Author: John Scarne
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486317153
Category : Games
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Marvelous treasury of card magic presents exact details of 155 professional card tricks that anyone can learn. Card wizard John Scarne reworked these tricks to eliminate the need for sleight-of-hand. Simple instructions and clear diagrams illustrate Houdini's "Card on the Ceiling," Blackstone's "Card Trick Without Cards," Milton Berle's "Quickie Card Deal," more.
Scarne on Card Tricks
Author: John Scarne
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486317153
Category : Games
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Marvelous treasury of card magic presents exact details of 155 professional card tricks that anyone can learn. Card wizard John Scarne reworked these tricks to eliminate the need for sleight-of-hand. Simple instructions and clear diagrams illustrate Houdini's "Card on the Ceiling," Blackstone's "Card Trick Without Cards," Milton Berle's "Quickie Card Deal," more.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486317153
Category : Games
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Marvelous treasury of card magic presents exact details of 155 professional card tricks that anyone can learn. Card wizard John Scarne reworked these tricks to eliminate the need for sleight-of-hand. Simple instructions and clear diagrams illustrate Houdini's "Card on the Ceiling," Blackstone's "Card Trick Without Cards," Milton Berle's "Quickie Card Deal," more.
Scarne's Encyclopedia of Card Games
Author: John Scarne
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062731556
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
A classic in its field, this is the essential, all-inclusive guide to today's card games, including poker, bridge, baccarat, solitaire, and dozens of others, as well as histories and variations in the games, odds, and tips on how to detect cheating.
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062731556
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
A classic in its field, this is the essential, all-inclusive guide to today's card games, including poker, bridge, baccarat, solitaire, and dozens of others, as well as histories and variations in the games, odds, and tips on how to detect cheating.
The Odds Against Me
Author: John Scarne
Publisher:
ISBN: 9784871871235
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
If he's had a touch of larceny in him, he could have been the number one card sharp of ail time. Instead the author of these fabulous memoirs, born to a mother who considered gambling "the devils tool" put his extraordinary gifts to far different purposes. He has used his incredible gambling sense, his miraculously dexterous fingers (as a magician he vied with Houdini) his brilliant mathematical mind, and his fascination with carnival and gambling life, to become America's number one authority on gambling and odds. He is the greatest living practitioner and analyst of card and slight of hand ( his artistry impressed FDR as well as underworld overlords). He has been consultant to the top casinos in Cuba, Puerto Rico, Las Vegas. He was chosen by the US Army in World War II to show GI's how not to be fleeced in crooked games. He was a front page witness in 1961 before the Senate's investigation of gambling and crime. There is nothing about the international gambling world - its personalities, stories, methods - that he doesn't know. And his own colorful and knowing personality makes his autobiography one of the most fascinating documents of our day. " Illustrated with 16 pages of photographs, 537 pages.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9784871871235
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
If he's had a touch of larceny in him, he could have been the number one card sharp of ail time. Instead the author of these fabulous memoirs, born to a mother who considered gambling "the devils tool" put his extraordinary gifts to far different purposes. He has used his incredible gambling sense, his miraculously dexterous fingers (as a magician he vied with Houdini) his brilliant mathematical mind, and his fascination with carnival and gambling life, to become America's number one authority on gambling and odds. He is the greatest living practitioner and analyst of card and slight of hand ( his artistry impressed FDR as well as underworld overlords). He has been consultant to the top casinos in Cuba, Puerto Rico, Las Vegas. He was chosen by the US Army in World War II to show GI's how not to be fleeced in crooked games. He was a front page witness in 1961 before the Senate's investigation of gambling and crime. There is nothing about the international gambling world - its personalities, stories, methods - that he doesn't know. And his own colorful and knowing personality makes his autobiography one of the most fascinating documents of our day. " Illustrated with 16 pages of photographs, 537 pages.
Scarne's Guide to Modern Poker
Author: John Scarne
Publisher: Pocket Star Books
ISBN: 9781416500551
Category : Poker
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The gambling expert reveals the secrets and strategies you need to increase your enjoyment and winnings at the world's most popular card game. Scarne lays down the rules of all 117 forms of poker, including the latest variations like Texas Hold 'Em.
Publisher: Pocket Star Books
ISBN: 9781416500551
Category : Poker
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The gambling expert reveals the secrets and strategies you need to increase your enjoyment and winnings at the world's most popular card game. Scarne lays down the rules of all 117 forms of poker, including the latest variations like Texas Hold 'Em.
Scarne on Card Games
Author: John Scarne
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN: 9780486436036
Category : Card games
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In addition to complete rules and instructions for playing dozens of games, tables of probabilities and percentages, and the fine points of winning play, this book — one of the best on the subject — also contains some 60 pages of information on how to detect cheating.
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN: 9780486436036
Category : Card games
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In addition to complete rules and instructions for playing dozens of games, tables of probabilities and percentages, and the fine points of winning play, this book — one of the best on the subject — also contains some 60 pages of information on how to detect cheating.
Scarne's New Complete Guide to Gambling
Author: John Scarne
Publisher: Touchstone
ISBN: 9780671630638
Category : Gambling
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The author presents the stories of lesser known inventors without whom such men as Fulton might not have become famous.
Publisher: Touchstone
ISBN: 9780671630638
Category : Gambling
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The author presents the stories of lesser known inventors without whom such men as Fulton might not have become famous.
Scarne on Cards
Author: John Scarne
Publisher: Berkley
ISBN: 9780451167651
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
Publisher: Berkley
ISBN: 9780451167651
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
Author: Jean Hugard
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486156524
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
This giant-sized collection explains how to perform over 600 professional card tricks, devised by the world's greatest magicians. The finest single compendium available, the book features a clear style that makes the instructions easy to follow.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486156524
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
This giant-sized collection explains how to perform over 600 professional card tricks, devised by the world's greatest magicians. The finest single compendium available, the book features a clear style that makes the instructions easy to follow.
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
Author: Ellis Stanyon
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486405308
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Hundreds of tricks for amateurs and professionals alike -- from relatively complex maneuvers involving mathematical calculation to simple tricks for beginners such as "The Traveling Ace."
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486405308
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Hundreds of tricks for amateurs and professionals alike -- from relatively complex maneuvers involving mathematical calculation to simple tricks for beginners such as "The Traveling Ace."
Scarne on Dice
Author: John Scarne
Publisher:
ISBN: 9784871871228
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 518
Book Description
Scarne was often proclaimed by experts, magicians and editors of the time as the greatest card manipulator of all time. He was an expert at poker, blackjack, backgammon and any other game played at casinos. Scarne's famous card trick was "Scarne's Aces". Taking a spectator's shuffled deck of cards and then cutting to all four aces.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9784871871228
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 518
Book Description
Scarne was often proclaimed by experts, magicians and editors of the time as the greatest card manipulator of all time. He was an expert at poker, blackjack, backgammon and any other game played at casinos. Scarne's famous card trick was "Scarne's Aces". Taking a spectator's shuffled deck of cards and then cutting to all four aces.