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 .................................................................................................................................................. 38 FOURDOOMED—BOB KING....................................................................................................................................... 38 STAYCARD PRINCIPLE—MIKE DANIELS ............................................................................................................... 38 TEN CARD (SECOND AND BOTTOM) DEALS .......................................................................................................... 39 9-AS-10 DODGE .......................................................................................................................................................... 40 11-AS-10 DODGE ........................................................................................................................................................ 40 12-AS-10 DODGE—PETER DUFFIE......................................................................................................................... 40 EIGHTEEN CARDS—NICK TROST ............................................................................................................................ 41 ADD-ONS—TOMAS BLOMBERG ............................................................................................................................... 41 LONG CARD—HARRY FRANKE, JR. ........................................................................................................................ 42 PROPOSITION BET—KARL FULVES ........................................................................................................................ 42

POKER SAVVY..................................................................................................................................... 42 DISPLAYING THE WINNING HAND ......................................................................................................................... 42 FAKING A KNOWLEDGE OF POKER ....................................................................................................................... 43

NEW ENDINGS ................................................................................................................................... 44 WAIT AND SWITCH ...................................................................................................................................................... 44 THE ANGELS MAY SHUFFLE, BUT THE DEVIL STILL DEALS—STEVE MAYHEW ......................................... 45 CADD ........................................................................................................................................................................... 46 LUCK OF THE DRAW—JEFF PIERCE & RYAN SCHLUTZ ..................................................................................... 46 CHEATER, CHEATER—HAROLD CATAQUET ........................................................................................................ 46 PSYCHIC BID SPELLING—STEWART JAMES ........................................................................................................... 47 TEN CARD WILD—STEPHEN HOBBS & ROBERT NEALE ................................................................................... 47 PORSTMANN’S PALADIN—MIKE PORSTMANN ...................................................................................................... 48 TELEOLOGICAL EXISTENTIALISM—PATRICK SCHLAGEL................................................................................... 49

PREDICTIONS ..................................................................................................................................... 50 GAMBLER’S FORECAST—PETER DUFFIE ............................................................................................................... 50 PRETENSE—PHIL GOLDSTEIN/MAX MAVEN ..................................................................................................... 50 EQUIVO-TEN—BOB FARMER ................................................................................................................................... 51

DECIDEAL—T.A. WATERS ....................................................................................................................................... 52 TEN CARD POKER STAND-UP—LARRY BECKER ................................................................................................. 52 PREDICTING THE WINNING HAND—LEO BOUDREAU ...................................................................................... 52

PRESENTATIONS ............................................................................................................................... 52 JONAH IN HARRY'S POCKET—JON RACHERBAUMER & HARRY ANDERSON....................................... 53

1.3 ONE JONAH ................................................................................................ 57 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................ 57 TEN CARD POKER DEAL—Harry Lorayne ................................................................................... 58 THE TEN CARD POKER KILLER—John Mendoza ...................................................................... 65 CHALLENGE POKER ROUTINE—Basil Horwitz ....................................................................... 69 CUTTING FOR THE EDGE—Nicholas Johnson ............................................................................. 73 TETE A TETE—J.K. Hartman ............................................................................................................. 76 MAGICIAN VERSUS GAMBLER—Brother John Hamman ............................................................ 83 THE 50 CARD DEAL—Steve Mayhew ................................................................................................ 88

FISHED IN AND CHIPS—BOB FARMER ................................................................................................................... 89 GO FISCH—R. PAUL WILSON .................................................................................................................................. 90 SHOOTING FISH IN A BARREL—CURTIS KAM ...................................................................................................... 91

SCARNE’S $500 POKER DEAL—John Scarne ................................................................................. 92 TWENTY-DECK POKER DEAL—Nick Trost .............................................................................. 93 FULL-DECK TEN CARD POKER—Nick Trost & Bob Farmer ................................................... 93 POWER POKER—Bob King & Mike Porstmann ................................................................................ 96 SIX-CARD DEAL—Robert Neale ........................................................................................................ 98 JONAH WILD—Robert Neale ............................................................................................................ 100 SHOWDOWN—Jim Swain ................................................................................................................. 104 30 CARD POKER DEAL—Patrick Redford ..................................................................................... 106 MEXICAN POKER—Darwin Ortiz .................................................................................................. 107 NOTES .................................................................................................................................................. 108

1.4 TWO JONAHS ............................................................................................ 109 INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................................. 109 CIDER!—Paul Curry ............................................................................................................................. 109 DECIDEAL—T.A. Waters ................................................................................................................. 113

Second Hand ............................................................................................................................................................................ 114 Even Money Proposition ....................................................................................................................................................... 115 Automatic Poker ...................................................................................................................................................................... 115

TEN CARD POKER IDEA—Nick Trost ........................................................................................ 116 NICK THE GREEK POKER DEAL—Charles Nyquist ............................................................... 117 PSYCH-OUT POKER—Peter Kougasian ........................................................................................... 119 SWEETER CIDER—Lewis Jones ....................................................................................................... 120 STRONG CIDER—Jon Racherbaumer & Ed Marlo.......................................................................... 122 DOUBLE DAMNED—Ernest Earick .............................................................................................. 123 WELL-APPOINTED STUD—Tom Frame ...................................................................................... 129 PROGRESSIVE POKER—R. Paul Wilson ...................................................................................... 131

FAIR GAME—Peter Duffie .................................................................................................................. 136 UNFAIR GAME ........................................................................................................................................................... 137

SHOWDOWN—Nick Trost ................................................................................................................ 138 MAHTUB—René Lavand ..................................................................................................................... 142 NOTES: SHOWDOWN/MAHTUB ............................................................................................... 146 THE TIM CARD POKER DEAL—Tim Ellis ................................................................................ 147 RICH WEEVILED BRAIN ENIGMA—Bob Farmer .................................................................... 151 HA, NO JONAH—Michael Weber ...................................................................................................... 154 SUPER SHOWDOWN—Nick Trost ................................................................................................. 155

1.5 EIGHT JONAHS ........................................................................................ 161 AUTOMATIC GAMBLER—Nick Trost .......................................................................................... 161 AUTOMATIC GAMBLER ABOUT FACE—Bob Farmer............................................................ 163 THE AUTOMATIC BLIND GAMBLER—Bob Farmer ............................................................... 165 THE AUTOMATIC GAMBLER MAGIC CIRCLE—Bob Farmer ............................................. 166

1.6 EIGHTEEN JONAHS ............................................................................... 169 EIGHTEEN CARD POKER—Nick Trost .................................................................................... 169 PSYCH OUT—Bruce Bernstein ............................................................................................................ 172 MISSISSIPPI POKER—Nick Trost ................................................................................................... 183 THE CINCINNATI KID POKER GAME—Tony Binarelli ......................................................... 189 STRIP CLUB—Bob Farmer .................................................................................................................. 193

CADD ......................................................................................................................................................................... 194 POWER POKER ........................................................................................................................................................... 194 BOTTOM DEALING ................................................................................................................................................... 195 TRAP DANCE I ........................................................................................................................................................... 195 TRAP DANCE II .......................................................................................................................................................... 196 TRAP DANCE III—J.K. HARTMAN ......................................................................................................................... 197

THE IDIOT POKER PLOT—Robert Neale .................................................................................... 198 BLESSED POKER—Woody Aragón .................................................................................................. 203

1.7 THE CADD FORCE .................................................................................. 213 RUSSIAN POKER ROULETTE—Bob Farmer .............................................................................. 213 JONAH YOU CADD—Bob Farmer .................................................................................................. 216 HOW TO WIN AT POKER—Tony Griffith .................................................................................... 217

ROYAL FLUSH VARIATION ...................................................................................................................................... 219 GAMBLER’S POKER ROUTINE—Nick Trost............................................................................. 220 HISTORY—Jon Racherbaumer.............................................................................................................. 221

1.8 MAGIC MAGAZINE .................................................................................. 225 INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................................. 225 DONE DEAL I: SPECTATOR DEALS ........................................................................................ 225 DONE DEAL II: SPECTATOR DEALS ....................................................................................... 227 DONE DEAL III: PAIRS .................................................................................................................. 227 DONE DEAL IV: BLIND PSYCHO .............................................................................................. 229

DONE DEAL III AND IV COMBO .............................................................................................. 230 DONE DEAL V: THE SCAM–AND–SCRAM TEN CARD DEAL ....................................... 231

NOTES—SCOTT CRAM ............................................................................................................................................. 232 NOTES—R. PAUL WILSON ...................................................................................................................................... 233 NOTES—PETER DUFFIE .......................................................................................................................................... 233

DONE DEAL VI ................................................................................................................................. 233 DONE DEAL VII ............................................................................................................................... 234

1.9 GLASGOW RULES, O.K.? ......................................................................... 235 INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................................. 235 THE TWENTY CARD DEAL—Roy Walton................................................................................ 235 THREE HANDED TEN CARD DEALS—Peter Duffie ........................................................... 237

DEAD BEAT ................................................................................................................................................................ 237 OBLIVIOUS .................................................................................................................................................................. 237

NO PALMING, NO CRY—Bob Farmer .......................................................................................... 238 MACAO MARAUDER .................................................................................................................................................. 238

KISMET POKER—Jonas Ljung ......................................................................................................... 239 THE LAST GAME—David Britland .................................................................................................. 245 THE ZEN CARD DEAL—Peter Duffie ............................................................................................ 249

ADDITION—FATHER ROGER CROSTHWAITE .................................................................................................... 252

1.10 NINE CARD HOLD’EM................................................................. 253

1.11 TEN CARD UNREAL ..................................................................... 257 WHEN MAGICIANS TAKE A PRINCIPLE FURTHER THAN IT SHOULD GO ..................................................... 257

PABST BLUE RIBBON POKER DEAL—Jeff Pierce .................................................................... 257 SPECIAL POKER DICE—Nick Trost ............................................................................................. 260 SPINNING NICKEL POKER—Nick Trost ................................................................................... 263 TEN BILL DEAL—Bob Farmer ......................................................................................................... 265 THE DRAGON AND THE UNICORN—Robert Neale .............................................................. 266 PIZZA POKER—Nick Trost .............................................................................................................. 269 ALPHA BETTING—Stewart James ................................................................................................... 271

PART TWO: DEALS WITH TEN CARDS ......................................................... 273

2.1 ABSOLUTE POWER POKER DECEIVES ABSOLUTELY .................. 275 THE FOUR QUEENS PROCEDURE—Bill Simon ...................................................................... 275

ODD YET PREDICTABLE—JON RACHERBAUMER .............................................................................................. 277 SOLOMON IS KING ......................................................................................................................... 278 MEXICAN POKER—David Solomon, John Bannon, Tomas Blomberg .............................................. 278 THE BLOMBERG VARIATION—Tomas Blomberg ...................................................................... 282 REFRIED POKER—R. Paul Wilson ................................................................................................. 284 MEXICALI RUSE—J.K. Hartman ..................................................................................................... 288 EMPOWERING POKER A BIT MORE—Jon Racherbaumer & Harry Anderson ...................... 291 GIVE ME FIVE—Lewis Jones............................................................................................................. 292 YOUR CHOICE—Ken De Courcy ...................................................................................................... 293

242 2.0—Joshua Jay ................................................................................................................................ 294 POWER POKER—Alex Elmsley ..................................................................................................... 302 VAYA CON DIOS CON—Bob Farmer ............................................................................................ 303 DOUBLE POWER POKER—Nick Trost ....................................................................................... 305 FREE WILL—Peter Duffie ................................................................................................................... 307 POKER STUD—J.K. Hartman ........................................................................................................... 308 POKER WITH ANY TEN CARDS—Colm Mulcahy ..................................................................... 312

2.2 WINKLER POKER .................................................................................... 313 NO-JONAH POKER—Jon Racherbaumer ......................................................................................... 314 OUROBOROS—Jack Parker .............................................................................................................. 316 (LOSING) END POKER—Jon Racherbaumer .................................................................................. 318 END GAME—Bob Farmer .................................................................................................................. 320 BOTTOM FEEDER—Brad Henderson .............................................................................................. 320 BOTTOM LINE—Bob Farmer ........................................................................................................... 321 HEADS OR TAILS HOODOO—Bob Farmer ................................................................................ 322

PART THREE: BLACKJACK DEALS ................................................................ 325

3.1 EIGHT CARD BLACK JACK .................................................................... 327 BLIND MAN’S BLACKJACK—Bob Farmer ................................................................................... 328 THE DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE CARD—Bob Farmer ........................................................ 329 BLIND MAN’S BLACKJACK SHOWDOWN—Bob Farmer ...................................................... 330

NO GAFF VERSION ................................................................................................................................................... 331 POWER BLIND MAN’S BLACKJACK—Bob Farmer .................................................................. 332 ABSOLUTE POWER BLIND MAN’S BLACKJACK—Bob Farmer ......................................... 333

3.2 TABLE STAKES ......................................................................................... 339 TEN CARDS ........................................................................................................................................ 339 CHOOSING THE CARDS ............................................................................................................... 339 TEN CARD DEAL SEGUE ............................................................................................................. 340 TABLE A ............................................................................................................................................... 340 TABLE B ............................................................................................................................................... 343 TABLE C ............................................................................................................................................... 346

3.3 BLACKJACK BONUSES ............................................................................ 347 INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................................. 347 FACE-UP BLACKJACK—Bob Farmer ............................................................................................. 347 BLACKJACK ATTACK—Bob Farmer .............................................................................................. 351 BLACKJACK OF ALL TRADES—Max Maven ............................................................................. 353 GRID AND BEAR IT—Roy Walton ................................................................................................. 356 GRID AND BEAR IT II—Harold Cataquet .................................................................................. 357 WORLD’S GREATEST BLACKJACK STACK—Harold Cataquet ............................................ 358

PART FOUR: SWITCHES ................................................................................... 361

WAIT AND SWITCH ........................................................................................... 363 PHASERS ON STUN ......................................................................................................................... 363 TIME AND REALITY CORRECTION THEORY ..................................................................... 363 THE HIP HOP—J.K. Hartman ........................................................................................................... 365 THE HOP OFF THE BOTTOM—Jack Merlin .............................................................................. 366 THE LOUISIANA SWITCH ............................................................................................................ 368 THE JINX SWITCH—Theodore Annemann....................................................................................... 369 THE BEBOP HOP .............................................................................................................................. 371 THE HOP DROP ................................................................................................................................ 373 CREDITS, HISTORY AND COMMENTS ................................................................................... 375

PART FIVE: REFERENCES .............................................................................. 377

TEN CARD DEAL REFERENCES ................................................................... 379

IN CONCLUSION ............................................................................................... 397