Card Cheats: How They Operate by Floyd Moss

A play-by-play exposé of the tricks of the card sharp's trade.

Moss gives general advice on how to avoid becoming a sucker or losing more money than luck alone would explain. The most interesting part is where he describes several sleights and strategies cardsharps use to cheat at the card table. Many of the sleights are illustrated with photos.

Introduction 5
Meet the Enemy 7
Who Are the Victims?
Suckers
Addicts
Defeating the Enemy
Luck
Greed
Amateurs
Advice
Modern Cheating
False Cut Number One
False Cut Number Two
False Cut Number Three
False Cut Number Four
A Reverse Cut
False Shuffle
A Riffle Stack for Poker
A Double Hand Riffle Stack for Poker
A Shuffle Stack for Poker and Bridge
An Arrangement Stack for Bridge
A Shuffle Stack for Poker, 1
A Shuffle Stack for Poker, 2
A Riffle Stack for Draw Poker
A Double-Hand Shuffle Stack for Poker
An Interlace Rifle Stack for Poker and Gin Rummy
An Arrangement Stack for Cribbage and Poker
A Combination Riffle and Shuffle Stack for Euchre, 1
A Combination Riffle and Shuffle Stack for Euchre, 2
A Riffle Stack for Euchre
A Shuffle Stack for Euchre
Second Dealing, 1
Second Dealing, 2
Finding Value of Top Card for Second Dealing
Marked Cards
Bottom Dealing
Palming
Cheating the Banker in Blind Hookey with a Stripper Deck
Bending Cards for False Cuts
Proper Way to Deal
Memorizing Cards
Cold-Deck