March 15, 2007
Old Card Mechanic Video by John Scarne
Mark Frauenfelder at Boing Boing points us to this vintage video, "Cheating in Gambling," featuring legendary card mechanic and poker authority John Scarne.
Remember The Sting? During the railroad poker game sequence, when Paul Newman's character Henry Gondorff was manipulating the deck of cards, the closeups were of Scarne's hands.
Frauendfelder claims that Scarne was his great uncle. Small world.
Posted by abostick at March 15, 2007 03:11 PMComments
