Enjoy,
Andru
Draft cross-references for Gambling Slight of Hand by Steve Forte, chapter 5
Compiled by Andru Luvisi, 2020
Page 355 Marlo's No-Touch Second
See page 124 of Seconds, Centers, Bottoms (1959) by Edward Marlo.
See page 15 of …and a Pack of Cards (1927) by Jack Merlin.
See page 13 of Blackstone's Secrets of Magic (1929), page 121 of Blackstone's Modern Card Tricks and Secrets of Magic (1941) by Harry Blackstone (Walter Gibson) (NOTE: later reprints leave out the chapter on slight of hand with playing cards), and page 58 of The Complete Illustrated Book of Card Magic (1969) by Walter Gibson.
Jack Merlin demonstrates this handling in a video at the "Moving Image Research Collections."
https://digital.tcl.sc.edu/digital/collection/MVTN/id/4085/rec/1
Page 356 Walter Scott's Second Deal
See page 10 of The Phantom of the Card Table (1931) By Eddie McGuire.
See page 202 of Phantoms of the Card Table (2003) by David Britland and Gazzo.
See page 340 of Revelation (2008) by Dai Vernon.
For a closely related technique, see page 17 of Expert Card Technique (1940) by Jean Hugard and Fred Braue.
Charlie Miller demonstrates this variation in an old home movie.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkeJggTnN1Y
Page 359 Standard Strike Second
One of my favorite descriptions of the standard strike second is on page 71 of Effective Card Magic (1952) by Bill Simon.
Page 364 dealing-thumb lift
This is demonstrated in the John Scarne video Cheating in Gambling (1949).
It is also demonstrated byJohn Scarne in the movie The Sting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVCjSstPvXI
This is demonstrated in move #19 in the 52 video on the Gambling Protection Series DVDs (2009).
Page 372 elliptical path
See page 19 of Poker to Win (1931) by Al Smith.
See page 98 of The Vernon Chronicles volume 1 (1987) by Stephen Minch.
Page 380 Middle-side Brief
See "To Cause a Chosen Card to Appear at Any Number in the Pack the Company may Name," Third Method, on page 77 of The Book of Card Tricks (1888) by Prof. R. Kunard.
See the March 1898 issue of Mahatma magazine.
See page 133 of Magic Tricks & Illusions (1920) by Will Goldston.
This is demonstrated in move #22 in the 52 video on the Gambling Protection Series DVDs (2009).
Page 382 Hit-card Strikes
See page 118 of of Card Control (1946) by Arthur Buckley.
See page 22 of Seconds, Centers, Bottoms (1959) by Edward Marlo.
Page 386 Hanging Seconds
This is demonstrated in move #23 in the 52 video on the Gambling Protection Series DVDs (2009).
Page 388 dealing thumb front-end pushoff
See page 13 of Expert Card Technique (1940) by Jean Hugard and Fred Braue.
See page 7 of Lessons in Dishonesty (1938) by Laurie L. Ireland.
See page 190 of The Tarbell Course in Magic volume 2 (1942).
Page 395 Max-cover
See page 192 of The Tarbell Course in Magic volume 2 (1942).
See page 85 of The Card Magic of Le Paul (1949) by Paul Le Paul.
Page 397 Scissor Seconds
See page 16 of Expert Card Technique (1940) by Jean Hugard and Fred Braue.
Page 398 BH scissors second
Compare with page 24 of Seconds, Centers, Bottoms (1959) by Edward Marlo.
Page 400 Early-retraction Seconds
This is demonstrated in move #24 in the 52 video on the Gambling Protection Series DVDs (2009).
Page 403 Swipes
Richard Turner demonstrates this action on his DVDs The Cheat (1990) and Best of the Bottoms (2009).
This is demonstrated in move #20 in the 52 video on the Gambling Protection Series DVDs (2009).
See pages 146-148 of Roger's Thesaurus (1994) by Roger Crosthwaite and Justin Higham.
Page 404 pushdown snap second
This is demonstrated in move #25 in the 52 video on the Gambling Protection Series DVDs (2009).
Page 405 get-ready seconds, second paragraph
Dai Vernon's Second Deal is a more exaggerated version of this action.
See page 48 of Dai Vernon's Further Inner Secrets of Card Magic (1961) by Lewis Ganson.
See page 59 of Revelations (1984) by Dai Vernon.
See page 118 of Revelation (2008) by Dai Vernon.
Page 406 dealer's thumb-off
Compare the dealing procedure for the first position with Top and Bottom Dealing with One Hand in Erdnase.
Page 408 stab
See page 73 of The Art of Magic (1921) by T. Nelson Downs.
https://archive.org/details/TheArtOfMagic_201507
Page 409 No-spin Seconds
This is demonstrated in move #26 in the 52 video on the Gambling Protection Series DVDs (2009).
Page 413 buckle second - Marlo
See page 72 of Seconds, Centers, Bottoms (1959) by Edward Marlo.
Page 414 Chinese second
See page 71 of Dai Vernon's Inner Secrets of Card Magic (1959) by Lewis Ganson.
Page 415 mechanical second - Marlo
See page 90 of Seconds, Centers, Bottoms (1959) by Edward Marlo.
Page 416 riffle-second D'Amico
See page 63 of Seconds, Centers, Bottoms (1959) by Edward Marlo.
Page 119 of of Card Control (1946) by Arthur Buckley contains a flawed description of this move.
Page 424 Single-Card Pushoffs
Page 163 of The Art of Magic (1921) by T. Nelson Downs contains a second deal with a similar pushoff action, based on buckling the top card with the left thumb.
https://archive.org/details/TheArtOfMagic_201507
A similar deal is described on page 106 of Magic Without Apparatus (1945) by Camille Gaultier.
Page 426 Two-Step Seconds
Steve Forte also uses this dealing sequence to set up for a peak of the second card.
See page 248 of Phantoms of the Card Table (2003) by David Britland and Gazzo (chapter by Steve Forte).
See page 439 of Casino Game Protection (2004) by Steve Forte.
See page 136 of Poker Protection (2006) by Steve Forte.
See page 480 of GSOH.
Page 430 Straddle Buckle Second
See page 1 of Kardyro's Kard Konjuring (1955) by Senor Torino.
Page 2 of Seconds, Centers, Bottoms (1959) by Edward Marlo contains a variation where the right thumb reaches under the buckled card.
Page 89 of The Card Magic of Le Paul (1949) by Paul Le Paul contains a handling for shooting the second card off the front end of the deck.
Page 437 "The three B's"
See page 246 of Phantoms of the Card Table (2003) by David Britland and Gazzo (Chapter by Steve Forte).
See page 150 of Poker Protection (2006) by Steve Forte.
See page 330 of GSOH.
See Greatest Single Accomplishment in Erdnase.
Page 438 second paragraph
Here are some strike bottom deals performed from a corner grip.
See page 3 of Lessons in Dishonesty (1938) by Laurie L. Ireland.
See page 20 of Expert Card Technique (1940) by Jean Hugard and Fred Braue.
See page 186 of The Tarbell Course in Magic volume 2 (1942).
See page 215 of Phantoms of the Card Table (2003) by David Britland and Gazzo.
See the DVD Jerry Camaro on the Bottom Deal (2001).
Page 438 finger movement
On volume 12 of the Revelations DVDs (1982), Dai Vernon discusses an approach to reducing finger movement by pulling the card up the side of the deck.
Page 445 Straddle Bottom
See page 21 of The Card Expert (1938) by Lynn Searles.
See page 23 of The Phantom of the Card Table (1931) By Eddie McGuire.
See page 213 of Phantoms of the Card Table (2003) by David Britland and Gazzo.
See page 172 of Dai Vernon's Ultimate Secrets of Card Magic (1968) by Lewis Ganson.
Page 447 Erdnase Bottom
See page 2 of Gene Maze and the Art of Bottom Dealing (1994) by Stephen Hobbs for a strike deal dealt from a grip similar to the Erdnase grip.
An underhanded strike hit deal from the Erdnase grip is demonstrated in move #27 in the 52 video on the Gambling Protection Series DVDs (2009).
Page 449 Early Squeeze
See page 90 of The Card Magic of Le Paul (1949) by Paul Le Paul for a bottom deal where the card is pulled into position early by the right hand.
Page 450 Stud Bottoms
See The Havana Deal (1948) by Edward Marlo.
See Epilogue Special No. 3, Larry Jennings issue, "gambler's bottom deal."
See page 24 of Darwin Ortiz at the Card Table (1988) by Darwin Ortiz.
See page 62 of Scams & Fantasies with Cards (2002) by Darwin Ortiz.
Page 453 cocking the gun
See "Slow Motion Subway" on page 36 of Card Sharp on Duty (1983) by
Allan Hayden for a bottom deal with a similar get ready that is credited to Vic Trabucco.
Page 454 last-card bottom
See page 12 of Gene Maze and the Art of
Bottom Dealing (1994) by Stephen Hobbs for a discussion of other ways
that the dealing procedure can be varied when a bottom is dealt in order
to deny the observer a basis of comparison.
Page 455 Fred Robinson
See page 116 of Sharps and Flats (1894) by John Nevil Maskelyne.
https://archive.org/details/sharpsflatscompl00maskuoft
See page 81 of How They Cheat You at Cards (1909) by Eugene Villiod.
See page 79 of Seconds, Centers, Bottoms (1959) by Edward Marlo.
See page 62 of Routined Manipulation part I (1976) by Lewis Ganson.
See page 204 of The Complete Walton Volume I (1981) by Roy Walton.
See page 72 of The Magic of Fred Robinson (2009) by Peter Duffie.
Page 456 Robinson hit-card deal
This is demonstrated in move #28 in the 52 video on the Gambling Protection Series DVDs (2009).
Page 461 snap-around bottom
This is demonstrated in move #29 in the 52 video on the Gambling Protection Series DVDs (2009).
Page 463 Thumb-Stop Bottoms
A push out center deal based on this principle is demonstrated in move #30 in the 52 video on the Gambling Protection Series DVDs (2009).
Page 470 Thirds, Greek Bottoms, and Centers
A handling for side pushoff thirds is described on page 43 of Magic From The Soul (1993) by René Lavand.
Side pushoff thirds are demonstrated in move #21 in the 52 video on the Gambling Protection Series DVDs (2009).
For other methods, see pages 111, 120, and 129 of Seconds, Centers, Bottoms (1959) by Edward Marlo.
See page 948 of GSOH.
See page 100 of The Magic of Fred Robinson (2009) by Peter Duffie for a description of the Fred Robinson Greek deal, and Darwin Ortiz's variations.
See page 80 of Magic and Methods of Ross Bertram (1978) by Ross Bertram for a description of the Allen Kennedy center deal.
See page 324 of Revelation (2008) by Dai Vernon for a description of the Allen Kennedy center deal.
See page 27 of Lessons in Card Mastery (2012) by Darwin Ortiz for Darwin Ortiz's handling of the Allen Kennedy center deal.
See page 98 of Seconds, Centers, Bottoms (1959) by Edward Marlo for a center deal that resembles the Allen Kennedy handling.
See page 944 of GSOH.
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