I'll have to watch it tonight and look for the cards on the table, as well as to confirm my thought that he did indeed look like he'd seen a ghost. He even puts it down reluctantly, if I'm not mistaken. Of course, this could be an instant reaction to something he's read in Mike's offscreen expression.

All of which would make me think this call has something to do with his fate. As for Carlo's intelligence, this is the same guy who freely gave his home phone number, the one he shared with his wife, the daughter of Don Vito Corleone, to the whores he passed time with. Not the sharpest tool in the shed.

Thanks for your insight.