PokerStars Pro Leo Fernandez and Veronica Dabul are alleged to have used a dice throwing thechnique known as “sliding” over the course of a month this summer to change the odds in their favor. The duo was arrested in July.
The dice sliding technique consists of throwing the dice so that one of the die only slides across the table, improving the player’s odds by letting him control what number is face up when the die rests. Sliders aren’t able to make the same numbers come up repeatedly; but my manipulating just a few rolls players can cut down their losing plays dramatically. Fernandez and Dabul, and possibly other accomplices, are suspected of distracting the boxman in order to take his attention away from the slide.
Dabul was released from custody today, while Fernandez was handed over to the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service in Late July.
More on this story as it develops.
