Johnny Moss: Encyclopedia II - Johnny Moss - Anecdotes

Johnny Moss - Anecdotes

One time Moss was playing in Oklahoma when he noticed a peep hole in the ceiling where someone was relaying information about cards to a player at the table. After Moss' threat to shoot the man in the ceiling wasn't taken seriously, he ended up wounding him. Moss also regularly had to threaten people to remove their clothes when he knew they were using mechanical cheating devices.

Another time, Moss was playing high-stakes golf against a wealthy businessman. Going into the last few holes, Moss had lost over a quarter of a million dollars. The people who were sponsoring the match on Moss' behalf wanted to simply kill the businessman instead of paying the money, but Moss won the last few holes. The businessman told him, "Moss, you're the luckiest man alive." Moss responded, "No sir, you are."

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