Miscellaneous

100 entries in Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Stacking / Miscellaneous
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
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
Edward Marlo The Wrong Hand player receives Aces, performer straight flush
 		1958
Faro Notes
38
Alex Elmsley Aces Up stacking with faro shuffle for any number from two to five
 		Feb. 1958
The Cardiste (Issue 5)
15
Edward Marlo Key Card System pseudo stacking, actually key cards next to aces, face up deal and second deal
 		1959
Riffle Shuffle Systems
111
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
Variations
 Dec. 1959
Ibidem (Issue 19)
18
Edward Marlo Impromptu Illogical Routine Aces are stacked with faros multiple times, but each time come out in an unexpected positions, then are spelled out, Aces vanish as finale, five phases
Inspired by
 Oct. 1962
Ibidem (Issue 27)
22
Karl Fulves* Aces To Win packet trick with gambling presentation
Related to
 1971
The Book of Numbers
20
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Combination Poker No. 330, set-up on top and bottom, Miller/Scarne demonstration combo, no details
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
92
Jerry K. Hartman Five Card Deal performer gets the same five cards without any shuffling in between, solution
Inspired by
 1975
Epilogue (Issue Special No 1)
244
Al Smith Reaper Jacks, Queens, Kings and Aces lost and then dealt out in a deal, one group to each of four spectators, faro
 		1981
Cards At Bay
11
Derek Dingle Side-Cut Faro Stack stacking method
Variations
 1982
The Complete Works of Derek Dingle
134
Karl Fulves* Anytime Poker Aces run up from shuffled deck, two-handed game
Related to
Variations
 1983
Hardcore Aces
3
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
Pick-a-Card Poker five selections stacked into a poker hand
Related to
 1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 2)
4
Allan Hayden The Buffalo Cornstack stacking method consisting on "heap throwing"
 		Apr. 1986
Apocalypse (Vol. 9 No. 4)
1198
Paul Swinford Poker Spectacular poker deal with cyberdeck which is stacked with sorting rod, incorporates gag cards Fourteen and Fifteen of Spades
 		1986
The Cyberdeck
17
Steve Draun Quintuple Duke bluff with deck switch
Also published here
 1987
The Magic of Steve Draun
23
Karl Fulves* Faster Draw hand upjogged, stripped out and put on top, two hands dealt and the upjogged hand is in one of the hands, upjogging doubles
Related to
 1987
Secret Session — Part One
16
Edward Marlo The Oh Henry Stack three methods, other sources mentioned
Related to
 1988
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 6
138
Karl Fulves* Game Plan stacking with named four-of-a-kind, then cards transpose with spectators hand, posed as problem
 		1988
Interlocutor (Issue 51)
249
Roy Walton* Oversight Aces are placed aside, stacking sequence shuffled with rest of deck, Aces apparently forgotten, they are placed on top and immediately dealt to the performer in five-handed game
Related to
Variations
 1988
The Complete Walton — Volume 2
82
Karl Fulves* PDQuickie Aces placed in different parts of the deck, one cut, two hands dealt and performer gets Aces (doubles inserted)
 		1989
The Multiple Shift
14
Karl Fulves* Strip Stack pairs of Twos through Sixes are upjogged and then squared, one shuffle and deal for two players, both get straights, one hand changes to Aces
Inspired by
 1989
The Multiple Shift
21
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
Allan Slaight Pokericulead-in
Also published here
Inspired by
  • "Pokericulum" (Stewart James, marketed 1948)
 May 1990
Apocalypse (Vol. 13 No. 5)
1785
Daniel McCarthy Discard and Draws set up, faro
 		Mar. 1991
Apocalypse (Vol. 14 No. 3)
1900
Alex Elmsley Aces Up stacking with faro shuffle for any number from two to five
 		1991
The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1
395
Alex Elmsley Four Flusher stacking all four royal flushes one after the other, faro stacking
Inspired by
Related to
Variations
 1991
The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1
399
Edward Marlo The Unexpected Seven-Card Stack faro
Inspired by
  • "The Zero Stack" (Bill Kalush, Precursor #28)
 Aug. 1991
The Olram File (Issue 8)
14
Al Smith Farostack
  • Confederace
  • Maximace
  • Kingfederaces
 		1991
Hot Stacks & Cold Decks
15
Al Smith Workers' Playtime Aces and Kings stacked, using false deals to get them in wanted hands
Related to
 1991
Hot Stacks & Cold Decks
16
Steve Draun Quintiple Duke bluff with deck switch, interesting
Also published here
 1993
Secrets Draun from Underground
84
Michael DeMarco Principle to an Extreme using eight faros
 		Sep. 1993
Apocalypse (Vol. 16 No. 9)
2264
Alex Elmsley Royal Flush Deal royal flush deal for any number of players, faro shuffling
 		1994
The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2
308
Gene Maze Big Oversight Aces put on top, instantly poker hands are dealt out and Aces received
Inspired by
 1994
Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing
98
Joseph K. Schmidt A Hell of a Poker Game Part I: Dealing four Aces with cards face up throughout.
Part II: Dealing Kings to the devil's hand and the Aces to your hand for a surprise finish.
Part III
Part IV: Dealing two hands - Kings to third hand, Aces to your hand.
 		1995
New Card Control Systems
39
Karl Fulves* Addition to Blockbuster No. 1
1995
New Card Control Systems
63
Darwin Ortiz Darwin's Poker Deal travelling signatures
Inspired by
 1995
Cardshark
159
Darwin Ortiz Pick-A-Card Poker with to-Royal-Flush-Transformation
Related to
 1995
Cardshark
172
Darwin Ortiz The Cross faro stacking, transformation
Inspired by
Related to
Variations
 1995
Cardshark
180
Paul Swinford Royal Flush Mini-Stack small packet & anti-faros
 		Mar. 1995
Apocalypse (Vol. 18 No. 3)
2476
Allan Slaight Heavy Breather crimp, packets
Also published here
Inspired by
Variations
 Apr. 1995
Apocalypse (Vol. 18 No. 4)
2487
Karl Fulves*, Stewart James Beat the Cheat No. 26, stacking apparently explained but Aces end up in another hand
 		1995
Self-Working Close-up Card Magic
48
Bruce Elliott* Straight Up No. 28, Ace through Five straight distributed in deck, yet dealt out again, pseudo duplicates
 		1995
Self-Working Close-up Card Magic
51
James Swain Something for Nothing new deck order show, shuffled a few times, poker hands dealt, straight flushs and royal flush for performer
Inspired by
 1996
Miracles with Cards
167
Karl Fulves* Rake's Progress open stacking procedure, Aces show up as climax
 		1996
Underworld (Issue 4)
46
Ken Krenzel Opti-Stack aces inserted in fan
 		1997
Ingenuities
131
Harry Lorayne, Christian Scherer Lorayne's Poker Deal #2
1999
Abgezockt!
15
Theodore Annemann* The Gambler in Person very simple stacking technique for a gambling demo
Also published here
 2000
Card College — Volume 4
924
Chan Canasta An Experiment in Remote Control spectator cuts the deck behind his back and puts two cards unseen in two different pockets, performer divines cards and spectator can chose in which pocket which card should be
Related to
Variations
 2000
Chan Canasta — A Remarkable Man
57
Joshua Jay Shuffle-Proof Poker Shuffling Lesson type procedure to stack cards, then spectator gets Kings, which appear in performer's hand between bad cards, spectator then has Aces
Related to
 2000
Freebie 2
11
Karl Fulves* Amnesia Aces
  • There Was A Crooked Man
humorous stacking presentation in which Ace packet is forgotten on the table during the shuffling sequence and then put into the deck in the middle of the deal, yet Aces are found in dealer's hand
Related to
 2001
Charlatan (Issue 5)
60
Darwin Ortiz Déjà vu Poker four hands are re-dealt after shuffling, faro, Royal Flush kicker
Inspired by
 2002
Scams & Fantasies with Cards
11
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
Steve Forte Seven-Card Stud Stack
Feb. 2006
Genii (Vol. 69 No. 2)
28
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
 Oct. 2007
MAGIC (Vol. 17 No. 2)
102
Allan Slaight Pokericulead-In
Also published here
 2008
Spins & Needles
112
Allan Slaight Heavy Breather crimp, packets
Also published here
Inspired by
Variations
 2008
Spins & Needles
128
Rob Reed Do That Again Aces stacked on table openly, unexpected result, dated 1982
 		2009
Prolix (Issue 6)
411
Luke Jermay Mixing Mentalism with Other Genres
  • The New Mind
spectator shuffles deck, performer runs through it and apparently memorizes its order, then cuts to four Kings followed by dealing a full house
Related to
 Jan. 2009
Genii (Vol. 72 No. 1)
25
R. Paul Wilson Tupelo Paul simplified variation
Inspired by
 2010
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8
157
Karl Fulves* New Deal Poker Kings cut into deck, two poker hands dealt, Aces and Kings, with previous selections as kicker cards
Related to
 2010
Prolix (Issue 7)
443
Karl Fulves* Cheating Is Easy quick two-hand stacking demonstration
 		2010
Prolix (Issue 7)
445
Jerry K. Hartman, Robin Robertson Matching Match Ace through Five of Hearts in random order by spectator placed in row, five-card packets below each gathered and dealt out, a Spade card of same value as the Heart card is at that position in the corresponding hand
Inspired by
 2010
Prolix (Issue 8)
497
Karl Fulves* Late Nite Strippers medium locates card, or performer, reversal method in hands of performer, with a poker deal application with four selections, pick-a-card poker
 		2010
Prolix (Issue 8)
504
Troy Hooser Bottom Dodge Stack four Aces for any number of hands using only one riffle shuffle, psuedo riffle stack
 		2010
Moments
114
Troy Hooser Slip Dodge stack four Aces using Reverse Cull
Related to
 2010
Moments
118
Darwin Ortiz Hole-Card Play four selections are lost and dealt in five-card Stud, performer gets two Aces
Inspired by
 2012
Lessons in Card Mastery
3
Jason Ladanye The Big Stack performer stacks himself queen, someone else gets kings, queens change to aces
Inspired by
Related to
 2013
Confident Deceptions
181
Joseph Barry Freedom Stacking Drop Stack
Also published here
 2013
Pseudo Cheating Demos and Effects
11
Benjamin Earl The Back Room Demo false stacking demo of the four Aces from a spectator shuffled deck
Also published here
 2015
Less is More Bonus
8
Benjamin Earl Less is More Gambling Demonstration false gambling demonstration of ace location, false dealing, stacking, shuffle tracking, card mucking and four of a kind climax
 		2015
Less is More Bonus
10
Joseph Barry Freedom Stacking Drop Stack
Also published here
 2015
Blackpool 2015 Inscrutable Notes
4
Karl Fulves* Lucky At Cards an odd-backed poker hand is put in the deck and shuffled in, cards dealt out and odd-backed cards fall to performer and change to royal flush
 		2015
Errata (Issue 1)
3
Joseph Barry Freedom Stacking Drop Stack
Also published here
 Sep. 2015
MAGIC (Vol. 25 No. 1)
54
Justin Higham* Pseudo Riffle Cull a la The 75% Production locating / producing a four-of-a-kind via improvisation
  • 100% Pseudo Riffle Cull-Stack
Inspired by
Variations
 2015
Highlights
14
Nick Trost Four Royal Flushes packet dealt into two to six piles as often as wishes, then five hands are dealt, four royal flushes and performer wins with five-of-a-kind
Inspired by
 2015
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 5
1213
Joseph Barry The Stacking Drill
Related to
 Feb. 2016
Operandi (Issue 1)
14
Luke Jermay Pick a Card Poker four chosen cards are shuffled into a poker hand
Related to
 Dec. 2017
Operandi (Issue 2)
29
Benjamin Earl The Back Room Demo false stacking demo of the four Aces from a spectator shuffled deck
Also published here
 2017
Less is More
76
Jason Ladanye Cheaters Aces are apparently marked, special glasses presentation, Aces stacked and during deal change back color, then change back, red/blue double backers, faros
 		2018
Game Changer
223
Steve Forte Stacking and Culling Demonstrations intro
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
889
Steve Forte Standard Stacks on simple stacking demonstrations, intro
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
889
Steve Forte faro stack on doing a simple faro stack for laypeople
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
890
Steve Forte The 2-1-2-4 Faro Stack dealing the Aces after one faro for a five-handed game
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
906
Steve Forte Balancer Faro Stack eon shuffle and one cut to stack the four Aces for hold 'em
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
907
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
Steve Forte Cut Anytime Stacking spectator can call out "cut" anytime during deal
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
912
Steve Forte Stripper Stack Aces fairly lost in table spread, dealt after single cut
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
920
Tony Cabral Two Routines - One: The Braue Poker Deal Redux faro stacking demo, spectator choses type of poker game
Also published here
  • “Cheats & Deceptions” column in M-U-M Magazine
Inspired by
 2020
Magic for BLM
60
Edward Marlo The Double Stack four Kings stacked with two faros, then Aces overhand stacked to eight hands as surprise, from unpublished notes
 		2020
Output (Issue 6)
10
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
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
662
Juan Tamariz Suicide Poker from a shuffled deck, four good hands, performer wins with four Aces, culling
 		2022
Letters from Juan — Volume 2
14
Troy Hooser Reverse Cull Stacking
Related to
 2022
The Reverse Cull
59
Nick Trost Ten-Hand Poker - New Version riffle shuffle by spectator, Jacks lost in packets and stacked for ten hands, straight flush kicker
Inspired by
 2023
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 9
2075
Justin Higham* 52! locating / producing a four-of-a-kind via improvisational Riffle Culling
Inspired by
Related to
 2025
Twelve Ways to Sunday
20
Justin Higham* Second-Deal Restacking
  • Four-Ace Restacking
    • Two Hands
    • Three Hands
    • Four Hands
    • Five Hands
    • Six Hands
    • End Note
  • Royal Flush Restacking
    • Two Hands
    • Three Hands
    • Four Hands
    • Five Hands
    • Six Hands
 		2025
Twelve Ways to Sunday
33