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UNGAR Playing Cards

UNGAR Playing Cards

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The BLOOD Marking System for UNGAR Playing Cards ( Digital Book )
The BLOOD Marking System ( Video Workshop )
The WINNING HAND ( Video Workshop )
The DECK SWITCH MASTERCLASS ( Video Workshop )

Stu Ungar was a phenomenon — a man who played cards like he could see through time.
A prodigy who rose, fell, and rose again, leaving behind not just a legend, but a lesson.

His story is one of brilliance and self-destruction, of victory and vulnerability — the eternal duality of the gambler and the artist alike.

The UNGAR Playing Cards were created in his memory — a deck designed not for the table, but for the soul.

Each card is a quiet nod to Stu’s legacy: sharp, elegant, and unapologetically human.

Printed in collaboration with The Ungar Center for Hope, proceeds from every deck go toward supporting the Center’s mission — helping those struggling with trauma find a path back to themselves.

This isn’t just a deck.

It’s a mirror — a reminder that genius often walks hand-in-hand with darkness, and that even the brightest lights can burn out too soon.

UNGAR Playing Cards — FEATURES

  • Designed by Daniel Madison & Haris Arya, in collaboration with Stefanie Ungar.
  • Premium crushed-stock cards for smooth handling — ideal for poker players and sleight-of-hand artists alike.
  • Black-on-black aesthetic with subtle blue tones inspired by Stu’s iconic shades.
  • Tribute artwork featuring Stu’s unmistakable silhouette.
  • A custom Ace of Spades honouring Stu’s WSOP Championships.
  • Stu Ungar appears as the King of Spades, and a younger Stu as the Jack of Spades.
  • A unique Joker featuring Stu playing against his younger self.
  • Includes an updated “Poker Lesson” card featuring a new deceptive method from Madison.
  • A portion of proceeds donated to The Ungar Center for Hope.

“There will never be another Stu Ungar.”

But his spirit still shuffles in the shadows of every great game — and his legacy lives on through The UNGAR Playing Cards.

Attribution:
Name, image, and likeness of Stu Ungar used with permission of Stefanie Ungar Campbell.

DONATIONS
Madison Cards will contribute £2 to The Ungar Center for Hope, supporting trauma recovery, and holistic healing programs, for each UNGAR deck sold.

If you’d like to know more about The Ungar Center, please visit: https://www.ungarcenter.org/

SLEIGHT DECK INFORMATION…
FINE-STRIPPER Deck  //  IN-DECK  //  PRIMER  //  PARIAH

The WINNING HAND
In 1997, Stu Ungar made history with a single, unforgettable poker hand — a moment of pure instinct, skill, and brilliance that cemented his name among the greats.

The Winning Hand takes inspiration from that iconic moment — not to replicate Ungar’s play, but to reimagine it through the lens of deception and sleight-of-hand.

Where Ungar achieved his victory through unmatched intuition and fair play, Daniel Madison, a professional card mechanic, demonstrates how a similar result could be achieved by pure manipulation — a display of psychological control and technical mastery rather than the luck of the draw. 

Two worlds, two geniuses - one hand.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN
The Participant deals you The Winning Hand that won Stu Ungar the 1997 WSOP

This Mad Method is a study on switches and an essay on ‘Nuance Card Switches.’
Printed in every deck of UNGAR Playing Cards you will find a new ‘The POKER LESSON’ card - a special Gaff Card designed to look like a standard ad-card which depicts the poker hands in rank order - this card offers a stacking system as well as a very powerful Gambling demonstration ( learn The POKER LESSON free at YouTube ).

The POKER LESSON gaff card in the UNGAR deck has been updated to feature the hand that won Stu Ungar the WSOP championship in 1997, which Madison added for this very Mad Method - The WINNING HAND.

The participant is invited to shuffle the playing cards before dealing 5 cards at random from the deck.  The performer tells the story of Stu Ungar’s 1997 win at the WSOP before turning the ad card over to show the very hand.  The random 5 cards are revealed to be those very same 5 playing cards.

In this one-hour special Mad Method, Madison teaches many different ways to switch the dealt cards with ease to achieve this outcome.  This project includes new teachings and thoughts on The COHORT SWITCH, The MAD SWITCH, The PERFECT DEAL, HERITAGE, The MADISON SHIFT, The PICKUP SWITCH, The GC SWITCH, The SLAP SWITCH and more, but Madison’s main focus in the project is on ‘Nuance Card Switches’ - switches that don’t have a defined structure and switches that are broken into multiple moments or ahead of time whilst the participant is still dealing the cards.

In this project Madison uses The MAD HOLDOUT DEVICE - a new device from MADISON x O’HARE designed to holdout a deck of cards in many different positions for secretly switching one deck for another.  In this case this special device is used to hold out the winning hand ahead of the switch, and to take the switched cards afterwards.  This device is available at MADISON.cards

00:00 - Introduction
05:17 - The WINNING HAND
13:12 - The MAD SWITCH
13:12 - The MAD DECK HOLDOUT Device
23:00 - Loading The Hand
23:30 - The PERFECT DEAL
24:16 - Do As I Do
25:55 - The COHORT SWITCH
28:10 - The PICKUP SWITCH
29:39 - The PICKUP LAP SWITCH
29:54 - The MADISON SHIFT
31:22 - The GC SWITCH
34:31 - The SLAP CHANGE
34:31 - The DROP-OFF LAP SWITCH
39:06 - HERITAGE
47:59 - Standing Performance Notes and Switches
49:50 - The GC TURNOVER SWITCH

(Note: The Ungar Playing Cards are featured for demonstration purposes only. Neither Stefanie Ungar nor The Ungar Center for Hope are affiliated with or endorse The Winning Hand or any Madison Cards training materials.)

ATTRIBUTION
Name, image, and likeness of Stu Ungar used with permission of Stefanie Ungar Campbell. Referenced solely in connection with The Ungar Playing Cards featured in this video demonstration.

BONUS CONTENT: The DECK SWITCH MASTERCLASS 
In this incredible 3.5 hour video tutorial, you'll learn the art of secretly switching one deck of playing cards for another from a true master of the deceptive arts, Daniel Madison. With over 40 different techniques, this downloadable video tutorial leaves no stone unturned.

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