Joyal, Martin: The Six-Hour Memorized Deck ©1997 Martin Joyal and Stephen Minch, Hermetic Press, WA Hardcover, w/dj, 220 pages ISBN: 0-945296-20-7

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Comments: Covers Martin's deck stack that can be memorized in six ours, along with a lot of other coverage of memorized decks.

Contents (courtesy cybercardmagic at magiccafe.be):

ix Introduction

1 1. Differences Between A Stack, A System, And A Memorized Stack

5 2. An Overview Of Complete Deck Stacks
7 New Deck Stacks
9 Ordered Value Stacks
10 Ordered Suit Stacks
10 Grouped Value Stacks
11 Grouped Suit Stacks
11 Pair Stacks
13 Divided Stacks
13 The Red – Black Divided Stack
14 The Mixed Suit Divided Stack
14 The High – Low Divided Stack
14 The Curl – No – Curl Divided Stack
14 The Odd – Even Divided Stack
15 The Odd – Even Divided Stack With Mixed Colors
15 The Odd – Even Divided Stack With Mixed Suits
16 The One – Eyed And Two – Eyed Divided Stack
16 Red – Black Stacks
16 Pointer Stacks
17 Reflected Stacks – Mirror Stacks
18 Matched Setups
19 One – Two – Four – Eight Stacks
20 Forcing Stacks
21 Card – Forcing Stacks
21 Number – Forcing Stacks
22 Word – Forcing Stacks
22 Stacks Used For Revelations
22 Counting And Spelling Stacks
23 Storytelling Stacks
24 Gambling Demonstration Stacks
24 Solitaire Stacks
24 Other Stacks
26 Summary

27 3. An Overview of Card Systems
29 System Categories
29 Sequential System Characteristics
31 Ordered System Characteristics
32 Overview Of Systems
33 The New Deck System
34 The Grouped Value System
34 The Si Stebbins System
36 The Eight Kings System
38 The Stanyon System
39 The Joseph System
40 The Esscee Prearranged Pack
41 The Harding System
42 Jack´s Pack
42 The Cornelius System
43 The Osterlind System
43 The Boudreau System
44 The No Memory Card Stack
44 The Lusthaus Card System
44 The Memory – Deck
45 The Reymond System
45 The Wild System
46 Richard´s Stack
47 Summary

49 4. Overview of Memorized Stacks
51 Memorized Stack Characteristics
52 Overview Of Memorized Stacks
53 The Nikola Stack
53 The Ireland Stack
55 The McCaffrey Stack
55 The Steele Stack
56 The Marlo Stack
56 The Skinner Stack
57 The Aronson Stack
57 The Aldrich Stack
57 The Rix Stack
57 Summary

59 5. Looking At The Stack
61 Replacing Mnemonics With Rules
61 The Difference Between A System And A Memorized Deck
62 Memorization Methods
63 Popular Memorized Stacks
63 An Easy Stack To Memorize
65 Learning With Mnemonics
65 Learning Using Rules
66 Order Of Suits
68 Card Numbering
69 Learning Steps : Twelve Hours To Miracles
69 Practical Exercises
70 The Rule Of Rules : Master And Do Not Forget
70 A Last Piece Of Advice

71 6. Memorizing The Stack In CHaSeD Order

105 7. Memorizing The Stack In SHoCkeD Order

139 8. Customizing The Stack

143 9. Mesmerizing With The Stacks
147 The Lazy Mentalist Returns
152 The Poupart Trick
156 Patton Pending
161 Pattonology
166 The Humming Speller
171 Your Lucky Day !
175 Scratch It
180 Red, White, And Blue

193 Appendix A: The Making Of The Stack
205 Appendix B: The Shufflemeter
217 Bibliography