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Zaubershow-Archiv. The Magician's Coin. Ben Joffe | Texas Hold'em Experiment. 5 Oct 2009 Any idiot can stack a cold deck to trick an opponent in Texas Hold'em Poker into losing all his chips. However usually the player on the right of the dealer cuts the deck, which means the cheater must swap the deck after this point, which makes it much harder to do subtly. I do not condone cheating in poker, it is immoral, dangerous and often illegal, but out of curiosity I was wondering if it is possible to stack a deck so that no matter which way it is cut, the winning hand is always dealt to the dealer. This would be fun to use as a magic trick, to be able to consistently predict the winning hand. I was skeptical at first, but after running a hastily written script for about half an hour I found such a deck for 2 player heads up: A spades. (hover your mouse over the cards to see the hands that would be dealt) After this, I began wondering, is it possible to do this with 3 players?

A spades. 8 clubs. And 4 players, though this one took the computer about 6 hours to find: ... Ich zaubere Ihnen ein Lächeln .... Customize and create 3D printed products. Welcome to the Future of Stuff. Dice-play - Dice & Craps. Intelligente Knete alias Thinking Putty. Super Deluxe Tuckbox Template Maker. By Craig P Forbes Custom tuckbox template generation. Based on the custom tuckboxes designed by Elliott C. Evans. If you have any questions, comments, suggestions about this page send mail to Craig (No really, that is the right email address) Enter the dimensions of your deck of cards. Sample: