cheating
Ace Up the Sleeve
An ace up the sleeve refers literally to a concealed card used to cheat, and figuratively to a hidden advantage.
End Strippers
End strippers are cards tapered along their ends, used for cheating.
False Cut
A false cut is a cheating move that looks like a cut but leaves the deck's order unchanged.
Marked Cards
Marked cards are cards that have been illegally altered so that their value can be read from the back. They give an unfair advantage to a cheater.
Mechanic
A mechanic is a cheat who manipulates the deck, for example by dealing from the bottom instead of the top, or from the middle, or by dealing the second card instead of the first.
Neocheater
A neocheater is a player who wins by neocheating: simple, invisible and highly effective cheating techniques.
Neocheating
Neocheating means simple, invisible and highly effective cheating techniques. It is a modern form of cheating that is hard to see.
Vest Holdout
A vest holdout is a type of holdout machine worn under a thief's coat, also called breastworks. It lets a cheater hide cards and slip them into play.