King of the Hill (Kings Rule It All)


Effect:

Have all four Kings on top of the deck.

Procedure:

Start the trick by telling the spectators that you are holding a royal deck and the Kings rule it all. Start with making four piles. take a chunk of cards from the bottom of the deck and place it on the table, then take about one third of the remaining cards from the bottom and place it to the right of the first pile, take half of the remaining cards from the bottom and place it to the right of the first two piles, and put the remaining cards in hand to the far right of all piles.

Take the very left pile, remove the top three cards and place them on the bottom of the pile, then from the top of the same pile place 1 card to the other three piles, repeat the same move with the other 3 piles from left to right.

Now, you can do a little showmanship by pointing at each pile and say "the Kings rule it all", and then flip over the top card of each pile, thus revealing the four Kings on top of each.

Trick Courtesy of: Anonymous
Original Author: Jay Alexander