Editing Card sharp (section)

==Methods==
{{main|Cheating in poker}}
Card sharps who cheat or perform tricks use methods to keep control of the order of the cards or sometimes to control one specific card. Many of these methods employ [[sleight of hand]]. Essential skills are ''[[Shuffling#Faking|false shuffles]]'' and ''[[false cut]]s'' that appear to mix the [[Playing card|deck]] but actually leave the cards in the same order. More advanced techniques include ''culling'' (manipulating desired cards to the top or bottom of the deck), and ''stacking'' (putting desired cards in position to be dealt).{{Citation needed|date=November 2007}}

Dealing the cards can also be manipulated. Once a desired card or cards are located they can be controlled and dealt as the cheater wishes. This is called a false dealing; if a card is dealt from the bottom it is called ''[[bottom dealing]]'' and if it is second from the top it is called ''[[second dealing]]''. Two cards could be dealt as one or the second card from the bottom could be dealt, hence the Greek deal and double deals. Dealing may also be done from the middle of the deck, known as the ''middle deal'' or ''center deal'', but is almost always performed as a display of skill rather than actual cheating.<ref name="Maskelyne">{{Cite book |last=Maskelyne |first=John Nevil |title=Sharps and Flats |publisher=Casino Press |date=1983 |isbn=0-87019-049-0}}</ref><ref name="Johnson">{{Cite book |last=Johnson |first=Karl |title=The Magician and the Cardsharp: The Search for America's Greatest Sleight-of-hand Artist |publisher=Henry Holt and Co. |date=2005 |isbn=0-8050-7406-6}}</ref>