Tournament Strategies
After receiving pocket cards, you are immediately faced with a choice: play your cards and either raise or call the blinds, or fold.
Practice Matters
After Bernstein finished relating his views on the night of the murder,
After Bernstein finished relating his views on the night of the murder, I said, "Mr. Bernstein, why was McManus so intent on collecting the $319,000 in markers, which did not involve him at all? One of the card game principals once told me that the game was rigged, that McManus was the ringleader, and that he brought you, Titanic and Nigger Nate to Meehan's Poker game to cheat Arnold Rothstein." "Mr. Scarne, that ends this interview. I told you at the start, I would not discuss the card game. So—I'm leaving. Goodbye, Mr. Scarne."
Several months later, at the same Sands Hotel Casino in Las Vegas, I
Several months later, at the same Sands Hotel Casino in Las Vegas, I met up with Titanic Thompson accompanied by Nigger Nate Raymond. Following is the story Titanic Thompson told in answer to my question about whether they had cheated Rothstein during that infamous 1928 Poker game.