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Subtitled: Their tricks exposed or the art of always winning
Translated from the French of Robert-Houdin by William J. Hilliar. Robert-Houdin wrote this book primarily as an expose to reduce the number of people being cheated. He writes in his preface: "Enlighten the dupes and there will be no more cheats."
1st edition 1903; original 201 pages; PDF 145
Table of Contents
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- PREFACE
- PUBLISHER'S NOTE
CARD-SHARPERS
- A Dangerous Teacher
- CHAPTER I: The Modern Greeks
- CHAPTER II: The Greek Of The Fashionable World
- CHAPTER III: The Greek Of The Middle Class
- CHAPTER IV: The Greek Of The Gambling Hell
- CHAPTER V: A Greek Caught In The Act
- CHAPTER VI: The Gambler Raymond And His Infallible System
- CHAPTER VII: Instructive History Of A Greek
- CHAPTER VIII: Illegal Gambling Hells
- CHAPTER IX: Secret Gambling Hells
- CHAPTER X: Bleeding The Doctor
- CHAPTER XI: The Paste Ring
- CHAPTER XII: An Infamous Ambush
THE METHOD
- General Principles Of Cheating At Cards
- CHAPTER I: The False Cut
- CHAPTER II: Destroying The Cut
- CHAPTER III: The Pass Stroke
- CHAPTER IV: The Jump
- CHAPTER V: The Big Card
- CHAPTER VI: The Bridge
- CHAPTER VII: Drawing The Card
- CHAPTER VIII: Withdrawing Cards
- CHAPTER IX: Placing The Cards
- CHAPTER X: Seeing The Card
- CHAPTER XI: Changing The Packs
- CHAPTER XII: The Box Under The Cuff
- CHAPTER XIII: False Shuffle
- CHAPTER XIV: Cut Cards
- CHAPTER XV: Marked Cards
- CHAPTER XVI: Cards That Stick Or Slip
- CHAPTER XVII: Cards Not Cut On The Square
- CHAPTER XVIII: Pricked Cards
- CHAPTER XIX: Cards With Marked Edges
- CHAPTER XX: Cards With Bent Corners
- CHAPTER XXI: Cards With Designs At Back
- CHAPTER XXII: Spotting The Backs Of Cards
- CHAPTER XXIII: The Chaplet
- CHAPTER XXIV: The Marking Ring
- CHAPTER XXV: The Snuff-Box
- CHAPTER XXVI: Application Of The Preceding Principles
- CHAPTER XXVII: Trick At Piquet
- CHAPTER XXVIII: Trick At Ecarte
- CHAPTER XXIX: Lansquent Concealed Cards
- CHAPTER XXX: Observation On Games For Four Players
- CHAPTER XXXI: Amusing Trickeries
- CHAPTER XXXII: Ecarte
- CHAPTER XXXIII: Trick At Ecarte
- CHAPTER XXXIV: Another Trick At Ecarte
- CHAPTER XXXV: Baccarat
- CHAPTER XXXVI: Whist
- CHAPTER XXXVII: Bouillotte
- CHAPTER XXXVIII: Beqique
- CHAPTER XXXIX: Trick At Picquet
- CHAPTER XL: Little Tricks Innocent Through Use
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