Sharps and Flats; a complete revelation of the Secrets of Cheating at Games of Chance and Skill (1894)
Maskelyne, John Nevil · Longmans, Green and Co. (London) · leaf 149
S AND FLATS "The fact is, the players are not looking for it ; they assume that they are playing with honest men, and upon that assumption the sharp in great measure relies. ‘The bridge is specially useful in cases where a con- federate is available to cut the cards. Then the bridge need not be so… … iiiatning the sante end. as this one will be described in the chapter on ‘ Prepared Cards.’ + Working backwards, then, from the end to the means, we arrive by a natural tiansition fo the méthods of manipulation empleyed int - sectilina: an advantageous disposition of the cards. -Amdng these,*a…
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