Gambling Sleight of Hand – Forte Years of Research (2 Volumes) by Steve Forte

Details: Gambling Sleight of Hand – Forte Years of Research is a two-volume set consisting of over 1,100 pages and 1,300 black/white photographs. The set details over 1,000 combined gambling moves, stunts, technical considerations, principles, and key observations. The research was specifically culled and written for the ‘hobbyist,’ e.g., magicians, cardmen, and cardwomen.

• Second Edition
• Volume 1 – 515 pages; Volume 2 – 592 pages (NOT sold separately)
• 11.5 x 8.5″
• #80 Arrestox B Stock
• Smyth Sewn, Black Cloth Boards w/ Silver Stamping

Contents:

The table of contents for the two-volume set is extensive, comprising over 1,000 entries! Each entry is a move, variant, technical consideration, principle, or key idea. Originally the plan was to post everything, but I decided against it because I didn’t want terminology to be misconstrued..Conversely, the book’s table of contents are short, general overviews that don’t do the scope of.the research justice. So, to better inform potential readers of what to expect, I opted for a combination of (a) the book’s table of contents, (b) short descriptions of each chapter, and (c) a.sample chapter in the expanded table-of-contents format. Note that at the end of volume two,.each chapter is presented in the expanded format in lieu of a traditional index.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Dedication – Ray Goulet
Foreword – Bill Malone
Preface
Acknowledgments

Chapter 1. -. Gambling Sleight of Hand – The Hobby

Gambling Sleight of Hand as a Hobby . . .. 2
Studying Gambling Sleight of Hand . . . 11
Technical Considerations . . . 21
Cheaters and Magicians . . . 31
Practice . . . 36
Last Thoughts . . . 47

Chapter 2. -. False Shuffles

False Table Riffle Shuffles . . . 57
Legitimate Table Cuts and Strips . . . 69
False Table Cuts and Strips . . . 71
Carrying Slugs . . . 86
Positioning Cuts and Strips . . . 93
Riffling Down, Riffling Up . . . 102
False Shuffling Procedures . . . 112
The Push-through . . . 117
The Pull-out . . . 145
Zarrow Shuffle . . . 162
False Overhand Shuffles . . . 185
Off-the-table False Riffles, Strips, and Cuts . . . 200
Wash/Scramble . . . 223

Chapter 3. -. Stacking and Culling

Overhand Shuffle Stacks . . . 230
Riffle Stacking . . . 242
Faro Stacking . . . 256
Culling . . . 272

Chapter 4. -. Beating the Cut.

Shifts . . . 280
Hops . . . 306
Drops . . . 320
False Cuts for Cutters . . . 323
Briefs . . . 329

Chapter 5. -. False Deals

Strike Seconds . . . 352
Pushoff Seconds . . . 388
One-handed Seconds . . . 406
New Theory Second Deals . . . 417
The Bottom Deal . . . 437
Stud Bottoms . . . 451
One-handed Bottoms . . . 459
Bottom Deal Ploys . . . 462
New Theory Bottoms . . . 463
Thirds, Greek Bottoms, and Centers . . . 470

Chapter 6. -. Peeks and Paper

Peeks . . . 478
Paper . . . 487

Chapter 7. -. Mucks, Holding Out, Coolers, and More

Mucks . . . 506
Holding Out . . . 529
Coolers . . . 542
Palming . . . 566
A Few More Moves . . . 593

Chapter 8. -. The Erdnase Factor

Observations . . . 612
Card Table Artifice . . . 617
Erdnase Systems of Blind Shuffles . . . 633
To Indicate the Location for the Cut . . . 644
Bottom Dealing . . . 646
Second Dealing . . . 652
Ordinary Methods of Stocking, Locating and Securing . . . 655
Stock Shuffle . . . 658
Erdnase System of Stock Shuffling . . . 660
Erdnase System of Cull Shuffling . . . 664
Erdnase System of Palming . . . 666
To Maintain the Bottom Palm While Dealing . . . 670
To Hold Location of Cut While Dealing . . . 672
Shifts . . . 673
To Ascertain Top Cards (Riffling) and Reserve Them at the Bottom . . . 677
Mode of Holding the Hand . . . 679
Skinning the Hand . . . 679
The Player Without an Ally . . . 681
Three Card Monte . . . 688
The Revelations . . . 689
The Thought Process . . . 689
Plagiarism . . . 690
Sub-par Gambling Moves . . . 701
Omissions. . . . 707
Oddities . . . 712
Did Erdnase Violate His Own Principles? . . . 718
Magic . . . 720
Annotators . . . 725
Opposing Views . . . 729
Conclusions . . . 736

Chapter 9. -. Pseudo Gambling Stunts

Cutting the Aces . . . 746
The Stunts. . . . 771
False Shuffle & Cut Demonstrations . . . 843
Stacking and Culling Demonstrations . . . 889
False Dealing Demonstrations . . . 926
Other Dealing Demonstrations . . . 953
Gambling Routines . . . 958
Odds and Ends . . . 979
Flourishes . . . 996
Fakes . . . 1012
Impressions . . . 1029
Total Recall Scanning . . . 1037

Chapter 10. -. Closing Thoughts

Personal Decisions . . . 1045
Perspective . . . 1046
Conversations . . . 1046
Beginners . . . 1049
Experienced Cardmen . . . 1050
Recap . . . 1050
Volume 3? . . . 1053
Errors . . . 1053
Good Luck . . . 1053

Appendix . . . 1055

Index
References . . . 1061
Names . . . 1064
Moves, Stunts, Principles . . .. 1067
Chapter Photo Pages . . .. 1085

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