It's four to one this afflicted sharp is workin' a holdout.

Then that's the "punch" to mark a deck, an' the "lookin' glass" to catch the kyards as they're dealt.
Then thar's sech manoovers as stockin' a deck, an' shiftin' a cut, an' dealin' double.

Thar's gents who does their work from the bottom of a deck---puts up a hand on the bottom, an' confers it on a pard or on themse'fs as dovetails with their moods.

He's a one-arm party--shy his right arm, he is--who deals a hand from the bottom the best I ever beholds.
"'No, I don't regyard crooked folks as dangerous at poker, only you've got to watch 'em.

So long as your eye is on 'em a heap attentive they're powerless to perform their partic'lar miracle, an' as a result, since that's the one end an' aim of their efforts, they becomes mighty inocuous.