Dear fellow magicians,

For your information and my record as well, I just searched and found some interesting thing related to memorized stack.

The following web sites is in simplified chinese, but you can translate it via google translate or just read it like me.
http://www.themagicway.net/?p=3073
http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z1......bao_shop

It basically said about a memorized deck workshop hosted by Pit Hartling & Denis Behr, and it charged for say around US$2,000 for a three day workshop specialized in Memorized Deck.

It said that the book Mnemonica is only basic of memorized deck magic and Tamariz perform very few effects described in the book (which I strongly doubted about as I saw his live performance in convention and workshop at least twice) This workshop will make Berglas effect just a simple card trick like a beginner's trick.

Inisde the description, there is one particular effect caught my eye, that is called - Ultimate Gambling.

It said that such effect never published anywhere, it only mentioned in Tamariz annual close up conference in Spain. This trick shown to Michael Ammar and he replied that it should be the strongest card trick ever.

Basic description of Ultimate Gambling
Spectator 1 named any hand (eg Royal Flush, Four of a kind, Full House, Three of a kind, Two Pair...)
Spectator 2 named specific card based on spectator 1 requirement (eg 10-A of spades for Royal Flush, 4 queens and an ace of clubs for 4 of a kind, etc)
Spectator 3 decided how many players
Magician take the deck and deal as required and will get the SPECIFIC HAND.

This workshop will also include:
Allow spectator shuffled the deck and without touching afterwards and maintain the stack order (I just translate according to the meaning)
The effect prologue before using memorized stack / mnemonica stack
How to use mnemonica stack to create a full deck sequence
Mathematical Formula secret of memorized deck

Other tricks include:
Four of a kind (unpublished Tamariz version)
How to use stack to conrol cards in order to perform 'The trick that cannot be explained'
Multiple person version of ACAAN
... etc

I sincerely would like to know more about this ultimate gambling and the convention mentioned as well.

I hope that this message will not offend anyone as I just translate the web site information for your information purpose.

Sincerely,

Interesting ! Is there a video of the effect you are talking about, Ultimate Gambling ? And what is Jacksynapses ?