3,584 entries in Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Denis Behr A Trick for Allen Kennedy clean two-phase center deal demo, double facers, see also page 46
Related to 2007 27
Denis Behr A Gambling Demonstration Aces produced, named royal flush dealt, new pack order
Variations 2007 62
Benjamin Earl Real Scarne aces dealt to poker hand from a spectator shuffled deck, thought of card predicted in pocket
2007 7
Benjamin Earl Playing the Odds spectator shuffles and deals themselves royal flush, thought-of card divined
Variations 2007 10
Benjamin Earl Hand Built by Trees gambling demonstrations with Aces, pack then revealed to be four solid blocks with Aces at the face of each
Inspired by 2007 14
Jerry K. Hartman Poker Face-to-Face Multiple card Triumph under guise of gambling demonstration
2007 74
Karl Fulves Four Way Memory twelve picture cards memorized, then sorted into suits from back
Related to 2007 24
Karl Fulves Pyramid Poker twelve card layout on table, named type of poker hand build at the end
2007 24
Karl Fulves Match Game twelve cards laid out face-down in matrix, match game played (turning up two cards and finding matches), performer wins
Related to 2007 27
Karl Fulves Three-Card Blackjack all Sixes, Sevens, Eights used for blackjack type game, performer gives everyone twenty-one
2007 29
Karl Fulves Pseudo Poker eight cards, four envelopes, two random cards placed in an envelope each, performer divines content
2007 29
Karl Fulves Ace - Deuce - Blackjack with twelve card packet
2007 50
Jack Parker Ouroboros Poker hands chosen from a ten-card pile of Jacks, Queens and Kings. Audience gets full house, performer gets four Aces
Inspired byAlso published here 2007 14
Jack Parker Twelve Card Monte Monte routine done with three packets of four cards (Four Eights, Four Nines and Four Queens), Queens change to Aces
2007 24
Jack Parker Magician vs. Magician Magician recounts story of playing poker with another magician, magician ultimately wins with Royal Flush in Spades (lots of pokerhand transformations)
Inspired by 2007 27
Jack Parker, Tomas Blomberg Rump Shaker Performer deals four Aces to himself twice, then gives everyone great hands in the third round, leaving the best hand (straight flush) for himself
Inspired by 2007 81
Jack Parker Visual Acuity Three card monte routine with surprise ending of an eye-chart appearance on a card
Variations 2007 150
Alexander de Cova Pokerama re-deal stacking, with dealing shoe, three phases
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here 2007 1
Andi Gladwin Monte Python
Inspired by 2007 25
Karl Fulves Year With Meaning "Unexplained"
overhand stacking the values that combine to a year, posed as a problem
2007
Prolix (Issue 3)
179
Karl Fulves 3-Blank Monte "Unexplained"
three blank cards and an Ace, all change to Kings as climax, posed as a problem
Variations 2007
Prolix (Issue 3)
180
Karl Fulves The Money Card "Unexplained"
obvious one-way backs, money card "accidentally" gets turned around, posed as a problem
2007
Prolix (Issue 3)
180
Sam Schwartz 3-Blank Monte three blank cards and an Ace, all change to Kings as climax
Inspired by 2007
Prolix (Issue 3)
194
David Solomon Revised Mexican Poker
Related toAlso published here 2007 21
Tomas Blomberg The Blomberg Variation
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here 2007 22
David Solomon Play Poker With Me, Please three-phase routine from the deck
Inspired by 2007 55
Don May, David Solomon Nine or Ten Hands Nines stacked for nine players, then Aces dealt in ten-hand stack with straight flush for performer
2007 123
David Solomon Solomon Meets Gardner/Marlo
Variations 2007 141
David Solomon S-V-S Shuffle Stack Kings put on top, shuffled three times while burying top cards, Kings back on top, repeated but now Aces are on top, then Royal Flush
Inspired by 2007 191
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 12
David Solomon Revised Mexican Poker
Also published here 2007 15
Tomas Blomberg The Blomberg Variation
Also published here 2007 16
Stewart James The Robot Deck Stack that allows you to do seven routines in a row

Mental Spell, Straight Poker, Stud Poker, Blackjack, Bridge, Scrambled Spelling Bee, Prophetic Card Discovery
2007 53
Stewart James The Clincher Spelling to thought of cards with a poker theme
Also published here
  • typewritten instructions, Aug 1947
2007 71
Stewart James Jamesway Poker Deal Deal a winning hand after shuffling a packet of cards any number of times, includes a version for a Five Aces deal
VariationsAlso published here
  • Marketed by SJ, 1948
2007 81
Stewart James Ten Nights In A Cardroom Multiple phase routine with ten tricks

  • 1. Shuffled deck, you deal and win a game of draw poker
  • 2. Four spectators name a number each, the cards at those positions have the same value
  • 3. You are able to name every card in a hand of poker as it is being dealt
  • 4. Card to pocket, card is lost in the deck by spectator, then card appears in your previously empty pocket. Effect is repeated.
  • 5. Challenge card location
  • 6. Prediction trick
  • 7. You deal yourself good cards for poker
  • 8. You can predict what cards you will receive for poker
  • 9. Blackjack deal, spectator can name any number of hands and you will always win with a blackjack
  • 10. Shuffled deck, you blindfold yourself, you deal for poker and win once again
VariationsAlso published here
  • Marketed by SJ, 1948
2007 84
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 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 96
Stewart James Pocket of Persistence Deck is placed in pocket unseen, magician can be blindfolded, but is able to extract winning poker hands, and even the mate to a previously selected card
Also published here
  • Typewritten instructions, Apr 1949 and Aug 1958
2007 105
Stewart James The Secret Partner Poker routine, with a story
Also published here
  • Typewritten instructions, Feb 14 1979
2007 167
Stewart James Package Deal Card is inserted into a packet of nineteen cards at random spot by spectator, will form four hands of poker for four straights
Variations 2007 189
Edward Marlo Second Application bottom deal with four Aces
Also published here 2007 109
Edward Marlo Third Application you get Aces, spectator Kings, bottom deal
Also published here 2007 109
Jon Racherbaumer Three Card Visible Monte comments
2007 167
Edward Marlo First Application Trapped Mexican switch
Also published here
  • The New Tops, Dec. 1983
2007 171
Edward Marlo Marlo's Monte cards bent upwards at sides instead of downwards
Also published here
  • The Sorcerer's Eyes, Vol. 3 No. 33-36, 1981
2007 172
Jack Parker Ouroboros Poker hands chosen from a ten-card pile of Jacks, Queens and Kings. Audience gets full house, performer gets four Aces
Also published here June 2007
Genii (Vol. 70 No. 6)
36
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
Pete Biro Bongers/Biro Poker Stunt one card travels from deck to poker hand, Kato's Card Happening Flick
Aug. 2007
Genii (Vol. 70 No. 8)
74
Roberto Giobbi Dollar Deal red-black betting game, bill is inserted in deck and pairs taken, color that comes with bill can be predicted
Also published here Oct. 2007
Genii (Vol. 70 No. 10)
19
Jerry K. Hartman Piano Forte five hands are dealt with one Ace each in four of the hands, spectators move that Ace to any position, hands are collected and performer deals five hands with all Aces to himself
Inspired byRelated to Mar. 2007
Antinomy (Vol. 3 No. 1)
15
Joshua Jay Easy Ackerman pseudo center deal demonstration, four-of-a-kind distributed throughout deck before deal
Related to Mar. 2007
Antinomy (Vol. 3 No. 1)
17
Alan Bursky, "Senator" Clarke Crandall Honest Cheat humorous, performer deals more cards to himself obviously
Inspired by 2007 2
Michael "Mike" Müller ESM-Routine EasyStreetMonte
  • Lenkung
  • Tipps / Ideen
2007 29
Jerry K. Hartman Mexicali Ruse “Mexican Poker” plot, head-to-head Poker game with small packet of cards, magician gets Royal Flush, second version where magician gets four Aces on p. 185
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here 2007 181
Jerry K. Hartman Poker Stud another handling of the Mexican Poker plot
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here 2007 188
Jerry K. Hartman Sham on You the Aces are inserted out-jogged into the deck and spectator takes the deck, he deals off the top to the magician and “middle-deals” the out-jogged cards to himself, it turns out he has the four Twos and magician has the Aces
Inspired by
  • "The Linking Ring", in the "Havenly Close-Up" column (Vol. 80, No. 2, February 2000, p. 102)
2007 192
Jerry K. Hartman Hole Makes Whole two packets of five cards, spectators choose one card from each packet and they are swapped, other four cards of each packet are shown and when the swapped cards are combined with the other four they complete Straights
Inspired by 2007 195
Jerry K. Hartman K.I.S.S.E.S. II magician deals to three spectators and himself, always showing the card he's dealt, on fourth deal he shows he got Ace of Spades, spectators’ hands are turned up and the three cards he originally showed are at the faces of their hands, and the rest of their hands are the other three mates to complete each Four-of-a-Kind, finally magician turns up his hand and it’s Royal Flush
Inspired byRelated to 2007 197
Jerry K. Hartman Ultimate Poker Interchanged magician deals to back and forth between spectator and himself each time showing he has dealt himself a King, spectator’s hand is turned up at the end and he has the Kings and magician’s hand is shown to contain Aces
Inspired byRelated to 2007 242
Joel Givens Monte 101 "double bend" finale, see p. 127 for performance
2007 137
Arthur Finley Finley's Blindfold Poker Deal Finish No. 705
Also published here 2007 30
Don England CDDD "Center Deal Deficit Disorder"
four Aces cut in center are deal, face up Aces
2007 12
Jon Racherbaumer No Jonah Poker parity
VariationsAlso published here 2007 28
Nick Trost Optical Three-Card Monte
Also published here 2008 85
Nick Trost Duck or Deal Blackjack at the end of a shuffling and dealing procedure, the spectator has created four blackjacks
Inspired by
  • "Blackjacked" (Peter Duffie, The Card Addict, e-book, 2000)
  • "Four Queens" (Bill Simon, Mathematical Magic, 1964)
Related to
2008 89
Nick Trost Classic Euchre Deal using a 24-card Euchre deck
2008 91
Nick Trost Gilbreath Plays Euchre using a 24-card Euchre deck
2008 92
Nick Trost The Contrary Euchre Deal I using a 24-card Euchre deck
2008 93
Nick Trost The Contrary Euchre Deal II using a 24-card Euchre deck
2008 95
Nick Trost Exchange Euchre using a 24-card Euchre deck
Inspired by 2008 96
Nick Trost Six-Handed Exchange Rummy
  • Five-Handed Version
Inspired by 2008 98
Nick Trost Wild Bill Revisited Dead Man story
2008 101
Nick Trost Wild Bill's Poker Hand I
Inspired by 2008 102
Nick Trost Wild Bill's Poker Hand II
Inspired by 2008 104
Nick Trost The Insurance Card I riffle shuffle set-up, card needed to complete a straight flush is predicted
2008 108
Nick Trost The Spectator's Straight Flush I Gilbreath, spectator locates straight flush
Inspired by 2008 111
Nick Trost The Spectator's Straight Flush II spectator locates straight flush
Inspired by 2008 113
Nick Trost The Gambler's Luck
Inspired by 2008 114
Nick Trost Lucky At Poker
Inspired by 2008 116
Nick Trost Strictly Straight Poker
Inspired by 2008 117
Nick Trost Trost on "The Muleshoe Gambler" gaffed
Inspired by 2008 160
Nick Trost Super Showdown double enders
Inspired byAlso published here 2008 164
Nick Trost Australian Aces sidewalk shuffle type monte effect, gaffed
Inspired by
  • "The Only Three Card Trick in the World Using Four Cards" (Joe Rising, marketed by Ken Brooke, 1971)
2008 204
Justin Higham Jungian Poker five poker hands dealt, spectator peeks at one card from a poker hand, all cards are collected and re-dealt, performer gets winning hand of straight flush consisting of peeked at card
Inspired byRelated toVariations 2008 31
Justin Higham Longitudinal Monte three Card Monte tabled routine, cards held longitudinally
Inspired by
  • "Marlo's Monte & Moves" (Edward Marlo, The Sorcerer's Eyes, Vol. 3, Issue 33-36, 1981)
2008 33
Justin Higham Mini-Faro, Pseudo Centres Pseudo centre routine - spectator get Kings, performer gets Aces, uses Mini Faro concept
Related to 2008 36
Justin Higham Spectator Cuts a Run of Seven Spectator cuts seven piles, top cards are Ace to Seven of Hearts (strong rummy hand)
Inspired by 2008 38
Justin Higham Digital Poker deck placed in pocket, full house pulled out with each card clipped between the fingers
Related to 2008 41
Justin Higham No-Palm Digital Poker Alternative method for Digital Poker
2008 43
Justin Higham Subconscious Culling Poker deal demo, magician gets four Aces, presentation involves technique called "subconscious culling"
Inspired by
  • "Subconscious Poker" (Bob Fisher, The Sphinx)
2008 43
Karl Fulves Red Rover blue-backed Ace through Five of Clubs, red-backed Ace through Five of Spades, two cards thought-of and that many cards transferred from top to bottom, Klondike-Down-Under-Deal Variation with combined packed, thought-cards end up in other packet, effect variations:
  • Crossed Thots
  • Uni-Directional
  • Partner Poker
  • Obversity
Related to 2008
Prolix (Issue 4)
260
Karl Fulves Poker by Mail nine envelopes with one or two cards in each, Dealflipdropcut mixing with die, three-handed game dealt, performer get's Royal Flush
Related to 2008
Prolix (Issue 5)
322
Karl Fulves The Odds Get Even roulette red-black betting system illustrated with six cards
  • Bet Noir
2008
Prolix (Issue 5)
345
Lennart Green The $26.000 Bet bet with matching or un-matching pairs
2008 32
Lennart Green The 4 Card Bet shuffled deck dealt in four piles, bet on whether the top cards have one of each suit, four-category Gilbreath
2008 33
Meir Yedid Radical Hold'em two card change into two Ace, which then explode into a Royal Flush
Related toVariations Jan. 2008
Genii (Vol. 71 No. 1)
22
David Malek Dealing Procedure in Gambling Demonstrations how to speed up dealing for a game
Also published here Feb. 2008
Genii (Vol. 71 No. 2)
21
Jerry K. Hartman Hartman on Radical Hold'em technical variation, two card change into two Ace, which then explode into a Royal Flush
Inspired by Apr. 2008
Genii (Vol. 71 No. 4)
110
Harry Lorayne Gambler's Luck top seven cards taken, after three reverse faros three cards are discarded, the Aces remain, also with Royal Flush or routine with two poker hands
Also published here July 2008
Genii (Vol. 71 No. 7)
28
Jerry K. Hartman Precursor simplified method in letter
Inspired by Aug. 2008
Antinomy (Vol. 3 No. Annual 2007)
5
Jerry K. Hartman Piano Forte (Version 1) four four-card hands are dealt, one Ace placed on top of each, spectators move that Ace to any position, hands are collected and performer deals five hands with all Aces to himself
Inspired byRelated to Aug. 2008
Antinomy (Vol. 3 No. Annual 2007)
6
Bob Farmer Zoots Yourself deck riffle shuffled by spectator, slop shuffle triumph, then deck shown one way four Royal Flushes dealt, rest also dealt in new deck order, slop shuffle to undo spectator's shuffle
Inspired byRelated to Oct. 2008
Antinomy (Vol. 4 No. 2)
20
Allan Slaight The Eclectic Deck stack for seventeen effects
  • 1. one of five cards thought of and located
  • 2. card location
  • 3. face-up deal stopped, value used to count to selection
  • 4. spelling to thought-of card
  • 5. open prediction
  • 6. card from packet to pocket
  • 7. two-card transposition
  • 8. card from hand to pocket
  • 9. Aces stacked, then Royal Flush dealt
  • 10. five good hands dealt
  • 11. blackjack demo with rubber-banded deck
  • 12. bridge demo with all Spades
  • 13. three-way transposition
  • 14. two selections reverse
  • 15. card chosen, spelled to and some matching cards found
  • 16. Ace assembly (not explained)
  • 17. Mind Mirror challenge location
  • Final Thoughts
  • Closing Credits (credits for all effects)
Also published here
  • Ibidem #32, July 1967
2008 36
Allan Slaight New Deck Progressive faros
  • 1. card counted to by adding to cut-to card values, predicted
  • 2. Ace production
  • 3. Aces lost and spelled to
  • 4. poker deal
  • 5. draw poker deal
  • 6. Rummy demo
  • 7. spelling to card from first effect
  • 8. another poker deal
  • 9. Blackjack deal
  • 10. Bridge deal
Also published here
  • Ibidem #33, Dec. 1967
2008 44
Allan Slaight Build Down progressive poker deal with ten card poker deal finale
Also published here 2008 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 54
Allan Slaight Top Twenty Poker, Gin, Blackjack combination
Also published here 2008 57
Allan Slaight The Diligent Deck memorized deck stack which offers a couple of poker and gambling deals
Inspired by
  • New Pentagram, March 1976
2008 59
Allan Slaight The Unkindest Cut Of All rummy and blackjack deal featuring a winning blackjack stack
Also published here 2008 66
Allan Slaight Aces Loaded Aces, then royal flush, two faros
Also published here 2008 70
Allan Slaight Guise Winner five hands of poker are re-dealt to same persons, spectator names missing card (Premonition)
Also published here 2008 82
Allan Slaight Group of Seven stack that allows a stop trick (1-0-1 credit information), spelling to thought-of card and Ten Card Poker Deal
Also published here
  • Linking Ring, Sep. 1988
2008 104
Allan Slaight Pokericulead-In
Also published here 2008 112
Allan Slaight Erdnaces openly overhand stacking Aces while reciting formula, then royal flush deal
Inspired byAlso published here
  • Linking Ring, Nov. 1990
2008 114
Allan Slaight Dupe-Licate with duplicate card
Also published here 2008 120
Allan Slaight Heavy Breather crimp, packets
Also published here 2008 128
Allan Slaight Jacks Are Better finding the four Jacks by spelling, story
Inspired byAlso published here 2008 132
Michael Weber Self Centered self-working center deal demonstration, apparently spectator deals centers
Also published here 2008 2
Bob Hummer, Roberto Giobbi Mental Three Card Monte mathematical three card monte
Inspired by 2008 70
Joseph K. Schmidt Subconscious Poker one card is controlled during the repeat-dealing of five poker-hand and appears in a Royal Flush
Inspired by 2008 89
John Luka Luka Meets Mr. Lucky spectator chooses all the cards in play, simpler switch
Inspired by 2008 25
Jon Racherbaumer Helter-Skelter Poker poker deal with ten face-up and ten face-down cards shuffled together
Inspired by
  • "Carbon Footprint" (Paul Gordon, Gold Dust)
Also published here
2008 26
Bruce Bernstein Bernstein's Bet Trick that fooled Einstein, with bills, High Card presentation
Also published here 2008 1
Fred Robinson Dealer Demonstration
Inspired by 2009 107
R. Paul Wilson Cheating... fake bottom deal demonstration
2009 112
Fred Robinson Three Card Monte off-beat move
2009 122
Fred Robinson How to Win at Cards poker, rummy, bridge, set-up
2009 182
Fred Robinson Kniphofia (Red Hot Poker) set-up
2009 184
Fred Robinson Blackjack blackjack stack for heads-up game
2009 186
Howard Hamburg, Jon Armstrong, Nick Trost Perfect Poker Deal poker hand is shuffled into deck and still dealt right from the top, gilbreath
2009 21
Michael Weber A Spectator Named Kennedy shuffled deck, spectator apparently deals cards from center while magicians gets a full house
Related to Nov. 2009
The Penumbra (Issue 11)
7
Michael Weber Self Centered self-working center deal demonstration, apparently spectator deals centers
Also published here 2009 10
Jason England, Steve Forte Another Shuffle Stack seven-handed game, pseudo stack
Inspired byRelated to 2009 9
Benjamin Earl The Gambling Lesson various games played, at the end spectator and performer each find four-of-a-kind
Inspired byVariations Jan. 2009
Gambit (Issue 1)
6
Benjamin Earl Real Scarne aces dealt from shuffled deck, named card in pocket
Jan. 2009
Gambit (Issue 1)
8
Audley Walsh Audley Walsh's Capper from 1949 letter, partial half-deck switch for dealing five pat hands
Related to 2009
Prolix (Issue 6)
358
John Scarne Scarne's Cap Deal partial half-deck switch for dealing five pat hands, stand-up, from an Audley Walsh letter
Related to 2009
Prolix (Issue 6)
360
Bob Ostin The Looper Dutch Looper elaboration
2009
Prolix (Issue 6)
377
Karl Fulves Near-Perfect Poker spectator takes a card, it is the one that completes a Royal Flush
Variations 2009
Prolix (Issue 6)
386
Robin Robertson, Peter Duffie His/Her Poker spectator takes a card, it is the one that completes a Royal Flush, man-woman presentation
Inspired by 2009
Prolix (Issue 6)
387
Karl Fulves Ten Card Steal
2009
Prolix (Issue 6)
387
Karl Fulves The Restacking Problem when a player leaves
  • Restock In Blocks
  • Restack Repeat
Related to 2009
Prolix (Issue 6)
401
Karl Fulves Follow The Money "Unexplained"
number of bills under cards affects value of cards on top, posed as a problem
2009
Prolix (Issue 6)
404
Rob Reed Do That Again Aces stacked on table openly, unexpected result, dated 1982
2009
Prolix (Issue 6)
411
Karl Fulves Trick Poker five unknown cards chosen, performer produces four Jacks and puts them face-down before spectator, then performer's hand has the Jacks and spectator's the Aces
  • Trick Poker II
Related toVariations 2009
Prolix (Issue 6)
416
Jerry K. Hartman J. K. Hartman's Method five unknown cards chosen, performer produces four Jacks and puts them face-down before spectator, then performer's hand has the Jacks and spectator's the Aces, ungaffed
Inspired by 2009
Prolix (Issue 6)
417
David Solomon Revised Mexican Poker
Also published here 2009 14
Tomas Blomberg Die Blomberg Variante
Also published here 2009 15
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 17
Grace Ann Morgan +1 spectator cuts to four cards, performer cuts to one higher each, with Si Stebbins variation
Also published here 2009 12
Max Maven Blankjack two cards selected by dropping cut cards in deck during deal, those are a blackjack hand and the rest of the deck is blank
Inspired byAlso published here 2009 2
Trevor Lewis Trevor's Monte Plus three ungaffed cards
2009 105
Trevor Lewis The Full Monte with gaffed cards, multi-phase routine
2009 108
Trevor Lewis Sidewalk Shuffle based on Martin Lewis' routine, three blank cards and an Ace
Inspired by 2009 135
Luke Jermay Mixing Mentalism with Other Genres
  • The New Mind
spectator shuffles deck, performer runs through it and apparently memorizes its order, then cuts to four Kings followed by dealing a full house
Related to Jan. 2009
Genii (Vol. 72 No. 1)
25
Per Strandberg Matchmaker deck riffle shuffled face-up/face-down, dealt in pairs, only pairs with one face up and one face down cards are kept, those are used for red/black matching game
Aug. 2009
Genii (Vol. 72 No. 8)
19
Roberto Giobbi Daley's Variation of Jack Merlin's Gambler's Exposé Routine
  • First Phase (Daley's Notebooks #248)
  • Second Phase
  • Third Phase
  • Fourth Phase (Daley's Notebooks #358)
  • Fifth Phase (Daley's Notebooks #224)
  • Sixth Phase (Daley's Notebooks #232)
Inspired byRelated toVariations Nov. 2009
Genii (Vol. 72 No. 11)
64
Manuel Montes Póker conection poker demonstration, control of chosen card ending with Royal Flush
2009
El Manuscrito (Vol. 2 No. 10)
262
Nick Trost Dr. Rhine, Outdone! red/black color matching and guessing
  • Phase One - Matching Test
  • Phase Two - Spectator's Test
  • Phase Three - Telepathy Test
Related to 2009 342
Nick Trost Improved Jack-Jack-Jack credit information
Also published here 2009 384
Nick Trost Four Jacks Deal and Elevator Finish
2009 385
Nick Trost Three Jacks and a Full House
Inspired by 2009 387
Nick Trost A Stacking Demonstration three phase routine
Inspired by 2009 389
Nick Trost The Perfect Bridge Hand - Revisited preliminary deal used to stack Spades, re-deal, group shuffle before first deal
  • Hearts Deal
  • Fan Tan Deal
Inspired by 2009 392
Nick Trost Gilbreath Plays Bridge all Spades dealt in second dealing round
2009 394
Nick Trost Brag and Poker Deal dealing winning hand in Brag followed by poker deal
2009 397
Nick Trost Blackjack, Gin and Poker I
  • Phase One - Blackjack
  • Phase Two - Gin
  • Phase Three - Poker
2009 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 399
Nick Trost Deal and Duck Poker
Inspired by
  • "Four Queens" (Bill Simon, Mathematical Magic, 1964)
Related to
2009 403
Nick Trost Double Power Poker two phases
Inspired byAlso published here 2009 405
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 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 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 412
Nick Trost Flushed with Success Müller/Avis Dealing Procedure to get a flush
2009 414
Nick Trost Exchange Poker - My Original Version spectator can switch cards around between hands
Variations 2009 419
Nick Trost Five-Card Stud Exchange spectator can switch cards around between hands
Related to 2009 422
Nick Trost Seven-Card Stud Exchange spectator can switch cards around between hands
Related to 2009 425
Nick Trost Full-Deck Ten Card Poker
  • Another Handling
Variations 2009 428
Nick Trost Poker and Bridge Routine
  • Phase One - Poker
  • Phase Two - Bridge
  • Alternate Handling - Poker Phase
Inspired by 2009 432
Nick Trost Pinochle Deal uses Pinochle deck
2009 499
Nick Trost Gilbreath Plays Pinochle uses Pinochle deck
2009 501
Nick Trost Exchange Pinochle spectators can switch cards around, uses Pinochle deck
Inspired by 2009 502
Nick Trost Pinochle Poker Deal uses Pinochle deck
2009 505
Nick Trost Mississippi Poker five phases
Also published here 2009 512
Nick Trost Ace in the Hole poker hand changes, half face/back cards
Related to
  • "Jack Pot" (marketed by Harry Stanley in 1955)
VariationsAlso published here
  • marketed 1974
2009 535
Al Thatcher Al Thatcher's Routine poker hand changes
Inspired by 2009 539
Patrick Dessi La fausse donne second deal demo
2009 49
John Bannon Riverboat Poker openly recited overhand shuffling formula, combined with Gardner/Marlo deal
Also published here 2009 47
Caleb Wiles Blackjack Be Quick four piles shuffled together in stages, then an Ace-Jack blackjack hand produced with two-card toss
2009 32
Caleb Wiles Little Fella Grows Up four Kings put on top, two-handed game dealt, performer gets Kings, repeat, repeat with Royal Flush kicker
  • From a Shuffled Deck
Inspired by 2009 39
Jim Steinmeyer The Full Monte "A Card Trick On the Stage"
extra-large jumbo cards, set down on three chairs
2009 111
Jonas Ljung Kismet Poker five poker hands dealt, performer wins and hand is predicted
Also published here 2009 24
Woody Aragón Psychic Poker after shuffle four poker hands are divined, one predicted, full deck stack, gilbreath
Related to 2010 65
Tom Ransom Two Card Monte with two odd-backed ace of spades
2010 111
Tom Ransom Flustration Monte with two odd-backed ace of spades
2010 114
Michael Weber Self-Centered self-working center deal demonstration, apparently spectator deals centers
Also published here 2010 115
Steve Beam Ace-Split Decision set-up
2010 116
Steve Beam One Upsmanship performer cuts one card higher than spectator, stack
Inspired by
  • "A Cut Above" (Paul Hallas, Tricks from the Overground)
2010 118
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Find the Lady top cards of four piles change into Queens
Inspired by 2010 124
Steve Beam, Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) The Stalker presentation
Inspired byAlso published here 2010 125
Lewis Jones Color Fast spectator chooses all losing color, performer winning color, kind of small packet OOTW
2010 135
R. Paul Wilson, Chad Long Luck Versus Skill multiple phase gambling themed routine with cutting the high card culminating in a variation of "Shuffling Lesson"
Inspired by 2010 155
R. Paul Wilson Tupelo Paul simplified variation
Inspired by 2010 157
Steve Beam One is the Loneliest performer and spectator get cards to complete four-card pokerhand, performer wins
2010 177
Ramón Riobóo Control Freak after some dealing process the hands in a poker hand are predicted, see also reference for version with fewer cards
Variations 2010 231
Ramón Riobóo Control Tweak abridged version
Inspired by 2010 233
Joe Anderson Color Match gilbreath
Inspired by 2010 287
David Malek Dealing Procedure in Gambling Demonstrations how to speed up dealing for a game
Also published here 2010
Secret Agenda (Issue Apr 28)
129
Roberto Giobbi Staging a Three-Card Monte Game useful for presentation
2010
Secret Agenda (Issue June 24)
188
Roberto Giobbi Climax to an Unexpected Poker Deal
Inspired by 2010
Secret Agenda (Issue July 15)
211
Derek DelGaudio High Five! five people remember the highest card in a poker hand, they're punch-dealt in one hand
  • Self-Working Version
2010 9
Derek DelGaudio Double George card removed by spectator, poker hands dealt and missing card completes straight flush, two handlings
Related to 2010 12
Jim Steinmeyer Deal Three spectator "mixes" ten card packet
Inspired by 2010 25
Jim Steinmeyer Enigmatic Poker spectator "mixes" fifteen card packet face-up/face-down, dealflipdropcut
Related to 2010 26
Benjamin Earl The Bottom Deal Demonstration "Ramblings on Card Stuff", opinion
Oct. 2010
Gambit (Issue 2)
13
Benjamin Earl Student of the Game brief variation
Inspired by Oct. 2010
Gambit (Issue 2)
16
Benjamin Earl Quick Little Stack two cards, pseudo mates
Oct. 2010
Gambit (Issue 2)
21
Stephen Jones, Jerry K. Hartman, Robin Robertson Dubai Roulette card(s) pushed face-up in center and deck that is openly red-black alternating, dealt in pairs, pair with face-up card matches or not, five phases
Variations 2010
Prolix (Issue 7)
425
Jerry K. Hartman Ladies First two Kings and Queens pushed face-up in center and deck dealt in pairs, pair with face-up card matches color or not
Inspired by 2010
Prolix (Issue 7)
427
Roy Walton Poker Puzzle Ace to Five of Hearts and Spades on table in two rows, arranged by spectator, four cards on each card, hands gathered and dealt, some matching with other row occurs
VariationsAlso published here 2010
Prolix (Issue 7)
429
Ken Beale Even or Odd five heaps, bet that there are more piles with even number of cards than odd
2010
Prolix (Issue 7)
432
Karl Fulves New Deal Poker Kings cut into deck, two poker hands dealt, Aces and Kings, with previous selections as kicker cards
Related to 2010
Prolix (Issue 7)
443
Karl Fulves Cheating Is Easy quick two-hand stacking demonstration
2010
Prolix (Issue 7)
445
Jerry K. Hartman, Robin Robertson Matching Match Ace through Five of Hearts in random order by spectator placed in row, five-card packets below each gathered and dealt out, a Spade card of same value as the Heart card is at that position in the corresponding hand
Inspired by 2010
Prolix (Issue 8)
497
Karl Fulves Late Nite Strippers medium locates card, or performer, reversal method in hands of performer, with a poker deal application with four selections, pick-a-card poker
2010
Prolix (Issue 8)
504
Karl Fulves Mind Scam three digits chosen, deck shuffled and cut into three piles, a chosen value is shown on top or bottom of piles most of the time, proposition bet
2010
Xtra Credit (Issue 7)
38
Troy Hooser Bottom Dodge Stack four Aces for any number of hands using only one riffle shuffle, psuedo riffle stack
2010 114
Troy Hooser Shuffle Dodge Riffle Stacking, presentational ploy to hide hesitations
2010 116
Troy Hooser Slip Dodge stack four Aces using Reverse Cull
Related to 2010 118
David Britland The Last Game
  • Cardopolis
multiphase routine, with card swapping
Also published here Apr. 2010
Genii (Vol. 73 No. 4)
18
Alexander de Cova Pokerama re-deal stacking, with dealing shoe, three phases
Also published here 2010 8
Pit Hartling, Denis Behr Two More Tricks for Allen Kennedy: The First Routine with variation
Also published here 2011 20
Denis Behr Two More Tricks for Allen Kennedy: The Second Routine
2011 26
Steve Mayhew The Bugs Bunny Dang Deal performers hand suddenly has over fifteen cards, in the next round the spectator's hand grows and performer has Royal Flush
Inspired byAlso published here 2011 3
Steve Mayhew Mayhew Monte Explosion three cards transform into Royal Flush as climax, including variation where they become ten cards
Also published here 2011 9
Steve Mayhew Labyrinth Blackjack authentic and clean
Also published here 2011 27
Andrew Wimhurst The Wimhurst Poker Deal Center deal demonstration, four Kings are dealt to magician, then later dealt to spectator, but magician gets the four Aces as a kicker
2011 43
Antonio Zuccaro Trust Everyone, But Always Cut the Cards Center deal demonstration, four Aces are cut into deck. Spectator gets three Ace, last Ace given to performer for royal flush ending
2011 49
Antonio Zuccaro (Pseudo) Marked Deck Routine Performer demonstrates how marked decks can be used in a game (deck is turned face up) - cuts to four Aces, center deals four Aces, before color changing deck ending as a kicker
Inspired by 2011 59
Alexander de Cova Poker-a-ma re-deal stacking, with dealing shoe, three phases
Inspired byAlso published here 2011 6
Woody Aragón Psychic Poker spectator shuffles and deals four hands. magician guesses winning player and predicts winning hand.
Inspired by 2011 167
Woody Aragón Grandpa's Poker spectators shuffle, perofmer names hands before revealed, and performer gets straight flush
Variations 2011 175
Woody Aragón Erdnase spectator shuffles, five hands dealt. "Erdnase" gets four aces and a Joker
2011 181
Woody Aragón Blessed Poker
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here 2011 189
Woody Aragón Winner's Intuition spectator chooses ten cards from a deck, places five cards each into two boxes, and magician determines which box has winning hand multiple times
Related to 2011 231
Tony Cabral Dealer's Choice hold'em & stud poker demonstration
Inspired by
  • "Run 'Em Up" (Richard Turner, The Science of Shuffling and Stacking, video)
2011 34
Tony Cabral Five Aces same Ace dealt to oneself five times, changes into royal flush, different handlings
Related toVariations 2011 38
Tony Cabral The Memory Expert at the Bridge Table overhand stacking demonstration, bridge deal in which performer names all cards in one hand and saves selection for last, thirteen memorized cards set-up
Inspired by 2011 46
Harry Lorayne Monte Monte Plus routine for "Monte Plus" and "Monte Plus Plus" moves
2011 77
Harry Lorayne A Much Better Chance Power Poker type, no bottom deals, spectator always gets Royal Flush
Also published here 2011 133
Harry Lorayne Triple Take card at thought-of position remembered, faro, poker deal, card at thought-of position in one of the hands, Royal Flush kicker
Also published here 2011 147
Harry Lorayne Double Angle deck spread face down, two cards named and drawn out, two steps in spread
2011 154
Patrick Page One in the Middle in the hands monte
Related toVariations 2011 219
Patrick Page Double-Mirage Part 2 two methods, with monte theme
2011 234
Karl Fulves No-Win Situation packets sorted into reds and blacks, number bet, two spectators get the same number when taking difference of red and black cards
2011
Prolix (Issue 9)
570
Karl Fulves Tweedle plot is that two players always get the same type of poker hand, demonstrated with ten-card packet
Related to 2011
Prolix (Issue 9)
586
Karl Fulves Immovable Monte discussion of Monte tricks in which the cards are glued/fastened together, see following items, credit information
2011
Prolix (Issue 9)
588
G. W. Hunter Wrong Again! five cards stuck together, spectator cannot find it from back
Related to
  • ad in Magazine of Magie (Goldston, Oct. 1916)
2011
Prolix (Issue 9)
588
Klip Trick five cards stuck together, spectator cannot find right one from back
Related to
  • Joe Stuthard note in Hugard's Magic Monthly, April 1950
2011
Prolix (Issue 9)
589
Karl Fulves The Basic Principle of monte with stuck-together cards
2011
Prolix (Issue 9)
589
Joe Stuthard The Stuthard Addition five cards stuck together, spectator cannot find Queen from back, it has vanished
2011
Prolix (Issue 9)
590
Karl Fulves Klipped Notes ideas for monte trick with stuck together cards
  • Klipped Koncluded
  • Klipped Korner
  • Spread Force
  • Bank Nite
  • Bank Nite With Cards
2011
Prolix (Issue 9)
592
Karl Fulves Playing Winners
2011
Prolix (Issue 9)
626
Karl Fulves Improving The Hand
2011
Prolix (Issue 9)
626
Max Maven Blankjack two cards selected by dropping cut cards in deck during deal, those are a blackjack hand and the rest of the deck is blank
Also published here 2011 3
Max Maven A Credit to his Race horse race plot, with particular rules and playing cards, performer wins, Interrupted Gilbreath Principle
Also published here 2011 2
Wolfgang Moser 31/2 Card Monte multiple phase monte, tearing off corner
Inspired byRelated to 2011 10
Ben Harris PSI Poker spectator cuts, Hold 'Em hands dealt, outcome predicted
  • Basic Handling
  • Advanced Handling (prediction more specific, index)
2011 6
Tom Gagnon Bilateral Bottom Deal two-handed version of Lateral Bottom Deal
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here 2011 188
Mark Elsdon Parlour Monte
Jan. 2011
Genii (Vol. 74 No. 1)
76
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
Jon Armstrong False False Deal demoing seconds, thirds and centers
2011 24
Jon Armstrong Three Blank Monte - Arrow Version card to wallet finale
Also published here 2011 62
Pit Hartling Una apuesta imposible spectator selects a card and performer cuts four piles, cut cards form a straight flush with selected card, repeated
Also published here 2011
El Manuscrito (Vol. 4 No. 17)
524
Justin Higham Pseudo-Dupe Blackjack Demo hole card switch
2011 25
Justin Higham Behind-the-Hand Switch
  • As a Pseudo Blackjack Switch
  • As a Full Packet Switch
Inspired by 2011 2
Justin Higham General Note on Presentation
2011 41
David Britland The Last Game multiphase routine, with card swapping
Also published here Mar. 2011
Antinomy (Vol. 4 No. 3)
14
Liam Montier Montinator 5.0 using four cards openly marked on the back for pseudo monte type routine with transformations
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here 2011 38
Nick Trost Gil's Game Revisited spectator cannot win in red-black game in which he has to select pairs of one color
  • Another Presentation
Inspired by 2011 645
Nick Trost Omega Blackjack Aces inserted into table spread to locate good Blackjack hands with Omega Bet Principle
Inspired by 2011 649
Nick Trost Vis-à-vis Blackjack deck shuffled face-up/face-down, pairs dealt to performer and spectator except pairs with same orientation which are discarded, performer wins, "new form of the Gilbreath principle"
2011 651
Nick Trost Off to the Races
Inspired by
  • Walt Rollins's race routine from 1966 lecture in Buffalo
2011 654
Nick Trost Gilbreath at the Races
Inspired by 2011 655
Nick Trost Gilbreath at the Races Again
2011 658
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 660
Nick Trost Put and Take Deal game in which the players can take and put their chips in the pot according to whether values in their hands match turned-up cards from the deck, performer wins
2011 662
Nick Trost Producing Poker, Blackjack and Gin Hands deck riffle shuffled by spectator, performer takes deck under the table and takes out good hands
Inspired by
  • "Any Card Called For Hanky" (U. F. Grant, D. Robbins & Company's magazine Magic Is Fun, No. 7, Oct.-Dec. 1947)
Variations
2011 664
Nick Trost Four-Game Challenge two decks riffle shuffled by spectator, performer takes decks under the table and takes out good hands for different games
Inspired by 2011 667
Nick Trost Poker Deal with a Breather four times the spectator and magician cut the deck in turn and remove the top card, performer ends up with four Aces
Inspired byRelated to 2011 673
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 674
Nick Trost The Zens Poker Deal, Redealt double-deal stacking
Inspired by 2011 676
Nick Trost Ten-Card Repeat And Any Hand Called For automatic gambler deal, then Zens stack
Inspired by 2011 678
Nick Trost The Automatic Gambler
Inspired byAlso published here 2011 680
Nick Trost World Series Poker - Updated disguised ten-card poker deal for four players with twenty cards
Inspired by 2011 681
Nick Trost Australian Poker gambling demo with packet of sixteen cards removed from the deck, story, credit information
Inspired by 2011 684
Nick Trost Seven-Card Stud Using High Cards using only twenty-one cards
2011 687
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 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 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 694
Nick Trost Diminishing Poker Deal progressive poker deal with ten card poker deal finale
Inspired by 2011 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 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 700
Nick Trost Challenge Poker Deal six-handed draw poker game dealt, some draw cards, performer wins
Also published here
  • published manuscript in 1964 by H. P. Wisehart
2011 705
Nick Trost Dealer's Choice six blank cards are printed into pairs of blackjack hands
VariationsAlso published here
  • marketed 1975
2011 800
Al Thatcher Al Thatcher's Version six blank cards are printed into pairs of blackjack hands
Inspired by 2011 804
Nick Trost Computer Card Poker deck of thirty-two punched computer cards and sorting rod used for poker deal
2011 848
Benjamin Earl Poker, Blackjack & Secret Skills short poker and blackjack deal, four court cards in aces transformation
2012 11
Darwin Ortiz Hole-Card Play four selections are lost and dealt in five-card Stud, performer gets two Aces
Inspired by 2012 3
Darwin Ortiz Positively Fifth Street hold'em demo, three selections in flop, Aces for performer
2012 9
Darwin Ortiz Positively Fifth Street Redux variation for poker players
2012 16
Darwin Ortiz Best of the Best position of thought-of-card named, center dealing any named card, memorized deck
2012 23
Allan Ackerman The Burnable Bottom Deal more a transfer bottom card to top, covered side steal, as pseudo bottom deal demonstration
Also published here 2012 29
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 byAlso published here 2012 109
Jason England, Gary Plants Doubly Dirty
Inspired by
  • "Dirty Dealing" (Gary Plants, Genii August 1996)
2012 4
Jason England Bad Beat two phase Marlo/Gardner type routine, spectator's royal flush is completed with previously openly sleeved card
Inspired by 2012 8
Jason England Risky Business
Inspired byRelated to 2012 14
Michał Kociołek Off-Centers four Aces face up, pseudo center deal
2012 10
Tony Cabral Cheating at Blackjack blackjack demo with selection, sucker element
Inspired by
  • "Blackjack" (Carl Andrews, Magic from Maui)
2012 23
Steve Freeman Royal Hummer Cards are mixed face up and face down haphazardly, later all cards are face down except a royal flush
Variations 2012 8
Persi Diaconis, Ron Graham, Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli), Herb Zarrow Gilbreath's Second Principle Spectator shuffles the cards, deals out five hands, one of the hands is a good hand, but the hand of the imaginary partner gets a straight flush, uses ideas from Herb Zarrow and Ron Wohl
Related to
  • "U-shuffle Poker" (David Ben, Zarrow, A Lifetime of Magic)
Variations
2012 66
Karl Fulves Banker - Broker intro, about the game and the transfer sleight, credit information
Related to 2012
Prolix (Issue 10)
631
John Scarne Cheating by The Book (belly) strippers
Related to
  • Scarne On Cards
2012
Prolix (Issue 10)
635
John Scarne The Banker's Secret sucker set-up for banker broker
2012
Prolix (Issue 10)
635
Karl Fulves Moving Hole Card apparently a hole card switch is demonstrated, but palmed card changes
2012
Prolix (Issue 10)
654
Karl Fulves Fields Effect player gets five Aces repeatedly
Inspired by
  • W. C. Fields film poker sequence
Related toVariations
2012
Prolix (Issue 10)
667
Karl Fulves Poker With Jokers four Kings and Joker cut in deck, two hands dealt, five Kinds and five Aces (four with Joker) in the hands
Inspired by 2012
Prolix (Issue 10)
668
Karl Fulves 3 x 3 x 3 "Unexplained"
stacking three Aces for three-handed game in three seconds, demonstrated with reversed indifferent card that change into Aces, posed as a problem
2012
Prolix (Issue 10)
679
John Born, Jed B. Smith Slugged Memory demonstration for a game of poker, tracking a memorized slug
2012 91
John Born A Blackjack Bet Play blackjack, magician knows what cards are coming up, uses one way backs
2012 102
Chuck Meyer Irish Poker deck shuffled face up face down, still good hands dealt, one hand with different backs (initials of cards)
2012 165
Michael Skinner The Hay-Dai Stack mental speller, leads to Vernon Poker Demonstration
Inspired by
  • Henry Hay's "The Mental Selection Speller" in "The Amateur Magician's Handbook", p. 120.
Related to
2012 243
Allan Slaight Jacks are Better finding the four Jacks by spelling, story
Inspired byAlso published here 2012 247
David Redondo El Trilero six phases, with extra card
2012 61
Alexander de Cova Poker-A-Ma re-deal stacking, with dealing shoe, three phases
Also published here Oct. 2012 17
Michael Weber, Tim Trono Scratch Card Poker scratch poker card with ten cards played, then scratch card torn up into ten small cards and repeated
Also published here Apr. 2012
Real Secrets (Vol. 1 No. 1)
1
Karl Fulves Winning Streak red/black betting game, multiple phases
  • The Streak System
  • Winning Streak
  • The Paradox
  • System Notes
  • S'Martingale
(PDF bonus effect from October 2012 with introductory page and reproduction of original description)
Also published here Oct. 2012
Real Secrets (Vol. 1 No. 7)
1
Caleb Wiles Yam Fries monte card vanishes as finale, ungaffed
Inspired by
  • "Connoisseur's Special" (Danny Archer, marketed 1998)
2012 18
Bruce Bernstein Bernstein's Bet Trick that fooled Einstein, with bills, High Card presentation
Also published here 2012 87
Bruce Bernstein Psych Out four phases
Also published here 2012 99
Jason Ladanye The Big Blind performer names board cards and gets four Aces
2013 171
Jason Ladanye The Big Stack performer stacks himself queen, someone else gets kings, queens change to aces
Inspired by 2013 181
Jason Ladanye Centerpiece center deal demo with aces, then any named card is dealt from center
2013 191
Jason Ladanye Bringing Down the House missing card named, four naturals after spectators-shuffle procedure
Variations 2013 201
Jason Ladanye Best for Last every poker hand from a ranking list produced
2013 217
Eugene Burger Three Card Monte as a Magical Entertainment
2013 19
Michael Weber Ha, No Jonah multiple phases, "Reverse Jonah" approach
Related toAlso published here 2013 4
Steven Hamilton Turn of a Friendly Card Aces change to Royal Flush and back
Variations 2013 90
Doug Edwards Showpiece Monte signed card to wallet with monte theme
2013 49
Carlos Vinuesa The Sports Almanac (The Race) combination of strippers with cuts in short and long sides; prediction of race results in Shuffle-Bored style (including photo finish of the race)
Inspired by 2013 66
Max Maven Jonumber Cycloidal Forces
Also published here
  • Precursor No. 30, 1991
Jan. 2013
Genii (Vol. 76 No. 1)
28
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
Dai Vernon The Third Color spectator looses when guessing on color of third card repeatedly, double deal
Also published here Oct. 2013
Genii (Vol. 76 No. 10)
44
Justin Higham The 15-Card Poker Climax featuring a phase with fifteen cards in which performer still gets a Royal Flush, other hand and discard predicted
  • Introduction
  • Cards & Set-Up
  • The Prediction
  • Patter
  • The Routine
    • Part One - The 10-Card Poker Deal
    • Part Two - The 15-Card Poker Climax
  • End Notes
Variations 2013 1
Will Houstoun Switch Method
  • Another Use - "Do You Want to Switch"?
Inspired by 2013 7
Will Houstoun Pointing Up the Spectator's Discards
Inspired by 2013 8
Dean Bodenham Spectator Versus Spectator
Inspired by 2013 8
Justin Higham Spread-Count Poker 1 groups spread off and dropped onto table to stack Aces which start on top, drop stack
Inspired byRelated toVariations 2013 9
Justin Higham Spread-Count Poker 2 memory presentation
Inspired byRelated to 2013 10
Joseph Barry Freedom Stacking Drop Stack
Also published here 2013 11
Justin Higham Mini Faro, Named Centres Aces and Kings put in center, named four-of-a-kind apparently dealt from center in poker deal
  • T.O.P. Alternatives
  • Optional Endings
  • Mini Faro, Two/Three Players
  • Mini-Faro Hold 'em
Related toVariations 2013 15
Justin Higham The Compensation Deal people join the game after deck has been stacked, from four hands to up to eight hands
Inspired byRelated to 2013 17
Justin Higham Pseudo 10-Hand Poker Stack
Related to 2013 18
Justin Higham Extended Face-Up Blackjack Deal adding second face-down phase
Inspired by
  • Fred Braue's Blackjack deal, Hugard's Magic Monthly, Jan. 1962
2013 19
Justin Higham Extended Face-Up Poker Deal
Inspired byRelated toVariations 2013 20
Justin Higham GM Poker
  • First Phase
  • Second Phase
  • End Notes
  • Other Handlings
  • Multiple-Shift Handling
  • Restacking Ruse
  • Deal-Yourself-First Ruse
Related toVariations 2013 21
Justin Higham Easy Gardner-Marlo
2013 25
Justin Higham Two Shufflers
Related toVariations 2013 25
Justin Higham Two-Phase Shufflers
2013 26
Justin Higham Notes on Dealing
2013 27
Ian "Sav" Saville Stand-Up Poker Deal running through deck once, then dealing winning hand after two faros
  • Credits
Related toVariations 2013 28
Justin Higham 75% Poker Deal three-of-a-kind dealt without culling from shuffled deck
  • End Notes
Inspired by 2013 29
Justin Higham Faro Flush Presentation
Inspired byVariations 2013 31
Benjamin Earl Pseudo-Memory Deal pseudo memory
Inspired byVariations 2013 31
Justin Higham Pseudo-Memory Deal/Location
Inspired byRelated to 2013 32
Justin Higham First Flush royal flush received that has previously been put in center, with drawing
Inspired by 2013 33
Justin Higham Poker Charade with drawing
Inspired byVariations 2013 34
Justin Higham What Goes Around, Comes Around with drawing
Inspired byVariations 2013 36
Benjamin Earl The "Appearing" Poker Hand additional hand dropped onto table secretly after haphazard poker deal
Inspired byRelated toVariations 2013 36
Justin Higham Jungian Poker (Modified) five poker hands dealt, spectator peeks at one card from a poker hand, all cards are collected and re-dealt, performer gets winning hand of straight flush consisting of peeked at card
Inspired by 2013 38
Justin Higham Jungian Location exploiting John S. Frazee's Shuffle Force
Inspired by 2013 39
Tom Crosbie From Spain With Love gambling routine, Aces appear, case vanishes, false dealing part and four Royal Flushes and rest of the deck in order as climax
2013 23
Tom Crosbie Any Called For Poker Hand
Inspired by 2013 160
John Bannon Riverboat Poker openly recited overhand shuffling formula, combined with Gardner/Marlo deal
Also published here 2013 46
John Bannon Fractal Jacks eight-card packet used, Jacks put on top, dealt for two players, performer gets Jacks, in second repeat spectator gets Jacks and performer Aces
Inspired by 2013 109
Liam Montier Montinator 5.0 using four cards openly marked on the back for pseudo monte type routine with transformations
Also published here 2013 210
John Bannon One of the Better Losers ten hand deal for Texas Hold 'em, Aces stacked, another player receives Royal Flush
Inspired by
  • "Pocket Rockets" (John Bannon, 2005)
Also published here
  • Hold 'Em Magic, Tom Frame, 2011
2013 220
David Solomon The Power of Poker
Also published here 2013 278
Alexander de Cova Action Switch with bills or wallet, as monte climax
Also published here Mar. 2013 38
Michael Weber Ten Card Tekel deck shuffled, spectator deals ten cards from anywhere and they are the ten cards needed for Ten Card Poker Deal
2014 5
Joseph Barry Dream Poker three-handed game, hands and draws are predicted
Also published here 2014 4
Joseph Barry Beginner's Luck spectator first gets a flush in hearts, then a straight flush in spades
Inspired by 2014 9
Joseph Barry A Blackjack Production four blackjack hands produced
Also published here 2014 10
Joseph Barry A Memory at the Card Table card chosen, deck apparently memorized, blackjack and poker hands apparently riffle stacked, rest recited and last card is selected one
Also published here 2014 24
Paul Harris, Wayne Houchin Unshuffling R. Unshuffling Rebecca Triumph effect, end with a blackjack hand face-up in face-down deck
Inspired byAlso published here 2014 10
Paul Vigil High Five credit information on the plot
2014 189
Paul Vigil High 5.0 five poker hands dealt, four spectators remember one card in their packets, cards redealt, performer reads minds of four spectators
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here 2014 201
Paul Vigil High 5 Remix last card to envelope in wallet
  • An Impromptu Handling: Sans Wallet
Inspired by 2014 215
Christian Scherer Hände weg vom Falschspiel! monte with jumbo cards, first three red and one black card as a climax three black cards and one red card
Inspired by
  • Joe Riding's "The only three Card Trick in the World using four Cards"
2014 243
Joseph Barry Dream Poker draw poker, performer gets royal flush, spectator can shuffle and cut
Also published here 2014 2
Joseph Barry Thanks to Forte shuffle tracking presentation, first winning black jack then poker, card selected in the beginning is missing card for royal flush
2014 4
Joseph Barry A Blackjack Production production of four blackjacks (Aces and Jacks)
Also published here 2014 8
Joseph Barry A Memory at the Card Table card chosen, deck apparently memorized, blackjack and poker hands apparently riffle stacked, rest recited and last card is selected one
Also published here 2014 10
Tony Cabral Quads also "Four the Hard Way", performer deals peeked selection to himself multiple times, those apparent duplicates change into four Aces
Inspired by 2014 10
Daniel Madison The Poker Lesson Storytelling stack that explains the rules and different hands of poker
2014 7
Daniel Madison The Middle Deal: The Kennedy Tribute Four Aces placed reversed in four different parts of the deck, dealt out, pseudo center deal demonstration
2014 15
Daniel Madison The Centre Deal: The Vernon Tribute Selected card is apparently dealt out of the center of the deck, pseudo center deal
2014 17
Tomas Blomberg Swedish Parity Poker five cards with rules on them, a card game is played according to them, sum of one's hand decides on who wins
2014 309
Tomas Blomberg Simplex Non-Transitiv Poker Die die with four poker cards on each side
2014 315
Tomas Blomberg Between the Cheats bet involving how many cards are between two random values
2014 320
Tomas Blomberg 16 Card Swindle version of NIM/"The Game of 31"
2014 321
John Carey Straight Down The ... spectator chooses card to complete a Straight which then changes into a Royal Flush
Jan. 2014
Genii (Vol. 77 No. 1)
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Gabi Pareras Predicción Póker prediction of poker hand
2014 22
Justin Higham Spread-Count Poker 3 drop stacking after royal flush has been palmed onto top
  • Prediction Versions
  • Full-House Version
  • Face-Down Version
Related to 2014 1
Justin Higham 1-5-4 Poker partial stack and draw gets performer the royal flush
  • Full-House Version
2014 4
Justin Higham 1-5-4 Pseudo Overhand Cull-Stack
2014 5
Justin Higham 1-5-4 Blackjack drop stack
  • Version One
  • Version Two
  • End Notes
2014 6
Justin Higham Spread-Count Hold 'em drop stack
2014 7
Dylan Holmes Making the Rounds full house received after draw
  • JH Notes (Justin Higham)
Inspired by 2014 13
Justin Higham Frank Lane Returns with drawing
Inspired by 2014 15
Justin Higham Hold-Out Hold 'Em full house for performer
2014 16
Justin Higham Spread-Loaded Pseudo Centres
  • Method One
  • Method Two
2014 22
Justin Higham Four Fantastic Centres
Inspired by 2014 24
Justin Higham Extended Face-Up Poker Plus Sucker Hand
Inspired by 2014 26
Justin Higham A Switch on the Three Jacks
2014 27
Justin Higham 100% Poker Deals exploiting positions of good cards
  • The Ghost of Rakinakis
  • Other 100% Poker Deals
  • Conclusion
2014 28
Justin Higham Prefigured Poker Deal impromptu
Inspired byRelated toVariations 2014 31
Justin Higham Performer Fiddles While Spectator Burns three phase routine, faro
2014 33
Ian "Sav" Saville Appendix I: Sav on the Full-House Deal - An Object-Lesson in Creating Meaning, Context and Presentation
Related to 2014 38
Justin Higham Appendix II: Notes on Pseudo Cheating Demos and Effects further thoughts on references routines
Related to 2014 40
Justin Higham Direct Named Centers
Inspired by 2014 40
Justin Higham Mini Faro, Challenge Centres
Inspired by 2014 40
Justin Higham Mini Faro, Four Hands
Inspired by 2014 40
Justin Higham No Faro Hold 'em
Inspired by 2014 41
Justin Higham Not Seeing Double
Inspired by 2014 41
Justin Higham BDC Face-Up Poker
Inspired by 2014 44
Roger Crosthwaite Adjusted Deal-Yourself-First Ruse
Inspired byVariations 2014 45
Danny Rosenbaum Five Mustaches
2014 45
Justin Higham Two Shufflers - Second Method no faro
Inspired by 2014 46
Justin Higham The "Appearing" Poker Hand additional hand is brought into play that was not actually dealt
  • Second Method
  • Third Method
Inspired by 2014 48
Alan Shaxon Find the Lady on Stage with huge cards
Inspired by
  • an idea by Oswald Rae in Will Ayling's "Genii Presentations"
2014 144
Gabi Pareras 5° Escaleras de Color four Aces controlled in one poker hand, four complete bridge hands as climax
2014 43
Gabi Pareras, Frank Garcia El rey de los Tahures cards dealt from face up face down shuffled deck, with triumph finale
Inspired by 2014 25
Frank Garcia, John Scarne Soñé que jugaba al póker based on Scarne's Drunk Poker Deal, cards dealt from face up face down shuffled deck
Also published here 2014 27
Alexander de Cova The Ten Card Poker Scam multi-phase routine
  • Phase I - Loosing End Poker
  • Phase II - The 1st Jonah Sequence
  • Phase III - The 2nd Jonah Sequence
  • Phase IV - The Royal Flush Finale
  • The Prediction
Inspired byAlso published here May 2014
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Michael Weber House Advantage number of blackjack wins predicted, Miraskill with number/face-cards
(Real Secrets Bonus sheet)
Also published here Oct. 2014
Real Secrets (Vol. 3 No. 31)
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Michael Weber, Tim Trono Color War game presentation for Miraskill
Nov. 2014
Real Secrets (Vol. 3 No. 32)
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Steve Mayhew Labyrinth Blackjack authentic and clean
Also published here 2014 61
Steve Mayhew Blackjack Bluff four blackjacks are produced
Also published here 2014 68
Steve Mayhew Mayhew Monte Explosion three cards transform into Royal Flush as climax, including variations where they become ten cards
Also published here 2014 71
Steve Mayhew Cuts Like A Mayhew spectator gives pack a riffle shuffle, winning at cutting to high card
2014 78
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 83
Steve Mayhew, Jack Carpenter Uber-Ultimate Gardner-Marlo spectator shuffles between rounds, using the Angels May Shuffle Subterfuge
Inspired by 2014 90
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 96
Steve Mayhew Freedom Mayhew Poker Deal, face-up cards shuffled in face-down cards, then all reversed cards dealt out, four Ace kicker, with alternative presentation
Also published here 2014 103
Allan Ackerman, Simon Aronson, Steve Mayhew Mayhew Poker Again Mayhew Poker Deal, mistakes turn out to be a Royal Flush
Also published here 2014 109
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
Also published here 2014 111
Steve Mayhew Journey to the Center of the Deck false dealing routine, first bottom then mock center, instead of repetition Aces found together on top after losing them
Inspired by
  • Jack Carpenter's "Perfect Center Deal" on "An Evening with Jack Carpenter: The Seattle Sessions, Night One." DVD, 2008.
2014 114
Steve Mayhew The Bugs Bunny Deal performers hand suddenly has over fifteen cards, in the next round the spectator's hand grows and performer has Royal Flush
Inspired byAlso published here 2014 123
Steve Mayhew Sloppy Seconds vanish of a card during humorous second deal routine
2014 163
Steve Mayhew Stuck in the Middle with Mayhew humorous second and center deal routine
2014 167
Steve Mayhew The Vanishing Poker Deal Aces vanish one at a time from top of deck, performer deals out five hands and Aces turn up face up in his hand (or they are “center-dealt” to performer from deck)
Inspired byAlso published here 2014 213
Steve Mayhew The Vanishing Topsy-Turvy Poker Deal Aces vanished as in original deck is shuffled face up into face down, hands are dealt out and all cards come out face up except performer’s, rest of deck becomes all face up, performer’s cards are the Aces
Also published here 2014 215
Steve Mayhew, Stephen Hobbs The Vanishing Fix Aces placed on bottom, one by one they are placed on top and vanish, following each vanish the others are seen still on bottom
Also published here 2014 217
Friedrich Roitzsch Sucker Punch two good hands after a spectator's shuffle, gilbreath & punch deal
Inspired by 2015 5
Benjamin Earl The Back Room Demo false stacking demo of the four Aces from a spectator shuffled deck
Also published here 2015 8
Benjamin Earl Less is More Gambling Demonstration false gambling demonstration of ace location, false dealing, stacking, shuffle tracking, card mucking and four of a kind climax
2015 10
Michael Weber House Advantage number of blackjack wins predicted, Miraskill with number/face-cards
Also published here 2015 9
Michael Weber PATEO Poker
2015 7
Michael Weber Scratch Player scratch poker card with ten cards played, then scratch card torn up into ten small cards and repeated
Also published here 2015 11
Michael Weber One Hand Poker using only five cards torn in half
2015 15
Michael Weber Good Fortune performer's five cards chosen according to a prediction
2015 26
Michael Weber The Coin presentational prop for Ten Card Poker Deal performance
2015 30
Michael Weber Binary Poker with any ten cards
2015 31
Michael Weber Binary Jonah
2015 34
Michael Weber Pencil Poker Ten Card Poker Deal performed over phone with notepad on both ends
2015 35
Michael Weber Ten Card Tekel deck fairly riffle shuffles, yet set-up for Ten Card Poker Deal ready without adjustments
  • The Not-So-Obvious Obvious Discovery
  • Another Not So Obvious Obvious Discovery
  • One Approach to the TCPD
2015 45
Michael Weber Ha No Jonah multiple phases, "Reverse Jonah" approach
Also published here 2015 50
Jack Carpenter Ultimate Hold 'Em Demonstration spectator shuffles and deals, yet straight flush is received
  • Audience
  • Texas Hold 'Em Basics
  • Performance Overview
  • Background
  • Set-up
  • The Wager
  • The First Shuffle and Deal
  • The Second Shuffle & Deal
  • The Elimination Procedure
  • The Burn & Turn Sequence
  • The Revelation
  • Notes on Jack's Presentation
  • A Swindle
  • Hard Prediction
  • Big Chops
Inspired by
  • "The Best Hand Ever" (Jay Jayaraman, Hold 'Em Magic, Frame, 2011)
2015 2
Jay Jayaraman Beginner's Luck presentation for "Ultimate Hold 'Em Demonstration"
2015 17
Jack Carpenter A Completely Self-Working Method of the "Ultimate Hold 'Em Demonstration"
2015 27
Pit Hartling Types of Gambling Tricks list
Summer 2015
Quarterly (Issue 3)
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Steve Beam Mind Over Anti-Matter Random cards from a spectator-shuffled deck distributed to four participants. With free choices of which cards to eliminate, they all end up with one card. When combined, the cards form a royal flush.
Inspired by 2015 51
Vic Trabucco Power Poker Magician demonstrates how to stack cards during a shuffle and receives four aces on the first deal. On the next round, he receives a royal flush.
Related to 2015 66
Steve Beam Eight Against One Finish for 3 card monte where target card vanishes and a four of a kind is produced.
Related to 2015 69
Steve Beam Facade version of Lewis Jones effect where questions are asked and the true or false answers are spelt/dealt into piles on the table, ultimately producing a royal flush.
Related to 2015 72
Dani DaOrtiz The Absent Player Spectators shuffle the deck, decide the number of poker hands to be dealt, and which hand will win. Despite their choices, the designated player receives a royal flush.
2015 122
Steve Beam The "Zens" Poker Stack
2015 171
Steve Beam Draw Poker magician forms a bag with a napkin and drops a deck of card inside. He asks for poker hand. He not only removes that hand from then napkin, but the highest version of that hand.
  • Plumber's Helper
  • Pocket Clutter
  • Pocket Stack
  • Pocket Stack II
  • Straight to the Straight
  • Indirectly to the Straight
  • Manure is Not Art?
  • Extending the Stack
  • Back to the Hank
2015 173
Steve Beam Bag Lady Magician introduces a napkin folded into a bag and hands it to a lady. He asks someone in the audience to call out a poker hand. He produces that hand from the napkin and claims it is otherwise empty. He proves it by showing the cards that remain are blank on both sides.
Related to 2015 179
Steve Beam Stack Attack While deck is shuffled, spectator calls a poker hand. Magician deals out hand called. Can be repeated.
Related to 2015 183
Steve Beam Encased in Glass Five cards displayed in wineglass. Any poker hand called. Cards removed and shown to comprise chosen poker hand.
Related to 2015 193
Steve Beam Background on the "Zens" Poker Stack History of the mnemonic often referred to as the "Zen's Poker Deal."
Related to 2015 197
Richard Bangs Double-Down Monte In-the-hands three card monte move.
2015 233
Steve Beam Royal Roundup Despite the audience shuffling the deck, the magician is able to reverse their shuffles and produce a royal flush.
Inspired by 2015 59
Steve Beam Moracool A "Moracle" effect which produces the four aces on top of the packets (for poker) and four jacks on the face (for blackjack).
Inspired byRelated to 2015 64
Steve Beam More Cool Moracool Procedure for producing poker hand using the reverse faro.
Related to 2015 64
R. Paul Wilson Aces Reloaded Ace cutting effect
Inspired by 2015 129
Steve Beam Two For the Price of One Using a factory second deck of cards, spectator shuffles and cuts and a poker hand is dealt. The spectator is allow to draw cards. Ultimately, he settles on a pat hand. The other side is the magician's hand. It's a royal flush.
Related to 2015 217