Legendary gambler and poker player, ‘Ti’ was the original hustler The night Alvin Clarence Thomas was conceived in a tiny town in Arkansas, his Dad was playing in a poker game. For the baby Titanic who would go on to become arguably the greatest gambler of all time, clearly the betting bug ran in the family.

At 16 Ti left home in search of his father, who had left when he was a baby, in the hope of finding him and becoming a professional gambler. He travelled from Missouri to Memphis – working in the day, while playing cards, craps and getting an instruction in the art of bluffing, odds and gambling by night.

Poker became a big part of his life, and one particular game resulted in him being implicated in the murder of mega-rich gambler, businessman and crime kingpin Albert Rothstein.