This ebook presents an analytical review of works on card cheating that are written in English and published before 1900. Given this scope,The Reference Guide to Early Works on Card Cheatingtakes 151 publications, and documents the card cheating techniques that they describe. Only card techniques discussed in the context of cheating at card games are considered. The 146 defined techniques are used to evaluate the publications based on their breadth and their contribution to the literature. The breadth is indicated by the absolute number of techniques each work describes, and the contribution is measured by the number of techniques that appear for the first time in the pre-1900 English literature. The intention is for this ebook to provide a reference text to those interested in the history of card cheating.
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1. Introduction2. Reader's Guide3. Card Cheating Techniques3.1 Collusion3.2 False Deals3.3 Extra Cards3.4 Fewer Cards3.5 Marked Cards3.6 Modified Cards3.7 Card Switching3.8 Peeking3.9 Stacking3.10 False Shuffles3.11 Location Plays3.12 Overcoming the Cut3.13 Capping3.14 Furniture4. Publications Lists4.1 Pre-1900 English Works on Card Cheating4.2 All Reviewed Publications4.3 Unreviewed Publications5. Analysis5.1 Descriptions5.2 New Descriptions6. ConclusionAppendix A: Techniques ListAppendix B: Publication Breakdown1st edition 2021, PDF 167 pages.word count: 17885 which is equivalent to 71 standard pages of text
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