Don't Bet On It

The Real Secrets of 3 Card Monte

Written by Frank Garcia

1978
Work of Various

119 pages (Paperback), published by Selfpublished
Illustrated with drawings by Ed Tricomi.
Language: English

(33 entries)

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Frank Garcia "Le Grande Entrance"
7
Father Cyprian Performer Second to None
8
Lou Lancaster 3 Card Monte
9
Amazing Randi Introduction
12
Frank Garcia Don't Bet On It! remarks about Three Card Monte
 15
Frank Garcia I Didn't Know That! about the origins of Three Card Monte
 18
Frank Garcia "Queer Money" counterfeit money used in Three Card Monte
 19
Frank Garcia The Real Secrets of 3 Card Monte about Three Card Monte on the streets with the subchapters:
  • "A Game For All Seasons"
  • "If YOu Bet Fast, You Can't Last! If You Bet Slow, You've Got To Go"
  • Don't Think You're So Smart!
  • The Code Is Out. The Cigarette Method
  • The Head Method
  • The Call Method or The Sleight of Mouth Method
  • The Money Method
 20
Frank Garcia The Right Cards to Use
29
Frank Garcia The Underthrow fair throw
 32
Frank Garcia The Hype Move or Switch
33
Frank Garcia Putting the "Ear" in or Putting the "Lug" in
  • The Bent or Crimped Corner
  • The Bent Corner
  • Still Another Method of "Putting The Ear In"
 39
Jay Ose Another Jay Ose Tip treatment of cards for 3 Card Monte
 47
Panama Joe The "One-Handed Toss" or the "Coup de Grace" Move
50
Frank Garcia A Move for the "Sucker"
52
Frank Garcia Three Different Ways of Bending the Cards
54
Frank Garcia Additional Effective Practice Exercises seven exercises and sequences
 56
Frank Garcia "The Innocent Flip"
64
Frank Garcia Putting the "Gaffer" in card is marked, bent corner alternative
 66
Milton Kort The Master "Bust Out Move" also known as The "Bass Ackward" Move piece of tissue paper is stuck on queen
 69
Unknown The Postage Stamp Mystery stamp stuck on queen
 73
Unknown "If You're Still Not Convinced" stamp stuck on queen
 75
Unknown The Torn Corner duplicate corner
 78
Charles Bertram It's So Old, It's New method is unbent card, one short
 84
Trevor Lewis The Trevor Lewis Clean Exchange
86
Frank Garcia Perfect Mexican Turn Over
88
Bruce Elliott, Frank Garcia Clip Monte card marked with paper clip
 89
Dai Vernon Optical Monte Move
90
Frank Garcia Epilogue
96
Frank Garcia 3 Veal Chop Monte
99
Frank Garcia Flimflam on 5th Avenue Flips Fuzz
101
Frank Garcia Piccadilly Ploy
103
Frank Garcia The Swindler's Glossary
111
Data entered by Denis Behr.