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 Cheating
At Gin DVD
Gin and its many variations is one of the most
widely played card games among children and adults.
Because it is basically a two-person game, without
supervision, it is very susceptible to cheating. On
this newly released DVD George Joseph explains and
discusses the many methods that are regularly used
to cheat in Gin Rummy. George Joseph's Cheating At
Gin DVD was released on November 14 and is the
re-release of the first Gin cheating video ever
made. For more information about the DVD click:
HERE.(11/06) |
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 The
Mad Genius Of Poker Got Cheated
Mike Caro, in his column "Poker Bullies - How To
Bust Their Balls", that appeared in the November
issue of Bluff Magazine writes about the Gardena,
California casinos in the 1970s: "It was like the
Wild West. Cheaters everywhere. You had to try to
dance around the stampede of scammers, but sometimes
you got trampled. I'm sure I would have won many
times more than I did had I not been cheated
constantly in those years. Sometimes, the crooks
were three to five deep. And it wasn't just
partnerships you had to look out for. There were no
dealers furnished by the six casinos devoted to
poker. You took turns dealing your own cards, honest
players and card mechanics alike."(11/06) |
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 Hu$tle
The Complete First Season On DVD
Hu$tle is a BBC Television series that revolves
around five con artists who commit daring and
intricate stings. In the United States the show
sporadically airs on AMC-TV. A two-disc DVD set, "Hustle -
Complete Season One", was released on September 5
and features the first six episodes. Episode two
begins with one of the team members getting caught
cheating in a high-stakes poker game and is
hospitalized after being beat-up by the casino
owner. To purchase "Hustle - Complete Season One"
click:
HERE.(11/06) |
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 Sal
Piacente Profiled
Sal Piacente is featured in a Community Press
article where he is described as "A professional
authority on casino game protection since the 1980s,
Piacente is teaching his kids all the tricks so they
don't get taken advantage of, just like his father
taught him." The article also reported that "He and
his wife, Dee, started their own consulting
business, Universal Gaming Protection, a few months
ago." To read the Oct. 18 article by Lindsay
Kottmann titled "His business is to catch a cheat"
click:
HERE.(11/06) |
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 Cheating
At Craps DVD
George Joseph's Cheating At Craps DVD was released
on October 27. This is the re-release of the first
Craps cheating video ever made. It covers many
sleight-of-hand and gaffed techniques that are
regularly used by dice and Craps cheaters. Subjects
covered include: Dice switching techniques, hand
offs, past posting, chip stealing, chip cup, fair
dice control, mispotted dice, scoot shot, loaded
dice, pivot test, shaved dice, six-eight flat, tops,
magnetic dice, portable juice joint, and much more.
For more information about the DVD click:
HERE.(10/06) |
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 Unsafe
At Home
Richard Burke's column in the current issue of
Poker Player Magazine gave advice on how to spot
and stop a suspected card mechanic in a home game.
One interesting piece of advice was if any of the
players have arthritis you could start using a shoe
to deal from, "For about $25 you can buy a
transparent shoe that holds up to four standard
decks. Of course for poker you would use only one
deck. …Having everyone deal from a shoe is a good
way to prevent a card mechanic from applying his
skill for his benefit." Burke concluded, "A shoe
will thwart card manipulation by the dealer… Marked
cards are a whole different problem." To read the
Oct. 16 article by Richard Burke titled "Unsafe At
Home" click:
HERE.(10/06) |
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 Cheating
At Blackjack DVD
George Joseph's Cheating At Blackjack DVD will be
released on October 9. This is the re-release of the
first Blackjack cheating video ever made. It covers
many sleight-of-hand techniques with cards as well
as marking systems and a number of techniques with
chip copping, capping and stealing. It also includes
stocks that can be arrived at from a fresh deck. For
more information about the DVD click:
HERE.(10/06) |
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 Ricky
Jay Plays Poker
"Ricky Jay Plays Poker" is the title of a new music
CD that will be released on November 21. The CD will
include 21 gambling themed songs from the past
hundred years by varied artists like Bob Dylan,
Patsy Cline, Merle Travis, Bert Williams, Phil
Harris, Mississippi Sheiks and others.
Simultaneously there will be a deluxe edition
released which will include a deck of Ricky Jay
playing cards and a DVD with Jay discussing and
demonstrating poker cheating techniques. To purchase
the deluxe set click:
HERE.(10/06) |
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 Cheating
At Poker DVD
In the 1980s George Joseph was the first person to
release instructional videos about cheating. The
information on those videos is as valid today as it
has ever been. Gambling Incorporated, which
purchased the rights to these titles, will be
releasing them on DVD. On September 12 the first of
the series of five DVDs covering subjects as
wide-ranging as backgammon to poker will be
released. The first DVD is "Cheating At Poker" which
covers a wide range of sleight-of-hand and subtler
techniques of cheating at poker. For more
information about the DVD click:
HERE.(9/06) |
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 Soft-Play
Collusion
Daniel Negreanu's column in the Arizona Daily Star
discusses the most rampant form of cheating that
takes place in casinos -- soft playing. As Negreanu
explained it, "Even though you might not see any
harm in it, and your intentions are all well and
good, soft-playing your friends is a form of
collusion. It's called team play… Poker isn't a team
sport. It's every player for himself, and it simply
has to be that way. I realize that it can be
uncomfortable to knock out your friends, but the
alternative is flat-out cheating." To read the Aug.
10 article titled "Advice by Daniel Negreanu: Giving
a pal a break is actually cheating" click:
HERE.(8/06) |
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 Cheating
At Poker
The Summer 2006 issue of Action Magazine, which is
distributed at California and Nevada casinos,
includes an article titled "Cheating at Poker" that
asserts that, "Chances are this very day if you play
poker on line or in a 'bricks and mortar'
establishment, there is a dirty player or cheater
near you." The material covered is largely based on
the many forms of collusion that are used live and
online.(8/06) |
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 Johnny
Moss A Card Cheater?
Doyle Brunson spoke about Johnny Moss, who won the
first two World Series of Poker titles, in a Card
Player interview, "I always say that I thought
Johnny Moss was the best no-limit hold’em player I
played with. I sometimes wonder, because back then
there was lots of cheating, and Moss would cheat.
So, some of those times I thought he was playing so
good, he may have been cheating. He might have known
what the other guy had. But, he was a hell of a
player." To read the Jul. 11 interview by Justin
Marchand titled "Doyle Brunson: Poker's Living
Legend" click:
HERE.(7/06) |
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 A
Casino Blacklisting Case
The
New Jersey State Casino Control Commission ruled
that Mr. David H. Morse will continue to be
blacklisted from gambling in Atlantic City due to
his 1995 ban where he was labeled as a card cheater
by the state Division of Gaming Enforcement.
According to a Press of Atlantic City article
"…authorities said he would cheat by using the
yellow 'cut card' to pry open the deck far enough to
get a peek at the cards. He would then place big
bets after allegedly manipulating the cards in his
favor." Morse's defense is that he is a card
counter, not a cheater, and card counting is legal
in Atlantic City. To read the Jun. 14 Press of
Atlantic City article by Donald Wittkowski titled "CCC
keeps card cheater on blacklist" click:
HERE.(6/06) |
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 Deadman's
Bluff
James Swain's seventh Tony Valentine novel is
scheduled for a May 30 release. This time the story
revolves around Skip DeMarco who is a blind Poker
player that is scamming the world’s largest poker
tournament in Las Vegas. The book also includes
insider tips for catching poker cheats and a
glossary of card hustler terms.(5/06) |
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 Dirty
Poker
Richard Marcus' second book about cheating was
released on March 15. The subject this time is
cheating at Poker. Marcus suggests that there is
much more cheating going on at casinos, home games
and on the Internet than many people assume. He
covers techniques such as collusion,
sleight-of-hand, marked cards, chip dumping, and
much more. He has also been appearing in print and
on TV promoting the book.
--To read a WMCTV interview click:
HERE.
--To read a Click2Houston article click:
HERE.(5/06) |
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 Poker
Cheats Exposed
Sal Piacente and "Charlie" star in a two-disc DVD
package titled "Poker Cheats Exposed." The DVDs were
released on January 31 and are full of the many
cheating techniques that are possible at the poker
table. Piacente is described as an "expert used by
over 40 major casinos and law enforcement agencies,
as well as a retired poker cheater who has never
been caught."(5/06) |
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 Online
Poker Cheating
The May 2006 issue of Bluff Magazine features an
article about the two well known online Poker
players who were caught cheating by playing single
tournaments with multiple accounts. One of them
admitted to entering a tournament as six different
players. The various Poker sites closed their
accounts, confiscated their winnings and are now
enforcing more stringent controls in finding and
stopping the use of multi-accounting. The article by
Adam Small is titled "Pokergate."(4/06) |
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 Deadman's
Poker
James Swain returns with his sixth Tony Valentine
novel. This time the focus is around cheating at
Poker, where a system for beating any Poker player
in the world is being used by the blind nephew of a
mobster who is suspected of murdering the inventor
of the con. As in all Swain novels the cheating
methods described are very accurate. The paperback
novel will be released on Apr. 25. A second Poker
themed book will be released at the end of next
month.(4/06) |
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 Catching
Poker Cheats
A.D. Livingston's 1973 book "Dealing With Cheats"
which explained many methods of cheating at cards,
dice and other swindles was re-released in November
under the new title of "Catching Poker Cheats." The
paperback edition is a slightly reorganized version
with the removal of the non-card chapters and the
addition of a new chapter about online poker.(1/06) |
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 Cheats
Column In Poker Pro
Poker Pro Magazine, which started publishing on a
monthly basis beginning with its January 2006 issue
(fourth issue), features a regular "Cheats" column
written by Shaena Engle. The story in the January
issue titled "Playing The Bend & Daub" centered on
many methods for marking cards during play.(1/06) |
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