Cheaters Partners who work well together, he says, are those who can deduce the numbers on each other's tiles. What's important is to do it without using signals, which is strictly forbidden and can cost players a game. Novice cheaters might use hand signals, touching their noses or scratching their heads. Some of the more crafty cheaters use their eyes. They just love their dominoes.
Minutes roll by and they play . .
Hours go by and they play . . It's dark outside by the time the last bones have been scrambled and the Chicagoans climb aboard the yellow school bus, savoring the taste of victory and Rodriguez's arroz con gandules . The tables in the back room of Flamboyan are rearranged to turn the battlefield into a dance floor while the Pabon players brood after a 48-32 loss. The three Dons didn't let their team go down without a fight. Don Montijo and Santana swept five games from their opponents, while Don Enrique and Don Chago yielded a pair of 3-2 heartbreakers respectively.