All those preconditions reminded me that, "One of these days in your travels, a guy is going to show you a brand-new deck of cards on which the seal is not yet

All those preconditions reminded me that, "One of these days in your travels, a guy is going to show you a brand-new deck of cards on which the seal is not yet broken. Then this guy is going to offer to bet you that he can make the jack of spades jump out of this brand-new deck of cards and squirt cider in your ear. But, son, do not accept this bet, because as sure as you stand there, you're going to wind up with an ear full of cider." It also reminded me of Don Johnson, who saw casinos desperate for high rollers and set up a few conditions on a private Blackjack game that actually shifted the odds ever so slightly. Won $15 Million from Atlantic City's desperation or stupidity, then got to keep the money.[0] If Ivey had chosen a game with just a little skill, he might have been able to cool the mark with some cover story about a new statistical technique and get away with it. [0] http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:PVyNBmJBTTQJ:www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/04/the-man-who-broke-atlantic-city/308900/+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:PVyNBmJ...