Mechanic's grip
The mechanic's grip is one of many ways to comfortably hold a deck of cards.
The standard grip taught in many dealer schools around the world, it is also widely used by magicians and card cheaters as it provides a sturdy and versatile means by which to hold the cards. Covering the deck with the hand allows the holder to manipulate the cards so as to view the top card's face (useful in poker or blackjack) or to lift and select a card without the spectator's knowledge (useful in card tricks).[1]
References
- ^ Paymar, Dan; Harris, Donna; Malmuth, Mason (November 2009). The Professional Poker Dealer's Handbook: Expanded Edition. Two Plus Two Publishing LLC. ISBN 978-1880685471.
- v
- t
- e
Playing cards
52-card deck
Playing card suits (French) |
|
---|---|
Ranks |
|
Specific decks |
|
and decks
- Banner
- Blank
- Court card
- knight
- Ober
- Unter
- Pip card
- deuce
- Weli
- Joker
- Nicknames
- Stripped deck
- Talon
- Unicode
German |
|
---|---|
Swiss |
|
German and Swiss |
|
Latin (Italian/Spanish) |
|
and brands
Manufacturers | |
---|---|
Brands |
|
Defunct |
- Lee Asher
- Hubert Auer
- Bryan Berg
- David Blaine
- Derren Brown
- Lewis Cohen
- Dan and Dave
- Thierry Depaulis
- S. W. Erdnase
- Lennart Green
- Richard Harding
- Johann Kaspar Hechtel
- Ricky Jay
- Sekiryo Kaneda
- René Lavand
- Ed Marlo
- Master of the Playing Cards
- John McLeod
- Anton Moser
- Samuel J. Murray
- David Parlett
- Ferdinand Piatnik
- Richard Valentine Pitchford
- Franco Pratesi
- Johann Georg Rauch
- Juan Tamariz
- Howard Thurston
- Charles Troedel
- Dai Vernon
- Fusajiro Yamauchi
organisations
Skat |
---|
and cardistry
Tricks |
---|
- Bottom dealing
- Card marking
- Card sharp
- Card throwing
- Cardistry-Con
- Cutting
- Double lift
- The Expert at the Card Table
- Herrmann pass
- History of cardistry
- House of cards
- One-way deck
- Palms and grips
- gambler's
- magician's
- mechanic's
- Tenkai
- The Phantom of the Card Table
- Second dealing
- Shuffling
- Si Stebbins stack
- Spoke card
- Three-card monte
- Trick decks
Paintings | |
---|---|
Film and television |
|
{{Historical card games}} {{Non trick-taking card games}} {{Trick-taking card games}} {{Patience and solitaire games}} {{Poker}} {{Tarot and Tarock card games}} {{Occult tarot}}