Jake Jacobs Like his hero, Lefty Markowitz, Jake Jacobs has played blackjack professionally, could stand to lose a few pounds, and gain more than a few hairs. There the resemblance ends. Jake is from the Chicago area, where they know vastly more about pizza than do the New Yorkers, and he has never worn a uniform: police, military, or Streets and Sanitation. He has done a few other things to pass the time and make some money including: law clerking; computer operation and programming; pizza delivery; taxicab driving and dispatching; phone sales; video store management; casino management; actin...