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* In ''Comics/{{Fables}}'' Jack has the ability to draw into four Jacks anytime he wishes during a poker game. The trick is to only do so only with a very large pot since it only works with four Jacks and his opponents would catch on if he tries it a second time during a game.
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* When necessary, [[StarTrekTheNextGeneration Data]] has shown that he can stack the deck (though in that case it was to send a subliminal message), [[SuperStrength squeeze a set of loaded dice]] hard enough to rebalance them, and count cards. When he needed money after being trapped in 19th Century San Francisco, he hustled another group of sharps using his abilities.
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* When necessary, [[StarTrekTheNextGeneration [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Data]] has shown that he can stack the deck (though in that case it was to send a subliminal message), [[SuperStrength squeeze a set of loaded dice]] hard enough to rebalance them, and count cards. When he needed money after being trapped in 19th Century San Francisco, he hustled another group of sharps using his abilities.
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* The Lacework Kid, from Damon Runyon's story of the same name. ("Lacework" refers to his artistry with cards.)
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* The Lacework Kid, from Damon Runyon's Creator/DamonRunyon's story of the same name. ("Lacework" refers to his artistry with cards.)
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* Edward Norton's character, "Worm," is a card-sharp, or "mechanic", in ''Film/{{Rounders}}''. His more honest gambling buddy, played by Matt Damon, [[GenreSavvy warns him]] against utilizing his tricks against players with sharp eyes who might turn violent if they catch him at it. [[spoiler: Worm doesn't listen, and a group of cops [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beat the everloving piss out of them both]] and confiscate several thousand in winnings before kicking them to the curb.]]
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* Edward Norton's character, "Worm," is a card-sharp, or "mechanic", in ''Film/{{Rounders}}''. His more honest gambling buddy, played by Matt Damon, [[GenreSavvy warns him]] against utilizing his tricks against players with sharp eyes who might turn violent if they catch him at it. [[spoiler: Worm doesn't listen, and a group of cops [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beat the everloving piss out of them both]] and confiscate several thousand tens of thousands in winnings before kicking them to the curb.]]
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* Edward Norton's character is a card-sharp, or "Mechanic", in ''{{Rounders}}'', also starring the aforementioned Matt Damon, whose skill in that movie is reading the other players rather than rigging the deck.
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* Edward Norton's character character, "Worm," is a card-sharp, or "Mechanic", "mechanic", in ''{{Rounders}}'', also starring the aforementioned ''Film/{{Rounders}}''. His more honest gambling buddy, played by Matt Damon, whose skill in that movie is reading the other [[GenreSavvy warns him]] against utilizing his tricks against players rather than rigging with sharp eyes who might turn violent if they catch him at it. [[spoiler: Worm doesn't listen, and a group of cops [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beat the deck.everloving piss out of them both]] and confiscate several thousand in winnings before kicking them to the curb.]]
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* When necessary, [[StarTrekTheNextGeneration Data]] has shown that he can stack the deck (though in that case it was to send a subliminal message), [[SuperStrength squeeze a set of loaded dice]] hard enough to rebalance them, and count cards. When he needed money after being trapped in 19th Century San Francisco, he hustled another group of sharps using his abilities.
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* In ''Film/WithinOurGates'', the dealer at a card game has a mirror that he uses to see who is getting which cards. This precipitates a shootout.
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* "Shooter" (Karl Malden) in Film/TheCincinnatiKid -- a tragic case, as he is a psychologically broken honest player who is blackmailed into using his "mechanic" skills.
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* Paul Newman's character in ''Film/TheSting'' demonstrates his skill against Lonnegan as the setup for the big con. (The card manipulations in the film are actually performed by John Scarne.)
* Rotten Luck Willie in ''Film/PaintYourWagon''.
* Rotten Luck Willie in ''Film/PaintYourWagon''.
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* Faye from ''CowboyBebop'' is highly skilled in conning people in a game of cards (also dice, though then she just flat-out cheats with rigged dice).
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* Faye from ''CowboyBebop'' ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' is highly skilled in conning people in a game of cards (also dice, though then she just flat-out cheats with rigged dice).
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* The PersonOfInterest that The Machine spits out in "All In" is an old "Mechanic" from the mobbed-up Atlantic City days. He used his skill at switching cards to win enough money at a casino to pay for his wife's cancer treatments, only to end up being forced to work as a money launderer for the casino's owner.
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* The PersonOfInterest that The Machine spits out in "All In" is an old "Mechanic" from the mobbed-up Atlantic City days. He used his skill at switching cards to win enough money at a casino to pay for his wife's cancer treatments, only to end up being forced to work as a money launderer for the casino's owner. It ends up being a ChekhovsSkill when during the climax of the episode [[spoiler: he is forced to play Russian Roulette and is able to take the bullet out of the gun without anyone noticing]].
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* From ''Literature/TheCrystal'' there's Saern, a sorcerer, who apparently cheats using both magical means and mundane. Don't bother catching him at it, he'll act offended and fireball you.
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* Twisted Fate and Graves of {{LeagueOfLegends}} fame met in a card game where they both showed four aces for their final hand. Twisted Fate in particular embodies this trope, as he uses {{DeathDealer}} abilities in battle and has a repertoire of quotes related to gambling.
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* Twisted Fate and Graves of {{LeagueOfLegends}} ''{{LeagueOfLegends}}'' fame met in a card game where they both showed four aces for their final hand. Twisted Fate in particular embodies this trope, as he uses {{DeathDealer}} abilities in battle and has a repertoire of quotes related to gambling.
* ''VideoGame/FreddyPharkasFrontierPharmacist'': The first baddie to show up in the last act.
* ''VideoGame/FreddyPharkasFrontierPharmacist'': The first baddie to show up in the last act.
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* In ''Anime/NoMatterHowILookAtItItsYouGuysFaultImNotPopular'', the socially awkward protagonist Tomoko cheats at a trading card game. Against ''kids''. And she's a ''high-schooler''. Her cousin is not impressed.
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* In ''Anime/NoMatterHowILookAtItItsYouGuysFaultImNotPopular'', ''Manga/NoMatterHowILookAtItItsYouGuysFaultImNotPopular'', the socially awkward protagonist Tomoko cheats at a trading card game. Against ''kids''. And she's a ''high-schooler''. Her cousin is not impressed.
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* In ''Anime/NoMatterHowILookAtItItsYouGuysFaultImNotPopular'', the socially awkward protagonist Tomoko cheats at a trading card game. Against ''kids''. And she's a ''high-schooler''. Her cousin is not impressed.
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* Porthos from ''Series/TheMusketeers'' is introduced cheating at cards in a tavern or inn.
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* The hucksters of ''{{Deadlands}}'' find their lives last longer if they minor in ''sleight o' hand'', as a little legerdemain goes a long way in convincing the TorchesAndPitchforks crowd that, no, you didn't just summon spectral cards into your hand and use them to channel a stream of ghostly-white energy at your opponent. It was a trick of the light and nothing more. Some "hexes", like ''trinkets'', even go so far as to allow a huckster to summon small objects literally from thin air into his hands, furthering the use of one as a CardSharp con man.
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* The hucksters of ''{{Deadlands}}'' ''TabletopGame/{{Deadlands}}'' find their lives last longer if they minor in ''sleight o' hand'', as a little legerdemain goes a long way in convincing the TorchesAndPitchforks crowd that, no, you didn't just summon spectral cards into your hand and use them to channel a stream of ghostly-white energy at your opponent. It was a trick of the light and nothing more. Some "hexes", like ''trinkets'', even go so far as to allow a huckster to summon small objects literally from thin air into his hands, furthering the use of one as a CardSharp con man.
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* Twisted Fate and Graves of {{LeagueOfLegends}} fame met in a card game where they both showed four aces for their final hand. Twisted Fate in particular embodies this trope, as he uses {{DeathDealer}} abilities in battle and has a repertoire of quotes related to gambling.
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* A G-rated version appears in an episode of ''TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody'', in which a little girl scams Maddie out of all of her candy by getting her obsessed with trying to pick the right card. Then again, aforementioned little girl's father was pretending to be injured in order to get a free hotel room, so yeah.
* Alex of ''TheRealHustle''.
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* A G-rated version appears in an episode of ''TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody'', ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody'', in which a little girl scams Maddie out of all of her candy by getting her obsessed with trying to pick the right card. Then again, aforementioned little girl's father was pretending to be injured in order to get a free hotel room, so yeah.
* Alex of''TheRealHustle''.''Series/TheRealHustle''.
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* Smokescreen of ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers'' possesses "built-in override wire" that allows him to hack machinery. In his [[ADayInTheLimelight spotlight episode]] he uses his ability to cheat at slot machines and use the winnings to free his captured fellow Autobots.
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* Smokescreen of ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers'' possesses a "built-in override wire" that allows him to hack machinery. In his [[ADayInTheLimelight spotlight episode]] he uses his this ability to cheat at slot machines and use the winnings to free his captured fellow Autobots.
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* Smokescreen of ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers'' possesses "built-in override wire" that allows him to hack machinery. In his [[ADayInTheLimelight spotlight episode]] he uses his ability to cheat at slot machines and use the winnings to free his captured fellow Autobots.
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Quick hands. The prestidigitator member of a con team, who sometimes works alone. Frequently, the tricks he pulls have to do with manipulating playing cards, hence the name, but a team will sometimes call on a card sharp to make a tricky [[GoodForBad switch]], "dip" a pocket, or put up a fancy misdirection.
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Quick hands. The prestidigitator member of a con team, who sometimes works alone. Frequently, the tricks he pulls have to do with manipulating playing cards, hence the name, but a team will sometimes call on a card sharp to make a tricky [[GoodForBad switch]], "dip" a pocket, or put up a fancy misdirection.
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* Gojyo in ''Manga/{{Saiyuki}}'' frequently cheats at cards. Hakkai can still beat him though, so one wonders if his playing style is completely orthodox .
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* Yelb from TheStormlightArchive. He plays against cops, and he mentioned that the game isn't "will they win or will he win?", the game is "will he cheat them out of their money or will they prove he was cheating, take all of his money and throw him in jail for the night to boot?".
* Yelb from TheStormlightArchive. He plays against cops, and he mentioned that the game isn't "will they win or will he win?", the game is "will he cheat them out of their money or will they prove he was cheating, take all of his money and throw him in jail for the night to boot?".
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* Face from ''Series/ATeam'' has been shown cheating at cards.
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* Face from ''Series/ATeam'' ''Series/TheATeam'' has been shown cheating at cards.
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* The hucksters of ''{{Deadlands}}'' find their lives last longer if they minor in ''sleight o' hand'', as a little legerdemain goes a long way in convincing the TorchesAndPitchforks crowd that, no, you didn't just summon spectral cards into your hand and use them to channel a stream of [[MagicMissile ghostly-white energy]] at your opponent. It was a trick of the light and nothing more. Some "hexes", like ''trinkets'', even go so far as to allow a huckster to summon small objects literally from thin air into his hands, furthering the use of one as a CardSharp con man.
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* The hucksters of ''{{Deadlands}}'' find their lives last longer if they minor in ''sleight o' hand'', as a little legerdemain goes a long way in convincing the TorchesAndPitchforks crowd that, no, you didn't just summon spectral cards into your hand and use them to channel a stream of [[MagicMissile ghostly-white energy]] energy at your opponent. It was a trick of the light and nothing more. Some "hexes", like ''trinkets'', even go so far as to allow a huckster to summon small objects literally from thin air into his hands, furthering the use of one as a CardSharp con man.
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* MagnificentBastard Arnold Rothstein from ''Series/BoardwalkEmpire'' gets his EstablishingCharacterMoment by showing that he's a card sharp... and more than capable of cheating and [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections getting away with it due to his connections]] on the occasions when that alone isn't enough. It really sums up a disturbing amount of Rothstein's character.
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* MagnificentBastard Arnold Rothstein from ''Series/BoardwalkEmpire'' gets his EstablishingCharacterMoment by showing that he's a card sharp...first rate poker player... and more than capable of cheating and [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections getting away with it due to his connections]] on the occasions when that alone isn't enough. It really Keep that in mind, it sums up a disturbing amount of lot about Rothstein's character.
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* MagnificentBastard Arnold Rothstein from ''Series/BoardwalkEmpire'' gets his EstablishingCharacterMoment by showing that he's a card sharp... and more than capable of cheating and [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections getting away with it due to his connections]] on the occasions when that alone isn't enough. It really sums up a disturbing amount of Rothstein's character.
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* Gojyo in ''{{Saiyuki}}'' frequently cheats at cards. Hakkai can still beat him though, so one wonders if his playing style is completely orthodox .
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* Quite a few sharps in ''Film/{{Maverick}}'' got caught cheating during the big riverboat poker tournament (the penalty for which was being tossed overboard). The dealer at the final table was also one, surreptitiously dealing from the bottom of the deck.
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* Quite a few sharps in ''Film/{{Maverick}}'' got caught cheating during the big riverboat poker tournament (the penalty for which was being tossed overboard). The dealer at the final table was also one, surreptitiously dealing from the bottom of the deck.
deck (this is known as "dealing seconds", by the by).