I am a collector of books on Automatons, Chess, Mechanical Puzzles, Misc Puzzles, Circus Freaks, Circus Sideshow, Strategy Games, Fantasy Art, Recreational Drugs, Optical Illusions, Magic, Juggling, Comics, Gambling, Curiosities and other Oddities. And I like Thai food...
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Hold'em Poker Stacked DecksBruce Carlley You will learn stacks for 2 - 10 players which allow you to do the following: Presentation: Bring out the card case and remove the cards. Briefly show the cards and hand the deck to one of the players. Have them cut the deck. And cut again. State that you think he (or she) is lucky and let them deal. He deals and he wins! They have no explanation. He cut the cards and dealt and you did not touch the deck after he cut the cards. 1st edition 2019, 16 pages. | 2019 / 1 / 19 | $6 to wish list | ||
Introduction to Non-Transitive Gambling Bets for MagiciansBruce Carlley Bruce Carlley is going to show you a number of games that the magician or gambler plays against a spectator one on one. The spectator gets a free choice of the objects that are used in the gambling game. (Some games use cards, dice, pieces of paper, spinners, etc.) For example, say the spectator has a choice of four dice. Spectator picks one die and the magician picks one die. Each rolls their die, and the high number wins. Whoever wins a best of 12 game match wins the game. Unfortunately for the spectator, the magician will almost always win the match. The probability will ALWAYS be in the... | 2015 / 10 / 17 | $10 to wish list |