The Gifted Cheater: Alvin "Titanic" Thompson
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This week Matt brings us the story of a true American scoundrel whose riverboat card talent and trickery as a youth turned into a career as a hustler of all contests from tossing horseshoes to golfing and beyond! Hanging with and cheating mobsters, marrying girls that are way too young, golf's outlaw origins, it's all here, folks!
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