3 Card Monte
By Kind permission of Andru Luvusi at www.practicenotincluded.com
Effect: The magician gives a demonstration of the well known street con Three Card Monte. Method: There are only two moves you need to learn in order to perform three card monte: The throw, and the bent corner move. The basic premise behind the 'game' of three card monte is that you have three cards, for example, two black fours and a red ace. You shuffle the cards around on the table, and the 'mark' or 'sucker' tries to pick the odd card, in this case, the red ace. The sucker bets money on whatever card they think is the money card, they lose, and you take their money. Of course, being a magician, you take great pains to neither take their money nor make them feel stupid for failing to follow the red card. |
The first thing you need is a set of cards. I prefer for the two losing cards to be identical, for example, both the four of clubs. This prevents an astute spectator from noticing that you are showing him the same card twice at a certain point in the routine. |
3 Card Monte Scam
This is the classic 3 card monte played all across the world, from the streets of La Rambla in Barcelona, to the Bronx in New York. How high is your score? Features: - Relaxed, fun theme - Easy to start, but then it gets difficult over longer periods of time - Simple gameplay - Tutorial included.
3 Card Monte Rules
3 card monte card trick presentation: Picture a busy street in London, where a crowd is slowly gathering around a magician with a little table and 3 ordinary playing cards. The magician holds up the cards for everyone to see. He has two black queens and a red ace. 3 Card Poker Rules for Beginners: When making your Vegas bucket list, you have to make time for the fantastic shows, plan at least a few meals at the uniquely delectable restaurants, and make sure you save some energy for the word-class nightlife, but you also should make time to learn how to win at 3 card poker. Three-card Monte – also known as Find the Lady and Three-card Trick – is a confidence game in which the victims, or 'marks', are tricked into betting a sum of money, on the assumption that they can find the 'money card' among three face-down playing cards.
Next, you need to bend the cards. They are bent lengthwise, so that the backs are convex. When resting on the table, the long edges should rest flat against the table, and the middle of the short edges are about half an inch above the table. You also want to prebend the outer right and inner left hand corners of all three cards.. During the routine, you will bend the winning card in order to make it seem easier to follow. You later remove the bend from the winner and bend a loser. Having the corners prebent makes the bending easier and insures that the bends will look exactly the same in all three cards. I prefer to put both bends in while all three cards are still in a packet. |
Putting in the lengthwise bend. |
Prebending the corners. |
The cards face up. |
The cards face down. |
...and finally, drop the winner in the middle. And at last, on to the trick.
All text and pictures Copyright (c) 2002 Andru Luvisi |