{"id":24357,"date":"2020-09-27T17:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-27T22:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/blog\/?p=24357"},"modified":"2024-03-20T06:10:21","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T11:10:21","slug":"most-common-poker-cheats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/blog\/most-common-poker-cheats\/","title":{"rendered":"The Most Common Poker Cheats And How To Avoid Them"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When there\u2019s chat about poker among people who\ndon\u2019t play the game, they seem to think that it\u2019s either a magnet for shady\npeople and gamblers or perceive it as a gentlemen\u2019s game where one\u2019s word is\ntheir bond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The truth is, as always, somewhere in between.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cheating in poker isn\u2019t something you\u2019ll have\nto deal with on a daily basis. In fact, most people will never find themselves\nin a situation where they\u2019re being cheated out of their money at the tables. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, that doesn\u2019t mean that cheating\ndoesn\u2019t happen or that you should trust everyone blindly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whenever there is a lot of money involved,\nthere will always be people looking to get their hands on the cash using\nwhatever methods necessary. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Being aware of some of the most common poker\ncheats will definitely reduce your chances of getting screwed over, so today I\nwant to cover the ins and outs of this topic.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cheating In Live Poker Games<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Group<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

When it comes to live poker, the likelihood of\ngetting cheated is much smaller if you play in a casino or an official poker\nroom instead of private home games. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While most players are in this game to have some fun and make additional money, there are straight shooters<\/a> who will try to outplay you within the rules of the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But there are also those who try to find different ways to improve their winning chances by using means that are against poker rules<\/a>, which makes them straight up cheaters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That said, you should always keep your eyes\nopen and look for any signs of suspicious activities at your table:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Colluding In\nTournaments<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

One of the most common forms of cheating in\nlive poker is colluding. It involves two or more players who work together to\nbeat the rest of the table. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is usually used in tournaments and especially\nat final tables where everyone profits from a player being eliminated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Colluding players will have the arrangement to\nkeep each other alive. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

They\u2019ll refuse to call a short stack even when\nthey have the odds and cards to do it with. They\u2019ll make crazy folds for a tiny\nriver bet, conceding a big pot to one of their colluding partners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, this kind of behavior hurts everyone\nelse at the table as colluders will do everything they can to protect each\nother. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is not just against the spirit of the game,\nbut it\u2019s also against the rules. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Poker isn\u2019t a team sport, and while you can\nsometimes make a seemingly strange decision to leave someone in the tournament\nbecause of the bubble or ICM pressure, you can\u2019t go out of your way time and\ntime again to keep someone alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The problem with this kind of cheating is that\nit\u2019s often hard to prove and do something about it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While you can argue that someone had clear odds\nto make a call, there are no rules that stipulate that they have to know\nanything about odds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can say that it\u2019s crazy to fold a pair of\nJacks for a nine big blinds\u2019 shove, but they can say they just hate Jacks\nbecause they never win with them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unless things really get out of control, the\ntournament director will rarely do anything about colluding players, especially\nin smaller buy-in events. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This isn\u2019t to say that you shouldn\u2019t complain,\nbut if it fails, you need to be ready to adjust to the new situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The best you can do in this scenario is to try\nand break the cooperation between the colluders by not letting them play pots\nwith each other and avoid getting squeezed by one of them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This can be tricky if one of the colluders\nhappens to be a big stack, so you should assess the situation. If there isn\u2019t\nmuch you can do about it, sit back and wait for good opportunities without\nforcing things too much.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Signaling Cards<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\"Secret<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes, players working together will take\nthings to the next level by trying to signal the strength of their hand or even\nexact cards to their partner(s). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Having any additional information about your\nopponents\u2019 holdings can be a huge edge and can only be achieved through\ncheating. When you\u2019re at the table, you\u2019re only supposed to know your two hole\ncards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Experienced cheaters will use different tricks\nto convey information to one another without the rest of the table noticing it.\nUsually, they\u2019ll use some sort of chip signaling. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, if they have an Ace in their hand,\nthey\u2019ll protect cards using one red chip. If they have a big pocket pair\n(Queens or better), they\u2019ll put two green chips on top of their cards, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There could be countless variations, including poker chips<\/a>, card placement on the table, hand positioning, and anything else that is easy to hide and doesn\u2019t look suspicious to other players.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This type of cheating can go unnoticed for a\nwhile, especially if both players are experienced with it and have practiced\ntheir signals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The problem is, even if you call them out for\nit, you\u2019re unlikely to get a reaction from the floor the first time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And, once they figure out the jig is up,\nthey\u2019ll probably stop doing it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Card Marking<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Marking playing cards<\/a> may be the oldest trick in the book, but that doesn\u2019t mean that some players don\u2019t still use it to get the upper hand. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You should be particularly aware of this one if\nyou\u2019re playing in a home game with strangers as the host and some of the\nregulars could have had access to the deck before the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, more experienced cheaters aren\u2019t\nafraid of doing it in a casino, either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are different ways cards can be marked. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With all-new technologies<\/a> out there, cheaters can use invisible ink and special glasses to leave rather obvious marks on the cards that are only visible to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a casino, you can always complain if you\nnotice something just doesn\u2019t add up and request a deck change. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Casinos will usually take these kinds of\nstatements seriously. Cheating with a marked deck it isn\u2019t just bad form; in\nmany countries, the cheater could actually face legal repercussions and even go\nto jail for doing it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In home games, it\u2019s a bit trickier. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you notice something isn\u2019t right – too many\nstrange hero calls, big bluffs that don\u2019t make sense, or anything similar – you\nshould probably make your excuses and leave. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You could try to argue with the host, but if\nyou\u2019re the odd one out, chances are they\u2019re in on it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the same time, you shouldn\u2019t be too\nparanoid, either. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Strange things happen at the tables, especially\nin home games, where the level of play tends to be subpar. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just because someone called down your three-barrel\nbluff with bottom pair, it doesn\u2019t mean they\u2019re necessarily cheating. They\nmight just be a huge calling station or a really good player who picked up a\nlive tell (the latter is rarely the case, though).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bottom line is: if you feel like you\u2019re being cheated<\/a>, the best thing to do is walk away. You\u2019re better off not playing at all than playing with the deck stacked against you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. Bottom Deck Dealing<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\"Bottom<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Another form of poker cheating that you\u2019re likely to encounter in private games is the so-called \u201cbottom deck\u201d dealing<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The method involves the person dealing cards\nand one of the players in the game. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dealer – who needs to be a fairly capable\ncard mechanic to pull this off – will set the deck during the shuffling process\nin such a way as to be able to deal particular cards from the bottom of the\ndeck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Imagine you\u2019re holding a top set on a flop with\na flush draw. You bet big, and your opponent calls. The turn is blank, and you\nfire another big bet once again to protect your hand and give them wrong odds\nto chase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, in a regular setup, most players will be\ndissuaded from calling you with one card to come. However, if you know that\nyour dealer friend will pull the magic card on the river, it becomes much\neasier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unless you\u2019re very experienced, it will actually\nbe hard to notice bottom deck dealing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A good card mechanic is usually able to do it\nso quickly that an untrained eye won\u2019t notice a difference. So, you\u2019re better\noff paying attention to strange patterns instead. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If the situation like the one described above\nhappens frequently and always involves the same player calling against the odds\nand magically hitting on the river time and time again, you should be very\ncareful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You\u2019ll rarely ever come across this type of poker\ncheating in a casino. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Usually, it happens in a private game of some\nsort, and my advice is the same as for most other similar situations: get out\nas fast as you can and don\u2019t come back.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To be honest, it\u2019s always very risky to play in\nunknown private games, and you should actually avoid it for the most part. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stick to playing in official casinos and with\npeople you actually know in your home games, and you\u2019ll be way less likely to\nget cheated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cheating In Online Poker Games<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Person<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In online poker<\/a> games, although you\u2019ll be protected from some of the aforementioned forms of cheating, you\u2019ll also have to deal with other dangers that come with the internet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While players can\u2019t mark cards or have the\ndealer help them out, there are numerous ways to cheat at online poker and more\nthan enough people both willing and able to put these systems to use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Colluding And Card\nSharing<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

At a live table, players have to come up with\nplans and strategies if they want to share card information and work with each\nother. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Online, however, this is much easier. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What\u2019s there to stop someone from having a\nfriend or two sitting at the same table and chatting via Skype or Viber,\ndiscussing hands, sharing information, and even playing together with the goal\nof taking chips or money from the remaining players?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is a really<\/em> tricky poker cheat to\nprove, and there have been quite a few confirmed examples of this type of play\nacross almost all poker rooms out there. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While poker sites try to improve their security\nand invest in software to protect the players, I\u2019m quite sure that a ton of colluders\nhave flown under the radar, and the cheaters have never been caught.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The reality is that it will take you a while to\nnotice this kind of cheating. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first couple of times you sit down to play\nand encounter the same people on your table, you\u2019ll probably think they just\nlike to play a lot. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Or if you\u2019re playing on a smaller site there\nmight not be many games running, so having the same players at your table is\nquite normal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But if you notice people who only play together\nand win more often than they mathematically should, then this might actually be\nsuspicious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The best way to deal with these situations is\nto report the players in question immediately. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The poker room probably won\u2019t take action based\non a single report, but if there are multiple reports from multiple players,\nthey\u2019ll eventually deal with the situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since rooms have full access to hand histories\nand hole cards, they\u2019ll have no problems detecting collusion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s actually not hard to figure out at all\ngiven enough information. If and when they confirm these suspicions, players\ninvolved will be banned, and you\u2019ll likely receive at least some of the money\nback.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Bot Rings<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\"Poker<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Poker bots<\/a> are becoming a real problem for the online poker community. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While some players don\u2019t see this as a form of\ncheating, the majority agree that computer programs have no business playing\nagainst humans or, at the very least, human players should be aware they\u2019re\nplaying against a bot and not an actual person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A poker bot is a piece of software that\u2019s\ncapable of playing a certain form of poker based on predefined parameters or\neven his own advanced Artificial Intelligence algorithm. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some of the newer bots are also capable of\nadjusting their play in real-time, which makes them very dangerous opponents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m in the camp that believes that using bots\nis cheating, and it should have no place in online poker. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can\u2019t really use the argument that \u201cyou\nshouldn\u2019t be playing if you can\u2019t beat a bot\u201d because that\u2019s a very weak\nargument at this point. With so many powerful solvers, tracking software, and\nother tools, modern poker bots can play the game on a very high level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But it\u2019s not just about their playing\nabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even if a bot only plays an average game, it will never get tired, it will never tilt<\/a>, and it won\u2019t ever make any misclicks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And if you take the human component out of\npoker completely, you\u2019re playing a very different game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Ghosting<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Imagine you catch a great run of cards in an\nanniversary Sunday Million and find yourself at the final table with hundreds\nof thousands in cash up for grabs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every pay jump is important, every decision is\ncrucial, and you\u2019re not used to this kind of pressure. Your average buy-in is\n$5, and your biggest score to date is $1,500.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All of a sudden, you\u2019re playing for the first\nplace of $1,000,000. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wouldn\u2019t it be nice if you had someone like Ivey or Fedor Holz<\/a> take over and wrap things up?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a live setting, this could never happen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The \u201cone player per hand\u201d rule applies in all\npoker rooms everywhere on the planet, and you\u2019re not allowed to even ask advice\nfrom your half-drunk friend who\u2019s there to cheer you on (even though other\nplayers definitely wouldn\u2019t mind).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Online, however, the practice of \u201cghosting\u201d has\nbecome quite commonplace in the MTT world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Players who are involved in staking groups, in\nparticular, will often have someone else take over full control over their\ncomputer once they hit a major final table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No matter how you try to spin this, it\u2019s a huge\ndeal – and clearly cheating – although it\u2019s hard to prove.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The problem with ghosting is twofold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First of all, by having someone with better\nskills take over, you\u2019re improving your EV in the event. This really requires\nno further explanation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Secondly, by having someone else take your\nspot, you\u2019re fooling other players. They\u2019re playing a strategy that is supposed\nto work against someone with an average buy-in of $5. That same strategy\nobviously won\u2019t work against someone who crushes $1,000 tournaments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is, of course, an extreme example, but the\npoint remains. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If a room could verify 100% that someone else\nwas clicking buttons instead of the player who owns the account, they\u2019d definitely\nconfiscate their winnings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, this can easily be avoided by the\nactual player doing the clicking while the PRO dictates what to do over the\nphone, and there won\u2019t be an easy way to track this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sadly, there isn\u2019t much you can do to protect\nyourself against this form of cheating. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you notice a particular player has suddenly\nchanged their style dramatically, becoming way more aggressive, for example,\nyou should definitely consider the possibility that they\u2019re being ghosted. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The best thing you can do is stick to a solid and GTO-based strategy<\/a> and don\u2019t rely too much on any reads you were able to gather up to that point. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best Known Real-Life Examples Of Cheating In Poker<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

One of the first rules of cheating (in poker\nand in general) is that you shouldn\u2019t get caught doing it. If you get caught,\nit usually means that you\u2019re doing something wrong, or you\u2019ve pushed your luck\ntoo far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Likely, you\u2019ve never heard about the majority\nof cheaters because they got away with it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, there are some quite famous examples\nof poker cheats, both online and live, that got caught:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Ultimate Bet \/\nAbsolute Poker Cheating Scandal<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

One of the biggest examples of cheating in the\nonline world is connected to two sister rooms \u2013 Absolute Poker and Ultimate\nBet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It all happened in the mid and late-2000s, so quite a while ago, but the story made poker history<\/a> and still stands as one of the biggest examples of why you should never let your guard down when playing online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This scandal involved super-user accounts \u2013\nsomething that both poker rooms denied even existed before they were caught\nred-handed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First came Absolute Poker in 2007. It was\nduring a big online tournament that players noticed that something was amiss.\nMany of the players went to poker forums to air their complaints and request an\ninvestigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the players involved in the tournament\nrequested from AP to send over their tournament history. By mistake, the room\nactually sent them a file that showed all the hands from all the players, and\nthis was the smoking gun the community needed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After carefully reviewing the history, it\nbecame apparent that one player, \u201cPotripper,\u201d was making perfect decisions\nthroughout the event. Always making the right choice even in the hardest of\nspots, \u201cPotripper\u201d ended up winning the tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The later investigation by KGC, the room\u2019s\nlicensing authority, confirmed these findings and it was revealed that the\nperson behind the \u201cPotripper\u201d alias was actually using a master account during\nthe tournament to view other players\u2019 hole cards, which explained how he was\nable to play so perfectly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Absolute Poker eventually admitted the existence\nof super-user accounts, acknowledged that one of them was used by the player in\nquestion, and reimbursed the players. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, they never admitted that it was an\ninside job in any way, shape, or form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Ultimate Bet cheating scheme came to light a\nbit later, in early 2008. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The setup was quite similar to what had\nhappened at AP as players detected certain accounts that had win-rates that\nwere way too high. One account in particular, \u201cNioNio,\u201d was extremely suspicious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The internal investigation by the room\nconfirmed these allegations, claiming there was a group of players who used a\nsuper-user account to view other players\u2019 cards. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

UB claimed the cheating took place from 2006 to\n2007, but the later investigation by KGC concluded that super-user accounts\nwere used as early as 2004. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The room was fined $1.5 million, but not much\nelse happened, which naturally caused players to start running for their lives,\nleaving UB in waves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was only later, in 2013, that incriminating\nphone conversations between Russ Hamilton, one of the owners of UB, and several\nother people came to light. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Russ
Russ Hamilton openly admitted to being a cheat but showed absolutely zero remorse. [Image: Wikimedia Commons]<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In these conversations, Hamilton admitted to\nblatantly cheating players for years, profiting well over $15 million from the\nscheme. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the same conversation, Hamilton showed no\nwillingness or desire to make things right and made it pretty clear he was\nhappy keeping the money won through cheating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Borgata Open And\nThe Counterfeit Chips Situation<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

When you\u2019re running deep in a big tournament,\nyou\u2019re rarely in such a good spot that you couldn\u2019t find a good use for some\nextra chips in your stack. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The regular way to get them is by playing poker\nand trying to win some pots, or you could just bring a few million extra chips\nin your bag and add them to your stack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Back in 2014, Christian Lusardi<\/a> went for the latter option in the Borgata Poker Open. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Christian
There’s only so much evidence you can flush down a toilet. [Image: 6abc.com via Casino.org News]<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

With just 27 players left in the tournament and\nmore than $370,000 reserved for the winner, Lusardi figured he could give\nhimself an edge by boosting his tournament stack with counterfeit chips.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lusardi had ordered counterfeit chips from\nChina, kept them in his hotel room at Borgata, and introduced different amounts\nthroughout the tournament. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When the staff caught wind that something fishy\nwas going on and stopped the play, they discovered that more than $800,000\nworth of false chips were added to the play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The police got involved, and it wasn\u2019t long\nbefore they figured out that Lusardi (who, ironically, busted the tournament\ndespite all of his efforts) was the culprit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Upon searching his room, they discovered $2.7\nmillion worth of chips clogging the toilet as the cheater had unsuccessfully\ntried to get rid of the evidence by flushing them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lusardi was arrested and later admitted to his\nwrongdoings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When the police searched his apartment, they\nalso discovered DVDs with counterfeit labels, adding further charges to the\nmix. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He pleaded guilty to both charges and received a fairly harsh penalty of five years in prison<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lusardi didn\u2019t have to do the full time, though. He was released in 2016, after spending just eight months behind bars. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As for the tournament, Borgata ended up canceling\nthe event and reimbursed all affected players. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some didn\u2019t agree with this decision, and there were multiple lawsuits raised against the casino, but in all cases, judges upheld the decision made by the NJ Division of Gaming Enforcement<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. WSOP $10,000 Heads\nUp Championship Card Marking Controversy<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

During the 2015 World Series of Poker<\/a>, there was a pretty big scandal that involved many high-profile players and one Valeriu Coca, a fairly unknown player from Moldova who was playing his very first WSOP event. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Namely, during the $10,000 Heads Up\nChampionship, a prestigious event that attracts best of the best, Coca went on\nto eliminate one player after another with ease. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those who played with Coca raised their\nconcerns and said they felt there was something weird going on during those\nmatches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coca was only eliminated by Keith Lehr, who\nwent on to win the tournament, sending Coca packing in 5th<\/sup> place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The uproar in the community was enough to\ntrigger an official WSOP investigation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Almost all players reported the same thing.\nCoca was acting weirdly at the tables, constantly shuffling his cards,\nstalling, and his decisions lacked any kind of consistency. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes he would snap call an all-in with a\nmedium-strength hand; sometimes, he\u2019d take forever with fairly strong holdings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite all the fuss, the WSOP investigation\ncouldn\u2019t find any evidence of cheating. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Decks were checked for the invisible ink that\nsome players believed was used by Coca to mark the cards, but no traces were\nfound. So, officially, the Moldavian played fair and square.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, during the investigation and due to\nall the media attention this case caught, Coca\u2019s checkered past came to light. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It turned out he was banned from casinos and\npoker rooms in Prague for cheating or, more precisely, marking cards. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

No invisible ink was used, though. Coca simply\napplied small, almost invisible dents to kings and aces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, while he was cleared of any wrongdoing in\nthe WSOP event, the cloud of doubt remained. There was no actual evidence of\ncheating, so it remains a mystery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. Partouche Poker\nTour Collusion Scam<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I did say that you\u2019re more likely to get\ncheated in a private poker game than in a big tournament, but this doesn\u2019t mean\nthere isn\u2019t a risk when playing in a major event. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cheaters pick their spots, and when an\nopportunity arises, they grab it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The situation from the 2009 Partouche Poker\nTour Main Event is an excellent example of collusion and how big of an effect\nit can have on final tournament results. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The scheme involved two players, Cedric Rossi\nand Jean-Paul Pasqualini, who used hand signals to report their hole cards to\none another. <\/p>\n\n\n

\n
\"Pasqualini
Pasqualini and Rossi were allowed to keep their winnings despite all the allegations and uproar in the community. [Image: YouTube]<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

The scheme clearly worked very well for the duo\nas they went on to claim the top two spots in the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The cheaters would probably have gotten away\nwith it had their movements not been caught on camera. Later analysis of the\nfinal table footage showed that the duo used a complex signaling system to\nexchange the information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One particularly damning hand was the one where\nshort-stacked Pasqualini picked up Ace King, an absolute monster in general,\nbut especially when playing on a short stack. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yet, after facing a re-raise from Rossi, who followed the action by placing both hands on his forehead, Pasqualini proceeded to send his hand into the muck. It was a correct decision, as Rossi was holding pocket aces<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There were many more instances where the duo avoided the confrontation after exchanging what clearly looks like a set of prearranged signals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their code was later broken down, and it turned out they had a particular set of signals for almost every important type of hand there is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the end, Pasqualini and Rossi were allowed\nto keep their winnings despite all the allegations and uproar in the community.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both players were removed from the Global Poker\nIndex list for ethical breaches, but not much else happened. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, both Pasqualini and Rossi negated\nall collusion accusations, and Partouche officials sided with them, so there\nwere no further actions taken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. Mike Postle And The \u201cGod Mode\u201d<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

One of the more recent poker cheating scandals<\/a> warns about the dangers of new technologies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The story was one of the biggest of 2019, and it involves Stones Gambling Hall and an individual named Mike Postle (below).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Mike
Image: YouTube<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Stones Gambling Hall was by no means a well-known\npoker venue. Looking to improve its presence and get some visibility, the room\ndecided to introduce live streaming of games and extended invitations to some\nfairly known players.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was a solid idea and things were going\npretty well until cheating accusations appeared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There was one regular in the Stones game who\nwas there for almost every session, with seemingly superb poker abilities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mike Postle was the talk of almost every\nstream. His incredible reading skills, how he was able to get away from\ndifficult spots \u2013 all of it turned Postle into the hero the Stones game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even the best of the best don\u2019t bring their A-game\nall the time, so eventually, players started to get suspicious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is no single player out there who doesn\u2019t\nmake a big mistake every now and again. You can\u2019t always be spot on with your\nreads \u2013 unless you know exactly what your opponents are holding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Accusations started to surface that Postle was\nin cahoots with someone from the Stones who was feeding him the hole card\ninformation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since this was readily available for streaming\npurposes, it was certainly possible for someone on the inside to find a way to\nintercept it and send it over to Postle\u2019s phone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What followed was probably one of the biggest\ncommunity-driven investigations in poker cheating allegations in the history of\nthe game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Countless streamers and high-profile players\ntook it upon themselves to go through hours of the Stones cash game footage,\ndissecting every important hand Postle was involved in. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was becoming more and more apparent that\nsomething fishy was going on since one situation after another, hand after\nhand, Postle was always making the right calls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The footage also revealed Postle frequently\nchecking his phone for something, but apart from one fairly vague frame, it\u2019s\nimpossible to see what\u2019s on his phone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stones officials conducted their internal\ninvestigation and concluded there was no cheating going on. As far as the room\nwas concerned, this was the end of it, but the community just wouldn\u2019t let go. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

New videos and forum threads kept popping up\nand, eventually, things spilled outside of poker circles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Almost 90 players who were involved with the\ngames at the Stones filled a lawsuit against Postle, the poker room, and the\npoker room manager, asking for $10,000,000 in damages. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The lawsuit was filed in California in October\nof 2019, and the lawyer representing the players believed they had a very\nstrong case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, the judge disagreed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In June of 2020, the lawsuit was dismissed<\/a> by the court. According to the state\u2019s laws, any losses related to gambling can\u2019t be recovered in court. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is an old law that may not be in line with\nmodern times, but it is the law nonetheless, and Postle\u2019s legal team used it to\nget the case dismissed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although the whole situation is still ongoing,\nit seems that nothing will come out of it in the end. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The biggest cheating scandal of recent times,\noften dubbed \u201cPostlegate\u201d by the media, might end up being just another\ncautionary tale. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can\u2019t really hope or expect someone else to\nprotect you at the tables, so if something smells fishy, just get out while you\ncan. There are plenty of games running at all times, so why stick to the one\nwhere something is clearly out of order?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learn The Common Cheats To Avoid Getting Cheated<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

When it comes to cheating in poker, you don\u2019t need\nto be overly paranoid, but keeping your guard up and staying cautious doesn\u2019t\nhurt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As far as risk is concerend, private games are\nprobably where you have to pay the most attention. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While most people are honest and just want to play some poker, there\u2019s always the possibility of someone inviting you over to rid you of some cash in a dishonest manner \u2013 just like \u201cThe Tip\u201d poker con<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stay aware of your surroundings and pay close\nattention to everything going on around you, especially if you\u2019re in a new\nenvironment and surrounded by people you don\u2019t know well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Online, there is always the risk of being\ncheated, so you should be aware of the previously mentioned cheats and do your\nbest to protect yourself but don\u2019t become too paranoid in the process. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Remember that sometimes, several bad beats in a\nrow are just a string of bad luck. Usually players can\u2019t see your cards or know\nthat you\u2019re bluffing \u2013 they just hate folding. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stay smart, play it cool, and try not to jump to any conclusions too quickly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That said, there is one type of “cheating” that is permitted – learning the ropes with some poker cheat sheets<\/a>! Use these to grasp the fundamentals. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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