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Artanis

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Artanis
BornJoseph Sinatra

Flourished1950s

Artanis (Sinatra backwards) was a card table expert and gambler from New York City. He was a master of the second and bottom deals, switching dice, and doing "the hop."[1]

Biography

One of his proteges was Dom Paolino.[2]

He died some time prior to 1965.

Bibliography

  • Artanis Explains the Bottom Deal (78 RPM Record with photographs and typewritten manuscript) (1958)
  • ARTANIS RESTORES A CUT, MUM, SEPTEMBER, 1959

References

  1. Ask the Doctor, MUM, MAY 1988
  2. Intermission, Charlie Miller, Genii 1965 August