Description

A play-by-play exposé of the tricks of the card sharp’s trade.

Moss gives general advice on how to avoid becoming a sucker or losing more money than luck alone would explain. The most interesting part is where he describes several sleights and strategies cardsharps use to cheat at the card table. Many of the sleights are illustrated with photos.

Introduction5Meet the Enemy7Who Are the Victims?SuckersAddictsDefeating the EnemyLuckGreedAmateursAdviceModern CheatingFalse Cut Number OneFalse Cut Number TwoFalse Cut Number ThreeFalse Cut Number FourA Reverse CutFalse ShuffleA Riffle Stack for PokerA Double Hand Riffle Stack for PokerA Shuffle Stack for Poker and BridgeAn Arrangement Stack for BridgeA Shuffle Stack for Poker, 1A Shuffle Stack for Poker, 2A Riffle Stack for Draw PokerA Double-Hand Shuffle Stack for PokerAn Interlace Rifle Stack for Poker and Gin RummyAn Arrangement Stack for Cribbage and PokerA Combination Riffle and Shuffle Stack for Euchre, 1A Combination Riffle and Shuffle Stack for Euchre, 2A Riffle Stack for EuchreA Shuffle Stack for EuchreSecond Dealing, 1Second Dealing, 2Finding Value of Top Card for Second DealingMarked CardsBottom DealingPalmingCheating the Banker in Blind Hookey with a Stripper DeckBending Cards for False CutsProper Way to DealMemorizing CardsCold-Deck

1st edition 1950, 77 pages; PDF 59 pages.
word count: 14738 which is equivalent to 58 standard pages of text