Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2

Forte Years of Research

2020
Written by Steve Forte
Work of Steve Forte
589 pages (Hardcover), published by Selfpublished
Illustrated with photographs
Language: English
427 entries
Cover photograph
250 per page
Creators Title Comments & References Page Categories
Steve Forte Chapter 7 - Mucks, Holding out, Coolers and More
  • Introduction
 		505
Steve Forte Mucks general comments
 		506
Steve Forte One-card Mucks - chop similar to Throw Change, Blackjack application, one of two cards stolen in thumb clip, then switched in later round, with scenarios
 		507
Steve Forte double-down chop
509
Steve Forte one-handed peek muck one of two cards
 		510
Steve Forte cowboy one of two cards
 		511
Steve Forte squeeze muck one of two cards
 		512
Steve Forte prop muck one of two cards, with item like glass on table
 		512
Steve Forte Macau muck - baccarat one of two cards
 		513
Steve Forte Two-Card Mucks for blackjack, intro
 		516
Steve Forte scoop muck blackjack hand
 		516
Steve Forte jump muck
517
Steve Forte left-right-left-right
518
Steve Forte hand-to-hand
519
Steve Forte hand-to-hand #2
520
Steve Forte cash switch with bills
 		520
Steve Forte super fast
521
Steve Forte Two-Bet Switches intro, two hands played by one player and cards transferred from hand to hand
 		522
Steve Forte slider two blackjack hands, a card switched between the hands
 		522
Steve Forte carry-over two blackjack hands, a card switched between the hands
 		523
Steve Forte matching high cards two blackjack hands, a card switched between the hands, similar to The Spread
 		524
Steve Forte against the ace two blackjack hands, a card switched between the hands
 		524
Steve Forte squeeze switch two blackjack hands, a card switched between the hands
 		526
Steve Forte lucky-spot switch two blackjack hands, a card switched between the hands
 		527
Steve Forte Holding Out intro
 		529
Steve Forte Break-offs definition
 		529
Steve Forte standard break-off from packet into left-hand gambler's flat palm
 		529
Steve Forte nail/thumb-slide break-off from packet into left-hand gambler's flat palm
 		530
Steve Forte shuffle steal from packet into right-hand gambler's flat palm
 		531
Steve Forte table break-off from packet into right-hand gambler's flat palm
 		532
Steve Forte pitch holdout from packet which is pitched onto table
 		534
any card - any number of cards by hustler SMK, from center packet into right-hand gambler's flat palm
 		535
Steve Forte Holding Out - The Process with switching and clean-up examples
 		536
Small Packet Palm Loewy Palm
 		536
Small Packet Flat Palm top card into right-hand flat palm
 		537
Steve Forte hold-out sequences three complete sequences
 		539
Steve Forte going south holding out the palmed card or storing it under table
 		541
Steve Forte holdout devices
541
Steve Forte Coolers intro, dealer-cooler vs. cutter-cooler
 		542
Cigar-Cooler while taking cigar out of jacket, topit
 		542
Chair Cooler adjusting chair
 		542
Steve Forte Slide-offs intro, one deck is slid off into lap
 		544
Steve Forte standard slide-off
544
Steve Forte back-cut slide-off
545
Steve Forte Left-hand-cut Cooler
547
Steve Forte Leg Padding to avoid things falling through the legs
 		548
Steve Forte left-hand-cut-off-the table cooler
548
Steve Forte Standard Dealer Switch
549
Steve Forte delayed dealer switch
550
Steve Forte I-cooler "illogical"
 		550
Steve Forte Table Cut-and-carry Coolers "Scarne cooler", intro
 		551
Steve Forte undercut cooler (traditional) The Sting
 		551
Steve Forte interlocked fingers clean-up hold-out position for palming a deck
 		553
Steve Forte undercut cooler (nontraditional) held by ends, shown by hustler FOF
 		553
Steve Forte Off-the-table Cooler during off-the-table cut
 		555
Steve Forte Forearm Coolers forearm cover
 		556
Steve Forte f-cooler forearm cover
 		557
JB casino coolers hustler JB
 		559
Steve Forte big-mitt switches comments about big hands
 		560
Steve Forte cash-coolers bills as cover
 		560
Steve Forte half deck-in-each-hand cooler
562
Steve Forte baseball-cap cooler
562
Steve Forte overhand-shuffle cooler hustler MD
 		563
Steve Forte one-handed cooler one-handed tabled cut
 		563
Steve Forte cold-deck machine
565
Steve Forte Palming
566
Steve Forte heel palm
566
Steve Forte natural palm no lifting by left fingers
 		567
Steve Forte left-thumb-blocker palm left thumb stays on top of deck
 		568
Steve Forte discards palm as hands or discards are collected
 		569
Steve Forte simple bottom palm
569
Steve Forte hanging get-ready bottom cards in position while deck is still in right-hand end grip
 		570
Steve Forte instant gamblers' palm into left hand from bottom of deck
 		571
Steve Forte in-the-air bottom palm
573
Steve Forte one-handed palm
574
Steve Forte Action Palms
575
Steve Forte off-the-table riffle and cascade palm
575
Steve Forte shift-palm top cards into left hand classic palm
Related to 575
Steve Forte table-riffle palm off the top during tabled riffle shuffle
Related to 576
Steve Forte Thumb Clips off the deck, hold-out at table edge
 		577
Steve Forte Gamblers' Cop overhand shuffle cover
 		578
Steve Forte Replacements "capping the deck", after a spectator's shuffle, several examples for procedures
  • card tricks
 		580
Steve Forte Dealer Caps - Beat the Cut
583
Steve Forte gamblers' cop
583
Steve Forte thumb-clip left-hand thumb clipped card replaced to top
 		583
Steve Forte scoop cap right-hand flat palm
 		584
Steve Forte Cutter Caps - Beat the Cut
585
Steve Forte strip cap left-hand flat palm
 		585
Steve Forte off-the-table left-hand thumb clipped card replaced to bottom
 		586
Steve Forte The Scam - Capping the Deck for draw poker
 		587
Steve Forte wrap-around cap left-hand flat palm to top
 		587
Steve Forte sweep-cap
588
Steve Forte one-handed caps
589
Steve Forte wrong-direction cap
589
Steve Forte no-palm cap transfer from small packet to deck
 		590
Steve Forte capping to the bottom transfer from small packet to bottom of deck, tabled
 		591
Steve Forte sticker-cap card sticks to thumb, transfer from small packet to deck
 		591
Steve Forte direct transfer cap left-hand cop or thumb clip to top of tabled deck via right-hand end grip transfer
 		592
Steve Forte hand-to-hand transfer left thumb clip to right classic
 		593
Steve Forte interlocked-fingers transfer flat to flat
 		594
Steve Forte Packet Switches "standard switch", The Drop
 		595
Steve Forte brush packet switch
596
Steve Forte slide-off palm switch lapping
 		596
Steve Forte shuffle packet switch
597
Steve Forte off-the-bottom packet switch
598
Steve Forte Palm-drop card ping chien
 		599
Steve Forte Flopping the Deck two handlings
 		600
Steve Forte Center Discarding
601
Steve Forte Hole-card and Player-card Switches credit information
  • direct hole-card "switch"
  • tip-over hole-card switch
Related to 602
Steve Forte Summary
605
Steve Forte (reviewer) Chapter 8 - The Erdnase Factor by S. W. Erdnase
- The Expert at the Card Table 		607
Steve Forte Observations analysis and fact checks
  • title
  • title page
  • preface
  • introduction
  • gambling houses
  • advantages
  • gamblers
Related to 612
Steve Forte Card Table Artifice analysis and fact checks
  • Professional Secrets
  • holdouts
  • prepared cards
  • prepared cards (strippers)
  • faro
  • confederacy
  • two methods of shuffling
  • primary accomplishments
  • possibilities of the blind
  • uniformity of action
  • deportment
  • display of ability
  • greatest single accomplishment
  • effect of suspicion
  • acquiring the art
  • importance of details
  • Technical Terms
Related to 617
Steve Forte Erdnase System of Blind Shuffles analysis and fact checks
  • (I) To Retain Top Stock
  • (II) To Retain Top Stock and Shuffle Whole Deck
  • (III) To Retain the Bottom Stock and Shuffle Whole Deck
  • Recommenation
Related to 633
Steve Forte Erdnase System of Blind Riffles and Cuts analysis and fact checks
  • Blind Riffles
    • I. To Retain the Top Stock
    • II. To Retain the Bottom Stock
    • Recommendation
  • Blind Cuts
    • I. To Retain Bottom Stock - Top Losing One Card
    • II. To Retain the Complete Stock
    • III. To Retain Top Stock
    • IV. To Retain Bottom Stock
  • Combination Riffle and Cuts
    • V. To Retain Bottom Stock - Riffle II and Cut IV
    • Recommendation
  • Fancy Blind Cuts
    • I & II. To Retain the Complete Stock
    • One-handed Fancy True Cut
    • Annotators
    • Recommendation
Related to 635
Steve Forte To Indicate the Location for the Cut analysis and fact checks
  • Brief I (half-deck crimp)
  • Brief II (side jog)
  • Brief III (table crimp)
  • Brief IV
  • Annotators
  • Recommendation
Related to 644
Steve Forte Bottom Dealing analysis and fact checks
  • The "Erdnase Grip"
  • Top and Bottom Dealing with One Hand
  • Stud Bottom
  • Annotators
  • Recommendation
Related to 646
Steve Forte Second Dealing analysis and fact checks
  • Annotators
  • Recommendation
Related to 652
Steve Forte Ordinary Methods of Stocking, Locating and Securing analysis and fact checks, riffle stacking credit information
  • Recommendation
Related to 655
Steve Forte Stock Shuffle analysis and fact checks
  • Annotators
  • Recommendation
Related to 658
Steve Forte The Erdnase System of Stock Shuffling analysis and fact checks
  • Annotators
  • Recommendation
Related to 660
Steve Forte The Erdnase System of Cull Shuffling analysis and fact checks
  • Recommendation
Related to 664
Steve Forte The Erdnase System of Palming analysis and fact checks
  • Top Palms (first and second methods)
  • Annotators
  • Bottom Palms (first and second methods)
  • Bottom Palm When Cards Are Riffled
  • Recommendation
Related to 666
Steve Forte To Maintain the Bottom Palm While Dealing analysis and fact checks
  • Recommendation
Related to 670
Steve Forte To Hold the Location of the Cut While Dealing analysis and fact checks
  • Recommendation
Related to 672
Steve Forte Shifts analysis and fact checks
  • Annotators
  • Recommendation
Related to 673
Steve Forte To Ascertain the Top Cards while Riffling and Reserve them at Bottom analysis and fact checks
  • Recommendation
Related to 677
Steve Forte Mode of Holding the Hand analysis and fact checks
Related to 679
Steve Forte Skinning the Hand analysis and fact checks
  • Recommendation
Related to 679
Steve Forte The Player Without an Ally analysis and fact checks, cut really biggest obstacle?
  • Dealing Without the Cut
  • Replacing the Cut as Before
  • Holding out for the Cut
  • Shifting the Cut
  • Dealing Too Many
  • Crimping for the Cut
  • Replacing Palm When Cutting
    • 1. cap to bottom during strip
    • 2. cap to bottom during cut
    • 3. hand with palmed cards cuts the deck, then caps
  • The Short Deck
  • Recommendation
Related to 681
Steve Forte Three Card Monte analysis and fact checks
  • Recommendation
Related to 689
Steve Forte The Revelations analysis and fact checks about Erdnase and his book
  • The Thought Process
  • Plagiarism
    • Early Authors on Cheating
    • Stealing Information
    • Erdnase Versus the Early Authors
  • Sub-par Gambling Moves
    • Practical Applications
    • Technical Considerations
    • Technical Perfection
    • Technical Improvement
    • Knowledge Is A Process
    • Nothing But Moves
    • The Expert's Best Gambling Moves
  • Omissions
    • Betrayed No Confidences
    • Pressure From Clubs and Cheaters
    • Maybe Erdnase Didn't Know?
    • No Omissions
    • More Omissions
  • Oddities
    • Choice of Words
    • Inventorship
    • Attention To Detail
    • Single-o
    • Pseudonyms
    • Before and After
    • Contradictions
    • Gambling Influence
    • Multiple Sources
    • Self-Incrimination
  • Did Erdnase Violate His Own Principles?
  • Magic
    • magic at the card table
    • Dai Vernon
    • A Modern Development (Joe Crist, Artanis)
 		689
Steve Forte Annotators discussion of annotated Erdnase books
 		725
Steve Forte (reviewer) Vernon - Revelations by Dai Vernon 725
Steve Forte (reviewer) Marlo - Marlo On Erdnase by Edward Marlo (written by Jon Racherbaumer) 725
Steve Forte (reviewer) Ortiz - The Annotated Erdnase by Darwin Ortiz 726
Steve Forte (reviewer) Whaley et al - The Man Who Was Erdnase by S. W. Erdnase (written by Bart Whaley, Jeff Busby) 728
Steve Forte (reviewer) The Giorgio Letters by Tony Giorgio 728
Steve Forte, Richard Hatch Opposing Views opinion on Erdnase and Steve Forte's view, letters
  • Hatch to England - Initial Comments
  • Hatch to England - Follow-up Comments
  • Forte to Hatch - First Response
  • Hatch to Forte - Third Response
 		729
Steve Forte Conclusions on Erdnase
 		736
Steve Forte Summary on Erdnase
 		740
Steve Forte Chapter 9 - Pseudo Gambling Stunts
  • Introduction
 		743
Steve Forte Cutting the Aces intro
 		746
Steve Forte A Few Basic Moves
748
Steve Forte Breaks on picking up breaks at tabled deck
 		748
Steve Forte scratch-break cover for pushing off and back with deck in dealing position
 		749
Steve Forte touch-break establishing break under top card of tabled deck
  • twist-break
 		749
Steve Forte riffle/square-up breaks (bottom card) tabled deck
 		749
Steve Forte spread-break display concealing break during in-the-hands spread display, temporary step
 		750
Steve Forte getting into breaks getting into a break with overhand shuffle, insertion cut with all-around square up
 		751
Steve Forte reintroducing the f-transfer tabled, more on the angling of the bottom card with the right third finger
Related to 751
Steve Forte display dodges showing top cards of tabled deck and using display to pick up breaks or go into transfer cuts
 		752
Steve Forte V-strip bottom slip cut substitute, tabled
 		754
Steve Forte Positioning Swing-Cuts bluff/slip swing cuts to position top cards into different parts with breaks
Inspired by 755
Steve Forte Early Ideas stringing together false cut sequences
 		756
Steve Forte slip-cuts tabled strip cut sequence as slip cut substitute, also face-up
 		757
Steve Forte progressive aces each cut seems more difficult
 		757
Steve Forte cover-cards showing that no Ace is on top first
 		758
Steve Forte dead-cuts intro, about methods for cutting off a packet from tabled deck with an Ace at its face, see following items
 		758
Steve Forte estimation dead-cut, cutting off a packet from tabled deck with an Ace at its face
 		758
Steve Forte double/triple-cuts dead-cut method
 		760
Steve Forte box/riffle brief dead-cut method after a riffle shuffle
 		760
Steve Forte bevel/riffle brief dead-cut method after a riffle shuffle
 		760
Steve Forte JN dead-cut sequence dead-cut method after a riffle shuffle
Inspired by 761
Roger Klause Bending the Break
761
Steve Forte crimps - in and out with corner crimp removal and crimping method for upper right corner of top card
 		762
Steve Forte off-the-table riffle and cascade with break wedge break
 		763
Steve Forte TCCB Aces "top, center, center, bottom", cutting deck into four piles on table, Aces revealed on top and bottom of the piles
  • getting into TCCB order
    • simultaneous top and bottom slip-cuts
    • two traditional slip-cuts
    • eliminating one slip-cut
    • eliminating both slip-cuts
    • Zarrow
    • TCCB riffle
Variations 765
Steve Forte deck setups all fours-of-a-kind together
 		769
Steve Forte gaffed cards some brief comments
 		769
Steve Forte The Stunts intro to routine chapter
 		771
Steve Forte Triple Cutting & Stripping to the Aces dead-cutting to the four Aces one by one
 		771
Steve Forte strip-dump dropping cards at break during running cut, also for off-the table Ace cutting (see p. 773)
 		771
Steve Forte One-Card Cut clean tabled slip-cut handling
 		773
Steve Forte Deeper and Deeper Aces each Ace cut from deeper position than before
Variations 774
Steve Forte Roll-over Deeper and Deeper Aces cutting to Aces one by one alternating from face-up and face-down deck
Inspired by 775
Steve Forte Lift and Drop Aces one by one from different parts of the deck
 		776
Steve Forte Up-The-Ladder Aces two black Aces cut to, then two indifferent cards which change to the red Aces
 		777
Steve Forte Ultimate Dead-Cutting Sequence
  • up-the-ladder
  • double strip
  • scrape-cuts and dead-cuts
  • JN cut
  • double riffle
 		778
Steve Forte Riffle Shuffle Estimation Aces advanced handling with legitimate riffle shuffles before cutting to an Ace
 		780
Steve Forte Two-At-A-Time Aces cutting to two Aces at once
  • two aces: v-strip
  • split, cut, carry
  • triple center-cuts
  • high-card wins
  • double dead-cuts
 		782
Steve Forte Four Aces - Direct one by one with three false cut, in the hands or tabled
 		787
Steve Forte Off-the-Table Base Cut straight cut from hand to table, from wedge break
 		787
Steve Forte Off-the-table Base-cut hand to table, left thumb grips over deck
 		788
Steve Forte The Optical Cut featuring clean spin cut at a break
 		789
Steve Forte Off-the-table Cut & Carry Aces single running cut from hand to table, Aces revealed during it, also with spread-cuts
 		790
Steve Forte The Gamblers' Safe-Cut tabled center cuts to produce Aces one by one
 		791
Steve Forte Four Piles - Aces On Top deck cut into four tabled piles with Aces on top
 		792
Steve Forte Four Piles - Aces On Bottom deck cut into four tabled piles with Aces on bottom
 		793
Steve Forte Outside, Inside, Somewhere in the Middle deck cut into three piles, two Aces on top of outer piles, one on bottom and in center of middle pile
 		796
Steve Forte I like to Sweat the Last Ace deck cut into four tabled piles with Ace on bottom of each pile
 		797
Steve Forte Push-Through with Break holding break during riffle shuffle, reestablishing it after push-through
 		797
Steve Forte The Perfect Strip four stepped piles after strip cut to produce Aces
Inspired by 800
Steve Forte Running Aces four cards jogged during in-the-hands running cuts, they are the Aces
 		801
Steve Forte Continuous Stripped Aces during tabled stripped cut
 		802
Steve Forte Continuous Stripped Aces #2 during two table strip cuts
 		804
Steve Forte V-Stripped Aces with four strip cuts
 		805
Steve Forte Smoothie Aces with four strip cuts
 		805
Steve Draun Draun-drag thumb keeps top card of lower half in place
Related to 806
Steve Forte Slow-Motion Stripped Aces with four strip cuts, f-strip & Erdnase strip
 		807
Steve Forte Super Fast Aces deck cut into four piles very fast
 		808
Steve Forte Speed Cuts featuring "speed-cut", fast cut with deck slightly in the air over the table
 		809
Steve Forte One Hand Only deck cut into four piles from left-hand dealing position
 		810
One-Handed Slip-Cut from dealing position to table
 		811
Steve Forte Sweep Aces deck in left hand dealing position, instantly cut into four piles with a sweeping movement, Aces on top
 		812
Steve Forte Which Ace Do You Want?
814
Steve Forte Too Many Drops incomplete riffle shuffle condition, packets drop to table with Aces
Inspired by 815
Steve Forte Charlier Cuts deck cut on table, then packets are picked up and given one-handed Charlier cuts to reveal Aces
  • charlier cuts #2
  • charlier cuts #3
  • charlier cuts #4
 		817
Steve Forte One Riffle - Four Aces incomplete riffle shuffle condition, deck cut and turned over to reveal all Aces
 		820
Steve Forte One-handed Crimp Cut clean cutting to the last Ace after a spectator's strip cut, one-handed crimp enlargement
Inspired by 822
Steve Forte Riffled - Not Squared incomplete riffle shuffle condition, Aces cut to in different ways
 		823
Steve Forte Hands-Off Aces incomplete riffle shuffle condition, Aces cut to in different ways
 		824
Steve Forte Ribbon Spread Aces half the deck ribbon spread, all Aces produced when spread is turned over
 		826
Steve Forte Jagged Aces unsquared deck cut into four piles flourishy to reveal Aces
 		827
Inflated Side-Cut inflated half pushed into side of other half
 		827
Steve Forte Hunch Aces before two halves are riffle-shuffled, one is cut at an Ace, repeated with other half, two more productions, Forte favorite
 		829
Steve Forte Jump-Cut from Incomplete Riffle Shuffle in the air, caught with other hand
 		830
Steve Forte Location Unknown cutting the Aces after legitimate spectator riffle shuffle, in context of imaginary game "Aces in the Middle"
Also published here 831
Swivel Cut Glimpse
832
Steve Forte Scarne Aces Ace apparently glimpsed during riffle shuffle, cards on top counted and total announced before cutting to it
 		834
Steve Forte Overhand Shuffle Scarne cutting the Aces and knowing the number of cut-off cards each time
 		836
Steve Forte Aces and Kings strategies to cut to two fours-of-a-kinds
 		837
Steve Forte Aces, Kings, and Queens strategy to cut to three fours-of-a-kinds
 		839
Steve Forte Aces, Kings, Queens, Jacks and Tens (strippers)
840
Steve Forte Aces, Kings, Queens, Jacks, and Tens producing five fours-of-a-kind
 		841
Steve Forte False Shuffle & Cut Demonstrations intro
 		843
Steve Forte False Cut Demo
844
Steve Forte Top-to-Bottom and Back "A demonstration of transfers"
 		844
Steve Forte Bottom-slug Demo
845
Steve Forte Riffling Down Demo
846
Steve Forte No Aces on Top top stock control demo
 		846
Steve Forte Multi-pile Cuts several options
 		847
Steve Forte More Options several slug control cuts
Inspired by 848
Steve Forte Follow The Slug top slug control demo with top card face up, several possibilities listed
 		850
Steve Forte Changing Colors Ace of Spades shown on top, red Ace shown after some top slug control demo, then black again, also with two Aces
 		851
Steve Forte Changing Places red Aces on top and black Aces on bottom, they are shown transposed after shuffle and cut, repeated
  • 1st phase
  • 2nd phase
 		852
Steve Forte Ace in the Middle Ace inserted into center of tabled deck is shown to be controlled, along with the other Aces
 		854
Steve Forte Tabled Diagonal Insertion
854
Steve Forte No Other Aces no Aces shown on top before producing more
 		855
Steve Forte Riffle-kill x-card riffled into Ace slug on top
 		855
Steve Forte Here Come the Kings about the surprise appearance of Kings in Ace control demo
 		856
Steve Forte Top/Bottom Transfer Demo Aces shown on top, two riffle shuffles without further cuts and they are shown on bottom, then back to top
  • top to bottom - two riffles
  • bottom to top - two riffles (Frank Thompson inspired)
  • bottom to top - one riffle
  • face-up transfer
  • psychological transfer
Inspired by 857
Steve Forte Michael Skinner Mystery cutting the bottom card to the top in a single above-table cut, ideas and posed as a problem
 		860
Steve Forte Slug Control Exposés clean top stock control demos
  • riffle exposé
  • exposé #2
 		861
Steve Forte Watch The Top Of The Deck three procedure outlines for clean top stock control demos
 		863
Steve Forte The 21st Card center slug control demo, card at twenty-first position is retained during riffle shuffle
 		864
Steve Forte Splitting To The Aces Ace appears each time the deck is split for a riffle shuffle
  • splitting to the aces - no cuts or boxes
 		864
Steve Forte The 7-13-3-1 Demo after convincing riffle shuffle the Aces are found at the numbers in the title one at a time with shuffles in between
 		866
Steve Forte Dealers' School Aces controlled during seemingly fair riffle shuffles, some shuffles with openly reversed cards on top
 		867
Steve Forte Up & Down Trapped Aces top and bottom cards turned face up, after a few riffle shuffles they trap the four Aces in the center
 		869
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Data entered by Denis Behr, March 2020.