Artifice, Ruse and Subterfuge at the Card Table: A Treatise on the Science and Art of Manipulating Cards

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Considered by many magicians and card sharps to be the one essential guidebook to attaining the highest level of card mastery. Includes author's own systems of false shuffling, false riffling and cutting, dealing from the bottom, palming cards, "skinning the hand" — even three-card monte, plus 14 dazzling card tricks.ContentsProfessional SecretsHoldoutsPrepared CardsConfederacy Two Methods of ShufflingPrimary AccomplishmentsPossibilities of the BlindUniformity of ActionDeportmentDisplay of AbilityGreatest Single AccomplishmentEffect of SuspicionAcquiring the ArtImportance of DetailsTECHNICAL TERMS. Definitions ofPOSITION FOR SHUFFLEBLIND SHUFFLES. ERDNASE SYSTEM OFI. To Retain Top StockII. To Retain Top Stock and Shuffle Whole DeckIII. To Retain Bottom Stock and Shuffle Whole DeckBLIND RIFFLES AND CUTS. ERDNASE SYSTEM OFI. To Retain Top StockII. To Retain Bottom StockBLIND CUTSI. To Retain Bottom Stock. Top Loosing One CardII. To Retain Complete StockIII. To Retain Top StockIV. To Retain Bottom St0ckV. Combination Riffle and CutsFANCY BLIND CUTSI. To Retain Complete StockII. To Retain Complete St0ckFANCY TRUE CUT. ONE‘HANDEDTO INDICATE THE LOCATION FOR THE CUTI. By CrimpII. By JogIII. By CrimpIV. By JogBOTTOM DEALINGTop and Bottom Dealing. One HandSECOND DEALINGORDINARY METHODS OF STOCKING, LOCATINGAND SECURINGSTOCK SHUFFLESTOCK SHUFFLING. ERDNASE SYSTEM OFTwo Card StockThree Card StockFour Card StockFive Card StockTwelve Card StockEuchre StockEuchre Stock CULL SHUFFLING. ERDNASE SYSTEM OFTo Cull Two CardsTo Cull Three CardsTo Cull Four CardsTo Cull Nine CardsPALMING. ERDNASE SYSTEM OFTop Palm, First MethodTop Palm, Second MethodBottom Palm, First MethodBottom Palm, Second MethodBottom Palm when Cards are RiffledTO MAINTAIN THE BOTTOM PALM WHILE DEALINGTO HOLD THE LOCATION OF CUT WHILE DEALINGSHIFTSTwo-Handed ShiftErdnase Shift, One HandErdnase Shift, Two HandsMODE. OF HOLDING THE HANDSKINNING THE HANDTHE PLAYER WITHOUT AN ALLYDealing Without the CutReplacing the Cut as BeforeHolding Out for the CutShifting the CutDealing Too ManyCrimping for the CutReplacing Palm when CuttingThe Short DeckTHREE CARD MONTEMexican MonteLEGERDEMAINSHIFTSSingle-Handed ShiftThe Longitudinal ShiftThe Open ShiftThe S. W. E. ShiftThe Diagonal Palm ShiftTHE BLIND SHUFFLE FOR SECURING SELECTED CARDFORCINGPALMINGThe Back PalmCHANGESThe Top ChangeThe Bottom ChangeThe Palm ChangeThe Double Palm ChangeTRANSFORMATIONS. TWO HANDSFirst MethodSecond MethodThird MethodFourth MethodFifth MethodSixth MethodTRANSFORMATIONS. ONE HANDFirst MethodSecond MethodBLIND SHUFFLES. RETAINING ENTIRE ORDERFirst MethodSecond MethodThird MethodFourth MethodFifth MethodMETHODS FOR DETERMINING A CARD THOUGHTA. By the RiffleB. By Springing FlourishC. By the CutD. By the GazeTO GET SIGHT OF SELECTED CARDTHE SLIDEFAVORITE SLEIGHTS FOR TERMINATING TRICKSCatching Two Cards at Finger-endsLeaving Selected Card in Hand of SpectatorThe RevolutionCards Rising from the HandCARD TRICKS.EXPLANATORYTHE EXCLUSIVE COTERIETHE DIVINING RODTHE INVISIBLE FLIGHT .This book published in 1902 has been reformatted for the Kindle and may contain an occasional defect from the original publication or from the reformatting.