Don't Bet On It

The Real Secrets of 3 Card Monte

Book
1978
Written by Frank Garcia
Work of Various
119 pages (Paperback), published by Selfpublished
Illustrated with drawings by Ed Tricomi
Language: English
33 entries
Cover photograph
Don't Bet On It (written by Frank Garcia, work of Various, 1978)
Creators Title Comments & References Page AA Categories
Frank Garcia "Le Grande Entrance" 7
Father Cyprian Performer Second to None 8
Lou Lancaster 3 Card Monte 9
Amazing James Randi Introduction 12
Frank Garcia Don't Bet On It! remarks about Three Card Monte
 		15
Frank Garcia I Didn't Know That! about the origins of Three Card Monte
 		18
Frank Garcia "Queer Money" counterfeit money used in Three Card Monte
 		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
 		20
Frank Garcia The Right Cards to Use 29
Frank Garcia The Underthrow fair throw
 		32
Frank Garcia The Hype Move or Switch 33
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"
 		39
Jay Ose Another Jay Ose Tip treatment of cards for 3 Card Monte
 		47
Panama Joe The "One-Handed Toss" or the "Coup de Grace" Move 50
Frank Garcia A Move for the "Sucker" 52
Frank Garcia Three Different Ways of Bending the Cards 54
Frank Garcia Additional Effective Practice Exercises seven exercises and sequences
 		56
Frank Garcia "The Innocent Flip" 64
Frank Garcia Putting the "Gaffer" in card is marked, bent corner alternative
 		66
Milton Kort The Master "Bust Out Move" also known as The "Bass Ackward" Move piece of tissue paper is stuck on queen
 		69
The Postage Stamp Mystery stamp stuck on queen
 		73
"If You're Still Not Convinced" stamp stuck on queen
 		75
The Torn Corner duplicate corner
 		78
Charles Bertram It's So Old, It's New method is unbent card, one short
 		84
Trevor Lewis The Trevor Lewis Clean Exchange 86
Frank Garcia Perfect Mexican Turn Over 88
Bruce Elliott*, Frank Garcia Clip Monte card marked with paper clip
 		89
Dai Vernon Optical Monte Move 90
Frank Garcia Epilogue 96
Frank Garcia 3 Veal Chop Monte 99
Frank Garcia Flimflam on 5th Avenue Flips Fuzz 101
Frank Garcia Piccadilly Ploy 103
Frank Garcia The Swindler's Glossary 111
Data entered by Denis Behr, July 2010.