Trost,
Nick: Gambling
Tricks with
Cards Part Two ©1975 Nick Trost, Trik-Kard Specialties Softcover, stapled manuscript, 8.5x11", 28 pages |
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Comments: Part two of a four part series on gambling tricks. The other books are Gambling Tricks With Cards Part One, Gambling Tricks with Dice, and Expert Gambling Tricks.
Contents:
1 Introduction (Nick Trost)
2 Contents
3 Various Card Games
and
Swindles
3 The Canfield Solitaire Trick: a winning hand
5 Odd Man Wins!: man with the odd colored card wins; requires an
accomplice
6 The Trick of Thirty-One: a card game of 31 in which the
performer
always wins
10 The Horse Race: a horse race with cards, of course the
performer
always wins. Two methods supplied.
13 The Siamese Aces: A story demonstration in which the
spectator's
think the Aces won't be brought out together, yet they are anyway!
15 The Circus Card Trick: The next card selected will be yours
(spectator thinks you've missed...)
16 Sucker Bets With
Cards
16 Odd-Even Bet: Performer bets there will be an odd number of
heaps
with an odd number of cards
16 Red and Black Wager: Bet spectator can't turn over three reds
in
three tries
17 Tic Tac Toe Bet: follow up to the above
18 Two Reds and Two Blacks: spectator can't pick out two cards of
one
color
18 Suit Bet: Odd in your favor
18 Pair Bet: bet to turn up a pair in six tries
19 Ace, Deuce or Jack Bet: odd in your favor
19 Queen Bet: Bets of two cards turned over, one will be a Queen
19 Deck Cutting Bet: Won't cut to named card in 26 tries
20 Two-Together Bet: Bet a named value and suit will be found
together
20 Four Ace Proposition: Bet won't turn up Ace in 39 cards
20 Combination Bet: Bet one of two named cards will be near the
top, or
will be found together
20 Four-Heap Combination Bet: Four separate wagers
21 Two Deck Bet: From two decks, bet you will turn over two
identical
cards
22 Special Packs
22 Card Craps: Crap-shooting with cards
24 The Bridge Deck: special deck for Bridge Hand demonstrations
25 The Pinochle Pack: a special deck for Pinochle demonstrations
26 High-Low Cutting Pack: cut a high or low card at will using the
Stripper deck principle