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Culin.(23125-9)KOREAN GAMES:WITH NoTES ON THE CORRESPONDING GAMES OF CHINA AND JAPAN,  \nStewart Culin.(26593-5)  \nDALY's BILLIARI)BooK,Maurice Daly.(25724-X)  \nTHE EXPERT AT THE CARD TABLE:THE CLASSIC TREATISE ON CARD MANIPULATION,  \nS.W.Erdnase.(28597-9)  \nGIN RUMMY:How TO PLAY AND WIN,Sam Fry.(23630-7)  \nA HISTORY OF PLAYING CARDS AND A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CARDS AND GAMING,  \nCatherine Perry Hargrave.(41236-9)  \nTRICKS AND GAMES ON THE PooL TABLE,Fred Herrmann.(21814-7)  \nWIN AT BACKGAMMON,Millard Hopper.(22894-0)  \nWIN AT CHECKERS,Millard Hopper.(20363-8)  \nWINNING CONTRACT BRIDGE,Edgar Kaplan.(24559-4)  \nTHE ART OF CARD READING AT BRIDGE,Fred L.Karpin.(21787-6)  \nGo AND Go-MoKU,Edward Lasker.(20613-0)  \nDEFENSE STRATEGY IN BRIDGE,Hy Lavinthal.(23010-4)  \nGAMES AND FUN WITH PLAYING CARDS,Joseph Leeming.(23977-2)  \nBRIDGE SQUEEZES COMPLETE.OR WINNING END PLAY STRATEGY,Clyde E.Love.  \n(21968-2)  \nHANDBOOK OF AMERICAN INDIAN GAMES,Allan and Palette Macfarlan.(24837-2)FAVORITE BOARD GAMES YoU CAN MAKE AND PLAY,Asterie Baker Provenzo and  \nEugene F.Provenzo,Jr.(26410-6)  \nBRIDGE FOR BRIGHT BEGINNERS,Terence Reese.(22942-4)  \nMASTER PLAY IN CONTRACT BRIDGE,Terence Reese.(20336-0)  \nTHE SECRETS OF WINNING BRIDGE,Jeff Rubens.(24076-2)  \nWIN AT POKER,Jeff Rubens.(24626-4)  \nCARD GAMES AROUND THE WORLD,Sid Sackson.(28100-0)  \nDUPLICATE BRIDGE,Alfred Sheinwold.(22741-3)  \nGAMES WTFH PENCIL AND PAPER,Eric Solomon.(27872-7)  \nPaperbound unless otherwise indicated.Available at your book dealer,online at www.doverpublications.com,or by writing to Dept.23,DoverPublications,Inc.,31 East 2nd Street,Mineola.NY 11501.For currentprice information or for free catalogs (please indicate field of interest),write to Dover Publications or log on to www.doverpublications.comand see every Dover book in print.Each year Dover publishes over 500books on fine art,music,crafts and needlework,antiques,languages,literature,children's books,chess,cookery,nature,anthropology,science,mathematics,and other areas.  \nManufactured in the U.S.A.  \n1.  \n# SCARNEOn Card Games\n\nHow to Play and Win at Poker,Pinochle,Blackjack,Ginand Other Popular Card Games  \nJOHN SCARNE  \nlllustrations byGeorge Karger  \nDOVER PUBLICATIONS,INC.Mineola,New York  \nCopyright  \nCopyright ◎1949,1965 by John ScarneAll rights reserved.  \n# Bibliographical Note\n\nThis Dover edition,first published in 2004,is an unabridged republication ofthe revised,augmented edition of Scarne on Cards,originally published in 1949by Signet,New York,and revised in 1965.  \n# Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data\n\nScarne,John.  \n[Scarne on cards]  \nScarne on card games:how to play and win at poker,pinochle,blackjack,gin,and other popular games /John Scarne;illustrations by George Karger.  \np.cm.  \nOriginally published:Scarne on cards.Rev.,augm.ed.New York:CrownPublishers,1965.  \nIncludes index.  \nISBN 0-486-43603-9(pbk.)  \n1.Cardsharping.I.Title.  \nGV1247.S372004  \n795.41—dc22  \n2004041437  \nManufactured in the United States of AmericaDover Publications,Inc.,31 East 2nd Street,Mineola,N.Y.11501  \nCHAPTER  \n# Introduction to the Revised,Augmented EditionviiForewordixPart One1.  Introductory\n\n1  \n2.  Card Cheats and Their Methods5  \n3.  Marked Cards19  \n4.The Only Player You Can't Beat 26  \n5.  Can Luck Beat Skill?29Part Two6.  What Is Gin Rummy?34  \n7.The Experts Make a Mess ofThings39  \n8.Rules for Gin Rummy44  \n9.  Variations of Gin55  \n10.  The Play of the Hand at GinRummy64  \n11.Cheating at Gin Rummy83  \n12.  Other Rummy Games—I87  \n13.  Other Rummy Games—II101  \n14.Other Rummy Games—II122Part Three15.Black Jack or Twenty-one138  \n16.  The Mathematics of Black Jack148  \n17.  Cheating at Black Jack161  \n18.  Faro or Farobank163  \n19.Stuss,Red Dog and Other FaroVariants173  \n# vi\n\n## Part Four\n\nPart Five  \nPart Six  \nCONTENTS  \n20.  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