A Treatise on the Sucker Effects of Three Card Monte

John Scarne

2019

24 páginas

48m

ISBN-13: 9781098943400

Originally published in the 1930's by A.V. Walsh as John Scarne Explains Why You Can't Win. Illustrated with 43 photographs. While the language is dated (circa 1930) and not as easy to understand as later works (like Sal Piacentes) it presents almost all the basic concepts of Three Card Monte. This book is to Three Card Monte what Erdnase was to card handling, and is probably responsible for more people learning Three Card Monte than any other single volume.CONTENT INCLUDES* What a Great Magician Has to Say About Scarne (Nate Leipzig)* Letter: by John Scarne* Contents* Definition of Gambling Terms: such as "Berries", "Chicken Feed", "John Law", etc.* Forward: A.V. Walsh* Introduction: about Monte, grifters, and the players in a typical scam* Grifter's Signals: several methods described* Familiar Phrases in Gambling: more definitions such as "Hipe", "Shills", etc.* Three Card Monte: the basic routine described (traditional, non-gimmicked cards)* Series of Deceptive Moves: an outline* Bent or Crimped Corner, Grifter Method: how to use the Bent Corner sucker gag* The Flip: a sort of Mexican Turnover move* The Flip Change: follows the above* Moves with Flip and Flip-Change: outline using the above moves* Grifter's Marked Corner (Using the Flip and Flip-Change): another sucker gag* Scarne's Monte Slide: three cards are shown face up, each snapped with a finger and laid on the table, yet the Ace is not found* Scarne's Triple Climax: using a one-way back, the spectator thinks the performer has made a mistake* Scarne's Method of the Crimped Corner: Scarne's variation* Scarne's Marked Corner: one corner is marked with a pencil, yet the spectator is suckered* The Stamped Ace - Scarne's Method: this time, a stamp is placed on the Ace...* Scarne's Method of Torn Corner: even though a corner is torn off the Ace, spectator picks the wrong card* Scarne's Push Over Change: another move useful in a Monte routine* The Mexican Turn Over: card switch described* The Daub: how to use it* A Poem24 Pages Complete With Photographs.