Riffle Stacking

153 entries in Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Stacking / Riffle Stacking
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Unknown Another Poker Trick three Aces are controlled then riffle stacked for four players
Related to 1909 The Art of Magic 130
Jack Merlin The Riffle Stack four cards
Related to 1927/28 Merlin at the Card Table 6
Jack Merlin Fake Runn Up three aces for four hands, prepared
Variations 1927/28 Merlin at the Card Table 7
Jack Merlin Audacity Run Up stacking a straight, one shuffle, prepared
 		1927/28 Merlin at the Card Table 8
Jack Merlin To Deal Four Aces From Any Man's Pack riffle stack of four aces for four hands
 		1927/28 Merlin at the Card Table 15
Purvis W. Miller Setting up Poker Hands with the Riffle Shuffle mentioning pre-established breaks
1. To Run up Three Cards in a Four-Handed Game of Poker
2. To Set Up Two Hands, Threes in Each Hand, in a Four Hand Game
Related toVariations 1939 More Card Manipulations (Issue 2) 21
Frederick Braue Braue Poker Deal getting the aces, faro stack
Variations 1940 Expert Card Technique 150
Frederick Braue The Royal Flush Deal simple faro stack
 		1940 Expert Card Technique 151
Edward Marlo The Blind Fold Stack punched cards as safety measure
Variations 1947 Marlo In Spades 23
Edward Marlo Pseudo Stacking combining riffle stacking and second deal
 		1947 Marlo In Spades 26
Edward Marlo The Sucker's Stack combining riffle stacking and second deal
 		1947 Marlo In Spades 27
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Bottom Run-Up
1957 The Cardiste (Issue 4) 12
Edward Marlo If I Were a Card Cheat how to present riffle stacking to audiences
 		1959 Riffle Shuffle Systems 85
Edward Marlo Faro Plus Seconds - Stud riffle and overhand combination
 		1959 Riffle Shuffle Systems 108
Edward Marlo Call and Stock any called value is stacked into named number of hands, from new pack order stack
 		1964 The Patented Shuffle (Issue 4 Transfers) 26
Edward Marlo Center Stacking cards stacked while apparently being in center
Related to 1964 The Patented Shuffle (Issue 4 Transfers) 38
Edward Marlo The Double Stack stacking two hands
 		1964 The Patented Shuffle (Issue 4 Transfers) 40
Edward Marlo The Triple Stack stacking three pairs of cards
 		1964 The Patented Shuffle (Issue 4 Transfers) 43
Edward Marlo Bluff Poker Stack
1964 The Patented Shuffle (Issue 5 I Shuffled the Cards)
Edward Marlo Stacking Demo
  • 5 Hand Stack
  • Six Hands
 		1964 The Patented Shuffle (Issue 6 Effects) 9
Edward Marlo Fast Demonstration of Stacking a Pair
1964 The Patented Shuffle (Issue 6 Effects) 11
Edward Marlo Power Poker #1 stacking aces, everybody gets a good hand as well
Related toVariations 1964 The Patented Shuffle (Issue 6 Effects) 12
Edward Marlo Transition Poker ace stacking with new deck order climax
 		1964 The Patented Shuffle (Issue 6 Effects) 15
Edward Marlo Power Poker #2 ace stacking demo, everybody gets a good hand
 		1964 The Patented Shuffle (Issue 6 Effects) 18
Edward Marlo Pseudo One Riffle Stacks eleven methods
 		1967 Riffle Shuffle Finale (Issue Pseudo One Riffle Stacks) 1
Larry Jennings The Future Gambler overhand stacking demo, riffle stacking demo, triumph finish
Related to 1969 The Cardiste (Issue 13) 29
Norman Houghton Ultimate stack with apparent miss
Inspired by 1970 Epilogue (Issue 9) 71
Karl Fulves This Is A Poker Hand? four aces are stacked from a shuffled deck
 		1971 The Book of Numbers 6
Edward Marlo The Re-Setting Riffle Shuffle Stack changing the number of players for a stacked hand
 		1972 The Shank Shuffle 45
Edward Marlo Deal Us In changing the number of players for a stacked hand
 		1972 The Shank Shuffle 51
Martin A. Nash The Three to Seven Hand Poker Stack faro & second dealing, see p. 444 for additional crediting
 		1975 Ever So Sleightly 96
Peter Kane Acestack one shuffle and player number from Two to Eight
 		1975 A Further Card Session with Peter Kane 7
Martin A. Nash The Eight-Card Poker Challenge stacking kings and aces for any players, faro & second deal
 		1979 Sleight Unseen 408
Tom Gagnon The Forgetful Gambler riffle stack demo with second Marlo/Gardner Phase and optional color changing back kicker
Related toAlso published here Mar. 1979 Apocalypse Vol. 1-5 (Vol. 2 No. 3) 172
Karl Fulves School for Swindlers four indifferent cards stacked to spectator, performer receives aces
  • Four Aces vs. Royal Flush
  • The Concealed Outcome (using aces later)
 		1979 Gambler's Third Lesson 3
Karl Fulves The Gambler's Third Lesson four indifferent cards stacked to spectator, two signed selections as hole cards, performer receives aces
  • The Marked Card Phase
  • Four Ace Finale
 		1979 Gambler's Third Lesson 10
Karl Fulves Control Points outline for double duke stack
 		1979 Gambler's Third Lesson 15
Martin A. Nash, Dai Vernon Fast Stack riffle stacking for four, five or six hands, handling of unpublished Vernon effect
Also published here 1980 Jacks or Better 5
Karl Fulves Setting Records idea for speed stacking
 		1980 Interlocutor (Issue 42) 165
Martin A. Nash Fast Stack one shuffle and some cutting
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1982 Best of Friends 74
Steve Beam Super Stack - The One Second Poker Stack
  • The Work
  • Status Report
  • Synopsis of the Cull and Set-Up
  • Overhand Shuffle - Four Hand Stack
  • The Riffle Shuffle
  • Synopsis of the Riffle Shuffles
Inspired byRelated to 1983 Super Stack — The One Second Poker Stack 2
Unknown The Slick Ace Run Up stacking the Aces from a shuffled deck, brief
 		1983 A History of the Brainwave Principle 18
Edward Marlo Olram's One Riffle Stack
1983 Powerful Magic 53
Edward Marlo Indeterminate Pseudo Stack estimation one riffle shuffle stack with second deal and injogged cards
 		1984 Marlo's Magazine Volume 5 18
Edward Marlo Sophisticated Suggestion aces to one hand, kings to other hand, "inverse" belly strippers
 		1984 Marlo's Magazine Volume 5 84
Edward Marlo Triple Power Poker bottom deal, overhand and riffle stacking demo
 		1984 Marlo's Magazine Volume 5 86
Edward Marlo Story Book Poker Deal Ace cutting, repeat six hand stacking, all have quartets as climax, "inverse" belly stripper
 		1984 Marlo's Magazine Volume 5 88
Edward Marlo Crimp Conjuring spectator shuffles, magician locates Aces two times, then stacks them, similar to snap crimp
 		1984 Marlo's Magazine Volume 5 210
Karl Fulves The 3 Jacks Deal stacking demo, partially pseudo
 		1984 Riffle Shuffle Technique — Part Three 183
Karl Fulves Jacks with a Finish "3 Jack Deal" with aces climax
 		1984 Riffle Shuffle Technique — Part Three 185
Karl Fulves The Restacking Problem players leave or arrive after deck is already stacked, several solutions:
  • 4 Hands to 3
  • 5 Hands to 4
  • 5 Hands to 3
  • 3 Hands to 5
  • Mind Games (including finding some thought of cards (blindfold poker deal))
Related to 1984 Riffle Shuffle Technique — Part Three 192
Karl Fulves 4 to 3 in 2 Restacking Problem Routine
 		1984 Riffle Shuffle Technique — Part Three 201
Larry Jennings, Jeff Busby The Return of the Future Gambler variation of Jennings' "Future Gambler" , overhand stacking demo, riffle stacking demo, triumph finish
Related to 1984 Epoptica (Issue Yearbook) 289
Randy Tanner Perfect Poker any named value is dealt, magician becomes royal flush
 		1985 Best of Friends — Volume II 375
Unknown Poker Trick Aces riffle shuffled in deck yet controlled (top stock control), then stacked with two shuffles (perfectly alternating near top)
 		1985 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 2) 3
Jack McMillen Gamblers' Riffle Stack riffle glimpsing cards (1937)
 		1985 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 2) 10
Steve Draun The Web Shuffle special crimped card, the real work otherwise
Also published here 1987 The Magic of Steve Draun 20
Steve Draun Quintuple Duke bluff with deck switch
Also published here 1987 The Magic of Steve Draun 23
Darwin Ortiz Fast Shuffle four Aces are stacked in four shuffles, two shuffles and one shuffle
Variations 1988 Darwin Ortiz at the Card Table 58
Darwin Ortiz The Twofer Shuffle stacking to hands with one shuffle
 		1988 Darwin Ortiz at the Card Table 63
Edward Marlo Logical Stack Procedure "Demo Riffle Stacks", four Aces in two, then one shuffles
 		1988 Marlo's Magazine Volume 6 96
Edward Marlo A Royal Flush Stack "Demo Riffle Stacks", one shuffle stack
 		1988 Marlo's Magazine Volume 6 98
Fred Black Black's Stack
1989 The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 3 113
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
Edward Marlo Two Shuffle Cull two riffle shuffles to cull full house, two more to stack it, "It is understood that the above information is to be used for entertainment purposes only."
 		1990 That's It 62
Michael Powers CARDial Infraction one shuffle and cutting, second phase with Marlo/Gardner kicker
Inspired by 1990 Top Secret Stuff 32
Alex Elmsley Just Lucky riffle stacking for four players in which top card is lost every time
 		1991 The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1 391
Karl Fulves Outfoxed apparent stacking with outjogged aces as demo, when dealt aces are openly dealt from center to spectator, yet performer gets aces, two methods
Related to 1991 28 Card Tricks 51
Jack Carpenter Royal Faststack riffle stacking demo with surprise appearance of royal flush
 		1992 Modus Operandi 99
James Swain Impromptu Cheat performer receives best hand from shuffled deck, uses riffle stacking
 		1992 Don't Blink 31
Steve Draun Quintiple Duke bluff with deck switch, interesting
Also published here 1993 Secrets Draun from Underground 84
Steve Draun The W.E.B. Shuffle special crimped card, the real work otherwise
Also published here 1993 Secrets Draun from Underground 72
Ernest Earick Poker Blind two shuffle stack for four cards, five hands
 		1993 By Forces Unseen 178
Ernest Earick Tandem in One one shuffle stack for two quartets, five players, random positions
 		1993 By Forces Unseen 182
Ernest Earick The Case of the Inconstant Player adjusting five player stack if up to three leave or two arrive
Related to 1993 By Forces Unseen 192
Ernest Earick A Little Bit Patter presentation for restacking the deck when a player leaves
Related toAlso published here 1993 By Forces Unseen 199
Bob King A Stack of Stacks four riffle shuffle stacking systems, assisted by a Breather Crimp
Inspired by 1993 The Breather 2 19
Ernest Earick A Little Bit Patter presentation for restacking the deck when a player leaves
Also published here 1993 Profile (Issue 15) 10
Gene Maze Open-Face Poker Stock apparently aces stacked with one shuffle, then fours with one shuffle
 		1994 Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing 93
Gene Maze Hard Way Poker first real riffle stacking, then pseudo one-shuffle stack, actually center deal
 		1994 Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing 137
Roger Crosthwaite Lost and Found "Phase Four: Caressing the Cards"
Kings lost, spectator decides on number of players and who should win
 		1994 Roger's Thesaurus 23
Darwin Ortiz The Sting stacking & culling demo
 		1995 Cardshark 184
Karl Fulves Fake Poker three Aces on top, fourth Ace randomly placed in second hand and dropped on top, one riffle shuffle, performer gets four aces when dealt for two
 		1995 Setting Up Exercises 13
Karl Fulves Four In One four-of-a-kind on top, one riffle shuffle to stack for 4 players, with false dealing
 		1995 Setting Up Exercises 15
Karl Fulves Paradox Poker performer stacks 4 royal flush cards for 4 players, spectator distributes hole cards and completes royal flush, fake stacking
 		1995 Setting Up Exercises 16
John Scarne One Shuffle Poker aces apparently stacked to wanted player in one hand, actually bottom deal
 		1995 Setting Up Exercises 18
Karl Fulves ReStackJack jacks stacked for four-handed game, restacking for three players
 		1995 Setting Up Exercises 28
Karl Fulves 3 Aces 4 Hands 1 Shuffle
1995 Setting Up Exercises 49
Karl Fulves The Poker Cheat three card stacking with short-cut
Inspired by 1995 Setting Up Exercises 61
Karl Fulves Two Card Stud riffle shuffle handling of Bruce Elliott overhand shuffle effect
 		1995 Setting Up Exercises 63
Karl Fulves Three?Four?Five? "quick one-shuffle run-up that can be used for any number of hands"
 		1995 Setting Up Exercises 79
Karl Fulves Speed Stacking
Inspired by 1995 Setting Up Exercises 83
Karl Fulves Double Duke In One
1995 Setting Up Exercises 91
Tommy Lake The Lake Run-Up one-shuffle
 		1995 Setting Up Exercises 108
Karl Fulves Royalist royal flush stacking plot, posed as problem
 		1996 Blocking Off 75
Karl Fulves Cool Hand Duke cull stack
  • No Kings In Packet
  • One King In Packet
  • Two Kings In Packet
  • Three Kings In Packet
  • The Routine
 		1996 Blocking Off 134
Karl Fulves Sign-Steal-Deliver free selection is signed, four riffle shuffles, spectator gets flush with his selection, performer a royal flush, first flush cull-stacked on the fly
 		1996 Blocking Off 143
Karl Fulves Reparation cull-stacking a pair
 		1996 Blocking Off 179
Jack Carpenter Riffle 'n' Roll one-shuffle stack, Aces for five hands
 		1997 The Expert's Portfolio No. 1 77
Jack Carpenter The D.C. Hustle kings and queens on top, one-shuffle stack, five players, kings, queens, x, x, aces
 		1997 The Expert's Portfolio No. 1 85
Andrew Wimhurst Faster Shuffle one-shuffle Stack, five hands
 		1998 Down Under Deals 25
Andrew Wimhurst Memoirs of A Stud stacking four selections and four aces
 		1998 Down Under Deals 27
James Swain Just Lucky Eight Card Stack double Duke
 		1999 21st Century Card Magic 144
Steve Mayhew The Ultimate Double-Duke stacking four hands, spectator gets flush, performer full house or four of a kind, gambling demonstration
 		1999 Angels May Shuffle but the Devil Still Deals 11
Frederick Braue, Christian Scherer Braue Poker Deal four aces, faro stacking
Inspired by 1999 Abgezockt! 12
Baltazar Fuentes Fast Five Hand Poker Stack one shuffle, with pre-setting
 		2000 I'm Dancing 35
Harry Lorayne The Gambling Magician Ace of Spades riffle stacked one card down at a time, then rises back to top
 		2001 Personal Collection 115
Pit Hartling Cincinnati Pit stacking four hands with four-of-a-kinds with two shuffles
Variations 2003 Card Fictions 52
Gary Plants You Name It, I'll Flush It suit named, corresponding royal flush stacked for ten-handed game, originally from Precursor (Oct. 2003)
Inspired by
  • Tony Giorgio routine from Magicana/Genii
 2004 Lecture Notes — The Second Super Session 18
Gene Maze Universal Stock number of hands chosen by spectator, combining riffle stacking, second and bottom deals, only briefly explained
Related to
  • Wonderful Routines of Magic, First Addendum
 2004 Enchantments 138
David Ben Bertram, Braue And Ben combination with 2 more phases: 6 handed deal, Texas Hold'em deal, table faros
Inspired by 2005 Penumbra (Issue 9) 12
Jack Avis Demo Deal two hands with one riffle
 		2006 Rara Avis 148
Dai Vernon Black's stack four aces, kings and queens stacked for 6 hands, with faros
 		2007 Bruce Cervon's Castle Notebooks — Volume 1 35
Tony Giorgio Shuffle Stack two hands, faro
 		2007 Bruce Cervon's Castle Notebooks — Volume 1 48
David Solomon S-V-S Shuffle Stack Kings put on top, shuffled three times while burying top cards, Kings back on top, repeated but now Aces are on top, then Royal Flush
Inspired by 2007 The Wisdom of Solomon 191
Jason England, Steve Forte Another Shuffle Stack seven-handed game, pseudo stack
Inspired by
  • "One Shuffle Stack" (Steve Forte, Genii March 2006)
Related to 		2009 Jammin' With the Fellas 9
Karl Fulves The Restacking Problem when a player leaves
  • Restock In Blocks
  • Restack Repeat
Related to 2009 Prolix (Issue 6) 401
Benjamin Earl Quick Little Stack two cards, pseudo mates
 		2010 Gambit (Issue 2) 21
Troy Hooser Shuffle Dodge Riffle Stacking, presentational ploy to hide hesitations
 		2010 Moments 116
Jason England, Gary Plants Doubly Dirty
Inspired by
  • "Dirty Dealing" (Gary Plants, Genii August 1996)
 2012 Texas on a Saturday Night 4
Karl Fulves 3 x 3 x 3 "Unexplained"
stacking three Aces for three-handed game in three seconds, demonstrated with reversed indifferent card that change into Aces, posed as a problem
 		2012 Prolix (Issue 10) 679
Joseph Barry A Memory at the Card Table card chosen, deck apparently memorized, blackjack and poker hands apparently riffle stacked, rest recited and last card is selected one
Also published here 2014 Reverie 24
Joseph Barry Thanks to Forte shuffle tracking presentation, first winning black jack then poker, card selected in the beginning is missing card for royal flush
 		2014 Fifty 4
Joseph Barry A Memory at the Card Table card chosen, deck apparently memorized, blackjack and poker hands apparently riffle stacked, rest recited and last card is selected one
Also published here 2014 Fifty 10
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 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10 66
Pit Hartling A Riffle Culling Demonstration named four-of-a-kind to top
 		2016 In Order to Amaze 130
So Sato Poker Demon-Stration Plus Mass Destruction Stacking
Phase 1: Middle Deal Demonstration
Phase 2: Stacking Demonstration (Re-Deal principle)
 		2016 The Secrets of So Sato 123
Nathan Colwell Pseudo Riffle Stacking Pseudo riffle stacking demo, with deck separated into red/black as kicker
 		2017 A New Angle 53
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 Handcrafted Card Magic — Volume 3 19
Pit Hartling Additional Intro-Phase riffle stacking demonstration intro before actual routine, setting it up from shuffled deck
Inspired by 2018 Card Fictions (2018 edition) 66
Joseph Barry The Stacking Drill #2 pseudo stacking for Hold'em, chosen cards stacked, Full House received on flop
Related to 2018 Operandi (Issue 4) 5
Michał Kociołek Polish Poker Stacking Pseudo riffle stacking routine, uses Polish Poker deck, marketed by Card-Shark, stack any thought-of poker hand
 		2019 Plots & Methods 39
Tom Gagnon The Forgetful Gambler riffle stack demo with second Marlo/Gardner Phase
Also published here 2019 Gagnon Unfiltered 18
Michael Powers Cardial Infraction riffle shuffle demo with Aces, Royal Flush finale
Inspired by 2019 Tesseract 74
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 Forte riffle stack as a demo
Related to 2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2 890
Steve Forte laying sets as a demo, full house completed on the draw of a multi-handed game
Related to 2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2 891
Steve Forte Pick-up Double-Duke two Kings and two Queens stacked, yet then three of each are dealt in two hands
 		2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2 895
Steve Forte Percentage Stacking four Aces on top, two riffle shuffles, dealt in five-handed game, with second deals
 		2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2 896
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 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2 897
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 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2 898
Steve Forte 1-4 Riffle Stacking riffle stacking demo with one Ace, then all four
Related to 2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2 899
Steve Forte The Practice Drill gradually stacking the Aces with explanation of concept, involves second dealing
 		2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2 900
Steve Forte Hold-Backs holding back large numbers as demo, pre-established
 		2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2 901
Steve Forte Random-Card Stack a selected card is riffle stacked, along with the Aces as a surprise
 		2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2 902
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 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2 903
Steve Forte Red-Black Hold 'em clean stacking of ten-handed hold 'em game, using red-black shuffle
 		2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2 904
Steve Forte Riffle Down, Riffle Down two Aces on each half, two riffle shuffles and Aces dealt, using second deals
 		2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2 905
Steve Forte One-shuffle Stacks
  • one faro - four players - four aces
  • tap-tap stack
  • heads-up double-duke
  • dupes stack (duplicate Aces)
 		2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2 915
Steve Forte Legit Stripped Cooler Aces for dealer and fours-of-a-kind for other players after real strip cut
 		2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2 918
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 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2 922
Steve Forte One-Ace-At-A-Time Cull & Stack in-the-hands pseudo cull-stack demo
Related to 2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2 924
Andi Gladwin Surprise Stacking! two cards from named value are openly riffle stacked, other two cards are surprisingly stacked as well
Inspired by
  • "Instant Stack" (John Scarne, Charlatan #5, 2001)
 May 2020 Elixir (Vol. 3 No. 1 Part 2 (Spring #2)) 244