"Magic"

108 entries in Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / "Magic"
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Victor Farelli Poker and Brag Four Aces produced in "magic gambling" routine via dealing procedure
Inspired by
  • "After the Four Ace Trick" (Billy O'Connor, The Magic Wand, June-Sept 1935)
 1936 "Lend Me Your Pack" 33
Purvis W. Miller Poker Hand Repeat Trick six card repeat with poker presentation
Variations 1939 More Card Manipulations (Issue 2) 33
Jean Hugard, Frederick Braue The Busted Bobtail four royal flush cards produced, then fifth has wrong suit, rest is transformed
 		1941 The Stripper Deck 15
Edward Marlo Effect Two straight flush shown with six cards, extra-card vanishes and reappears in sleeve
 		1953 Unlimited 13
James Steranko Dead Man's Hand Finale Chapter Twelve, "A Lesson in Card Artistry"
spectator choses card, they turn out to be Dead Man's Hand (pair of Eights and Aces), third Ace appears between them
 		1960 Steranko on Cards 83
Harry Lorayne Short Pseudo Exposé one card changes to complete royal flush
 		1962 Close-up Card Magic 243
Milton Kort The You Got Nothin Poker Deal Magician tries to deal the winning hand to himself, but gets a pair. But everyone else gets blank cards, so magician does win after all
 		1962 Kort Is Now In Session 13
Karl Fulves Prelude explaining "dealing heavy" to audience, then surplus card vanishes
 		Aug. 1967 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 2 No. 10) 114
Peter Alexis Scarlock's Card phoned person knows dealt poker hands
Inspired byAlso published here Oct. 1968 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 3 No. 12) 214
Guy Thompson The Mississippi Switch pile on table, cards to be exchanged dropped next to the pile and deck placed on first pile, in context of a poker story
 		1970 The Compleat Magick - Volume 1 (Issue 7) 31
Gene Nielsen Card Sense poker presentation, prediction in envelope
 		1971 The Compleat Magick - Volume 1 (Issue 37) 183
James G. Thompson Jr. Call Your Hand Variation performer's poker hand contains four Aces and selection
Inspired by 1972 The Living End 144
Peter Alexis Scarlock's Card phoned person knows dealt poker hands
Also published here 1973 Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups 13
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
Related toVariations 1973 The Card Magic of Edward G. Brown 36
Jerry K. Hartman Hope For The Best Spectator thinks of highest card in the hand, then magician deals four of a kind
Related to 1973 Means & Ends 80
Jerry K. Hartman Wild Kingdom I Four Twos and the Ten of Spades, the Twos change to complete Royal Flush in Spades
Related to 1975 Card Fare 25
Jerry K. Hartman Wild Kingdom II Four twos and Ace of Spades, Twos change to Aces, then change to Royal Flush in Spades
Related to 1975 Card Fare 25
Jerry Andrus "Gambler's Aces" face up aces in face down deck, four hands deal, then all aces are in one hand but face down
 		1976 Andrus Card Control 25
David Carré The Card Expert multiphase routine, fullstack
 		Feb. 1977 Pabular (Vol. 3 No. 6) 366
Karl Fulves Premium Poker five selections are promised to be hole cards in stud poker deal, however they appear from pocket instead, sleeving
 		1977 Impromptu Holdouts 14
Paul Harris Easy Royal Spectator names any Ace, performer takes out four cards and shows each card to be an Ace of Spades, packet then multiples into five cards and shown to be Royal Flush in Spades
Inspired by 1977 SuperMagic 97
Fred Lowe Matched Poker Deal done with royal flushs instead of quartets
 		1977 Matching the Cards 16
Christian Scherer Trickspiel-Poker five ace of spades or removed from deck and change into royal flush, second royal flush is produced
 		1978 Eine Handvoll Kartenkunststücke 84
Lin Searles The Color-Blind Crossroader five cards, one has different back, all backs change, gambling story
 		1978 Lecture Notes 7
Edward Marlo Vanish and Poker Combination four signed selections vanish and reappear in a poker hand
 		1979 Marlo's Magazine Volume 3 170
Karl Fulves Near Royalty two cards change to complete a Royal Flush between three cards
 		1980 Interlock 64
Ray Grismer Psychic Poker five hands, cards switch with performer's hand, who still ends up with Royal Flush
 		1980 The Compleat Magick — Volume III (Issue 250) 1247
Karl Fulves The Cut/Deal Problem three Aces and Kings are put on top, spectator deals for two players, "self-stacking"
 		1981 Side Steal 48
Karl Fulves Fifty Dollar Deal
  • Poker Problem #6
spectator constructs any hand from five face-up piles, one card from each pile, magician names this hand
 		1981 Octet 56
Karl Fulves The Hired Hand aces exchanged with other poker hand one by one, but still remain in original hand, with weird poker variation presentation
 		1981 Octet 72
Marc Russell Flash production of a royal flush, with Hofzinser Two Card Catch
 		1981 Spell-Binder (Vol. 1 No. 8) 145
Steve Beam Hole Card Change transposition presented as secret switch
 		1982 The Changing of the Cards 14
Mack Picknick The Gambler and His Accomplice gambling demo, spectators see cards put down in front of accomplice, eventually they are found in hand of performer
 		1982 Fork Full of Appetizers 36
Meir Yedid The Invisible Poker Hand invisible poker hand is dealt, which suddenly appears, with Slingshot Snap Out
Related toAlso published here 1982 Incredible Close-Up Magic 60
Ken De Courcy Australian Poker Down under deal five times to give spectator a poker hand, but you win with Straight Flush
Related to 1983 Four Ace Intro's 23
Steve Beam Rollover Aces
Inspired by 1987 The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue 18) 310
Doug Edwards Joker Poker using "Step Gaff"
 		May 1988 Apocalypse Vol. 11-15 (Vol. 11 No. 5) 1498
Edward Marlo The Oh Henry Stack three methods, other sources mentioned
Related to 1988 Marlo's Magazine Volume 6 138
Karl Fulves Outjogged Poker apparent stacking with outjogged aces as demo, when dealt aces fall to spectator, yet performer gets aces
Related to 1989 The Multiple Shift 15
Ken Krenzel, Edward Marlo The Doppelgänger Deck applying the JB Kard Kop
Inspired by 1990 Close-up Impact! 102
Harvey Rosenthal Switch Poker hands build by touching cards, royal flush, using the overload move
 		1990 The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 34) 601
Philip T. Goldstein Five-Card Polka poker story, red/blue double backer, marketed in 1976
 		1990 Focus 55
Meir Yedid Unsichtbarer Pokerspieler invisible poker hand is dealt, which suddenly appears, with Slingshot Snap Out
Inspired byAlso published here 1991 Meir Yedid 8
Jack Carpenter Eight Kings bottom deal demonstration in which one deals 8 kings, then kings are in other pile than they were dealt
Related to 1992 Modus Operandi 130
James Swain The Big Stack dealt poker hand of four aces transforms into royal flush. All other hands are shown as royal flushes as kicker
 		1992 Don't Blink 23
Meir Yedid Invisible Poker Hand invisible poker hand is dealt, which suddenly appears, with Slingshot Snap Out
Related toAlso published here 1993 Memorable Magic 7
Paul Gertner Black Jack Surprise bust blackjack hand changes into four aces
 		1994 Steel and Silver 113
Darwin Ortiz Darwin's Poker Deal travelling signatures
 		1995 Cardshark 159
Darwin Ortiz Pick-A-Card Poker with to-Royal-Flush-Transformation
Related to 1995 Cardshark 172
Darwin Ortiz The Cross faro stacking, transformation
Related to 1995 Cardshark 180
Dan Block One-Card Poker two cards become five - a royal flush
 		July 1996 Apocalypse Vol. 16-20 (Vol. 19 No. 7) 2665
Paul Cummins Intuitive Poker spectator chooses Royal Flush from spread deck
 		1996 from a shuffled deck in use... Part Two 18
Gary Plants "Killer" Poker-Deal Demo color changing deck climax
 		June 1996 Apocalypse Vol. 16-20 (Vol. 19 No. 6) 2662
Ken Krenzel The Lost Aces of Louie the Loser aces visibly vanish when dealt in poker deal, reappear in one of the other hands
 		1997 Ingenuities 137
Nick Trost Generic Deck Version Variation on "The Five-Ace Poker Hand" with blank cards
Inspired by 1997 The Card Magic of Nick Trost 27
Nick Trost False Deal Deluxe Pseudo false dealing demo
 		1997 The Card Magic of Nick Trost 87
Nick Trost Bottoms, Seconds and Centers Demo Pseudo demo (with duplicate card)
 		1997 The Card Magic of Nick Trost 88
Nick Trost Psychic Poker similar to previous "Calling the Hands"
 		1997 The Card Magic of Nick Trost 117
Nick Trost Trost on "Matching the Cards" Four jacks change to Aces, with blank deck ending
Inspired by
  • "Herbert Milton's Rendition of Matching the Cards" (Lewis Ganson, Matching the Cards, 1977)
Related to
  • "Correcting a Mistake" (Hatton & Plate, Magician's Tricks: How They Are Done, 1910)
 1997 The Card Magic of Nick Trost 184
Nick Trost Nick's Expanding Cards Mini poker hand grows in size to poker-size, gimmick could have inspired Micro Macro
Inspired by
  • "Lohrey's Enlarging Cards" (Carl Lohrey, marketed in The Linking Ring, 1950s)
VariationsAlso published here 		1997 The Card Magic of Nick Trost 220
Peter Duffie The Fourmost Card reversed in packet of twenty-five cards, packet is "mixed" and dealt into five poker hands - hand with reversed card contains four of a kind, other hands are mixed
Inspired byRelated to 1997 Effortless Card Magic 67
Alex Elmsley The Colour-Changing Faro Shuffle first published in Jerry Sadowitz' "The Crimp", five times performer cuts to a card, royal flush but with different colored back
 		1997 Alex Is At It Again 9
Doug Edwards Six Card Royal Four card repeat, end with royal flush production and finding selection
Also published here 1997 Doug Edwards Packs a Wallop! 39
Jas Jakutsch, Bob Farmer "16-Foot Tsunami" multiple cards are divined, impossible conditions, psychic poker, belly strippers
Related to 1999 Completely Mental - Vol. 3 9
David Regal The Luck Test Bad poker hand placed face up in the middle of the deck, transforms into a royal flush
 		1999 Close-Up & Personal 24
David Regal Mystic Poker Spectator draws any royal flush card on a blank card, four other blank cards print to complete the royal flush
 		1999 Close-Up & Personal 105
Joshua Jay Locating a Deal multiple selection, cards end up in a poker hand when dealing, then all spectators have their cards in their hands and performer has a Royal Flush
Inspired by 2000 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3 49
Simon Aronson Last Five Standing Produce poker hands with down under deal
 		2001 Try the Impossible 252
Marty Kane Progressive Card Magic two phases, good poker hands are formed
Inspired by
  • "Heavyweight" (Peter Duffie, 21 Card Tricks)
 2002 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4 74
William Goodwin A Royal Parcel
Inspired by 2002 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4 118
Steve Beam, Doug Canning Spineless spectator selects a dealt hand and remember a card, after dealing new hands, performer finds card and adds a good hand
 		2002 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4 166
John Moran Challenge Deal high card is named and spectator places the card in the deck, when cards next to it are removed they form a royal flush
Variations 2002 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4 182
Steve Beam Starter Cards low card is named and spectator places the card in the deck, when cards next to it are removed they form a straight flush
Inspired by 2002 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4 183
Steve Beam Starter Cards #2 low card is named and spectator places the card in the deck, when cards next to it are removed they form a straight flush
Inspired by 2002 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4 185
Ernest Earick A Hand For Mr. Scarne Aces lost in deck, one shuffle, performer deals himself four times the Ace of Spades, transformation into different Aces
Inspired byRelated to 2003 Penumbra (Issue 6) 4
Karl Fulves Who's The Cheat? two four-of-a-kinds, two of each given to both spectator and performer, yet they separate again
Related to 2003 Off The Books (Issue 7) 131
Luis H. Trueba El Tahúr Precavido gambling routine, cutting to the Kings, dealing Kings in one hand and Aces in other, all the red cards appear togehter as well as the black cards in order
 		2003 Magia y Dramagia 107
Wesley James, Patrick Cook Holdout Holdup "sewt", signed kings placed in sleeve openly, kings then travel to deck, stacked for poker game, change to Aces, Kings in wallet, five methods
 		2004 Enchantments 133
Reinhard Müller Flip-Flop Poker using the Müller-Flop, packets are turned over and card selected, card next to selection are all high cards of same suit, selection transform to form a Royal Flush
 		2004 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5 76
Reinhard Müller Three-Deal Royal Flush different method for Flip-Flop Poker
 		2004 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5 77
Karl Fulves Real Secret Stuff Aces removed from deck with an indifferent card, this packet riffle shuffled into deck and left outjogged, two poker hands dealt from outjogged cards alternating with top of deck, Aces end up in other packet
 		2006 Prolix (Issue 1) 62
Woody Aragón All Winners alternative ending for Australian Poker, all end with Royal Flushes
 		2006 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6 209
Steve Beam Full Boats and Empty Nets two hands of five cards are used and even though spectator shuffled, performer has the mates of spectator's cards
 		2006 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7 121
Tomas Blomberg Swedish Parity Poker instructions for a game with five players, performer wins, prediction of total of values in performer's hand
 		2006 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7 123
Steve Beam The Spoiler selection in the deck, several hands dealt, selection will complete good hand
Inspired byRelated to 2006 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7 127
Steve Beam Take this Card and Shove It selection in the deck, several hands dealt, selection will complete good hand, with smaller set-up
 		2006 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7 130
Marc Serin Poor Man's Poker cut-off pile is dealt into several hands, top card of each pile form a Royal Flush
 		2006 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7 135
Jerry K. Hartman Poker Face-to-Face Multiple card Triumph under guise of gambling demonstration
 		2007 The Magician's Ltd Cookbook 74
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 by
  • "No Jonah Poker" (Jon Racherbaumer, Freebie 8, 2007)
 2007 52 Memories 14
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 52 Memories 27
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 The Essential Stewart James 105
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 The Essential Stewart James 189
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 to 2008 Dexterity Manual 31
Michael Weber A Spectator Named Kennedy shuffled deck, spectator apparently deals cards from center while magicians gets a full house
Related to 2009 Penumbra (Issue 11) 7
Michael Weber Self-Centered apparently spectator deals centers
 		2010 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8 115
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 Finding The Center 59
Tony Cabral Five Aces same Ace dealt to oneself five times, changes into royal flush, different handlings
Related toVariations 2011 Card Tricks for the Untrustworthy 38
Pit Hartling Una apuesta imposible spectator selects a card and performer cuts four piles, cut cards form a straight flush with selected card, repeated
 		2011 El Manuscrito (Vol. 4 No. 17) 524
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 Magical Mathematics 8
Jason Ladanye The Big Stack performer stacks himself queen, someone else gets kings, queens change to aces
Inspired by 2013 Confident Deceptions 181
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 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9 217
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 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9 220
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 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9 222
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
 		2016 In Order to Amaze 200
Frank Shields Gardner-Marlo Poker Deal Variation
2017 Facsimile (Issue 6) 11
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 Game Changer 251
Ramón Riobóo Unbeatable
2018 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 11 145
Reinhard Müller Forks and Power Outlets ten cards are used, every ninth is removed and performer ends with a Royal Flush
 		2020 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 12 205