Stacking without Shuffling

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Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Unknown 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
Theodore Annemann The Gambler in Person pick-up stack
Also published here 1931 The Book Without A Name 22
William Larsen Insertion Stacking with thumb count
 		1931 I Won't Play Cards With Him 5
Unknown An Effective Poker Deal re-deal stacking done by spectator, double duke suggestion
Related toVariations 1935 Card Manipulations (Issue 4) 108
Audley Walsh Thumb Count Stacking
1936 The Jinx (Issue 21) 122
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
Unknown A Subtle Set Up thumb count stack
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 365
Theodore Annemann The Gambler in Person pick-up stack
Variations 1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 372
Stadelman Effective Poker Deal redistribution to stack royal flush
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 373
Edward Victor Stacking the Aces thumb count
 		1937 Magic of the Hands 21
William Larsen The Four Ace Deal thumb riffle stacking
 		1938 Greater Magic 305
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
Martin Gardner, Edward Marlo Gardner-Marlo Poker Routine
Related toVariations 1942 Let's See the Deck 28
Audley Walsh Thumb Count Stacking
1943 Full Deck of Impromptu Card Tricks 7
Unknown The Hold Out and Pick Up Builds redealing principle in combination with pick up stack
 		1946 Card Control 112
Unknown 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
Al Leech Simplified Poker Deal Ace stacking for five hands via re-dealing
 		1949 For Card Men Only 26
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Build Up (Streamlined)
Inspired by 1949 The Phoenix 151-200 (Issue 189) 755
Bill Simon Set-Up of Four Cards stacking four cards, when deck is cut one of the cards is on top and on bottom of each heap
 		1952 Effective Card Magic 95
Hugh Carroll Solitaired! solitaire stacking
 		1952 The Phoenix 251 — 300 (Issue 264) 1057
Edward Marlo Bottom Deal Stacking while cards are counted, they are set via bottom deal
Variations 1953 The Cardician 33
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Rusduck Run-Up dealing again after poker demo, to have the deck back in order
 		1953 The Phoenix 251 — 300 (Issue 283) 1132
Russell "Rusduck" Duck 3 'n' 1 solitaire stacking
 		1954 The Phoenix 251 — 300 (Issue 298) 1192
Russell "Rusduck" Duck E-Z Poker thumb count stacking of a poker hand
 		1954 The New Phoenix 301-348 (Issue 310) 39
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
Russell "Rusduck" Duck, Jean Hugard Color Separation separating suits and stacking deck in the hands, see Tom Ransom's idea in No. 6
Related to 1958 The Cardiste (Issue 5) 9
William P. Miesel Another Impromptu Out of this World doing Miraskill for separating red and black cards
Related to 1958 The Cardiste (Issue 6) 7
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Version with Any Deck shuffled deck, all cards are memorized and named, the deck is stacked
 		1958 The Cardiste (Issue 7) 7
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Rusduck Run-Up bringing deck back in order, when doing gambling (dealing) routines
 		1958 The Cardiste (Issue 9) 6
Edward Marlo The Bottom Deal Count rearranging cards while counting them in the hands via bottom deals
 		1959 Seconds, Centers, Bottoms 12
Edward Marlo Strike Bottom Deal Count rearranging cards while counting them in the hands via bottom deals
 		1959 Seconds, Centers, Bottoms 15
Edward Marlo The Opening Gambit stacking a hand while dealing through the deck
Related to 1959 Seconds, Centers, Bottoms 136
Edward Marlo Key Card System pseudo stacking, actually key cards next to aces, face up deal and second deal
 		1959 Riffle Shuffle Systems 111
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 Double-Cut Poker Run-Up
1963 The New Phoenix 351-400 (Issue 378) 339
Edward Marlo Marlo Placement Cull spread cull procedure to set cards at desired positions from top, e.g. aces at positions 6-15-19-25
 		1964 Faro Controlled Miracles 6
Edward Marlo Marlo Simplex Placement Cull spread cull procedure to set cards at desired positions from top, e.g. aces at positions 6-15-19-25
 		1964 Faro Controlled Miracles 8
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
Karl Fulves Auto-Stack stripper deck application for stacking
 		1970 Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue Third Supplement) 82
Doc Mifflin Found - One Poker Hand chosen hand contains chosen poker hand, easy stacking
 		1972 The Living End 87
Edward Marlo Sixth Objective using in-jog and out-jog cull to set-up cards for poker demonstration
Related to 1973 Marlo's Objectives 14
Edward Marlo Seventh Objective using in-jog and out-jog cull to set-up cards for poker demonstration
 		1973 Marlo's Objectives 15
Karl Fulves Cut To Stack The Aces stacking with cutting procedure, posed as a problem
 		1973 Epilogue (Issue 18) 166
Lin Searles Idiot's Shuffle cards shuffled face-up/face-down (for real), then four eights (instead of aces) are dealt
Variations Autumn 1973 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 8 No. 8th Folio) 664
Gene Maze The Universal Stock stack and second deal combination to deal out the Aces for three to seven players
Related to 1973 Wonderful Routines of Magic — The First Addendum 39
Jerry K. Hartman Cull-de-Stack four Aces (or other good hand) are stacked under guise of spreading through deck and up-jogging some cards
Related to 1974 Super Dupes 45
Paul Curry Position Change a card's position is changed while turned over
 		1977 Special Effects 40
Seymour Berkley Stacked all cards are named to stack deck, without repetition of single card
 		1978 Magick (Issue 199) 992
Karl Fulves Impromptu Poker Deal deck set up for poker deal during location via Riffle Shuffle Control
 		1979 Riffle Shuffle Control 21
Jerry K. Hartman Hokum Poker shuffled deck, hand removed and later mated hand is dealt, featuring impromptu stacking, Dead Man's Hand presentation
Also published here 1981 Octet 3
Karl Fulves Hokum Notes variations on the impromptu stacking method
 		1981 Octet 7
Karl Fulves 5 As 5 while hiding one, as stacking
Related to 1981 Octet 15
Karl Fulves I. Q. Poker after some guessing game performer receives four-of-a-kind from shuffled deck, stacking as other cards are removed from deck
 		1981 Octet 26
Karl Fulves Elliott's Run-Ups
  • Poker Problem #3
on the incomplete notes in "Elliott's Last Legacy"
 		1981 Octet 31
Edward Marlo The Zero Second Stack Aces put on top of deck, spectator says "go" and performer immediately "stop", Aces dealt to five players, stacking during display sequence
Inspired by 1983 Powerful Magic 50
Michael F. Zens, Karl Fulves Any Hand Called For No. 72, double-deal stacking
Related to 1984 More Self-Working Card Tricks 106
Juan Tamariz Rutina Hamilton three phases, pick-up stack
Inspired by 1984 Magia Potagia — Volume III 21
Juan Tamariz Cortes Clasificadores stacking four Aces by cutting
 		1984 Magia Potagia — Volume III 25
John Riggs Loading Cards Between a Four of a Kind with the pack, several breaks
 		1985 The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue 12) 211
Louis Histed, Frederick Braue Crimp Four Aces aces fairly lost in deck, then they arrive in poker hand
 		1985 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 4) 24
Karl Fulves Swivel Stack Aces placed in different parts of deck and squared, then Kings, two hands dealt, they are Aces and Kings
 		1989 The Multiple Shift 44
Karl Fulves The Gambler weird stacking procedure, then two hands dealt and performer has four-of-a-kind
 		1989 Easy-to-Do Card Tricks for Children 15
Karl Fulves Gambler's Dream five red and black cards, one chosen from each, open stacking procedure, two hands dealt and the selections are exchanged
 		1989 Easy-to-Do Card Tricks for Children 26
Ken Krenzel, Edward Marlo The Doppelgänger Deck applying the JB Kard Kop
Inspired by 1990 Close-up Impact! 102
Karl Fulves Amateur Night on the pick-up stack
  • (3) 3-4-5
  • Category Two
 		1990 Cheat Sheet (Issue 4) 37
Unknown The Palm Stock
Also published here
  • "How Gamblers Win" (1868)
 1990 Cheat Sheet (Issue 5) 44
Edward Marlo Prestacking Sequence
1991 The Olram File (Issue 4) 13
Edward Marlo The Unexpected Seven-Card Stack faro
Inspired by
  • "The Zero Stack" (Bill Kalush, Precursor #28)
 1991 The Olram File (Issue 8) 14
Jerry K. Hartman Hokum Poker shuffled deck, hand removed and later mated hand is dealt, featuring impromptu stacking, Dead Man's Hand presentation
Also published here 1991 Card Craft 435
Dave Ossip Double Cut as Stacking
Related to 1992 Deceptive Practices 61
Edward Marlo Latest Opening Gambit stacking hand while counting to see if all 52 are there, in the hands
Related to 1993 The Olram File (Issue 13) 1
Unknown Double Deal Stacking
1994 Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing 93
Karl Fulves What This Is Not pseudo/fake vs. real methods, brief explanation of stacking with transfer cuts
 		1995 Setting Up Exercises 2
Karl Fulves 5 As 5 Count as Stacking
Related to 1995 Setting Up Exercises 13
Karl Fulves Center To Center stacking challenge, posed as problem
Related to 1996 Blocking Off 109
Ken Krenzel Opti-Stack aces inserted in fan
 		1997 Ingenuities 131
Pit Hartling Drop Stack stacking cards while throwing heaps on table
 		1998 Das Kleine Grüne Heft 16
Unknown Thumb Count Stacking
1999 Drawing Room Deceptions 189
Steve Mayhew Getting Ready stacking cards for the Angel Shuffle
 		1999 Angels May Shuffle but the Devil Still Deals 10
Paul Gordon Hayden On Duty displaying cards in bunches, with cuts in between, at the end the Aces are stacked
Inspired by
  • "The Buffalo Cornstack" (Allan Hayden, Card Shark On Duty)
 Apr. 1999 Onyx (Issue 7) 22
Roberto Giobbi Stacking Introduction
 		2000 Card College — Volume 4 913
Unknown Thumb Count Stacking as cards are inserted into deck
 		2000 Card College — Volume 4 923
Unknown Pick-up Stack
2000 Card College — Volume 4 925
Baltazar Fuentes Fuentes Step Insertion Aces apparently put on bottom, but inserted into two breaks near bottom
 		2000 I'm Dancing 35
Karl Fulves Multi-Stack shuffled deck, performer takes out Aces and loses them again, immediately deals out two poker hands and performer gets Aces
Related to 2001 Latter Day Secrets (Issue 6) 212
Karl Fulves Jacks Are Better shuffled deck, performer takes out named value and loses them again, immediately deals out two poker hands and performer gets Jacks and spectator his value
Related to 2001 Latter Day Secrets (Issue 6) 213
Steve Beam Mora-Cull stacking by using the spread cull
 		2002 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4 78
Ron Bauer Insertion Stacking cards distributed into tabled deck via thumb count
 		2004 Second Finger Top Deal 8
Karl Fulves The Expert Returns spectator stacks two cards himself by repeated dealing (overhand shuffle single run substitute)
Inspired by 2006 Prolix (Issue 2) 90
Pit Hartling Drop Stack stacking cards while throwing heaps on table
 		2007 Handcrafted Card Magic 54
Benjamin Earl C.O.P. Cull Stack very brief
 		2009 Gambit (Issue 1) 24
Unknown Bottom Deal Stacking
2012 Texas on a Saturday Night 4
Justin Higham Spread-Count Poker 1 groups spread off and dropped onto table to stack Aces which start on top, drop stack
Inspired byRelated toVariations 2013 Pseudo Cheating Demos and Effects 9
Justin Higham Spread-Count Poker 2 memory presentation
Inspired byRelated to 2013 Pseudo Cheating Demos and Effects 10
Joseph Barry Freedom Stacking Drop Stack
Also published here 2013 Pseudo Cheating Demos and Effects 11
Justin Higham Bottom-Deal Count Substitute milk build combined with drop stack
Inspired by 2013 Pseudo Cheating Demos and Effects 14
Joseph Barry On-the-fly Stacking culling, arranging, pile-cutting, ...
 		2014 Reverie 24
Joseph Barry On-the-fly Stacking culling, arranging, pile-cutting, ...
 		2014 Fifty 11
Justin Higham Spread-Count Poker 3 drop stacking after royal flush has been palmed onto top
  • Prediction Versions
  • Full-House Version
  • Face-Down Version
Related to 2014 Impressionistic Poker Demos 1
Justin Higham Spread-Count Poker 4 drop stack
 		2014 Impressionistic Poker Demos 3
Justin Higham Spread-Count Poker 5 drop stack
 		2014 Impressionistic Poker Demos 4
Justin Higham Split Pick-Up Spread-Count Stack
  • For Brag
  • For Poker 1
  • For Poker 2
  • For Poker 3
  • For Poker 4
 		2014 Impressionistic Poker Demos 7
Justin Higham The Spread-Separation Concept credit information
  • Spread-Separation Cull-Stack
  • Seven-Card Full-House Combination Cull
 		2014 Impressionistic Poker Demos 11
Benjamin Earl Pick-Up Restacking performer receives Aces, when hands are gathered, Aces are stacked again for next deal
  • Method One
  • Method Two
  • Method Three
Variations 2014 Impressionistic Poker Demos 17
Justin Higham Pick-Up Restacking - Method Four performer receives Aces, when hands are gathered, Aces are stacked again for next deal
Inspired by 2014 Impressionistic Poker Demos 20
Justin Higham Spread-Loaded Pseudo Centres
  • Method One
  • Method Two
 		2014 Impressionistic Poker Demos 22
Joseph Barry Freedom Stacking Drop Stack
Also published here 2015 Blackpool 2015 Inscrutable Notes 4
Jon Racherbaumer History historical discussion, excerpt from reference, re-deal stacking
Also published here
  • Dust-Motes in the Grid, 1999
 2015 The Bammo Ten Card Deal Dossier 221
Harry Lorayne Poker Power Explored Cull Down Variation to back instead of bottom, jog and strip out, simultaneous stacking for three players
Inspired by 2015 JawDroppers! 207
Joseph Barry The Stacking Drill
Related to 2016 Operandi (Issue 1) 14
Michael Skinner, Edward Marlo Skinner on Marlo's Poker Deal spectator deals himself the aces, bottom deal stacking, same as Marlo's really
Inspired byRelated to
  • Michael Skinner Private Tape (DVD, ca. 1988, edited by Richard Kaufman)
 2016 Hidden Agenda (Issue Oct 24) 305
Pepe Lirrojo Pick Up Stack con Faros pick-up stack and faro stacking
Inspired by 2016 Panpharos 27
Unknown Cull Stacking
2017 Operandi (Issue 2) 29
Steve Forte One-card-removal Cut getting rid of extra card between two target cards via slip cut sequence
 		2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1 271
Steve Forte Cut-Stacking four Aces cut into deck one at a time without shuffling, then deal
 		2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2 908
Steve Forte Pushoff Cut-stacking four Aces cut into deck one at a time without shuffling, then deal
 		2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2 910