Whorehouse Cut (poker)
A form of cut in which the cutter holds the cards in one hand,
removes the bottom half with the other and places them atop
the remaining half, pulls a packet from the center and places
those cards on top of the remaining cards. This cut is named
after John Scarne, who lectured and wrote about gambling thieves,
and introduced this form of cut as a means of foiling cheaters
who had stacked the deck. The Scarne cut is not permitted in
most public card rooms, where the deck must not be lifted from
the table and must be cut with one hand.
