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Erdnase</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><caption class="infobox-title" style="font-size:125%; font-style:italic; padding-bottom:0.2em;">The Expert at the Card Table: The Classic Treatise on Card Manipulation <span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Expert+at+the+Card+Table%3A+The+Classic+Treatise+on+Card+Manipulation&rft.author=%5B%5BS.+W.+Erdnase%5D%5D&rft.date=1902+%28first+edition%29&rft.pub=Original+Unknown&rft.place=USA"></span></caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Expert_at_the_card_table.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/41/Expert_at_the_card_table.png" decoding="async" width="160" height="255" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="160" data-file-height="255" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"><i>Cover of the 1995 edition.</i></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Author</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/S._W._Erdnase" title="S. W. Erdnase">S. W. Erdnase</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Illustrator</th><td class="infobox-data">Smith, M. D.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Cover artist</th><td class="infobox-data">Ed Smith Design</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Subject</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sleight_of_hand" title="Sleight of hand">Sleight of hand</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genre</th><td class="infobox-data">Non-Fiction</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Publisher</th><td class="infobox-data">Original Unknown</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Publication date</div></th><td class="infobox-data">1902 (first edition)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Publication place</th><td class="infobox-data">USA</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-486-28597-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-486-28597-9">978-0-486-28597-9</a></td></tr></tbody></table><p><i><b>The Expert at the Card Table</b></i>, is an extensive book on the art of <a href="/wiki/Sleight_of_hand" title="Sleight of hand">sleight of hand</a> published in 1902 by <a href="/wiki/S._W._Erdnase" title="S. W. Erdnase">S. W. Erdnase</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Pseudonym" title="Pseudonym">pseudonymous</a> author whose identity has remained a mystery for over a century.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a detailed manual of <a href="/wiki/Card_sharp" title="Card sharp">card sharps</a>, the book is considered to be one of the most influential works on <a href="/wiki/Magic_(illusion)" title="Magic (illusion)">magic or conjuring</a> with <a href="/wiki/Playing_card" title="Playing card">cards</a>. </p><meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Description_of_the_book">Description of the book</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Expert_at_the_Card_Table&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Description of the book"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>The Expert at the Card Table</i> covers the art of <a href="/wiki/Card_manipulation" title="Card manipulation">card manipulation</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sleight_of_hand" title="Sleight of hand">sleight of hand</a> at gambling tables. It was written, according to its author, because "if it sells it will accomplish the primary motive of the author, as he needs the money".<sup id="cite_ref-erdnase_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-erdnase-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Martin_Gardner" title="Martin Gardner">Martin Gardner</a> described the book as "the most famous, the most carefully studied book ever published on the art of manipulating cards at gaming tables".<sup id="cite_ref-erdnase_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-erdnase-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: vii">: vii </span></sup> Similarly, <a href="/wiki/David_Copperfield_(illusionist)" title="David Copperfield (illusionist)">David Copperfield</a> described it as "a detailed description of the sleight of hand used by crooked gamblers and card magicians. With discussion of everything from false shuffles to fake cuts, dodgy dealing to secret palming, it was the ultimate instructional manual on how to cheat".<sup id="cite_ref-copperfield-2021_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-copperfield-2021-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Despite his widespread influence on the magician community, the author's identity remains an unsolved mystery. The book may have been published under an assumed name given that it was illegal to distribute books on crooked gambling in the early 1900s.<sup id="cite_ref-copperfield-2021_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-copperfield-2021-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many believe Erdnase's real name was E.S. Andrews (S.W. Erdnase spelled backwards). (See Gardner's Foreword, pp. vii-ix.)<sup id="cite_ref-erdnase_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-erdnase-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another theory is that the author is Wilbur E. Sanders, son of Senator <a href="/wiki/Wilbur_F._Sanders" title="Wilbur F. Sanders">Wilbur F. Sanders</a>. W.E. Sanders is an anagram of S. W. Erdnase, and Sanders had the education, knowledge of magic, and familiarity with gambling necessary to write the book.<sup id="cite_ref-Demarest_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Demarest-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to David Copperfield, "[t]he pursuit of Erdnase has dominated the lives of many magicians and has led them to spend thousands of hours searching public records, newspaper articles, genealogical archives, bankruptcy files, image banks, magic books, yearbooks, census documents, and local libraries".<sup id="cite_ref-copperfield-2021_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-copperfield-2021-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Originally the author started selling the book for $2.00 in 1902 and the next year it dropped to $1.00. Although the author did not renew the copyright, the book has remained in print since 1902, albeit small private printings on occasion.<sup id="cite_ref-editions_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-editions-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> First editions are "highly sought after by collectors", and David Copperfield has a copy in his private museum.<sup id="cite_ref-copperfield-2021_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-copperfield-2021-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Expert_at_the_Card_Table&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Dai_Vernon" title="Dai Vernon">Dai Vernon</a> is credited with popularizing this influential text in the community of professional magicians. Well past ninety years of age, Vernon was fond of quoting from it, with page numbers, when discussing card techniques with his colleagues at the <a href="/wiki/Magic_Castle" title="Magic Castle">Magic Castle</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-johnson_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-johnson-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In <i>Expert Card Technique</i>, <a href="/wiki/Jean_Hugard" title="Jean Hugard">Jean Hugard</a> said of it, "... perhaps no other book in all the list of conjuring books has been so avidly read, so affectionately regarded."<sup id="cite_ref-hugard_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hugard-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Erdnase's glossary of terms was in itself extremely influential, and has been reproduced more or less directly by numerous authors, including Hugard,<sup id="cite_ref-hugard_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hugard-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Henry Hay. </p><p>The influence of this book is such that it has been issued in annotated form;<sup id="cite_ref-ortiz_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ortiz-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-vernon_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vernon-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> translated into Japanese, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Russian,<sup id="cite_ref-editions_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-editions-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Korean; and issued as a series of DVDs by a professional magician, demonstrating and explaining Erdnase's techniques and methods.<sup id="cite_ref-copperfield-2021_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-copperfield-2021-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A featured show of the story of Expert of the Card Table is also performed regularly by UK magician Guy Hollingworth.<sup id="cite_ref-dvd_expert_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dvd_expert-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Adaptations">Adaptations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Expert_at_the_Card_Table&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Adaptations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2008, a one-man play inspired by <i>The Expert at the Card Table</i>, starring <a href="/wiki/Guy_Hollingworth" title="Guy Hollingworth">Guy Hollingworth</a> and directed by <a href="/wiki/Neil_Patrick_Harris" title="Neil Patrick Harris">Neil Patrick Harris</a>, was performed at the <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Festival_Fringe" title="Edinburgh Festival Fringe">Edinburgh Fringe Festival</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The play was successful and in subsequent years was performed in London and the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Expert_at_the_Card_Table&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Silverman, Rachel Emma. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB966384617725070438?mod=googlewsj">"Fresh Clues Could Reveal Magic-Trick Writer Who Pulled a Disappearing Act a Century Ago"</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Wall_Street_Journal" title="The Wall Street Journal">The Wall Street Journal</a></i>, August 16, 2000. Retrieved January 13, 2008.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-erdnase-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-erdnase_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-erdnase_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-erdnase_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFErdnase1995" class="citation book cs1">Erdnase, S. W (1995) [1902]. <i>The Expert at the Card Table: The Classic Treatise on Card Manipulation</i> (1st Ed. reprint ed.). Mineola, <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">NY</a>: Dover Publications. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-486-28597-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-486-28597-9"><bdi>978-0-486-28597-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Expert+at+the+Card+Table%3A+The+Classic+Treatise+on+Card+Manipulation&rft.place=Mineola%2C+NY&rft.edition=1st+Ed.+reprint&rft.pub=Dover+Publications&rft.date=1995&rft.isbn=978-0-486-28597-9&rft.aulast=Erdnase&rft.aufirst=S.+W&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Expert+at+the+Card+Table" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-copperfield-2021-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-copperfield-2021_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-copperfield-2021_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-copperfield-2021_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-copperfield-2021_3-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-copperfield-2021_3-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCopperfieldWisemanBritland2021" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/David_Copperfield_(illusionist)" title="David Copperfield (illusionist)">Copperfield, David</a>; <a href="/wiki/Richard_Wiseman" title="Richard Wiseman">Wiseman, Richard</a>; Britland, David (2021). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1236259508"><i>David Copperfield's history of magic</i></a>. New York, NY. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-9821-1291-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-9821-1291-2"><bdi>978-1-9821-1291-2</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/1236259508">1236259508</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=David+Copperfield%27s+history+of+magic&rft.place=New+York%2C+NY&rft.date=2021&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F1236259508&rft.isbn=978-1-9821-1291-2&rft.aulast=Copperfield&rft.aufirst=David&rft.au=Wiseman%2C+Richard&rft.au=Britland%2C+David&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.worldcat.org%2Foclc%2F1236259508&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Expert+at+the+Card+Table" class="Z3988"></span><span class="cs1-maint citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_book" title="Template:Cite book">cite book</a>}}</code>: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (<a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_location_missing_publisher" title="Category:CS1 maint: location missing publisher">link</a>)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Demarest-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Demarest_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDemarest2013" class="citation journal cs1">Demarest, Marty (Winter 2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/24419968">"Montana's Conjurers, Con Men, and Card Cheats: Wilbur E. Sanders, S. W. Erdnase, and "The Expert at the Card Table"<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span>"</a>. <i>Montana The Magazine of Western History</i>. <b>63</b> (4): 3–93. <a href="/wiki/JSTOR_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="JSTOR (identifier)">JSTOR</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/24419968">24419968</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">April 7,</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Montana+The+Magazine+of+Western+History&rft.atitle=Montana%27s+Conjurers%2C+Con+Men%2C+and+Card+Cheats%3A+Wilbur+E.+Sanders%2C+S.+W.+Erdnase%2C+and+%22The+Expert+at+the+Card+Table%22&rft.ssn=winter&rft.volume=63&rft.issue=4&rft.pages=3-93&rft.date=2013&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2F24419968%23id-name%3DJSTOR&rft.aulast=Demarest&rft.aufirst=Marty&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2F24419968&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Expert+at+the+Card+Table" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-editions-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-editions_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-editions_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFEngland2007" class="citation web cs1">England, Jason (2007). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.everythingerdnase.com/erdnase-collection/">"The Expert at the Card Table Editions"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 8,</span> 2008</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+Expert+at+the+Card+Table+Editions&rft.date=2007&rft.aulast=England&rft.aufirst=Jason&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everythingerdnase.com%2Ferdnase-collection%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Expert+at+the+Card+Table" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-johnson-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-johnson_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJohnson2005" class="citation book cs1">Johnson, Karl (2005). <i>The Magician and the Cardsharp: The Search for America's Greatest Sleight-of-Hand Artist</i> (Adapted ed.). New York: Henry Holt and Co. pp. 368 pages. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8050-7406-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8050-7406-2"><bdi>978-0-8050-7406-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Magician+and+the+Cardsharp%3A+The+Search+for+America%27s+Greatest+Sleight-of-Hand+Artist&rft.place=New+York&rft.pages=368+pages&rft.edition=Adapted&rft.pub=Henry+Holt+and+Co.&rft.date=2005&rft.isbn=978-0-8050-7406-2&rft.aulast=Johnson&rft.aufirst=Karl&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Expert+at+the+Card+Table" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-hugard-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-hugard_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-hugard_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHugard1940" class="citation book cs1">Hugard, Jean (1940). <i>Expert Card Technique: Close-Up Table Magic</i> (Second ed.). New York: Dover Publications, Inc. pp. 448 pages. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-486-21755-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-486-21755-8"><bdi>0-486-21755-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Expert+Card+Technique%3A+Close-Up+Table+Magic&rft.place=New+York&rft.pages=448+pages&rft.edition=Second&rft.pub=Dover+Publications%2C+Inc&rft.date=1940&rft.isbn=0-486-21755-8&rft.aulast=Hugard&rft.aufirst=Jean&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Expert+at+the+Card+Table" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ortiz-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-ortiz_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFOrtiz1991" class="citation book cs1">Ortiz, Darwin (1991). <i>The annotated Erdnase</i>. Magical Publications. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-915181-21-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-915181-21-6"><bdi>978-0-915181-21-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+annotated+Erdnase&rft.pub=Magical+Publications&rft.date=1991&rft.isbn=978-0-915181-21-6&rft.aulast=Ortiz&rft.aufirst=Darwin&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Expert+at+the+Card+Table" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-vernon-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-vernon_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFVernon2013" class="citation book cs1">Vernon, Dai (2013). <i>Revelation</i> (Second ed.). Mike Caveney's Magic Words. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-915181-44-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-915181-44-5"><bdi>978-0-915181-44-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Revelation&rft.edition=Second&rft.pub=Mike+Caveney%27s+Magic+Words&rft.date=2013&rft.isbn=978-0-915181-44-5&rft.aulast=Vernon&rft.aufirst=Dai&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Expert+at+the+Card+Table" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-dvd_expert-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-dvd_expert_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJames2007" class="citation web cs1">James, Wesley (2007). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.magictricks.com/videos/dvds/dvderdnase.htm">"Expert at the Card Table by Wesley James"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(7 volume DVD)</span><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 8,</span> 2008</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Expert+at+the+Card+Table+by+Wesley+James&rft.date=2007&rft.aulast=James&rft.aufirst=Wesley&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.magictricks.com%2Fvideos%2Fdvds%2Fdvderdnase.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Expert+at+the+Card+Table" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.laphil.com/musicdb/artists/2323/neil-patrick-harris">"Neil Patrick Harris"</a>. <i>LA Phil</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">February 20,</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=LA+Phil&rft.atitle=Neil+Patrick+Harris&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.laphil.com%2Fmusicdb%2Fartists%2F2323%2Fneil-patrick-harris&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Expert+at+the+Card+Table" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSierra" class="citation web cs1">Sierra, Gabrielle. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.broadwayworld.com/westend/article/Guy-Hollingworth-Performs-His-Show-At-Menier-Chocolate-424-20090325">"Guy Hollingworth Performs His Show At Menier Chocolate 4/2-4"</a>. <i>BroadwayWorld.com</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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L.; Times, Special to the Los Angeles (July 15, 2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-xpm-2011-jul-15-la-et-neil-patrick-harris-hollingwort20110715-story.html">"Magic, mystery and double-crosses in 'The Expert at the Card Table'<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span>"</a>. <i>Los Angeles Times</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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href="/wiki/Flemish_Hunting_Deck" title="Flemish Hunting Deck">Flemish Hunting Deck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamas_most_wanted_playing_cards" title="Hamas most wanted playing cards">Hamas most wanted</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hof%C3%A4mterspiel" title="Hofämterspiel">Hofämterspiel</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry%27s_Nugget_playing_cards" title="Jerry's Nugget playing cards">Jerry's Nugget</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Most-wanted_Iraqi_playing_cards" title="Most-wanted Iraqi playing cards">Most-wanted Iraqi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politicards" title="Politicards">Politicards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stuttgart_pack" title="Stuttgart pack">Stuttgart pack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transformation_playing_card" title="Transformation playing card">Transformation</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_traditional_card_and_tile_packs" title="List of traditional card and tile packs">Other packs<br />and decks</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/As-Nas" title="As-Nas">As-Nas</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_playing_cards" title="Chinese playing cards">Chinese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Four-color_deck" title="Four-color deck">Four-colour pack</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ganjifa" title="Ganjifa">Ganjifa</a></i> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Ganjapa" title="Ganjapa">ganjapa</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Karuta" title="Karuta">Karuta</a></i> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Hanafuda" title="Hanafuda">hanafuda</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hyakunin_Isshu" class="mw-redirect" title="Hyakunin Isshu">Hyakunin Isshu</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kabufuda" title="Kabufuda">kabufuda</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Uta-garuta" title="Uta-garuta">uta-garuta</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kvitlech" title="Kvitlech">Kvitlech</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polish_playing_cards" title="Polish playing cards">Polish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portuguese-suited_playing_cards" title="Portuguese-suited playing cards">Portuguese-suited</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_playing_cards" title="Russian playing cards">Russian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarot_card_games" title="Tarot card games">Tarot pack</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tujeon" title="Tujeon">Tujeon</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Zi_pai" title="Zi pai">Zi pai</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Cards</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Banner_(playing_card)" title="Banner (playing card)">Banner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blank_(playing_card)" title="Blank (playing card)">Blank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Face_card" title="Face card">Court card</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Knight_(playing_card)" title="Knight (playing card)">knight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ober_(playing_card)" title="Ober (playing card)">Ober</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unter_(playing_card)" title="Unter (playing card)">Unter</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pip_(counting)" title="Pip (counting)">Pip card</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Deuce_(playing_card)" title="Deuce (playing card)">deuce</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Weli" title="Weli">Weli</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joker_(playing_card)" title="Joker (playing card)">Joker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_playing-card_nicknames" title="List of playing-card nicknames">Nicknames</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stripped_deck" title="Stripped deck">Stripped deck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Talon_(cards)" title="Talon (cards)">Talon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Playing_cards_in_Unicode" title="Playing cards in Unicode">Unicode</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other suits</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/German-suited_playing_cards" title="German-suited playing cards">German</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Leaves_(suit)" title="Leaves (suit)">Leaves</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Swiss-suited_playing_cards" title="Swiss-suited playing cards">Swiss</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shields_(suit)" title="Shields (suit)">Shields</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roses_(suit)" title="Roses (suit)">Roses</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">German and Swiss</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Acorns_(suit)" title="Acorns (suit)">Acorns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bells_(suit)" title="Bells (suit)">Bells</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Latin (<a href="/wiki/Italian-suited_playing_cards" class="mw-redirect" title="Italian-suited playing cards">Italian</a>/<a href="/wiki/Spanish-suited_playing_cards" title="Spanish-suited playing cards">Spanish</a>/<a href="/wiki/Portuguese-suited_playing_cards" title="Portuguese-suited playing cards">Portuguese</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cups_(suit)" title="Cups (suit)">Cups</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coins_(suit)" title="Coins (suit)">Coins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Batons_(suit)" title="Batons (suit)">Batons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swords_(suit)" title="Swords (suit)">Swords</a></li> <li>Japanese <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mitsudomoe" class="mw-redirect" title="Mitsudomoe">Guru (circular whirls)</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Chinese_playing_cards#Money-suited_cards" title="Chinese playing cards">Chinese (Money)</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cash_(Chinese_coin)" title="Cash (Chinese coin)">Cash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/String_of_cash_coins_(currency_unit)" title="String of cash coins (currency unit)">Strings of Cash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Myriad" title="Myriad">Myriads</a> of Strings</li> <li>Tens of Myriads</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Manufacturers<br />and brands</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Manufacturers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ASS_Altenburger" title="ASS Altenburger">ASS Altenburger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cartamundi" title="Cartamundi">Cartamundi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Copag" title="Copag">Copag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dal_Negro" title="Dal Negro">Dal Negro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naipes_Heraclio_Fournier" title="Naipes Heraclio Fournier">Fournier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/France_Cartes" title="France Cartes">France Cartes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/F.X._Schmid" title="F.X. Schmid">F.X. Schmid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gemaco" title="Gemaco">Gemaco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J.O._%C3%96berg_%26_Son" title="J.O. Öberg & Son">J.O. Öberg & Son</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Modiano_(company)" title="Modiano (company)">Modiano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nintendo" title="Nintendo">Nintendo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N%C3%BCrnberger-Spielkarten-Verlag" title="Nürnberger-Spielkarten-Verlag">Nürnberger-Spielkarten-Verlag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oishi_Tengudo" title="Oishi Tengudo">Oishi Tengudo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piatnik" title="Piatnik">Piatnik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ravensburger" title="Ravensburger">Ravensburger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trefl_Playing_Card_Company" title="Trefl Playing Card Company">Trefl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S._Games_Systems" title="U.S. Games Systems">U.S. Games Systems</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Playing_Card_Company" title="United States Playing Card Company">United States Playing Card Company</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Brands</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bicycle_Playing_Cards" title="Bicycle Playing Cards">Bicycle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grimaud_(company)" title="Grimaud (company)">Grimaud</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Defunct</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aspioti-ELKA" title="Aspioti-ELKA">Aspioti-ELKA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bielefelder_Spielkarten" title="Bielefelder Spielkarten">Bielefelder Spielkarten</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C.L._W%C3%BCst" title="C.L. Wüst">C.L. Wüst</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Goodall_%26_Sons" title="Charles Goodall & Sons">Charles Goodall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dondorf" title="Dondorf">Dondorf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewis_Cohen_(cardmaker)" title="Lewis Cohen (cardmaker)">Lewis Cohen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waddingtons" title="Waddingtons">Waddingtons</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Notable people</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lee_Asher" title="Lee Asher">Lee Asher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hubert_Auer_(card_game_historian)" title="Hubert Auer (card game historian)">Hubert Auer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bryan_Berg" title="Bryan Berg">Bryan Berg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Blaine" title="David Blaine">David Blaine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derren_Brown" title="Derren Brown">Derren Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewis_Cohen_(cardmaker)" title="Lewis Cohen (cardmaker)">Lewis Cohen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_and_Dave_(magicians)" title="Dan and Dave (magicians)">Dan and Dave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thierry_Depaulis" title="Thierry Depaulis">Thierry Depaulis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._W._Erdnase" title="S. W. Erdnase">S. W. Erdnase</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lennart_Green" title="Lennart Green">Lennart Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Harding_(forger)" title="Richard Harding (forger)">Richard Harding</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johann_Kaspar_Hechtel" title="Johann Kaspar Hechtel">Johann Kaspar Hechtel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ricky_Jay" title="Ricky Jay">Ricky Jay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sekiryo_Kaneda" title="Sekiryo Kaneda">Sekiryo Kaneda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Lavand" title="René Lavand">René Lavand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Marlo" title="Ed Marlo">Ed Marlo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Master_of_the_Playing_Cards" title="Master of the Playing Cards">Master of the Playing Cards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_McLeod_(card_game_researcher)" title="John McLeod (card game researcher)">John McLeod</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anton_Moser" title="Anton Moser">Anton Moser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_J._Murray" title="Samuel J. Murray">Samuel J. Murray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Parlett" title="David Parlett">David Parlett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ferdinand_Piatnik" title="Ferdinand Piatnik">Ferdinand Piatnik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Valentine_Pitchford" title="Richard Valentine Pitchford">Richard Valentine Pitchford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franco_Pratesi" title="Franco Pratesi">Franco Pratesi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johann_Georg_Rauch_(politician)" title="Johann Georg Rauch (politician)">Johann Georg Rauch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juan_Tamariz" title="Juan Tamariz">Juan Tamariz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_Thurston" title="Howard Thurston">Howard Thurston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Troedel" title="Charles Troedel">Charles Troedel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dai_Vernon" title="Dai Vernon">Dai Vernon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fusajiro_Yamauchi" title="Fusajiro Yamauchi">Fusajiro Yamauchi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Groups and<br />organisations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Skat" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Skat_(card_game)" title="Skat (card game)">Skat</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/British_Skat_Association" title="British Skat Association">British Skat Association</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_Skat_Association" title="German Skat Association">German Skat Association</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Skat_Court" title="International Skat Court">International Skat Court</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Skat_Players_Association" title="International Skat Players Association">International Skat Players Association</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/52_Plus_Joker" title="52 Plus Joker">52 Plus Joker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cary_Collection_of_Playing_Cards" title="Cary Collection of Playing Cards">Cary Collection of Playing Cards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fournier_Museum_of_Playing_Cards" title="Fournier Museum of Playing Cards">Fournier Museum of Playing Cards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_Doppelkopf_Association" title="German Doppelkopf Association">German Doppelkopf Association</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_Playing_Card_Museum" title="German Playing Card Museum">German Playing Card Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Playing-Card_Society" title="International Playing-Card Society">International Playing-Card Society</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Playing-Card" title="The Playing-Card">The Playing-Card</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mus%C3%A9e_Fran%C3%A7ais_de_la_Carte_%C3%A0_Jouer" title="Musée Français de la Carte à Jouer">Musée Français de la Carte à Jouer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saga_Arashiyama_Museum_of_Arts_and_Culture" title="Saga Arashiyama Museum of Arts and Culture">Saga Arashiyama Museum of Arts and Culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Worshipful_Company_of_Makers_of_Playing_Cards" title="Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards">Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Card_manipulation" title="Card manipulation">Card manipulation</a><br />and <a href="/wiki/Cardistry" title="Cardistry">cardistry</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Tricks" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Tricks</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Acme_of_Control" title="The Acme of Control">The Acme of Control</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ambitious_Card" title="Ambitious Card">Ambitious Card</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackstone%27s_Card_Trick_Without_Cards" title="Blackstone's Card Trick Without Cards">Blackstone's Card Trick Without Cards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Circus_Card_Trick" title="The Circus Card Trick">The Circus Card Trick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Four_Burglars" title="The Four Burglars">The Four Burglars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Out_of_This_World_(card_trick)" title="Out of This World (card trick)">Out of This World</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rising_Card" title="Rising Card">Rising Card</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spelling_Bee_(card_trick)" title="Spelling Bee (card trick)">Spelling Bee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twenty-One_Card_Trick" title="Twenty-One Card Trick">Twenty-One Card Trick</a></li> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bottom_dealing" title="Bottom dealing">Bottom dealing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Card_marking" title="Card marking">Card marking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Card_sharp" title="Card sharp">Card sharp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Card_throwing" title="Card throwing">Card throwing</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cards_in_the_hat" title="Cards in the hat">Cards in the hat</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cardistry-Con" title="Cardistry-Con">Cardistry-Con</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cut_(cards)" title="Cut (cards)">Cutting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Double_lift" title="Double lift">Double lift</a></li> <li><i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">The Expert at the Card Table</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herrmann_pass" title="Herrmann pass">Herrmann pass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_cardistry" title="History of cardistry">History of cardistry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/House_of_cards" title="House of cards">House of cards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/One-way_deck" title="One-way deck">One-way deck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palming" title="Palming">Palms</a> and grips <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gambler%27s_palm" title="Gambler's palm">gambler's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magician%27s_palm" title="Magician's palm">magician's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mechanic%27s_grip" title="Mechanic's grip">mechanic's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tenkai_palm" title="Tenkai palm">Tenkai</a></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Phantom_of_the_Card_Table" title="The Phantom of the Card Table">The Phantom of the Card Table</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_dealing" title="Second dealing">Second dealing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shuffling" title="Shuffling">Shuffling</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Faro_shuffle" title="Faro shuffle">faro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gilbreath_shuffle" title="Gilbreath shuffle">Gilbreath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zarrow_shuffle" title="Zarrow shuffle">Zarrow</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Si_Stebbins_stack" title="Si Stebbins stack">Si Stebbins stack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spoke_card" title="Spoke card">Spoke card</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Three-card_monte" title="Three-card monte">Three-card monte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trick_deck" title="Trick deck">Trick decks</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Art and media</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Paintings</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Acrobats_(Dor%C3%A9)" title="The Acrobats (Doré)">The Acrobats</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Bezique_Game" title="The Bezique Game">The Bezique Game</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Card_Players" title="The Card Players">The Card Players</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Card_Players_II" title="The Card Players II">The Card Players II</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Card_Players_in_a_Rich_Interior" title="Card Players in a Rich Interior">Card Players in a Rich Interior</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Card_Sharp_with_the_Ace_of_Diamonds" title="The Card Sharp with the Ace of Diamonds">The Card Sharp with the Ace of Diamonds</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cardplayers_in_a_Sunlit_Room" title="Cardplayers in a Sunlit Room">Cardplayers in a Sunlit Room</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Cardsharps" title="The Cardsharps">The Cardsharps</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dogs_Playing_Poker" title="Dogs Playing Poker">Dogs Playing Poker</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Still_Life_with_a_Poem" title="Still Life with a Poem">Still Life with a Poem</a></i></li> <li><i><a 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