Viktor Blom popularly known as "Isildur" is one of the biggest online high-stakes poker players of all time. He's known to play some of the most epic high-stakes poker hands against players like Phil Ivey, Patrik Antonius and Tom Dwan. This is a poker documentary about Isildur1's incredible story and...
During this opening episode of Cheating Vegas, we hear about the classic tricks and schemes that vegas cheaters pull for millions to get away with. We learn to spot a cheater and follow the story of match-fixing basketball, and how it ruined the life of one young man.
Lester Ben Binion (November 20, 1904 - December 25, 1989) was an American gambling legend, career criminal, and convicted assassin who set up illegal gambling operations in the Texas city of Dallas-Fort Worth. He would later move to Nevada, where gambling was legal, and in downtown Las Vegas open the...
Tom was considered one of the best high stakes online poker players in the world until he was crushed by Viktor “Isildur1” Blom (up around 5$ million) and Daniel "jungleman12" Cates (up around 1.2$ million). Dwan has made over $10 million in poker since learning the game at 17, when...
In the summer of 2009, John Kane appeared in the Silverton Casino in Las Vegas. He sat down in a video poker game known as Game King, and six minutes later he won a jackpot worth $4,300. So what, huh? That is luck! Well, this is not quite so. He...
Tommy Carmichael story of cheating slot machines. When one man finds a way to defeat the machine, Vegas becomes a sandbox for him. He earns millions from the authorities from slot machine alone, none the wiser, but when he crosses the boundaries and raises the risks, it takes a turn...
David Benefiel - one of the bes regs of NL Holdem during golden era of online poker. He is also known by the name "raptop517" and "aaron73". Up until 2009 he was a regular in the nosebleed action but chose to take a break from the game to continue his...
There is one guy actually being thought of as having the greatest gaming run in history. He turned $50 to $40000000 during his run which lasted three years. He is the legendary Archie Karas of course. Early years Archie Karas was born 1951 in Antipata, Kefalonia, Greece, to Anargyros Karabourniotis....
"Nick the Greek" is a very famous nickname that has become quite common, but Nikos Dandolas, a famous Greek gambler and known high-roller, was the very first "Nick the Greek". Nick's story, like most true high-rollers, was filled with massive wins, untold wealth, and then basically awaits poverty. That just...
After a battle with bowel and colon cancer, one of Britain's most popular poker players who was instrumental in helping the game cross into mass culture has died. Dave 'Devilfish' Ulliott, 61, was one of the top skilled gamblers ever since taking the pastime in the 1980s following two prison...
