article_snippet: Once inside, the unemployed 61-year-old would sit at card tables for hours, deftly making marks in the cards before using the cards to work out the unemployed 61-year-old  opponents' hands.
article_snippet: Lacatos, pictured bottom right at a card table in Playboy Club in Mayfair, London, used slight of hand to subtly bend and dent cards at the poker table and was so skilled that Lacatos cheating went unnoticed for years .
article_snippet: Lacatos used slight of hand to subtly bend and dent cards at the poker table and was so skilled that Lacatos cheating went unnoticed for years.
article_snippet: The bends and dents helped Lacatos identify what other players at the table for three card games were holding.
article_snippet: The bends and dents, pictured, helped Lacatos identify what other players at the table were holding .
article_snippet: ‘the cards were notably aces and this bending of the cards enabled Lacatos to know when three card poker were being dealt.
article_snippet: CCTV also showed that the defendant always sat at the first box position which is nearest to the shuffle machine at the card table.
article_snippet: Lacatos spent hours sitting at casino tables for making tiny marks and creases in the cards.
article_snippet: Lacatos would always sit at the first box position, which is nearest to the card shuffle machine and the table.
article_snippet: This seat meant Lacatos was given the best possible view of the cards as the cards left the machine and fell into the dealing cradle.
article_snippet: The poker player would then watch carefully as the pack was dealt, noting the creases or marks which revealed which card it was.
article_snippet: This ensured Lacatos could clearly see the cards as the cards left the machine and fell into the dealing cradle,’ she said.