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The Importance of Being Erdnase
About
Preface
Contents
Introduction
Card Table Artifice
Professional Secrets
Hold-outs
Prepared Cards
Confederacy
Two Methods of Shuffling
Primary Accomplishments
Possibilities of the Blind
Uniformity of Action
Deportment
Display of Ability
Greatest Single Accomplishment
Effect of Suspicion
Acquiring the Art
Importance of Details
Technical Terms. Definitions of
Position for the Shuffle
Blind Shuffles. Erdnase System of
I. To Retain Top Stock
II. To Retain Top Stock and Shuffle Whole Deck
III. To Retain the Bottom Stock and Shuffle Whole Deck
Blind Riffles and Cuts. Erdnase System of
I. To Retain Top Stock
II. To Retain Bottom Stock
Blind Cuts
I. To Retain Bottom Stock. Top Losing One Card
II. To Retain Complete Stock
III. To Retain Top Stock
IV. To Retain Bottom Stock
V. Combination Riffle and Cuts
Fancy Blind Cuts
I. To Retain the Complete Stock
II. To Retain the Complete Stock
Fancy True Cut. One-Handed
To Indicate the Location for the Cut
I. By Crimp
II. By Jog
III. By Crimp
IV. By Jog
Bottom Dealing
Top and Bottom Dealing. One Hand
Second Dealing
Ordinary Methods of Stocking, Locating and Securing
Stock Shuffle
Stock Shuffling. Erdnase System of
Two-Card Stock
Three-Card Stock
Four-Card Stock
Five-Card Stock
Twelve-Card Stock — For Draw Poker
Euchre Stock
Euchre Stock
Cull Shuffling. The Erdnase System of
To Cull Two Cards
To Cull Three Cards
To Cull Four Cards
To Cull Nine Cards
Palming. Erdnase System of
Top Palm, First Method
Top Palm, Second Method
Bottom Palm, First Method
Bottom Palm, Second Method
Bottom Palm when Cards are Riffled
To Maintain The Bottom Palm While Dealing
To Hold The Location Of Cut While Dealing
Shifts
Two-Handed Shift
Erdnase Shift, One Hand
Erdnase Shift, Two Hands
To Ascertain the Top Cards While Riffling and Reserve Them at Bottom
Mode of Holding the Hand
Skinning the Hand
The Player Without an Ally
Dealing Without the Cut
Replacing the Cut as Before
Holding Out for the Cut
Shifting the Cut
Dealing Too Many
Crimping for the Cut
Replacing Palm When Cutting
The Short Deck
Three Card Monte
Mexican Monte
Legerdemain
Shifts
Single-Handed Shift
The Longitudinal Shift
The Open Shift
The S.W.E. Shift
The Diagonal Palm Shift
The Blind Shuffle for Securing Selected Card
Forcing
Palming
The Back Palm
Changes
The Top Change
The Bottom Change
The Palm Change
The Double Palm Change
Transformations. Two Hands
First Method
Second Method
Third Method
Fourth Method
Fifth Method
Sixth Method
Trandformations. One Hand
First Method
Second Method
Blind Shuffles, Retaining Entire Order
First Method
Second Method
Third Method
Fourth Method
Fifth Method
Methods For Determining a Card Thought Of
Method A
Method B
Method C
Method D
To Get Sight of Selected Card
The Slide
Favorite Sleights For Terminating Tricks
Catching Two Cards at Fingertips
Leaving Selected Card in Hand of Spectator
The Revolution
Cards Rising from the Hand
Card Tricks
The Exclusive Coterie
The Divining Rod
The Invisible Flight
Tricks With The Prearranged Deck
The Travelling Cards
The Row of Ten Cards
The Acrobatic Jacks
A Mind-Reading Trick
Power of Concentrated Thought
The Acme of Control
The Card and the Handkerchief
The Top and Bottom Production
The Three Aces
The Card and Hat
The Expert at the Card Table
The
Expert at the
Card Table
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By S.W. Erdnase
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