Expert on Cheating Caught Cheating

Steve Forte is well known for his books and his consulting services, where he helps people identify cheaters in their casinos. The only problem is that it turns out that he was one of the cheaters, and was caught doing so last month at the Borgata Hotel in Atlantic City.

Forte, known for his books “Casino Games Protection” and “Poker Protection – Cheating and the World of Poker,” was one of several caught in the act. Forte is also a famous Las Vegas sleight of hand artist, and is a consultant for many of the casinos as a cheating expert. He assists most of the major Las Vegas casinos, gaming halls from Aruba to Macau, TV shows, and different law enforcement agencies in an attempt to crack down on cheaters.

However, he has just been arrested for cheating at poker. It seems that he and several accomplices would lure high rollers up to a luxurious room upstairs in the hotel, which was rigged with hidden cameras. While the $1.7 million poker tournament was going on downstairs, they were having a few high stakes games of their own.

One would tell the other one at the table what the other players were holding, and another one was running odds of each deal behind the scenes on a laptop computer. They even marked the cards – basically covering all of their bases. Four men were arrested, and Forte was one of them.


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