Gambling

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Lee Lee Invisible Bottom Deal - Lee Lee's Variation
Inspired byVariations 2020
Output (Issue 13)
1
Steve Reynolds Reynold's Variation
  • Second Phase
  • Third Phase
  • Alternative Ending
Inspired by 2020
Output (Issue 13)
4
Jon Racherbaumer Ducky-Dealing Poker ten-card packet used to find Royal Flush via deal & duck
Inspired by Feb. 2020
Genii (Vol. 83 No. 2)
46
Jim Steinmeyer Syracuse Monte
  • Conjuring
with jumbo cards
 		Oct. 2020
Genii (Vol. 83 No. 10)
52
Roberto Mansilla Chatting with Britland
  • Artifices
five-card hand is chosen, spectator removes one card and takes another one, it completes a Royal Flush
Inspired byVariations Oct. 2020
Genii (Vol. 83 No. 10)
60
Gabi Pareras, Roberto Mansilla Chatting with Gabi
  • Artifices
five-card hand is chosen, spectator removes one card and takes another one, it completes an Ace to Five straight
Inspired by Dec. 2020
Genii (Vol. 83 No. 12)
50
Ryan Schlutz Business as Usual business card with writing in a grid is torn into eight pieces, spectator makes decisions until two four-piece piles are made, can be controlled by performer à la ten card poker deal
  • Caleb Wiles' approach
  • David Regal, John Guastaferro, Caleb Wiles and my approach
Inspired byAlso published here 2020
False Anchors — Volume Four
14
Chris Rawlins One Card Poker spectator shuffles, then takes top cards, as does performer, both are Aces, other Aces found on top and reversed in center
  • Ad Card Secrets
  • Reverse Approach
Variations 2020
Un-Luck
5
Greg Chapman Fixed Floating Key Cards in a Stacked Deck 18-35 principle
    • High Card
    • Hold'em
  • Work in the Cards
  • Other Positions
 		2020
Faro Fundamentals
30
Larry Jennings One-Hand Maestro’s Poker Demonstration five cards change several times into increasingly better poker hands
Related to 2020
Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy
276
Larry Jennings Free-Cut Poker Deal
2020
Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy
378
Larry Jennings The Atrocious Bottom Deal obvious bottom deal in one hand, but Aces are shown to be in another hand
 		2020
Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy
416
Trevor Lewis Monte Plus Move
July 2021
Elixir (Vol. 3 No. Special Chicago Issue #1)
16
Edward Marlo Sudo Centers Aces lost in deck reversed, dealt with second deals
VariationsAlso published here
  • "Sudo Centers" (Ed Marlo, MUM, Vol. 43 No. 11, April 1954, p. 466)
 2021
Output (Issue 16)
21
Steve Reynolds Invisible Poker Deal Collins Aces, Aces reappear face-up when dealing a face-down poker hand
Inspired byAlso published here
  • Next Stop... Larceny
 2021
Output (Issue 16)
26
Roberto Mansilla A False Demonstration
  • Artifices
gambling routine
  • First Phase (Ed Marlo's "Lessinout")
  • Second Phase ("Marlo-Gardner Poker Deal")
 		June 2021
Genii (Vol. 84 No. 6)
66
John Bannon Another Better Loser
  • Dealing With It
after shuffling and cut-deeper procedure ten cards are shown and dealt to two players, performer get's royal flush
 		Nov. 2021
Genii (Vol. 84 No. 11)
52
David Britland Master of the Game
  • Cardopolis
four Kings put on top and two hands of four cards each dealt, one hand contains all Kings, repeated with same result and Aces in other hand
Also published here Dec. 2021
Genii (Vol. 84 No. 12)
45
Benjamin Earl Lucky Deal spectator deals himself his selection in a poker hand and his other cards complete a Royal Flush
 		2021
Inside Out
21
Tom Dobrowolski Extended Shock multiple poker hand transformation, on deck
Inspired by June 2021
The Disclaimer (Vol. 1 No. 3)
79
Ryan Murray Lucky Poker Deal card selected from packet and lost, four hands dealt, chosen one contains four Sevens and selection, using natural stripper properties in standard decks
 		2021
Natural Card Magic
61
Justin Higham Quicksilver "Six or seven (or more) fours of a kind and other poker hands are produced from a genuinely shuffled deck."
  • Phase One (Eight-Card Spread-Separation Cull)
  • Phase Two (Prefigured Full House Poker Deal)
  • Phase Three (Improvised)
  • Phase Four (Impromptu Illogical Prefiguration / Unimpaired Prefiguration)
  • Phase Five (Alternative for the Streamlined Overhand Cull-Stack)
  • Phase Six (Improvised, 100% Production)
  • End Notes
  • Credits
  • Final Thoughts
Related to 2021
Highlights 2
20
Jimmy Ichihana Short Cut To Winning Go Fish mates to the cards from a six-card poker hand are found by performer, first two single cards, then rest via Biological Shuffle by Paul Harris
Inspired by June 2022
Elixir (Vol. 3 No. Florida Issue Part One)
14
Michael Eaton Two-Card Monte Payoff variation of DeLand's Two-Card Monte, bill appears at the end
 		June 2022
Elixir (Vol. 3 No. Florida Issue Part One)
37
Karl Hein Everyone Loves A Good Polygon blackjack demo that ends in a 4x4 magic square layout for 21
 		June 2022
Elixir (Vol. 3 No. Florida Issue Part Two)
97
Ryan Schlutz Business As Usual business card with writing in a grid is torn into eight pieces, spectator makes decisions until two four-piece piles are made, can be controlled by performer à la ten card poker deal
  • Caleb Wiles' approach
  • David Regal, John Guastaferro, Caleb Wiles & My Approach
Also published here June 2022
Elixir (Vol. 3 No. Florida Issue Part Two)
136
Jean-Marie Beckers Little Erdnase stack which can be cut and dealt out for five players, then any hand is selected, two cards drawn for two previously removed cards, they fill a straight
 		Jan. 2022
Genii (Vol. 85 No. 1)
76
Edward Hass Twenty is Plenty card stapled to another one transposes, Blackjack presentation
 		Jan. 2022
Genii (Vol. 85 No. 1)
80
Joshua Jay Gambling Demonstration short idea using "The Trojan Box" to add a run of Spades
 		June 2022
Genii (Vol. 85 No. 6)
59
John Bannon One of the Better Losers
  • Dealing With It
Hold 'Em stacking demo with double duke, faro
 		Sep. 2022
Genii (Vol. 85 No. 9)
62
Scott Baird Bigger Deal Aces cut to, then good hands for different games dealt (blackjack, bridge, poker)
Inspired by
  • "The Big Deal" (Joshua Jay, download)
 Sep. 2022
The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 9)
404
George McBride Lucky 21 two cards put above and below a lucky card change into a blackjack hand, the lucky card becomes a previously signed selection
 		2022
The Glasgow File — Volume 1
80
George McBride Quasi Thirds
Inspired by
  • "Tricky Thirds" (Mickey MacDougall, Card Mastery, 1944)
 2022
The Glasgow File — Volume 1
83
Derrick Chung Deal With The Devil apparent false deals with small packet
  • Phase 1 - Regular Deal
  • Phase 2 - Second Deal
  • Phase 3 - Third Deal
  • Phase 4 - Greek Deal
  • Phase 5 - Bottom Deal
Inspired by 2022
The Nacho Card Notes
9
Shimpei Katsuragawa Midas Monte monte with Ace and three indifferent cards, all change to Aces as kicker
Variations 2022
La Campanella
49
Shimpei Katsuragawa Midas Monte II monte with Ace and three indifferent cards, all change to Aces as kicker, variation with poker chip or coin as additional prop
Inspired by 2022
La Campanella
55
Shimpei Katsuragawa Murphy's Monte four Kings used for monte routine, one exchanged with a Queen as the money card, then all change to Aces
 		2022
La Campanella
59
Dai Vernon Seven Card Monte card vanishes from packet and reappears on top of the deck, double facer, from private lecture notes by Ernest Shattock
Related to 2022
Dai Vernon: The Spirit of Magic
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Dai Vernon Three Card Monte from private lecture notes by Ernest Shattock
 		2022
Dai Vernon: The Spirit of Magic
73
Dai Vernon Three Card Monte routine, from private lecture notes by P. Howard Lyons
 		2022
Dai Vernon: The Spirit of Magic
86
Joshua Jay Overlap Gambling Jacks put on top, immediately dealt out for four hands, repeat with three more four-of-a-kinds
  • Alternate Handling
Also published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
102
Roy Walton Steven's Choice red-black matching game is announced, performer gets all red cards
Also published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
337
Paul Cummins Punken Droker poker game dealt from deck shuffled face up/down
Inspired byAlso published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
418
Caj Brejtfus Expertalk: Caj Brejtfus on Three Card Monte false indices
Inspired byAlso published here
  • MAGIC, Sep. 2005
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
434
Roger Crosthwaite More Ace-Cutting
Inspired by
  • "Loo Lung Revisited" (Roger Crosthwaite, Tribute to Farelli)
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Mar. 2006
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
485
Tomas Blomberg, Jason England Take It Or Sleeve It no-touch poker deal, spectator shuffles and deals off the bottom openly, performer's and spectator's hand are completed with previously "sleeved" cards
Also published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
496
Derek DelGaudio Muck You performer puts Ace of Spades in his sleeve, blackjack mucking demonstration, repeat with a card in spectator's sleeve, duplicate
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here
  • MAGIC, May 2006
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
497
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
VariationsAlso published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
537
Richard Vollmer 242 Deal
VariationsAlso published here
  • MAGIC, Oct. 2006
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
547
Michael Powers Blankjack Redux two cards selected by dropping cut cards in deck during deal, those are a blackjack hand and the rest of the deck is blank which means it transposed with a blank deck shown earlier
Inspired byAlso published here
  • MAGIC, May 2007
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
614
Bedros "Spidey" Akkelian Blast From the Past ambitious card routine that ends with double-blank deck
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Aug. 2007
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
643
David Solomon Marlo Gardner Britland Poker Deal
  • Phase One: Dealing Four of a Kind from Different Parts of the Deck
  • Phase Two: The Double Duke
  • Phase Three: The Britland Switch of Hands
Also published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
645
Christian Chelman Return of the Chelman Poker Deal any poker hand called for is dealt, then mates of selected hand are dealt in second phase
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Oct. 2007
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
662
Miles Santoro, Tomas Blomberg Royal Jennings four Tens produced (incorporated card blendo effect), then an Ace of Spades, other hands change to complete a Royal Flush
Inspired by
  • "Profusion" (Jack Parker, Tomas Blomberg)
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Mar. 2008
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
713
Dave Forrest Flush Aces performer cuts to four Aces, Aces change into Royal Flush with five cards
VariationsAlso published here
  • MAGIC, June 2008
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
740
Joshua Jay 242 2.0
  • Phase One, Blackjack
  • Phase Two, 242 Poker
  • Phase Three, Fifteen Card Poker
Inspired byAlso published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
795
David Parr Hand Of Fate Dead Man's Hand presentation
Inspired byAlso published here
  • MAGIC, Nov. 2008
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
801
Steve Skomp Truth, Lies, and Machine Gun Seconds second deal demonstration, than a hole is shown in top card which is then restored
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Dec. 2008
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
810
Jason Alford Flush Aces Variation performer cuts to four Aces, Aces change into Royal Flush with five cards
Inspired byAlso published here
  • MAGIC, Jan. 2009
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
826
Mark Ennis Natural Disaster spectator glimpses blackjack hand, then it changes
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Feb. 2009
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
831
David Solomon Expertalk: David Solomon on 242 2.0
Also published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
869
Simon Aronson Gimme Five five poker hands dealt, four spectators remember one card in their packets, cards redealt, performer has all four chosen cards in his hand
Related toVariationsAlso published here
  • MAGIC, Aug. 2009
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
878
Denis Behr, Pit Hartling A Center Deal Demonstration with variation
Also published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
891
Grace Ann Morgan Plus One spectator cuts to four cards, performer cuts to one higher each
Also published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
974
Bobby Hasbun Hold 'Em Switch 'Em best and worst Hold 'Em hands change place visually
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Mar. 2011
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
1017
Paul Vigil High 5 five poker hands dealt, four spectators remember one card in their packets, cards redealt, performer reads minds of four spectators
Inspired byAlso published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
1074
Alexandre Denis Zorba bottom deal demo with burn cover card
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Mar. 2012
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
1105
Masahiro Yanagida Money Monte three jumbo cards, money appears and center card changes
Also published here
  • MAGIC, June 2012
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
1121
Doug Conn All Men Dream of Cheating four blank cards, two blackjack hands are printed, then they change into Royal Flush
Inspired byAlso published here
  • MAGIC, Aug. 2012
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
1136
Dai Vernon Vernon's Five Hands performer blindfolded, five hands dealt, one for performer, four spectators remember a card and put it back in any position in their hands, deck shuffled and dealt, no one has his selection, they are not in performer's hand, on next deal everyone gets his selection and performer names them
Inspired byRelated to 2022
Gagnon's Inner Sanctum
1
Geno Munari Geno Munari's Middle Deal Aces Aces dealt face up into named hand in seven-handed game, center deal demo
 		2022
Gagnon's Inner Sanctum
23
Tom Gagnon Seven Card Monte card vanishes from packet and reappears on top of the deck, repeat
Inspired by 2022
Gagnon's Inner Sanctum
75
Juan Tamariz Suicide Poker from a shuffled deck, four good hands, performer wins with four Aces, culling
 		2022
Letters from Juan — Volume 2
14
Andi Gladwin Memorised Centre Deal performer apparently memorises order and then deals out Aces to himself
Inspired by 2022
The Reverse Cull
57
Troy Hooser Reverse Cull Stacking
Related to 2022
The Reverse Cull
59
David Ben The Principles of Deception Aces lost face up, center deal demonstration
  • Notes on The Principles of Deception
Inspired by 2022
Alchemy
10
Juan Tamariz Grand Poker Demonstration "Vernon Formula Plus"
  • I. Blackjack
  • II. Four Kings
  • III. Four Aces
  • V. The Vernon Poker Demonstration - The Formula
  • The Icing on the Cake: Total Color Separation
Inspired by 2022
Letters from Juan — Volume 3
34
Jean-Pierre Vallarino A Royal Triumph spectator cuts packet from deck and shuffles it face up into face down, card is selected/lost in rest of deck and deck is mixed face up and face down with packet, Royal Flush cards are cut to one at a time and finally entire deck is facing one way except selection
 		2022
Vallarino
162
Juan Tamariz The Three Stooges three cards chosen, they end up completing three four-card poker hands to straight flushes
 		2022
Letters from Juan — Volume 4
34
Juan Tamariz Tweezers: A Two-Card Monte an Ace and a Jack are only handled with the two red Tens as tweezers
  • First Phase (Ace and Jack transpose)
  • Second Phase (Ace and Jack both transpose with the red Tens, one with bent corner)
 		2022
Letters from Juan — Volume 5
10
Ben Daggers Tribute performer blindfolds himself by holding hand over eyes, then deck is shuffled with other hand and spectator gets three Aces while performer gets Royal Flush, missing Ace is found palmed in the hand
Inspired by 2022
The Elusive Illusive
1
Ben Daggers Soft Centre center deal demo, named card and mate and eventually all cards of same color are dealt out, last part is tossed from the deck into other hand
Inspired byRelated to 2022
The Elusive Illusive
17
Jon Racherbaumer Helter-Skelter Poker
  • Exhumations
poker deal with ten face-up and ten face-down cards shuffled together
Inspired by
  • "Carbon Footprint" (Paul Gordon, Gold Dust)
Also published here 		Jan. 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 1)
42
Bernard Bilis Impossible Center Deal Aces and Kings alternating face up in center of deck, Aces are dealt out
 		June 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 6)
34
Chris Bruce A Gambling Demo multi-phase impromptu gambling demonstration, selection shuffled to named positions and more
  • Phase 1: Card to position 3-8
  • Phase 2: Second Deal demo
  • Phase 3: Card to position 11-20
  • Phase 4: The card is lost, and then produced after a series of cuts
  • Phase 5: Find the selection after the cards are shuffled
 		June 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 6)
855
Chiam Yu Sheng Challenge Accepted poker deal and six card repeat combo, performer deals out a poker hand and himself one card to many which is removed several times, performer ends up with Aces
Inspired by Sep. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 9)
1004
Scott Baird Six Card Cheat poker deal and six card repeat combo, performer deals out a poker hand and himself one card to many which is removed several times, performer ends up with Aces and others with good hands as well
 		Sep. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 9)
1008
Scott Baird One Point Five Hummer mathematical three card monte with three chosen cards, cards are divined as well
Inspired by Dec. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 12)
1126
Friedrich Roitzsch Luminous Readers performer removes Aces from face-down deck apparently by help of special glasses, spectator wears glasses and apparently can now see marked cards which are red-backed cards in blue-backed deck, then they change into blue backed cards, sucker moment
Inspired by 2023
Instructions for Miracles
16
John Hostler W.I.M.P. "Wild Inverted Monte Progression"
monte routine with more spot cards added during the routine, then all spot cards become Queens of Hearts
 		2023
Percolations
17
Pit Hartling Game of Chance color of every third card used in multiple phase gambling game
Also published here 2023
Three for Tuscany
22
Michał Kociołek Misdeal ten cards in a row are distributed between performer and spectator, all cards are shown to be blank, performer prints himself five Aces
 		2023
Misdeal
1
Justin Higham Monte Plus Move - Finesse out-jogged handling
  • Credits (credit information)
Inspired by 2023
Combined Card Notes
13
Justin Higham Secret Full House spectator draws cards face up, performer still gets a Full House, Reverse Mexican Concept
 		2023
Combined Card Notes
27
Justin Higham Game or Demo? some culling improvisation stories
 		2023
Combined Card Notes
35
Justin Higham Probability Full House Plus impromptu
  • I Prefer Poker
Inspired by 2023
Additional Card Notes
6
Ricky Smith When Life Gives You Lemons... idea for classic punch deal
 		2023
I Spilled the Coffee
33
Todd Karr Texas Todd performer wins with Royal Flush in Hold 'Em game
 		2023
Karr et Cartes
11
Bob Farmer The Use of Abstraction in the Invention of Magic Tricks on the Mojo Boogie Boxes Routine, Roy Kueppers, Bammo Queen Monte Routine
 		May 2023
PM2 (Issue 28)
37
John Guastaferro, Allan Ackerman A Bigger Surprise no-throw monte routine with surprise transformation
Also published here 2024
All In — Volume 1
127
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
Also published here 2024
All In — Volume 1
175
Allan Ackerman The Ten-Card Poker Deal four phases, double jonah, almost no-touch
Also published here 2024
All In — Volume 1
196
Steve Mayhew, Allan Ackerman, Simon Aronson Mayhew Poker Again Mayhew Poker Deal, mistakes turn out to be a Royal Flush
Also published here 2024
All In — Volume 1
213
Allan Ackerman The Ultimate GM Poker Deal first bottom deal demo, then good hands in hands
Also published here
  • Linking Ring Parade
 2024
All In — Volume 1
216
Allan Ackerman The Burnable Bottom Deal more a transfer bottom card to top, covered side steal, as pseudo bottom deal demonstration
Also published here 2024
All In — Volume 2
7
Allan Ackerman A Little Finesse on "Surprise Monte" all three cards change, packet switch on deck
Inspired by 2024
All In — Volume 2
25
Allan Ackerman, Jack Carpenter Revisiting Molly no-throw monte routine in which money card changes at end and appears reversed in deck
Inspired byAlso published here 2024
All In — Volume 2
101
Allan Ackerman, Jason England, 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 2024
All In — Volume 2
109
Allan Ackerman A Sleightless Ernie spectator names any Royal Flush or high Four-of-a-Kind and performer can deal it, no false deals
Inspired by 2024
All In — Volume 2
145
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