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Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Eduard W. Lufa Die berühmte Partie Piquet eines Blinden rules of the game piquet, playing it blind à la Comus & de Grisy-Torrini, flexible stack that allows decisions by spectator
Related to Aug. 1899
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 5 No. 8)
116
Jack Merlin Exhibition Poker Feat five full houses, then straight from selected cut pile
Variations 1927/28
Merlin at the Card Table
19
Frank Travers Gambler at Large! stack for demo with several games (Poker, Blackjack, Bridge)
Related to Dec. 1937
The Jinx (Issue 39)
257
William H. McCaffrey Unique Bridge and Poker Deal shuffled deck, card called out as memory demonstration (stacking), then bridge and poker deal demo
 		1938
Greater Magic
298
Charles Arbuthnot The Arbuthnot Canfield Solitaire Stack
Related to 1940
The Jinx (Issue 92)
573
Frank Travers big deal? "Rapid Set-up" & "Expert Deal", two special full deck stacks for Stud Poker, Draw Poker, Black Jack, Bridge, Rhummy
 		June 1941
The Jinx (Issue 142)
799
Val Evans Poker Memory spectator cuts deck, deals out five hands, performer names all hands
 		1941
Stacks and Stacks Of Cards
6
Val Evans The Ten Game Challenge stack that can be used to win at ten different games
 		1941
Stacks and Stacks Of Cards
8
Val Evans The Seven Game Stack stack that can be used to win at seven different games
 		1941
Stacks and Stacks Of Cards
11
Val Evans Any Hand Called For (Poker) forty-card stack
 		1941
Stacks and Stacks Of Cards
13
W. F. "Rufus" Steele Bridge and Poker Demonstration memory stacking (last cards remaining in each spectators's hand after card-calling are the selections) followed by poker and bridge demo
 		1946
50 Tricks You Can Do, You Will Do, Easy to Do
51
Eddie Joseph The Magician and the Bridge Fiend deck shuffled face-up/face-down several time with slop shuffles, sorted behind back by performer, then bridge deal of one suit
Related to 1951
More Dumbfounders with Cards
17
Eddie Joseph Topping in Poker Too! follow-up poker deal from any prepared stack
 		1951
More Dumbfounders with Cards
20
Royal H. Brin, Jr. Call Your Hand
1952
The Last Word on Cards
56
W. F. "Rufus" Steele A Lecture With a Cold Deck
1952
The Last Word on Cards
62
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Poker +
June 1953
The Phoenix (Issue 283)
1130
W. F. "Rufus" Steele The Gambler's Rehearsal elaborated routine with full deck set up
Related to 1954/27
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 6
90
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Poker Poser stud deal
 		Sep. 1957
The Cardiste (Issue 4)
3
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Poko-Combo stack that allows combination for ten card poker deal, strictly straight and straight cheating
Related to Jan. 1959
The Cardiste (Issue 12)
2
Lin Searles The Cross Shuffle Slow-Motion Deal thirds of deck shuffled according to spectator's wishes, yet predicted Full House received in seven-handed game, faro
Related to 1959
Slow Motion Poker Deals
1
Roy Walton Draw Poker Plus 25-card deck can be dealt in as many piles as often as spectators want, yet performer receives royal flush
Related to
  • correction on p. 86
Variations 		Feb. 1967
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 2 No. 4)
79
Peter Alexis Scarlock's Card phoned person knows dealt poker hands
Inspired byAlso published here Oct. 1968
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 3 No. 12)
214
Bruce Cervon Perpetual Motion Poker fifty cards, progressive poker deal, royal flush at the end
 		1969
The Cardiste (Issue 13)
3
Martin A. Nash A Gambler Sits Down faros and second dealing, several phases, ends with royal flush
 		1969
The Cardiste (Issue 13)
14
Roger Smith Column without proper title, posed problem, stack that can be cut anywhere and a good poker hand can be dealt
Variations June 1971
Necromancer (Vol. 1 No. 11)
10
Earl Keyser 22-Card Poker Deal after any number of faro shuffles, the dealer always wins, stack
 		Nov. 1972
Epilogue (Issue 16)
151
Roy Walton Informer four quarters on table with an unknown indicator card in front of each, spectator cuts off a pile of each quarter, the indicator cards predict how many cards have been cut off of each pile, in second phase two poker hands are constructed from two piles
Also published here Dec. 1972
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 8 No. 2)
575
Dai Vernon Vernon's Canfield Solitaire Set-Up No. 72
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
22
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Bridge Move For Stacked Hand No. 307, deck stacked for bridge deal and honestly cut, optional correction of winning player with bottom deal
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
79
M. J. Oeink Oenik's Cold Deck No. 383, full deck stack to deal good hands for five to eight players
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
105
Peter Alexis Scarlock's Card phoned person knows dealt poker hands
Also published here 1973
Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups
13
Roy Walton The Gambling Spectator solution to posed problem, stack that can be cut anywhere and a good poker hand can be dealt
Inspired by 1974
Necromancer (Vol. 2 No. 2)
1
Roy Walton The Gambling Magician solution to posed problem, stack that can be cut anywhere and a good poker hand can be dealt by performer
Inspired by 1974
Necromancer (Vol. 2 No. 2)
3
Peter S. Innis, Jr. Solution to a Card Problem solution to posed problem, stack that can be cut anywhere and a good poker hand can be dealt by performer
Inspired by 1974
Necromancer (Vol. 2 No. 2)
5
Roy Walton Poker Progressive Ace reversed, after faro another Ace is next to it, after more faros all Aces are found, then a full house, then a Royal Flush is dealt
Also published here 1975
Card Cavalcade 3
43
Nick Trost The Blackjack Demonstration blackjack stack
 		1975
Gambling Tricks with Cards — Part One
23
Nate Leipzig The "Canfield" Solitaire Trick stack for Canfield Solitaire, credit unclear
 		1975
Gambling Tricks with Cards — Part Two
3
Robert J. Nedbalski Ned's Ultimate Poker Stack spectator can choose between different types of poker and how many players are dealt (two to five), then he deals himself, the performer wins, thirty-five card stack
 		1978
Ned's Ultimate Poker Stack
1
Allan Slaight Unkindest Cut Of All rummy and blackjack deal featuring a winning blackjack stack
VariationsAlso published here Apr. 1979
Apocalypse (Vol. 2 No. 4)
186
Karl Fulves, Roy Walton Primitive Poker packet of twenty-five cards is dealt out in piles according to a rolled dice multiple times, then cards are dealt and everybody has a good hand
Inspired by 1979
Faro Possibilities
31
Allan Slaight Continued combined with Stud Poker and Lie-Speller
Inspired by May 1982
Apocalypse (Vol. 5 No. 5)
633
Russell "Rusduck" Duck, W. F. "Rufus" Steele The Murdock Stack in multiple deals, progressively better hands are dealt, see credit correction in issue 2, p. 3, see also The Cardiste
Related to Winter 1984
West Coast Quarterly (Vol. 1 No. 1)
25
T. Nelson Downs TND Poker Deal stack in which two to six players can be chosen, good hands and performer wins
 		1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 2)
15
Roy Walton Informer four quarters on table with an unknown indicator card in front of each, spectator cuts off a pile of each quarter, the indicator cards predict how many cards have been cut off of each pile, in second phase two poker hands are constructed from two piles
Also published here 1988
The Complete Walton — Volume 2
2
Roy Walton Progressive Poker Ace reversed, after faro another Ace is next to it, after more faros all Aces are found, then a full house, then a Royal Flush is dealt
Also published here 1988
The Complete Walton — Volume 2
6
Ray Grismer Another Hi-Lo Bet Aces and Faces punched
 		1988
The Punch Letters
11
Philip T. Goldstein Knowker performer divines high card in poker hand, then full hand
 		1989
Fifth
8
Allan Slaight Pokericulead-in
Inspired by
  • "Pokericulum" (Stewart James, marketed 1948)
Also published here 		May 1990
Apocalypse (Vol. 13 No. 5)
1785
Ron Ferris Sweetheart Stack spectator can change cards
Inspired by
  • Nick Trost's "Challenge Poker Deal"
 1991
The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 39)
716
Karl Fulves Blackjack Stacks winning hands for dealer in two-handed games
Related to 1992
Swindle Sheet (Issue 10)
115
Karl Fulves The Deck Drop blackjack stack, deck switch choreography
Related to 1992
Cheat Sheet (Issue 10)
95
Karl Fulves Blackjack Stacks
Related to 1992
Additives
2
Guy Hollingworth Reset Routine ends in New Pack Order
Also published here 1994
Roger's Thesaurus
154
Lou Gallo Poker Dilemma three phases, four Nines cut to, three-handed game dealt with good hands, then five-handed game
 		1996
Lou Gallo: The Underground Man
104
Nick Trost Double Poker Hand Prediction Comes from Bill Miesel's notes, performed in 1968
 		1997
The Card Magic of Nick Trost
124
Nick Trost Zens-Gilbreath Poker Deal Any poker hand called for
Inspired byRelated to 1997
The Card Magic of Nick Trost
232
Martin Joyal An Overview of Complete Deck Stacks
  • New Deck Stacks
  • Ordered Values Stacks
  • Ordered Suit Stacks
  • Grouped Value Stacks
  • Grouped Suit Stacks
  • Pair Stacks
  • Divided Stacks
    • The Red-black Divided Stack
    • The Mixed Suit Divided Stack
    • The High-low Divided Stack
    • The Curl-No-Curl Divided Stack
    • The Odd-even Divided Stack
    • The Odd-even Divided Stack with Mixed Colors
    • The Odd-even Divided Stack with Mixed Suits
    • The One-eyed and Two-eyed Divided Stack
  • Red-Black Stacks
  • Pointer Stacks
  • Reflected Stacks
  • Matched Setups
  • One-Two-Four-Eight Stacks
  • Forcing Stacks
    • Card-Forcing Stacks
    • Number-Forcing Stacks
    • Word-Forcing Stacks
  • Stacks used for Revelations
  • Counting and Spelling Stacks
  • Storytelling Stacks
  • Gambling Demonstration Stacks
  • Solitaire Stacks
  • Other Stacks
  • Summary
 		1997
The Six-Hour Memorized Deck
5
Jack Avis Auto Deck performer deals himself Aces, then spectators remember one card in their hand, performer shuffles and deals again, everyone has a Straight Flush and performer the memorized cards, extra Aces and duplicates
Also published here
  • marketed in 1953
 1998
Vis à Vis
56
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
Roy Walton, Ramón Riobóo Hokem Poker 25-card deck can be dealt in as many piles as often as spectators want, yet performer receives royal flush and everyone has a good hand
  • Racherbaumer Addition (Jon Racherbaumer)
  • For Hard Core-Cases
  • HC-C Method
  • HC-C Racherbaumer Addition
Inspired by Apr. 1998
Magic (Vol. 7 No. 8)
78
Guy Hollingworth A Gambling Routine ends in New Deck Order, for an idea see also p. 28 of Behr reference
Related toAlso published here 1999
Drawing Room Deceptions
181
Ellis Stanyon To Deal Yourself All the Trumps No. 10, stack
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
88
Ellis Stanyon An Improved Whist Trick No. 11, all trumps dealt
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
88
Aaron Goldberg Double or Nothing poker dice are thrown and hidden by spectator, matching hand dealt by performer
Related toAlso published here 1999
Cyber Sessions
20
Don Alan, Eddie Fields Blackjacked! humorous Blackjack routine, spectator wears glasses to see marked cards, ends with a Blackjack formed by a Fourteen and a Seven
 		2000
In a Class by Himself — The Legacy of Don Alan
181
Bob Farmer Harry The Cat and The World's Greatest Blackjack Stack
  • Flim-Flam: The Way of the Scamurai
 		June 2003
Genii (Vol. 66 No. 6)
17
Karl Fulves Playing Best Hand
Inspired by 2004
When Psychics Play Poker
5
Karl Fulves When Psychics Play Poker psychic vs. gambler, spectator riffle shuffles, psychic gets seven cards, gambler five, psychic finds two Aces and moves around some cards and wins
Also published here 2004
When Psychics Play Poker
61
Karl Fulves When Psychics Play Poker psychic vs. gambler, spectator riffle shuffles, psychic gets seven cards, gambler five, psychic finds two Aces and moves around some cards and wins
Related toAlso published here 2004
Latter Day Secrets (Issue 9)
386
Nick Trost Bottom Deal Gilbreath two-phase deal after an honest riffle shuffle by the spectator, bottom deal demonstration and then fair deal
Also published here
  • The New Tops, April 1994
 2005
Charlatan (Issue 9)
117
Harry Riser The Bottom Dealer Folds Ten through King of Spades lost, four hands dealt, some good hands with Royal Flush for performer, faros
Also published here
  • MUM, Oct. 2002
 2006
Secrets of an Escamoteur
169
Steve Forte One Shuffle Stack Aces shown in face-up spread, after one shuffle a six-handed game is dealt
Related toVariations Mar. 2006
Genii (Vol. 69 No. 3)
26
Denis Behr A Gambling Demonstration Aces produced, named royal flush dealt, new pack order
Variations 2007
Handcrafted Card Magic
62
Bob Farmer Zoots Yourself deck riffle shuffled by spectator, slop shuffle triumph, then deck shown one way four Royal Flushes dealt, rest also dealt in new deck order, slop shuffle to undo spectator's shuffle
Inspired byRelated to Oct. 2008
Antinomy (Vol. 4 No. 2)
20
Allan Slaight The Unkindest Cut Of All rummy and blackjack deal featuring a winning blackjack stack
Also published here 2008
Spins & Needles
66
Allan Slaight Pokericulead-In
Also published here 2008
Spins & Needles
112
Jason England, Steve Forte Another Shuffle Stack seven-handed game, pseudo stack
Inspired byRelated to 2009
Jammin' With the Fellas
9
Nick Trost Gilbreath Plays Bridge all Spades dealt in second dealing round
 		2009
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 2
394
Nick Trost Poker and Bridge Routine
  • Phase One - Poker
  • Phase Two - Bridge
  • Alternate Handling - Poker Phase
Inspired by 2009
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 2
432
Nick Trost Gilbreath Plays Pinochle uses Pinochle deck
 		2009
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 2
501
Nick Trost Exchange Pinochle spectators can switch cards around, uses Pinochle deck
Inspired by 2009
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 2
502
Woody Aragón Psychic Poker after shuffle four poker hands are divined, one predicted, full deck stack, gilbreath
Related to 2010
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8
65
Nick Trost Vis-à-vis Blackjack deck shuffled face-up/face-down, pairs dealt to performer and spectator except pairs with same orientation which are discarded, performer wins, "new form of the Gilbreath principle"
 		2011
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 3
651
Nick Trost Challenge Poker Deal six-handed draw poker game dealt, some draw cards, performer wins
Also published here
  • published manuscript in 1964 by H. P. Wisehart
 2011
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 3
705
Michael Skinner The Hay-Dai Stack mental speller, leads to Vernon Poker Demonstration
Inspired by
  • Henry Hay's "The Mental Selection Speller" in "The Amateur Magician's Handbook", p. 120.
Related to 		2012
The F.F.F.F. Book
243
Joseph Barry A Memory at the Card Table card chosen, deck apparently memorized, blackjack and poker hands apparently riffle stacked, rest recited and last card is selected one
Also published here 2014
Reverie
24
Joseph Barry A Memory at the Card Table card chosen, deck apparently memorized, blackjack and poker hands apparently riffle stacked, rest recited and last card is selected one
Also published here 2014
Fifty
10
Daniel Madison The Poker Lesson Storytelling stack that explains the rules and different hands of poker
 		2014
Placebo
7
Tomas Blomberg Swedish Parity Poker five cards with rules on them, a card game is played according to them, sum of one's hand decides on who wins
 		2014
Blomberg Laboratories
309
David (Foote) Drake Getting Into The Ten Card Poker Deal starting with full deck
Also published here 2015
The Bammo Ten Card Deal Dossier
24
Allan Slaight Build Down poker routine that ends with necessary ten cards
Also published here 2015
The Bammo Ten Card Deal Dossier
25
So Sato Poker Demon-Stration winning hand is dealt after spectator shuffles, Mass Destruction Stacking
 		2016
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)
 		2016
The Secrets of So Sato
123
John Hostler Rogue Heart Triskadequadra Application #2
spectator selects card that completes a poker hand, duplicates
 		2016
Magnum Opossum
65
Colm Mulcahy Flushed with Embarrassment Triskadequadra Application #4
seven poker hands dealt, five people pass their best card to a beginner and worst card to the spectator, beginner ends up with four Aces and a King, performer with straight flush
Also published here
  • Mathematical Card Magic, 2013
 2016
Magnum Opossum
71
Roy Walton Poker stack in which the performer wins for any chosen number of players from two to ten
 		2016
The Complete Walton — Volume 3
124
John Cottle, Ben Joffe Ice Cold Decks six gambling stacks for Texas Hold'em that can be cut, yet the dealer wins, for two, three, four or eight players
Variations Sep. 2017
Operandi (Issue 3)
10
Jack Carpenter, Steve Ehlers The Legend of Silas Greene two poker hands dealt, three of a kind and Kings, former hand changes to Aces, then perfect bridge deal, rhyming patter
Inspired by 2017
The Expert's Portfolio No. 2
75
Derrick Chung Ice Cold Decks - Part 2 Hold'em stack to win with two to six players
Inspired by Dec. 2018
Operandi (Issue 4)
16
Johnny Thompson The Gambler's Ballad gambling demonstration with Matching the Card finale, magician vs. gambler theme, rhyming patter
 		2018
The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 1)
27
Denis Behr Extended Gambling Demonstration multi-phase routine, named four-of-a-kind is riffle-culled, then riffle-stacked, then a bridge deal into new deck order
Inspired by 2018
Handcrafted Card Magic — Volume 3
19
Jason Ladanye High-Card Hustle multi-phase cutting the high card, set-up reachable via faros from new deck order, faros
 		2018
Game Changer
263
Jason Ladanye The Art of War spectator and performer each turn over cards, higher card wins, spectator loses throughout whole deck, faros
 		2018
Game Changer
325
David Solomon Revised Gilbreath Poker Straight Flush finale
 		2018
Solomon's Secrets
52
Matt Baker Gilbreath Poker Both spectator and magician deal five hands of poker from their cards, each deal a good hand to an imaginary player, leaving the best hand for themselves
Inspired byRelated to 2019
The Buena Vista Shuffle Club
195
Helder Guimarães Inside "The Tell Room" "Clues for the Advantage Player"
  • First Phase: five cards chosen by five spectators, they shuffle their card each in a four-card packet, all twenty-five cards mixed and dealt out in five poker hands, selections found
  • Second Phase: poker deal of five good hands that include the selections
 		2019
Secret Language — Volume 1
300
Tony Cabral Lessons in Dishonesty
  • First Lesson: Card Memory
  • Second Lesson: Card Control (combination cull)
  • Third Lesson: Full Deck Control (bridge deal into suits)
Inspired by 2019
Things to do in Denver when you're dead
1
Lee Asher The Touch
  • Phase One - Cutting For High Card
  • Phase Two - Blackjack
  • Phase Three - Poker - Five Card Draw
 		May 2020
Elixir (Vol. 3 No. 1 Part 2 (Spring #2))
229
Steve Forte high-low stack alternating high-low stack, full or partial
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
893
Steve Forte, Salverio Piacente Sal's Cull/Stack position of Aces in face-up spread noted, then apparently stacked for seven players
Related to 2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
922
Steve Forte High Cards - Low Cards four-handed game dealt after honest riffle shuffle by spectator, all low cards to target, all high cards to dealer
Related to 2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
933
Steve Forte Blackjack Challenge Deal dealer must draw to twenty-one, stack
  • 1st phase - 7 cards - XXX5655
  • 2nd phase - 8 cards - X9X2XXXX (before the draw)
  • 3rd phase - 7 cards - 6A9X383 (switch dealer's hole-card)
  • 4th phase - 7 cards - 89XXAAA (shuffle first four cards)
  • 5th phase - 12 cards - X9X758332722 (1-3 hands)
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
1025
Steve Reynolds On Marlo's Gambling Routine with stack, faro
  • Phase One: Poker, Rummy, Pinochle
  • Phase Two: Blackjack
  • Phase Three: Sucker Hand
  • Phase Four: The Bridge Deal
Inspired by 2020
Output (Issue 6)
1
Jean-Marie Beckers Little Erdnase stack which can be cut and dealt out for five players, then any hand is selected, two cards drawn for two previously removed cards, they fill a straight
 		Jan. 2022
Genii (Vol. 85 No. 1)
76
Scott Baird Bigger Deal Aces cut to, then good hands for different games dealt (blackjack, bridge, poker)
Inspired by
  • "The Big Deal" (Joshua Jay, download)
 Sep. 2022
The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 9)
404