutting twelve methods, some where the spectator turn over the aces, some quadrupel stop effects, for 11th method see page 284
1984 244
Neal Elias Spectator Cuts the Aces as a Prelude
Inspired by 1984
Epoptica (Issue Yearbook)
307
Stephen Tucker Literally Spelling The Aces four cards instead of Aces, the cards are from an ABC deck and the four cards spell A-C-E-S
Oct. 1984
Pabular (Vol. 8 No. 8)
1264
Peter Duffie Face Up Garcia spectator cuts to four cards which change into Aces
Inspired by 1984 26
Lou Gallo Incredible Cards and Coins eight coins appear under four Aces
Also published here Autumn 1985
The Collected Almanac (Vol. 3 No. 31, 32 & 33)
335
Harry Lorayne Past Participle deck cut in four packets by spectator, spectator choses top card of one pile, top cards of other piles are used to count down, mates to selection found
1985 406
Bob King Bluff Cut Aces and Kings
Variations 1985 442
Roger Crosthwaite Half a Classic multi-phase routine
  • Spectator cuts to the Aces
  • Triumph
  • Revelation of chosen card
  • Aces change into Eights, Aces found in pocket, selection in card case
Inspired by 1985 4
Larry Jennings Reaping the Aces I & II two handlings
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1986 130
Richard Vollmer Lazy Man's Invisible Back & Front Palm Kings are on table, spectator cuts deck into four piles, performer puts Kings on the piles, they all travel invisibly on one pile, top card of each pile is then shown to be an Ace
Variations Sep. 1986
Apocalypse (Vol. 9 No. 9)
1253
Edward Marlo Another Spectator Cuts the Aces
1986 43
John Bannon Eight is Enough spectator cuts into four piles, Queens shown as top cards, then Aces as well
1986 17
William Goodwin Spectator Cuts to the Aces
1986 4
Roberto Giobbi Der Psychotest spectator cuts deck into four piles, the top four cards match four prediction cards
Also published here 1987 9
Ken Simmons Simply Cutting to the Aces Aces cut to, optional follow-up in which they are cut into deck again and come back to top
1987 4
Ken Simmons Another Cutting to the Aces
Variations 1987 5
Larry Jennings Spectator Cuts the Aces #1111 two methods
1988 102
Larry Jennings Spectator Cuts the Aces Again
1988 109
Edward Marlo A Problem Posed credit information
  • 35th Method
  • 36th Method
  • 37th Method
  • 38th Method
  • 39th Method
  • 40th Method
  • 41st Method
  • 45th Method (spectator shuffles before the cutting)
VariationsAlso published here
  • The New Tops, Mar. 1965
1988 135
Edward Marlo As an Opener
Related toVariationsAlso published here
  • The New Tops, Sep. 1965
1988 174
Peter Wilker Das Datum deck with numbers, cards are cut in packets and top cards changed, cards form date or birthday, using card box
Also published here
  • George Blake's "Four Ace Finale" in "Commercial Card Tricks" 1969.
1988
Magische Blätter (Vol. 2 No. 1)
1
Bob King If At First spectator cuts deck into four piles, top cards are not Aces but instantly change to Aces
Also published here July 1989
Apocalypse (Vol. 12 No. 7)
1664
David Regal How in the World?
Oct. 1989
Apocalypse (Vol. 12 No. 10)
1698
Edward Marlo Spectator Cuts Aces to Face
1989 27
David Williamson Spectator Cuts the Kings
Also published here May 1989
The Minotaur (Vol. 1 No. 2)
10
Bob King If At First spectator cuts deck into four piles, top cards are not Aces but instantly change to Aces
Also published here 1989 2
Alex East Das Musikantenspiel cards with singers, composers and songs, spectator cuts to a matching combination, they transform to another song that is played from music box
Also published here Oct. 1989
Intermagic (Vol. 15 No. 1)
14
Edward Marlo Delayed Spectator Ace Cutting Kings are on table, spectator cuts deck into four piles, performer puts Kings on the piles, they all travel invisibly on one pile, top card of each pile is then shown to be an Ace
Inspired by Oct. 1989
Inside Out (Issue 7)
2
Jon Racherbaumer Karl Fulves: The Great Pretender eight pages on credit fights, J. W. Sarles
  • Item One: Marlo & Double Vanish & Recovery
  • Item Two: Scorpio Switch vs. Another Sandwich Switchout (The New Tops, June 1985)
  • Item Three: Spectator cut the Aces plot
  • Item Four: Bottop Change
  • Item Five: Jordan Count
  • Item Six: Oil & Water effect
Related toAlso published here Oct. 1989
Inside Out (Issue 7)
7
Gerd Winkler Cut to Aces
1989 61
Shigeo Takagi To the Cut packets in square, fake/crossed pick-ups
Also published here Apr. 1990
Apocalypse (Vol. 13 No. 4)
1770
Edward Marlo, Bruce Cervon Spread Cut Aces
1990 34
David Solomon Bonus Spectator cuts to four Tens
Also published here 1990 16
Shigeo Takagi Who Cuts First? packets in square, fake/crossed pick-ups
Also published here 1990 40
David Williamson Spectator Cuts the Kings
Also published here 1990 ca. 13
Allan Ackerman The Spectator Cuts Double four packets are cut by spectator, top cards are Kings and bottom cards are Aces
Also published here 1991 8
Jon Racherbaumer The Great Pretender: Karl Fulves eight pages on credit fights, J. W. Sarles
  • Item One: Marlo & Double Vanish & Recovery
  • Item Two: Scorpio Switch vs. Another Sandwich Switchout (The New Tops, June 1985)
  • Item Three: Spectator cut the Aces plot
  • Item Four: Bottop Change
  • Item Five: Jordan Count
  • Item Six: Oil & Water effect
Also published here Sep. 1991 6
Jerry K. Hartman Foundation four packets in a row, top cards removed
Variations 1991 390
Jerry K. Hartman Overskill Spectator cuts to Aces, then magician cuts to Aces in different flashy ways, with new handling refinements
Also published here 1991 392
Peter Duffie Pre-Classic Ace Cutting top cards of the four piles are put on a packet that's ready for an assembly follow-up
1991 2
James Swain, Bill Malone Elevator Aces spectator selects four cards which turn out to be the Aces, cards are buried but appear on top
Inspired by 1992 81
Daryl Martinez Spectator Queen, King & Ace Cut Aces on bottom, Kings and Queens on top
Related to 1992 12
Christoph Borer A Spectator Ace Cut using flat palm
Nov. 1993
Apocalypse (Vol. 16 No. 11)
2284
Larry Jennings リーピングジエーセス (Ripping the Aces) Spectator cuts to the Aces
1993 153
Peter Duffie Audience Participation using tabled Pick-Up double lift
1993 43
Walt Lees A Spectator Cuts the Aces
Dec. 1993
Profile (Issue 17)
8
Jerry K. Hartman, Vicente Canuto Aparición de Ases y Reyes mirroring each other, magician and spectator each cut four piles, magician has cut to Kings, spectator has cut to Aces
Also published here 1993 117
Vicente Canuto Cuatro Ases al Corte del Espectador -1
1993 139
Vicente Canuto Cuatro Ases al Corte del Espectador - 2 spectator cuts four packets one is picked up and top cards added to top
1993 212
Allan Ackerman, Debbie Ackerman The Spectator Cuts Double Aces on bottom, Kings on Top
VariationsAlso published here 1994 85
Allan Ackerman, Daryl Martinez The Spectator Cuts Triple Aces on bottom, Kings and Queens on top
Inspired byRelated toVariations 1994 89
Justin Higham Spectator Cuts, Magician Delivers
Related to 1994 72
Stephen Tucker, Rudolf Braunmüller Freitag blank cards are cut to instead of Aces, Aces not working today, gag
Inspired by July 1994
Intermagic (Vol. 18 No. 4 & 5)
174
Bob Veeser, Larry Jennings The Spectator Cuts the Aces
Also published here 1995 51
Doug Edwards The Spectator Cuts - Again
Dec. 1995
Apocalypse (Vol. 18 No. 12)
2584
Bob King This Should Come As A Suprise interesting variation on swindle cut
Dec. 1995
Apocalypse (Vol. 18 No. 12)
2590
Edward Marlo The Ultimate Spectator Cuts the Aces Aces start in card shelf, two methods
1995 170
Edward Marlo Spectator Cuts Aces seven methods, some with tabled palm, holding out
Related toAlso published here
  • The New Tops, Aug. 1976
1995 292
Edward Marlo Spectator Cuts to Locate Aces spectator cuts and values are used to count down to Aces
VariationsAlso published here 1995 299
Bob King Dazzle Aces direct, first packet cut by performer
1995 6
Jerry K. Hartman Quartered And Drawn spectator cuts deck in four piles and top cards are shown to be indifferent, bottom card of each pile are Aces
VariationsAlso published here
  • (Jerry K. Hartman, The Crimp, February 1993)
1995 142
Jerry K. Hartman Cutting Edge spectator fairly cuts deck into four piles, performer picks up top card of each and turns them over one at a time to reveal the Aces
Inspired by 1995 146
Paul Harris, Tim Carlson Silver and Aces (revised) spectator cuts to the aces and a coin are found under each ace, featuring "Tim's Industrial Strength Gaff"
Related to 1996
The Art of Astonishment — Book 1 (Issue The Magic of Paul Harris)
75
Neal Elias Ace Cutting Sequence
1996
The Art of Astonishment — Book 1 (Issue The Magic of Paul Harris)
77
James Swain, Bob Farmer The Spectator Cuts to the Aces two versions
1996 74
Lou Gallo Incredible Cards and Coins eight coins appear under four Aces
Also published here 1996 32
Udo Wächter Der Charme der Herz Dame long routine
  • spectator cuts to the Aces
  • the Queen of Hearts appears
  • the Queen of Hearts whispers the spectators thought
  • the Queen of Hearts turns an Ace face down
  • the Queen of Hearts changes into the Ace
  • the vanished Queen of Hearts appears between the Aces
  • the Queen of Hearts and two Aces change places in a flash
Also published here 1996 161
Justin Higham Spectator Cuts - Magician Delivers
Nov. 1997
Apocalypse (Vol. 20 No. 11)
2857
Michael Skinner, William Goodwin New Year's Resolution spectator cuts deck in four piles and selects four cards from second deck, those values are used to count down to the Aces in the four piles
1997 3
Christian Scherer Fernseh-Asse performer cuts to the aces one by one
1997 34
Bruce Cervon The Spectator Cuts the Four Aces Once More
1998 12
Bruce Cervon Again, The Spectator Cuts the Four Aces!
1998 14
Bruce Cervon The Spectator Cuts the Four Aces Once More II
1998 17
Frank Stefani Jack Attack spectator cuts to four Jacks and finds selection, see "Informant" reference for impromptu version
Inspired byRelated toVariations 1998
Underworld (Issue 8)
102
Karl Fulves Rapid City Aces 203rd Ace related
Inspired by 1998 236
Karl Fulves Now Serving cannibal presentation for the trick
Inspired by 1998 242
Dave Robertson Spectator Makes Good wrong card found, spectator cuts deck in three piles, same value than selection is on top and wrong card changes into selection
Inspired by
  • Ed Marlo version for Cutting the Aces
Variations
1998 80
Steve Mayhew "Attitude" spectator cuts to an Ace and three indifferent cards, three cards changed into Aces
Also published here 1998
Labyrinth (Issue 8 - Part 1)
9
Bob King Spectator Cuts and Cheats spectator cuts to the Aces three times, then they change back color
1998 13
Bob King My Opener breather crimp
Inspired byAlso published here 1998 18
Jason Alford A Quarter Off spectator cuts to four advertising cards with 25 cents off each, gag comment
1998 19
Andrew Wimhurst Cut Deeper Aces using cut deeper force
1999 17
David Regal Clean Cut Spectator cut to the Aces
1999 47
Karl Fulves Luck Beats Skill spectator cuts to four Aces and finds selection, credit information
Inspired by Apr. 1999
Genii (Vol. 62 No. 4)
41
Aldo Colombini Ace High spectator cuts to Aces, Aces put onto four packets, deck assembled, Aces come to top, repeat
Inspired by Apr. 1999
Onyx (Issue 7)
20
Jerry K. Hartman Forced Ace Trick spectator cuts off four packets from tabled deck in places them jogged forwards and backwards into performer's hand, Ace shown on bottom of each
July 1999
Onyx (Issue 8)
1
Udo Wächter The Charm of the Queen of Hearts long routine
  • spectator cuts to the Aces
  • the Queen of Hearts appears
  • the Queen of Hearts whispers the spectators thought
  • the Queen of Hearts turns an Ace face down
  • the Queen of Hearts changes into the Ace
  • the vanished Queen of Hearts appears between the Aces
  • the Queen of Hearts and two Aces change places in a flash
Inspired byAlso published here 2000 166
Baltazar Fuentes Spectator Cuts Double II Aces and Tens
Inspired by 2000 37
Baltazar Fuentes Spectator Cuts to the Aces three methods
2000 41
Karl Fulves Spectator Cuts To Whatever "Three Trix"
also as four-card prediction
2000 111
Jerry Mentzer Any Way four packets arrived at, a King (or Queen, two-way out) on top of each
2000 45
Justin Higham Spectator Cuts to Indicate the Aces top cards are used to count down
Inspired byVariations 2001 31
Karl Fulves, William P. Miesel Cutting the Aces No. 26
2001 53
Harry Lorayne A Cutting Spectator pick-up from wrong packets
Inspired by 2001 527
Peter Duffie Spectator Cuts to the Aces
Inspired by 2001 4
Peter Duffie Spectator Cuts to the Aces...Plus! four Kings placed aside, spectator cuts four packets, Kings on top, cards placed aside are now Aces
2001 5
Terry LaGerould The Tell-A-Pathic Gypsies three Queens change to value of selected cards, spectator then cuts to Queens
2001 28
Terry LaGerould Cardboard Keyboard spectator cuts deck in four piles, top cards shown, those top cards then change to Aces
Inspired byVariations 2001 34
Terry LaGerould Instantane-e-Ace-ly spectator cuts deck in four piles, bottom cards shown indifferent, they then change to Aces
2001 45
Jamie Badman Your Lucky Number! spectator cuts to named four-of-a-kind, faro
Inspired by Sep./Oct. 2001
Mr. Gadfly (Vol. 1 No. 3)
46
Jerry K. Hartman Cut, Man! Do! using Harry Riser subtlety
Related to June 2001
Ego (Vol. 1 No. 1)
30
Paul Cummins, Chad Long No Mercy longer routine, swindle cut the Aces
2002 77
Bob King My Opener
Inspired byAlso published here 2002 11
"Magic" Christian Stelzel Prime Cut four cards form spectator's birthday
Inspired by 2002 57
Trevor McCombie Caffeine four Queens are removed and tabled, then spectator cuts the Aces procedure with Queens, tabled cards turn out to be the Aces
Feb. 2002
Ego (Vol. 1 No. 9)
22
Joshua Jay Spectator Cuts to the Jacks first spectator cuts to the Jacks, then performer tries but really they all come to the top and he cuts off three single cards as gag
Also published here July 2002
Magic (Vol. 11 No. 11)
74
Herb Zarrow, Roberto Giobbi A Psychological Test spectator cuts deck into four piles, the top four cards match four prediction cards
Inspired by
  • "Matched Revolvers" (Herb Zarrow, Linking Ring, July 1977)
Related toAlso published here
2003 1139
Steve Belchou, Roberto Giobbi The Poker Player's Royal Flush Aces are cut to, royal flush appears as well
Related toVariations 2003 1298
David Williamson Return of the Kings
Also published here 2003 12
Bob Farmer Opti-Con: Five-Packet Optical Confusion Illusion
  • Flim-Flam: The Way of the Scamurai
deck cut into five packets, top cards are an Ace through Five Royal Flush, using bluff pick-up
Related to Oct. 2003
Genii (Vol. 66 No. 10)
15
Bob Farmer Flushing Out the Aces cutting deck in four packets, top cards are Aces and a Queen, buff pick-up sequence
Dec. 2003
Genii (Vol. 66 No. 12)
19
Bob Farmer LaGging spectator cuts deck in five piles, top cards shown, those top cards are re-arranged and then change to Royal Flush
Inspired by Dec. 2003
Genii (Vol. 66 No. 12)
19
Jackie McClements Knocking on Heaven's Door "A trick for Bob Neale"
story trick, Jack, King and Ace of Hearts lost, spectator cuts deck into three piles, three Sixes are on top
Inspired by
  • "A Card Trick with A Message" (Jackie McClements, The Crimp, p. 468)
2004 12
John Scarne Stock Holder performer and spectator alternately cut the deck and deal the top card to the other, performer names the cards he dealt to spectator and performer has four Aces
2004
Charlatan (Issue 8)
100
David Jade Cutting Off Colors color changing back kicker
VariationsAlso published here Mar. 2004
Magic (Vol. 13 No. 7)
92
Rick Merrill Sybil Cut Flush Ouellet's Ace production followed by Sybil cut with one Royal Flush cards at face of each packet
Related to 2005 20
Joshua Jay Overlap Jack Cutting first spectator cuts to the Jacks, then performer tries but really they all come to the top and he cuts off three single cards as gag
  • Phase One: The Spectator Cuts to Four Jacks
  • Phase Two: The Magician Cuts to Four Jacks (Sort of)
Also published here 2005 81
Bob King Color Cut color changing back kicker
Inspired by 2005 13
Dai Vernon Cutting The Aces spectator cuts to the Aces, with sucker moves as magician fooler
2006
Prolix (Issue 1)
10
Andi Gladwin Double-header Prediction three selections predicted, spectators cut to their selections
2007 31
Jerry K. Hartman Cut Casher lots of counting involved
2007 420
Jon Racherbaumer, Larry Jennings Blind-Bluff Aces four Ace Revelation by cutting packets
Inspired by June 2007
Antinomy (Vol. 3 No. 2)
11
Jerry K. Hartman Kooky Cutter spectator cuts four piles, Ace on top of each
2007 210
Jerry K. Hartman Cut to the Choice magician knows how many cards four spectators will cut off the deck, then top card of each pile is shown to be an Ace
Inspired by 2007 214
Nick Trost The Insurance Card II spectator cuts to four cards, initial selection completes straight flush, two versions
2008 109
Manuel Montes Cortando por los ases - versión por descarga
2008
El Manuscrito (Vol. 1 No. 4)
58
Grace Ann Morgan +1 spectator cuts to four cards, performer cuts to one higher each, with Si Stebbins variation
Also published here 2009 12
Nick Trost Quick Ace Opener deck made into four packets, Aces found
Also published here
  • New Tops, June 1966
2009 362
Nick Trost A Poker Player's Puzzler Aces are cut to with counting procedure, royal flush appears as well
Inspired by 2009 374
Tom Stone Glitching the Aces
Also published here July 2010
Genii (Vol. 73 No. 7)
71
Tom Stone, Harry Riser Glitching the Aces
Also published here 2011 223
Harry Lorayne SCAM "Spectator Cuts Aces Method"
with repeat explanation of "To Catch an Ace #6"
Related toAlso published here 2011 118
Harry Lorayne All For(ce) One Loryane Force application, spectators point to position in deck and divide the deck into four sections that way, Aces on faces
2011 183
William Goodwin Count Back to Count Down spectator eventually forms four piles, numbers of top cards are counted and every Ace is found
Inspired by 2011 35
Nick Trost Royal Barrage spectator cuts and counts to the Aces procedure for marriage
Also published here
  • The New Tops, Feb. 1973
2011 637
Allan Ackerman Predetermined Cutting unknown card pocketed, spectator names card, he cuts deck in four piles to a three-of-a-kind and an indifferent card, named card to complete quartet removed from pocket
VariationsAlso published here 2012 65
Allan Ackerman Impromptu Predetermined Cutting no-stack handling
Inspired byAlso published here 2012 69
Rich Aviles Wake-Up Call spectator cuts deck into four piles, top four cards removed, bottom four cards have three Aces and an indifferent card, the four removed cards are fused into final Ace
  • Alternate Ending (Royal Flush)
Inspired by 2012 1
Steve Reynolds Spectator Cuts 12 Ways Aces on bottom, Kings and Queens on top
Inspired byVariations 2012 24
Bruce Bernstein Four Card Prediction & What's In a Name? four cards cut by spectator are predicted, variation with ABC card, name
Also published here
  • Bruce Bernstein's "Four Card Prediction & What's In a Name?" in "The Lecture Compendium", 2006.
2012 60
John Guastaferro Book of Clues
2013 15
Harry Lorayne Perfect Illusion(S) "Spectator Cuts Aces Method", with repeat explanation of "To Catch an Ace #6"
Also published here Jan. 2013
Genii (Vol. 76 No. 1)
44
Justin Higham Bold Thumb-Off fake pick-up of top card of tabled packet with packet in hand
2013 42
Edward Marlo, Paul Vigil A Modified Marlo Sequence three cards
Inspired by 2014 55
Tomas Blomberg, Jack Parker Jack's Trick spectator cuts deck into four packets, a Queen is placed on each packet, they assemble on one packet, then it is shown that spectator also cut to the Aces
2014 254
Steve Mayhew Attitude spectator cuts to an Ace and three indifferent cards, three cards changed into Aces
Also published here 2014 24
József Kovács Or... The magician and a helper bury the four kings in the deck. The two of them later cut to the four kings.
2015 105
Steve Beam Tradeoffs Four kings are lost in the pack. The magician and a helper cut the cards to locate them.
2015 107
Esteban del Acebo Esteban's Aces Spectator cuts to the four aces.
2015 111
Dani DaOrtiz Semi-Automatic Ace Production Spectator chooses where to cut the pack to separate it into packets. The top card of each packet is an ace.
Related to
  • Second Method (1876)
  • "How to Have Someone Think of a Card and Guess What it is" (Horatio Galasso, Giochi de Carte, 1593)
2015 120
Ben Train In-Need-Of-A-Clever-Name Aces 4-ace production
Related to 2015 30
Ben Train Still-Searching-For-A-Title Aces Spectator cuts to the aces.
Inspired by 2015 32
Harry Lorayne, Bob Veeser Fake Turnover from wrong packet
2015 34
Tom Stone Glitching the Aces
Also published here 2015 8
Pit Hartling The Right Kind of Wrong four values cut to in one deck are used to count down to named four-of-a-kind in second deck
2016 178
Larry Jennings Reaping the Aces I
Related to 2016 181
Roberto Giobbi 1371 spectator cuts to Ace, Three, Seven, Ace for the year in which playing cards are first mentioned
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Feb 16)
51
Roberto Giobbi Hofzinser's Glove presentational idea
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Mar 26)
90
Christoph Borer, Edward Marlo I Cut to the Aces
Inspired by 2016 242
Joseph Barry Flying with Balloons magician or spectator cuts to the Aces
Inspired by
  • Marlo's methods in New Tops
Dec. 2017
Operandi (Issue 2)
17
Allan Hagen X X X X spectator cuts to her four-digit PIN code
2017 26
Harry Lorayne Hail HaLo to Aces and Kings
Inspired by 2017 104
Johnny Thompson, Larry Jennings, Edward Marlo Spectator Cuts to the Aces
Related to 2018 168
Herb Zarrow Reaping the Aces I Finesse
Inspired by 2018 169
Herb Zarrow, Johnny Thompson Zarrow Translating Deck spectator answers some questions, performer apparently removes four cards according to answers, spectator cuts to the four mates
Inspired by
  • "Matched Revolvers" (Herb Zarrow, Linking Ring, July 1977)
Related toAlso published here
  • "The Translating Deck" (MUM, Sept. 1995)
2018 187
David Solomon Spectator Cuts U Count - Circa 2014 variation of "Spectator Cuts And Counts To The Aces"
Inspired by 2018 173
Giancarlo Scalia Destiny spectator cuts off small packet, then he cuts four piles and top cards are all the same and corresponding to amount of initial packet
Related to 2018 197
Harry Lorayne Royal Take Royal Flush version
Inspired by 2018 207
Allan Ackerman, Tony Picasso, Fenik Your Lucky Day spectator names a card, cutting estimation by spectator, he eventually cuts to his named card, then a four packet monte routine is done and the matching three-of-a-kind show up
Inspired byAlso published here 2019 104
Fritz Alkemade, Benjamin Earl Just in Time v2.0.4 (self-working) After shuffling, spectator cuts the deck into three piles. After some dealing, reveal the three top cards to tell the current time. Uses a Ben Earl sequence inspired by Poker Player's Picnic
Inspired byRelated to 2019 16
Henok Negash Luck vs Skill spectator cuts to four random cards which the performer changes into Aces one by one, then the spectator does cut to the Aces
Inspired by May 2020
Elixir (Vol. 3 No. 1 Part 1 (Spring #2))
203
Larry Jennings Easy Intuition first Ace found with version of ten-twenty force, then one of two options
  • re-deal force in two packets
  • cutting the Aces with switch
Inspired byRelated to 2020 451
David Britland Slay Belles
  • Cardopolis
Feb. 2021
Genii (Vol. 84 No. 2)
46
George McBride Harry's Game spectator cuts to the Threes, with counting procedure
2022 42
Andrew Galloway Spectator Cuts to the Aces bluff turnover on packets
2022 103
Dave Robertson Re-Spectator Makes Good wrong card found, spectator cuts deck in three piles, same value than selection is on top and wrong card changes into selection
Inspired by 2022 128
Shimpei Katsuragawa Hofsimple piles dropped onto table, one chosen and counted as seven cards, spectator cuts deck into four piles with a Sevens on top of each
2022 43
Joshua Jay Spectator Cuts to the Jacks first spectator cuts to the Jacks, then performer tries but really they all come to the top and he cuts off three single cards as gag
Also published here 2022 100
David Jade Cutting Off Colors color changing back kicker
Also published here 2022 280
Jerry K. Hartman Carlo Monte four piles cut by spectator, spectator should follow Queen on top of a pile, later there are Aces on all packets
Inspired byAlso published here
  • MAGIC, July 2008
2022 758
Grace Ann Morgan Plus One spectator cuts to four cards, performer cuts to one higher each
Also published here 2022 974
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Spectator Cuts to the Aces 1
2022 115
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Spectator Cuts to the Aces 2 top card of each pile is first gathered and placed into card case but still protruding and in sight, then those cards are shown to be the Aces
2022 117
David Regal Re-Swindled Aces
  • Material Concessions
spectator cuts to the Aces with bluff pick-up
Apr. 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 4)
48
Justin Higham A Pedantic Poker Player's Picnic top cards are used to count down
Inspired by 2023 19
John Bannon Smack Monte
  • Dealing With It
four piles are cut by the spectator, top cards shown, spectator should follow Ace, suddenly there are Aces on all packets, no sleights
Inspired by Feb. 2024
Genii (Vol. 87 No. 2)
62
Allan Ackerman Predetermined Cutting unknown card pocketed, spectator names card, he cuts deck in four piles to a three-of-a-kind and an indifferent card, named card to complete quartet removed from pocket
Also published here 2024 137
Allan Ackerman Impromptu Predetermined Cutting no-stack handling
Also published here 2024 141
Allan Ackerman, Tony Picasso, Fenik Your Lucky Day spectator names a card, cutting estimation by spectator, he eventually cuts to his named card, then a four packet monte routine is done and the matching three-of-a-kind show up
Also published here 2024 180