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This is another subtle sleight which has come to us from the gaming table and it is, therefore, designed for use when seated at table. The mode of execution is as follows:

1. Hold the pack in the left hand between the top joints of the thumb, at the middle of the left side, and the second and third fingers at the middle of the right side, the first finger doubled in against the bottom card and the little finger holding a break below the cards to be palmed.

2. Place the right hand over the pack so that the joint of the thumb and the first joint of the little finger will be at the sides of the pack near the outer corners and the first joints of the first, second and third fingers rest on the outer end, Fig. 1.

3. Grasp the packet to be palmed at its outer end, between the side of the thumb and the side of the little finger, and lift it half an inch, at the same time move both hands towards the table top to tap the inner end of the pack against it.

4. Move the right hand forward, apparently to square the top end of the pack and by this action lever the packet to be palmed up against the right palm, Fig. 2, where it is retained by the pressure of the thumb and little fingers on its sides, Fig. 3. The hand, with the cards palmed, can then be placed flat on the table.

The sleight can also be executed in tapping the pack on the left hand. The angles of vision must always be studied during the action.