card tricks

  • 1Card-throwing — is the art of throwing standard playing cards. First popularized in the West among stage magicians, the art of throwing cards was called scaling . In 1997, a segment on MTV News:Unfiltered , featuring Jon W and the Fellas from Denver,… …

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  • 2Card marking — is the process of altering playing cards such that the suit, rank or both are only apparent to the person marking the cards (or potentially another conspirator), usually for the purpose of cheating at cards by card sharps. To be effective, the… …

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  • 3Card manipulation — (or card magic) is the illusion of magic using a deck of playing cards. Card magic is commonplace in magic performances, especially in close up magic or parlor magic and street magic.cite book last = Wilson first = Mark title = Mark Wilson s… …

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  • 4Card sharp — A card sharp (informally also cardsharp, card shark, cardshark) is a person who uses skill and deception to win at poker or other card games. Also known in card gaming jargon as a mechanic , an older politically incorrect term is greek .Fact|date …

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  • 5card game — Introduction       game played for pleasure or gambling (or both) with one or more decks of playing cards (playing card). Games using playing cards exploit the fact that cards are individually identifiable from one side only, so that each player… …

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  • 6Card game — A card game is any game using playing cards, either traditional or game specific. Countless card games exist, including families of related games (such as poker). Some games have formally standardized rules, while rules for others can vary by… …

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  • 7card — card1 /kahrd/, n. 1. a usually rectangular piece of stiff paper, thin pasteboard, or plastic for various uses, as to write information on or printed as a means of identifying the holder: a 3 × 5 file card; a membership card. 2. one of a set of… …

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  • 8card — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 giving written or electronic information ADJECTIVE ▪ ID, identity, membership ▪ business, calling, visiting (esp. BrE) ▪ appointment …

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  • 9CARD PLAY AND THE COWBOY HERO —    The stereotypical cowboy hero plays cards and plays them well. Inevitably he can spot a crooked dealer and handles cheaters quickly and efficiently. Yet the cowboy hero is an amateur, and he naturally suspects the honesty of all professional… …

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  • 10tricks — trɪk n. prank, mischievous or deceptive act; clever feat or device; ability to do something well; stint; one round in a card game, all the cards played by the participants in one round of a card game; sexual act performed by a prostitute (Slang) …

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