Description
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
