FATE DEALS A HAND: The Slippery Fortunes of Titanic's Professional Gamblers

When the Titanic struck an iceberg on the night of April 14, 1912, the gentlemen of the first-class smoking room barely noticed. Quickly returning to their games of poker and bridge, they failed to realize that playing among them were three American con men, who had traveled to England for the sole purpose of getting rich on the ship's maiden voyage. Illus.