Russian poker player jailed for cheating after £60,000 win

A gambler who won almost £60,000 by using "sleight of hand" in a single game of poker has been jailed for four months for cheating.<br> <br> <br> <br> Russian Valeriy - http://www.community.covnews.com/archives/search/?searchthis=Russian%20Valeriy Mikhaylets, 57, was arrested after winning a five-figure sum at the Palm Beach casino in Mayfair, London, in 2014.<br> <br> <br> <br> He skipped bail and fled Britain after being arrested in January 2015, and was eventually held on a European arrest warrant crossing from Russia into Finland and extradited in April.<br> <br> <br> <br> Valeriy Mikhaylets was jailed after pleading guilty to one count of cheating at gambling at Southwark Crown Court<br> <br> <br> <br> The Metropolitan Police said Mikhaylets, who is originally from Moscow, was jailed on Thursday after pleading guilty to one count of cheating at gambling at Southwark Crown Court in London.<br> <br> <br> <br> Detective Constable Mat Wake said: "Valeriy Mikhaylets was an accomplished cheat domino - http://caracurang.com who made just short of £60,000 profit in one poker game using sleight of hand.<br> <br> <br> <br> "His sentence should act as a deterrent - http://www.britannica.com/search?query=deterrent for those considering committing similar offences in London's casinos."<br> <br> <br> <br> Mikhaylets made £57,025 from the single game of Texas Hold'em poker on the night of November 30 and December 1, 2014, police said.<br> <br> <br> <br> However, he was already under suspicion for his activities in competitions at Palm Beach in the weeks prior and was arrested the following month.<br> <br> <br> <br> When at Palm Beach he was found to be carrying items including playing cards, dice and some sandpaper, which police said he claimed was for smoothing out card edges.<br> <br> <br> <br> The force said he was also ordered to pay an £86,000 fine, £57,025 in compensation, a Deprivation Order of £50,000 and £893.75 costs.