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John Scarne (1903–1985)

Author of Scarne on Cards

26 Works 834 Members 7 Reviews

About the Author

Includes the name: Scarne John

Disambiguation Notice:

John Scarne was born as Orlando Carmelo Scarnecchia

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Works by John Scarne

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Birthdate
1903-03-04
Date of death
1985-07-07
Gender
male
Nationality
USA
Birthplace
New Jersey, USA
Place of death
Bergen, New Jersey, USA
Education
Left school at 8th grade
Occupations
Authority on mathematics of games
Game inventor
author
Short biography
Orlando Carmelo Scarnecchia (March 4, 1903 - July 7, 1985) was born in S
Disambiguation notice
John Scarne was born as
Orlando Carmelo Scarnecchia

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Reviews

Scarne knows cards really very well. Unfortunately he also likes to talk about how brilliant John Scarne is. If you can get past that there is a great deal of information, well presented in this book. (though ignore the chapter on blackjack, time has moved on quite a lot for that game since this was written)

Amongst the good stuff is a clear demonstration of the gamblers fallacy and a quick demonstration of the advantages of knowing a single card that is either in or out of play.
 
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anamuk | 1 other review | Oct 20, 2009 |
This book includes an excellent photographic section on "Cheating at Cards."
 
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MrJack | 1 other review | Oct 4, 2008 |
The details and descriptions of all the tricks in this book were written by John Scarne. Many of the tricks are Scarne's own creations. Where a performer is listed, it indicates that he was the originator of the trick, performs it frequently, helped to improve it or avows that the trick is a favorite of his.
 
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MrJack | 1 other review | Oct 4, 2008 |

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Rating
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