The Expert at the Card Table: Classic Treatise on Card Manipulation (Dover Magic Books)

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In any case, Erdnase starts the slim volume with a treatise on gambling cons to be performed at the gambler's table (the Artifice section), moves on to some fantastic magician slights (the Legerdemain section), then wraps the volume up with a short card routine that uses some of the techniques just described. Just having that basic understanding of what was possible, of what the various slights could produce, keep me interested. I mean, I know how Three Card Monte works now, and why it's so tough to beat! The Expert at the Card Table is the most famous, the most carefully studied book ever published on the art of manipulating cards at gaming tables.” —from the Foreword by Martin Gardner. Card Mastery, HBDJ, Circle Magic Shop by Michael MacDougall's Card Mastery (contains the complete text of Expert)

I still need to watch my DVD set, but I wanted to read the book first. It's easy to get through if you don't worry too much about visualizing the moves exactly. Get a general idea of what he's describing, and what each move does, and remind yourself that you'll be able to see them in action when you watch video instruction. a b c Erdnase, S. W (1995) [1902]. The Expert at the Card Table: The Classic Treatise on Card Manipulation (1st Ed. reprinted.). Mineola, NY: Dover Publications. ISBN 978-0-486-28597-9. He then wraps it all up with a short card routine that uses some of the techniques he just explained. Dai Vernon actually produced a copy of the book with his own personal notes, which are I can tell you: Expensive…Sierra, Gabrielle. "Guy Hollingworth Performs His Show At Menier Chocolate 4/2-4". BroadwayWorld.com . Retrieved February 20, 2023. Hold Outs. — Many mechanical contrivances termed hold outs have been invented to aid the card player. The simplest form is a steel spring with an awl-like attachment at one end which can be pressed into the under side of almost any table in an instant. The spring snaps up against the table, the end curving slightly downwards to receive the cards. The thumb of either hand can put in or take several cards from the apparatus without the hands leaving the table. The author’s identity was never really discovered. The credited author, S.W. Erdnase, is believed by the majority of people to have been an East coast gambler, James Andrews… (I guess we know how he went on such on so many winning streaks if that’s true.) The Dover edition has some changes from previous editions that make it easily distinguishable if it's scanned or OCR'd.

This book is amazing, whether you want to cheat at Poker or perform the most astonishing card magic. The influence of this book is such that it has been issued in annotated form; [8] [9] translated into Japanese, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Russian, [5] and korean; and issued as a series of DVDs by a professional magician, demonstrating and explaining Erdnase's techniques and methods. [3] A featured show of the story of Expert of the Card Table is also performed regularly by UK magician Guy Hollingworth. [10] Adaptations [ edit ] Hazard at play carries sensations that once enjoyed are rarely forgotten. The winnings are known as “pretty money,” and it is generally spent as freely as water. The average professional who is successful at his own game will, with the sublimest unconcern, stake his money on that of another’s, though fully aware the odds are against him. He knows little of the real value of money, and as a rule is generous, careless and improvident. He loves the hazard rather than the stakes. As a matter of fact the principal difference between the professional gambler and the occasional gambler, is that the former is actuated by his love of the game and the latter by cupidity. A professional rarely “squeals” when he gets the worst of it; the man who has other means of livelihood is the hardest loser. Get it Free!? The Expert at the Card Table is the most famous, the most carefully studied book ever published on the art of manipulating cards at gaming tables." —from the Foreword by Martin Gardner.

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In our film the greatest magicians of our time go in search of the long-lost genius. They talk about the rumors of his supposed suicide and other stories that will chill you to the bone. No proof of the many legends appears to exist, but in searching for him we learn about the true significance of hisbook. Along the way, we are given valuable insights into the history of deception through the ages and the origin of some of the best-kept secrets of the contemporary world of magic.