How to Cheat at Cards without Getting Killed

“Never play cards with a man called Doc. Never eat at a place called Mom’s. Never sleep with a woman whose troubles are worse than your own.” —Nelson Algren, A Walk on the Wild Side (published in 1956) Gambling may just well be the world’s second oldest profession. As poker worked its way west, card cheats had sources for their needs. The firm E.M. Grandine in New York City provided so-called “advantage” or marked playing cards. From 1837 on, Doctor Cross & Co. in New Orlean