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Stack Attack
© Copyright, L.R. Brooks 2004
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Stack Attack
STACK ATTACK
by
L.R.Brooks
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Table of Contents
Foreword…………………………........................................................ 4
The False-False-Shuffle......................................................................... 7
Order Out of Chaos............................................................................ 12
The 4 Second Stack............................................................................. 20
Bughouse Poker................................................................................... 26
Bughouse Blackjack............................................................................ 35
The Kangaroo Kid................................................................................41
The LRB Stacking Demo.................................................................... 47
Poetry Poker........................................................................................ 52
High Card Poker................................................................................. 57
A Red/Black Location....................................................................... 61
Invent Your Own Stack..................................................................... 66
Addenda To the First Edition...........................................................69
About the Author .............................................................................. 73
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Foreword
One of the most powerful weapons in the arsenal of an experienced card-worker is the pre-
arranged or “stacked” deck. Some of the most amazing feats in card magic make use of
some form of deck set-up or pre-arrangement.
Many magicians avoid using a stacked or pre-arranged deck because they feel it is often too
difficult or time consuming to prepare their decks beforehand. Others feel that to use a
stacked deck is to somehow “cheat.” They forget that the object is to surprise, mystify, and
above all to entertain those for whom they are performing.
Some, if not all, of the greats in close-up card magic have occasionally “stooped” to em-
ploying a stacked deck.
In almost every book on card effects there will be one or more effects that are based on the
pre-arrangement of at least a few cards, sometimes the entire deck.
Often the set-up can be accomplished impromptu while performing a prior effect or while
apparently examining or toying with the cards. Some of the stacks will be lengthy and
can’t be done impromptu and must therefore be set-up prior to the performance. This
usually requires that particular effect be the first card trick performed or done as a “stand-
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alone” effect. Or perhaps the stacked deck can be switched in at the appropriate moment.
All of the effects included herein will use some form of a stacked deck.
Hence the title of this work.
When performing with a stacked deck, the entertainer is usually free from worries about
sleights that might go wrong or a gimmick that won’t “do its thing” at the proper moment.
He can concentrate his efforts on his performance. His full attention can be given to achiev-
ing the intended effect.
“It has always been part of my philosophy of card magic to perform an easy, almost
non-sleight-of-hand routine and make my audience think I was the most fantastic card
handler they’ve ever seen.”
— Harry Loryane
“A stacked deck is a happy deck!”
—Eugene Burger
No False Counts, False Deals, Multiple Lifts, Passes,
Shifts or Palming Required
I have tried to make these effects different by the incorporation of new techniques designed
to disguise or seemingly eliminate the possibility of the end result having been accom-
plished by means of a stacked deck.
A couple of ideas that I had many years ago concerning the handling of a stacked deck are
taught here. I have never seen these ideas in print or utilized anywhere or by anyone else
prior to this work.
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