the Merova Configuration

Here is a Christmas gift to all my followers... Enjoy;
this is the THE MEROVA CONFIGURATION "Gambler's Vertigo" Cube #8
the story goes;
On a night out in the "New World", Philip LeMarchand found himself playing poker in a game circle in downtown New York. One of the players particularly attracted his attention, a small quiet man who had left the table after having won all the other players’ money and without having lost even one game.
As he asked the gambler sitting next to him, he was told this mysterious man was known by the name Charles Merova. Nobody really knew where he came from, but he was said to be a professional gamer and had never lost a bet during his whole life. Some even pretended he had gambled his soul on a card game with the devil and won.

This last story amused LeMarchand and gave him the inspiration for a new configuration. A few weeks later, when he finally found where Charles Merova dwelled, LeMarchand met him and offered him a game. As he produced