Download or read book Scarne on Card Tricks written by John Scarne and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2013-06-17 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marvelous treasury of card magic presents exact details of 155 professional card tricks that anyone can learn. Card wizard John Scarne reworked these tricks to eliminate the need for sleight-of-hand. Simple instructions and clear diagrams illustrate Houdini's "Card on the Ceiling," Blackstone's "Card Trick Without Cards," Milton Berle's "Quickie Card Deal," more.
Download or read book Scarne s Encyclopedia of Card Games written by John Scarne and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 1994-04-08 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A classic in its field, this is the essential, all-inclusive guide to today's card games, including poker, bridge, baccarat, solitaire, and dozens of others, as well as histories and variations in the games, odds, and tips on how to detect cheating.
Download or read book The Odds Against Me written by John Scarne and published by . This book was released on 2020-04-03 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If he's had a touch of larceny in him, he could have been the number one card sharp of ail time. Instead the author of these fabulous memoirs, born to a mother who considered gambling "the devils tool" put his extraordinary gifts to far different purposes. He has used his incredible gambling sense, his miraculously dexterous fingers (as a magician he vied with Houdini) his brilliant mathematical mind, and his fascination with carnival and gambling life, to become America's number one authority on gambling and odds. He is the greatest living practitioner and analyst of card and slight of hand ( his artistry impressed FDR as well as underworld overlords). He has been consultant to the top casinos in Cuba, Puerto Rico, Las Vegas. He was chosen by the US Army in World War II to show GI's how not to be fleeced in crooked games. He was a front page witness in 1961 before the Senate's investigation of gambling and crime. There is nothing about the international gambling world - its personalities, stories, methods - that he doesn't know. And his own colorful and knowing personality makes his autobiography one of the most fascinating documents of our day. " Illustrated with 16 pages of photographs, 537 pages.
Download or read book Scarne on Dice written by John Scarne and published by . This book was released on 2019-12-19 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scarne was often proclaimed by experts, magicians and editors of the time as the greatest card manipulator of all time. He was an expert at poker, blackjack, backgammon and any other game played at casinos. Scarne's famous card trick was "Scarne's Aces". Taking a spectator's shuffled deck of cards and then cutting to all four aces.
Download or read book Scarne s New Complete Guide to Gambling written by John Scarne and published by Touchstone. This book was released on 1986 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author presents the stories of lesser known inventors without whom such men as Fulton might not have become famous.
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Card Tricks written by Jean Hugard and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-04-30 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This giant-sized collection explains how to perform over 600 professional card tricks, devised by the world's greatest magicians. The finest single compendium available, the book features a clear style that makes the instructions easy to follow.
Download or read book Ellis Stanyon s Best Card Tricks written by Ellis Stanyon and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1999 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hundreds of tricks for amateurs and professionals alike -- from relatively complex maneuvers involving mathematical calculation to simple tricks for beginners such as "The Traveling Ace."
Download or read book Self Working Close Up Card Magic written by Karl Fulves and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-07-19 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Easy-to-master crowd-pleasing tricks, require a deck of cards and offer beginners experience in handling an audience. Instructions.
Download or read book Self Working Card Tricks written by Karl Fulves and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-04-30 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Noted magician and magic authority offers 72 tricks that work automatically through nature of card deck. No sleight of hand needed. Often spectacular. 42 illustrations.
Download or read book The Expert at the Card Table written by S. W. Erdnase and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-05-07 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVThe one essential guidebook to attaining the highest level of card mastery, from false shuffling and card palming to dealing from the bottom and three-card monte, plus 14 dazzling card tricks. /div
Download or read book The Royal Road to Card Magic written by Jean Hugard and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-06-28 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVSimple-to-use book gives versatile repertoire of first rate card tricks. The authors, both expert magicians, present clear explanations of basic techniques and over 100 complete tricks. 121 figures. /div
Download or read book Complete Guide to Gambling written by John Scarne and published by New York : Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1961 with total page 750 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illustrated facts and figures about U. S. gambling.
Download or read book Scarne s Guide to Modern Poker written by John Scarne and published by Pocket Star Books. This book was released on 2005-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The gambling expert reveals the secrets and strategies you need to increase your enjoyment and winnings at the world's most popular card game. Scarne lays down the rules of all 117 forms of poker, including the latest variations like Texas Hold 'Em.
Download or read book Stars of Magic written by George Starke and published by . This book was released on 2017-06-20 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you have not read and learned the magic contained in this book you have no business calling yourself a close-up magician. The magic by John Scarne, Dai Vernon, Bert Allerton, S. Leo Horowitz, Emil Jarrow, Francis Carlyle, Dr. Jacob Daley, Tony Slydini, Ross Bertram, Nate Leipzig, and Max Malini helped shape the art of close-up magic as we know it.It has often been said that mastering the magic in this book will make you an accomplished close-up and sleight-of-hand artist. In many ways, it contains all the magic you need to build a professional caliber repertoire. Many have earned a living performing these routines and now you can too.Includes: 41 incredible routines by 11 incredible artists, a historical introduction and a bonus section with private correspondence related to the Stars Of Magic.
Download or read book Scarne on Cards written by John Scarne and published by Berkley. This book was released on 1986-02-04 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Destination Zero written by John Bannon and published by . This book was released on 2015-02-01 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Gambling Scams written by Darwin Ortiz and published by Lyle Stuart. This book was released on 2000-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains how to watch for the techniques used to cheat at forms of gambling such as blackjack, craps, roulette, and backgammon.
