Contains two gaffed Three Card Monte tricks. "Joker Monte," (different from Vernon's "Joker Monte") and Pedro Monte.

Contains a gaffed method for stage use called "Joker Monte." This is different from Charles Jordan's "Joker Monte."

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Edited on 2008-07-12 10:33:10 by AndruLuvisi [Finally tried to add a description for Erdnase. It still probably doesn't do the book justice.]

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This is one of the best books ever published about cheating at cards and it also laid the foundation for modern card magic. The description of Three Card Monte includes the first mention of the lengthwise crimp, and the first detailed description of how to work the bent corner. Available for free from The Learned Pig Project∞.

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Edited on 2008-06-17 19:22:33 by AndruLuvisi

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Edited on 2008-06-17 19:21:59 by AndruLuvisi [Added "Elusive Lady"]

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Issue 193 includes "Elusive Lady" by J. C. Whyley, a method using cards with a slit in them.

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Edited on 2008-05-10 09:22:53 by AndruLuvisi [Fixed spelling and position of Elliott (added second t)]

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Elliott, Bill: Three Card Monkey Business (In issue 16 of Ibidem from March 1959)

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Elliot, Bill: Three Card Monkey Business (In issue 16 of Ibidem from March 1959)

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Edited on 2008-05-10 09:21:37 by AndruLuvisi [Added "Three Card Monkey Business"]

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Elliot, Bill: Three Card Monkey Business (In issue 16 of Ibidem from March 1959)
This is a precursor to "Color Monte" which uses Marlo's "Quick 3-Way," described in issue 15 of Ibidem and based on the Christ/Annemann alignment move, which can be found in "Synthetic Sympathy" in the "You Do As I Do" chapter of The Encyclopedia of Card Tricks. Three cards are shown to be all red, then all black, then one red, one black, and the third one turns out blank or green or something else odd. During the performance, the performer tells a story about being taken by a guy doing Three Card Monte at a fair.

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Edited on 2008-04-13 18:43:11 by AndruLuvisi

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This video covers Three Card Monte very thoroughly, and includes the School for Scoundrels Notes on Three Card Monte as an ebook.

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This video covers Three Card Monte very thoroughly, and includes the School for Scoundrels [i]Notes on Three Card Monte[/i] as an ebook.

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Edited on 2008-04-13 18:41:54 by AndruLuvisi [Added descriptions for the videos]

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This video covers Three Card Monte very thoroughly, and includes the School for Scoundrels [i]Notes on Three Card Monte[/i] as an ebook.
This video includes footage of Dai Vernon performing and teaching his Three Card Monte routine.
This video covers the basics of Three Card Monte, and teaches several magic tricks that resemble Three Card Monte, some gaffed and some ungaffed.
This video includes a performance and explanation of "Darwin's Three Card Monte," Darwin Ortiz's Three Card Monte routine.

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Edited on 2008-04-06 13:21:27 by AndruLuvisi [Added some videos]

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School for Scoundrels Three Card Monte∞

Describes a method using a short card.

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Edited on 2008-04-05 16:55:09 by AndruLuvisi [Added Learned Pig link for Annemann's Miracles of Card Magic]

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Contains a method which uses the glide as the basis for a false count before turning the cards face down. Also reprinted in Annemann's Miracles of Card Magic (Available for free from The Learned Pig Project∞.) and Annemann's Card Magic.

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Contains a method which uses the glide as the basis for a false count before turning the cards face down. Also reprinted in Annemann's Miracles of Card Magic and Annemann's Card Magic.

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Edited on 2007-11-26 09:49:32 by AndruLuvisi

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Devol, George: Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi. Bedford, MA: Applewood Books, facsimile edition. First published by Cincinnati: Devol & Haines, 1887.

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Devol, George: Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi. Bedford, MA: Applewood Books, facsimile edition. First published by Cincinnati: Devol & Haines, 1887. Available for free from Project Gutenberg∞.

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Edited on 2007-11-26 09:48:00 by AndruLuvisi [Put fourty years link in the wrong place. Fixed.]

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This is George Devol's autobiography. It describes lots of gambling, cheating, and con games on river boats and trains. Three Card Monte figures prominently in many of the stories. A fun read. No technique is taught. Available for free from Project Gutenberg∞.

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This is George Devol's autobiography. It describes lots of gambling, cheating, and con games on river boats and trains. Three Card Monte figures prominently in many of the stories. A fun read. No technique is taught.

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Edited on 2007-11-26 09:45:46 by AndruLuvisi [Added Project Gutenberg link for Fourty Years]

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Devol, George: Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi. Bedford, MA: Applewood Books, facsimile edition. First published by Cincinnati: Devol & Haines, 1887. Available for free from Project Gutenberg∞.

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Devol, George: Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi. Bedford, MA: Applewood Books, facsimile edition. First published by Cincinnati: Devol & Haines, 1887.

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Edited on 2007-11-09 14:16:41 by DaveV

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Blake, George. Loopy Loop—A Treatise on the Endless Chain, George Blake, 95 St Alban Rd, Leeds, 1949.