Italian Shark was lead to jail after using infrared contact lenses | MindSports
wow that is pretty creative of the guys. Still very wrong thing to do.
wow what people wont think of to try and cheat - and in a casino that is dumb - casino sees everything
If you have to cheat to win at something then you must have zero self-respect for yourself. PFFFFF.
OK but what would infrared lenses do for you?
ok I seen the link pretty smart actually
too bad he didn't lose a couple hands to not be to obvious
perhaps if people worked on there game as hard as they work on cheating they could win leget lol
poker is bad enough but to cheat to win its a insult to the game and all true poker players
sounds like he was playing a casino or pit game, the article said he could see the croupiers cards, n that is fancy euro speak for dealer
I never understood why some people think they need to cheat to win. If you have to cheat then you probably shouldn't be playing in the first place.
He laid down a monster... Perhaps calling with a great hand would not have been a bad idea. It's not like he was in a rush to win if he's coming back for months.
wow it's really going far with cheating now, i'm sure there are still a lot of tricks that we dont know... where there is money there will be cheaters
the idea was genius the execution was horrible just like the potripper scandal you have to at least make it look good, u cant crush soul every hand lol
As they say, you can sheer a sheep many times, but skin them only once. He skinned the sheep and they caught him with the blood on his hands.
The safest place in the world is in casinos - they see everything - dumb to try that in a casino
Amazing that he got that much buy-in from casino workers, with two of them helping him out. They must have been disgruntled.
Idiot. After putting in all the work to get this into motion he still fu__ it up by being too greedy and making it too obvious.
lol. right.Quote:
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Have to agree you cant win every hand and expect to get away with it. hahaQuote:
Originally Posted by lilturkgirl
should be banned for life
got greedy got caught......nice system tho
Shark is not a good work here. He was a cheater. Even Batman without his belt was more than just Bruce Wayne.
Card Shark Cheats Using Infrared Contacts, Faces Two Years in Jail ? Contact Lens Headlines Contact Lens Headlines ? Blog Archive
Stefano Ampollini, an Italian card shark, won more than $120,000 from a French resort in Cannes by using infrared contact lenses to count cards marked with invisible ink. The man has recently been sentenced to two years in prison and owes a huge fine.
Ampollini told a judge that he purchased the high-tech contact lenses online from China and had two corrupt casino employees mark cards with invisible ink. Ampollini's unusual winning streak eventually caught security's attention. He won very easily and even folded two excellent hands, suggesting he knew the dealer's cards, says Marc Concas, a lawyer for the casino.
It's important to note that legal online contact lens purchases in the U.S. require a valid prescription from an eye doctor. This applies to purchases of any contact lenses, even if they are not for vision correction.