The gambler's palm is a card magic technique used to "palm" a card (to temporarily hide it during a magic trick). Card manipulation (or card magic) is the illusion of magic using a deck of Playing cards Card magic is commonplace in magic performances especially in
In the gambler's palm the playing card is placed in the hand lengthwise as in the magician's palm, but is retained by pressure between the little finger and the right side of the thumb, which lies flat aganst the left side of the hand. The advantages of this palm is that the card is not bent while palming, and the hand may be laid flat on the card table. [1]
References
- ^ Erdnase, S. W. [1902] (1995). S W Erdnase is the author of The Expert at the Card Table, a book detailing sleight of hand and cheating techniques using playing cards and in continual publication The Expert at the Card Table. 978-0486285979. ISBN 978-0312097714. Erdnase System of Palming, pp. 48-53.
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