Bill Hallahan is a semi-retired electrical engineer who lives in New Hampshire and is interested in close-up magic, chess, amateur radio, mathematics, computers, and computer programming. Bill used to perform with the local SAM chapter. He has been lucky to meet many famous magicians and has learned a lot from their lectures. He still considers himself a student of magic.
It contains two stacks, each made with 52 standard playing cards that contain bracelet sequences.
The Ruby Stack
The deck is cut and six cards are dealt out to six people. The people with cards that have a red suit stand up. The performer names all six cards.
The Ruby Stack is a full-deck stack where it's very easy to calculate the suit and value of the first card of six consecutive cards merely by knowing which of the six cards have a suit that is either a Heart or a Diamond. Alternatively, knowing which cards are a Club or a Diamond allows identifying the sixth card. The exact same...
Bracelet sequences and algorithmic stacks.
Mathematical Stacks contains a collection of various stacks made with 52 standard playing cards. Although some routines and presentations are mentioned, the book is not predominately about either routines or presentations. The very few presentations listed in this book are generally the bare minimum to demonstrate an effect.
The book contains stacks with bracelet sequences and built-in routines. The book includes stacks with binary bracelet sequences, e.g. a red-black suit bracelet sequence, where six consecutive cards identify the cards. Some...