Alvin “Titanic” Thomas was born in 1892 in Monnet, Missouri but his father, Lee, wasn’t present at his birth because he was too busy gambling at a nearby saloon. Early on, Titanic’s parents got a divorce due to his father’s addiction to gambling.

Actually when Titanic was only a baby, his father took the rest of his family’s money and skipped town. His mother, Sarah, ended up marrying a Hog Farmer who lived in the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas, which is where Titanic ended up spending the majority of his childhood.

My first long-distance call from Titanic Thompson came in March 1970. He was then living in Grapevine, Texas, which is near Fort Worth and Dallas. I was living in Manhattan and writing for Sports. All credits to Paul wilson, Dan and davefor this amazing insight to the man the myth the legend that is titanic thompson. Titanic once bet $10,000 that Nick (the Greek) Dandolos, another high operator, would not sink a 25-foot putt. Kissed by the goddess Athena, the Greek holed the ball. Thompson, however, was not one to let $10,000 of his money rest long in someone else’s jeans. Capturing the spirit of a freewheeling era, this rollicking biography brings to life the gambler-hero who inspired Guys and Dolls.Born in a log cabin in the Ozarks, Alvin 'Titanic' Thompson (1892-1974) traveled with his golf clubs, a.45 revolver, and a suitcase full of cash.

His new family, which consisted of a step-father, two step sisters, and two step brothers, were devout Christians who went to Church every Sunday and believed every word that was written in the Bible. Sarah happily accepted her new family’s way of life but Titanic decided to follow a different path.

All seven shared a small three bedroom cabin and Titanic was always trying to find an excuse to get out of the house. He volunteered to chop logs for firewood, as long as his water-spaniel, Carlos, could tag along.

He never excelled in school and would probably be considered illiterate by today’s standards but dropping out of school at an early age gave him more time to develop his hustling skills and strategies.

Early on he started marking his cards in his own deck, making him nearly impossible to beat.

His card marking system was simple but efficient: a mark was placed on the edge of the card if it was a high value, a mark anywhere else on the card represented a low card, and any in between cards were left unmarked.

He even found a way to mark someone else’s deck by using his fingernail to make a nearly invisible mark that allowed only him to know which type of card was underneath.

Titanic started off as a thin boy with a soft spoken voice but turned into a strong man with a bold approach. He moved out of his home with only spare change in his pockets, as he could no longer live under his parent’s strict rules.

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He hustled people at each town he stopped at, slowly but surely building up a bankroll to be proud of. He fished and hunted for his meals while on the road until he had enough money to eat solely at restaurants.

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