"Here cheaters play the game with the intent of learning the dealer's hole card by undertaking some act to either learn the hole card where the dealer is properly protecting it or by using hole card techniques that accentuate poor dealing....
An argument can be made that a typical player that learns of the dealer's hole card because of the dealers error is no less a thief than a person who cashes a $100 check and knowingly keeps the extra $900 when the bank clerk mistakes it for $1000."
This kind of drivel is what fuels the ignorance among casino personnel. There is no reasonable, rational argument that can be made that holecarding is cheating. It is a shame that an attorney with Mr. Cabot's credentials would spew such nonsense. The Nevada Supreme Court, not exactly known as player-friendly, has repeatedly ruled that hole card play is NOT cheating. For Mr. Cabot, who is a Nevada attorney, to make such a moronic statement is beyond stupid.
Mr. Cabot is not doing his casino clients any favors. There are many poorly-trained and ignorant pit personnel and security guards out there. To equate legal skilled patrons with cheaters may influence some casino employees to think they are justified in taking unlawful actions against such patrons. The result can and should be large jury awards against casinos and their employees, as we have seen in several recent cases.

