Scarne on Cards
by John Scarne

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How to win at Poker, Gin, Pinochle, Blackjack and many other games.

Scarne on Cards is not only a fundamental reference and rule ebook; it is a dependable guide for anyone who wants to avoid being victimized by cheating and sharp practice, and for anyone who wants to play a better game and thereby improve his chances of winning.

"John Scarne is to games what Dr. Einstein is to advanced physics." - John Lardner, in Newsweek
"John Scarne is the most expert exponent of wonderful card effects and table work that I have ever seen in my life." - Nate Leipzig
"John Scarne's one-man expose has saved G.I. Joe millions a month. Scarne is the most artistic manipulator of cards within memory of living man." - The Saturday Evening Post
"Scarne knows every turn and twist of his craft. His technical mastery is unsurpassed." - John N. Hilliard
"You have done a great service both to your country and to the members of the armed forces." - Admiral Ernest J. King
"John Scarne is America's top card magician." - Walter Winchell

CHAPTER ONE: Introductory
CHAPTER TWO: Card Cheats and Their Methods
CHAPTER THREE: Marked Cards
CHAPTER FOUR: The Only Player You Can't Beat
CHAPTER FIVE: Can Luck Beat Skill?
CHAPTER SIX: Poker—According to Scarne
CHAPTER SEVEN: Draw Poker and Its Variations
CHAPTER EIGHT: Stud Poker and Its Variations
CHAPTER NINE: Poker Odds and Probabilities
CHAPTER TEN: Cheating at Poker
CHAPTER ELEVEN: Strategy at Poker
CHAPTER TWELVE: The Dealer Who Moves Without Getting Up
CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Rummy Games
CHAPTER FOURTEEN: Other Rummy Games I
CHAPTER FIFTEEN: Other Rummy Games II
CHAPTER SIXTEEN: Scarne's Rules for Gin Rummy
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: The Play of the Hand at Gin Rummy
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: Cheating at Gin Rummy
CHAPTER NINETEEN: Skarney: The World's Best Rummy Game
CHAPTER TWENTY: Black Jack or Twenty-One
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE: The Mathematics of Black Jack
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO: Cheating at Black Jack
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE: Chemin de Fer and Other Games
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR: Faro or Faro bank
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE: Stuss, Red Dog and Other Faro Variants
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX: Card Craps, Farmer and Other Games
CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN: Pinochle—General Rules
CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT: Two-Handed Pinochle
CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE: Three-Handed and Four-Handed Pinochle
CHAPTER THIRTY: Partnership Pinochle and Other Variations
CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE: Cheating at Pinochle
CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO: Bridge
CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE: Cribbage
CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR: Pitch or Setback
CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE: Casino
CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX: Kalabrias, Klobiosh, Klabberjass, or Klob
CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN: Hearts According to Scarne and Regular Hearts

revised edition 1974; PDF 619 pages.
word count: 225911 which is equivalent to 903 standard pages of text

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