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344 entries in Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Miscellaneous
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Nick Trost Twenty-Card Poker I four poker hands are made from twenty-card packet with unusual procedure, Müller/Avis Dealing Procedure
Inspired by
  • "Everyone In Poker" (Paul Green, Nothing Up My (Green) Sleeves!, 1997)
Related to 		2009
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 2
407
Nick Trost Twenty-Card Poker II four poker hands are made from twenty-card packet with unusual procedure, Müller/Avis Dealing Procedure
Related to 2009
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 2
409
Nick Trost Repeat Twenty-Card Poker four poker hands are made from twenty-card packet with unusual procedure, Müller/Avis Dealing Procedure
Related to 2009
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 2
412
Nick Trost Flushed with Success Müller/Avis Dealing Procedure to get a flush
 		2009
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 2
414
Nick Trost Exchange Poker - My Original Version spectator can switch cards around between hands
Variations 2009
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 2
419
Nick Trost Five-Card Stud Exchange spectator can switch cards around between hands
Related to 2009
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 2
422
Nick Trost Seven-Card Stud Exchange spectator can switch cards around between hands
Related to 2009
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 2
425
Woody Aragón Psychic Poker after shuffle four poker hands are divined, one predicted, full deck stack, gilbreath
Related to 2010
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8
65
R. Paul Wilson Tupelo Paul simplified variation
Inspired by 2010
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8
157
Steve Beam One is the Loneliest performer and spectator get cards to complete four-card pokerhand, performer wins
 		2010
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8
177
David Malek Dealing Procedure in Gambling Demonstrations how to speed up dealing for a game
Also published here 2010
Secret Agenda (Issue Apr 28)
129
Derek DelGaudio Double George card removed by spectator, poker hands dealt and missing card completes straight flush, two handlings
Related to 2010
Derek DelGaudio
12
Roy Walton Poker Puzzle Ace to Five of Hearts and Spades on table in two rows, arranged by spectator, four cards on each card, hands gathered and dealt, some matching with other row occurs
VariationsAlso published here 2010
Prolix (Issue 7)
429
Steve Mayhew The Bugs Bunny Dang Deal performers hand suddenly has over fifteen cards, in the next round the spectator's hand grows and performer has Royal Flush
Inspired byAlso published here 2011
Full Frontal Mayhew
3
Woody Aragón Erdnase spectator shuffles, five hands dealt. "Erdnase" gets four aces and a Joker
 		2011
A Book in English
181
Harry Lorayne Triple Take card at thought-of position remembered, faro, poker deal, card at thought-of position in one of the hands, Royal Flush kicker
Also published here 2011
Special Effects
147
Karl Fulves Tweedle plot is that two players always get the same type of poker hand, demonstrated with ten-card packet
Related to 2011
Prolix (Issue 9)
586
Justin Higham General Note on Presentation
2011
More Pseudo Card-Cheating and Related Switches
41
Nick Trost Producing Poker, Blackjack and Gin Hands deck riffle shuffled by spectator, performer takes deck under the table and takes out good hands
Inspired by
  • "Any Card Called For Hanky" (U. F. Grant, D. Robbins & Company's magazine Magic Is Fun, No. 7, Oct.-Dec. 1947)
Variations 		2011
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 3
664
Nick Trost Four-Game Challenge two decks riffle shuffled by spectator, performer takes decks under the table and takes out good hands for different games
Inspired by 2011
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 3
667
Nick Trost The Luck of the Draw card reversed in packet of twenty-five cards, packet is "mixed" and dealt into five poker hands - hand with reversed card contains four of a kind and wins
Inspired byRelated to 2011
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 3
694
Karl Fulves Moving Hole Card apparently a hole card switch is demonstrated, but palmed card changes
 		2012
Prolix (Issue 10)
654
John Born, Jed B. Smith Slugged Memory demonstration for a game of poker, tracking a memorized slug
 		2012
Seeking the Bridge
91
Chuck Meyer Irish Poker deck shuffled face up face down, still good hands dealt, one hand with different backs (initials of cards)
Variations 2012
The F.F.F.F. Book
165
Allan Slaight Jacks are Better finding the four Jacks by spelling, story
Inspired byAlso published here 2012
The F.F.F.F. Book
247
Justin Higham Notes on Dealing
2013
Pseudo Cheating Demos and Effects
27
Nick Trost Roll-Over Straight Flush spectator riffle shuffles deck and deals piles, CATO procedure, performer deals four piles and rolls them over onto each other, five face-up cards are a straight flush
Inspired byVariations 2013
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 4
651
Nick Trost Give It To Me Straight riffle shuffle by spectator, then he deals deck into five piles, good poker hand is turned over on top, then deck assembled and cards next to reversed cards are a straight flush
  • Second Version
  • Third Version (inspired by Gene Gordon reference)
  • Fourth Version (inspired by "Prediction", 1937, reference)
Inspired by 2013
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 4
652
Nick Trost Crooked and Straight Dealing spectator deals half the deck into five hands and can bottom deal openly anytime, then performer deals fairly, everyone has a straight but the performer a royal flush
Inspired by 2013
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 4
670
Nick Trost Producing Poker Hands deck is riffle shuffled in halves by spectator, the performer produces consecutively better poker hands with deck below table starting from a straight
Related to 2013
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 4
672
Daniel Madison The Poker Lesson Storytelling stack that explains the rules and different hands of poker
 		2014
Placebo
7
Tomas Blomberg Simplex Non-Transitiv Poker Die die with four poker cards on each side
 		2014
Blomberg Laboratories
315
Steve Mayhew The Bugs Bunny Deal performers hand suddenly has over fifteen cards, in the next round the spectator's hand grows and performer has Royal Flush
Inspired byAlso published here 2014
Mayhew
123
Benjamin Earl Less is More Gambling Demonstration false gambling demonstration of ace location, false dealing, stacking, shuffle tracking, card mucking and four of a kind climax
 		2015
Less is More Bonus
10
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
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10
51
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
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10
72
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
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9
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
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9
64
Steve Beam More Cool Moracool Procedure for producing poker hand using the reverse faro.
Related to 2015
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9
64
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
Nick Trost Royal Flush Routine three tricks using two royal flushes
  • Ferris' Royal Flushes (two poker hands change to royal flushes)
  • Last Two Cards Match (Ramasee matching)
  • Royal Mind Reading (two Royal Flushes given to two spectators, they select one card and put it in the middle, hands gathered, mixed and re-dealt, spectators get their Royal Flush with chosen cards transposed, Fulves reference)
Inspired by 2015
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 5
1141
Nick Trost Just Not Your Day! spectator shuffles twice, only high cards used for deal and CATO things to find two good hands
Inspired by 2015
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 5
1244
Nick Trost The Top or Bottom Poker Deal with only high cards, spectator deals hands from either top or bottom, straights for everyone and four-of-a-kind for performer
 		2015
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 5
1245
Nick Trost Gemini Poker honest riffle shuffle, then Gemini Twins procedure to arrive at poker hands
  • A Second Method
 		2015
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 5
1247
Nick Trost Roll-Over Poker spectator riffle shuffles deck and deals piles with a strong hand on top, CATO procedure, performer deals four piles and rolls them over onto each other, five face-up cards are a straight flush
Inspired by 2015
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 5
1249
Nick Trost Poker and Rummy Deal some shuffling and dealing and good hands
 		2015
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 5
1251
Nick Trost Do As I Do Queens and Poker
  • Phase One - Do As I Do Queens (Hamman)
  • Phase Two - Do As I Do Poker (Fulves, re-dealing)
Inspired by 2015
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 5
1260
Max Maven Centrifugal Poker cards in poker hand divined, "The Centrifuge Principle"
Related to 2016
Session Notes
3
Pit Hartling Duplicity two poker hands dealt after spectator's riffle shuffle, exact deal duplicated with second deck by performer, bottom deals
Related toVariations 2016
In Order to Amaze
80
Pit Hartling Fairy Tale Poker eight-handed poker deal in which wanted hands appear, all hands full-house or better
 		2016
In Order to Amaze
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
In Order to Amaze
200
Pit Hartling Poker Night at the Improv all possible poker hands produced in increasing order, "Any Poker Hand the Magician Calls For"
 		2016
In Order to Amaze
210
Roberto Giobbi Jinxed Cards presentational idea
 		2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Apr 19)
114
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
Magnum Opossum
20
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
Roy Walton Poker Ace production of three poker hands
 		2016
The Complete Walton — Volume 3
83
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
The Complete Walton — Volume 3
116
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
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
The Bammo Tarodiction Toolbox ()
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
The Bammo Tarodiction Toolbox (Issue Addendum #3)
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
The Bammo Tarodiction Toolbox (Issue Addendum #8)
3
Allan Hagen Completing The Hand two cards chosen, three more cards found to complete a full house, then royal flush located
 		2017
Eleven
8
Nick Trost Brag-Poker Deal two-phase deal of game Brag
 		2017
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 6
1404
Nick Trost All-Fair Flip-Flop Flush after a riffle shuffle, spectator selects two good poker hands during Hindu shuffle procedure
  • Blackjack Version
Inspired by
  • "Flip-Flop Flush" (Larry Becker, Mentalism for Magicians, 1981)
 2017
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 6
1471
Nick Trost The Sleeve Holdout card placed in sleeve, spectator riffle shuffles once, top five cards are a straight flush except one card which is exchanged with the one in sleeve
Inspired by
  • "Psychic Poker" (Jean-Jacques Sanvert, The Best of J. J. Sanvert, DVD 4, 2006)
 2017
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 6
1481
Nick Trost Four Pat Hands deck is riffle shuffled in halves by spectator, four good hands show up after a deal with bad hands
Related to 2017
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 6
1507
Nick Trost Matrix Poker Revisited sixteen card matrix, cards chosen, total an cards are predicted, those cards and a card put away earlier form a straight Ten-Ace
Inspired byRelated to 2017
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 6
1525
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
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
Double Duke
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
Double Duke
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
Double Duke
20
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
The Bammo Ten Card Deal Dossier Addendum
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
Secret Language — Volume 1
300
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
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
Nick Trost Poke Poker, Revisited straight flush production by consecutive "Ginsburg Poke"s, adding a riffle shuffle at the start
Inspired by 2019
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 7
1679
Nick Trost Wild Bill Gets Shot different presentation for "Soapy Smith's Klondike Poker Deal", full house for spectator and straight flush for performer, adding a riffle shuffle at the start
Inspired by 2019
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 7
1698
Steve Forte Riffle-Cull Coincidence apparently riffle culling the Aces
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
921
Andi Gladwin Misdeal Aces distributed to four players's hands, they assemble in one
Related to 2020
The Boy Who Cried Magic
169
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Justin Higham Game or Demo? some culling improvisation stories
 		2023
Combined Card Notes
35
Lauren Cohen Ideal Poker Hand spectator cuts deck into three piles, piles are assembled face-up/face-down, then face-up cards are removed and rest dealt out into five hands, top and bottom cards of the piles consist of good poker hands (royal flush and full house)
Inspired by 2023
The Magic Apple Live! 2
21
Jack Carpenter The Burn & Turn story presentation for poker routine with only ten cards
 		2024
Carpenter's Conceptions
54
Roberto Giobbi Poker and Bridge on the history of those games
 		2024
Unexpected Agenda (Issue July 15)
208
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