Pedro wrote:As entertaining as this programme is, a lot of the stuff is rubbish. You would never get away with that. The people obviously know what is going on as well.
Although it is worth watching just for old Jess!
Bullshit imho. Your obviously either very trusting or young and naive.
The Real Hustle
Paul Wilson
"If you can't convince them, confuse them."
So says expert trickster Paul Wilson, who learned how to cheat at the tender age of eight... from his grandfather!
Born in Cyprus, raised in Singapore and Scotland, Paul attended Art School but dropped out at 18 to join the British Army Intelligence Corps.
By 20 he had left the Army due to injury and was living in London working as a magician and street entertainer during the day, and a casino hustler at night.
Paul then worked as a computer programmer for some of Europe’s largest financial companies, where he learnt some of the tricks of the computer hacker. His knowledge of computers helped him develop an ingenious (but illegal) system for predicting where a roulette ball would land.
He now works on the right side of the law as a security consultant for Las Vegas casinos to catch con-artists. He was also “cheating consultant” for the Sylvester Stallone movie Shade and he worked on the new film, Smokin’ Aces.
Paul says: "If I really had the larceny to use the skills I've learned over the years I'd probably be rich, famous or dead. Probably all three."
“If you know what they have then you know what they want.”
Alexis was born in Paris and grew up with his family in Greece, where he came into contact with gambling at an early age. One of his relatives was a conman involved mainly in card games where newcomers would be fleeced for their cash.
It was when Alexis was working on an American feature film that he was asked to join some of the actors in a high stakes poker game... and a whole new career that he had never anticipated was set in motion.
It was during that game that he noticed one of the players cheating by stacking the deck before the deal. He didn’t want to make a big fuss, so he decided to use his card skills to make it impossible for the cheat to win. The trickster couldn’t accuse him of cheating because he knew that he had been rumbled.
Ever since then, Alexis has been obsessed by cons and cheats. His magic shows became exhibitions in fraud, cons, dice, casino and card cheating.
In 2003, he was a member of the DynamicFX team which advised the writers and actors on the hit BBC series Hustle. His extensive knowledge of hustling, pickpockets and con artists gave the show an authenticity that didn’t go un-noticed.
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“You can't cheat an honest man."
Fortunately for Jessica-Jane, she knows how to spot the kind of man who thinks he's on to a good thing.
JJ was born in Sheffield in 1985 and appeared in American Playboy aged 18. She has modelled extensively and is currently in Sky One's Dream Team.
Despite being only 20 she has vast experience of conning. Her speciality is ensnaring men and twisting them around her little finger!
She says: “Hustlers know people - they know how people think and why they make certain choices. An attractive woman who seems sweet and innocent can be the deadliest of hustlers, because people will naturally let their guard down around her. Which is their mistake...”
Of the 3 -she's perhaps the least 'conniest' but the other two have the background.
Obviously they do get away with it-but fortunate for their 'victims' they give the cash back.
thats nuts. 