Cross-references for Gambling Sleight of Hand, chapter 3

Here are my attempts at creating a list of cross-references for Gambling Sleight of Hand, chapter 3. Steve Forte has very kindly given me permission to share this online. I am sure it is far from complete, but I hope some other students and historians may find it useful.

Enjoy,

Andru

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Draft cross-references for Gambling Slight of Hand by Steve Forte, chapter 3
Compiled by Andru Luvisi, 2020

Page 232 Segmented Haymow
See page 107 of Poker Protection (2006) by Steve Forte.

Page 239 Reverse-position Stack
Charles Jordan uses a similar concept to keep two halves of the deck separated on page 27 of Thirty Card Mysteries (1919).
https://viewer.slv.vic.gov.au/?entity=IE6901660&mode=browse

Page 242 Riffle Stacking
For an early (poor) description of riffle stacking, see page 146 of Sharp and Flats (1894) by John Nevil Maskelyne.
https://archive.org/details/sharpsflatscompl00maskuoft
For a classic description of the basics, see page 69 of More Card Manipulations (1938-1941) by Jean Hugard.
For more historical information and references, see page 44 of The Annotated Erdnase (1991) by Darwin Ortiz.

Page 250 Spacer-stack
See page 426 of Casino Game Protection (2004) by Steve Forte.
See page 77 of Poker Protection (2006) by Steve Forte.

Page 251 bottom-to-top stack (F-transfer)
For other bottom-to-top approaches that only require holdbacks on one side, see page 88 of Riffle Shuffle Systems (1959) by Ed Marlo and page 30 of New Card Control Systems (1995) by Joseph K. Schmidt.
For the Steve Draun method of double cutting the bottom card to the top, see page 23 of Secrets Draun From Underground (1993) by Richard Kaufman.
See page 108 of Poker Protection (2006) by Steve Forte.
This is demonstrated in move #11 in the 52 video on the Gambling Protection Series DVDs (2009).

Page 253 top-to-bottom reverse stack
See page 108 of Poker Protection (2006) by Steve Forte.

Page 253 Peek Stack
For a baccarat stacking method where a confederate sees the cards and signals the dealer, see page 167 of Sharp and Flats (1894) by John Nevil Maskelyne.
https://archive.org/details/sharpsflatscompl00maskuoft
A similar scam is described on page 172 of The Stealing Machine (1906) by Eugene Villiod. A related scam with a different style of shuffling is on page 186 of the same book.
See page 430 of Casino Game Protection (2004) by Steve Forte.
See page 83 of Poker Protection (2006) by Steve Forte.

Page 254 slip-cut stack
See page 109 of Poker Protection (2006) by Steve Forte.

Page 254 best riffle stack
For a method of stacking four aces in three riffles, see page 391 of The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley Volume I (1991) by Stephen Minch.
For a method of riffle stacking from the bottom, see page 178 Cardshark (1995) by Darwin Ortiz.

Page 256 Faro Stacking
For examples of how the faro shuffle was used to cheat at Faro, see page 6 of A Grand Exposé of the Science of Gambling (1860) by An Adept.
https://archive.org/details/grandexposeofsci00adep
See also page 204 of Sharp and Flats (1894) by John Nevil Maskelyne.
https://archive.org/details/sharpsflatscompl00maskuoft
See page 428 of Casino Game Protection (2004) by Steve Forte.
See page 81 of Poker Protection (2006) by Steve Forte.

Page 261 Bottom-to-top Stack
Compare with the Braue Poker Deal on page 150 of Expert Card Technique (1940) by Jean Hugard and Frederick Braue.
This is demonstrated in move #12 in the 52 video on the Gambling Protection Series DVDs (2009).

Page 271 Faros and the Second Deal
For one example of combining faro shuffles with second deals, see "The Three to Seven Hand Poker Stack" on page 96 of Ever So Sleightly (1975) by Stephen Minch.

Page 272 Stevens' Riffle Cull
See page 212 of Revelations (1984) by Dai Vernon.