CNN reported yesterday that the "king of the gamblers' as he had himself baptized, Archie Karas, was charged with marked cards in a casino in San Diego. 62-year-old man that the authorities call now "the cheater", is a poker legend who turned $ 50 in 40 M$ in only 3 years. At this time, "The Greek" as it called it too, played the same tables as Stu Ungar and Doyle Brunson. The bulk of his fortune had been made at the Binion's Horseshoe in Vegas.
Later, the poker prodigy would have lost a very large portion of his winnings. His c.v., there is also a fourth place at the 2005 WSOP in a Razz tournament.
Later, Karas has decided to earn a living playing Blackjack in casinos. Our readers will be skeptical to read such a sentence since, as we know, the casino always has an advantage over the player, but Karas had a plan: cheat. Indeed, Karas has already been stop 4 times in American casinos for cheating in many different ways.
Today, we learn he has just arrested a 5th time in San Diego while it marked cards at Barona Casino.
When he made himself stop, Karas won $ 8000 in this table. According to counsel for the casino, the surveillance video clearly shows Karas now mark the cards.
Karas had decided to change game (Blackjack) because no one wanted to play poker. In his words to the ESPN network, it was the best of the time and was therefore to play anyone anytime.
Karas was also famous for his astronomical when he played dice (1 M$ by momentum).
It took 3 years to win its 40 M$ and only 3 weeks to lose. It is definitely "the king of the gambler".
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