Cheating PokerSites ?

[BrianSwa]

common sense just left the thread.

[Talking Poker]

I'm disqualifying this thread from the Longest Thread of the Month contest because it's so stupid.

Well, maybe not (obviously there is interest in discussing this), but I'm seriously considering it.

Some people here are really making themselves look silly though. There is no conspiracy theory. The world isn't out to get you. Online poker is not rigged.

Not to interject too much more common sense into this ridiculous thread, but............. Data about your cards is sent from the poker site to YOUR computer. Unless someone has hacked into YOUR computer (ie, if they have a video camera over your shoulder), they can't see your cards. The game information simply is not sent out to all players on ome sort of a network and then covered up again on your end. Each player is connected to the poker site via an individual client and server connection (not a network with shared data), despite how it feels. It's just not there, so there's nothing to "hack" or "decrypt" or "decode" or whatever! The same goes for what cards are to come. There is simply no way to figure it out from home.

Any anyone who tells you there is is plain silly, or just messing with you, like the guy who runs the site that's been linked to. I have to tell you though, I'm tempted to steal his idea and make a similar site. Peope fall for the Nigerian Bank scam every day (yes, they really do), so they'll fll for this too. Why? Because they want to. People are always looking for an easy way to make a buck. I refer to these people as "suckers."

Anyhoo, with all that said, does cheating occur online? Of course. All the time. But it's in the form of COLLUSION (teams playing together via AIM, telephone, being in the same room, and yes, even simple computer programs (Remote Desktop) that allow one person to play multiple hands at the same time at the same table - it's not that hard). This is the only type of cheating you need to be aware of, and IMO, it's pretty obvious when you see it, and it's still beatable. In fact, I'll gladly challenge any two of you "poker is rigged" boys to try it. The three of us will sit at one table together, and the two of you have my permission to share hole cards with each other via whatever medium you like. We'll play 100 hands or so and see who comes out ahead...................... and who gets their accounts closed after I report your asses for cheating

[nutbag]

Simple answers to this:

Cheating: Easily done through collusion, happens all the time, but moderately easy for a good player to spot.

Cashout curse: Just silly.

Hand randomizer being cracked: Two words, Planet Poker



The sites have better ones now, but who knows.