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Antique Kepplinger's Hold Out Machine

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Antique Kepplinger's Hold Out Machine
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Antique Gambler's Cheating Device. The Kepplinger holdout machine, also known as the San Francisco holdout, was considered the most ingenious holdout machine ever devised.

The Kepplinger machine is basically a sleeve holdout. In order to use it, one needs to wear a modified shirt with a double sleeve and a double cuff. The cuffs are stitched together around the outer rim, only, and a portion is left open on the inside rim. The cards are pulled into the double sleeve through the opening between the two cuffs and the machine rests between the two sleeves. Should any other player ever get a glimpse inside the cheat's sleeve, they would not be able to see anything because the machine is completely concealed inside the double sleeve.