umrefa.blogg.se - Card sharp or card shark

The game was a con to steal the boss's money. Larry tries to cheat a poker game only to lose his mob boss's money (and shortly thereafter his life). The Dean, Vernon and Larry in the poker film Shade (2003).Worm doesn't listen, and a group of cops beat the ever-loving piss out of them both and confiscate tens of thousands in winnings before kicking them to the curb. His more honest gambling buddy, played by Matt Damon, warns him against utilizing his tricks against players with sharp eyes who might turn violent if they catch him at it. Edward Norton's character, "Worm," is a card-sharp, or "mechanic", in Rounders.

Rotten Luck Willie in Paint Your Wagon.Constance from Ocean's 8 is first seen robbing unsuspecting tourists from their money using the Three-card Monte con.Ocean: Cause yesterday I walked out of the joint after losing four years of my life and you're cold-decking "Teen Beat" cover-boys. Also, Brad Pitt and George Clooney clean out a poker school of celebrities in the first movie. Matt Damon's character facilitates this role in the Ocean's trilogy.Clark Gable's character Babe in No Man of Her Own (1932).The dealer at the final table was also one, surreptitiously dealing from the bottom of the deck (this is known as "base/ bottom dealing", by the by). Quite a few sharps in Maverick got caught cheating during the big riverboat poker tournament (the penalty for which was being tossed overboard).Harry has someone with binoculars spying on Eddy. card shark in Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels when card sharp Eddy goes up against "Hatchet" Harry. It goes wrong when she falls In Love with the Mark. The Lady Eve: Jean is a card sharp from a family of card sharps her part of the con is to lure gullible and smitten young men into a game where they can be cleaned out by her father.Dealt examines the life and career of Richard Turner, a blind "card mechanic" who demonstrates how card games can be manipulated to result in the exact outcome he desires."Shooter" (Karl Malden) in The Cincinnati Kid - a tragic case, as he is a psychologically broken honest player who is blackmailed into using his "mechanic" skills.Hakkai can still beat him though, so one wonders if his playing style is completely orthodox.

Gojyo in Saiyuki frequently cheats at cards.

In No Matter How I Look at It, It's You Guys' Fault I'm Not Popular!, the socially awkward protagonist Tomoko cheats at a trading card game.

In Liar Game, the 17-Card Poker game becomes a battle of dueling card sharps: Akiyama uses skill and strategy, while his opponent uses superhuman reflexes honed from an aborted career in boxing to track the cards.

Nearly every major character in The Legend of Koizumi is able to cheat at Mahjong in some way.

Unsurprisingly, comes up frequently in both Kaiji and Akagi.

Jotaro defeats him by bluffing so perfectly that what's actually in their hands doesn't matter. Unlike most, however, he prefers rigging the entire game well before any cards are dealt. He considers cheating just part of the game, fully expecting his opponents to cheat as well.

D'Arby, one of the villains in Part 3, is a gambler who specializes in this. Protagonist Allen Walker from D.Gray-Man is an expert at cheating in cards due to the horrible experiences with debt he had from being with General Cross.Spike's no slouch either and was able to spot Faye's con a mile away.Faye is highly skilled in conning people in a game of cards (also dice, though then she just flat-out cheats with rigged dice).Keith, on the other hand, cheats so much and so blatantly that he has a deck of cards composed entirely of jokers. Firo's picked up enough tricks from managing an underground casino that not only can he slip cards in and out with the best of them, but can pick marks well enough that he can nearly sweep a casino without cheating at all. Both Firo and Keith Gandor from Baccano!.