Phantoms of the Card Table by David Britland & Gazzo

Walter Irving Scott was the greatest man ever with a pack of cards, so said Max Holden, writing in The Sphinx magazine, an exclusive journal for magicians. This was in 1930 after Scott had bamboozled a room full of New York’s finest card manipulators by dealing himself winning poker hands from a shuffled deck. He liked to say of himself that he “cheated the cheats.” His skill with cards was extraordinary. He was elusive too, and soon became known as The Phantom of the Card Table._x000D_
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We call have a sneaking admiration for the man who can deal from the bottom of the deck and get away with it. That’s why New York’s finest magicians gathered to watch Walter Scott and later paid generously to learn his methods. And that’s why some sixty years later Gary Osborne (“Gazzo”), a magician from England, decided to track him down. To his utter surprise, he found him, living in a retirement home in Rhode Island. The two became friends and Scott openly discussed his work with a view to it finally being published. “I don’t care what you say,” said Scott, “as long as you tell the truth.” This then, is the truth about Walter Irving Scott._x000D_
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The book includes stories of other legendary card experts such and a full explanation of the methods Scott used to fool the finest sleight of hand artists in the world._x000D_
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“There isn’t a card player who wouldn’t cheat, if he knew how.” – Walter Irving Scott, The Phantom of the Card Table._x000D_
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Contents:_x000D_
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13 Introduction_x000D_
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15 Chapter One_x000D_
15 Beware of the Shark_x000D_
16 Of Rogues and Knaves_x000D_
21 The Reformed Gamblers_x000D_
29 The Sharper Detected_x000D_
32 Risky Business_x000D_
35 Game Over_x000D_
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39 Chapter Two_x000D_
39 The Expert at the Card Table_x000D_
44 Lessons in Legerdemain_x000D_
45 Secrets for Sale_x000D_
47 The Search for Erdnase_x000D_
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57 Chapter Three_x000D_
57 Dai Vernon — The Professor_x000D_
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65 Chapter Four_x000D_
65 The Phantom Comes to Town_x000D_
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73 Chapter Five_x000D_
73 The Gambler from the Golden West_x000D_
75 Max Malini_x000D_
77 Next Slop Horowitz_x000D_
80 Vernon Calling_x000D_
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87 Chapter Six_x000D_
87 The Phantom Vanishes_x000D_
87 The Search for the Middle Deal_x000D_
89 The Beautiful Second_x000D_
91 The Twenty Dollar Manuscript_x000D_
91 A Talk to Card Enthusiasts_x000D_
95 The Mysterious Don Romano_x000D_
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97 Chapter Seven_x000D_
97 Card Detectives_x000D_
100 The Man who Fools Magicians_x000D_
102 Expert Card Technique_x000D_
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105 Chapter Eight_x000D_
105 The Phantom Returns_x000D_
107 Scott in New England_x000D_
111 The Ghost of Eddie McGuire_x000D_
114 A Classic of Gambling Literature_x000D_
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117 Chapter Nine_x000D_
117 Search for the Phantom_x000D_
119 The Three-card Monte_x000D_
121 The Great Quest_x000D_
124 Pleased to Meet You, Mr Scott_x000D_
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131 Chapter Ten_x000D_
131 The Phantom Speaks_x000D_
132 Natural Born Dealer_x000D_
143 The Sorcerer’s Apprentice_x000D_
137 The Hustler_x000D_
138 A Mysterious Mentor_x000D_
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143 Chapter Eleven_x000D_
143 Meeting McGuire_x000D_
147 The Magic of Music_x000D_
150 New York, 1930_x000D_
154 Aftermath_x000D_
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157 Chapter Twelve_x000D_
157 Friends and Enemies_x000D_
157 The Phantom on Film_x000D_
158 The Phantom Vanishes_x000D_
159 The Modern School of Music_x000D_
161 A Ghost from the Past_x000D_
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169 Chapter Thirteen_x000D_
169 Confessions of a Card Cheat_x000D_
172 A Lesson in Dishonesty_x000D_
174 The Almighty Second_x000D_
176 The Smart Cheater_x000D_
177 The Real Work_x000D_
180 The Big Game_x000D_
181 The Confidence Man_x000D_
183 The Front_x000D_
184 Cheating the Cheaters_x000D_
186 The Double Cross_x000D_
189 The Greatest Card Cheat that Ever Lived_x000D_
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193 Chapter Fourteen_x000D_
193 The Legacy of Walter Scott_x000D_
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201 Chapter Fifteen_x000D_
201 The Phantom of the Card Table Revisited_x000D_
202 Master Second Dealing_x000D_
201 The Key_x000D_
203 The Take_x000D_
205 Things to Avoid_x000D_
206 Practicing_x000D_
207 Using It in a Game_x000D_
208 Top Card Peek_x000D_
211 Bottom Card Peek_x000D_
212 The Stuff Peek_x000D_
213 The Scott Bottom Deal_x000D_
213 Practice Bottom Deal_x000D_
214 The Take_x000D_
215 Preferred Bottom Deal_x000D_
216 The Key_x000D_
216 The Take_x000D_
218 Scott’s Punch_x000D_
218 Making the Punch_x000D_
219 Fixing the Punch_x000D_
220 Marking the Cards_x000D_
222 Pegging during Exhibition Work_x000D_
224 The Blindfold Deal_x000D_
227 Slick Ace Formula_x000D_
230 The Bug_x000D_
234 Edge Work_x000D_
Putting in the Work…234_x000D_
234 Reading the Marks_x000D_
236 Locating the Cards_x000D_
236 A Typical Exhibition_x000D_
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239 Chapter Sixteen_x000D_
239 Final Thoughts_x000D_
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241 Which Brings Us to the Present_x000D_
241 By Steve Forte_x000D_
241 The Second Deal_x000D_
243 The Punch_x000D_
247 Slick Cards_x000D_
248 Top Card Peek_x000D_
249 Final Thoughts_x000D_
251 Recommended Reading_x000D_
252 Early Cheats and Gamblers_x000D_
253 S.W. Erdnase_x000D_
253 Walter Scott and Eddie McGuire_x000D_
254 Magicians and Card Detectives_x000D_
255 Cheats and Hustlers_x000D_
256 Video Material

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