[GTDawg]

I understand most of what you are saying...but
And stop thinking of it as his own hole cards... this of the person playing (just happens to be him) as the target and the other computer (also happens to be him) as the attacker. The fact that he was attacking himself is meaningless.

I'm not writing it off because it is "his" hole cards. Yes, it is obvious that it would be the target's hole cards. But, that is still one set of hole cards. That isn't the whole table. And, to grab that ONE set, you'd need to be physically near that person's network which means you aren't going to be grabbing multiple sets of hole cards and you'd have to sit and play that person constantly to use that advantage.

Grabbing one set of hole cards isn't as scary or as big an issue as somehow getting ALL of the hole cards OR the account info (which he mentions).

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The logistics of getting one set of hole cards (the person you are targeting) doesn't seem to be as much of a benefit as the account info. You'd have to be physically near the person (or the network), you'd have to sit there and play the same person for quite a bit of time to take advantage of knowing their hole cards and, for all that work, you still aren't going to be getting information about the other people at the table.

If you could somehow target someone in a heads up match for an extended period of time...cash money. However, that is an exceedingly rare circumstance.

If you could somehow play against a group of people that were all playing the same table while on the same network...cash money. However, that is an exceedingly rare circumstance.

He is able to grab ONE set of hole cards. He isn't getting hole cards for the entire table (which would be the jackpot hack). And, to use that advantage, he has to be close to the person, playing the same table, and playing for quite a while to ensure you got some hands against them.

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Your second paragraph seems to be more in line with my point. Grabbing the hole cards of one singular person isn't really that BIG of a thing. Yes, it is huge. But, it pales in comparison to the idea of being able to grab the account information of someone playing Absolute on an unsecured wireless network. And, the ability to do that removes the entire work involved in actually using the knowledge of someone's hole cards to beat them in poker.

In that video, he glosses over it and instead discusses the hole card thing and how his program gets them before the computer program can draw the cards on the screen.