Have you ever witnessed any type of cheating in your time at the table?

[phynqster]

Have seen it live in casinos. Watch players how they deal with their card protectors. Do they turn them over do they place them in certain places, etc. I did it on line in a free play mode. Was in a room with a number of players all with different IP's and it can be done. Have not played online for money since.

[tantalos]

Don't know how you managed that, as it's impossible to do, you get a pop-up telling you that someone from that computer/IP is already sitting at the table. You telling porkies?

I am a rather busy man and I have no time to waste visiting Poker Forums and telling/writing nonsense.

You want to believe it, good. You don't, see if I care. That's what happened to me TWICE - actually the second time I told everyone at the table that I had 2 seats of the table occupied, and they were all amazed. And I thought about sharing it with you people, just to be more cautious next time you enter such poker rooms (as I have been, from that day ).

But for all I care, you , fatshaft, can keep believing that "that is impossible to do".

As I wrote above, I enter this forum strictly to gather useful info and share my experiences with all the other forum visitors, and NOT to spend my precious time submitting silly posts.

Thank you.

[paul1]

Friends I know who don't play online poker but know that I do, are always asking me about cheating. My answer is that there must be plenty of it going on, but still I manage to profit in the black day in day out. I don't play high limits and I guess one should be more concerned if playing high stakes. But at the lower levels I guess it doesn't matter whether they are cheating much or not. Because there's juicey games everywhere.

Reminds me of a quick story. I remember I used to play in a small cardroom in San Diego. Once in awhile these five gypsy brothers or cousins would come in to play. Everyone knew they did stuff like talk in their native language and probably signals. In fact, they even passed cards. But they otherwise played SO BAD, that they always left BROKE. So players just kind of tolerated them.

That's how it is with lower stakes online poker. Even if there is cheating, the players are still so bad that it shouldn't cost too much for the winning player.

[Freudian]

Have you ever witnessed any type of cheating in POKER at the time at the tables?

Have a Good One

People abusing the disconnect protection in NL is pretty common.

[Johnny Casino]

I tried it for free for a laugh once and it worked. We knew the player we were colluding against. I'd never do it for real though, you'd risk being blacklisted from any legit poker room and also not receiving your ill gotten winnings.

[Newblood18]

I once was at a brick and mortar casino and saw four players on one end fold. One guy was kind of fooling around and was feigning disgust that all four players had no hand to play and wanted to see if he could make one playable hand out of the four. He made a pair of queens out of the discards and played the hand and won the pot. At the end he turned himself in and all money was returned and he was given a warning.

Newblood

[fatshaft]

I am a rather busy man and I have no time to waste visiting Poker Forums and telling/writing nonsense.

You want to believe it, good. You don't, see if I care. That's what happened to me TWICE - actually the second time I told everyone at the table that I had 2 seats of the table occupied, and they were all amazed. And I thought about sharing it with you people, just to be more cautious next time you enter such poker rooms (as I have been, from that day ).

But for all I care, you , fatshaft, can keep believing that "that is impossible to do".

As I wrote above, I enter this forum strictly to gather useful info and share my experiences with all the other forum visitors, and NOT to spend my precious time submitting silly posts.

Thank you.

Well why do it then, I just tried it on a fun money table, and I got the exact message I've seen before on real monery tables telling me that there is already a player from my IP playing at the table.

The reason I'd found this previously was not due to an attempt to cheat, but because I had registered on a waiting list with a second crypto while clearing their monthly bonuses (when the games were still worth playing), so I know it can't be done.

Please get your facts straight before coming on here with ridiculous cheating stories that a cursory check reveals is rubbish

[Tdoggy]

There is no way of catching players doing this unless they are so obvious about it. But even if you do catch them how can you possibly prove they're doing it? Cheating in poker rooms happens a lot. I have seen people clean up at tables doing it. Especially in tournament play were there is a 5 on 5 table and first and second place finishers both win something. I followed two guys one time who went from table to table and made a nice profit doing this. Where they caught, nope. And why would the casino or poker room really care when they are making there % in profit from it also? Becarefull playing in these poker rooms these days. Very dangerous. You can be taken.

It happens especially with voice conferencing with messenging services such as msn. But it is quite easily identifiable. Pattern of play can and does give it away after time.

You are never going to stamp it out 100%, but the necessary safeguards are in place at the backend of the online poker rooms and networks to ensure it is very much limited and caught when it does occurs.

[paul1]

Becarefull playing in these poker rooms these days. Very dangerous. You can be taken.

I never even thought of what you just said about tournaments. I guess that's because I don't play them. But what you say sounds plausible.

But as for cheating/colluding in the smaller games of $5-10 and under, I'd say there's just so many games it doesn't pay to worry about it to the point where you're stressing. If there's any reason to be suspicious, go find another game. There's so many.

I'm not saying colluding doesn't happen. Obviously it does. But even if some players cheat, a lot of cheaters don't play well. lol I know that's the case in B&M cardrooms. A lot of the cheaters in the old days when everyone passed the deal, they were very bad players and still lost even when they cheated. Now that's pretty bad. lol

[schnozzy]

People abusing the disconnect protection in NL is pretty common.

I've had extremely good success with reporting these guys to support, and having their disconnect protection revoked permanently. Just write a nice email saying the player, the hand, and the reason to believe it was DP abuse (90% of the time, they are on a flush draw, and were on one the last time they disconnected too)

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As far as collusion goes, if they're cheating, they're not doing it very well. Knowing 2-4 extra dead cards is rarely going to have any practical application. Squeezing players out with raises is dangerous since a sharp player can exploit this to his advantage. If the middled player is on a draw, now he's getting 2:1 on every additional chip he puts in the pot. pretty good deal for him!

I'll take a table full of "cheats" over a table filled with observant, thinking players, any day!

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Beyond that, all my worst "cheats" in casinos weren't from signalling, or trapping or anything like that. They were people who abused rules to shoot angles.

In one casino, if a player makes a fouled bet, it can be withdrawn, and fouled is one chip shy... so I bet $100, and they verbally raise to $500, but only put in $475. I re-raise all-in. Then they declare their own raise illegal, and take it back!! (I only know of one club with this asinine rule.)

I had another player who tried (but fortunately failed) to win a hand via technicality... 2/5 no-limit game, very aggressive player in middle position opens to $30. I'm in the big blind with kings, and re-raise to $90. He calls. The flop comes AJx. I check to him, he bets $75 but he looked weak... I thought maybe he had a bad ace and would fold to a raise. So I raised all-in (about $500 more) and he quickly called. Before he turned over his hand I said "I guess you win this one", since I couldn't see how somebody could quickly call without at least top pair... but then he turned over KQ.

He tried (and almost succeeded) in getting the floor to award him the pot on the basis that I'd conceded the pot, even though absolutely everyone at the table (including the dealer) agreed that this was not my intention.

The best casino poker advice I can give you:
Never let go of your cards, until the dealer has pushed you your winnings.
Always be extremely clear with your actions. Count out the correct number of chips, and put them in the pot while verbally stating the action. If you do just one, or just the other, somebody will screw you at least once a week.

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for cheating/colluding in the smaller games of $5-10 and under, I'd say there's just so many games it doesn't pay to worry about it to the point where you're stressing.

Honestly, I just can't imagine anybody having the skills to cheat effectively, and choosing to use them at a 5/10 game. To do it profitably you'd need to know how to play quite well... and at that point, you'd make more money by playing a 20/40 game straight up.