It's Alive!

The Exploring Erdnase Book Club is back from the dead. Again!

If you were wondering whether the Exploring Erdnase Book Club had finally shuffled off this mortal coil—well, I’m delighted to report that it hasn’t. Like a relentless zombie with a deck of cards and an unhealthy interest in nineteenth-century gambling technique, it’s back from the dead. Again. 🧟🃏

Image Credit: AI-generated via Google's Nano Bannana based of Fig. 32 from The Expert at the Card Table.

Proof of life can be found below, in the form of Update #16:

📗 Read Exploring Erdnase Book Club: Update #16 👈

More updates to follow, and this time I’ll try not to leave a fifteen-month gap between them (but, hey, I’m not making any rash promises!).

If you’d like to catch up on what we’ve already read and discussed, here’s the full back catalogue of updates:

1. Welcome to the Exploring Erdnase Book Club!
2. Show Me the Money!
3. The Mindset of the Professional Gambler
4. Secrets of the Professional Card Cheat
5. Getting Technical
6. Erdnase System of Blind Shuffles
7. Erdnase System of Blind Riffles and Cuts
8. Fancy Cuts
9. To Indicate the Location for the Cut
10. Back From the Dead!
11. Bottom Dealing
12. One-Handed Bottom Deal
13. Second Dealing
14. The Card Players and the Devil
15. Ordinary Methods of Stocking, Locating and Securing
16. Erdnase Stock Shuffle

As always, keep on bucking that tiger! 🐅

Marty