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212 entries in Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Gambling Stack / Partial
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Tom Sellers The U Win Card Trick winning in Nap, Brag, Pontoon
 		1931
Magical Pleasantries
21
Lu Brent "We Stand Pat" stacked
 		1936
The Jinx (Issue Summer Extra 1936)
136
Charles T. Jordan The Poker Shark performer's hand transforms to beat the other players, set-up
Variations 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
367
Dai Vernon Poker Demonstration
1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
368
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
Eddie Joseph The Sensational Poker Demonstration two phase routine, overhand shuffle stack of Aces, then all players can draw
 		1941
How Gamblers Win
11
Val Evans Progressive Poker Hands dealing a four-handed game six times, better hand for performer each time
 		1941
Stacks and Stacks Of Cards
2
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
Stacks and Stacks Of Cards
16
Val Evans The Dealer Resorts to Magic sixteen-card stack, sucker deal, opponent is ahead until the last card, two phases
 		1941
Stacks and Stacks Of Cards
18
Dai Vernon Vernon's Automatic Gambler same set-up dealt over and over for two players
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1941/49
Select Secrets
19
John Scarne Scarne's Drunken Deal sucker
Also published here Nov. 1942
The Phoenix (Issue 23)
95
John Scarne The Drunken Deal sucker
Also published here 1949
52 Amazing Card Tricks
54
John Scarne Scarne's Drunken Poker Deal No. 68, Poker hands dealt from deck shuffled face up/down, final poker hand transformation (drunk man presentation)
Variations 1950
Scarne on Card Tricks
124
Toni Koynini Gambler's Delight half deck stacked, dealing several poker hands for different combination of players, good bridge hand
 		1951
Toni Koynini's Card Miracles
8
Dai Vernon The Vernon Poker Routine half deck set-up, see also p. 63
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here July 1954
The New Phoenix (Issue 311)
45
Ken Beale Pseudo Seconds fake second dealing and stacking demonstration, Tantalizer deal with red Aces, black Aces show up as well, then stacking with the Aces, four duplicate Aces
  • Let's Get Fancy (half-deck gambling stack preserved during deals and Tantalizer deal for finale)
Related to Apr. 1956
Ibidem (Issue 5)
15
Dai Vernon The Vernon Poker Demonstration half deck set-up
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1957
The Dai Vernon Book of Magic
223
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Strictly Straight performer always gets a straight, from five to two hands, then performer deals and can chose if dealer gets top or bottom card, progressive poker deal, Gilbreath precursor
Inspired by
  • Lin Searles's "The Straight Gambler"
Related to 		Feb. 1957
The Cardiste (Issue 1)
3
Tom Ransom Suicide Build progressive poker deal, from five to two hands
Related toVariations Sep. 1957
The Cardiste (Issue 4)
7
William P. Miesel Straight Cheating straights, then four royal flushes as climax
Related to Feb. 1958
The Cardiste (Issue 5)
6
Dai Vernon Vernon Poker Demonstration
1962
Early Vernon
26
Nate Leipzig Automatic Gambler royal flush
Variations 1963
Dai Vernon's Tribute to Nate Leipzig
160
Al Koran Nap Hand Deal cards played with three spectators, performer is away (blindfolded) and gives correct playing decisions
 		1968
Al Koran's Professional Presentations
81
Karl Fulves According to Hoyle stud poker, after each card is dealt, the performer's face up card are exchanged with one of the other player's, performer still wins
Related toVariationsAlso published here Nov. 1968
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 4 No. 1)
218
Dai Vernon Repeat Poker Deal ten card set-up
Related toVariations Winter 1968
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 4 No. 2nd Folio)
219
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
The Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields
20
Edward Marlo Marlo's Faro Variation any poker hand called for, using faro
Inspired byAlso published here 1968
The Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields
24
Dai Vernon Repeat Poker Deal set-up, table faros, for four players
Related toAlso published here Mar. 1969
Epilogue (Issue 5)
33
Allan Slaight Build Down progressive poker deal with ten card poker deal finale, see also p. 340 & 342
Inspired byRelated to
  • "The Psychological Loser" (Daniel Dobson, Tokyo Trickery by Takinshi Nemoto, Magic Inc.)
VariationsAlso published here 		Mar. 1970
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 5 No. 5)
325
Dai Vernon, Stewart Judah Automatic Poker same set-up dealt over and over for two players
Related toVariationsAlso published here Dec. 1971
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 7 No. 2)
473
Paul Swinford Royal Flush Mini-Stack fifteen-card packet shuffled via reverse-faros and cutting, then Royal Flush dealt
Related to 1971
Lecture Notes
3
Nick Trost High Card Poker Deal poker deal from packet of high cards, spectators receive Ace-high straights, performer gets winning four of a kind, uses Gilbreath principle
VariationsAlso published here 1972
Card Cavalcade
157
Dai Vernon Vernon's Poker Challenge Demonstration No. 83, performer wins despite changing one of his cards for any freely chosen card from the remainder, will end up with flush or/and straight
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
25
Dai Vernon Vernon - Saunder's Poker Deal (Mistake in this) No. 87, set-up, table faros, for four players
Also published here 1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
26
Dai Vernon, Stewart Judah Vernon-Judah Poker Demonstration No. 89, same set-up dealt over and over for two players
VariationsAlso published here 1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
27
Dai Vernon Vernon's Progressive Poker Routine (With Riffle Shuffle) No. 101, some version of repeat poker deal for two players
Related to 1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
30
Dai Vernon Vernon's Exhibition Poker Deal No. 106, deck not shuffled, from two to ten players, performer gets Aces (only two?)
Related to 1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
31
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's - Jordan Poker Deal No. 176, three-handed poker game, performer's hand changes twice to beat the other two hands one by one
Inspired byVariations 1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
43
Improvement of Leipzig Poker Deal No. 498
Inspired by 1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
138
Sam Leo Horowitz Horowitz's Poker Deal No. 611, overhand stacking demonstration with Aces, then repeat deal with Nines in one hand and Royal Flush in another
Variations 1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
169
Allan Slaight Top Twenty Poker, Gin, Blackjack combination
Inspired byAlso published here July 1973
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 8 No. 9)
637
Nick Trost Eighteen Card Poker uses concept of a morphing Jonah card that changes every phase, three phases
Related toAlso published here 1975
Gambling Tricks with Cards — Part One
17
Stewart Judah Judah's Five Deal Poker Trick twenty-card packet is dealt out a few times, performer always wins, then spectator and performer deal hands from half the deck and performer wins
Also published here
  • The Linking Ring
 1975
Gambling Tricks with Cards — Part One
20
Nick Trost High-Card Poker poker deal from packet of high cards, spectators receive Ace-high straights, performer gets winning four of a kind, uses Gilbreath principle
Also published here 1975
Gambling Tricks with Cards — Part One
21
Nick Trost Trost's Blackjack-Poker Routine
  • Phase One - Blackjack
  • Phase Two - Poker
Related to 1975
Gambling Tricks with Cards — Part One
24
Simon Aronson Super Stoned Poker Deal multiple phases
Related to 1976
Kabbala — Volume 3 (Vol. 3 No. 8)
101
Frank Thompson Phase 3 Royal Flush deal after spectator shuffles (some) cards, with variations on p. 7
 		1976
The Cold Deck
3
Roy Walton A Straight Shuffle spectator can shuffle, you get a straight
Related toVariationsAlso published here Mar./Apr. 1977
Pabular (Vol. 3 No. 7&8)
392
Allan Slaight Build Down progressive poker deal with ten card poker deal finale
Also published here 1977
The Magic Book
164
Dai Vernon Repeat Poker Deal same set-up dealt over and over for two players
Also published here 1977
The Magic Book
173
Karl Fulves According to Hoyle stud poker, after each card is dealt, the performer's face up card are exchanged with one of the other player's, performer still wins
Also published here 1977
The Magic Book
173
Melvin Anderson Apocalypse Variations Or Additions blackjack stack, Gin Rummy
Inspired by Feb. 1980
Apocalypse (Vol. 3 No. 2)
304
Ken Beale Drop Out Stud Poker Stacks set-ups for stud poker:
  • For Three Hands
  • For Four Hands
  • For Five Hands
  • For Six Hands
 		1980
Arcane (Issue 1)
6
Father Cyprian Knockout Poker spectator shuffles and gives half the cards to performer, both construct strong poker hand, performer wins
 		1981
Octet
54
Walt Lees Crazy, Mixed-Up Poker with two deals
Inspired by 1981
More Professional Card Tricks
30
Frederick Braue Three A.M. Poker Deal progressive poker deal stack that is easy to remember, credit information
 		1984
Arcane (Issue 12)
161
T. Nelson Downs Whiz Bang Poker No. 71, stack for any number of hands from two to six players
 		1984
More Self-Working Card Tricks
106
Michael F. Zens, Karl Fulves Any Hand Called For No. 72, double-deal stacking
Related toVariations 1984
More Self-Working Card Tricks
106
Stephen Minch Blind Poker No. 5, two poker hands dealt, performer divines card in one hand and help him play, performer genuinely blindfolded
 		1984
Eyeless in Gaza
15
Juan Tamariz Exhibición de Juegos Españoles multi-phase gambling routine with Spanish playing cards, deck of forty cards
Related to 1984
Magia Potagia — Volume III
26
"Senator" Clarke Crandall Der ehrliche Pokerspieler humorous, performer deals more cards to himself obviously
Variations May 1984
Intermagic (Vol. 11 No. 1)
30
Charlie Miller Poker Deal dealing cards out so that the order is retained when they are gathered up again (1941)
 		1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 5)
29
Stewart Judah Eine Poker Demonstration same set-up dealt over and over for two players
Related to July 1985
Intermagic (Vol. 11 No. 3 & 4)
132
David Britland The Last Game multiphase routine, with card swapping
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here 1986
The New Talon (Vol. 1 No. 2)
20
Karl Fulves Accelerated Draw No. 4, two Blackjack hands from last trick put on deck, two hands dealt, Full House for spectator and Royal Flush for performer
 		1987
Secret Session — Part Two
57
Roy Walton A Straight Shuffle spectator can shuffle, you get a straight
Also published here 1988
The Complete Walton — Volume 2
159
Simon Aronson Paragon Poker Gardner-Marlo poker deal, three phases, with variations
Inspired byRelated to 1990
The Aronson Approach
17
Gene Castillon Boozy Poker Revisited
Related to 1990
Cardfixes
62
Philip T. Goldstein Playing Cards cards in poker hand divined, "Centrifugal Poker"
 		1991
Thavant
4
Karl Fulves Auto Gambler spectator gets four-of-a-kind after weird matching selection procedure, self-working
 		1991
28 Card Tricks
20
Karl Fulves Autopilot
Inspired by 1991
28 Card Tricks
21
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
Page Wright's Manuscript
188
T. Page Wright How Many Hands? two-handed Royal Flush deal, then any number of players from three to six are chosen, performer gets Ace-high Straight and others good hands
 		1991
Page Wright's Manuscript
191
Roy Walton The Honest Cheat spectator tries to match suit distribution of a poker hand that is set aside, spectator is allowed to cheat but loses, performer wins
Inspired byRelated toVariationsAlso published here 1991
Swindle Sheet (Issue 4)
41
James Swain, Michael Skinner Dream Poker magician deals himself winning poker hand from spectator shuffled deck. Uses partial stack
 		1992
Don't Blink
19
James Swain The Big Stack dealt poker hand of four Aces transforms into royal flush, all other hands are shown as royal flushes as kicker
VariationsAlso published here 1992
Don't Blink
23
Karl Fulves Don't Ask repeat poker deal for two players, spectator wins and loses in final round
Related to 1992
Deceptive Practices
5
James Swain The Big Stack dealt poker hand of four Aces transforms into royal flush, all other hands are shown as royal flushes as kicker
Related toAlso published here July 1992
Magic (Vol. 1 No. 11)
53
Ernest Earick A Little Bit Patter presentation for restacking the deck when a player leaves
Related toAlso published here 1993
By Forces Unseen
199
Bob King Zen Poker Plus Zens stack
Inspired by 1993
The Breather 2
17
Karl Fulves Draw Test sixteen-card poker, four players get four cards each
Related toVariations 1993
Rigmarole (Issue 2)
16
Peter Duffie Straight Shuffle Variation twenty-card packet, spectator cuts and removes five cards from top or bottom as he pleases, repeated two more times, all have royal flushes
Inspired by June 1993
Profile (Issue 14)
7
Ernest Earick A Little Bit Patter presentation for restacking the deck when a player leaves
Also published here Aug. 1993
Profile (Issue 15)
10
Al Thatcher Super-Duper Poker Deal Zens stack
Variations 1993
Card File
67
Peter Duffie Fair Game
Inspired byAlso published here 1993
Card Selection
25
Peter Duffie The Numbers Game dealt poker hand's values add up to named number, seven card stack
Also published here 1993
Card Selection
27
Jim Steinmeyer The "Ten-Boys" Poker Deal demo with ten cards, repeat poker deal
VariationsAlso published here Dec. 1993
Magic (Vol. 3 No. 4)
56
Dai Vernon, Stewart Judah, Juan Tamariz El Ritual del Full same set-up dealt over and over for two players, as a ritual, Full House then two hands of Poker
Inspired by 1993
Cartomagia Fundamental
86
Michael F. Zens, Vicente Canuto, Theodore Annemann Cualquier Jugada a Petición ten card set-up, double-deal stacking
Also published here 1993
Cartomagia Fundamental
118
Peter Duffie Ten Again Ten cards, spectator ends with winning hand (not ten card poker deal)
Inspired byAlso published here Mar. 1994
Magic (Vol. 3 No. 7)
66
Karl Fulves, Walter B. Gibson Progressive Poker No. 41, multiple deal-outs with various hands
 		1995
Self-Working Close-up Card Magic
80
Ernest Earick The Real Deal spectator names any Royal Flush or high Four-of-a-Kind and performer can deal it
 		1995
Labyrinth (Issue 3)
4
Doug Edwards Deal Easy performer deals himself good hand each successive round:
  • he receives four Tens
  • he receives Royal Flush
  • deals Four-of-a-Kind to any chosen hand, but beats it by dealing himself four Aces
  • deals Royal Flush to any chosen hand, but beats it with "Five-of-a-Kind" (four Threes and a Two, i. e. "wild")
Inspired by 1995
Labyrinth (Issue 3)
13
Ian Baxter The Automatic Gambler is Back new set-up for Vernon's Repeat Poker Deal
Inspired by Apr. 1996
Apocalypse (Vol. 19 No. 4)
2639
Harry Riser Semiautomatic Gambler four-phase routine with small set-up that is dealt repeatedly
Inspired byVariations 1996
The Feints and Temps of Harry Riser
62
Harry Riser The Poker Lesson twelve-card set-up
  • The First Lesson: overhand stack
  • The Second Lesson: talking about holding out, several good hands dealt
  • The Third Lesson: Royal flush controlled to top
Related to 1996
The Feints and Temps of Harry Riser
86
Peter Duffie Draw Poker Gilbreath principle in the form that cards are taken from two piles to make up poker hands, two spectators do this and get straight flushes
Inspired byVariations 1996
Untold
9
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
Method in Effect
18
Peter Duffie Blakjak some cards exchanged, yet perfect blackjack hands show up
 		1996
Method in Effect
19
Nick Trost, Stewart Judah Eighteen-Card Poker Uses concept of a morphing Jonah card that changes every phase (presentation by Stewart Judah)
Related to
  • "Psych-Out" (Bruce Bernstein, 1985)
  • "The Cincinnati Kid Poker Game" (Tony Binarelli, Gary Ouellet's The Magic of Tony Binarelli, 1991)
VariationsAlso published here 		1997
The Card Magic of Nick Trost
111
Nick Trost High-Card Poker Deal poker deal from packet of high cards, spectators receive Ace-high straights, performer gets winning four of a kind, uses Gilbreath principle
Also published here 1997
The Card Magic of Nick Trost
113
Peter Duffie The Fourmost Card reversed in packet of twenty-five cards, packet is "mixed" and dealt into five poker hands - hand with reversed card contains four of a kind, other hands are mixed
Inspired byRelated toVariations 1997
Effortless Card Magic
67
Peter Duffie Backfire Poker Ten cards, spectator ends with winning hand (not ten card poker deal)
Inspired byAlso published here 1997
Effortless Card Magic
154
Doug Edwards Poker Deal Extraordinaire You get winning hand multiple times, keep getting better and better
Inspired by 1997
Doug Edwards Packs a Wallop!
117
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
The Greater Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields
102
Edward Marlo Marlo's Faro Variation any poker hand called for, using faro
Also published here 1997
The Greater Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields
103
Harry Lorayne Stud Poker Prediction outcome predicted
 		1998
The Himber Wallet Book
107
Steve Mayhew Ultimate Blackjack spectator deals out many Blackjack hands between the performer and himself, performer always has a great hand (20 or 21) and almost always wins
 		1998
Labyrinth (Issue 8 - Part 2)
4
Steve Mayhew Lazy Man’s Ten-Card Poker Deal uses Snap Crimp, multi-phased:
  • performer deals Poker hands to himself and spectator and he wins
  • spectator repeatedly shuffles and deals those ten cards and performer without looking always knows whether he will win or lose
  • for finale performer (sometimes spectator) deals from deck and has option to exchange three cards for any three cards in deck, performer still wins
Related toAlso published here 1998
Labyrinth (Issue 8 - Part 2)
9
Lew R. Brooks Bughouse Blackjack Fourteen of Spades climax
  • Combined Handling (combining routine with Bughouse Poker)
Related to
  • Blackjack idea in "36 Tricks with FA-KO Cards"
Variations 		1998
Stack Attack
24
Lew R. Brooks The Kangaroo Kid gambling demo with packet of sixteen cards removed from the deck, story
Inspired by
  • "From the Land Down Under" (Ken Beale, World's Greatest Card Tricks, Bob Longe, 1996)
Variations 		1998
Stack Attack
28
Lew R. Brooks The LRB Stacking Demo overhand stacking demo, others get good hands
 		1998
Stack Attack
31
Lew R. Brooks Poetry Poker "(A Love Story with Cards)"
 		1998
Stack Attack
34
Lew R. Brooks High Card Poker poker demo with twenty picture cards & Aces
 		1998
Stack Attack
37
Rell M. Woodward Poker Stack
1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
102
Nick Trost High Card Poker Deal poker deal from packet of high cards, spectators receive Ace-high straights, performer gets winning four of a kind, uses Gilbreath principle
Also published here 1999
Cunning Card Miracles
60
Philip T. Goldstein Centrifugal Poker cards in poker hand divined, "The Centrifuge Principle"
Related to 2000
Northeast
1
Philip T. Goldstein Centrifugal Poker cards in poker hand divined, "The Centrifuge Principle"
Related to 2000
OCMC Notes
3
Karl Fulves According to Hoyle No. 13, five-card stud poker dealt, after every dealt card the spectator can switch face-up cards of performer with someone else's, he still wins
Also published here 2001
My Best Self-Working Card Tricks
28
R. Paul Wilson D-Generate Gamblers three phases, uses double deal
Inspired by 2001
Omerta
4
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
Jim Steinmeyer The "Ten Boys" Poker Deal demo with ten cards, repeat poker deal
Also published here 2002
Impuzzibilities
18
Philip T. Goldstein Centrifugal Poker cards in poker hand divined, "The Centrifuge Principle"
Related to 2002
Flaunting Five Fanciful Formulae
1
Christoph Borer Die Intuition des Spielers
Also published here 2002
Anam Cara auf Zirkeltour 2002
19
Steve Beam Gambler's School prediction of poker hand
 		2002
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4
175
Philip T. Goldstein Centrifugal Poker cards in poker hand divined, "The Centrifuge Principle"
Related to 2003
Saint Louis Notes
1
Philip T. Goldstein Centrifugal Poker cards in poker hand divined, "The Centrifuge Principle"
Related to 2003
Singapore Notes
3
Philip T. Goldstein Centrifugal Poker cards in poker hand divined, "The Centrifuge Principle"
Related to 2003
... Land Notes
3
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson Pokerevelation card chosen, spectator deals five four-card hands, selection found and hands shown to be quartets from Tens to Aces
 		2003
Card Conspiracy — Vol. 2
92
Philip T. Goldstein Centrifugal Poker cards in poker hand divined, "The Centrifuge Principle"
Related to 2004
MINDvention Notes
1
James Swain K.I.S.S. Poker Deal
  • The Card Expert
four-handed game is dealt and all the cards that fall to the performer are shown, they change to Aces and the other three hands are four-of-a-kinds matching the other three cards originally shown
Related toVariations Mar. 2004
Genii (Vol. 67 No. 3)
20
Jerry K. Hartman K.I.S.S.E.S. four-handed game is dealt and all the cards that fall to the performer are shown, they change to Royal Flush and the other three hands are four-of-a-kinds matching the other three cards originally shown, eliminating the second deals
Inspired byRelated to July 2004
Genii (Vol. 67 No. 7)
89
Harry Riser Ace Controlled to the Nines card control with Ace of Spades shown, then two good hands dealt - Nines and Royal flush, faro
 		2006
Secrets of an Escamoteur
130
Jack Avis Poker Demonstration re-deal stack
Inspired by 2006
Rara Avis
119
David Solomon Marlo/Gardner/Britland Poker Deal
  • Phase One: Dealing Four of a Kind from Different Parts of the Deck
  • Phase Two: The Double Duke
  • Phase Three: The Britland Switch of Hands
Inspired byAlso published here 2007
Solomon's Notes
12
Stewart James Pokericulum Poker routine, spectators are allowed to switch hands with you before you deal the final card to everyone, but you still win
VariationsAlso published here
  • Marketed by SJ, 1948
 2007
The Essential Stewart James
93
Stewart James So-Fair Poker Deal Multi phase poker deal, you always get a winning hand despite spectator getting to choose which card is dealt to you
Also published here
  • Marketed by SJ, 1948
 2007
The Essential Stewart James
96
Sam Leo Horowitz, Roberto Giobbi The Horowitz Poker Deal
  • The Genii Session
overhand stacking demonstration with Aces, then repeat deal with Nines in one hand and Royal Flush in another
Inspired by Aug. 2007
Genii (Vol. 70 No. 8)
18
Alan Bursky, "Senator" Clarke Crandall Honest Cheat humorous, performer deals more cards to himself obviously
Inspired by 2007
Honest Cheat
2
Allan Slaight Build Down progressive poker deal with ten card poker deal finale
Also published here 2008
Spins & Needles
50
Allan Slaight All's Fair performer switches cards (five Jokers) with spectators, yet is left with winning hand
Inspired by
  • Ron Wilson's challenge "To Pay the Price" (Talisman, Jan. 1971)
Also published here
  • Talisman, May 1971
 2008
Spins & Needles
54
Allan Slaight Top Twenty Poker, Gin, Blackjack combination
Also published here 2008
Spins & Needles
57
David Solomon, Jeff Siegfried Jamesway Poker reverse faro mixing, good hands are the result, two phases
Inspired by
  • "The Jamesway Poker Deal" (Stewart James, Linking Ring, Feb. 1948)
Also published here 		2009
Solomon's Notes
17
Nick Trost Brag and Poker Deal dealing winning hand in Brag followed by poker deal
 		2009
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 2
397
Nick Trost Blackjack, Gin and Poker I
  • Phase One - Blackjack
  • Phase Two - Gin
  • Phase Three - Poker
 		2009
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 2
398
Nick Trost Blackjack, Gin and Poker II
  • Phase One - Gin Rummy
  • Phase Two - Blackjack
  • Phase Three - Five-Handed Poker
  • Phase Four - Four-Handed Poker
 		2009
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 2
399
Nick Trost Twenty-Card Poker I four poker hands are made from twenty-card packet with unusual procedure, Müller/Avis Dealing Procedure
Inspired by
  • "Everyone In Poker" (Paul Green, Nothing Up My (Green) Sleeves!, 1997)
Related to 		2009
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 2
407
Nick Trost Twenty-Card Poker II four poker hands are made from twenty-card packet with unusual procedure, Müller/Avis Dealing Procedure
Related to 2009
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 2
409
Nick Trost Repeat Twenty-Card Poker four poker hands are made from twenty-card packet with unusual procedure, Müller/Avis Dealing Procedure
Related to 2009
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 2
412
Nick Trost Exchange Poker spectator can switch cards around between hands
  • Phase One - Four of a Kind
  • Phase Two - Royal Flush
Inspired byRelated to 2009
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 2
415
Nick Trost Exchange Poker - My Original Version spectator can switch cards around between hands
Variations 2009
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 2
419
Nick Trost Five-Card Stud Exchange spectator can switch cards around between hands
Related to 2009
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 2
422
Nick Trost Seven-Card Stud Exchange spectator can switch cards around between hands
Related to 2009
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 2
425
Nick Trost Full-Deck Ten Card Poker
  • Another Handling
Variations 2009
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 2
428
Nick Trost Pinochle Deal uses Pinochle deck
 		2009
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 2
499
Caleb Wiles Blackjack Be Quick four piles shuffled together in stages, then an Ace-Jack blackjack hand produced with two-card toss
 		2009
High Spots
32
Jonas Ljung Kismet Poker five poker hands dealt, performer wins and hand is predicted
Also published here 2009
Prey of the Prestidigitator
24
Jim Steinmeyer Deal Three spectator "mixes" ten card packet
Inspired by 2010
Subsequent Impuzzibilities
25
Jim Steinmeyer Enigmatic Poker spectator "mixes" fifteen card packet face-up/face-down, dealflipdropcut
Related to 2010
Subsequent Impuzzibilities
26
David Britland The Last Game
  • Cardopolis
multiphase routine, with card swapping
Also published here Apr. 2010
Genii (Vol. 73 No. 4)
18
Jonas Ljung Kismet Poker five poker hands dealt, performer wins and hand is predicted
Inspired byAlso published here Sep. 2011
Genii (Vol. 74 No. 9)
30
David Britland The Last Game multiphase routine, with card swapping
Also published here Mar. 2011
Antinomy (Vol. 4 No. 3)
14
Nick Trost Bango Deal game in which each player has three face-up cards, cards turned face up from the rest of the deck, matching values are turned face down by the players, player with all cards face down first wins, performer always wins
 		2011
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 3
660
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
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 3
674
Nick Trost The Zens Poker Deal, Redealt double-deal stacking
Inspired by 2011
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 3
676
Nick Trost Ten-Card Repeat And Any Hand Called For automatic gambler deal, then Zens stack
Inspired by 2011
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 3
678
Nick Trost Australian Poker gambling demo with packet of sixteen cards removed from the deck, story, credit information
Inspired by 2011
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 3
684
Nick Trost High-Card Poker Deal, Revised poker deal from packet of high cards, spectators receive Ace-high straights, performer gets winning four of a kind, uses Gilbreath principle
Inspired by 2011
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 3
689
Steve Forte Paint Poker "Steve Forte's Routine"
poker deal from packet of high cards, spectators receive Ace-high straights, performer gets winning four of a kind, uses Gilbreath principle
Inspired byAlso published here
  • Sal Piacente's DVD Expert Magic Lecture Notes, Volume 2 (2004)
 2011
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 3
692
Nick Trost The Luck of the Draw card reversed in packet of twenty-five cards, packet is "mixed" and dealt into five poker hands - hand with reversed card contains four of a kind and wins
Inspired byRelated to 2011
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 3
694
Nick Trost Diminishing Poker Deal progressive poker deal with ten card poker deal finale
Inspired by 2011
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 3
695
Nick Trost Shuffle Tracking twenty-five-card deck can be dealt in as many piles as often as spectators want, yet performer receives royal flush, two-phase routine
Inspired by 2011
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 3
697
Nick Trost Gambler's Poker Routine
  • Phase One - Eighteen-Card Poker (uses concept of a morphing Jonah card that changes every phase, three phases)
  • Phase Two - Belchou's Ace Trick (poker player's picnic type Kings location, open Bottom Deal demo followed by Aces deal)
  • Phase Three - The Surprised Gambler (re-deal)
Inspired by
  • Gambler's Luck (Lewis Ganson, 1950)
  • Tony Griffith's "A Demonstration of How to Win at Poker" (Griff on Cards, 1964)
  • Bob Lynn's "The Gambler Routine" (The Mad Mad Mad World of Bob Lynn, 1968)
Related toAlso published here 		2011
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 3
700
Jason England, Allan Ackerman, Steve Mayhew The World's Greatest Card Cheat "Topsy Turvey Poker" is played, spectator riffle shuffles, his straight flush is completed with previously openly sleeved card
Inspired by 2012
The Cardjurer
109
Dr. Jacob Daley, Roberto Giobbi Entry 176: Daley's Jordan Poker Deal three-handed poker game, performer's hand changes twice to beat the other two hands one by one
  • Daley's Note 176
  • Interpretation and Personal Version of Roberto Giobbi
Inspired by June 2013
Genii (Vol. 76 No. 6)
16
Joseph Barry Beginner's Luck spectator first gets a flush in hearts, then a straight flush in spades
Inspired by 2014
Reverie
9
Joseph Barry Dream Poker draw poker, performer gets royal flush, spectator can shuffle and cut
Also published here 2014
Fifty
2
Steve Mayhew Lazy Man's Ten-Card Poker Deal uses Snap Crimp, multi-phased:
  • performer deals Poker hands to himself and spectator and he wins
  • spectator repeatedly shuffles and deals those ten cards and performer without looking always knows whether he will win or lose
  • for finale performer (sometimes spectator) deals from deck and has option to exchange three cards for any three cards in deck, performer still wins
Also published here 2014
Mayhew
83
Jason England, Tomas Blomberg Take It or Sleeve It no-touch poker deal, spectator shuffles and deals off the bottom openly, performer's and spectator's hand are completed with previously "sleeved" cards
Also published here 2014
Mayhew
96
Ernest Earick Double Damned
Also published here 2015
The Bammo Ten Card Deal Dossier
123
Jonas Ljung Kismet Poker five poker hands dealt, performer wins and hand is predicted
Also published here 2015
The Bammo Ten Card Deal Dossier
239
David Britland The Last Game
Inspired byAlso published here 2015
The Bammo Ten Card Deal Dossier
245
Joseph Barry Thanks to Forte card chosen, order apparently memorized and shuffle-tracked, performer in-the-hand stacks himself first a blackjack hand, then four Royal Flush cards that match selection, in-the-hands riffle faro
 		Apr. 2015
Genii (Vol. 78 No. 4)
38
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 According To Hoyle stud poker, after each card is dealt, the performer's face up card are exchanged with one of the other player's, performer still wins
Also published here 2015
Errata (Issue 1)
4
Karl Fulves Poker Exchange version with face-down draw poker, after each card is dealt, the performer's face up card are exchanged with one of the other player's, performer still wins
Inspired by 2015
Errata (Issue 1)
4
Michael Weber Black Jacks or Better deck cut by inserting a cut card, first blackjack then poker hand dealt from there, secret flopping of half the deck
 		Feb. 2015
Real Secrets (Vol. 3 No. 35)
1
Max Maven Centrifugal Poker cards in poker hand divined, "The Centrifuge Principle"
Related to 2016
Session Notes
3
Roy Walton The Honest Cheat spectator tries to match suit distribution of a poker hand that is set aside, spectator is allowed to cheat but loses, performer wins
Also published here 2016
The Complete Walton — Volume 3
21
David Solomon Marlo/Gardner/Britland Poker Deal
  • Phase One: Dealing Four-of-a-Kind from Different Parts of the Deck
  • Phase Two: The Double Duke
  • Phase Three: The Britland Switch of Hands
Also published here 2018
Solomon's Secrets
48
David Solomon, Jeff Siegfried Jamesway Poker reverse faro mixing, good hands are the result, two phases
Also published here 2018
Solomon's Secrets
55
David Solomon, Tomas Blomberg Gilbreath Ten-Card Poker Deal doing the Ten Card Poker Deal after a riffle shuffle
 		2018
Solomon's Secrets
58
Ramón Riobóo Unbeatable
2018
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 11
145
Tom Gagnon Vernon-Gagnon Poker Demonstration adding a color-changing deck phase during ribbon-spreading the deck face-down as fake cooler deck switch
Inspired byRelated to 2019
Gagnon Unfiltered
4
Dai Vernon, Bob Farmer Vernon Repeat Poker Deal ten card set-up
  • Adding The Voodoo (marked and starts with honest shuffle)
  • Adding The Hoodoo: Shanghai Ten Card Poker
Inspired by 2019
The Bammo Ten Card Deal Dossier Addendum
28
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
Secret Language — Volume 1
406
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
The Expert
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
The Expert
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
The Expert
41
Steve Forte high-low stack alternating high-low stack, full or partial
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
893
Steve Forte Overhand Shuffle Cooler Stack Aces stacked, other players get good hands as well
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
917
Steve Forte Slug, Transfer, Ace Stack, Cooler Ace control, followed by deal of good hands for everyone
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
919
Steve Forte No Punch Kings and Queens Kings and Queens face-up distributed in deck, five-handed deal, four Aces kicker in another deal
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
931
Steve Forte Gilbreath and the Perfect Bridge Deal punch type deal with full suit and one honest shuffle before the deal, faro
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
935
John Bannon Another Better Loser
  • Dealing With It
after shuffling and cut-deeper procedure ten cards are shown and dealt to two players, performer get's royal flush
 		Nov. 2021
Genii (Vol. 84 No. 11)
52
Karl Hein Everyone Loves A Good Polygon blackjack demo that ends in a 4x4 magic square layout for 21
 		June 2022
Elixir (Vol. 3 No. Florida Issue Part Two)
97
Paul Cummins Punken Droker poker game dealt from deck shuffled face up/down
Inspired byAlso published here
  • MAGIC, July 2005
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
418
Tomas Blomberg, Jason England Take It Or Sleeve It no-touch poker deal, spectator shuffles and deals off the bottom openly, performer's and spectator's hand are completed with previously "sleeved" cards
Also published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
496
David Solomon Marlo Gardner Britland Poker Deal
  • Phase One: Dealing Four of a Kind from Different Parts of the Deck
  • Phase Two: The Double Duke
  • Phase Three: The Britland Switch of Hands
Also published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
645
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
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
662
Jon Racherbaumer Helter-Skelter Poker
  • Exhumations
poker deal with ten face-up and ten face-down cards shuffled together
Inspired by
  • "Carbon Footprint" (Paul Gordon, Gold Dust)
 Jan. 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 1)
42
Scott Baird Six Card Cheat poker deal and six card repeat combo, performer deals out a poker hand and himself one card to many which is removed several times, performer ends up with Aces and others with good hands as well
 		Sep. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 9)
1008