Cheats, eh? You gotta love ‘em: they provide a wonderful boost for supporters of the idea that the world changes but human nature remains the same.
Poker has always attracted them. Marked cards, labeled ‘advantage tools’, were advertised in newspapers (presumably not in the ‘Sporting Goods’ section). The more adventurous might progress to ‘Lazy Tongues’. These wonderfully cranky contraptions were inserted in the sharper’s sleeve and could whisk away unwanted cards and substitute aces. Unfortunately, if the lever was pressed at the wrong time, the tongue could punch the mark in the gut as they were shaking hands.
Years on and cheats still provide belly laughs. Sholem J. Weisner, 26, of Brooklyn, New York, has recently been rumbled using advantage tools in the Mohegan Sun Casino during a game of Texas hold ‘em.
Poker won’t miss him: it’s difficult to achieve legendary status if you can’t detect the security differences between a modern casino and a paddle boat frothing up the Mississippi in the 1840s.
Caught in his hotel room with $55,000, the not-so-sharper is charged with cheating, larceny and criminal trespass. He was available neither for comment nor for a part in Ocean’s 14.
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