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The host’s role in these games can be quite fraught.
“When you’re talking about home games, the phrase ‘absolute power corrupts absolutely’ kind of applies here,” Berkey asserts. “Because you’re fully at the hands of whoever is hosting the game … They’re in control of the dealers, they’re in control of the decks, they’re in control of the tables, the shuffle machines.”
They’re also in charge of the books, and that’s where the drama often begins.
These aren’t casinos with…
