Robert Asiel

Robert Asiel left his home in Jersey City, New Jersey, as a sixteen-year-old looking for adventure. He boarded a Greyhound bus for Las Vegas where he dealt 21 for one year using a fake ID. He discovered the casinos were cheating the public and decided to turn the tables on them. He and hand-picked friends beat casinos in Nevada and the Caribbean for three years before he was drafted into the U.S. Army. After a tour in Vietnam, he returned to beating casinos worldwide for decades. He was alleged to have masterminded a mob-connected casino play that led to a federal indictment. He skipped trial and was featured on "America's Most Wanted". He disappeared for four years travelling throughout the U.S. and Europe where he began writing his memoir. He turned himself in when his lawyer and the prosecutor worked out an acceptable deal. He served three years probation then began a new career playing poker before retiring.