# Intelligence Intensification/Memory Techniques/Memorizing Playing Cards

This module assumes you are familiar with pegwords (see parent module) and the major system. If you are not, study them before continuing.
Using the major system a set of pegs was constructed for the playing cards:
| | A | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | J | Q | K |
| C | Cat | Can | Comb | Core | Coal | Cash | Cookie | Cough | Capo | Case | Club | Cream | King |
| H | Hat | Hone | Ham | Hare | Hell | Hash | Hog | Hoof | Hippie | Hose | Heart | Queen | Hinge |
| S | Suit | Sun | Sum | Sore | Sail | Sash | Sock | Safe | Soap | Sauce | Spade | Steam | Sing |
| D | Date | Dune | Dam | Door | Doll | Dash | Dog | Dive | Deb | Dose | Diamond | Dream | Drink |
* For these pegs, the first letter is the same as the suit
* The last letter (A-10, Ace treated as 1, 10 treated as 0)is derived from the major system,
* Jack is the name of the suit
* King and Queen (sort of) rhyme with the words "king "and "queen".
* If any of these give you trouble, make up one of your own.
* Memorizing this list will require practice.

## Linking

To quickly memorize a run of cards visualize the first card, visualize it associated with the second, visualize the second associated with the third,and so on. For example to memorize the sequence 8H,QC,2H,KD,4S,3D, Visualize a giant hoof for 8 of hearts, link it to the next card by imagining it stomping in a puddle of cream (QC=cream)Now associate cream with Hone (2H) by imagining a pencil sharpener floating (or swimming) in that lake of cream. Associate Hone with drink by imagining yourself drinking from a pencil sharpener. Associate drink with sore by visualizing an anthropomorphic bottle or shotglass (with a cartoon mouth) yelling "Ouch!", now associate the sore with a dam by imagining a dam with an oozing sore (not a water leak but a bloody sore) on it.

## Destroying

This is a quick method for keeping track of which cards have been played and which have not. When a card is dealt out, visualize its peg and imagine that item destroyed. When you want to know whether a particular card has been dealt, visualize the pegword, and you will immediately notice whether or not it's been destroyed.

### Example

* the 6C is dealt out imagine cash being destroyed (a $100 bill on fire)
* next the 10H is dealt imagine a hose chopped in half
* 4H- a rabbit (hare) is run through a meat grinder
* 2D- a sand dune is washed away in a hurricane
* 8C- cough - someone coughs so hard they are turned inside out
* AH- a hat is stomped flat
* 6S- a sash is ripped from the window and torn to shreds
* 4D- a door is kicked in so hard it bursts into a million pieces
* AC- cat-picture the most gruesome cruelty-to-animals you can imagine
* 3H-Ham- throw it down the garbage disposal
* QD- dream- you are awakened suddenly, destroying your dream. Picture a dream cloud vanishing
* KH- break a hinge in half
* 8H- hoof- a blacksmith pounds a horseshoe on so hard that the hoof shatters into pieces
* 5D- Doll- tear its head off
* 2H-Hone- Smash a pencil sharpener with a hammer
* 9C- Capo- Tony Soprano is gunned down
* 10S- the sauce is burning on the stove. Imagine the smell.
* QS- steam- a meteor crashes into the Old Faithful geyser, destroying it
* 3D- Dam - the dam breaks open with a massive flood
* 6D- Dash- a runner does the 100 yard dash-right off of a cliff
* 8S-Safe-a safe is blown up with dynamite
* JH-a heart (bloody organ-not the valentine) is chopped up on a cutting board
* 3S- sum- smash a calculator with a hammer
* 9D- Destroy a debutante somehow- dump a bucket of blood on her like in the movie Carrie
* JC-A (golf)club is mangled by an irate golfer. Imagine it twisted like a pretzel.
* AD- Date- You are so mad at your date that you hit her/him with a baseball bat
Without looking above see if you can answer the following questions:
* Which Jacks are still unplayed?
* Has the King of diamonds been played?
* How about the 2 of hearts?
* How many Aces remain?
* Can you make a list of the remaining cards?

## Double Pegword System

You can memorize the entire deck (or any sequence of cards) by associating the card pegs with these number pegs:
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| 0 | | Tie | Noah | Ma | Rye | Law | Shoe | Cow | Ivy | Bee |
| 10 | Toes | Toad | Teen | Time | Tire | Towel | Teach(er) | Taco | TV | Tub |
| 20 | Nose | Net | Nun | Enemy | Nair | Nail | Notch | Nuke | Knife | Knob |
| 30 | Mice | Mat | Moon | Mummy | Mower | Mule | Match | Mic | Movie | Mop |
| 40 | Rose | Rod | Rain | Ram | Error | Roll | Roach | Rock | Roof | Rap |
| 50 | Lasso | Loot | Lion | | | | | | | |
* This will take a lot of practice!
* Even if you can't memorize an entire deck error-free with one run, you can still learn it fairly quickly and can amaze anyone by handing them a deck, asking them to name a card, then instantly telling them where it is with an answer like "that's 24th in the deck".