71 entries in Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Any Pokerhand Called For
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Michael F. Zens Quadruple Poker Trick
Related toVariations 1937 369
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
Val Evans Any Hand Called For (Poker) forty-card stack
1941 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 16
Royal H. Brin, Jr. Call Your Hand
1952 56
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Poker +
June 1953
The Phoenix (Issue 283)
1130
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Zens-Ational see No. 8 for credit information
Inspired byRelated to May 1957
The Cardiste (Issue 2)
3
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 10
Alan Keith Open Challenge stack by Val Evans
1968 61
Eddie Fields Calling Your Hand, Again spectator chooses how many hands, which hand will win, what kind of hand to win, ten-card set-up
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here 1968 20
Edward Marlo Marlo's Faro Variation any poker hand called for, using faro
Inspired byAlso published here 1968 24
Simon Aronson Any Poker Hand Called For g), built into the Aronson Stack, based on the Zensational stack
Also published here 1979 12
Edward Marlo Further Adventures of Punch dealing almost any Full House called for, all cards punched, method how to punch
1984 1
Edward Marlo One Way Scratch Deck dealing any full house with a one way deck
1984 12
Edward Marlo Punchless Deal several methods to achieve full house deal with borrowed deck
1984 14
Michael F. Zens, Karl Fulves Any Hand Called For No. 72, double-deal stacking
Related toVariations 1984 106
Randy Tanner Perfect Poker any named value is dealt, magician becomes royal flush
1985 375
T. Page Wright The Master Poker Deal poker hand chosen, four hands dealt, all hands are of the chosen type and consecutive stronger, presentation either as skill to justify that only performer shuffles or with deck switch
1991 188
Michael DeMarco Poker Machine using faro and binary System
Feb. 1992
Apocalypse (Vol. 15 No. 2)
2029
Michael DeMarco Poker Machine II using faro
Variations Apr. 1992
Apocalypse (Vol. 15 No. 4)
2062
Richard Vollmer Apocalypse Variations or Additions
Inspired by May 1993
Apocalypse (Vol. 16 No. 5)
2219
Bob King Zen Poker Plus Zens stack
Inspired by 1993 17
Al Thatcher Super-Duper Poker Deal Zens stack
Variations 1993 67
Peter Duffie The Numbers Game dealt poker hand's values add up to named number, seven card stack
Also published here 1993 27
Michael F. Zens, Vicente Canuto, Theodore Annemann Cualquier Jugada a Petición ten card set-up, double-deal stacking
Also published here 1993 118
Simon Aronson Any Poker Hand Called For g), built into the Aronson Stack, based on the Zensational stack
Also published here 1994 125
Joseph K. Schmidt Call your Hand II thirteen card set-up
Inspired byVariations 1995 71
Joseph K. Schmidt Hold-Out Sam tabled hand turns out to be the one named
1995 74
Joseph K. Schmidt The "Easy Poker" Deal Out a different presentation
1995 77
Joseph K. Schmidt The "Last Word" Deal Cut a different presentation
1995 78
Joseph K. Schmidt Mnemonics for Zens set-up
1995 78
Ernest Earick The Real Deal spectator names any Royal Flush or high Four-of-a-Kind and performer can deal it, second deals
Variations 1995
Labyrinth (Issue 3)
4
Doug Edwards Si's Place any Royal Flush is dealt, Stebbins
Jan. 1996
Apocalypse (Vol. 19 No. 1)
2597
Peter Duffie The Second Hand Gambler two hands dealt, one is Royal Flush, then any type of hand named and dealt with the same ten cards
Inspired by 1996 18
Nick Trost Zens-Gilbreath Poker Deal Any poker hand called for
Inspired byRelated to 1997 232
Eddie Fields Calling Your Hand, Again spectator chooses how many hands, which hand will win, what kind of hand to win, ten-card set-up
Also published here 1997 102
Edward Marlo Marlo's Faro Variation any poker hand called for, using faro
Also published here 1997 103
Aaron Goldberg Double or Nothing poker dice are thrown and hidden by spectator, matching hand dealt by performer
Related toAlso published here Apr. 1998
Onyx (Issue 3)
13
Aaron Goldberg Double or Nothing poker dice are thrown and hidden by spectator, matching hand dealt by performer
Related toAlso published here 1999 20
Michael F. Zens, Eddie Fields, Theodore Annemann Call Your Hand ten-card stack, bottom deal
Inspired by 2000 944
Peter Duffie The Number Game dealt poker hand's values add up to named number, seven card stack
Also published here Nov./Dec. 2001
Mr. Gadfly (Vol. 1 No. 4)
13
Darwin Ortiz Shark Attack multiple phases
Related to 2002 34
Juan Tamariz Any Poker Hand Called For
  • Pair
  • Two Pair
  • Three of a Kind
  • Low Full House
  • Middle Full House
  • Four of a Kind
  • Straight Flush (Including a Royal Flush)
  • Resetting the Stack
  • Other Deals
  • Reference Table
  • Observations
  • A General Presentation
Related to 2004 48
Juan Tamariz A Gambling Demonstration
  • Apparent Demonstration of Cheating at Cards
  • 1. Marked Cards
  • 2. Glimpsing
  • 3. Estimation
  • 4. Rapid Counting
  • 5. Any Game, any Hand
2004 231
Juan Tamariz, Áriston Notes for Serious Students and Perfectionists About "Any Poker Hand Called For" in Chapter Five
Related to 2004 303
Michael Maddox The Maddox Stack sleight-free
Oct. 2005
The Penumbra (Issue 9)
16
Fred Robinson Kniphofia (Red Hot Poker) set-up
2009 184
Nick Trost Spectator Deals Any Hand Called For spectator stops anytime, then deals cards into five piles, top cards form previously named type of poker hand, re-deal force and Zens stack
2011 674
Nick Trost The Zens Poker Deal, Redealt double-deal stacking
Inspired by 2011 676
Nick Trost Ten-Card Repeat And Any Hand Called For automatic gambler deal, then Zens stack
Inspired by 2011 678
Tom Crosbie Any Called For Poker Hand
Inspired by 2013 160
Steve Beam The "Zens" Poker Stack
2015 171
Steve Beam Draw Poker magician forms a bag with a napkin and drops a deck of card inside. He asks for poker hand. He not only removes that hand from then napkin, but the highest version of that hand.
  • Plumber's Helper
  • Pocket Clutter
  • Pocket Stack
  • Pocket Stack II
  • Straight to the Straight
  • Indirectly to the Straight
  • Manure is Not Art?
  • Extending the Stack
  • Back to the Hank
2015 173
Steve Beam Bag Lady Magician introduces a napkin folded into a bag and hands it to a lady. He asks someone in the audience to call out a poker hand. He produces that hand from the napkin and claims it is otherwise empty. He proves it by showing the cards that remain are blank on both sides.
Related to 2015 179
Steve Beam Stack Attack While deck is shuffled, spectator calls a poker hand. Magician deals out hand called. Can be repeated.
Related to 2015 183
Steve Beam Encased in Glass Five cards displayed in wineglass. Any poker hand called. Cards removed and shown to comprise chosen poker hand.
Related to 2015 193
Steve Beam Background on the "Zens" Poker Stack History of the mnemonic often referred to as the "Zen's Poker Deal."
Related to 2015 197
Karl Fulves Sympathetic Named Poker Hand handling with two decks
2015
The Lowdown (Issue 1)
8
Karl Fulves Name Game card chosen from a set of cards with poker hands printed on them, that chosen hand is dealt
Related to 2015
Errata (Issue 1)
1
Karl Fulves Hue Are A Winner two named poker hands are dealt from a deck that magically transposes with another deck first
2015
Errata (Issue 1)
3
Pit Hartling The Poker Formulas any poker hand dealt, using printed formulas
2016 102
Patrick G. Redford "Any" Poker Hand Called For To Dealer using the Redford Stack, various hands
  • Restack Technique
  • Five Hands Dealt: Called Hand goes to Dealer
    • One Pair
    • Two Pair
    • 3 of a Kind
    • + Full House
    • + Flush
    • + Royal Flush in Hearts
  • Four Hands Dealt With Winning Hand to Dealer
    • *Straight
    • *Flush
    • Four of a Kind
    • Straight Flush
    • Royal Flush in Spades
  • Dealing Hands to Different Seat Positions
  • Thoughts and tips to Remember The Deals
  • Final Thoughts
2017 96
Michał Kociołek Polish Poker Stacking Pseudo riffle stacking routine, uses Polish Poker deck, marketed by Card-Shark, stack any thought-of poker hand
2019 39
Iñaki Zabaletta Rutina de Póker poker routine in three phases
  • Aces are found
  • Aces are stacked (Jack Merlin)
  • Any pokerhand called for
2019 167
Helder Guimarães Midas's Touch "The Perception of Luck"
  • First Phase: small packet dealing demonstration with Ace through Five of Spades
  • Second Phase: those five cards are shown in random order, then suddenly sequential order
  • Third Phase: named poker hand is produced from a shuffled deck
Inspired by 2019 406
Tim Heinlein Heinlein Hold'Em Deal Any hand called for in Texas Hold'Em with Redford Stack
2019 234
Michał Kociołek Cull Your Hand strategy for "any poker hand called for", eleven-card set-up, with credit information on the set-up
  • The hands
  • From a shuffled deck (group shuffling)
Inspired by 2019 9
Michał Kociołek Odds any poker hand named, card selected and placed reversed in one half of the deck, performer does an open push-through shuffle and the four cards around the selection make up the named hand together with the selection
  • The hands
Inspired by 2019 32
Michał Kociołek The Wisdom of Crowds any poker hand named, card selected, then four spectators cut to four cards which together with selection make up named hand
  • The hands
  • From a shuffled deck
Inspired by 2019 41
Christian Chelman Return of the Chelman Poker Deal any poker hand called for is dealt, then mates of selected hand are dealt in second phase
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Oct. 2007
2022 662
Allan Ackerman A Sleightless Ernie spectator names any Royal Flush or high Four-of-a-Kind and performer can deal it, no false deals
Inspired by 2024 145