Authentic (more or less)

167 entries in Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Three Card Monte / Authentic (more or less)
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Henri Decremps Avis intéressant monte type game using four cards and the glide
 		1786
Testament de Jérôme Sharp
185
The "Three Card" Trick with bent corner
 		1876
Modern Magic
76
C. H. Wilson Three-Card Monte No. 2, short comment
 		1877
The 52 Wonders
25
The "Three-Card" Trick with psychology & bent corner
 		1890
More Magic
51
Three Card Monte two methods for the Throw Switch
Related to 1902
The Expert at the Card Table
117
Mexican Three Card Monte featuring the Mexican Turnover
 		1902
The Expert at the Card Table
122
Henri De Manche The Three-Card Trick without throw
 		1904
Modern Card Manipulation
77
The "Three-Card" Trick monte throw
 		1911
Modern Card Manipulation
102
Jack Merlin Three Card Monte routine, with bent corner ploy
 		1927/28
Merlin at the Card Table
4
John Scarne Introduction
1933
John Scarne explains Why You Can't Win!
11
Grifter's Signals
  • The Call Method
  • The Hand Method
  • The Head Method
 		1933
John Scarne explains Why You Can't Win!
13
Familiar Phrases in Gambling
  • Hipe
  • Shills or Cappers
  • Money Bag
  • Under-throw
  • Over-throw
 		1933
John Scarne explains Why You Can't Win!
14
John Scarne Three Card Monte basics
 		1933
John Scarne explains Why You Can't Win!
16
John Scarne A Series of Deceptive Moves
  • Number One
  • Number Two - All Red
  • Number Three - All Black
  • Number Four
  • Number Five - All Right Hand
  • Number Six
  • Number Seven - One Hand Deal
 		1933
John Scarne explains Why You Can't Win!
18
Bent or Crimped Corner "Grifter Method"
 		1933
John Scarne explains Why You Can't Win!
22
The Flip (?) "sort of Mexican turn over"
 		1933
John Scarne explains Why You Can't Win!
24
The Flip-Change
1933
John Scarne explains Why You Can't Win!
24
John Scarne Moves with Flip and Flip-Change
1933
John Scarne explains Why You Can't Win!
24
Grifter's Marked Corner "Using the Flip and Flip-Change"
 		1933
John Scarne explains Why You Can't Win!
27
John Scarne Scarne's Monte Slide two card switched, Optical Monte Move
 		1933
John Scarne explains Why You Can't Win!
28
John Scarne Scarne's Triple Climax with obvious one-way backs
Related to 1933
John Scarne explains Why You Can't Win!
30
John Scarne Scarne's Method of the Crimped Corner
1933
John Scarne explains Why You Can't Win!
32
John Scarne Scarne's Marked Corner
1933
John Scarne explains Why You Can't Win!
34
John Scarne The Stamped Ace - Scarne's Method
1933
John Scarne explains Why You Can't Win!
36
John Scarne Scarne's Method of Torn Corner
1933
John Scarne explains Why You Can't Win!
38
John Scarne Scarne's Push Over Change Optical Monte Move
 		1933
John Scarne explains Why You Can't Win!
39
Now Try This Move on Your Friends sequence with Mexican Turnover
 		1933
John Scarne explains Why You Can't Win!
40
The Daub
1933
John Scarne explains Why You Can't Win!
40
Proper Position for performing Three Card Monte spectators at the sides and not at front
Related to 1933
Page Wright's Notebook
4
Al Baker The Fall of the Wise sucker for wise guys, gaffed
 		1934
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Cardially Yours)
492
Two Card Monte with the Torn Corner Added
1938
Greater Magic
307
Eddie Joseph Three Card Monte "(a different version)", without monte toss
 		1941
How Gamblers Win
7
Jean Hugard Cops and Crooks story presentation for Three Card Monte
 		1943
Tricks and Sleights
5
Elray Hey...Rube! story of a con men, marking cards at a three card monte game with daub
 		Nov. 1944
The Phoenix (Issue 73)
297
George Starke Three Card Monte in Excelsis multiple phases, based on multiple lifts, in the end card from pocket
 		Dec. 1947
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 5 No. 7)
375
Monte by "Bertram", told by Dai Vernon
 		Jan. 1948
The Phoenix (Issue 143)
573
Cy Endfield Tacked Extra Corner-Piece. Variation with specially printed card
Related to Mar. 1950
The Phoenix (Issue 199)
795
Bruce Elliott On A Tear monte, tearing up corner, false index
Related to Oct. 1951
The Phoenix (Issue 239)
954
Frank Garcia Garcia's Clip It glide monte routine, at the end the card gets marked with paper clip
Related toVariationsAlso published here June 1952
The Phoenix (Issue 258)
1030
Jackie Flosso The Easiest Monte card vanishes and appears face up in deck
 		June 1952
The Phoenix (Issue 258)
1033
Cy Endfield The Three Card Monte Basic Moves
 		1955
Cy Endfield's Entertaining Card Magic — Part II
5
Cy Endfield Preparation of the Cards. (a) The Bridging
1955
Cy Endfield's Entertaining Card Magic — Part II
6
Cy Endfield The Bent Corner
1955
Cy Endfield's Entertaining Card Magic — Part II
9
Cy Endfield The Pencil Mark on the Card
1955
Cy Endfield's Entertaining Card Magic — Part II
11
Cy Endfield The Tacked Card Extra Corner-Piece. Variation with specially printed card
Related to 1955
Cy Endfield's Entertaining Card Magic — Part II
13
Cy Endfield The Routine incl. Bent Corner, Pencil Mark, Tacked Card
 		1955
Cy Endfield's Entertaining Card Magic — Part II
15
Audley Walsh Paper Clip Climax
1955
Cy Endfield's Entertaining Card Magic — Part II
17
Frank Garcia Clip It glide monte routine, at the end the card gets marked with paper clip
Also published here 1956
The Best in Magic
170
Victor Comello New Three Card Monte Move three cards held in spread in one hand, tabled one by one, two cards are switched
 		1956
1956 Card Annual
9
Edward Marlo A Monte Vanish during a Three Card Monte the money card vanishes and appears in pocket, it then transposes with one of the other cards
 		Dec. 1959
Ibidem (Issue 19)
21
Dai Vernon Three Card Monte routine, including bent corner
Related to 1961
Further Inner Secrets of Card Magic
15
Dai Vernon The Use of a Short Card
1961
Further Inner Secrets of Card Magic
20
P. Howard Lyons The End end strippers for three-card monte
 		Nov. 1964
Ibidem (Issue 30)
29
Ralph Greenwood Three Card Monte Idea
Jan. 1965
The New Phoenix (Issue 394)
406
Jay Ose Little Queenie with bent corner
 		Dec. 1967
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 3 No. 2)
143
Eddie Joseph Vacant Vision monte routine, using card with half face and half back
 		1969
The Art of Eddie Joseph
51
Milton Kort Off Color Three Card Monte at the end the money card changes back color as kicker
 		1970
Off-Color Card Tricks
19
Dai Vernon Vernon's Monte Crimp Idea No. 95, on the sucker crimp phase
Related to 1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
28
Three-Card Monte
1976
Now you see it, now you don't!
54
Lou Lancaster 3 Card Monte
1978
Don't Bet On It
9
Frank Garcia Don't Bet On It! remarks about Three Card Monte
 		1978
Don't Bet On It
15
Frank Garcia I Didn't Know That! about the origins of Three Card Monte
 		1978
Don't Bet On It
18
Frank Garcia "Queer Money" counterfeit money used in Three Card Monte
 		1978
Don't Bet On It
19
Frank Garcia The Real Secrets of 3 Card Monte about Three Card Monte on the streets with the subchapters:
  • "A Game For All Seasons"
  • "If YOu Bet Fast, You Can't Last! If You Bet Slow, You've Got To Go"
  • Don't Think You're So Smart!
  • The Code Is Out. The Cigarette Method
  • The Head Method
  • The Call Method or The Sleight of Mouth Method
  • The Money Method
 		1978
Don't Bet On It
20
Frank Garcia The Right Cards to Use
1978
Don't Bet On It
29
Frank Garcia Putting the "Ear" in or Putting the "Lug" in
  • The Bent or Crimped Corner
  • The Bent Corner
  • Still Another Method of "Putting The Ear In"
 		1978
Don't Bet On It
39
Jay Ose Another Jay Ose Tip treatment of cards for 3 Card Monte
 		1978
Don't Bet On It
47
Frank Garcia A Move for the "Sucker"
1978
Don't Bet On It
52
Frank Garcia Three Different Ways of Bending the Cards
1978
Don't Bet On It
54
Frank Garcia Additional Effective Practice Exercises seven exercises and sequences
 		1978
Don't Bet On It
56
Frank Garcia Putting the "Gaffer" in card is marked, bent corner alternative
 		1978
Don't Bet On It
66
Milton Kort The Master "Bust Out Move" also known as The "Bass Ackward" Move piece of tissue paper is stuck on queen
 		1978
Don't Bet On It
69
The Postage Stamp Mystery stamp stuck on queen
 		1978
Don't Bet On It
73
"If You're Still Not Convinced" stamp stuck on queen
 		1978
Don't Bet On It
75
The Torn Corner duplicate corner
 		1978
Don't Bet On It
78
Charles Bertram It's So Old, It's New method is unbent card, one short
 		1978
Don't Bet On It
84
Bruce Elliott, Frank Garcia Clip Monte card marked with paper clip
 		1978
Don't Bet On It
89
Frank Garcia Piccadilly Ploy
1978
Don't Bet On It
103
Gregg Webb Mid-Air Exchange Han Ping Chien with cards, monte throw application
 		1978
The Chronicles (Issue 8)
1139
Nothing Changes "A Swindle, but Not Quite a Con"
Related toAlso published here
  • "A Swindle, but Not Quite a Con" (New York Times, Feb 12, 1978)
 1978
Interlocutor (Issue 25)
97
Darwin Ortiz Darwin's Three-Card Monte including bent corner
  • Technical Notes
    • The Monte Pickup
    • The Fair Throw
    • The Overthrow
Also published here 1979
Darwin's Deceits
9
Jackie Flosso Three-Card Monte Exposé
Jan. 1980
Apocalypse (Vol. 3 No. 1)
299
Lewis Ganson Introduction
1980
The Three Card Monte as Entertainment
5
Lewis Ganson, Charles Kettle Sleight of Hand Methods
  • The Basic Move
  • Bridging
  • The Overthrow
 		1980
The Three Card Monte as Entertainment
6
S. W. Erdnase, Dai Vernon Erdnase-Vernon Overthrow
1980
The Three Card Monte as Entertainment
9
Tudor Brock The Knockout Three Card Monte four phases, piece of paper is stuck on money card
 		1980
The Three Card Monte as Entertainment
9
Lewis Ganson, Paul Curry, Cy Endfield, Audley Walsh Convincers
  • The Bent Corner
  • The Tacked Card (Paul Curry / Cy Endfield)
  • Paper Clip Climax (Audley Walsh)
 		1980
The Three Card Monte as Entertainment
15
Street Traders' Three Card Monte with other version for the gimmick
 		1980
The Three Card Monte as Entertainment
21
Ron MacMillan The MacMillan Miracle movable flap
 		1980
The Three Card Monte as Entertainment
25
John Scarne Monte de Tres Cartas using long and short cards
 		1980
La Baraja Multiefecto
67
Jack McMillen "Don't Ever Bet On A Sure Thing" three card monte with a switch
 		1981
Sleights & Swindles
13
Bruce Cervon Basic Effect effect description
 		1984
The Cervon Monte
7
Bruce Cervon Cervon Monte "basic routine", three cards, visual and impossible penetrations
  • Phase I - Court card from center to top
  • Phase II - Court card from center to bottom
  • Phase III - Court card leaves center without a move
  • Phase IV - How the card moves
  • Phase V - Court card moves when it's face-up
Inspired by
  • item in "Abra"
 1984
The Cervon Monte
8
Bruce Cervon Cervon Monte, Gaffed Version
  • Phase I - Court card from center to top
  • Phase II - Court card leaves center without a move
  • Phase III - Find the Court Card Again and Again and Again
  • Phase IV - Court card moves when it's face up
 		1984
The Cervon Monte
28
Monte Miracle No. 70, no bend, using optical illusion and handling cards at right angles
 		1984
More Self-Working Card Tricks
104
Dai Vernon Notes on the Three Card Monte torn card
 		1987
The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 1
180
Dai Vernon, Eugene Burger, John F. Mendoza Three-Card Monte as a Magical Entertainment presentation without the spectator guessing
 		1987
The Performance of Close-Up Magic
55
Michael Weber Monte Surprise Three Card Monte, money card transforms into previously selected card
 		1987
高若
8
Darwin Ortiz Darwin's Three-Card Monte including bent corner
Also published here 1988
Darwin Ortiz at the Card Table
36
Bob Kohler Torn-Corner Encore
1988
Darwin Ortiz at the Card Table
42
Karl Fulves Python Monte bent corner idea, posed as problem
 		1988
Interlocutor (Issue 48)
204
René Lavand The Story of Antonio the Gypsy Monte
Also published here 1988
Slow Motion Magic
27
René Lavand A Sort of Prologue thoughts on the three card monte
 		1988
Slow Motion Magic
99
René Lavand My Monte ten phases, with sticker
Also published here 1988
Slow Motion Magic
100
Michael Skinner Ultimate 3 Card Monte false indices, three phases, slow-motion performance
Inspired byVariations 1990
Ultimate 3 Card Monte
1
A Three Card Monte Variation phase in which two Twos are shown one-handed with right hand with throw move, yet the third card is also a Two
Related to 1991
Page Wright's Manuscript
248
Canada Bill monte man story
Also published here
  • "Gambling and Gambling Devices" (John Phillip Quinn, 1912)
 1991
Cheat Sheet (Issue 6)
54
Canada Bill Story
Also published here
  • "Sucker's Progress" (Herbert Asbury)
 1991
Cheat Sheet (Issue 8)
74
Alexander de Cova Gambler's Change with bills or wallet, as monte climax
Also published here 1991
Am Close-up Tisch
19
Doc Eason An Entertaining Three Card Monte Routine
1991 ca.
A Shot in the Act
14
Alexander de Cova Gambler's Switch with bills or wallet, as monte climax
Also published here 1992
Ein Profi packt aus...
163
Two Card Monte Handling
1992
Magic with Credit Cards
59
Karl Fulves Nothing Changes article about three-card monte hustling
Related to 1993
Verbatim (Issue 9)
113
Richard Bartram, Jr. Hole Card Monte last phase for three card monte, hole punched in one card jumps to other card
 		1993
Mystification
10
Richard Bartram, Jr. Yankee Clipper paper clip grows, after Three-Card Monte
 		1993
Mystification
95
René Lavand My Monte ten phases, with sticker
Also published here 1993
Magic From The Soul
133
René Lavand Antonio's Three Card Monte Monte
Also published here 1993
Magic From The Soul
147
Harry Anderson The Last Monte multi-phase three card monte routine, torn corner as last phase
  • Phase 1 - Meet My Friend, Monte
  • Phase 2 - The False Toss
  • Phase 3 - The Sting
  • Phase 4 - The Bent Corner
  • Phase 5 - The Mutilated Monte
Related toVariations 1993
Wise Guy
90
Allan Ackerman, Roger Klause A No-Throw Monte
1994
Las Vegas Kardma
153
Bob Farmer La Monte Symbiotic
  • Flim-Flam
three piles on the table, spectator cannot follow top card of one pile
Related to
  • "Symbiotic Deck" (Gary Ouellet)
 Sep. 1994
MAGIC (Vol. 4 No. 1)
71
Slide Monte with short card
 		1997
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 8)
24
Alexander de Cova Perfect 9-Card-Monte with three-card-monte intro
Inspired by 1998
Secrets No. 2
33
Andrew Wimhurst Yellow Kid's Monte card to Wallet Climax
 		1999
Low Down Dirty Tricks
[21]
Milton Kort Diminishing Monte Ace, Two, Three of Spades - spectator cannot get money card (Ace, Two or Three), duplicate
 		1999
Kort
11
Karl Fulves The Game of 13 blackjack variation as a three card monte presentation
 		2000
Charlatan (Issue 3)
27
Andrew Wimhurst The Full Monte (Yellow Kid's Monte) card to wallet climax, using fake index card
 		2001
Jiggery Pokery
[17]
David Malek Magicians Monte with sucker moves, two phases
 		2001
Rebel without a Pause
30
Bill White Monte 101 four phases
 		Sep./Oct. 2001
Mr. Gadfly (Vol. 1 No. 3)
48
Luc Sante Three Card Monte Note
Also published here
  • New York Times, 4-15-02
 2002
Latter Day Secrets (Issue 7)
268
Jon Armstrong Three-Blank Monte card to wallet finale
Also published here Dec. 2004
Genii (Vol. 67 No. 12)
79
Caj Brejtfus Expertalk: Caj Brejtfus on Three Card Monte false indices
Inspired byAlso published here Sep. 2005
MAGIC (Vol. 15 No. 1)
100
Jack Carpenter Bent Corner Method for the 3-Card Monte
2006
Pasteboard Palette
10
Karl Fulves Monte Cardo switch with bills as climax
 		2006
Prolix (Issue 1)
50
Jack Avis Random Notes using ruler
Inspired by
  • "Three Card Trick" (G. Boyce, Mahatma, Vol. 7 No. 6, 1903)
 2006
Rara Avis
24
Karl Fulves The Money Card "Unexplained"
obvious one-way backs, money card "accidentally" gets turned around, posed as a problem
 		2007
Prolix (Issue 3)
180
Jon Racherbaumer Three Card Visible Monte comments
 		2007
Marlo on Erdnase
167
Edward Marlo First Application Trapped Mexican switch
Also published here
  • The New Tops, Dec. 1983
 2007
Marlo on Erdnase
171
Edward Marlo Marlo's Monte cards bent upwards at sides instead of downwards
Also published here
  • The Sorcerer's Eyes, Vol. 3 No. 33-36, 1981
 2007
Marlo on Erdnase
172
Michael "Mike" Müller ESM-Routine EasyStreetMonte
  • Lenkung
  • Tipps / Ideen
 		2007
EasyStreetMonte
29
Joel Givens Monte 101 "double bend" finale, see p. 127 for performance
 		2007
Session
137
Justin Higham Longitudinal Monte three Card Monte tabled routine, cards held longitudinally
Inspired by
  • "Marlo's Monte & Moves" (Edward Marlo, The Sorcerer's Eyes, Vol. 3, Issue 33-36, 1981)
 2008
Dexterity Manual
33
David Regal Change for a Five all three cards change at the end
 		2008
Approaching Magic
400
Fred Robinson Three Card Monte off-beat move
 		2009
The Magic of Fred Robinson
122
Roberto Giobbi Staging a Three-Card Monte Game useful for presentation
 		2010
Secret Agenda (Issue June 24)
188
Harry Lorayne Monte Monte Plus routine for "Monte Plus" and "Monte Plus Plus" moves
 		2011
Special Effects
77
Wolfgang Moser 31/2 Card Monte multiple phase monte, tearing off corner
Inspired byRelated to 2011
Kreationen
10
Jon Armstrong Three Blank Monte - Arrow Version card to wallet finale
Also published here 2011
The Magical Adventures of Jon Armstrong
62
Eugene Burger Three Card Monte as a Magical Entertainment
2013
Seventeen Secrets — Volume 2
19
Alexander de Cova Action Switch with bills or wallet, as monte climax
Also published here Mar. 2013
New Avantgarde Magic (Issue 5)
38
Steve Beam Eight Against One Finish for 3 card monte where target card vanishes and a four of a kind is produced.
Related to 2015
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10
69
Alexander de Cova Action Switch with bills or wallet, as monte climax
Also published here 2015
Burners — Vol. 3
224
Roberto Giobbi Slang for Authenticity
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue May 27)
151
Paul Vigil 3-Card Monte multiple phases, credit information on fake index monte routines
Inspired by
  • "Catch 33" (Lee Asher, 2003, 2013)
 2017
The Doors of Deception
41
Joey Burton, Paul Vigil Kaiser Con
Inspired by
  • "Kaiser Con" (Joey Burton, Catch 33)
 2017
The Doors of Deception
51
Joey Burton, Paul Vigil Sosi Switch
Inspired by
  • "Sosi Switch" (Joey Burton, Catch 33)
 2017
The Doors of Deception
57
Bruce Cervon Cervon Finale previously unpublished phase
 		2017
The Doors of Deception
60
Lee Asher Spectator picks the right Card how to handle the situation
Also published here
  • Catch 33 (2003, 2013)
 2017
The Doors of Deception
68
Johnny Thompson The Gambler's Ballad gambling demonstration with Matching the Card finale, magician vs. gambler theme, rhyming patter
 		2018
The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 1)
27
Steve Forte Three Card Monte analysis and fact checks
  • Recommendation
Related to 2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
689
Dai Vernon Three Card Monte from private lecture notes by Ernest Shattock
 		2022
Dai Vernon: The Spirit of Magic
73
Dai Vernon Three Card Monte routine, from private lecture notes by P. Howard Lyons
 		2022
Dai Vernon: The Spirit of Magic
86
Caj Brejtfus Expertalk: Caj Brejtfus on Three Card Monte false indices
Also published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
434
Pedro Lacerda Lacerda Card Monte monte routine with three cards, without monte throw, with bent corner, card vanishes in bare hands and travels to pocket, color changing back kicker
 		2023
The Finest Magic of Pedro Lacerda
206
Jack Carpenter One Minute Monte with rhyming patter
 		2024
Carpenter's Conceptions
59
Alexander de Cova Action Switch packet switch with bills, as monte climax
Also published here 2025
Sechzig Sechzig
[11]
Bobby Bernard Follow the Queen glide monte routine
  • Phase One (Spectator wins)
  • Phase Two (Spectator loses)
  • Phase Three (Queen vanishes)
  • End Notes (Justin Higham)
Inspired by 2025
The Effects of Saturday
42
Justin Higham Pseudo Vernon phase from Dai Vernon routine, monte throw replaced with flushtration display
 		2025
The Effects of Saturday
46