Poker Cheat Caught in Germany

For two years, a man named “Hassan” had been tearing up the no-limit hold’em tables at a casino in the village of Bad Zwischenahn, Germany.  How?  He cheated. 

It turns out that Hassan was a master of sleight of hand.  Always seated in Seat 1 because it was next to the dealer (although he claimed it was just his lucky seat), Hassan would secretly take cards off the table, hiding one or two up his sleeve at any given time.  He would then switch them with his hole cards at opportune moments to give himself a great hand.  By sitting next to the dealer, Hassan was able to use the muck pile to help conceal his trickery. 

He was able to get away with it not just because of his skill with his hands, but because of poor game management by the casino.  The casino would only count the deck twice a night at scheduled times, making it easy for Hassan to get the pilfered cards back into the deck before anyone noticed.   

When the casino made an unannounced deck count, Hassan panicked and players caught him trying to get the cards from his sleeve to the deck.  Security cameras caught the mistake, as well. 

Word is that he has been banned from all German, Austrian, and Swiss casinos.