Greetings, those who dare enter into the world of longposts about, well, mainly cheating, whether it be dice, cards, boardgames tests, or just on your girlfriend, you'll find advice on how to cheat on/at them here.
Interesting anecdotes to come.
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The bottom palm, might be one of the most perfect moves ever deviced, i am of course talking so greatly of the Erdnase Method No. 1 Bottom Palm. Even the second version is great substitute/supplement. The first method however, which this post is dedicated to will be praised here, a second post of the advantages of the second method might very well follow shortly.

This bottom palm is superb for executing it's use, to palm, i.e. to "steal" and hold some cards in your hand seceretly, from the bottom is a usefull skill if you are sufficient in the art of bottom dealing, otherwise, the move is completely useless. One exception would be if you are employing some kind of "withholding" advantage, which is one of the most common ways of cheating when it comes to card games, though, for this purpose, you seldom need the bottom palm, unless in a game where either the whole of the deck, or most of it is dealt out.

An other usage for the move is when you need to "hold out" a set number of cards, since you can easily decide the number of cards palmed while employing this bottom palming, this, however also have limited usage, but can be an affordable weapon at the card table.

It can be said that with only the knowledge of but three ruses, one of which is indeed the bottom palm, one can achieve an advantage so great, an absolute neophyte could defeat the best poker player on the planet. Those ruses being the following:

Retaining the bottom stock.
Bottom palming.
Bottom dealing.

With these three subterfuges, a clever player can, when he finds opportunity to, simply place a good hand, or part of one, when it is his turn to deal, on the bottom of the deck while gathering up the cards, then proceed to blind shuffle, retaining the bottom stock, palming the bottom cards for the cut, and finally replace and deal them from the bottom to himself or an ally.

Depending on your style of cheating, the top palm might be better, especially if you are playing a game where relatively few cards are dealt, like blackjack or hold 'em, since in those situations it can be more favorable to stock the cards rather than to reserve them for a bottom deal.

Now on to the move itself:

The move is fast as a flash when performed as Erdnase instructs, and quite invissible to any but a highly suspicious player. It is silent, and the cards are automatically plamed in a very natural position and fits very nice within the hand. The hardest thing about the ruse is probably the replacing, but if you have done the palm correctly, the other players will not suspect anything of you if you handle the cards a bit awkwardly when replacing, since they will not know that you have palmed some cards before.

With some practice, it is quite possible to replace the cards to the top of the deck, but this action is highly liable to detection and really is only suitable for magic purposes.