Has anyone heard of an effect like this

[tally-ho]

please tell me if you have heard of a trick like this before. It's a new trick of mine and i want to see if it is original or not.
effect - you shuffle the cards. ask the spectator to name any value of card - Ace to king. nothing funny, no turning over the deck or cutting, all 4 of a kind are on top. they can even turn the cards over. can be repeated as many times as desired with any number.
if you have heard of an effect like this, please tell me or pm me with specifics.

 

[aJohnson]

I've heard of one where the viewer names a number and the 4 cards of said number are the only face up cards. But that's the closest one to yours I've heard

 

[tally-ho]

do you by chance know the name of that effect?

 

[OpticalDelusionist]

Sounds like a sweet effect. Haven't heard anything like that, but that's not saying much coming from me

 

[aJohnson]

do you by chance know the name of that effect?

Sorry, I don't, I will try finding it for you though

 

[tally-ho]

ok thanks, to me it just sounds like something using an invisible deck principle. remove or edit if that is somehow exposure.

 

[aJohnson]

I don't know if it was an invisible deck or not, it didn't look like one though.

 

[tally-ho]

i didn't mean an actual invisible deck just the rough-smooth idea.

 

[aJohnson]

It was similar to this: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=bVXFouh5-Z4&feature=channel_page

But it didn't involve taking the 4 cards out.

 

[aJohnson]

But it isn't like your idea

 

[tally-ho]

can one of the mods move this to general discussion? i meant to post it there originally, because i am looking for the history of the effect and possible related or similar effects.

 

[Will.Guy]

Thanks for finally changing the avatar!

I haven't heard of this effect so far. But I'd be interested in it when you've finalized it.

 

[magic_slave]

never heard before!

 

[Shodan]

Harry Lorayne, "Any Four of a Kind" published in "My Favourite Card Tricks" in 1965.

Wesley James, "Named Travellers", 1989, begins with this revelation.

Allan Ackerman, the "Ackerman's Opener" routine (circa 1971), concludes with this effect, with the additional kicker of every OTHER four of a kind being found from a deck that has throughout the routine been shuffled many times including a spectator shuffle.

So yes, I have heard of an effect like this one! Notably, all the tricks listed above have very different ways of getting the job done.

Cheers,
David.