Every magician, everywhere in the world, comes to the same realization: if you do card work you MUST know something about Texas Hold 'Em. Many magicians develop entire routines (careers even) around the theme of gambling. Other magicians require one or two 'killer' effects that deal with the world's most popular card game. In a perfect world, we would ... read more

The combination of magically printing playing cards in your bare hands, a gambling theme and a novel presentation makes Steve Cooks PSYCHIC POKER a commercially sound close up routine. In a dream you are playing poker....with a psychic! You begin with five totally blank playing cards and using your best psychic ability you project images onto the blank ... read more

From David Solomon Comes A Startling and Visual Card Effect The magician displays a poor poker hand, one that a cheater might try to pawn off as a flush. Describing the methods of a professional card shark, and with zero moves, the poker hand turns into four - of - a - kind with aces! Continuing the explanation of cheater's secret moves, the hand becomes a ... read more

David Solomon has created the poker deal to beat all poker deals! Hocus Poker is an ingenious 'contest' staged at world famous 'Cheater's Convention.' In the finals, Chicago Eddie and Detroid Fats are each dealt a hand ... read more

Recounting a story of a poker game: you show a giant poker hand with three sixes. Noticing the player on your right having three sevens, you discard one of the sixes and receive an eight. You now magically change all of the cards into eights. When you notice the player on your left has three nines, you discard an eight and pick - up a Joker. But, to your ... read more

A trick from the pocket of Reed McClintock! Facts cannot be disputed! Shouldn't your magic be the same way' Reed McClintock has created Just the Backs Ma'am. It's a cleverly constructed routine that implies gambling techniques in a plausible fashion. This is an absolute must have for your repertoire. It will allow you to quickly win the trust of your ... read more

The magician begins, 'I belong to a magician's society and we get together from time to time to talk about magic, have a drink, play cards and generally have some fun. Yes, we do play cards, but we play a special game called Magician's Poker. In Magician's Poker, not only are you permitted to cheat, but it's actually encouraged! You just can't get caught or ... read more

A comical tale of cards, money, booze and dames! ! With 14 surprises in this incredible routine, the effect is performed to an amusing gambling story, whereby the magician shows four face down cards. They're counted again, but one card is now face up, count again and two cards are face up. Many other tricks would finish here, but with 'My Drink Trick' it's ... read more

Three cards, each with a walnut shell printed on its back and only one with a pea on its front, are explained, then put into envelopes and mixed by a spectator. No matter how well the envelopes are mixed, the performer can always locate the pea! Everything is examinable and immediately repeatable! No reset! Easy to do! *Includes a bonus routine where all ... read more

Deal an impossible second.. . From under a postage stamp! Magic with a gambling theme. This routine incorporates two separate effects. In the first you claim to find the spectators card form a 'marked' deck by wearing special virtual light specs. Oddly everyone but you can see the marked card plainly. When you remove the glasses it's too late - the mark has ... read more

The magician explains that he or she is going to play three hands of ten card poker with the spectator. The spectator then freely takes five of the ten cards. Acting as only a good con artist would, the magician allows the spectator to win the first two hands. The spectator's excitement and confidence grows. The magician acts dejected and then desperate and ... read more

Now in Jumbo sized cards! Four Bicycle cards are shown as part of a straight flush (Ten, Jack, Queen and King of Diamonds) with the fifth card being a Joker completing the straight as a Wild Card. The cards are coalesced and turned with the back facing the volunteer. The volunteer thinks of any card from the spread. The magician removes one card from the ... read more

Four Bicycle cards are shown as part of a straight flush (Ten, Jack, Queen and King of Diamonds) with the fifth card being a Joker completing the straight as a Wild Card. The cards are coalesced and turned with the back facing the volunteer. The volunteer thinks of any card from the spread. The magician removes one card from the spread and places it down on ... read more

A masterful routine of visual magic! Six cards, shown blank on both sides, are dealt out in pairs. As each pair is picked up and pushed through the performer's hand, winning cards for various games are 'printed' visually:, Two red Threes for Canasta, The Ten of Diamonds and the Two of Spades (Big and Little Casino) for Casino, An Ace and Ten - 21 - for ... read more

The Honest Cheat Poker Routine is a fantastic five - minute humor - filled card act, perfect for the close - up or stand - up performer. There are many poker and gambling demonstration routines around, but none that pack the humor and multi - level climaxes of this one. Best of all, it's super - easy to do with NO SLEIGHTS needed, and it can be performed ... read more

100% guaranteed wining chance with 'Lottery Card'! A spectator is asked to participate in a little 'gambling test' to see if he or she has a 'Hot Hand' or a sixth sense for winning if you will. The magicians shows a deck of cards, and the spectator is asked to select a card. Let's assume the spectator chooses the Queen of clubs. The magician continues and ... read more

The Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2006 defines Lollapalooza as: a noun Slang. lol.la.pa.loo.za Pronounced: lol-uh-puh-loo-zuh An extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. Lollapalooza Includes 3 routines with contributions from DARWIN ORTIZ, R. PAUL WILSON AND JON ARMSTRONG Here are the different routines you ... read more