This was a great subject you chose for suspense. Those knife games are hard to watch. I've never seen a real one, only depicted on film but they tie my stomach in knots!
Nice writing...I breezed through most of it. I was a little confused on how he cheated though. I may have to give it another read to pick up on that. And if I'm not the only one who didn't get it you may want to make that a little clearer.
I'd be interested to see it on film, there's a bit in Looking for Mr. Goodbar. But it's not a tournament, it's just a man (played by Richard Gere) playing alone for couple of seconds. I'd recommend this movie to anyone, by the way - great movie and great showing by Gere.