2002 facsimile edition used
1902
Written by S. W. Erdnase
Work of S. W. Erdnase
205 pages (Hardcover), published by Selfpublished
Illustrated with drawings by Marshall D. Smith
Language: English
129 entries
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S. W. Erdnase Preface
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S. W. Erdnase Introduction
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S. W. Erdnase Professional Secrets
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S. W. Erdnase Hold Outs information and opinion
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S. W. Erdnase Prepared Cards information and opinion
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S. W. Erdnase Confederacy
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S. W. Erdnase Two Methods of Shuffling
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S. W. Erdnase Primary Accomplishments false shuffling and cutting
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S. W. Erdnase Possibilities of the "Blind"
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S. W. Erdnase Uniformity of Action
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S. W. Erdnase Deportment
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S. W. Erdnase Display of Ability
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S. W. Erdnase Greatest Single Accomplishment bottom dealing
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S. W. Erdnase Effect of Suspicion
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S. W. Erdnase Acquiring the Art
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S. W. Erdnase Importance of Details
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S. W. Erdnase Technical Terms
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S. W. Erdnase Erdnase System of Blind Shuffles - Position for Shuffle
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S. W. Erdnase Blind Shuffles - I. To Retain Top Stock
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S. W. Erdnase II. To Retain Top Stock and Shuffle Whole Deck
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S. W. Erdnase III. To Retain Bottom Stock and Shuffle Whole Deck
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S. W. Erdnase Erdnase System of Blind Riffles and Cuts - I. To Retain the Top Stock
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S. W. Erdnase II. To Retain the Bottom Stock
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Blind Cuts - I. To Retain Bottom Stock. Top Losing One Card
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II. To Retain the Complete Stock
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III. To Retain the Top Stock running cut with break
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S. W. Erdnase IV. To Retain the Bottom Stock
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S. W. Erdnase V. To Retain Bottom Stock. Riffle II and Cut IV Combination Riffle and Cuts
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Fancy Blind Cuts - I. To Retain the Complete Stock
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S. W. Erdnase II. To Retain the Complete Stock
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One-Handed Fancy True Cut tabled
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To Indicate the Location for the Cut - I. This is located by the Crimp bridge crimp, for use after overhand shuffle
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S. W. Erdnase II. This is located by the jog for use after overhand shuffle
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III. This is located by the crimp bridge crimp, for use after riffle shuffle
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IV. This is located by the jog for use after riffle shuffle
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S. W. Erdnase Bottom Dealing featuring the Erdnase Grip
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S. W. Erdnase Top and Bottom Dealing with One Hand using the Erdnase Bottom Deal, also mention of Stud Bottom Deal
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S. W. Erdnase Second Dealing two methods
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S. W. Erdnase Ordinary Methods of Stocking, Locating and Securing different methods while toying with the deck
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Stock Shuffle milk build, drawing only from the bottom without top card cover, also for more hands at once
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S. W. Erdnase Erdnase System of Stock Shuffling
  • Two-Card Stock
  • Three-Card Stock
  • Four-Card Stock
  • Five-Card Stock
  • Twelve-Card Stock--For Draw Poker
  • Euchre Stock--Four-Handed Game-1
  • Euchre Stock--Four-Hande Game-2
Inspired byRelated toVariations 68
S. W. Erdnase The Erdnase System of Cull Shuffling
  • To Cull Two Cards
  • To Cull Three Cards
  • To Cull Four Cards
  • To Cull Nine Cards
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S. W. Erdnase The Erdnase System of Palming - Top Palm. First Method
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S. W. Erdnase Top Palm. Second Method
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S. W. Erdnase Draw Replacement deck drawn to table edge
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S. W. Erdnase Bottom Palm. First Method with left little finger option
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S. W. Erdnase Bottom Palm. Second Method
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S. W. Erdnase Bottom Palm Replacement
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S. W. Erdnase Bottom Palm When Cards Are Riffled almost tabled after riffle shuffle, two methods
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S. W. Erdnase Top Palm When Cards Are Riffled after riffle shuffle
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S. W. Erdnase To Maintain the Bottom Palm While Dealing delaying its use
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S. W. Erdnase To Hold the Location of Cut while Dealing delaying a shift or similar action
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S. W. Erdnase Shifts
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Two-Handed Shift
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S. W. Erdnase The Erdnase Shift. One Hand
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S. W. Erdnase Erdnase Shift. Two Hands
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S. W. Erdnase To Ascertain the Top Cards while Riffling and Reserve them at Bottom see elegant title, tabled double cut
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S. W. Erdnase Mode of Holding the Hand how to hold the hand for poker playing
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S. W. Erdnase Skinning the Hand to rearrange a heavy poker hand
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S. W. Erdnase Small Packet Top Palm
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S. W. Erdnase Dealing Without the Cut dealing from half pack to avoid shift and simplify bottom deal
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S. W. Erdnase The Player without an Ally
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S. W. Erdnase Replacing the Cut as Before bold
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S. W. Erdnase Holding Out for the Cut
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S. W. Erdnase Shifting the Cut tips for the card table
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S. W. Erdnase Dealing Too Many dealing too many cards in a game, double deal is only hinted at
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S. W. Erdnase Crimping for the Cut using crimp in a game, player cuts to crimp
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S. W. Erdnase Replacing Palm When Cutting two for top, one for bottom
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S. W. Erdnase The Short Deck playing with a short deck, card table advantage
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Three Card Monte two methods for the Throw Switch
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Mexican Three Card Monte featuring the Mexican Turnover
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S. W. Erdnase Legerdemain
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Charlier Single Handed Shift also for control
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S. W. Erdnase The Longitudinal Shift
VariationsAlso published here 130
S. W. Erdnase The Open Shift color change mention on page 134
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S. W. Erdnase The S.W.E. Shift color change mention on page 136
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S. W. Erdnase The Diagonal Palm-Shift mention of top palm, bottom palm and multiple shift on page 141
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S. W. Erdnase The Blind Shuffle For Securing Selected Card with palm off for a spectator shuffle
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Forcing
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S. W. Erdnase Palming two methods
  • without apparently touching the deck with right hand
  • single card à la Vernon's Topping the Deck
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The Back Palm
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Changes - The Top Change old style with finger change
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The Bottom Change
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Adrian Plate The Palm Change uncredited
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Prof. Robert Hellis The Double-Palm Change
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S. W. Erdnase Transformations. Two Hands intro
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S. W. Erdnase First Method "Transformations. Two Hands"
Houdini/Erdnase Change
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Second Method "Transformations. Two Hands"
left first finger pushes out bottom card to the front
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Third Method "Transformations. Two Hands"
deck on left fingers, right hand covers face, left thumb pushes back card up into right hand
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S. W. Erdnase Fourth Method "Transformations. Two Hands"
handling variation of Third Method
Variations 153
S. W. Erdnase Sixth Method "Transformations. Two Hands"
featuring unusual palm
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Fifth Method "Transformations. Two Hands"
right thumb goes under deck and pulls bottom card out
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Transformations. One Hand - First Method one-handed, thumb drags face card to the back
Variations 156
S. W. Erdnase Second Method "Transformations. One Hand"
one-handed, thumb pushes back card to the face
Variations 158
Blind Shuffles, Retaining Entire Order. - First Method
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Second Method "Blind Shuffles, Retaining Entire Order."
can be done without table
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Third Method "Blind Shuffles, Retaining Entire Order."
similar to second method, can be done without table
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Fourth Method "Blind Shuffles, Retaining Entire Order."
Greek Shuffle
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Charlier Fifth Method "Blind Shuffles, Retaining Entire Order."
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S. W. Erdnase Methods for Determining a Card Thought Of intro
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S. W. Erdnase A. By the Riffle "Methods for Determining a Card Thought Of"
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S. W. Erdnase B. By Springing Flourish "Methods for Determining a Card Thought Of"
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S. W. Erdnase C. By the Cut "Methods for Determining a Card Thought Of"
spectator cuts while performer holds deck, remembers card, and replaces, performer picks up break
Variations 167
S. W. Erdnase D. By the Gaze "Methods for Determining a Card Thought Of"
cards shown one by one, spectator's eyes are watched
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To Get Sight of Selected Card with spectator insertion subtlety, three centre glimpses
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The Slide
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Catching Two Cards at Fingertips "Favorite Sleights for Terminating Tricks"
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Leaving Selected Card in Hand of Spectator hitting deck out of his hand
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The Revolution air pressure turnover
Variations 170
Card Rising from the Hand
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S. W. Erdnase Card Tricks
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S. W. Erdnase The Exclusive Coterie
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S. W. Erdnase The Divining Rod blindfolded
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S. W. Erdnase The Invisible Flight
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S. W. Erdnase Tricks with the Prearranged Deck Eight Kings - set up explained with methods to calculate cards and their positions (applicable for any cyclic stack)
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S. W. Erdnase Weighing Cards
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S. W. Erdnase Producing Any Card Called For
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S. W. Erdnase Naming Cards...
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S. W. Erdnase Knowing Position of any named Card
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S. W. Erdnase The Traveling Cards
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The Row of Ten Cards spectator displaces x cards in packet, an x value card is produced
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S. W. Erdnase The Acrobatic Jacks kind of Cavorting Aces
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S. W. Erdnase A Mind-Reading Trick one out of four, "did you see your card already" and fishing
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S. W. Erdnase Power of Concentrated Thought number up to ten
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The Acme of Control old effect with pair of pseudo duplicates
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S. W. Erdnase The Card and Handkerchief
Variations 198
S. W. Erdnase The Top and Bottom Production ladies looking glass
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S. W. Erdnase The Three Aces Ace of Hearts poses as Diamonds, distributed Aces are together after one cut
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S. W. Erdnase The Card and Hat card to under hat
Variations 204
Data entered by Denis Behr.