Michael Macdougall Card Mastery
I found this in an old book that I have that quotes from 1950 Annals of the American Academy of Political Social Sciences;'Michael MacDougall. Is among the most skilful practitioners of all cheating methods with cards. He can, for example, take an honestly shuffled and cut pack of cards and deal a hand of bridge in which all the high cards fall to himself and his partner. He does this by 'flashing' each card before it is dealt, and giving it to an opponent if it is a low card or saving it, –by slick dealing- for himself or his partner if it is a high card. He 'flashes' the card by holding it slightly apart -not more than a thirty-second of an inch- from the rest of the pack and catching a glimpse of its corner.' My questions are; Is it true that he could do this and by the method described and does he or anyone explain the method in any book or DVD etc?I have found two books for sale from Mr MacDougall “Danger in the Cards” and “Card Mastery” that I do not have but was thinking of buying because of what I have read above. On 2004-05-08 19:37, tommy wrote:I see nothing wrong with this sort of demonstration but I wanted to learn the method if it was true.
The book I have implies it was in fact true not faked. The book I have is not what I would call a serious book; 'How to Cheat at Cards' by Livingston and gives little detail of the move.Are you referring to Dealing With Cheats by A.D. If so, I find the excerpt you cited above (p 19) to be a bit unbelievable, albeit certainly possible.Like I already said, it's possible MacDougal heel-peeked every card and dealt seconds. But my guess is he faked it (via marked cards, dealing the punch, stacking, or a false shuffle).Jason.
It is the same book but mine was published in England and is called How to cheat at cards, maybe different in the USA. I agree with everything you say but I thought it worth asking about. I have tried the heel-peek and deal -never mind second deal- and found it impossible to do it unseen. So I think I will pass on this one.While we are on this book, on another point, there in a Figure of a ring on page 47, fig 19.
I have an idea that that ring has potential as a gauge for cutting exact if worn on the little finger. What do you think? The book is really cheap to purchase, and many magic shops carry it.
I learned the heel peek from it. As Bill states it's not first rate stuff.
I'm not saying it'd be impossible to heel peek every card as you deal, but, well. Ok I am saying it's impossible to do with good rhythm and timing. I'd love to hear that I was wrong.Like Scarne and many others, I think Mickey was prone to exageration in order to advertise himself.I did find it odd that 'Expert' was included in the text of this book. From what I recall, it was passed off as Expert being the 'old' way of cheating and MacDougall's stuff being the 'new' way of cheating.
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I found that to be amusing since in my opinion, the Expert stuff is a lot better than the MacDougall techniques.i wouldn't have had the cojones to do so.
MacDougall, Mickey. Group of six books, and related Card Detective ephemera. Including Gamblers Don’t Gamble (1939); Danger in the Cards (1943); Card Mastery (1944); MacDougall on Dice and Cards (1944); and Don’t Be A Sucker (1945) Danger in the Cards (1944, lacks flyleaf); and more than fifteen pieces of ca. 1940s ephemera, comprising: several copies of the publisher’s prospectus for Gambler’s Don’t Gamble; leaflets, programs and engagement brochures; and a quantity of newspaper and magazine articles by MacDougall.
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