False Dealing

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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		 Merlin at the Card Table 2
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 Merlin at the Card Table 13
Jack Merlin Bottom Deal as used in a Game management, with palming and when to deal bottoms Merlin at the Card Table 13
Jack Merlin The Shooting of Pete McGuff story, two times seven hands, from new pack order Merlin at the Card Table 16
U. F. Grant Effect No. 4 bottom dealing demo, fake The Gambler's Expose Act 2
U. F. Grant Effect No. 3 second deal demo, top card has corner missing The Gambler's Expose Act 2
Unknown Imitation Seconds three jacks deal Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 332
Dai Vernon Automatic Second Deal hole in cardRelated to Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 305
Ralph W. Hull Skilled? Second Dealing with Pop-Eyed Eye-Popper deck Greater Magic 533
Laurie Ireland A Gambling Expose aces controlled while shuffling, then fake center deal Lessons in Dishonesty 9
Martin Gardner Synthetic Seconds two selections travel together, presented as second deal demonstration, stoogeRelated to The Jinx 1-50 (Issue Winter Extra 1937/38) 272
Martin Gardner, Edward Marlo Gardner-Marlo Poker Routine Related toVariations Let's See the Deck 28
R. C. Buff The Middle Deal middle deal bluff, selected card dealt at named number My Best 11
Edward Marlo, Martin Gardner A Poker Puzzle Related to The Royal Road to Card Magic 129
Unknown Jacks Wild The Royal Road to Card Magic 228
Bill Simon The Middle Deal mock center dealRelated to Effective Card Magic 86
Bruce Elliott Elliott's Last Lethargy false second deal The Phoenix 201 — 250 (Issue 250) 1001
Al Leech The Sandwich Deal pseudo false dealing Card Man Stuff 20
Edward Marlo Invisible Bottom Deal The Cardician 89
Bruce Elliott No Second Deal miscall and duplicate, fake second deal The Best in Magic 182
Russell "Rusduck" Duck S-T-R-A-I-G-H-T poker deal then back in order with a second round The Cardiste (Issue 2) 13
Russell "Rusduck" Duck The Poker Deal shuffled deck, marked The Cardiste (Issue 3) 7
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 acesRelated to The Cardiste (Issue 8) 3
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Encore! encore to Koldex, spectators chose a poker hand and after deck is shuffled and cut, they get the same againRelated to The Cardiste (Issue 9) 8
Edward Marlo The Jack Deal three jack deal without extra jack Seconds, Centers, Bottoms 116
Edward Marlo Exhibitionism openly dealing thirds and fourths Seconds, Centers, Bottoms 118
Lin Searles The Slow-Motion Crooked Straight fake false dealing from all parts of deck, pseudo mate pairs Slow Motion Poker Deals 3
Edward Marlo, Harry Lorayne, Martin Gardner Lorayne's Poker Deal Inspired byRelated toVariations Close-up Card Magic 153
Dai Vernon Vernon Automatic Second Deal hole in top cardRelated to Early Vernon 28
Dai Vernon Puzzling Demonstration top two cards transpose, also as fake second dealRelated to Early Vernon 56
Roger Klause Fake Center Deal using Tilt Tilt! 28
John Braun, Rufus Steele 3 Jacks Revamped duplicate jack, with credit information, see p. 200 for further creditsInspired by
  • "Jack-Jack-Jack" (Rufus Steele, Card Tricks You Will Do, 1928)
Related to
  • p. 172 for Lin Searles suggestion
Variations		 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 3 No. 4) 157
Dr. Taub Three Jacks Revamped see p. 200 for further creditsInspired by The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 3 No. 7) 179
Edward Marlo Applications of the Immediate Bottom Deal:
- As An Exchange
- As A Count-Down Effect
- Gambling Demonstration		 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 4 No. 2nd Folio) 225
Ron Ferris Royal Aces aces put on deck, dealt for 2 players, performer gets aces, in repeat spectator gets aces and performer straight flush Expert Card Mysteries 82
Martin A. Nash A Gambler Sits Down faros and second dealing, several phases, ends with royal flush The Cardiste (Issue 13) 14
Edward Marlo Pseudo Centers four aces face up, greek deal Magic Mafia Effects 25
Dai Vernon, Bruce Cervon Devil's Elevator apparent second, third, fourth deals with small packetInspired by
  • "The Devil's Elevator" (Necromancer #9)
Related toVariations		 Epilogue (Issue 16) 143
Lin Searles Dealing Centers Aces cut in middle and dealt from there, last Ace travels to sleeve The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 8 No. 8th Folio) 667
Bill Okal Seconds and Thirds fake third deal Card Cavalcade II 186
Karl Fulves The Two-Card Deal false dealing problem Epilogue (Issue 20) 191
Jerry K. Hartman Five Card Deal performer gets the same five cards without any shuffling in between, solutionInspired by Epilogue (Issue Special No 1) 244
Faucett Ross Pseudo Center Deal Use second deal to fake center deal Magic With Faucett Ross 213
Karl Fulves Strip Poker Royal Flush in Hearts dropped on deck, immediately two hands dealt, spectator get's Ten to King only and performer four Aces Methods with Cards - Part 3 237
J. Warren Keane J. Warren Keane's Poker Demonstration Pseudo second deal demo + deal Royal Flush in Spades to yourself Magic With Faucett Ross 202
Barry Govan Card Sharp Capers routine for Marlo-Gardner poker deal New and Novel Knowledge 53
Edward Marlo Filling the Hand Aces on top and Deal, repeatVariations Marlo's Magazine Volume 1 32
Edward Marlo Which one was Brighter? tips on Bottom Deal Demo Marlo's Magazine Volume 1 322
Martin A. Nash Jack the Greek demonstrating Greek Deal Any Second Now 282
Martin A. Nash Command Performance dealing face up centers (actually greeks) Any Second Now 284
Frederick Braue Middle Deal Demonstration with reversed indicator ace and slip cut, last ace to pocketVariations Fred Braue on False Deals 25
Martin Gardner Middle Deal Demonstration - Variation Inspired byRelated to Fred Braue on False Deals 26
Jerry K. Hartman Rused Card Dealer - You always deal yourself the winning hand, as the spectator gets progressively better hands
- Bottom Deal demonstration		 Loose Ends 35
Martin A. Nash Machine-Gun Centers Sleight Unseen 405
Martin A. Nash Poker Smoker centers, not presented as centers though Sleight Unseen 422
Martin A. Nash Canonization dealing five peeked at cards in your hand, then ace cutting Sleight Unseen 434
Bill Okal Seconds and Thirds fake thirds Card Cavalcade Finale 150
Karl Fulves, Dai Vernon Automatic Second & Third Deal top card has holeRelated to The Topological False Count 2
Karl Fulves Automatic Jacks two jacks placed on top, two hands dealt and performer receives jacks, repeat, using card with hole The Topological False Count 3
Karrell Fox Gamblecture ideas for a gambling lecture
- loaded dice gag (exploding sound)
- baby shoes gag
- false cuts with three colored woods
- pseudo deck switch (nudist)
- "bottoms" gag, pin-up girls		 Another Book 317
Ken Beale The Interlock Switch three Jacks on top and dealing for three Interlock 42
Harry Lorayne, Martin Gardner, Edward Marlo Lorayne's Poker Deal brief descriptionInspired by Jacks or Better 3
Dai Vernon, Philip T. Goldstein Dai Vernon's Centerpiece center deal bluffVariations Pabular (Vol. 6 No. 6) 863
Martin Lewis, Paul Harris Stamped Second demonstration second deal, stamp is stuck onto top card Close-up Fantasies — Book II 111
Paul Harris The Second Middle Bottom fake false deal, royal flush transformation climax Close-up Fantasies Finalé 123
Barry Govan Twentieth Century Cardhsharp second deal demonstration Apocalypse Vol. 1-5 (Vol. 5 No. 1) 587
Harry Lorayne Center Deal Demonstration Best of Friends 381
Edward Marlo Fake Center Deal Demonstration Card Finesse 10
Edward Marlo Second-Hand Bluff Cut fake Centers Marlo without Tears 132
Edward Marlo The Real, Honest-To-God Bluff Cut cards end up on Bottom, one-cut double cutRelated to Marlo without Tears 129
Stephen Tucker Ace Rink bottom deal demo, fake Spell-Binder (Vol. 3 No. 32) 630
Edward Marlo Triple Power Poker bottom deal, overhand and riffle stacking demo Marlo's Magazine Volume 5 86
Bob King Too Late! using 3 duplicate acesInspired by Apocalypse Vol. 6-10 (Vol. 7 No. 5) 919
Allan Hayden Bottom-Deal Dodge straight-forward pseudo demo using passRelated to Apocalypse Vol. 6-10 (Vol. 7 No. 2) 887
Martin Gardner, Karl Fulves Hole Second Deal handling for the fake second deal with hole card on top, also third deal demo The Collected Almanac (Vol. 2 No. 21) 205
Lin Searles Four-Star Aces No. 85, Kings dealt to table, they're Aces now More Self-Working Card Tricks 128
Paul Harris Too Slick slick card presentation for open second dealing, apparently slick card does other weird things Close-up Seductions 133
Tony Econ The Invisible Bottom Deal fake bottom deal gambling demo Fork Full of Appetizers - Book 2 9
Michael Skinner Satan Deals Again false deal demo with small packetInspired by The Collected Almanac (Vol. 3 No. 31, 32 & 33) 311
John Riggs The Centerfold Deal false center deal demonstration, two players, four kings, four aces as a climaxAlso published here The Trapdoor - Volume One (Issue 12) 210
David Britland Master of the Game "A demonstration of your gambling skills"
four Kings put on top and two hands of four cards each dealt, one hand contains all Kings, repeated with same result and Aces in other hand		 Equinox 36
David Williamson Center Deal Demonstration rising card rubber gimmick Angel Card Rise Plus 13
Jerry Sadowitz Dealer Dem four Aces put on top, instantly four-handed game dealt with four Aces for dealer, repeated after shuffling by spectatorInspired by
  • "Fancy Dance" (Contemporary Card Magic)
 Inspirations 113
Bob King Pseudo Subway Pseudo Greek Deal Demo Apocalypse Vol. 11-15 (Vol. 11 No. 12) 1579
Bruce Cervon Devil's Elevator apparent second, third, fourth deals The Cervon File 232
Darwin Ortiz Jacks Open mock thirds Darwin Ortiz at the Card Table 19
Darwin Ortiz Jackpot seconds, thirds, fourths, bottom, paritially mock Darwin Ortiz at the Card Table 21
Darwin Ortiz Jacks or Better up to fifth (mock)Variations Darwin Ortiz at the Card Table 25
Darwin Ortiz Deal Thirteen named value of a suit in order immediately center dealt Darwin Ortiz at the Card Table 14
Dai Vernon, Carmen D'Amico Three in the Hand, One in the Bush pseudo thirds and seconds The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 3 105
Dai Vernon A Straight Deal pseudo fifth,... dealVariations The Vernon Chronicles - Volume 3 108
Randy Wakeman The One-Handed Center Deal pseudo Randy Wakeman Presents 136
Bob King All's Well... up to fifth, Kings placed on top and poker hand dealt, then Kings to other player and Aces for performerInspired by More Magician Foolers 10
Simon Aronson Paragon Poker Gardner-Marlo poker deal, three phases, with variationsInspired by The Aronson Approach 17
Tom Gagnon Cheating the Greek for a Second fake greeks and seconds The Collected Almanac (Issue ) xxxvi
Jack Carpenter Center Deal Demo Two Methods, requiring bottom deal Modus Operandi 105
Jack Carpenter Eight Kings bottom deal demonstration in which one deals 8 kings, then kings are in other pile than they were dealtRelated to Modus Operandi 130
Dominic Twose The Ghost Jacks four Aces and Jacks used, one quartet on top of the other, two hands dealt and a quartet shown in each hand, repeat, Three Jacks DealVariations Profile (Issue 10) 1
George McBride Must Be Middles fake center dealInspired byVariations Profile (Issue 11) 8
Doug Edwards Pseudo Second Demo Apocalypse Vol. 16-20 (Vol. 16 No. 10) 2271
Harry Lorayne Second-Dealing Poker Related to Apocalypse Vol. 16-20 (Vol. 16 No. 10) 2272
Allan Slaight Dupe-licate Apocalypse Vol. 16-20 (Vol. 16 No. 11) 2284
Roy Walton Dominic Twose - Two four Jacks and four other cards used, Jacks on top of the other, two hands dealt and Jacks shown in one hand, Aces in other, Three Jacks DealInspired by Profile (Issue 13) 7
David Worthington Self Centered three-handed deal, pseudo centersInspired by Profile (Issue 15) 7
Steve Mayhew, Jack Carpenter Mayhew's Master Deal ace climax Castle Collection 19
Randy Wakeman Fake One Hand Center Related to
  • Randy Wakeman Presents, p. 136
 Roger's Thesaurus 28
John Scarne Watch The Ace short bottom deal demonstration, with bluff phase where it is apparently seen, then spectator tries it but the bottom card is now in his pocket Rigmarole (Issue 8) 91
John Scarne Invisible Seconds top half shuffled, four obvious seconds dealt, those four cards are Aces, featuring a Bottom Deal handling from straddle gripRelated to Verbatim (Issue 10) 127
Roger Crosthwaite How It's Done "Phase Five: Dealing with Desire"
fake center deal, card dealt onto pile yet appears again when spectator says stop during deal, finally comes from pocket		 Roger's Thesaurus 27
Guy Hollingworth Reset Routine ends in New Pack OrderAlso published here Roger's Thesaurus 154
Darwin Ortiz Face-Up Centers Cardshark 155
Darwin Ortiz From the Cellar bottom deal demonstration with sucker elementRelated to Cardshark 175
Terry Zembrzuski Mock Fifth Deal The Lexicon 10
John Riggs The Centerfold Deal false center deal demonstration, two players, four kings, four aces as a climaxAlso published here The Magic of John Riggs 41
David Malek Jacks Done Better false dealing demo up to fifth, with surprise ending, performer deals himself Aces instead of TensInspired by The Lexicon 8
David Malek The Double Cross dealing a good hand to the confederate but performer has a better hand as a kickerRelated to
  • Darwin Ortiz's "The Bottom Deal Demonstration" in "Darwin's Deceits"
 The Lexicon 14
Guy Hollingworth Montgomery monte style demonstration, surprise climax Notes on Card Tricks and Other Diversions 39
Paul Cummins The Bottom of the Barrel "from the cellar"-variation from a shuffled deck in use... Part One 32
Martin Lewis, Paul Harris Stamped Second demonstration second deal, stamp is stuck onto top card The Art of Astonishment — Book 2 (Issue Close-up Fantasies 1 & 2) 225
Don Voltz Stuck! based on Martin Lewis' "Stamped Second", demonstration second deal, stamp is stuck onto top card The Art of Astonishment - Book 2 (Issue Close-up Fantasies 1 & 2) 229
Nick Trost False Deal Deluxe Pseudo false dealing demo The Card Magic of Nick Trost 87
Doug Edwards Facile Second Deal Second deal demo to deal four Aces to yourself. don't need to do good second deal Doug Edwards Packs a Wallop! 121
Nick Trost Bottoms, Seconds and Centers Demo Pseudo demo (with duplicate card) The Card Magic of Nick Trost 88
Nick Trost, Al Thatcher Crooked Dealing Pseudo gambling demo for seconds, bottoms and centersInspired by The Card Magic of Nick Trost 228
Wesley James The MacJames Poker Deal bottom deal demonstration with sucker elementRelated to The Magical Record and Thoughts of Wesley James 14
David Solomon Poker Pair Aces on top and Deal, repeat with Royal Flush kickerInspired by Solomon's Mind 73
Andrew Wimhurst The Wimhurst Poker Deal showcasing (real) center deals Down Under Deals 35
Ron Ferris Royal Aces Aces on top and Deal 21st Century Card Magic 123
James Swain Dealing Centers/The Muck nice Switch 21st Century Card Magic 140
Guy Hollingworth A Gambling Routine also known as "Reset", ends in New Pack Order, for an idea see also p. 28 of Behr referenceRelated toAlso published here Drawing Room Deceptions 181
Andrew Wimhurst 3rd Degree second, third, fourth, fifth deal demo, using only thirds Low Down Dirty Tricks 15
Allan Ackerman, Simon Aronson, Steve Mayhew Mayhew Poker Again triumph as center deal demo Classic Handlings 32
Steve Mayhew The Ultimate Double-Duke stacking four hands, spectator gets flush, performer full house or four of a kind, gambling demonstration Angels May Shuffle but the Devil Still Deals 11
Steve Mayhew The Ultimate Gardner-Marlo spectator shuffles between roundsRelated to Angels May Shuffle but the Devil Still Deals 16
Steve Mayhew Freedom Mayhew Poker Deal, face up card shuffled in face down, then dealt out and four aces as a kicker Impressing Jodie Foster 4
Harry Lorayne, Christian Scherer Lorayne's Poker Deal royal flush kickerInspired by Abgezockt! 13
Roger Crosthwaite The Cheat named four-of-a-kind produced and stacked, then face-up center deal, Aces for performer Arcardia 105
R. Paul Wilson Stealing Second exposure with ace kicker Crash Course in Brain Surgery 13
David Malek Counter Espionage bottom deal demonstration, cards end up in other hand than expectedInspired by
  • "The Bottom Deal Demo" (Darwin Ortiz, Lecture Notes)
Related to		 Rebel without a Pause 26
Karl Fulves Base Deal deck shuffled, two-handed game dealt, one hand clearly off the bottom, those are the Aces New Card Controls 92
Darwin Ortiz God of Gamblers elaborate center deal demo, Steve Mayhew phaseInspired by Scams & Fantasies with Cards 54
R. Paul Wilson And Finally... center deal mock, multiple phases 13 32
Karl Fulves Fair Deal Related to Hofzinser Notebook 82
Karl Fulves Poker Finals jacks placed on bottom, cards dealt for 2 players, openly from bottom in one hand, but jacks in other hand and aces in the otherRelated to Hofzinser Notebook 80
Karl Fulves Candy From Strangers spectator deals off the bottom and can switch with performer's hand, spectator's hand changes Hofzinser Notebook 86
Wesley James P.K.A. Cheating "beta", "Professionally Known As Cheating", center deal demonstration Enchantments 219
Karl Fulves Aces From Where dealing bottoms from rubber banded deck, one aces pops out from center Under Tension 37
Karl Fulves Locket Up Deck dealing bottoms from rubber banded deck, using Dr. Elliott deal Under Tension 40
Ron Bauer Second Finger Top Deal jacks shuffled into deck, yet shown on top, then dealt to partner as fake false dealing demoInspired by
  • "I Won't Play Cards With Him" (Bill Larson, Sr.)
 Second Finger Top Deal 2
Jack Carpenter Ultimate False Dealing Demonstration Kings on bottom, Jacks on top, Aces in middle, six-handed game dealt
- Effect and Presentation
- A Slight Preparation
- The Placement of the Poker Hands
- The Dealing Sequence		 Ultimate False Dealing Demonstration 4
Martin A. Nash Real (Center) Deal spectator shuffles and cuts, aces dealt with real (side-jog) center deal Best of Friends — Volume III 204
Denis Behr A Trick for Allen Kennedy clean two-phase center deal demo, double facers, see also page 46Related to Handcrafted Card Magic 27
Benjamin Earl Hand Built by Trees (handling of Joel Givens' Laser Aces) gambling demonstrations with aces, pack then revealed to be 4 solid blocks with aces at the face of each Seeing with Photo-Electric Eyes 14
Alexander de Cova Pokerama re-deal stacking, with dealing shoe, three phasesInspired by Pokerama 1
Justin Higham Mini-Faro, Pseudo Centres Pseudo centre routine - spectator get Kings, performer gets Aces, uses Mini Faro conceptRelated to Dexterity Manual 36
R. Paul Wilson Cheating... fake bottom deal demonstration The Magic of Fred Robinson 112
Fred Robinson Dealer Demonstration Inspired by The Magic of Fred Robinson 107
Howard Hamburg, Jon Armstrong, Nick Trost Perfect Poker Deal poker hand is shuffled into deck and still dealt right from the top, gilbreath The "D" Notes 21
Michael Weber A Spectator Named Kennedy shuffled deck, spectator apparently deals cards from center while magicians gets a full houseRelated to Penumbra (Issue 11) 7
Michael Weber Self Centered self-working center deal demonstration 505 10
Michael Weber Self-Centered apparently spectator deals centers Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8 115
Benjamin Earl The Bottom Deal Demonstration "Ramblings on Card Stuff", opinion Gambit (Issue 2) 13
Pit Hartling, Denis Behr Two More Tricks for Allen Kennedy - The First Routine with variation Handcrafted Card Magic — Volume 2 20
Denis Behr Two More Tricks for Allen Kennedy - The Second Routine Handcrafted Card Magic — Volume 2 26
Andrew Wimhurst The Wimhurst Poker Deal Center deal demonstration, four Kings are dealt to magician, then later dealt to spectator, but magician gets the four Aces as a kicker Finding The Center 43
Antonio Zuccaro Trust Everyone, But Always Cut the Cards Center deal demonstration, four Aces are cut into deck. Spectator gets three Ace, last Ace given to performer for royal flush ending Finding The Center 49
Alexander de Cova Poker-a-ma re-deal stacking, with dealing shoe, three phasesInspired by Seminar-Leviten 6
Darwin Ortiz Best of the Best position of thought-of-card named, center dealing any named card, memorized deck Lessons in Card Mastery 23
Michał Kociołek Off-Centers four Aces face up, pseudo center deal 8 Effects and a Sleight 10
Jason England Bad Beat two phase Marlo/Gardner type routine, spectator's royal flush is completed with previously openly sleeved cardInspired by Texas on a Saturday Night 8
Jason Ladanye Centerpiece center deal demo with aces, then any named card is dealt from center Confident Deceptions 191
Daniel Madison The Middle Deal: The Kennedy Tribute Four Aces placed reversed in four different parts of the deck, dealt out, pseudo center deal demonstration Placebo 15
Daniel Madison The Centre Deal: The Vernon Tribute Selected card is apparently dealt out of the center of the deck, pseudo center deal Placebo 17
So Sato Poker Demon-Stration winning hand is dealt after spectator shuffles, Mass Destruction Stacking The Secrets of So Sato 120
So Sato Poker Demon-Stration Plus Mass Destruction Stacking
Phase 1: Middle Deal Demonstration
Phase 2: Stacking Demonstration (Re-Deal principle)		 The Secrets of So Sato 123
Frank Shields Gardner-Marlo Poker Deal Variation Facsimile (Issue 6) 11
Benjamin Earl The Resourceful Professional gambling routine
1. Shuffle Location/Culling
2. False Dealing
3. Stacking
4. Card Mucking/Switching
5. Shuffle Tracking
6. Four-of-a-Kind Location		Variations Less is More 110
Michał Kociołek Middle pseudo center deal, double-facerRelated to Michał Kociołek Live! 15
Jason Ladanye Dead Center multiple phase center deal demonstration with an Ace, then a signed named card, has ambitious card feeling to it, matching values produced as finale Game Changer 169
Jason Ladanye Power Play two effects, from shuffled deck, first sets up second
- card divined by apparently reading tells, many cards removed and selection found from those
- demonstration of different false deals (bottom, second, greek, center), culminating in five four-of-a-kinds		Inspired by
  • "The Ultimate False Deal" (Jack Carpenter, All In, DVD)
  • "Johnny Mnemonic" (Andrew Wimhurst, The Card Artistry of Andrew Wimhurst, video)
Related to		 Game Changer 287