Topdog/Underdog

The assassination of Lincoln and the 3 Card Monte relate to the idea of trick and power. The 3 card monte is the 
"real deal"(Parks,line 495). You let the Mark win or lose when there is money on the line. Like Lincoln says, " thuh moneys on thuh line, thats when thuh man wont want you picking right."(Parks,lines 496-497)  The mark and the dealer look face to to face so they know and see each other. Which makes the game more personal for the dealer and player. As for the fake Lincoln assassination which is done in a booth with the character Lincoln facing his back to a person holding a pistol with blanks. It may not have been a game when "Honest Abe" was shot for real but in the reenactment is a game of if you are going to pretend repeat history or just change it up by not pretending to shoot "Honest Abe." This game the player is not facing his dealer so it becomes a more high risk game but the high risk factor goes away when the pistol is contains blanks which makes the assassination reenactment not the "real deal." The 3 card monte and the assassination reenactment hold different values of power over trick or kill. The 3 card monte brings death by a simple trick of these small defenseless cards. And the assassination reenactment is just a trick to feel power. They connect in the idea of having power over the trick. The dealer in 3 card monte has the power to allow the mark to win or lose by tricking them. And it is seen in Lincoln's assassination reenactment the power of tricking your mark with a pistol. And the real deal comes down to the trick.