Whit Hayden and Chef Anton present the School for Scoundrels notes on three-card monte PDF
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Whit Haydn and Chef Anton Present The School for Scoundrels Notes on Three-Card Monte Written by Whit Haydn Featuring: Gazzo on the London Monte Mob Whit Haydn and Chef Anton Present The School for Scoundrels Notes on Three-Card Monte Written by Whit Haydn © Copyright 2001, The School for Scoundrels (revised 10/18/03) Published by The School for Scoundrels, Alta Loma, CA. All Rights Reserved The School for Scoundrels would like to thank all the magicians and swindlers who have ever added to our knowledge of the history and strategy of these fascinating games. We apologize for any omissions or errors in attributing credit for any ideas or moves. We will be happy to correct all that are brought to our attention. We thank all the magicians who have taken the School for Scoundrels course at the Magic Castle over the past several years. Their questions about these scams, and unique insights have taught us a lot. But we specially wanted to mention all the help and advice we received from the late Hal Hale, the librarian at the Magic Castle, who would always turn down thanks and say, “Just make sure the library gets a copy.” For encouragement, help, ideas, and inside information we thank: Alfonso Gordon Bean Leo Behnke Bill Bowers Dick Casey Eddie Fields Gazzo Bob Jablonski Bob Kohler Michael A. Kroll Jim Lewis Lesley V. J. Manning Rich and Tamara Marotta Gary Norsigian Darwin Ortiz Cookie Riniti Ryan Roenfeld Ed Rosenthal Rick Solymar Johnny Thompson Mark Wilson Ronald A. Wohl And for information on monte and the law we thank: Lieutenant Biello, APD, Atlanta, GA Detective Burnes, NYPD, Brooklyn South, NY Detective Fernandez, LAPD, Los Angeles, CA Detective Grady, DPD, Dallas, TX Detective Haines, DPD, Dallas, TX Sergeant Honeywood, CPD, Chicago, IL Detective Siragusa, SFPD, San Francisco, CA To our wives Nancy and Bonnie: We are eternally thankful. Without your love, support, help and patience this project could never have reached completion. To you two wonderful ladies, who somehow managed to fall in love with scoundrels, we dedicate these notes. Whit Haydn and Chef Anton The School for Scoundrels Contents Preface i. History 1 Closed Monte and Open Monte 18 Closed Monte: The Rube Act of Frank Tarbeaux 21 Open Monte: Gazzo on The London Mob 25 Trays, Boxes, Tables and Umbrellas: The Layouts 31 Sleight-of-Hand The Cards 39 The Mix 41 The Toss 44 The Hype 46 Three in the Hand Toss 48 Flushtration Move 48 Some Other Switches Buckle Double-Lift 49 Glide 51 Vernon’s Optical Move 52 Scarne’s Monte Slide 53 Turnover Moves Flip and Forward-Flip 54 Flip-Change 56 Mexican Turnover 58 Throws and Patterns 60 Hooks and Come-Ons 66 Bent Corner 67 Double Bent Corner 68 Gazzo’s Creased Lightning 69 Gazzo’s Down-Turn 72 One-Way Backs Hook 74 Scarne’s Crimped Corner 75 Scarne’s Marked Corner 76 Paperclip 77 Torn Corner 79 Kohler’s Knifed! 81 Stamp 84 Pencil Mark, Lipstick and Daub 86 The Moneybag Switch 88 Psychology and Shills 90 Spieling the Broads: Monte Patter 95 Three-Card Monte in Film 101 Monte and the Law 105 School for Scoundrels Exhibition Routine 111 Afterthoughts Right on Cue 120 The Meaning for Magic 122 Appendix Closed Monte: Canada Bill’s Rube Act 127 Closed Monte: Devol’s Bent Corner and Pencil Mark 130
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