Eugene Villiod, Russell Barnhart: How They Cheat You At Cards
Villiod, Eugene; Russell T. Barnhart (translator): How They Cheat You at Cards, Or Mr. Rakeoff In the Provinces
©1979 Gamblers Book Club, Las Vegas, NV
Hardcover, w/d, 189 pages
ISBN: 0-89650-750-5
Eugene Villiod, Russull Barnhart: How They Cheat You
              At Cards
Image courtesy eBay seller JayAndLefty

Comments: Illustrated by B&W photographs. "First translation of a turn-of-the-century French classic revealing the cheating methods of the card sharpers."

Contents (Chapters, from book ToC):

9 Foreword
11 Preface
15 Chapter 1 Banker and Broker
26 Chapter 2 Ecarté
45 Chapter 3 Manille
61 Chapter 4 Rams
73 Chapter 5 Seven-and-a-Half
85 Chapter 6 Piquet
97 Chapter 7 Red Dog
109 Chapter 8 Last of Red Dog
118 Chapter 9 Draw Poker
143 Chapter 10 Last of Draw Poker
149 Chapter 11 Planting Marked Decks: and Ringing in a Cooler
162 Chapter 12 More about Planting Marked Decks
170 Chapter 13 Last about Planting Marked Decks
181 Conclusion Methods of Self-Defense


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