3,584 entries in Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Karl Fulves Winning Streak red/black betting game, multiple phases
  • The Streak System
  • Winning Streak
  • The Paradox
  • System Notes
  • S'Martingale
Also published here 1991
Swindle Sheet (Issue 8)
92
Paul Douglas Private Blackjack cheating in casinos
1991
Swindle Sheet (Issue 9)
104
Canada Bill monte man story
Also published here
  • "Gambling and Gambling Devices" (John Phillip Quinn, 1912)
1991
Cheat Sheet (Issue 6)
54
Method of Cheating at Blackjack
1991
Cheat Sheet (Issue 6)
56
Karl Fulves Basic Training on Blackjack strategies
  • Basic Basics
  • Playing the Tables
  • How to Practice
  • Expanding the Options
  • Flashcard Swindles
1991
Cheat Sheet (Issue 6)
57
Karl Fulves The Office Backjack, John Scarne
Related to 1991
Cheat Sheet (Issue 6)
60
Canada Bill Story
Also published here
  • "Sucker's Progress" (Herbert Asbury)
1991
Cheat Sheet (Issue 8)
74
Robert E. Neale Wanting to Win spectator wins every time
1991
Cheat Sheet (Issue 8)
78
Karl Fulves The Office John Scarne, Ten Card Poker Deal
Related to 1991
Cheat Sheet (Issue 8)
81
Mickey MacDougall The Bridge Cheat
Also published here
  • "Danger in the Cards" (MacDougall, 1943)
1991
Cheat Sheet (Issue 9)
83
Martin Gardner Red-Black Paradox three cards dealt, a matching pair turned up, color of third card is bet on
1991
Cheat Sheet (Issue 9)
84
René Lavand Swing with a Sonnet Elevator multiple phases ends with bridge deal
Inspired by
  • Dr. Daley's "Jacob's Ladder" in "The Sphinx" September 1951
Also published here
1991 49
René Lavand Rehearsal in Madrid sidewalk shuffle type, three blank cards and an Ace, ends with three Aces and one blank card
Also published here 1991 61
René Lavand Mahtub multiple phases
Also published here 1991 70
Jerry K. Hartman Rused Card Dealer
Related to 1991 401
Jerry K. Hartman, Karl Fulves Stack Knack plot by Fulves, tabled switch
Also published here 1991 403
Jerry K. Hartman Manual Control slightly elaborated handling, re-dealing
Inspired byAlso published here 1991 413
Jerry K. Hartman Top Draw-er spectator choses card to complete royal flush
Also published here 1991 415
Jerry K. Hartman Hand Me Down specators switch cards
Inspired byAlso published here 1991 418
Jerry K. Hartman Tete a Tete
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here 1991 423
Jerry K. Hartman Monkey Business' Uncle Monte theme, two Aces of Hearts and one Ace of Spades become all Aces of Hearts, then all Aces of Spades, then back to original, then both Aces of Hearts change to Jokers to end
Inspired byAlso published here 1991 428
Jerry K. Hartman, Karl Fulves College for Crooks four indifferent cards stacked to spectator, performer receives Aces
Inspired by 1991 432
Jerry K. Hartman Hokum Poker shuffled deck, hand removed and later mated hand is dealt, featuring impromptu stacking, Dead Man's Hand presentation
Also published here 1991 435
Jerry K. Hartman Best Wishes "highest value force", forced four-of-a-kind ends up in poker hand
Related to 1991 437
Jerry K. Hartman Best Hand Forward
Related toAlso published here 1991 439
Jerry K. Hartman Hand in Hand Blindfold Poker Deal
Also published here 1991 443
Al Smith Almost Faking It "Yet Another Opinionated Discourse"
comments on gambling demos
1991 12
Al Smith Don't Get Lost in the Shuffle more comments on gambling demos and technique
1991 13
Al Smith An Indifferent Bottom
1991 14
Al Smith Farostack
  • Confederace
  • Maximace
  • Kingfederaces
1991 15
Al Smith Workers' Playtime Aces and Kings stacked, using false deals to get them in wanted hands
Related to 1991 16
Al Smith Smarloth multiple shift followed by faro stacking
1991 16
Alexander de Cova Gambler's Change with bills or wallet, as monte climax
Also published here 1991 19
Karl Fulves Tyro four duplicate Kings are dealt on the table, they change into a Royal Flush, using card with cut out section at corner for automatic second deal
Inspired by 1991 1
Edward Marlo Unexpected Poker Deal spectators think of highest card in their poker hand, all assembled and re-dealt and all thought-of cards are in one hand
Inspired by Jan. 1991
Technomagic (Issue 7)
55
Edward Marlo Routined From Scratch two cards appear between sandwich cards one by one on top of deck, then the packet general card plot (three cards change to other four-of-a-kinds multiple times when one card is exchanged), followed by poker deal, set-up during first effect
Inspired by Apr. 1991
Technomagic (Issue 10)
78
Doc Eason An Entertaining Three Card Monte Routine
1991 ca. 14
Michael DeMarco Poker Machine using faro and binary System
Feb. 1992
Apocalypse (Vol. 15 No. 2)
2029
Michael DeMarco Poker Machine II using faro
Variations Apr. 1992
Apocalypse (Vol. 15 No. 4)
2062
Tom Gagnon Cheating the Greek for a Second fake greeks and seconds
1992 xxxvi
Edward Marlo Second Application bottom deal with four Aces
Also published here 1992 177
Edward Marlo Third Application you get Aces, spectator Kings, bottom deal
Also published here 1992 178
Jack Carpenter Royal Faststack riffle stacking demo with surprise appearance of royal flush
1992 99
Jack Carpenter Center Deal Demo Two Methods, requiring bottom deal
1992 105
Jack Carpenter The Seattle Switch poker hands with aces and kings transpose one by one, one changes to royal flush
1992 114
Jack Carpenter Eight Kings bottom deal demonstration in which one deals 8 kings, then kings are in other pile than they were dealt
Related to 1992 130
Jack Carpenter, Stephen Hobbs Thoughts on Card Cheating An Essay with Examples
1992 141
Edward Marlo Solution to Gin Rummy! faro
Apr. 1992
The Olram File (Issue 11)
10
Edward Marlo Card Stack Demo Kings openly stacked, Tens and Aces end up also, faro and overhand stacking, correction for reference
Related toAlso published here June 1992
The Olram File (Issue 12)
9
James Swain, Michael Skinner Dream Poker magician deals himself winning poker hand from spectator shuffled deck. Uses partial stack
1992 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 23
James Swain Poker Interchange improvements
Inspired byRelated toVariations 1992 25
Darwin Ortiz Poker Interchange - Handling Variation
1992 28
James Swain Impromptu Cheat performer receives best hand from shuffled deck, uses riffle stacking
1992 31
Karl Fulves Don't Ask repeat poker deal for two players, spectator wins and loses in final round
Related to 1992 5
Karl Fulves Bar Room Bingo cards distributed in six glasses, two glasses selected, aim is to get near 14 but not over
1992 22
Karl Fulves Blindfold Aces Aces arranged into a ten-card-packet by spectator, performer deals three hands and gets three Aces, three methods
Related to 1992 59
Alexander de Cova Gambler's Switch with bills or wallet, as monte climax
Also published here 1992 163
Philip T. Goldstein Montexposé odd back card vanishes among four other cards
Dec. 1992
The Minotaur (Vol. 4 No. 4)
6
Two Card Monte Handling
1992 59
Arturo de Ascanio ¿Juega Usted al Mus? gambling routine for the spanish game "Mus", with a deck of forty cards
Also published here
  • "Circular Mensual del S.E.I." N° 4, 1954.
1992 7
Arturo de Ascanio La Carteta sequence for three card monte, in the hands
1992 54
Lewis Jones Sweeter Cider
Inspired byAlso published here Aug. 1992
Profile (Issue 9)
11
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 Deal
Variations Oct. 1992
Profile (Issue 10)
1
Aldo Colombini Crazy Horse two cards chosen from twenty-card packet, two packets eventually formed, one all red with black selection and vice versa
Inspired by
  • Ron Ferris
Also published here
  • Spaghetti Magic lecture notes
Dec. 1992
Profile (Issue 11)
1
George McBride Must Be Middles fake center deal
Inspired byVariations Dec. 1992
Profile (Issue 11)
8
Steve Dusheck Monte Zuma two cards, one held behind back, spectator always guesses wrong
Inspired by
  • Two Card Monte (DeLand)
Also published here
1992 72
Steve Dusheck Mis-Marked performer names cards from back, they are obviously marked, but backs don't match faces
Variations 1992 110
Steve Dusheck Me Three monte, winning card changes and is removed from pocket
1992 113
Terry LaGerould Lesson in Larceny fake bottom and center demo
Also published here 1992 40
Roy Walton Fair Play pairs taken from two halves, pairs of same suit give a point, performer wins, reverse Gilbreath
Variations Sep. 1992
Opus (Vol. 4 No. 5)
10
Jon Racherbaumer Epilogue to Epilogue on a Jack Liuso satire article in Hierophant #4, Ed Marlo, Karl Fulves, Neal Elias letters, Ed Marlo letters, all on riffle shuffle work and Marlo & Daley, blindfold deal credit information
Dec. 1992 7
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
Robert E. Neale Casino three red and three black cards are used for betting game, with bills
Inspired by
  • "Random Walks and Gambling" (Martin Gardner, Mathematical Circus, 1981)
1992
Cheat Sheet (Issue 10)
99
Karl Fulves Cheating at Bridge listing of sources
1992
Cheat Sheet (Issue 10)
104
Karl Fulves Blackjack Stacks
Related to 1992 2
Larry Becker Hypnotic! with prediction
Also published here 1992 115
Larry Becker Casino Caper prediction of Roulette, Craps and Blackjack
Inspired by 1992 145
Larry Becker Casino Royale prediction of a chosen casino, amount of money one wagers and outcome of Blackjack game, poker chips with names of casinos and Himber Wallet
1992 153
Jon Racherbaumer Slug-Fest credit information on the re-deal principle as used in Marlo/Gardner poker deals
  • Selected Bibliography
June 1992
Swipe (Issue 5)
3
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
Bob Farmer Jiggery Pokery poker hands drawn from face-up spread, yet performer wins, credit information
Related toVariationsAlso published here Sep. 1992
Magic (Vol. 2 No. 1)
43
Alan Wakeling Psychic Blackjack cards are named by assistant, used in a blackjack game, John Mulholland code
Also published here Dec. 1992
Magic (Vol. 2 No. 4)
44
Steve Draun The W.E.B. Shuffle special crimped card, the real work otherwise
Also published here 1993 72
Steve Draun A Slick Trick overhand
1993 76
Steve Draun Ten Hands Toot Sweet one shuffle, false Dealing included
Also published here 1993 81
Steve Draun Quintiple Duke bluff with deck switch, interesting
Also published here 1993 84
Rafael Benatar Marmalade Poker several changes
Inspired byAlso published here 1993 20
Ernest Earick Double Damned
VariationsAlso published here 1993 141
Ernest Earick One Shuffle - One Winner black jack for any number of players from shuffled deck
1993 173
Ernest Earick Poker Blind two shuffle stack for four cards, five hands
1993 178
Ernest Earick Tandem in One one shuffle stack for two quartets, five players, random positions
1993 182
Ernest Earick The Case of the Inconstant Player adjusting five player stack if up to three leave or two arrive
Related to 1993 192
Ernest Earick A Little Bit Patter presentation for restacking the deck when a player leaves
Related toAlso published here 1993 199
Richard Vollmer Apocalypse Variations or Additions
Inspired by May 1993
Apocalypse (Vol. 16 No. 5)
2219
Michael DeMarco Principle to an Extreme using eight faros
Sep. 1993
Apocalypse (Vol. 16 No. 9)
2264
Doug Edwards Pseudo Second Demo
Oct. 1993
Apocalypse (Vol. 16 No. 10)
2271
Harry Lorayne Second-Dealing Poker
Related to Oct. 1993
Apocalypse (Vol. 16 No. 10)
2272
Allan Slaight Dupe-licate with duplicate card
Also published here Nov. 1993
Apocalypse (Vol. 16 No. 11)
2284
Edward Marlo Glim Deal sighting ahead when dealing with shiner
1993
The Olram File (Issue 14)
5
Edward Marlo Black Jack Versus Poker four ace kicker, three methods
Inspired by 1993
The Olram File (Issue 15)
9
Edward Marlo Building a Better Bridge dealing winning bridge hand from shuffled deck
Inspired by 1993
The Olram File (Issue 16)
10
Scott Robinson Sucker Ending climax for Scott's Sucker Monte
Related to 1993 853
Philip T. Goldstein Drawl winning cards in selected hand, spectator can cut to position for dealing last round of cards
Sep. 1993
The Minotaur (Vol. 5 No. 3)
6
Bob King 10 Hand Poker Stack with free cut principle
VariationsAlso published here 1993 5
Bob King Zen Poker Plus Zens stack
Inspired by 1993 17
Bob King A Stack of Stacks four riffle shuffle stacking systems, assisted by a Breather Crimp
Inspired by 1993 19
Bob King Seeing is Believing performer blindfolded for full routine
Phase I: a card pocketed and another selected
Phase II: selection found at named small number
Phase III: two more cards divined, using 52-on-One and 3-1/2 gag cards
Phase IV: four Aces dealt in poker round
Phase V: pocketed card named
1993 22
Steve Beam Gentleman's Bet bet, red / black or pairs, performer wins always, gilbreath
Variations 1993 7
John Riggs Unbeatable red / black or pairs, performer wins bet all the time, is able to let spectator win on his demand, gilbreath
1993 9
Steve Beam Color Vision performer always guesses color of cards correctly
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1993 11
Scotty York "Poor Charlie" Smith gaffed, rainbow backs, with pistol cigarette lighter
Inspired by 1993 56
Scotty York, Fred Kaps Shuffling Off Lucille with ideas by Fred Kaps
Inspired by 1993 119
Meir Yedid Invisible Poker Hand invisible poker hand is dealt, which suddenly appears, with Slingshot Snap Out
Related toAlso published here 1993 7
Karl Fulves Draw Test sixteen-card poker, four players get four cards each
Related toVariations 1993
Rigmarole (Issue 2)
16
J. W. Sarles Cutback Ace of Spades shuffled in deck, spectator cuts anywhere and names small number, Ace found there, beating the cut presentation
1993
Rigmarole (Issue 4)
44
Mel Bennett Blackjack four named years are added, total used to deal four piles, when turned over the bottom cards are two blackjacks
Related to 1993
Rigmarole (Issue 5)
49
Karl Fulves Guess Again eight cards are placed outjogged into tabled spread, cards dealt in pairs, color matches with outjogged cards
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1993
Rigmarole (Issue 5)
55
Karl Fulves Guess Again explanation of the principle at work, with variation in which five cards are put into five packets, packets dealt in pairs and color matches are found
Related to 1993
Verbatim (Issue 5)
43
Howard W. Rheam Carlisle Fair Cards
Inspired by 1993
Verbatim (Issue 6)
60
Sam Schwartz Sam's Monte tips on the handling
Related to 1993
Verbatim (Issue 6)
63
Howard Wurst Howard Wurst on Scarne's Shuffle Systems
Inspired by 1993
Verbatim (Issue 7)
74
Karl Fulves Stripped Down two poker hand shown, both are five Tens, then one changes into Royal Flush
Related to 1993
Verbatim (Issue 8)
93
Karl Fulves Nothing Changes article about three-card monte hustling
Related to 1993
Verbatim (Issue 9)
113
Peter Duffie I Give Up! two hands, performer always has four Jacks, Aces as climax, second deals instead of bottom deals
Inspired by 1993 15
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 Deal
Inspired byAlso published here Apr. 1993
Profile (Issue 13)
7
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
David Worthington Self Centered three-handed deal, pseudo centers
Inspired by Aug. 1993
Profile (Issue 15)
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
Steven Hamilton A Poker Problem spectator deals five hands and turns all face up, takes any five cards for a strong hand, rest dealt out again into four hands, every hand beats the spectator's choice, posed as a problem
Oct. 1993
Profile (Issue 16)
5
Walter "Sonny" Day Imagination three-card trick ends with three examinable blank cards
Oct. 1993
Profile (Issue 16)
11
Al Thatcher Super-Duper Poker Deal Zens stack
Variations 1993 67
Jerry Mentzer A Poker Plot spectator deals poker hands, one from the bottom with the performer's back turned, he identified the bottom-dealt hand, also it's a royal flush
Inspired by 1993 70
Dai Vernon, John Murray, Jerry Mentzer One Hand Bottom - Applications
1993 227
Richard Bartram, Jr. Hole Card Monte last phase for three card monte, hole punched in one card jumps to other card
1993 10
Richard Bartram, Jr. Simple Monte brief in the hands routine
1993 13
Richard Bartram, Jr. Yankee Clipper paper clip grows, after Three-Card Monte
1993 95
Peter Duffie Handout four packets with an Ace in each, cards are placed on deck in random order, when four hands are dealt, one gets all Aces
1993 16
Peter Duffie Fair Game
Inspired byAlso published here 1993 25
Peter Duffie The Numbers Game dealt poker hand's values add up to named number, seven card stack
Also published here 1993 27
Steve Beam Color Vision performer always guesses color of cards correctly
Also published here 1993 14
Jack Birnman Sharper's Image after some shuffling (also by spectator) a two-handed game is dealt, performer receives a Full House with Aces and Kings, faro
Variations June 1993 15
David Britland, Marc Russell Cul-de-Stack high/low alternating deck for memory demonstration and bridge deal
Nov. 1993
Opus (Vol. 4 No. 12)
7
René Lavand Three Card Monte with story presentation
1993 7
René Lavand Switching Hands spectator chooses hand for performer, which is a Royal Flush
1993 68
René Lavand A Little More on Gambling
Also published here 1993 79
René Lavand Old Man River longer gambling routine, story
Also published here 1993 84
René Lavand Swing with a Sonnet bridge deal, four hands
Also published here 1993 102
René Lavand Showing Off dealing a Royal Flush, no matter how many hands are wished, x-deals
1993 110
René Lavand Poker Against All performer deals himself a Royal Flush, with wallet
1993 126
René Lavand My Monte ten phases, with sticker
Also published here 1993 133
René Lavand Antonio's Three Card Monte Monte
Also published here 1993 147
René Lavand Rehearsal in Madrid sidewalk shuffle type, three blank cards and an Ace, ends with three Aces and one blank card
Also published here 1993 168
René Lavand Mahtub multiple phases
Related toAlso published here 1993 176
Sid Fleischman The Fabled Non-Working, Self-Working Card Trick presentation for Schmidt's effect
Inspired byVariations 1993 94
Harry Anderson The Last Monte multi-phase three card monte routine, torn corner as last phase
  • Phase 1 - Meet My Friend, Monte
  • Phase 2 - The False Toss
  • Phase 3 - The Sting
  • Phase 4 - The Bent Corner
  • Phase 5 - The Mutilated Monte
Related toVariations 1993 90
Harry Anderson Monarch Monte Monte using three very large cards, three phases
Variations 1993 108
Alan Wakeling Psychic Blackjack cards are named by assistant, used in a blackjack game, John Mulholland code
VariationsAlso published here 1993 117
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 86
Michael F. Zens, Vicente Canuto, Theodore Annemann Cualquier Jugada a Petición ten card set-up, double-deal stacking
Also published here 1993 118
Allan Ackerman Impromptu Sidewalk Shuffle
Variations 1994 144
Allan Ackerman Another Impromptu Sidewalk Shuffle featuring Ackerman's "Another Quick Four Way"
1994 149
Allan Ackerman, Roger Klause A No-Throw Monte
1994 153
Chuck Smith Blackjack Demo featuring a "never lose"-stack for blackjack
1994 17
Mel Lambdin Royal Poker Deal restacking set-up, good poker hands
Variations Aug. 1994
Apocalypse (Vol. 17 No. 8)
2397
Bob King Bridge over Troubled Water variation on Hamman's Bridge Deal
Sep. 1994
Apocalypse (Vol. 17 No. 9)
2408
Mike Bornstein All Hands on Deck overhand
Sep. 1994
Apocalypse (Vol. 17 No. 9)
2410
Richard Vollmer The Miredieu Poker Deal set-up
Dec. 1994
Apocalypse (Vol. 17 No. 12)
2437
Alex Elmsley Royal Flush Deal royal flush deal for any number of players, faro shuffling
1994 308
Alex Elmsley Blind Stud cards are cut and dealt out, things about hands are revealed with back turned, gray code to base 4
Also published here 1994 406
Alex Elmsley The Tale of the Old Timer cutting to fourJacks, then Queens, then Kings, then dealing out all Jacks to Aces
1994 449
Steve Mayhew, Jack Carpenter Mayhew's Master Deal Ace climax
Related to 1994 19
Karl Fulves DU/Process thirteen-card packet distributed via down/under deal, two four-of-a-kinds and a royal flush come out
1994 7
Karl Fulves X's Are Aces four random cards are openly stacked for two and then become aces when dealt
1994 24
Karl Fulves Blue Moon blackjacks chosen despite random cuts and then counting to twenty-sixth card, spectator's blackjack changes back color
1994 25
Karl Fulves Red Square guessing color of next card, spectator has chance score, performer all correct
1994 51
Karl Fulves Odd Number Theory five odd-valued cards, one thought of and performer removes four cards from pocket that are missing thought-of card to complete straight flush
1994 54
Karl Fulves Unpaired Poker value matchings in 4x4 layout
1994 77
Gene Maze Open-Face Poker Stock apparently aces stacked with one shuffle, then fours with one shuffle
1994 93
Gene Maze Inverted Poker push-through failure with aces that are then reversed in position for dealing
1994 95
Gene Maze Big Oversight Aces put on top, instantly poker hands are dealt out and Aces received
Inspired by 1994 98
Gene Maze Criss-Cross two black queens should be followed by spectator and eventually transform into red queens
Related to 1994 120
Gene Maze Hard Way Poker first real riffle stacking, then pseudo one-shuffle stack, actually center deal
1994 137
Alexander de Cova, Dai Vernon Seven-Card-Monte card vanishes from packet and reappears on top of pack, three phases
Inspired byAlso published here 1994 151
Juan Tamariz Effect 5 - Repoker Of The Chose four selections are controlled in one hand, aces, royal flush, with impromptu version
1994 16
Paul Gertner Four-Card Monte four deuces change into kings
1994 93
Paul Gertner Black Jack Surprise bust blackjack hand changes into four aces
1994 113
Paul Gertner, Brother John Hamman Poker Palm Shift Variation poker hand changes multiple times
  • Displaying the First Hand
  • The Hand Changes to Contain Thee of a Kind
  • The Hand Changes to Four of a Kind
  • The Hand Changes to a Royal Flush
Inspired by 1994 115
Billy McDonnell Shifty Poker Palm flush changes into full house, five aces and royal flush
Inspired by 1994 984
Bob Farmer Ten Cards, Twenty Fingers, Unlimited Cash marked Jonah, optional stripper deck to take the set out after an honest shuffle of the deck
1994 15
Bob Farmer The Game of 31 Ace through Six on table, numbers added until in turn until 31 is reached, performer always wins
Related to 1994 18
Bob Farmer Svengali Monte monte type betting routine with the deck cut into three piles, optional clean ending
1994 22
Bob Farmer, Theodore DeLand Two-Card Monte
1994 27
Bob Farmer Three-Card Monte with gaff/flap
1994 28
Sam Schwartz Sam's Monte
Inspired byRelated to 1994
Rigmarole (Issue 6)
61
John Scarne Fast Shuffle #1 "Scarne Shuffle Systems"
three Aces for five-handed game for first player
1994
Rigmarole (Issue 7)
77
John Scarne The Apparent Miss "Scarne Shuffle Systems"
three Aces for five-handed game for first player, apparent miss in third Ace
1994
Rigmarole (Issue 7)
77
John Scarne 3 Aces and a Kicker "Scarne Shuffle Systems"
three Aces for five-handed game for first player, fourth Ace as kicker
1994
Rigmarole (Issue 7)
78
John Scarne Fast Shuffle #2 "Scarne Shuffle Systems"
three Aces for five-handed game for dealer, crimp
Variations 1994
Rigmarole (Issue 7)
78
John Scarne Fast Shuffle #3 "Scarne Shuffle Systems"
three Aces for five-handed game for dealer, fourth Ace after spectator shuffle
1994
Rigmarole (Issue 7)
78
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
1994
Rigmarole (Issue 8)
91
Jack Avis Jack Avis on Scarne's Run-up Systems
Inspired byAlso published here 1994
Rigmarole (Issue 10)
120
John Scarne Invisible Seconds top half shuffled, four obvious seconds dealt, those four cards are Aces, featuring a Bottom Deal handling from straddle grip
Related to 1994
Verbatim (Issue 10)
127
Roger Crosthwaite Lost and Found "Phase Four: Caressing the Cards"
Kings lost, spectator decides on number of players and who should win
1994 23
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
1994 27
Randy Wakeman Fake One Hand Center
Related to
  • Randy Wakeman Presents, p. 136
1994 28
Guy Hollingworth Reset Routine ends in New Pack Order
Also published here 1994 154
Bob Sheets Killer Kitsen Miracle Dutch Looper gaff, three phases
  • Flap-Flip Move
Inspired by
  • "Kitson Miracle" (Patrick Page)
1994 1
Jim Krenz Nothing Too Loose monte trick in which card with large hole must be followed
Inspired by
  • "Nothing To Lose" (Bob Farmer)
1994 14
Ted Lesley Nap on the Ridge winner receives the deck
1994 49
Ellison Poland Monte-Finale money card vanishes, suggesting different tabled switches
1994 34
Tony Econ The Econ Poker Deal Aces apparently stacked for performer in two shuffles, Aces are seen to be dealt to another hand, performer ends up with Straight Flush, faro
1994 82
Ellison Poland Ubiquitous Readers performer names cards from their back one by one, consecutive switches
1994 125
Don Banks, Jim Lambert, Steve Ehlers, Art Gross The Close-Up Billusion bill inserted between two Aces visually passes back and forth from middle to bottom, Aces change into Queens, monte theme, see "Errata" in Issue #3 (p. 31) for additional crediting info
Inspired byRelated to 1994
Labyrinth (Issue 1)
4
Simon Aronson Draw Poker Deal a), built into the Aronson Stack
Also published here 1994 120
Simon Aronson Stud Poker Deal b), built into the Aronson Stack
Also published here 1994 121
Simon Aronson Ten Card Poker Deal c), built into the Aronson Stack
Also published here 1994 122
Simon Aronson Poker Routines d), routining the previous effects
Also published here 1994 123
Simon Aronson Perfect Bridge Hand e), built into the Aronson Stack, deals a perfect no-trump hand
Also published here 1994 123
Simon Aronson Any Poker Hand Called For g), built into the Aronson Stack, based on the Zensational stack
Also published here 1994 125
Alexander de Cova, Dai Vernon Seven Card Monte card vanishes from packet and reappears on top of pack, three phases
Also published here 1994 24
Bob Farmer The Ten Card Deal: An Investigation
  • Flim-Flam
on the ten card poker deal
  • The Basic Principle
Jan. 1994
Magic (Vol. 3 No. 5)
57
Bob Farmer Sure Fire Showdown ten Card Poker Principle, strippers
Related to Jan. 1994
Magic (Vol. 3 No. 5)
58
Bob Farmer Poker on Buckley's description of the Ten Card Poker Deal in Card Control
Related to Jan. 1994
Magic (Vol. 3 No. 5)
58
Bob Farmer The Ten Card Deal: An Investigation - Part II
  • Flim-Flam
more on the ten card poker deal
  • Which Cards To Use
  • Getting The Cards Into Play
Feb. 1994
Magic (Vol. 3 No. 6)
49
Bob Farmer Done Deal I done from deck
Also published here Feb. 1994
Magic (Vol. 3 No. 6)
49
David (Foote) Drake Getting Into The Ten Card Poker Deal starting with full deck
Also published here Feb. 1994
Magic (Vol. 3 No. 6)
50
Bob Farmer Done Deal II done from deck, belly strippers
Also published here Feb. 1994
Magic (Vol. 3 No. 6)
50
Bob Farmer Done Deal III spectator cuts deck and deals, loses, blocks are strung together to force cut position
Also published here Feb. 1994
Magic (Vol. 3 No. 6)
50
Bob Farmer Done Deal IV spectator cuts and deals two hands, loses, five duplicate Ten Card Poker sets
Also published here Feb. 1994
Magic (Vol. 3 No. 6)
50
Bob Farmer The Ten Card Deal: An Investigation - Part III
  • Flim-Flam
"The Sultans of Swindle"
Mar. 1994
Magic (Vol. 3 No. 7)
58
Bob Farmer Harry Lorayne "Ten Card Poker Deal" comments on Lorayne's routine
Related to Mar. 1994
Magic (Vol. 3 No. 7)
58
Bob Farmer Darwin Ortiz "Mexican Poker" comments on Ortiz's routine
Related to Mar. 1994
Magic (Vol. 3 No. 7)
58
Bob Farmer J. K. Hartman "Tête-a-Tête" comments on Hartman's routine
Related to Mar. 1994
Magic (Vol. 3 No. 7)
58
Bob Farmer Nick Trost "Showdown" comments on Trost's routine
Related to Mar. 1994
Magic (Vol. 3 No. 7)
59
Bob Farmer Bro. John Hamman "Magician Versus Gambler" comments on Hamman's routine
Related to Mar. 1994
Magic (Vol. 3 No. 7)
59
Bob Farmer Bruce Bernstein "Psych-Out" comments on Bernstein's routine
Related to Mar. 1994
Magic (Vol. 3 No. 7)
59
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
Bob Farmer Ten Card Deal References
  • Flim-Flam
Apr. 1994
Magic (Vol. 3 No. 8)
76
Bob Farmer The Ten Card Deal: An Investigation Part V - Loose Ends
  • Flim-Flam

  • 18 Card Deals
  • New Endings
  • The Cider Variations
  • Face-Up Or Face-Down
  • Statistics
  • Probability
  • No Card Variations
  • Ten Bill Deal
  • And Finally
May 1994
Magic (Vol. 3 No. 9)
66
Bob Farmer La Monte Symbiotic
  • Flim-Flam
three piles on the table, spectator cannot follow top card of one pile
Related to
  • "Symbiotic Deck" (Gary Ouellet)
Sep. 1994
Magic (Vol. 4 No. 1)
71
Bob Farmer Deck Genuflect betting game with ten red and black cards
Dec. 1994
Magic (Vol. 4 No. 4)
64
Bruce Bernstein Psych-Out four phases
Related toAlso published here 1994 4
Peter Duffie Pokericulous
Inspired by
  • "Pokericulum" (Stewart James)
Related to
1995 100
Peter Duffie Epitaph for a Card Cheat one-at-a-time reduction of hands
Inspired byRelated to 1995 156
Joseph K. Schmidt Blockbuster No. 1 two times, "deal stack", overhand
1995 19
Joseph K. Schmidt Blockbuster No. 2 stacking two hands, overhand
1995 20
Joseph K. Schmidt "Easy Poker" from shuffled deck, overhand
Inspired by 1995 24
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 39
Joseph K. Schmidt The "Sore-Armed" Bandid another system
1995 52
Karl Fulves Another Word on "Last Word" overhand
1995 60
Karl Fulves The Three - Er, Four King Deal stacking two hands, overhand
1995 62
Karl Fulves Addition to Blockbuster No. 1
1995 63
Joseph K. Schmidt Blockbuster No. 3 stacking three hands (!), overhand
1995 65
Joseph K. Schmidt Call your Hand II thirteen card set-up
Inspired byVariations 1995 71
Joseph K. Schmidt Hold-Out Sam tabled hand turns out to be the one named
1995 74
Joseph K. Schmidt The "Easy Poker" Deal Out a different presentation
1995 77
Joseph K. Schmidt The "Last Word" Deal Cut a different presentation
1995 78
Joseph K. Schmidt Mnemonics for Zens set-up
1995 78
Karl Fulves Prediction Deal
1995 80
Joseph K. Schmidt The Untimely Demise of "Mike" McGuff story presentation
1995 81
R. Paul Wilson Gypsy's Monte kind of Quick-Three-Way
1995 3
R. Paul Wilson Mark of the Gambler "marked cards" as a presentation, Aces turn over, are lost and come to top again, four Royal Flush cards turn over as well
Also published here 1995 13
Darwin Ortiz Beat the Dealer short blackjack routine
Inspired by
  • "Blackjack Puzzler" (Johnny Piatt, Hugard's Magic Monthly, June 1956, p. 441)
Variations
1995 146
Darwin Ortiz The One-Handed Poker Deal skill demonstration
Variations 1995 149
Darwin Ortiz Face-Up Centers
Inspired by
  • "This is Centers (?)" (Milt Kort's lecture notes)
1995 155
Darwin Ortiz Darwin's Poker Deal travelling signatures
Inspired by 1995 159
Darwin Ortiz Mr. Lucky spectator chooses all the cards in play
Related toVariations 1995 167
Darwin Ortiz Pick-A-Card Poker with to-Royal-Flush-Transformation
Related to 1995 172
Darwin Ortiz From the Cellar bottom deal demonstration with sucker element
Inspired by
  • Micky MacDougall's "Confounding the Critics" (Card Mastery, p. 37)
Related toVariations
1995 175
Darwin Ortiz The Cross faro stacking, transformation
Inspired byRelated to 1995 180
Darwin Ortiz The Sting stacking & culling demo
Inspired by 1995 184
Michael DeMarco Ten Fingers, Ten Hands one faro shuffle
Feb. 1995
Apocalypse (Vol. 18 No. 2)
2470
Paul Swinford Royal Flush Mini-Stack small packet & anti-faros
Mar. 1995
Apocalypse (Vol. 18 No. 3)
2476
Allan Slaight Heavy Breather crimp, packets
Inspired byAlso published here Apr. 1995
Apocalypse (Vol. 18 No. 4)
2487
Karl Fulves Fake Poker three Aces on top, fourth Ace randomly placed in second hand and dropped on top, one riffle shuffle, performer gets four aces when dealt for two
1995 13
Karl Fulves Four In One four-of-a-kind on top, one riffle shuffle to stack for 4 players, with false dealing
1995 15
Karl Fulves Paradox Poker performer stacks 4 royal flush cards for 4 players, spectator distributes hole cards and completes royal flush, fake stacking
1995 16
John Scarne One Shuffle Poker aces apparently stacked to wanted player in one hand, actually bottom deal
1995 18
Karl Fulves ReStackJack jacks stacked for four-handed game, restacking for three players
1995 28
Karl Fulves 3 Aces 4 Hands 1 Shuffle
1995 49
Karl Fulves Blackjack For Three riffle stacking
1995 59
Karl Fulves The Poker Cheat three card stacking with short-cut
Inspired by 1995 61
Karl Fulves Two Card Stud riffle shuffle handling of Bruce Elliott overhand shuffle effect
1995 63
Karl Fulves Three?Four?Five? "quick one-shuffle run-up that can be used for any number of hands"
1995 79
Karl Fulves Speed Stacking
Inspired by 1995 83
Karl Fulves Double Duke In One
1995 91
Tommy Lake The Lake Run-Up one-shuffle
1995 108
Edward Marlo Ten Card Poker Deal credit information and claim
Related to 1995
Facsimile (Issue 3 (Marlophile 1))
14
Shigeo Futagawa The Teacher poker hand changes three times
Inspired by 1995 1063
John Riggs The Centerfold Deal false center deal demonstration, two players, four kings, four aces as a climax
Also published here 1995 41
Karl Fulves Dealer's Choice No. 20, eight-card poker with Kings and Aces, performer gets Aces
1995 35
Karl Fulves, Stewart James Beat the Cheat No. 26, stacking apparently explained but Aces end up in another hand
1995 48
Francis Haxton Gambler's Last Chance No. 27, one card missing from Straight Flush, spectator finds it
Also published here 1995 49
Bruce Elliott Straight Up No. 28, Ace through Five straight distributed in deck, yet dealt out again, pseudo duplicates
1995 51
Derek Dingle, Karl Fulves The Lazy Gambler No. 29, spectator cuts and two poker hands are dealt out, performer's cards are face-up and the Royal Flush
1995 52
Test Your Skill No. 30, spectator turn a card over in four-card packet, it is replaced in deck and four poker hands dealt out, the hand with the reversed card wins
1995 53
Karl Fulves The Wizard of Odds No. 31, nine cards used for "three-card poker", hand with Ace of Spades wins, includes spelling of names, inspired by the Copperfield/Steinmeyer television trick
Related to 1995 55
Chase the Ace No. 35, three cards, Ace changes into another card and is removed from case
1995 67
Karl Fulves The Three-Jacks Deal chapter intro
1995 75
Jack Jack Jack No. 37
1995 75
Walter B. Gibson Three-Jacks Improved No. 38
1995 77
Jack Potter Unstacked Jacks No. 39, 3&3 oil water phase as intro for Three-Jacks Deal
Also published here 1995 78
Phil Weisbecker Three Jacks and a Pat No. 40, Royal Flush climax
Also published here 1995 79
Karl Fulves, Walter B. Gibson Progressive Poker No. 41, multiple deal-outs with various hands
1995 80
Tic-Tac-Toe No. 46, card values decide where to place the 0 or X
1995 88
Karl Fulves 52-Card Monte No. 55, gag presentation with two single cards and rest of deck as third card, color changing deck kicker
Also published here 1995 111
Karrell Fox See The Marks? comedy presentation for revealing a reversed card
1995 34
Simon Aronson Point Spread red/black game in several phases played by two spectators, performer predicts difference between number of red and black cards, repeat, shuffle-bored finale
1995 3
Simon Aronson Simple Double Duke Aces shown, short overhand shuffle, stacked except one, performer has Royal Flush
Related toAlso published here 1995 47
Simon Aronson Stack In Trade Aces stacked to performer and shown during deal, then another player has Aces and performer Royal Flush
  • Overhand Shuffle Methode (Version 1)
  • Streamlined Handling
  • Collins Method (Version 2)
Inspired by 1995 52
David Malek Jacks Done Better false dealing demo up to fifth, with surprise ending, performer deals himself Aces instead of Tens
Inspired by 1995 8
Terry Zembrzuski Mock Fifth Deal
1995 10
David Malek The Double Cross dealing a good hand to the confederate but performer has a better hand as a kicker
Related to
  • Darwin Ortiz's "The Bottom Deal Demonstration" in "Darwin's Deceits"
1995 14
Sam Schwartz Road Scholar horse race plot
Related to 1995
Underworld (Issue 2)
15
Karl Fulves Road Scholar explaining why the trick works
Related to 1995 17
Karl Fulves Tour de Force
1995 19
Edward Marlo No. 6 with drawing and discards, block turnover application
1995 395
R. Paul Wilson Blackjack Players Blight four ten-values are on table, four selections turn out to be the four Aces to make four blackjacks
Inspired by 1995 8
R. Paul Wilson Mark of the Gambler "marked cards" as a presentation, Aces turn over, are lost and come to top again, four Royal Flush cards turn over as well
Also published here 1995 10
Felix Farrell Impromptu Sidewalk Shuffle three black cards and Queen, discarded card is always Queen, then all discarded cards change to Queens
1995 85
Doug Conn Plastic Surgery monte type routine with Bizarre Twist, stretching and shrinking
Inspired byRelated to 1995 1
Claude Rix Propriétés du chapelet modèle methods to go from Claude Rix stack into Vernon's Poker Demonstration, a spelling routine, a sucker trick and Guy Lammertyn's oil and water
  • Adaption de la routine de Dai Vernon
  • Routine de cartes épelées
  • L'erreur réparée
  • La routine de l'huile et l'eau de Guy Lammertyn
Inspired by 1995 15
Ernest Earick Double Damned
Also published here 1995 35
Terry LaGerould Lesson in Larceny fake bottom and center demo
Also published here 1995 66
Ernest Earick The Real Deal spectator names any Royal Flush or high Four-of-a-Kind and performer can deal it, second deals
Variations 1995
Labyrinth (Issue 3)
4
Steve Mayhew Mayhew's Middle Deal Miracle deck shuffled face-up into face-down, all face-up cards are "center-dealt" out of the deck leaving only face-down cards, suggests a few variations, see Carpenter references for "a different write-up of this effect"
Related toVariations 1995
Labyrinth (Issue 3)
10
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
Steve Mayhew Mayhew's Mistake two-phase Center Deal demo, four face-up Aces are dealt from center, when attempted a second time four face-down cards are dealt out and apparently performer has failed, face-down cards are shown to be the Aces
Related toAlso published here 1995
Labyrinth (Issue 5)
31
Jerry K. Hartman Pickpacket card is named and removed, many three-card piles are made, spectator chooses any pile and chosen pile contains other three mates of selection, "an alternate method for 'Pick a Packet' " (see reference)
Inspired by 1995 28
Jerry K. Hartman High Hopes two versions:
  • I. Spectator chooses one of five dealt-out hands and thinks of best Poker hand he can make by discarding four cards, cards are re-dealt and the thought-of hand is dealt to the same position
  • II. Similar to I., but spectator keeps original hand, cards are re-dealt and card that spectator wanted to keep in his hand vanishes leaving only four, it is found in the newly dealt hand together with the other four cards he thought of to complete it, see also p. 155 for slight variation
see p. 155 for “real time” deck setup
Related to 1995 148
Jerry K. Hartman Hand Me Down II five spectators each choose card from a five-card hand and the five they choose make a Royal Flush
Also published here 1995 156
Jerry K. Hartman Piker Poker spectator plays “Cut High Card” against performer and wins, performer changes spectator’s to a lower card and his own to a higher card to win
Inspired by 1995 160
Jerry K. Hartman Kid Stuffed “kid outsmarted by gambler” presentation, three phases of gambler openly placing Kings on bottom and dealing two hands with exposed Bottom Deal but whether hands are swapped or not gambler always ends up with Kings, finally the kid gets the Kings and gambler’s hand is shown to have Aces
Inspired by 1995 166
Jerry K. Hartman Changing Hands performer and spectator have Poker hands and each keep one card and swap the other four with each other, performer’s single card together with spectator’s four are all same color, spectator’s card with performer’s four make up a Straight Flush
Inspired by 1995 185
Jim Artle, Harry Lorayne Gambler's Routine (A Poker Player's Dream) gambling routine, Royal Flush instead Aces should end up in performer's hand, poker chip transforms multiple times, Poker routine by Harry Lorayne from Hugard's Magic Monthly, p. 376 for credit
Nov./Dec. 1995
The Magic Menu (Vol. 6 No. 32)
368
Bob Farmer Ultimate Done Deal
  • Selecting The Hole Cards
  • Selecting The Hands
Also published here May 1995
Magic (Vol. 4 No. 9)
60
Bob Farmer No-Skill Psychological Ten Card Deal
Also published here May 1995
Magic (Vol. 4 No. 9)
61
Bob Farmer Ten Card Deal Combo combining previous two routines
Also published here May 1995
Magic (Vol. 4 No. 9)
61
Bob Farmer One Card 10/20 Poker four players name a number between ten and twenty, that card is counted to, high card wins, performer controls outcome
Related to June 1995
Magic (Vol. 4 No. 10)
68
Bob Farmer Pat On The Back arranging five pat hands from twenty-five cards
June 1995
Magic (Vol. 4 No. 10)
68
Bob Farmer, Max Maven Fifty Years Ago in Magic
  • Flim-Flam
on the Billy O’Connor's backcount force in "One Card 10/20 Poker", back and forth letters between Max and Bob
Related to Sep. 1995
Magic (Vol. 5 No. 1)
70
Guy Hollingworth Three Card Monte featuring Optical Alignment
1996 10
Guy Hollingworth A Square Deal known as "Reset", ends in New Pack Order
1996 33
Guy Hollingworth Montgomery monte style demonstration, surprise climax
1996 39
Paul Cummins The Bottom of the Barrel pseudo bottom deal demonstration
Inspired byAlso published here 1996 32
Paul Cummins Intuitive Poker spectator chooses Royal Flush from spread deck
1996 18
Joseph K. Schmidt Subconscious Poker one card is controlled during the repeat-dealing of five poker-hand and appears in a Royal Flush
Also published here 1996 262
Paul Harris Double Monte climax for monte routine: money card transposes with two indifferent cards
Also published here 1996 121
Paul Harris A Subtle Poker Move (revised) performer's cards multiply from five to about fifteen, in second round he has killer hand
Inspired byVariations 1996
The Art of Astonishment — Book 2 (Issue Close-up Entertainer)
123
Paul Harris Blackjack Challenge four blackjacks are produced, Kings and Aces transpose, Aces change into royal flush
Also published here 1996
The Art of Astonishment — Book 2 (Issue Close-up Entertainer)
125
Martin Lewis, Paul Harris Stamped Second demonstration second deal, stamp is stuck onto top card
Also published here 1996
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
Inspired by 1996
The Art of Astonishment — Book 2 (Issue Close-up Fantasies 1 & 2)
229
Paul Harris Seductive Switch "switching" a folded card with unfolded card, using an impromptu fake index
Also published here 1996
The Art of Astonishment — Book 3 (Issue Close-up Seductions)
167
Doug Edwards Si's Place any Royal Flush is dealt, Stebbins
Jan. 1996
Apocalypse (Vol. 19 No. 1)
2597
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
Gary Plants "Killer" Poker-Deal Demo color changing deck climax
June 1996
Apocalypse (Vol. 19 No. 6)
2662
Dan Block One-Card Poker two cards become five - a royal flush
July 1996
Apocalypse (Vol. 19 No. 7)
2665
Wylee Packer Overhand Shuffle Stack Extension
Dec. 1996
Apocalypse (Vol. 19 No. 12)
2730
Michael Skinner A Poker Deal spectator deals, royal flush
1996 56
Karl Fulves Royalist royal flush stacking plot, posed as problem
1996 75
Karl Fulves Pat Hand Pete performer cuts at a pair in shuffled deck to complete a full house
1996 94
Karl Fulves The Dome con game in which Aces are dealt and if first two are of different color, player wins
Related to 1996 114
Karl Fulves Cool Hand Duke cull stack
  • No Kings In Packet
  • One King In Packet
  • Two Kings In Packet
  • Three Kings In Packet
  • The Routine
1996 134
Karl Fulves Sign-Steal-Deliver free selection is signed, four riffle shuffles, spectator gets flush with his selection, performer a royal flush, first flush cull-stacked on the fly
1996 143
Karl Fulves Blackjack Cut moving slug of high cards to bottom after shuffle and cut by shill
1996 165
Karl Fulves Bait & Switch using six decks for blackjack game
1996 167
Karl Fulves Gambler's Den chapter intro, on gambling demonstrations
1996 174
Karl Fulves, John Scarne Cut For High Card
1996 175
Karl Fulves Reparation cull-stacking a pair
1996 179
Karl Fulves Subconscious Secret royal flush on second deal
Inspired by
  • "Subconscious Poker" (Bob Fisher)
Related to
1996 190
Lee Freed A Bondian Collusion combination of three cited routine
Inspired by 1996
Facsimile (Issue 4)
38
Edward Marlo Card Stack Demo Kings openly stacked, Tens and Aces end up also, faro and overhand stacking, correction from reference
  • Triple Faro Control
Related to 1996
Facsimile (Issue 4)
42
Tom Frame Well-Appointed Stud two Jonah cards, very fair handling and spectator can switch cards as often as wanted
1996 1213
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 167
James Swain Rules of the Game from shuffled deck the performer produces all nine possible poker hands
credit information
1996 169
Bob King Color-Changing Deck optional with "Color-Changing Acro Card" (Bob King)
1996 16
Karl Fulves Rake's Progress open stacking procedure, Aces show up as climax
1996
Underworld (Issue 4)
46
Karl Fulves Last Chance Saloon "Methods?"
Aces plus an indifferent card removed, four additional cards chosen by spectator, one card slid across, now the Aces are in other hand, a card slid back and now it's a Royal Flush, posed as problem
1996 55
Harry Riser Semiautomatic Gambler four-phase routine with small set-up that is dealt repeatedly
Inspired byVariations 1996 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 86
Harry Riser The Legendary Five-Ace Poker Hand poker demonstration presentation for Assembly, three double facers
1996 112
Harry Riser Dealer's School
  • Phase One (red black separation by feel)
  • Phase Two (shuffle control demo)
  • Phase Three (dealing some hands, performer ends up with Aces)
1996 144
Harry Riser Five Card Monte card vanishes from packet and reappears in deck, two phases, double facer
Inspired by 1996 168
Bob Driebeek Acrobatic Monte using diagonal flap card
Inspired by 1996 49
Bob Driebeek Das Tarot-Spiel three spectator select a suit from a Tarot deck and then cards are turned over, depending on the same suits and the rules each spectator can win round, winner is predicted
1996 53
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 9
Peter Duffie, Neil Smith The Con Artist
  • Stage One: bottom deal shown and exposed, then spectator tries it but performer gets Aces instead
  • Stage Two: Aces put reversed in center, four hands dealt, one of them are the Aces, cards assembled and Aces shown back in center
1996 12
Peter Duffie Succubi one card reversed in twenty-five cards ESP deck, word spelled, then cards dealt into five hands, hand with reversed card is all the same symbol and others mixed
Inspired byRelated to 1996 13
Peter Duffie The Second Hand Gambler two hands dealt, one is Royal Flush, then any type of hand named and dealt with the same ten cards
Inspired by 1996 18
Peter Duffie Blakjak some cards exchanged, yet perfect blackjack hands show up
1996 19
Rudolf Braunmüller Das Heidelberger Kümmelblättchen
Inspired by 1996
Intermagic (Vol. 20 No. 1)
19
Rudolf Braunmüller Spielen Sie Poker? four phases
1996
Intermagic (Vol. 20 No. 2)
76
Lou Gallo Poker Dilemma three phases, four Nines cut to, three-handed game dealt with good hands, then five-handed game
1996 104
Lou Gallo Seconds, Middles and Bottoms with four Aces and four indifferent cards
Related to 1996 111
Bob Farmer Jiggery Pokery poker hands drawn from face-up spread, yet performer wins
Also published here May 1996
Magic (Vol. 5 No. 9)
72
Bob Farmer Reverse Jiggery Pokery poker hands drawn from face-up spread, then hands are exchanged and performer wins
Inspired by May 1996
Magic (Vol. 5 No. 9)
72
Bob Farmer Jiggery Poker in Two Hands poker hands drawn from face-up spread, yet performer wins, repeat phase
Inspired by May 1996
Magic (Vol. 5 No. 9)
72
Bob Farmer The Contest poker hands drawn from face-up spread, yet performer wins
Related to May 1996
Magic (Vol. 5 No. 9)
73
Bob Farmer Untertaker spectator deals out cards, performer in the end changes four and wins, two-phase poker deal using faced deck
Inspired by June 1996
Magic (Vol. 5 No. 10)
70
Bob Farmer A Virtual Shuffle And a Real Scam performer gets the Aces after the draw
Inspired by July 1996
Magic (Vol. 5 No. 11)
72
Bob Farmer Russian Poker Roulette top cards of ten piles used for poker game
Also published here Nov. 1996
Magic (Vol. 6 No. 3)
77
Bob Farmer Dirty Dealing revealing royal flush in chosen suit, Cadd Force
Inspired by
  • "Dirty Dealing" (Gary Plants, Genii August 1996)
Dec. 1996
Magic (Vol. 6 No. 4)
82
Larry Jennings Another Winning Hand two hands, cards are drawn, performer wins two times
Inspired by 1997 37
Richard Rechsteiner Sucker Monte Opening one card transforms
Aug. 1997
Apocalypse (Vol. 20 No. 8)
2828
Richard Vollmer The Distrustful Mechanic using faros
Oct. 1997
Apocalypse (Vol. 20 No. 10)
2850
Jack Carpenter Steppin' out with Molly three card monte routine with several effect, signed money card to card case climax
Related toVariations 1997 41
Jack Carpenter Riffle 'n' Roll one-shuffle stack, Aces for five hands
1997 77
Jack Carpenter Nine Angry Men one shuffle
Variations 1997 80
Jack Carpenter The D.C. Hustle kings and queens on top, one-shuffle stack, five players, kings, queens, x, x, aces
1997 85
Ken Krenzel Opti-Stack aces inserted in fan
1997 131
Ken Krenzel The Lost Aces of Louie the Loser aces visibly vanish when dealt in poker deal, reappear in one of the other hands
1997 137
Ken Krenzel Sluggard's Monte three slow-motion sequences:
  • The Slow Show
  • Slow Second
  • Slow Slip
Inspired byRelated to 1997 186
Nick Trost Double Pinochle with an Elevator Finish
Inspired by
  • "Knock-Out Aces" (Ted Biet, Genii, June 1982)
1997 22
Nick Trost The Five-Ace Poker Hand
Variations 1997 25
Nick Trost Generic Deck Version Variation on "The Five-Ace Poker Hand" with blank cards
Inspired by 1997 27
Nick Trost False Deal Deluxe pseudo false deal of a straight after one honest riffle shuffle
Also published here 1997 87
Nick Trost Bottoms, Seconds and Centers Demo Pseudo demo (with duplicate card)
1997 88
Nick Trost The Penney Paradox sucker bet
Related to
  • Trine (Lewis Jones, 2002)
  • "Penney-Ante" (Walter Penney, The Journal of Recreational Mathematics, Oct 1969)
  • "On the Paradoxical Situations that Arise from Nontransitive Relations" (Martin Gardner, Scientific American, Oct 1974)
1997 89
Nick Trost Handsome Bridge Hand Dealing perfect bridge hand from shuffled deck, with stud poker demo to set it up
1997 92
Nick Trost Odd Man Wins! presentation by Mack Picknick
VariationsAlso published here 1997 93
Nick Trost, Al Thatcher The Omega Bet - Updated Multiple prediction of whether selected cards matched color, last phase uses Gilbreath
Inspired byRelated toVariations 1997 96
Nick Trost, Stewart Judah Horse Race Ace as horses, run a miniature racetrack, uses matches
Inspired by
  • "Derby" (Tony Koynini, 1952)
Related to
  • "Horse Race" (John Scarne, Scarne on Cards, 1949)
1997 99
Nick Trost Second Method alternative method for "Horse Race" using Gilbreath Principle
Also published here 1997 102
Nick Trost, Al Thatcher, Tom Hubbard Automatic Poker - A Different Handling Uses packet of eleven cards masquerading as ten
Inspired by 1997 106
Nick Trost Tenkai Poker Deal Cards shuffled face up/down, poker hands are dealt, only magician gets face down cards (plot credited to Persi Diaconis, routine inspired by Ricky Jay's routine on Learned Pigs and Fireproof Women)
1997 108
Nick Trost, Ken Beale Ten-Card Poker Deal - Trost Routine Three phases, second phase is Ken Beale's idea
Also published here 1997 109
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 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 113
Nick Trost Calling the Hands
Inspired by 1997 115
Nick Trost Psychic Poker similar to previous "Calling the Hands"
1997 117
Nick Trost Double Poker Hand Prediction Comes from Bill Miesel's notes, performed in 1968
1997 124
Nick Trost Trost on "Matching the Cards" Four jacks change to Aces, with blank deck ending
Inspired by
  • "Herbert Milton's Rendition of Matching the Cards" (Lewis Ganson, Matching the Cards, 1977)
Related to
  • "Correcting a Mistake" (Hatton & Plate, Magician's Tricks: How They Are Done, 1910)
1997 184
Nick Trost Showdown three phase Ten Card Poker Deal routine, last phase is stud poker. Includes Tom Hubbard's handling at the end.
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1997 216
Tom Hubbard Tom Hubbard's Handling of "Showdown"
Inspired byAlso published here 1997 219
Nick Trost Nick's Expanding Cards Mini poker hand grows in size to poker-size, gimmick could have inspired Micro Macro
Inspired by
  • "Lohrey's Enlarging Cards" (Carl Lohrey, marketed in The Linking Ring, 1950s)
VariationsAlso published here
1997 220
Nick Trost Maxi-Twisto Twisting the Aces with Royal Flush ending
Inspired by
  • "A Twist on Maxi" (Mike Gallo, Genii, August 1986)
Related to
  • "Maxi-Twist" (Roger Smith, 1976)
1997 222
Nick Trost, Al Thatcher Crooked Dealing Pseudo gambling demo for seconds, bottoms and centers
Inspired by 1997 228
Nick Trost Zens-Gilbreath Poker Deal Any poker hand called for
Inspired byRelated to 1997 232
Nick Trost The Perfecto Bridge Deal duplicate Spades
Variations 1997 235
Nick Trost Straight Poker Deal Deal from shuffled deck, spectators get straight, performer get full house.
Variations 1997 236
Nick Trost Pinochle Deal uses Pinochle deck
1997 239
Nick Trost Pitch Deal Game called "Pitch"
1997 242
Nick Trost Twenty-Deck Poker Deal Poker with twenty cards
Related to
  • "The Hokey-Poker Deck" (Jim Lucier, The New Tops, March 1978)
1997 245
Nick Trost Seven-Spades Bridge Deal partner and performer get all the Spades
Related to 1997 251
Nick Trost Seven-No-Trump Bridge Deal partner and performer get no-trump hands
1997 253
Nick Trost In-Between Deal Game called In-Between, uses poker chips
1997 254
Nick Trost Gin Rummy Deal
1997 257
Nick Trost Coon Can Deal Gives description and history of game
1997 261
Nick Trost Special-Deck Blackjack-Poker Deal Blackjack and poker combined demo
Related to 1997 265
Nick Trost Canasta Deal
Related to 1997 270
Nick Trost Uruguay Canasta Deal
Related to 1997 273
Nick Trost International Canasta Deal
1997 274
Karl Fulves Vampire Poker card at thought-of position in five-card packet predicted
1997 133
Wesley James The MacJames Poker Deal bottom deal demonstration with sucker element
Related to 1997 14
Wesley James Sneaky Pete's Anytime Blackjack Saloon story presentation, using Tabled Bottom Deal
1997 20
Wesley James Japanese Monte
Inspired by
  • "The Three Quarter Card" (Masao Atsukawa, "Creative Works in Magic")
1997 57
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 67
Peter Duffie Four Card Monte
1997 109
Peter Duffie Backfire Poker Ten cards, spectator ends with winning hand (not ten card poker deal)
Inspired byAlso published here 1997 154
Peter Duffie, Gene Maze Hudson's Hawk Two spectators get perfect Blackjacks from randomized half of the deck by themselves, hands off
1997 157
Chris Carter Mental Prediction shuffled deck, from thirteen cards a spectator choses best possible poker hand, performer divines it and had predicted it too
1997 51
Slide Monte with short card
1997 24
Alex Elmsley Power Poker ten cards, spectator can chose which he wands, full house and royal flush
Inspired byRelated toVariationsAlso published here 1997 2
Alex Elmsley The Colour-Changing Faro Shuffle first published in Jerry Sadowitz' "The Crimp", five times performer cuts to a card, royal flush but with different colored back
1997 9
Christian Scherer Jass Deal winning hand for Swiss card game "Jass", all cards are known and performer gets winning hand
1997 37
Doug Edwards Well You Should Have... Blackjack demo with color changes of magician's and spectator's hands
1997 9
Doug Edwards Six Card Royal Four card repeat, end with royal flush production and finding selection
Also published here 1997 39
Doug Edwards Poker Deal Extraordinaire You get winning hand multiple times, keep getting better and better
Inspired by 1997 117
Doug Edwards Facile Second Deal Second deal demo to deal four Aces to yourself. don't need to do good second deal
1997 121
Al Mann Five Aces hand gets four aces and joker
1997 21
Philip T. Goldstein A Credit To His Race horse race plot, with particular rules and playing cards, performer wins, Interrupted Gilbreath Principle
Inspired by
  • "Derby" (Tony Koynini, 1952)
VariationsAlso published here
1997 95
David Solomon Poker Pair Aces on top and Deal, repeat with Royal Flush kicker
Inspired by 1997 73
David Solomon Second Power Poker & Lead-In Aces travel to top, odd-backed Aces stacked in deck, transform into Royal Flush (that now has odd backs) and others get good hands (Power Poker originally Talisman 1/11)
Also published here 1997 210
Simon Lovell Oooops! spectator receives four Aces and a Joker, performer has six Aces
1997 109
Simon Lovell Cheats' Honesty Test Aces produced, then they change into Royal Flush
Inspired by
  • "Radical Aces" (Bill Malone, MUM, Vol. 82 No. 11, Apr. 1993)
1997 179
Simon Lovell The Nightmare Deck apparently only spectator with special glasses can see large marks on the back
1997 228
Karl Fulves Charlie Cheats No. 10, number of reds and blacks in packet determine who wins, two phases
Related to 1997 17
Peter Duffie Acquiescence two spectators lay out pairs, red-black matching total predicted
Variations 1997 1
Steve Beam Color Vision performer always guesses color of cards correctly
Also published here 1997 18
Roy Johnson Die Roy Johnson Routine zu Martin Lewis' Sidewalk Shuffle
Inspired by 1997
Intermagic (Vol. 21 No. 1)
6
Harold Lloyd Der Zuschauer als Falschspieler spectator loses Aces (by putting three cards on each and only cutting), then he deals the Aces into wanted hand, no-touch
1997
Intermagic (Vol. 21 No. 4 & 5)
181
Ariel Frailich Splittin' Image Four split into Twos, then into Aces, four Aces change into a blackjack hand of one Jack and one Ace
Inspired by 1997 33
Bob Farmer The Scram-And-Scram Ten Card Deal
  • Flim-Flam
Related toVariationsAlso published here June 1997
Magic (Vol. 6 No. 10)
79
Bob Farmer More on The Scam-and-Scram Ten Card Deal
Related to July 1997
Magic (Vol. 6 No. 11)
80
Peter Duffie Duffie's Zen Card Deal
Inspired byAlso published here July 1997
Magic (Vol. 6 No. 11)
80
Bob Farmer Face-Up Blackjack
  • Flim-Flam
Also published here Aug. 1997
Magic (Vol. 6 No. 12)
80
Roy Walton Half The Twenty Card Deal
Also published here Sep. 1997
Magic (Vol. 7 No. 1)
74
Roy Walton The Twenty Card Deal
Also published here Sep. 1997
Magic (Vol. 7 No. 1)
74
Peter Duffie The Duffie Ten Card Deal with prediction
Also published here Sep. 1997
Magic (Vol. 7 No. 1)
75
Bob Farmer Blackjack Attack (Inspired By Actual Events)
  • Flim-Flam

  • Ordinary Deck Version
  • The Wired Deck Version
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here Oct. 1997
Magic (Vol. 7 No. 2)
84
Bob Farmer Vaya Con Dios Con
  • Flim-Flam
Inspired byAlso published here Nov. 1997
Magic (Vol. 7 No. 3)
80
Steve Benway Stripper Stunt
  • Letters
variation with stripper
Related to Dec. 1997
Magic (Vol. 7 No. 4)
17
Eddie Fields Calling Your Hand, Again spectator chooses how many hands, which hand will win, what kind of hand to win, ten-card set-up
Also published here 1997 102
Edward Marlo Marlo's Faro Variation any poker hand called for, using faro
Also published here 1997 103
Chris "Doc" Dixon, Darwin Ortiz Clean spectator chooses all the cards in play, version without table
Inspired by 1997 95
Jerry Sadowitz, Derek Dingle Gambling Demo riffle cull and bottom deal
Related to 1997/98 19
Andrew Wimhurst Faster Shuffle one-shuffle Stack, five hands
1998 25