The Expert at the Card Table, is an extensive book on the art of sleight of hand published in 1902 by S. W. Erdnase, a pseudonymous author whose identity...
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a pseudonym used by the author of The Expert at the Card Table, a book detailing sleight of hand (legerdemain), cheating and card manipulation. Still...
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descriptions can be found in books such as The Royal Road to Card Magic, The Expert at the Card Table and Card College. Many magicians have come up with...
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Dogs Playing Poker (section In literature and the arts)
paintings in the overall series feature anthropomorphized dogs, but the eleven in which dogs are seated around a card table have become well known in the United...
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A playing card is a piece of specially prepared card stock, heavy paper, thin cardboard, plastic-coated paper, cotton-paper blend, or thin plastic that...
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Queen of spades (redirect from The queen of spades)
The queen of spades (Q♠) is a face card in decks of French-suited playing cards and Tarot, depicting a queen of the spades (♠) suit and associated with...
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annotation of S. W. Erdnase's The Expert at the Card Table titled The Annotated Erdnase in 1991 which was published to the magic trade. Notable works published...
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directed The Expert at the Card Table at Broad Stage's Edye in Santa Monica, California. Also in 2010, Harris provided voice acting for the role of the adult...
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earned the unique distinction of being the oldest family-owned magic shop in the world. 1902 - The Expert at the Card Table is published by The Charles...
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Subterfuge at the Card Table: A Treatise on the Science and Art of Manipulating Cards. New York: Frederick J. Drake. Erdnase, S.W. (1995). Expert at the Card Table...
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Dai Vernon (category Academy of Magical Arts Magician of the Year winners)
see a magic show. The first real magic book Vernon owned was an early edition of The Expert at the Card Table, by S. W. Erdnase. By the time he was 13,...
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is the manipulating of coins to entertain audiences. Because coins are small, most coin tricks are considered close-up magic or table magic, as the audience...
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another pseudonym of S. W. Erdnase. The Autobiography of a Flea, erotic novel published in 1901. The Expert at the Card Table by S. W. Erdnase, a book on sleight-of-hand...
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Bottom dealing (category Card game terminology)
manipulation Cheating in poker Second dealing Card marking Erdnase, S. W. (1995) [1902]. The Expert at the Card Table. Dover. ISBN 978-0-312-09771-4.Bottom dealing...
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Second dealing (category Card game terminology)
The Second Deal, pp. 240–241. Erdnase, S. W. (1995) [1902]. The Expert at the Card Table. Dover. ISBN 978-0-312-09771-4.Second dealing, p. 31. John Nevil...
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passages from The Expert at the Card Table accompanying the music and matching the magic. The production also featured Rob Zabrecky's TURN ON THE DARK! which...
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Guy Hollingworth (category Academy of Magical Arts Magician of the Year winners)
a well-received show at the Edinburgh Comedy Festival entitled "Expert at the Card Table", which was based on a 1902 book of the same title. FISM Lecture...
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slowly. This table illustrates some example counting systems. The primary goal of a card counting system is to assign point values to each card that roughly...
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Magic (illusion) (section Misuse of the term "magic")
Cheating at card games is an obvious example, and not a surprising one: one of the most respected textbooks of card techniques for magicians, The Expert at the...
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individual details of the Marseilles card, such as the fingers, table, and depiction of the plants, in addition to the elements shared between the Rider–Waite and...
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Gavin Bryars (category Alumni of the University of Sheffield)
by the Spanish artist Juan Muñoz, who talks about methods of cheating at card games (drawing on The Expert at the Card Table by S. W. Erdnase). The ten...
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Gambler's palm (category Card tricks)
be laid flat on the card table. Erdnase, S. W. (1995) [1902]. The Expert at the Card Table. 978-0486285979. ISBN 978-0-312-09771-4.Erdnase System of Palming...
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American English and more commonly with the "shark" spelling, the term has also taken on the meaning of an expert card gambler who takes advantage of less-skilled...
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behind The Expert at the Card Table. While loyal fans have traced the book's publication to Chicago in 1902, the details behind the story are shrouded in...
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History of cardistry (redirect from Sybil (card flourish))
as S. W. Erdnase's The Expert at the Card Table from 1902 (which shared roots in gambling and cheating at cards), emphasized the importance of incorporating...
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Glossary of poker terms (redirect from Turn card)
dealer's position at the table boxed card A card encountered face-up in the assembled deck during the deal, as opposed to one overturned in the act of dealing...
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Magician's palm (category Card tricks)
Books. ISBN 0-89471-623-9.The Classic Palm (Using a Coin), p. 190. Erdnase, S. W. (1995) [1902]. The Expert at the Card Table. Dover. ISBN 978-0-312-09771-4...
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in his pocket all along, apparently the same cards which were shuffled into the deck. Erdnase, S. W. The Expert At The Card Table. ISBN 0-486-28597-9...
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Contract bridge (redirect from Bridge (card game))
other around a table. Millions of people play bridge worldwide in clubs, tournaments, online and with friends at home, making it one of the world's most...
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Casino game (redirect from Table game (casino))
may be played at a table or through the purchase of paper tickets or cards, such as keno or bingo. Some casino games combine multiple of the above aspects;...
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