3,609 entries in Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
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)
30
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
Steve Beam Two For the Price of One #2 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 220
Steve Beam Pokerdiction Using a factory second deck of cards, spectator shuffles and cuts and a poker hand is dealt. Five other cards, predictions, turn out not to match the poker and. Then suddenly, all cards match on both sides of both hands.
2015 222
Steve Beam Mix and Match Poker Using a factory second deck of cards which is printed on both sides, a spectator cuts and shuffles, and then deals a poker hand. The magician predicted the poker hands formed on both sides.
2015 225
Joseph Barry Freedom Stacking Drop Stack
Also published here 2015 4
Joseph Barry 10 Cards for Lavante two-handed game with spectator and performer, both draw, performer gets Royal Flush
Inspired by 2015 7
Bob Farmer Part One: The Ten Card Deal
  • Introduction
  • The Basic Principle
  • Jonah
  • Statistical Analysis
  • References
  • How to Read this Book
  • Origins
2015 1
Dai Vernon Sure Fire Showdown
Also published here 2015 9
Bob Farmer Poker comment on the publication in Card Control
Related to 2015 10
Bob Farmer Baseless Speculation how the Jonah principle might have been discovered
2015 10
Bob Farmer Magic Appears about the need to routine the basic Jonah principle
2015 11
Bob Farmer The Phoenix 1949 reprinted with commentary
The Phoenix #168 - Ten Card Deal
  • Vernon and the Mexican Gambler
  • Presentation
  • Jonah On Top
  • Jonah On Bottom
  • Jonah Second From Top
  • Spectator Second Deals
  • Spectator Shuffles
  • Ace As Jonah On Top
  • Credits
The Phoenix #170 - Ten Card Deal P.S.
  • Martin Gardner
  • Ed Marlo
  • Bert Allerton
  • Biddle Move
Also published here 2015 13
John Murray Take Ten applying the Jonah Card in the style of Ted Annemann, all cards put in envelopes
Also published here 2015 17
Bob Farmer Stratagems - Which Cards to Use
  • Creations Of Science Aid Intelligent Design
2015 19
Bob Farmer Getting the Cards into Play
2015 23
David (Foote) Drake Getting Into The Ten Card Poker Deal starting with full deck
Also published here 2015 24
Allan Slaight Build Down poker routine that ends with necessary ten cards
Also published here 2015 25
Max Maven Decimix
2015 26
Nicholas Johnson Meet And Greet
2015 27
Stu Lewis Spectator Does a False Cut to get into Ten Card Poker Deal
Related to
  • "Jonah Card Routine" (Stu Lewis, Linking Ring, Dec. 1977)
2015 28
Nick Trost 20-Card Poker Deal
Also published here
  • Subtle Card Creations Vol. 5 (2014, p. 779)
2015 28
Bob Farmer, Steve Mayhew Bolo Jonah methods for marking the Jonah card
  • Marked Cards
  • Short and Long Cards
  • Snap Crimp (Mayhew)
Related to 2015 30
Woody Aragón, Bob Farmer Aragon Attractor
  • Woody's Effect
  • Vernet
  • Wallet
Related to 2015 31
Bob Farmer Forcing the Jonah collection of several methods
  • Odd/Even
  • Shuffle and Deal
  • Face-Up Or Face-Down
  • Combinations
  • Deal Equivoque
  • Bare Faced Lie
  • Australian Down Under Deal
  • Psychological Force
2015 33
Allan Ackerman Odd Even
2015 34
Max Maven Jonumber
2015 35
Larry Becker Reverse Faro
2015 36
Ken Beale The Beale Deal
  • Equivoque
  • Variation 1-3
2015 36
R. Paul Wilson, Bob Farmer Con Cam Coincidencia
  • To do this as a Stud Deal
2015 37
Roy Baker, Bob Farmer Pateo
2015 38
Bob King Fourdoomed
2015 38
Mike Daniels StayCard Principle
2015 38
Bob Farmer Ten Card (Second and Bottom) Deals false deals from small packet
2015 39
9-as-10 Dodge
2015 40
11-as-10 Dodge
Related to 2015 40
Peter Duffie 12-as-10 Dodge
2015 40
Nick Trost Eighteen Cards
2015 41
Tomas Blomberg Add-Ons
2015 41
Harry G. Franke Long Card "Harry Franke, Jr."
2015 42
Karl Fulves Proposition Bet
Related to 2015 42
Bob Farmer Poker Savvy
  • Displaying The Winning Hand
  • Faking A Knowledge Of Poker
2015 42
Bob Farmer Wait and Switch on "New Endings"
2015 44
Steve Mayhew The Angels May Shuffle, But The Devil Still Deals
Also published here 2015 45
Bob Farmer CADD Cut-and-Deal-Down Force, see later
Related to 2015 46
Jeff Pierce, Ryan Schlutz Luck of the Draw blanks finale
2015 46
Harold Cataquet, Bob Farmer Cheater, Cheater color changing backs finale
2015 46
Stewart James Psychic Bid Spelling
2015 47
Stephen Hobbs, Robert E. Neale Ten Card Wild
Related to 2015 47
Mike Porstmann Porstmann's Paladin "Final Instructions" in envelope
2015 48
Patrick Schlagel Teleological Existentialism
2015 49
Peter Duffie Gambler's Forecast with prediction
Also published here 2015 50
Max Maven Pretense with prediction
Also published here 2015 50
Bob Farmer Equivo-Ten
2015 51
Thomas Alan Waters Decideal see details below
Related to 2015 52
Larry Becker Ten Card Poker Stand-Up with prediction
Also published here 2015 52
Leo Boudreau Predicting The Winning Hand
2015 52
Bob Farmer Presentations for the Ten Card Poker Deal
2015 52
Jon Racherbaumer, Harry Anderson Jonah in Harry's Pocket
2015 53
Bob Farmer One Jonah
  • Introduction
  • The Sultans Of Swindle
2015 57
Harry Lorayne Ten Card Poker Deal six phases
Also published here 2015 58
John F. Mendoza The Ten Card Poker Killer
Also published here 2015 65
Basil Horwitz Challenge Poker Routine three phases
Also published here 2015 69
Nicholas Johnson Cutting for the Edge
2015 73
Jerry K. Hartman Tete a Tete
Inspired byAlso published here 2015 76
Brother John Hamman Magician Versus Gambler
Also published here 2015 83
Steve Mayhew The 50 Card Deal playing with five spectators simultaneously
Variations 2015 88
Bob Farmer Fished In And Chips
Inspired by 2015 89
R. Paul Wilson Go Fisch four phases
Inspired by 2015 90
Curtis Kam Shooting Fish In A Barrel
Inspired by 2015 91
John Scarne Scarne's $500 Poker Deal
Related to 2015 92
Nick Trost Twenty-Deck Poker Deal
2015 93
Nick Trost, Bob Farmer Full-Deck Ten Card Poker
Inspired by 2015 93
Bob King, Mike Porstmann Power Poker "Final Instructions" in envelope, four phases
Related to 2015 96
Robert E. Neale Six-Card Deal
Also published here
  • "Six Card Deal" (Live, Death & Other Card Tricks, 2000)
2015 98
Robert E. Neale Jonah Wild
  • Presentation For A Last Deal: Wild Deal
  • Presentation For A One-Time Deal: Still Lucky
Related to 2015 100
James Swain Showdown
Also published here 2015 104
Patrick G. Redford 30 Card Poker Deal three phases, no explanation
Related to
  • "30 Card Poker Deal" (Redford, Square: Four Deadly Mental Feats With Cards)
2015 106
Darwin Ortiz Mexican Poker five phases, no explanation
Related to 2015 107
Bob Farmer Two Jonahs
  • Introduction
2015 109
Paul Curry Cider! two Jonahs
Also published here 2015 109
Thomas Alan Waters Decideal with prediction, two Jonahs
Related toAlso published here 2015 113
Philip T. Goldstein Second Hand brief
Related to 2015 114
Karl Fulves Automatic Poker
Also published here 2015 115
Nick Trost Ten Card Poker Idea
Also published here
  • "Ten-Card Poker Idea" (Subtle Card Creations Vol. 5, 2014)
2015 116
Charles Nyquist Nick the Greek Poker Deal
Inspired by 2015 117
Peter Kougasian Psych-Out Poker
Also published here 2015 119
Lewis Jones Sweeter Cider
Inspired byAlso published here 2015 120
Jon Racherbaumer, Edward Marlo Strong Cider
Inspired byAlso published here 2015 122
Ernest Earick Double Damned
Also published here 2015 123
Tom Frame Well-Appointed Stud
Inspired byAlso published here
  • "Well-Appointed Stud" (Scary Hotels, 1995)
2015 129
R. Paul Wilson Progressive Poker four phases
Also published here 2015 131
Peter Duffie Fair Game
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here 2015 136
Peter Duffie Unfair Game two double facers
Inspired by 2015 137
Nick Trost Showdown three phases
Also published here 2015 138
Tom Hubbard Tom Hubbard's Handling
Also published here 2015 141
René Lavand Mahtub seven phases, with Bob Farmer comments:
  • Alternate Deal Five
  • Alternate Deal 7
Inspired byAlso published here 2015 142
Bob Farmer Notes: Showdown/Mahtub
Related to 2015 146
Tom Ellis The Tim Card Poker Deal
Also published here
  • marketed in 2006
2015 147
Bob Farmer Rich Weeviled Brain Enigma three phases
2015 151
Michael Weber Ha, No Jonah without method
Related to 2015 154
Nick Trost Super Showdown four phases
Also published here 2015 155
Bob Farmer Eight Jonahs intro
2015 161
Nick Trost Automatic Gambler
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here 2015 161
Bob Farmer Automatic Gambler About Face
Inspired by 2015 163
Bob Farmer The Automatic Blind Gambler using CADD Force
Inspired by 2015 165
Bob Farmer The Automatic Gambler Magic Circle
Inspired by 2015 166
Nick Trost Eighteen Card Poker morphing Jonah
VariationsAlso published here 2015 169
Bruce Bernstein Psych Out four phases
Related toVariationsAlso published here 2015 172
Nick Trost Mississippi Poker five phases
Inspired byAlso published here 2015 183
Tony Binarelli The Cincinnati Kid Poker Game
VariationsAlso published here
  • "The Cincinnati Kid Poker Game" (Class Act, 1991)
2015 189
Bob Farmer Strip Club with CADD Force, belly strippers
  • CADD
  • Power Poker
  • Bottom Dealing
  • Trap Dance I
  • Trap Dance II
Inspired byVariations 2015 193
Jerry K. Hartman Trap Dance III
Inspired by 2015 197
Robert E. Neale The Idiot Poker Plot
Also published here
  • "The Idiot Poker Plot" (Tricks of the Imagination, 1991)
2015 198
Woody Aragón Blessed Poker
Also published here 2015 203
Bob Farmer Russian Poker Roulette top cards of ten piles used for poker game
Also published here 2015 213
Bob Farmer Jonah You CADD
2015 216
Tony Griffith How to Win at Poker
  • We Will Get Fooled Again
  • Royal Flush Variation
Also published here
  • "A Demonstration on How to Win at Poker" (Magic Circular #56, 1961)
2015 217
Nick Trost Gambler's Poker Routine
Inspired byAlso published here 2015 220
Jon Racherbaumer History historical discussion, excerpt from reference, re-deal stacking
Also published here
  • Dust-Motes in the Grid, 1999
2015 221
Bob Farmer Done Deal I: Spectator Deals done from deck
Also published here 2015 225
Bob Farmer Done Deal II: Spectator Deals done from deck, belly strippers
Also published here 2015 227
Bob Farmer Done Deal III: Pairs performer is blindfolded
  • Equivoque Selecting the Hands
Also published here 2015 227
Bob Farmer Done Deal IV: Blind Psycho performer is blindfolded
  • Selecting The Hole Cards
  • Selecting The Hands
Also published here 2015 229
Bob Farmer Done Deal III and IV Combo
Also published here 2015 230
Bob Farmer Done Deal V: The Scam-and-Scram Ten Card Deal
VariationsAlso published here 2015 231
Scott Cram, R. Paul Wilson, Peter Duffie Notes On Scam And Scram
Inspired byRelated to 2015 233
Bob Farmer Done Deal VI spectator cuts deck and deals, loses, blocks are strung together to force cut position
Also published here 2015 233
Bob Farmer Done Deal VII spectator cuts and deals two hands, loses, five duplicate Ten Card Poker sets
Also published here 2015 234
Roy Walton The Twenty Card Deal
VariationsAlso published here 2015 235
Peter Duffie Three Handed Ten Card Deals
  • Dead Beat
  • Oblivious
Variations 2015 237
Bob Farmer No Palming, No Cry
Inspired by 2015 238
Bob Farmer Macao Marauder
Inspired by 2015 238
Jonas Ljung Kismet Poker five poker hands dealt, performer wins and hand is predicted
Also published here 2015 239
David Britland The Last Game
Inspired byAlso published here 2015 245
Peter Duffie The Zen Card Deal
Inspired byRelated toVariationsAlso published here 2015 249
Roger Crosthwaite Father Roger Crosthwaite Addition
Inspired by 2015 252
Bob Farmer Nine Card Hold'em
  • Bobservations
  • The Real Rules
  • The Flim-Flam Rules
  • The Scam
  • First Deal: Flush
  • Second Deal: Straight
  • Third Deal
Also published here 2015 253
Bob Farmer Ten Card Unreal intro
  • When Magicians Take A Principle Further Than It Should Go
2015 257
Jeff Pierce Pabst Blue Ribbon Poker Deal playing with bottle caps instead of cards, performer wins beer
2015 257
Nick Trost Special Poker Dice played with dice
Also published here
  • "Special Poker Dice" (Nick Trost, Gambling Tricks with Dice, 1975)
2015 260
Nick Trost Spinning Nickel Poker using beveled edge coins
Also published here
  • "Spinning Nickel Poker" (Nick Trost, Expert Gambling Tricks, 1975)
2015 263
Bob Farmer Ten Bill Deal with ten bills, using their serial numbers
2015 265
Robert E. Neale The Dragon and the Unicorn done with gems and a fairy tale story presentation
  • Alternate Handling
  • Bag Handling
2015 266
Nick Trost Pizza Poker ten cards pasted on a round disk in a circle
Also published here
  • "Pizza Poker" (marketed, 1972)
  • "Pizza Poker" (Subtle Card Creations Vol. 4, 2013)
2015 269
Stewart James Alpha Betting Ten Card Poker Deal principle with alphabet cards, performer can always spell a word before spectator
Also published here
  • "Alpha Betting" (Stewart James in Print, 1989)
2015 271
Bill Simon The Four Queens Procedure eight unknown cards, spectator picks four, all Queens are in one pile
VariationsAlso published here
  • "The Four Queens" (Bill Simon, Mathematical Card Magic, 1964)
2015 275
Jon Racherbaumer Odd Yet Predictable eight cards, spectator choses four face-up, "all red cards" is predicted, but the backs are referred to
Inspired byAlso published here
  • Jonah Ploys, 2013
2015 277
David Solomon, John Bannon, Tomas Blomberg Mexican Poker
Related toVariations 2015 278
Tomas Blomberg The Blomberg Variation
Inspired byVariations 2015 282
R. Paul Wilson Refried Poker
Inspired byAlso published here 2015 284
Jerry K. Hartman Mexicali Ruse
Inspired byAlso published here 2015 288
Jon Racherbaumer, Harry Anderson Empowering Poker a Bit More
Inspired byAlso published here
  • Jonah Ploys, 2014
2015 291
Lewis Jones Give Me Five
Also published here
  • Encyclopedia of Impromptu Card Forces, 2000
2015 292
Ken De Courcy Your Choice
Also published here
  • "Your Choice" (Still Small, Still Deadly, Paul Hallas, 2010)
2015 293
Joshua Jay 242 2.0
  • Phase One: Blackjack
  • Phase Two: 242 Poker
  • Phase Three: Three Handed Poker
Inspired byAlso published here 2015 294
Alex Elmsley Power Poker
Also published here 2015 302
Bob Farmer Vaya Con Dios Con
Inspired byAlso published here 2015 303
Nick Trost Double Power Poker
  • Phase One: Power Poker
  • Phase Two: Cider
Inspired byAlso published here 2015 305
Peter Duffie Free Will eight cards, spectator chooses four, performer is left with Aces
Inspired byAlso published here 2015 307
Jerry K. Hartman Poker Stud
Inspired byAlso published here 2015 308
Colm Mulcahy Poker with Any Ten Cards using random cards
Related to
  • Mathematical Card Magic, 2013, p. 74
2015 312
Bob Farmer, Peter Winkler Winkler Poker chapter intro, Position Parity Principle
Related to 2015 313
Jon Racherbaumer No-Jonah Poker parity
VariationsAlso published here 2015 314
Jack Parker Ouroboros parity
Inspired byAlso published here 2015 316
Jon Racherbaumer (Losing) End Poker cards taken alternately from both ends of a tabled row of cards, parity
VariationsAlso published here
  • Jonah Ploys, Jon Racherbaumer, 2013
2015 318
Bob Farmer End Game way to get into it
Inspired by 2015 320
Brad Henderson Bottom Feeder
Inspired by 2015 320
Bob Farmer Bottom Line CADD Force, Winkler Principle
  • Wired Deck (with five Royal Flushes in Spades)
2015 321
Bob Farmer Heads or Tails Hoodoo with any ten cards, face-up and face-down row
2015 322
Bob Farmer Part Three: Blackjack Deals chapter intro
  • Eight Card Black Jack
2015 325
Bob Farmer Blind Man's Blackjack with eight cards
2015 328
Bob Farmer The Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Card Blackjack routine with eight cards and Jonah card
Also published here 2015 329
Bob Farmer Blind Man's Blackjack Showdown with eight cards
  • No Gaff Version
2015 330
Bob Farmer Power Blind Man's Blackjack from top of deck
Inspired by 2015 332
Bob Farmer Absolute Power Blind Man's Blackjack with eight cards
  • Blackjack Finale
  • Poker Phase
  • Dice Phase
2015 333
Bob Farmer, Harold Cataquet Table Stakes tables about possible combinations and outcomes
  • Ten Cards
  • Choosing the Cards
  • Ten Card Deal Segue
2015 339
Bob Farmer Blackjack Bonuses chapter intro
2015 347
Bob Farmer Face-Up Blackjack
VariationsAlso published here 2015 347
Bob Farmer Blackjack Attack
  • Ordinary Deck Version
Inspired byAlso published here 2015 351
Max Maven Blackjack of all Trades five methods
2015 353
Roy Walton Grid and Bear It
Variations 2015 356
Harold Cataquet Grid and Bear It II
Inspired by 2015 357
Harold Cataquet World's Greatest Blackjack Stack
2015 358
Bob Farmer Part Five: References
  • Ten Card Deal References
2015 377
Bob Farmer Dealer Demo Easter Egg routine suggestion
2015 398
Mike Porstmann Porstmann's Paladin on extra sheet, stage version, four phases
Also published here 2015 401
Michał Kociołek Mike Card Deal on extra sheet, idea with reverse Jonah card
Related toAlso published here 2015 402
Harry Lorayne Three Mechanics three four-of-a-kinds stacked
Inspired by 2015 41
Harry Lorayne 8451 Plus stacking to formula, red-black separation kicker
Inspired by 2015 169
Harry Lorayne Poker Power Explored Cull Down Variation to back instead of bottom, jog and strip out, simultaneous stacking for three players
Inspired by 2015 207
Harry Lorayne My Best Overhand Shuffle Stack
Inspired byRelated to 2015 240
Eric Stevens Little Peter Pays Triple Three Card Monte routine, all three cards end up being black cards, the red money card is found wrapped in a dollar bill with a business card
2015 9
Justin Higham Pseudo-Glide Monte cards removed from bottom of deck, card to wallet climax (duplicate)
Jan. 2015
Genii (Vol. 78 No. 1)
38
Joseph Barry Thanks to Forte card chosen, order apparently memorized and shuffle-tracked, performer in-the-hand stacks himself first a blackjack hand, then four Royal Flush cards that match selection, in-the-hands riffle faro
Apr. 2015
Genii (Vol. 78 No. 4)
38
Karl Fulves Long-Distance Poker blue-backed and rainbow deck are shuffled, royal flush of chosen suit removed from blue deck, then rainbow deck dealt, all hands of mixed backs except performer who get's blue-backed royal flush of chosen suit, with effect variations
Related to 2015
The Lowdown (Issue 1)
5
Karl Fulves Sympathetic Named Poker Hand handling with two decks
2015
The Lowdown (Issue 1)
8
Karl Fulves Name Game card chosen from a set of cards with poker hands printed on them, that chosen hand is dealt
Related to 2015
Errata (Issue 1)
1
Karl Fulves Lucky At Cards an odd-backed poker hand is put in the deck and shuffled in, cards dealt out and odd-backed cards fall to performer and change to royal flush
2015
Errata (Issue 1)
3
Karl Fulves Hue Are A Winner two named poker hands are dealt from a deck that magically transposes with another deck first
2015
Errata (Issue 1)
3
Karl Fulves According To Hoyle stud poker, after each card is dealt, the performer's face up card are exchanged with one of the other player's, performer still wins
Also published here 2015
Errata (Issue 1)
4
Karl Fulves Poker Exchange version with face-down draw poker, after each card is dealt, the performer's face up card are exchanged with one of the other player's, performer still wins
Inspired by 2015
Errata (Issue 1)
4
Karl Fulves Parajack spectator picks one card of three pairs of cards, left-over cards for performer, added up for Blackjack game and performer always wins
Related toVariations 2015
Errata (Issue 1)
8
Karl Fulves The X Games similar procedure to Parajack with face-up cards and poker phase
Inspired byRelated to 2015
Errata (Issue 1)
9
Karl Fulves Note 6 note on Face-Up Poker
Related to 2015
Errata (Issue 1)
11
Karl Fulves Playing The Mark
Inspired by 2015
Errata (Issue 1)
12
Karl Fulves Daylight Poker poker hands drawn from face-up spread, yet performer wins
Also published here 2015
Errata (Issue 1)
14
Alexander de Cova Poker-A-Ma re-deal stacking, with dealing shoe, three phases
Also published here 2015 101
Alexander de Cova 10 Card Poker Scam multi-phase routine
  • Was dieser Routine ist und was nicht
  • Über den TCPD
  • Der Aufbau der Routine
  • 10er Päckchen oder komplettes Spiel?
  • Das Abheben
  • Die obersten Karten der Banks
  • Der Zuschauer gewinnt oder der Vorführende?
  • Zum Abzählen der Karten
  • Das (optionale) Mischen der Karten
  • Die Routine
    • Phase 1: Loosing End Poker
      • Szenario 1: Der Zuschauer wählt Nr. 10
      • Szenario 2: Der Zuschauer wählt die Nr. 1
    • Phase 2: Jonah I - Das Tauschen
    • Phase 3: Jonah II - Bildoben/Bildunten
    • Phase 4: Royal Flush/Straight Flush
      • Wie man diese Reihenfolge leicht legen kann
      • 242 Poker mit Royal Flush oder Straight Flush
  • Tipps zum Poker Deal
    • Der Spielaustausch
    • Zur Vorhersage
Inspired byAlso published here 2015 93
Alexander de Cova Poker-A-Ma comment on the effect as part of blindfold card act
Related to 2015 192
Alexander de Cova Action Switch with bills or wallet, as monte climax
Also published here 2015 224
Michael Weber Black Jacks or Better deck cut by inserting a cut card, first blackjack then poker hand dealt from there, secret flopping of half the deck
Feb. 2015
Real Secrets (Vol. 3 No. 35)
1
Justin Higham Spread-Count Poker 6 groups spread off and dropped onto table to stack Royal Flush which starts on top, drop stack
Related to 2015 11
Justin Higham Pseudo Riffle Cull a la The 75% Production locating / producing a four-of-a-kind via improvisation
  • 100% Pseudo Riffle Cull-Stack
Inspired by 2015 14
Denis Behr Mr. Luckiest spectator shuffles, yet winning hand is dealt, repeat
Inspired byAlso published here Summer 2016
Quarterly (Issue 4)
45
Max Maven Centrifugal Poker cards in poker hand divined, "The Centrifuge Principle"
Related to 2016 3
Pit Hartling Duplicity two poker hands dealt after spectator's riffle shuffle, exact deal duplicated with second deck by performer
Variations 2016 80
Pit Hartling The Poker Formulas any poker hand dealt, using printed formulas
2016 102
Pit Hartling A Riffle Culling Demonstration named four-of-a-kind to top
2016 130
Pit Hartling Fairy Tale Poker eight-handed poker deal in which wanted hands appear, all hands full-house or better
2016 190
Pit Hartling Quick Change performer finds straight flush to fit selection, then changes the card to make a Royal Flush to fit second selection, for Tamariz or Aronson stack
Inspired by 2016 200
Pit Hartling Poker Night at the Improv all possible poker hands produced in increasing order, "Any Poker Hand the Magician Calls For"
2016 210
Pit Hartling Game of Chance color of every third card used in multiple phase gambling game
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here 2016 232
So Sato Lucky Number Poker two spectators with poker hands exchange cards to given rules, their resulting poker hand is predicted
2016 46
So Sato Poker Demon-Stration winning hand is dealt after spectator shuffles, Mass Destruction Stacking
2016 120
So Sato Poker Demon-Stration Plus Mass Destruction Stacking
  • Phase 1: Middle Deal Demonstration
  • Phase 2: Stacking Demonstration (Re-Deal principle)
2016 123
So Sato Zen Derby horse race plot, Mass Destruction Stacking
2016 137
Joseph Barry The Stacking Drill
Related to Feb. 2016
Operandi (Issue 1)
14
Michael Weber Killer 21 performer repeatably wins despite shuffling and cutting
Feb. 2016
Operandi (Issue 1)
23
Geno Munari Reading a card from the back
2016
Facsimile (Issue 5)
28
Roberto Giobbi Lucky Thingamajig lucky cent presentation
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Jan 26)
30
Roberto Giobbi Dollar Deal red-black betting game, bill is inserted in deck and pairs taken, color that comes with bill can be predicted
Related toAlso published here 2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Apr 16)
111
Roberto Giobbi Jinxed Cards presentational idea
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Apr 19)
114
Roberto Giobbi Slang for Authenticity
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue May 27)
151
Michael Skinner, Edward Marlo Skinner on Marlo's Poker Deal spectator deals himself the aces, bottom deal stacking, same as Marlo's really
Inspired byRelated to
  • Michael Skinner Private Tape (DVD, ca. 1988, edited by Richard Kaufman)
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Oct 24)
305
Lennart Green Red & Back Card Bet percentage game
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Nov 15)
328
Roberto Giobbi, Ramón Riobóo Card Roulette analogy between cards and roulette table
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Dec 2)
345
Roberto Giobbi Napoleon's Game "Nap Hand Deal", three spectators play cards, performer divines cards in hands and makes weakest hand win
2016 225
Christoph Borer, S. W. Erdnase, Jack Merlin Die echte Erklärung card stacking, Stacking Formula as Patter
Inspired byRelated to 2016 84
Pepe Lirrojo Pick Up Stack con Faros pick-up stack and faro stacking
Inspired by 2016 27
John Hostler The Speakeasy Poker Deal card removed by spectator and put in Himber wallet, a suit named, Royal Flush in suit dealt in heads-up game, two cards drawn from two other hands match with each other and removed card
2016 20
John Hostler Bar Bits Triskadequadra Application #1
as bet about the suits
  • Swindle #1
  • Swindle #2
2016 64
John Hostler Rogue Heart Triskadequadra Application #2
spectator selects card that completes a poker hand, duplicates
2016 65
Colm Mulcahy Flushed with Embarrassment Triskadequadra Application #4
seven poker hands dealt, five people pass their best card to a beginner and worst card to the spectator, beginner ends up with four Aces and a King, performer with straight flush
Also published here
  • Mathematical Card Magic, 2013
2016 71
John Hostler Alligator ten red and ten black cards shuffled, pairs dealt according to rules, outcome predicted and added value of chosen pair divined
Inspired by 2016 116
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli), Steve Beam The Stalker top cards of four piles change into Queens
Also published here 2016 7
Michał Kociołek Double Duke four cards chosen, performer deals out hands with spectators's cards going in one hand and in his own hand each card is one value higher than the selections, Stebbins type stack with progressions of four
Variations Mar. 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 3)
57
Lewis Jones Strangers on a Train three-handed game, spectators make decisions about cutting and mixing, yet the performer receives a Royal Flush
Apr. 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 4)
46
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
Also published here 2016 6
Roy Walton Certainty Bet a Four is placed with three other cards, they change to the matching Fours, monte type presentation
2016 19
Roy Walton The Honest Cheat spectator tries to match suit distribution of a poker hand that is set aside, spectator is allowed to cheat but loses, performer wins
Also published here 2016 21
Roy Walton Poker Ace production of three poker hands
2016 83
Roy Walton Poker Ghost eight-card poker deal
2016 88
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
Also published here 2016 116
Roy Walton Imaginary Bottom Deal gag false dealing demonstration with transformation surprise
2016 126
Roy Walton Steven's Choice red-black matching game is announced, performer gets all red cards
Also published here 2016 128
Roy Walton Labyrinth
  • Alternative Presentation
Inspired by 2016 135
Roy Walton Straight Maker
Inspired by
  • "The Dream" (Alex Elmsley, Alex Is At It Again, 2003)
2016 144
Roy Walton Lilac Time spectator matches up red and black pairs
2016 184
Roy Walton Tricky Travis monte type routine with Ace through Nine, cards end up in order as finale
2016 207
Alexander de Cova Sidewalk Shuffley comments on Fred Kaps's performance
2016 171
Alexander de Cova Chase The Ace jumbo cards, removable false indices and rubber bands
Inspired by 2016 214
John Cottle Target Practice shuffle tracking a (crimped) card, then dealing a good hand with it
Dec. 2017
Operandi (Issue 2)
14
Joseph Barry Stuart's Strip Poker spectator thinks of card, shuffles and removes it, cards dealt and missing card completes straight
Inspired byRelated to Dec. 2017
Operandi (Issue 2)
20
Luke Jermay Pick a Card Poker four chosen cards are shuffled into a poker hand
Related to Dec. 2017
Operandi (Issue 2)
29
Luke Jermay Four Card Blackjack Ten Card Poker style routine for Blackjack
Dec. 2017
Operandi (Issue 2)
30
John Cottle, Ben Joffe Ice Cold Decks six gambling stacks for Texas Hold'em that can be cut, yet the dealer wins, for two, three, four or eight players
Variations Sep. 2017
Operandi (Issue 3)
10
Frank Shields Gardner-Marlo Poker Deal Variation
2017
Facsimile (Issue 6)
11
Bill Elliott 3-Card Monkey Business Color Monte precursor
Also published here 2017
Facsimile (Issue 6)
56
Benjamin Earl The Back Room Demo false stacking demo of the four Aces from a spectator shuffled deck
Also published here 2017 76
Benjamin Earl Stem Cell framing routine differently to get different experiences with same handling, four cards shown one by one and tabled, they change into four aces, possible presentations:
  • Stem Cell Monte
  • Stem Cell Magician vs. Gambler
  • Stem Cell Sleight of Hand
2017 103
Benjamin Earl The Resourceful Professional gambling routine
1. Shuffle Location/Culling
2. False Dealing
3. Stacking
4. Card Mucking/Switching
5. Shuffle Tracking
6. Four-of-a-Kind Location
Variations 2017 110
Jack Carpenter, Steve Ehlers The Legend of Silas Greene two poker hands dealt, three of a kind and Kings, former hand changes to Aces, then perfect bridge deal, rhyming patter
Inspired by 2017 75
Nancy Colwell Pseudo Riffle Stacking Pseudo riffle stacking demo, with deck separated into red/black as kicker
2017 53
Michael Feldman Cutting High Magician always cuts to high card, spectator always to a low card
2017 110
Paul Vigil 3-Card Monte multiple phases, credit information on fake index monte routines
Inspired by
  • "Catch 33" (Lee Asher, 2003, 2013)
2017 41
Joey Burton, Paul Vigil Kaiser Con
Inspired by
  • "Kaiser Con" (Joey Burton, Catch 33)
2017 51
Joey Burton, Paul Vigil Sosi Switch
Inspired by
  • "Sosi Switch" (Joey Burton, Catch 33)
2017 57
Bruce Cervon Cervon Finale previously unpublished phase
2017 60
Lee Asher Spectator picks the right Card how to handle the situation
Also published here
  • Catch 33 (2003, 2013)
2017 68
Paul Vigil Fair Game with prediction sent to spectator's phone as text message
Inspired byRelated to 2017 141
Michał Kociołek Middle pseudo center deal, double-facer
Related to 2017 15
Bob Farmer Triharder fifteen-card-packets shuffled and dealt into three piles by both performer and spectator, performer gets them in order, spectator doesn't
  • Mini-me Version (thirteen cards)
Variations 2017 9
Bob Farmer Casinodiction spectator shuffles twenty cards from four different decks and deals them out according to their back designs, ends up with good poker hands
Inspired byVariations 2017 1
Bob Farmer Blackjack Bushwhack packet ends up in magic square configuration for 21
Inspired byAlso published here 2017 1
Pete McCabe Pete's Casinodiction spectator shuffles twenty cards from four different decks and deals them out according to their back designs, ends up with good poker hands
Inspired by 2017 3
Allan Hagen Completing The Hand two cards chosen, three more cards found to complete a full house, then royal flush located
2017 8
Ricky Smith Some Applications on using the punch as key card and for various poker deals, punch as pure marking system
2017 63
Harry Lorayne Head-To-Head Poker ten cards, performer received royal flush even though it was not part of the packet in beginning
Inspired by 2017 165
Harry Lorayne Better Overhand-Shuffle Stack
Also published here 2017 211
Michael Weber Overpowering Poker two phases, spectator can do what he wants
Inspired by 2017 8
Jim Steinmeyer Four-Card Monte No. 5, Queen and three other cards mixed according to rules, Queen eventually found
2017 13
Matt Baker Poker Lesson three-phase routine with Aronson stack, bottom deal demo
Also published here Sep. 2017
Genii (Vol. 80 No. 9)
64
Andy Nyman, Anthony Owen Miracle Monte 2.0 blank cards with face of a Queen
Inspired by
  • Andy Nyman's "Monte" in "The Dungeon" March, 1994,
2017 56
Patrick G. Redford Notes on the Ten Card Poker Deal Chinese Shuffle Stacking to Si Stebbins in process
2017 38
Patrick G. Redford "Any" Poker Hand Called For To Dealer using the Redford Stack, various hands
  • Restack Technique
  • Five Hands Dealt: Called Hand goes to Dealer
    • One Pair
    • Two Pair
    • 3 of a Kind
    • + Full House
    • + Flush
    • + Royal Flush in Hearts
  • Four Hands Dealt With Winning Hand to Dealer
    • *Straight
    • *Flush
    • Four of a Kind
    • Straight Flush
    • Royal Flush in Spades
  • Dealing Hands to Different Seat Positions
  • Thoughts and tips to Remember The Deals
  • Final Thoughts
2017 96
Patrick G. Redford Progressive Poker all players have good hands, using Redford Stack
2017 102
Patrick G. Redford Blackjack: The House Always Wins with five players, using the Redford Stack
2017 104
Patrick G. Redford Partner Poker partner gets winning hand, two phases, back to Redford stack
  • Completely Restoring the Stack
  • Further Thoughts & Variations
  • A Faro Shuffle Variation
  • Variations that Destroy Half of the Stack
  • With a Full House Instead
2017 108
Patrick G. Redford, Edward Marlo Bridge Deal or Rummy Deal suits dealt to four players
Inspired by 2017 114
Patrick G. Redford The KM Poker Deal follow up for King Me, straight flush deal, two hands, using the Redford Stack
2017 124
Áriston Poker Contra El Destino
2017 135
Áriston Otro Ten Card Deal
2017 140
Áriston, Bob Farmer Black Jack
2017 143
Áriston Clasificaciones finding a thought of card, deck to NDO and poker demonstration, shuffled deck is put in order in process
  • La Carta Pensada Entre Los Reyes O Los Comodines
  • Toda La Baraja Ordenada Por Palo Y Numero
  • La Jugada De Poker Soñada
2017 179
Michael Weber House Advantage number of blackjack wins predicted, Miraskill with number/face-cards
Also published here 2017 10
Joseph Barry The Stacking Drill #2 pseudo stacking for Hold'em, chosen cards stacked, Full House received on flop
Related to Dec. 2018
Operandi (Issue 4)
5
Derrick Chung Ice Cold Decks - Part 2 Hold'em stack to win with two to six players
Inspired by Dec. 2018
Operandi (Issue 4)
16
John Cottle Blankjack blank deck kicker
Inspired by
  • Luke Jermay routine
Dec. 2018
Operandi (Issue 4)
18
Michael Breggar Cra-Ker-Jack Dice used to choose cards by four spectators, magician deals down that number to find matching mates, then produce four Aces
Inspired by Oct. 2018
Elixir (Vol. 2 No. 1 (Summer #2))
82
Johnny Thompson The Gambler's Ballad gambling demonstration with Matching the Card finale, magician vs. gambler theme, rhyming patter
2018 27
Denis Behr Extended Gambling Demonstration multi-phase routine, named four-of-a-kind is riffle-culled, then riffle-stacked, then a bridge deal into new deck order
Inspired by 2018 19
Denis Behr Mr. Luckiest spectator shuffles, yet the performer receives the four Aces, spectator shuffles again and deals himself, yet the performer receives a Royal Flush
Inspired byAlso published here 2018 49
Philipp Ganglberger Monte Blanko monte routine with three blank cards and an Ace, three Aces and one blank card as a kicker
2018 13
Pit Hartling Additional Intro-Phase riffle stacking demonstration intro before actual routine, setting it up from shuffled deck
Inspired by 2018 66
Eric Stevens The One-Armed Man Three card monte packet trick, money card changes into black Ace as finale
Inspired by
  • "Multi-Monte" (Caleb Wiles)
2018 19
Jason Ladanye Royal Exchange spectator's poker hand transposes with performer's, Royal Flush ending, faro
Inspired by 2018 163
Jason Ladanye Dead Center multiple phase center deal demonstration with an Ace, then a signed named card, has ambitious card feeling to it, matching values produced as finale
2018 169
Jason Ladanye Hold 'em Hustle two cards shuffled to named player, performer wins with four Aces, pairs of pseudo duplicates, faro
2018 203
Jason Ladanye Cheaters Aces are apparently marked, special glasses presentation, Aces stacked and during deal change back color, then change back, red/blue double backers, faros
2018 223
Jason Ladanye Aces Anonymous Aces removed and put in envelope in Himber wallet, performer still receives those Aces in poker game, duplicates, faros
Inspired by 2018 251
Jason Ladanye High-Card Hustle multi-phase cutting the high card, set-up reachable via faros from new deck order, faros
2018 263
Jason Ladanye Power Play two effects, from shuffled deck, first sets up second
  • card divined by apparently reading tells, many cards removed and selection found from those
  • demonstration of different false deals (bottom, second, greek, center), culminating in five four-of-a-kinds
Inspired by
  • "The Ultimate False Deal" (Jack Carpenter, All In, DVD)
  • "Johnny Mnemonic" (Andrew Wimhurst, The Card Artistry of Andrew Wimhurst, 2001, video)
Related to
2018 287
Jason Ladanye The Art of War spectator and performer each turn over cards, higher card wins, spectator loses throughout whole deck, faros
2018 325
David Solomon Marlo/Gardner/Britland Poker Deal
  • Phase One: Dealing Four-of-a-Kind from Different Parts of the Deck
  • Phase Two: The Double Duke
  • Phase Three: The Britland Switch of Hands
Also published here 2018 48
David Solomon Revised Gilbreath Poker Straight Flush finale
2018 52
David Solomon, Jeff Siegfried Jamesway Poker reverse faro mixing, good hands are the result, two phases
Also published here 2018 55
David Solomon, Tomas Blomberg Gilbreath Ten-Card Poker Deal doing the Ten Card Poker Deal after a riffle shuffle
2018 58
David Solomon Ten-Hand Poker Deal Aces on top, two shuffles
Inspired by 2018 60
David Solomon Revised Mexican Poker + Richard Vollmer
Inspired byAlso published here 2018 64
Ramón Riobóo Unbeatable
2018 145
Nobuyuki Nojima The Reason Why I Can't Win At Poker prediction of spectator's hand
2018 151
Bob Hummer, Steve Beam Unmarked Hummer
2018 275
Harry Lorayne A Much Better Chance Power Poker type, no bottom deals, spectator always gets Royal Flush
Also published here 2018 63
Harry Lorayne Lorayne's Poker Deal Plus
Inspired by 2018 217
David Britland Easy Poker
  • Cardopolis
five-card hand is chosen, spectator removes one card and takes another one, it completes a Royal Flush
Inspired byVariations Aug. 2018
Genii (Vol. 81 No. 8)
30
Edward G. Brown The Poker Hand ten cards are chosen and two poker hands formed, without looking at the cards, the spectator selects a hand, performer's hand is a royal flush
  • Notes by Andi Gladwin
Also published here Sep. 2018
Genii (Vol. 81 No. 9)
44
Scott Robinson Sucker Monte multiple-phase three-card monte
Inspired by 2018 37
Scott Robinson Repackaged Prediction spectator inserts envelope into deck and builds Poker hand by selecting any five cards next to it, envelope is inserted again and another hand is created, both hands consist of same values, inside envelope is prediction of the total of the cards’ values
Inspired by
  • "Package Deal" (Stewart James, The James File Vol. 1, 2000)
2018 164
Michał Kociołek Double Duke (the original) four cards chosen, performer deals out hands with spectators's cards going in one hand and in his own hand each card is one value higher than the selections, Stebbins type stack with progressions of four
Inspired by 2018 9
Michał Kociołek Reset four cards chosen, performer deals out hands with spectators's cards going in one hand and in his own hand each card is one value higher than the selections, Stebbins type stack with progressions of four, handling that resets, without faro shuffle
Inspired by 2018 15
Michał Kociołek The alternative stack four cards chosen, performer deals out hands with spectators's cards going in one hand and in his own hand each card is one value higher than the selections, alternative stack
Inspired by 2018 20
Jan Logemann High Five two spectators cut (deeper) in two halves, four cards of same value show up, cutting the high card presentation, money prize is split in two
Inspired by
  • Aldo Colombini trick
2019 8
Matt Baker Gilbreath Poker Both spectator and magician deal five hands of poker from their cards, each deal a good hand to an imaginary player, leaving the best hand for themselves
Inspired byRelated to 2019 195
Allan Ackerman Almost Like Everywhere and Nowhere Quick Three Way type effect with five cards, two of which are selected, Royal Flush kicker and selections removed from packet
Related toAlso published here 2019 99
Michał Kociołek Polish Poker Stacking Pseudo riffle stacking routine, uses Polish Poker deck, marketed by Card-Shark, stack any thought-of poker hand
2019 39
Iñaki Zabaletta Rutina de Póker poker routine in three phases
  • Aces are found
  • Aces are stacked (Jack Merlin)
  • Any pokerhand called for
2019 167
Lorenz Schär One for Mr. Mayhew Mayhew Poker Deal variation, selected suit is dealt from the deck
Inspired byRelated to 2019 69
Tom Gagnon Vernon-Gagnon Poker Demonstration adding a color-changing deck phase during ribbon-spreading the deck face-down as fake cooler deck switch
Inspired byRelated to 2019 4
Overhand Stacking to formula
2019 7
Tom Gagnon The Forgetful Gambler riffle stack demo with second Marlo/Gardner Phase
Also published here 2019 18
Maxwell Pritchard Farmonica shuffled deck dealt twice into seven piles, ends up in memorized deck order (or any other), also just for practicing a stack
  • Overview
  • How Does It Work?
  • Training Programme
  • Handling Considerations
  • Performance Options
Inspired by 2019 3
Michał Kociołek Mike Card Deal
Also published here 2019 2
Rudolf Braunmüller Final Instructions information on reference
Related to 2019 4
Mike Porstmann Porstmann's Paladin - Stage Routine four phases
Also published here 2019 4
Bob Farmer The Final Himber Wallet
Related to 2019 7
Curtis Kam Ten Card Texas Hold 'Em version
2019 8
Bob Farmer Stripson and Dealilah
Inspired by 2019 10
Hideo Kato Stud Finish for Eighteen Card Poker
Inspired by 2019 11
Hideo Kato Ten Card Poker Prediction
2019 13
Hideo Kato Prelude to the Ten Card Deal
2019 14
Bob Farmer You Cheat Me, I Cheat You
  • Royal Flush Finale
  • Regular Deck
Inspired byVariations 2019 15
Bob Farmer Gilbreath Ten Card Deal full deck version
Inspired by 2019 18
Allen Swift, Frank Garcia, Bob Farmer Swift Poker Deal face-up/face-down shuffled deck, using cut-and-turn-over-force before shuffle
Also published here 2019 20
Bob Farmer Blackjack Bushwhack packet ends up in magic square configuration for 21
Also published here 2019 22
Dai Vernon, Bob Farmer Vernon Repeat Poker Deal ten card set-up
  • Adding The Voodoo (marked and starts with honest shuffle)
  • Adding The Hoodoo: Shanghai Ten Card Poker
Inspired by 2019 28
Bob Farmer Shanghai Twenty Card Poker
2019 33
Bob Farmer Contents of the DVD
  • Even Up + 3-Phase Routine (Allan Ackerman)
  • The Tim Card Poker Deal (Tim Ellis)
  • Ten Card Texas (Curtis Kam)
  • Porstmann's Paladin Stage Routine (Mike Porstmann)
2019 36
Bob Farmer, Michał Kociołek Taking the Edge spectator removes one of several poker hands printed on a sheet of paper that correspond to movies, hand and movie divined
Also published here 2019 38
Helder Guimarães Inside "The Tell Room" "Clues for the Advantage Player"
  • First Phase: five cards chosen by five spectators, they shuffle their card each in a four-card packet, all twenty-five cards mixed and dealt out in five poker hands, selections found
  • Second Phase: poker deal of five good hands that include the selections
2019 300
Helder Guimarães Midas's Touch "The Perception of Luck"
  • First Phase: small packet dealing demonstration with Ace through Five of Spades
  • Second Phase: those five cards are shown in random order, then suddenly sequential order
  • Third Phase: named poker hand is produced from a shuffled deck
Inspired by 2019 406
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli), Steve Beam The Stalker top cards of four piles change into Queens
Inspired byAlso published here 2019 8
Michael Powers Cardial Infraction riffle shuffle demo with Aces, Royal Flush finale
Inspired by 2019 74
Michael Powers Twilight Zone Monte five cards, monte type game with odd-backed monte card, transformations occur
Inspired by 2019 110
Edward Marlo Streamlined Invisible Bottom Deal from unpublished notes from the 1980s
Inspired byRelated to 2019
Output (Issue 1)
21
Steve Reynolds Streamlined Poker Palm Shift poker hand changes several times
Inspired byVariations 2019
Output (Issue 2)
5
Steve Reynolds Push Through Poker one half mixed face-up/face-down, shuffled through other half, all but one face-down cards transfer to other half, mixed half dealt for poker game and performer receives straight flush except one card which is the face-down card in other half, second round of dealing with royal flush
Inspired byVariations 2019
Output (Issue 3)
1
Steve Reynolds Loose Ends: Synergistic Poker combination poker routine
Inspired by 2019
Output (Issue 5)
16
John Bannon High Five Poker
  • Dealing With It
twenty-five card packet is mixed face-up/face-down, five hands dealt, poker hands progress, Jamesway Shuffle
Inspired by Mar. 2019
Genii (Vol. 82 No. 3)
50
John Bannon Last Call
  • Dealing With It
two poker hands, one shown as five Aces of Spades, other as Aces, the first changes into Royal Flush
May 2019
Genii (Vol. 82 No. 5)
52
Bob Farmer, Michał Kociołek Taking the Edge spectator removes one of several poker hands printed on a sheet of paper that correspond to movies, hand and movie divined
Also published here July 2019
Genii (Vol. 82 No. 7)
76
José Franco Mnemonicosis on José Carroll's own memorized stack
  • 1. Spelling
  • 2. Poker
  • 3. Poker - Gin Rummy
  • 4. Dai Vernon's Poker Formula
  • The Shift from a Stacked Deck to a Symmetrical Deck
  • 5. The Great Coincidence
  • Author's Note
Related toAlso published here
  • The MMS Circular, No. 67, July 1980
2019 25
Patrick G. Redford Stack Safe Poker Triumph Triumph, produces Royal Flush at the end, multiple phases, maintains order of deck (works best with Redford and Aronson)
Inspired by 2019 166
Patrick G. Redford ... This Means War! Cut high card, spectator keeps winning. Play game of war with spectator, magician always wins.
2019 180
Patrick G. Redford The Solitaire Si-re Play Solitaire, whoever holds the lucky coin always wins, deck can be shuffled (disproves Annemann's claim that Si Stebbins can never win Solitaire)
Related to 2019 208
Tim Heinlein Heinlein Hold'Em Deal Any hand called for in Texas Hold'Em with Redford Stack
2019 234
Tony Cabral Lessons in Dishonesty
  • First Lesson: Card Memory
  • Second Lesson: Card Control (combination cull)
  • Third Lesson: Full Deck Control (bridge deal into suits)
Inspired by 2019 1
Carlos Vaquera Black Jack black Twos as markers with royal flush kicker
Inspired by 2019 53
Carlos Vaquera, Edward Victor A Hell of a Poker Game four Aces with Royal Flush kicker
Inspired by 2019 57
Eugene Burger Voodoo Poker
  • Eugene's Notes
  • The Doll
Inspired by 2019 115
Michał Kociołek Cull Your Hand strategy for "any poker hand called for", eleven-card set-up, with credit information on the set-up
  • The hands
  • From a shuffled deck (group shuffling)
Inspired by 2019 9
Michał Kociołek Odds any poker hand named, card selected and placed reversed in one half of the deck, performer does an open push-through shuffle and the four cards around the selection make up the named hand together with the selection
  • The hands
Inspired by 2019 32
Michał Kociołek The Wisdom of Crowds any poker hand named, card selected, then four spectators cut to four cards which together with selection make up named hand
  • The hands
  • From a shuffled deck
Inspired by 2019 41
Lee Asher The Touch
  • Phase One - Cutting For High Card
  • Phase Two - Blackjack
  • Phase Three - Poker - Five Card Draw
May 2020
Elixir (Vol. 3 No. 1 Part 2 (Spring #2))
229
Andi Gladwin Surprise Stacking! two cards from named value are openly riffle stacked, other two cards are surprisingly stacked as well
Inspired by May 2020
Elixir (Vol. 3 No. 1 Part 2 (Spring #2))
244
Steve Forte Single Hole-card Hold' em Stack faro stacking for odd number of players, three-of-a-kind
2020 267
Steve Forte The Center Deal comments on its value for cheating
  • the magician and the cardsharp
  • center-deal demonstrations
2020 471
Steve Forte Three Card Monte analysis and fact checks
  • Recommendation
Related to 2020 689
Steve Forte Cutting the Aces intro
2020 746
Steve Forte deck setups all fours-of-a-kind together
2020 769
Steve Forte Two-At-A-Time Aces cutting to two Aces at once
  • two aces: v-strip
  • split, cut, carry
  • triple center-cuts
  • high-card wins
  • double dead-cuts
2020 782
Steve Forte Stacking and Culling Demonstrations intro
2020 889
Steve Forte Standard Stacks on simple stacking demonstrations, intro
2020 889
Steve Forte haymow getting into incremental haymow (segmented?)
Related to 2020 889
Steve Forte riffle stack as a demo
Related to 2020 890
Steve Forte faro stack on doing a simple faro stack for laypeople
2020 890
Steve Forte laying sets as a demo, full house completed on the draw of a multi-handed game
Related to 2020 891
Steve Forte casino slug scam memorizing a short sequence and carrying it
2020 892
Steve Forte high-low stack alternating high-low stack, full or partial
2020 893
Steve Forte Pick-up Double-Duke two Kings and two Queens stacked, yet then three of each are dealt in two hands
2020 895
Steve Forte Percentage Stacking four Aces on top, two riffle shuffles, dealt in five-handed game, with second deals
2020 896
Steve Forte Direct Stack Aces lost in deck, shuffle and cut, Aces dealt to any player with four to seven hands, with bottom deals and insertion at proper spots already into tabled deck
2020 897
Steve Forte direct stack #2 Aces lost in deck, shuffle and cut, Aces dealt to any player with four to seven hands, with bottom deals and insertion at estimated spots in the hands with corrections
2020 898
Steve Forte 1-4 Riffle Stacking riffle stacking demo with one Ace, then all four
Related to 2020 899
Steve Forte The Practice Drill gradually stacking the Aces with explanation of concept, involves second dealing
2020 900
Steve Forte Hold-Backs holding back large numbers as demo, pre-established
2020 901
Steve Forte Random-Card Stack a selected card is riffle stacked, along with the Aces as a surprise
2020 902
Steve Forte Hold' em Spacer-Stack any number from four to ten chosen, pair of Aces stacked to that number in clean-looking way with other Aces in flop and river
2020 903
Steve Forte Red-Black Hold 'em clean stacking of ten-handed hold 'em game, using red-black shuffle
2020 904
Steve Forte Riffle Down, Riffle Down two Aces on each half, two riffle shuffles and Aces dealt, using second deals
2020 905
Steve Forte The 2-1-2-4 Faro Stack dealing the Aces after one faro for a five-handed game
2020 906
Steve Forte Balancer Faro Stack eon shuffle and one cut to stack the four Aces for hold 'em
2020 907
Steve Forte Cut-Stacking four Aces cut into deck one at a time without shuffling, then deal
2020 908
Steve Forte Pushoff Cut-stacking four Aces cut into deck one at a time without shuffling, then deal
2020 910
Steve Forte Cut Anytime Stacking spectator can call out "cut" anytime during deal
2020 912
Steve Forte Insertion Stack Aces inserted into different parts, then apparent false dealing demo
2020 913
Steve Forte One-shuffle Stacks
  • one faro - four players - four aces
  • tap-tap stack
  • heads-up double-duke
  • dupes stack (duplicate Aces)
2020 915
Steve Forte Overhand Shuffle Cooler Stack Aces stacked, other players get good hands as well
2020 917
Steve Forte Legit Stripped Cooler Aces for dealer and fours-of-a-kind for other players after real strip cut
2020 918
Steve Forte Slug, Transfer, Ace Stack, Cooler Ace control, followed by deal of good hands for everyone
2020 919
Steve Forte Stripper Stack Aces fairly lost in table spread, dealt after single cut
2020 920
Steve Forte Riffle-Cull Coincidence apparently riffle culling the Aces
2020 921
Steve Forte, Salverio Piacente Sal's Cull/Stack position of Aces in face-up spread noted, then apparently stacked for seven players
Related to 2020 922
Steve Forte One-Ace-At-A-Time Cull & Stack in-the-hands pseudo cull-stack demo
Related to 2020 924
Steve Forte False Dealing Demonstrations intro
2020 926
Steve Forte Real-Deal Second Deal Demonstrations
2020 926
Steve Forte One-Card Demo second deal demo, getting a break before the second deals
2020 927
Steve Forte Five Inches Above The Deck top card lifted cleanly and pitched forward
2020 928
Steve Forte Face-up Second Deal Exposé Aces distributed face-up near top, punch type demo
2020 930
Steve Forte No Punch Kings and Queens Kings and Queens face-up distributed in deck, five-handed deal, four Aces kicker in another deal
2020 931
Steve Forte Second Deal Surprise strike seconds with protruding top card, "funky illusion"
Related to 2020 932
Steve Forte High Cards - Low Cards four-handed game dealt after honest riffle shuffle by spectator, all low cards to target, all high cards to dealer
Related to 2020 933
Steve Forte Gilbreath and the Perfect Bridge Deal punch type deal with full suit and one honest shuffle before the deal, faro
2020 935
Steve Forte Go-to Bottom Deal Demonstration direct with real bottoms
2020 936
Steve Forte Bottom Deal Demonstration combining different bottom deal methods for a demo
2020 936
Steve Forte Any Number of Players four to seven hands, faro, filling in bottoms for pre-stacked deal
2020 937
Steve Forte Ready Off The Bottom bottom deal announced, deck turned over and fair deal from face-up deck delivers Aces to dealer, play on words
2020 938
Steve Forte Face-up Double-duke Aces and Kings shuffled into deck face up before double-duke deal, bottom deals
2020 939
Steve Forte TV Center Deal Aces fairly lost in the center, requiring consecutive bottoms, from "Hidden Secrets of Magic"
Variations 2020 940
Steve Forte Red-Black Centers ten black cards placed in middle of twenty red cards, black cards deal
2020 941
Steve Forte Center Deal Any Card Called card in center named by spectator which is then dealt out
2020 944
Steve Forte No Shuffle, No Cut, No-Setup Centers Aces cut into center, then dealt out
2020 946
Steve Forte Immediate Center Deal two methods
2020 948
Steve Forte Dealing From The Middle Piles red and black Aces are cut into different parts of the deck, immediately dealt out with pseudo centers
2020 950
Steve Forte Any Aces? order shown to be random, then four Aces dealt to dealer, bottom deals
2020 953
Steve Forte Fast Face-up Aces five-card poker hand with one Ace put on top of deck and dealt out again, now has two Aces, repeated until it has four Aces
2020 954
Steve Forte Playing Heavy four poker hands dealt, other players have too many card but royal flush for dealer
2020 955
Steve Forte The Super Deal demo of seconds, thirds and fifths, then all Aces dealt at once
2020 956
Steve Forte Blackjack Switch bad blackjack hand and face of two halves changes into Ace and Jack of Spades, both halves flipped over
2020 958
Steve Forte pinochle Ace revelation framed by pinochle deal
2020 982
Steve Forte royal flush deal second deal demonstration, becomes red royal flush production despite only showing black royal flush cards earlier
2020 988
Steve Forte The "Brush" fake demo, hand becomes better as expected during pseudo-demonstration of Brush
2020 1019
Steve Forte Blackjack Challenge Deal dealer must draw to twenty-one, stack
  • 1st phase - 7 cards - XXX5655
  • 2nd phase - 8 cards - X9X2XXXX (before the draw)
  • 3rd phase - 7 cards - 6A9X383 (switch dealer's hole-card)
  • 4th phase - 7 cards - 89XXAAA (shuffle first four cards)
  • 5th phase - 12 cards - X9X758332722 (1-3 hands)
2020 1025
Steve Forte These Cards Are Marked! high-low separation, using one-way
2020 1027
Steve Forte Total Recall Scanning shuffled deck, spectator cuts off about a quarter, rest dealt through two at a time, then all missing values named, not easy
  • TRS
  • the system
2020 1037
Andi Gladwin Monte Python without mixing the cards, with two-for-one transposition finale
Inspired by 2020 37
Andi Gladwin From the Centre face-up cards shuffled in face-down cards, then all reversed cards dealt out, four Ace kicker
Inspired byRelated to 2020 149
Andi Gladwin Misdeal Aces distributed to four players's hands, they assemble in one
Related to 2020 169
Matt Baker Poker Lesson three-phase routine with Aronson stack, bottom deal demo
Also published here 2020 18
Tony Cabral Two Routines - One: The Braue Poker Deal Redux faro stacking demo, spectator choses type of poker game
Inspired byAlso published here
  • “Cheats & Deceptions” column in M-U-M Magazine
2020 60
Steve Reynolds Marked Seconds second deal demo, Aces make surprise appearance
2020 211
Steve Beam The Charm Aces are inserted into a pile, they form Blackjack with card next to it, repeated and humorous last phase
Inspired byRelated to 2020 62
Reinhard Müller Forks and Power Outlets ten cards are used, every ninth is removed and performer ends with a Royal Flush
2020 205
Steve Reynolds On Marlo's Gambling Routine with stack, faro
  • Phase One: Poker, Rummy, Pinochle
  • Phase Two: Blackjack
  • Phase Three: Sucker Hand
  • Phase Four: The Bridge Deal
Inspired by 2020
Output (Issue 6)
1
Edward Marlo The Double Stack four Kings stacked with two faros, then Aces overhand stacked to eight hands as surprise, from unpublished notes
2020
Output (Issue 6)
10
Steve Reynolds Marked Seconds second deal demo, miscall, lead-in for Open Travelers
2020
Output (Issue 6)
17
Steve Reynolds Sharper's Fate after fair shuffling by spectator a two-handed game is dealt from a spot decided by a cut card, chosen winner receives a Royal Flush, faro
Inspired by 2020
Output (Issue 10)
8