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I'm having a hard time imagining how this hustle works. With the luminous ink or daub the idea is to see the markings from a distance. Here you would think you'

by rboyd 9y ago

I'm having a hard time imagining how this hustle works. With the luminous ink or daub the idea is to see the markings from a distance. Here you would think you'd need to be fairly close with a geiger counter to detect the marking. So maybe it was a self-deal game or the dealer was colluding with the cheat? In that case maybe it's more like peeking with a shiner.

anfractuosity 9y ago
I wonder if you could build something to detect gamma rays which it sounds like the iodine emits, into a watch, possibly making use of a PIN photodiode.
- monochromatic 9y ago
  Still... you really need a directional detector to make use of this.
  - QAPereo 9y ago
    Triangulate between two detectors?
    - komali2 9y ago
      "Eh, Slim Johnson, whys you always flapping yer arms around whens we playin poker?" "Shoulder exercises, Bill. Shoulder exercises."
      - QAPereo 9y ago
        Lol oh god, Gary Larson would be proud. Still humor aside I think that you could deploy a partner to be the second point. Still, added complexity and new (albeit less awkward) questions.
  - dsfyu404ed 9y ago
    The dealer just needs one that looks like a watch so he can tell when a particular card is coming up.
existencebox 9y ago
I was similarly curious; I think your guess about "peeking" is reasonable. Assuming an unsophisticated house that doesn't switch decks, I was also thinking that you could even have a tiny bit of isotope-mixed-substance on one finger and "mark" cards that come into your hand on the back in some magnitude. If the detector is near your wrist/in your sleeve you might be able to get some approximate magnitudes of various hands/face down cards in your proximity; or as you say, if the dealer was involved/the one doing the cheat it would be even easier since they could "listen" to the cards as they dealt them. You might not even need it to be directional in this case.
SamReidHughes 9y ago
Maybe a device could detect the change in radiation when a card gets dealt (moved closer/farther from the player).

by rboyd 9y ago

anfractuosity 9y ago

I wonder if you could build something to detect gamma rays which it sounds like the iodine emits, into a watch, possibly making use of a PIN photodiode.

monochromatic 9y ago
Still... you really need a directional detector to make use of this.
- QAPereo 9y ago
  Triangulate between two detectors?
  - komali2 9y ago
    "Eh, Slim Johnson, whys you always flapping yer arms around whens we playin poker?" "Shoulder exercises, Bill. Shoulder exercises."
    - QAPereo 9y ago
      Lol oh god, Gary Larson would be proud. Still humor aside I think that you could deploy a partner to be the second point. Still, added complexity and new (albeit less awkward) questions.
- dsfyu404ed 9y ago
  The dealer just needs one that looks like a watch so he can tell when a particular card is coming up.

existencebox 9y ago

I was similarly curious; I think your guess about "peeking" is reasonable. Assuming an unsophisticated house that doesn't switch decks, I was also thinking that you could even have a tiny bit of isotope-mixed-substance on one finger and "mark" cards that come into your hand on the back in some magnitude. If the detector is near your wrist/in your sleeve you might be able to get some approximate magnitudes of various hands/face down cards in your proximity; or as you say, if the dealer was involved/the one doing the cheat it would be even easier since they could "listen" to the cards as they dealt them. You might not even need it to be directional in this case.

SamReidHughes 9y ago

Maybe a device could detect the change in radiation when a card gets dealt (moved closer/farther from the player).