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Tracking Online Cheaters in Poker

Posted by Zonk on from the dirty-way-to-play dept.

prostoalex writes "MSNBC has a special report on discovering online cheats at AbsolutePoker.com. A Costa Rican company belonging to a Canadian tribe at first denied all the accusations of any cheating going on, but after Serge Ravitch made a scrupulous analysis of the games' events, the reputation of AbsolutePoker.com was at stake. A detailed log file provided investigators with necessary details: an employee and partial owner of the site was one of the players involved, and having direct access to other players' cards allowed him to improve his game substantially."

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  1. Re:fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    wow beaten by the copy and paste troll

    how's that feel?

  2. view source by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny


    and having direct access to other players' cards allowed him to improve his game substantially.
    </Understatement>

  3. Me too. by Pedrito · · Score: 2, Funny

    "...and having direct access to other players' cards allowed him to improve his game substantially."

    Yeah, I find knowing the other players cards helps my game as well. Go figure...

  4. Re:Silly gamblers by cheater512 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I guess its for people who cant make a poker face then. :)

  5. Remember, students... by JK_the_Slacker · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...this is what happens when you make your data members public.

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  6. Re:collusion by Skim123 · · Score: 4, Funny

    And in online there's nothing stopping me from calling my friend and say I got these cards, what do you got?

    Isn't calling out on the same phone line your modem is using a bit difficult?

    Yeah, maybe if it's 1996.
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