True to his name, Ace has tremendous gambling instincts and is thus able to spot “two yokels” trying to run a scam on a blackjack table purely from watching the way they bet.
It does absolutely nothing to advance the plot and it’s unnecessary to establish the traits an already well-established character, but the sequence of Ace Rothstein’s brand of justice for two men caught cheating at blackjack under his watch in the Tangiers casino is one of the most entertaining and memorable in the film. Robert De Niro as Sam “Ace” Rothstein, Vegas casino executive and mob associateĬostume Design: Rita Ryack & John A. Robert De Niro as Sam “Ace” Rothstein in Casino (1995).
