THE BAMMO TEN CARD DEAL DOSSIER CONTENTS PART ONE: THE TEN CARD DEAL ................................................................... 1 1.1 INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................... 3 THE BASIC PRINCIPLE ...................................................................................................................... 3 STATISTICAL ANALYSIS ................................................................................................................... 5 REFERENCES ......................................................................................................................................... 6 HOW TO READ THIS BOOK ............................................................................................................ 6 ORIGINS................................................................................................................................................... 7 HOW BELLY STRIPPERS WORK ................................................................................................................................... 7 SURE FIRE SHOWDOWN .................................................................................................................. 9 POKER .................................................................................................................................................... 10 BASELESS SPECULATION .............................................................................................................. 10 MAGIC APPEARS ................................................................................................................................ 11 THE PHOENIX 1949 .......................................................................................................................... 13 THE PHOENIX #168, PP. 672-674: TEN CARD DEAL ............................................................................................ 13 Vernon and the Mexican Gambler......................................................................................................................................... 14 Presentation ................................................................................................................................................................................ 14 Jonah On Top ............................................................................................................................................................................ 14 Jonah On Bottom ...................................................................................................................................................................... 14 Jonah Second From Top .......................................................................................................................................................... 15 Spectator Second Deals ............................................................................................................................................................ 15 Spectator Shuffles ...................................................................................................................................................................... 15 Ace As Jonah On Top .............................................................................................................................................................. 15 Credits .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 15 THE PHOENIX #170, P. 681: “TEN CARD DEAL” P.S. .......................................................................................... 16 Martin Gardner .......................................................................................................................................................................... 16 Ed Marlo ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 16 Bert Allerton ............................................................................................................................................................................... 17 Biddle Move ................................................................................................................................................................................ 17 Take Ten: John Murray ............................................................................................................................................................ 17 Bobservations ............................................................................................................................................................................. 18 1.2 STRATAGEMS ............................................................................................. 19 WHICH CARDS TO USE ................................................................................................................... 19 CREATIONS OF SCIENCE AID INTELLIGENT DESIGN ......................................................................................... 21 GETTING THE CARDS INTO PLAY ............................................................................................ 23 GETTING INTO THE TEN CARD POKER DEAL—DAVID DRAKE ..................................................................... 24 BUILD DOWN—ALLAN SLAIGHT ........................................................................................................................... 25 DECIMIX—MAX MAVEN .......................................................................................................................................... 26 MEET AND GREET—NICHOLAS JOHNSON ........................................................................................................... 27 SPECTATOR DOES A FALSE CUT .............................................................................................................................. 28 20-CARD POKER DEAL—NICK TROST .............................................................................................................. 28 FALSE SHUFFLES ............................................................................................................................... 29 BOLO JONAH ....................................................................................................................................... 30 MARKED CARDS .......................................................................................................................................................... 30 SHORT AND LONG CARDS ......................................................................................................................................... 30 SNAP CRIMP .................................................................................................................................................................. 31 ARAGÓN ATTRACTOR ................................................................................................................................................ 31 FORCING THE JONAH .................................................................................................................... 33 ODD/EVEN .................................................................................................................................................................. 33 SHUFFLE AND DEAL ................................................................................................................................................... 33 FACE-UP OR FACE-DOWN ........................................................................................................................................ 33 ODD EVEN—ALLAN ACKERMAN .......................................................................................................................... 34 COMBINATIONS ........................................................................................................................................................... 34 DEAL EQUIVOQUE ..................................................................................................................................................... 35 BARE FACED LIE ......................................................................................................................................................... 35 AUSTRALIAN DOWN UNDER DEAL ......................................................................................................................... 35 JONUMBER—MAX MAVEN ...................................................................................................................................... 35 PSYCHOLOGICAL FORCE ............................................................................................................................................ 36 REVERSE FARO—LARRY BECKER ........................................................................................................................... 36 THE BEALE DEAL— KEN BEALE ............................................................................................................................ 36 CON CAM COINCIDENCIA—R. PAUL WILSON ...................................................................................................... 37 PATEO—ROY BAKER .................................................................................................................................................