This maneuver is a way in which the cheating dealer deals the second top card of the deck rather than the top card. If the dealer is aware that the top card is one that he or she wants, then that dealer may 'second deal' to everybody else until coming to his or her own hand, dealing the top card then.
Utilizing the Mechanic's Grip, the cheat uses his or her thumb to subtly push the top card away from the rest of the deck, leaving about a half an inch of the second card exposed. This sets it off somewhat from the base of the deck, exposing part of the second top card beneath it. The cheat then uses the thumb to ease the second top card outward, and the opposite hand to grab that card to deal it out. Awkward though it may be at first, the cheat learns to deal the second top card of the deck and leave the top card of the deck to be dealt into the cheat's own hand.
This is useful in any game, but only after the cheat has discerned what the top card is. Second dealing is useless unless that top card is being saved for something, most likely the cheating dealer's own hand.
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