SHARPS AND FLATS

PREFACE

CONTENTS

LIST OF PLATES

SHARPS AND FLATS (2)

CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY

CHAPTER II COMMON SHARPERS AND THEIR TRICKS

CHAPTER III MARKED CARDS AND THE MANNER OF THEIR EMPLOYMENT

CHAPTER IV REFLECTORS

CHAPTER V HOLDOUTS

CHAPTER VI MANIPULATION

CHAPTER VII COLLUSION AND CONSPIRACY

CHAPTER VIII THE GAME OF FARO

CHAPTER IX PREPARED CARDS

CHAPTER X DICE

CHAPTER XI HIGH-BALL POKER

CHAPTER XII ROULETTE AND ALLIED GAMES

CHAPTER XIII SPORTING-HOUSES

CHAPTER XIV SHARPS AND FLATS

POSTSCRIPT

FOOTNOTES

'Then, suddenly and without a moment's warning, Kepplinger was seized, gagged, and held hard and fast.... The great master-cheat was searched, and upon him was discovered the most ingenious holdout ever devised.'—Chap. v. p. 99.