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Russell T. Barnhart

Russell T. Barnhart

(Chicago, IL: August 20th, 1926 - Jamaica, NY: September 14th, 2003) Amateur card worker and gambling historian. He was a regular at the Round Table in Chicago until he moved to New York City. He served two years in the Navy, joined Andover, and majored in English at Princeton. He was also fluent in French and Spanish. Barnhart was honored by the Institute of Gaming and Commercial Gambling at the University of Nevada in Reno, to which he donated his gambling library.

Wrote Two Second Deals (1974, 14pp), The Master Palm (1975), Casino Gambling (1977, 221pp), and Gamblers of Yesteryear (1983). Translated Eugene Villiod's La màchine voler (1905) as The Stealing Machine (1977, 221pp), his Comment on nous vole au jeu! (1909) as How They Cheat You at Cards (1979, 189pp), and another book of his, which was translated as Crooks, Con Men, and Cheats (1980, 131pp). Articles or tricks in Genii and Onyx.

Coauthors: Eugene Villiod

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Beating the Wheel by Russell T. Barnhart

The system that's won more than six million - from La Vegas to Monte Carlo.

With 170 wheels in Las Vegas, 144 in Atlantic City, thousands in Europe, and hundreds in the Far East, roulette undoubtedly the world's most popular casino game. But can the game be beaten, except by luck? Yes, says Russell Barnhart, an expert in gambling strategies and a roulette winner for more than thirty years. In Beating the Wheel, he shares his valuable strategy.

Barnhart bases his findings on tens of thousands of spins of a biased wheel - one which behaves a certain way due to damage. Although every casino...

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Crooks, Con Men and Cheats by Eugene Villiod & Russell T. Barnhart

Knowledge of how confidence men and cheats operate is undeniably the best personal defense against them, and Eugene Villiod, the Parisian private detective, exposes about all we need to know for self-protection - and does so entertainingly. All the important cheats including short-changing, pickpocketing, three card monte, and others are covered.

Perhaps the most surprising aspect of this book, which was published in its original French edition in 1922, is that the same swindles are not only still with us today but that they are also perpetrated in the same ways.

Translated from the French...

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The Stealing Machine by Eugene Villiod & Russell T. Barnhart

Translation of La Machine à Voler, a French classic revealing the legal circumvention of gambling laws to establish crooked gambling clubs and casinos. It also exposes cheating methods for baccarat.

This work is primarily interesting to the magician due to its exposure of cheating methods at baccarat including sleight-of-hand techniques. These are explained in detail including photos.

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Read this book, read it carefully. The man who wrote it, though lacking in talent, is sure of what he says, and says nothing he can’t prove. Once having read the book, go to the casino and look...

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The Master Palm by Russell T. Barnhart

During his Princeton years, Russell worked in a nightclub doing close-up magic, and he has frequently entertained in that medium in his busy New York life since. He knows the value of a card trick that "entertains" and this is what he focuses on in Master Palm. Careful, concise thinking written up in clear language helps you to learn the 17 sleights and 15 tricks more easily.

1st edition 1975; PDF 58 pages, photo illustrated.

Table of Contents

  1. INTRODUCTION

    Part One

  2. CUP SHUFFLE
  3. LEFT HAND BOTTOM PALM

    Part Two: THE MASTER PALM

  4. (1) Right hand Side-Slip Steal
  5. (2) Spread Replacement ...
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Two Second Deals by Russell T. Barnhart

This ebook is for the advanced student of cards. Russel T. Barnhart teaches two second deals. One he calls the 'Thumb Second' and the other the 'Little Finger Second'. Both are described with words and photos.

1st edition 1974, 16 pages; 1st digital edition 2012, 12 pages.

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