{"id":3510,"date":"2026-04-25T16:53:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T16:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertandrews.org\/LIFE\/?p=3510"},"modified":"2026-04-25T16:57:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T16:57:39","slug":"four-ace-card-trick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.org\/LIFE\/four-ace-card-trick\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Ace Card Trick"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong>Four-Ace Card Trick<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertandrews.org\/LIFE\/card-tricks\/\">RETURN TO CARD TRICK MENU<\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n<input type='hidden' bg_collapse_expand='6a20283e380b31088455070' value='6a20283e380b31088455070'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-more-text-6a20283e380b31088455070' value='As transcribed and summarized by Wave'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-less-text-6a20283e380b31088455070' value='Show Less'><button id='bg-showmore-action-6a20283e380b31088455070' class='bg-showmore-plg-button bg-orange-button  '   style=\" color:#4a4949;\">As transcribed and summarized by Wave<\/button><div id='bg-showmore-hidden-6a20283e380b31088455070' ><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Main Topics Discussed<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><strong>1. Setup and Initial Steps<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Cards Needed:<\/strong> Four aces (face up) and sixteen other cards (face down), for a total of 20 cards.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Procedure:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The 16 cards are turned face down.<\/li>\n<li>The four aces are placed face up and then mixed or \u201cburied\u201d among the 16 cards.<\/li>\n<li>The deck is thoroughly shuffled to mix the aces\u2019 positions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>2. The Mathematical Trick<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Shuffling and Distribution:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Regardless of shuffling, the exact locations of the aces remain unknown.<\/li>\n<li>The magician counts out exactly 10 cards.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Alternating Shuffle:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The 10 cards are split and alternately combined from left and right, mixing face up and face down cards.<\/li>\n<li>This is visually emphasized to demonstrate randomness and loss of aces\u2019 positions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>3. Dealing and Further Mixing<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Dealing for Poker:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The cards are cut.<\/li>\n<li>Cards are dealt into four hands (simulating a four-player poker game).<\/li>\n<li>The distribution further obscures the aces\u2019 locations, adding to the mystery.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Selection and Stacking:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Selections are made (e.g., choosing a hand, placing above or below), but each choice is framed as unimportant\u2014any selection will do.<\/li>\n<li>The process narrows the decks down through user choices and stacking, culminating in two piles of 10 cards which are then shuffled together.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>4. The Reveal<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The Final Shuffle and Cut:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The mixed pile is cut again.<\/li>\n<li>In what seems like an impossible outcome, the only face-up cards remaining are the four aces.<\/li>\n<li>The result astounds the presenter, highlighting the elegance and \u201cmind-blowing\u201d aspect of this self-working card trick.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Additional Notes<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The narrative repeatedly emphasizes that the participant\u2019s choices (left\/right, above\/below, which pile, etc.) do not impact the outcome, enhancing the trick\u2019s mysterious effect.<\/li>\n<li>No specific date or time was provided related to when the trick was performed, but the detailed process is described as being well-appreciated by audiences.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Key Figures and Steps<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Cards Used:<\/strong> 20 (4 aces, 16 others)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Key Steps:<\/strong> Face-up\/face-down arrangement, alternate shuffling, splitting and recombining, multiple cuts, and dealing into four hands.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This trick leverages basic mathematics and controlled mixing to produce a powerful and baffling card effect with a reliable result: the aces remain the only face-up cards after a seemingly random sequence of shuffles and choices.<\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four-Ace Card Trick RETURN TO CARD TRICK MENU<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.org\/LIFE\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.org\/LIFE\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.org\/LIFE\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.org\/LIFE\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.org\/LIFE\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3510"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.org\/LIFE\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3510\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3520,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.org\/LIFE\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3510\/revisions\/3520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.org\/LIFE\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.org\/LIFE\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.org\/LIFE\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}