This version of the Ten Card Poker Deal has taken many years to iron out. It started when Tom Frame fooled me with his version of the trick - a single phase routine that was almost impossible to reconstruct. Since then I have toyed with hundreds of ways to build a three phase routine that ended with the effect Tom showed me.

Once I had the first two phases ironed out I decided to try and find a way to remove the need for a complete stack during the last phase. I finally found a way that worked - reconstructed the whole routine and ended with the following effect:

From a shuffled deck, two five-card hands are removed and placed face down in front of the spectator. Despite a complete freedom of choice they always pick the losing hand!

More cards are added and two hands of "blind seven card stud" are played out. The spectator has all the best cards AND complete freedom of choice but STILL loses!

Finally, after the cards are genuinely shuffled, more cards are added and a game of five-card stud is played where the spectator chooses every card for BOTH players and can then switch cards between hands but loses again!

In each case the spectator can clearly see where they could have won, had they done things differently. It is this element that makes this routine special.

Everything appears fair. There is a palm in the first phase though a no-palm method is also described.

This effect is being offered to magicians as an opportunity to be "in the know" before everyone else. The price reflects how highly I consider this routine. If you do not wish to pay $25 for this information, other versions of the Ten Card Poker Deal are available.

Price: $25