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Scarne on Card Games: How to Play and Win at Poker, Pinochle, Blackjack, Gin and Other Popular Card Games »
Authors: John Scarne, George Karger
ISBN-13: 9780486436036, ISBN-10: 0486436039
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Dover Publications
Date Published: June 2004
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Author Biography: John Scarne
Book Synopsis
In addition to complete rules and instructions for playing dozens of games, tables of probabilities and percentages, and the fine points of winning play, this book — one of the best on the subject — also contains some 60 pages of information on how to detect cheating.
Table of Contents
| Introduction to the Revised, Augmented Edition | vii | |
| Foreword | ix | |
| Part 1 | ||
| 1. | Introductory | 1 |
| 2. | Card Cheats and Their Methods | 5 |
| 3. | Marked Cards | 19 |
| 4. | The Only Player You Can't Beat | 26 |
| 5. | Can Luck Beat Skill? | 29 |
| Part 2 | ||
| 6. | What Is Gin Rummy? | 34 |
| 7. | The Experts Make a Mess of Things | 39 |
| 8. | Rules for Gin Rummy | 44 |
| 9. | Variations of Gin | 55 |
| 10. | The Play of the Hand at Gin Rummy | 64 |
| 11. | Cheating at Gin Rummy | 83 |
| 12. | Other Rummy Games--I | 87 |
| 13. | Other Rummy Games--II | 101 |
| 14. | Other Rummy Games--III | 122 |
| Part 3 | ||
| 15. | Black Jack or Twenty-one | 138 |
| 16. | The Mathematics of Black Jack | 148 |
| 17. | Cheating at Black Jack | 161 |
| 18. | Faro or Farobank | 163 |
| 19. | Stuss, Red Dog and Other Faro Variants | 173 |
| 20. | Card Craps, Farmer and Other Games | 187 |
| 21. | Chemin de Fer and Other Games | 200 |
| Part 4 | ||
| 22. | Poker--Not According to Hoyle | 224 |
| 23. | Draw Poker and Its Variations | 241 |
| 24. | Stud Poker and Its Variations | 258 |
| 25. | Poker Odds and Probabilities | 273 |
| 26. | Cheating at Poker | 283 |
| 27. | Strategy at Poker | 290 |
| 28. | The Dealer Who Moves Without Getting Up | 305 |
| Part 5 | ||
| 29. | Pinochle--General Rules | 308 |
| 30. | Two-Handed Pinochle | 318 |
| 31. | Three-Handed and Four-Handed Pinochle | 332 |
| 32. | Partnership Pinochle and Other Variations | 364 |
| 33. | Cheating at Pinochle | 388 |
| Part 6 | ||
| 34. | Cribbage | 395 |
| 35. | Pitch or Setback | 405 |
| 36. | Casino | 408 |
| 37. | Kalabrias, Klobiosh, Klabberjass, or Klob | 414 |
| 38. | Hearts According to Scarne and Regular Hearts | 420 |
| Index | 429 |
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