Card-sharpers, their tricks exposed, or, The art of always winning (1891)
Robert-Houdin, Jean-Eugène, 1805-1871, Forster, Joseph · London : Spencer Blackett · leaf 187
176 CARD-SHARPERS cards beyond the others, as is shown in Nos. i and 2 of Fig. lo. … Fig. lo. In ordinary dealing No. i would be given before No. 2; but if the Greek thinks it will serve his evil purpose, he draws the cardj that is to say, substitutes the second for the first. This is his method. Holding the two cards to- gether between his index finger and thumbj he gives them a…
Gambling · Card games
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