There are many ways in which even the most honourable person can cheat, and online poker is one of them. Many poker players resort to deviously cheating their opponents at the table. Various ways of cheating have been devised over the years, giving online poker cheats an unfair advantage over their unsuspecting opponents.
Some poker cheats may try to ‘hard much’ or make a quick switch of the cards in their hand with another set of cards that they have hidden in secret. This is possible at live poker tables. This act requires a certain amount of skill that can only be perfected over time. It is not a simple task and needs to be performed by a cheater who is skilled with hard mucking. This player may also be skillful enough to be able to deal a second card; or a bottom card and so on. This is to allow the player to search for the card/s that he needs and place them where he wants in order to gain the advantage.
Sometimes there may be a pair of cheating partners. This is called a double duke, where cheaters pair up to increase their chances of winning. They will then help each other cheat the rest of the players at the table. The main cheater in the poker game would try to stack 2 hands as the other cheater would get a strong hand. The main cheater would possess an even stronger hand as compared to his partner.
There are numerous other ways to skillfully cheat at poker. Some cheaters make a false shuffle by using sleight of hand and collusion. This skill would involve trying to convince other poker players that the certain shuffle that has been done is legitimate and try to entice other players to play because of the fairly good hands.
Other cheaters, on the other hand, make use of marked cards which have been printed and altered in order to help the cheater win the game. The cards will be marked in such a way that the cheater will be able to figure out the value of the cards just by looking at the back of the cards. There are numerous ways for a card to be marked. The more commonly used method would be to make a circular design on the cards that can be read like one was reading the time. Another common method is putting a card in the sun to make a shade or by getting the surface scratched with a razor in order to mark a deck of cards which have already been printed.
Both online poker cheaters and live poker cheaters are pretty skilled at their attempts to cheat the game. Most cheaters have been doing this for a long time. Be alert when playing both online poker and live poker to avoid being cheated.
Author bio
This article was written for Piggs Peak Poker and offers tips on how to spot a online poker cheater.