The expert at the card table : the classic treatise on card manipulation

Cover......Page 0
The Expert at the Card Table......Page 1
Contents......Page 2
Preface......Page 3
xtitle......Page 4
Professional Secrets......Page 5
Hold Outs......Page 6
Prepared Cards......Page 7
Confederacy......Page 8
Two Methods of Shuffling......Page 9
Primary Accomplishments......Page 10
Possibilities of the Blind......Page 11
Uniformity of Action......Page 12
Deportment......Page 13
Display of Ability......Page 14
Greatest Single Accomplishment......Page 15
Effect of Suspicion......Page 16
Acquiring the Art......Page 17
Importance of Details......Page 18
Technical Terms......Page 19
Position For Shuffle......Page 20
Blind Shuffles......Page 21
1. To Retain Top Stock......Page 22
2. To Retain the Bottom Stock and Shuffle Whole Deck......Page 23
3. To Retain Top Stock and Shuffle Whole Deck......Page 24
Blind Riffles......Page 25
1. To Retain the Top Stock......Page 26
2. To Retain the Bottom Stock......Page 27
Blind Cuts......Page 28
1. To Retain Bottom Stock-Top Losing One Card......Page 29
2. To Retain the Complete Stock......Page 30
3. To Retain the Top Stock......Page 31
4. To Retain the Bottom Stock......Page 32
5. Combination Riffle And Cuts-To Retain Bottom Stock-Riffle 2 and Cut 4......Page 33
Fancy Blind Cuts......Page 34
1. To Retain the Complete Stock......Page 35
2. To Retain the Complete Stock......Page 36
One-Handed Fancy True Cut......Page 37
To Indicate the Location for the Cut......Page 38
1. This is located by the Crimp......Page 39
2. This is located by the jog......Page 40
3. This is located by the crimp......Page 41
4. This is located by the jog......Page 42
Bottom Dealing......Page 43
Top And Bottom Dealing With One Hand......Page 44
Second Dealing......Page 45
Ordinary Methods Of Stocking, Locating And Securing......Page 46
Stock Shuffle......Page 47
Erdnase System of Stock Shuffling......Page 48
1. Two-Card Stock......Page 49
2. Three-Card Stock......Page 50
3. Four-Card Stock......Page 51
4. Five-Card Stock......Page 52
5. Twelve-Card Stock-For Draw Poker......Page 53
6. Euchre Stock--Four-handed game......Page 54
7. Euchre Stock--Four-handed game......Page 55
The Erdnase System of Cull Shuffling......Page 56
1. To Cull Two Cards, Numbers 8, 4......Page 57
2. To Cull Three Cards, Numbers 7, 5, 9......Page 58
3. To Cull Four Cards, Numbers 3, 6, 2, 5......Page 59
4. To Cull Nine Cards, Numbers 5, 1, 1, 1, 3, 1, 1, 7, 1......Page 60
The Erdnase System of Palming......Page 61
1. Top Palm-First Method......Page 62
2. Top Palm-Second Method......Page 63
3. Bottom Palm-First Method......Page 64
4. Bottom Palm-Second Method......Page 65
5. Bottom Palm-When Cards Are Riffled......Page 66
6. Bottom Palm-When Cards Are Riffled-Second Method......Page 67
To Maintain the Bottom Palm While Dealing......Page 68
To Hold the Location of Cut While Dealing......Page 69
Shifts......Page 70
1. Two-Handed Shift......Page 71
2. The Erdnase Shift-One Hand......Page 72
3. Erdnase Shift-Two Hands......Page 73
To Ascertain the Top Cards While Riffling and Reserve Them at Bottom......Page 74
Mode of Holding the Hand......Page 75
Skinning the Hand......Page 76
The Player Without an Ally......Page 77
Dealing Without the Cut......Page 78
Replacing the Cut as Before......Page 79
Holding Out for the Cut......Page 80
Shifting the Cut......Page 81
Dealing Too Many......Page 82
Crimping for the Cut......Page 83
Replacing Palm When Cutting......Page 84
The Short Deck......Page 85
Three Card Monte......Page 86
Mexican Three Card Monte......Page 87
Legerdemain......Page 88
1. Single Handed Shift......Page 89
2. The Longitudinal Shift......Page 90
3. The Open Shift......Page 91
2. The S. W. E. Shift......Page 92
3. The Diagonal Palm-Shift......Page 93
The Blind Shuffle for Securing Selected Card......Page 94
Forcing......Page 95
Palming......Page 96
The Back Palm......Page 97
xtitle......Page 98
1. The Top Change......Page 99
2. The Bottom Change......Page 100
3. The Palm Change......Page 101
4. The Double Palm Change......Page 102
Transformations-Two Hands......Page 103
1. First Method......Page 104
2. Second Method......Page 105
3. Third Method......Page 106
4. Fourth Method......Page 107
5. Fifth Method......Page 108
6. Sixth Method......Page 109
Transformations-One Hand--First Method......Page 110
2. Second Method......Page 111
Blind Shuffles, Retaining Entire Order......Page 112
1. First Method......Page 113
2. Second Method......Page 114
3. Third Method......Page 115
4. Fourth Method......Page 116
5. Fifth Method......Page 117
Methods for Determining a Card Thought of......Page 118
To Get Sight of Selected Card......Page 119
The Slide......Page 120
Favorite Sleights for Terminating Tricks......Page 121
Card Tricks......Page 122
The Exclusive Coterie......Page 123
The Divining Rod......Page 124
The Invisible Flight......Page 125
Tricks With the Prearranged Deck......Page 126
The Traveling Cards......Page 127
xtitle......Page 128
The Acrobatic Jacks......Page 129
A Mind-Reading Trick......Page 130
Power of Concentrated Thought......Page 131
The Acme of Control......Page 132
The Card and Handkerchief......Page 133
The Top and Bottom Production......Page 134
The Three Aces......Page 135
The Card and Hat......Page 136