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Gambler’s Palm
The gambler’s palm is a card magic technique used to not bent while palming, and the hand may be laid flat on
"palm" a card (to temporarily hide it during a magic the card table.[1]
trick).
In the gambler’s palm the playing card is placed in
the hand lengthwise as in the magician’s palm, but is re-
References
tained by pressure between the little finger and the right [1] Erdnase, S. W. (1995) [1902]. The Expert at the Card
side of the thumb, which lies flat against the left side of Table. 978-0486285979.
the hand. The advantages of this palm is that the card is ISBN 978-0312097714. Erdnase System of Palming,
pp. 48-53.
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