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Online Poker. Jerad Hobgood. History. Advantages. 24/7 Accessibility Fast Games No tipping No travel Find table in your price range Play in more than one table at a time. Disadvantages. Faster Losses Can’t see tells Easier to get distracted Addicting Lose money without knowing - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
ONLINE POKERJerad Hobgood
History
Advantages 24/7 Accessibility Fast Games No tipping No travel Find table in your price range Play in more than one table at a
time
Disadvantages Faster Losses Can’t see tells Easier to get distracted Addicting Lose money without knowing Faster Actions
Cheating Collusion Multi-Accounting Poker Bots Ghosting Viewing hole cards Account selling
Collusion Most common Two or more players at one
table sharing information Weaker hand tries to raise pot Weaker hand will fold
Catching Collusion Many sites can’t play with friends
Sites keep database records of all players who play together and what the players had in their hand.
Eventually a pattern will emerge and the cheaters will be caught.
Multi-Accounting Similar to Collusion
Same person registers twice on same gambling site.
Strictly against the rules
Gives player advantages in tournaments.
Catching Multi-Accounting Many Sites don’t allow same IP
address to register more than once
Sites keep database and using algorithms try to find patterns
Not much else sites can do
Poker Bots Computer programs that play for you or
give suggestions on next move
University of Alberta Canada made a program called Polaris
Polaris won majority of Texas Hold’em games against a professional player
Most bots used by players are not effective
Catching Bots Many Sites check background of
computer
Measure movements of mouse
Measure Reaction time
Information analyzed to determine if player is human or not
Ghosting Player has coach with them
Gives player advantage over other players
Catching Ghosting
You Can’t
Viewing Hole cards Cards somehow mark Gives the user who can see the marks
huge advantage
Catching hole cards Keep database to cross reference
Example:In 2007 poker room called Absolute Poker had employee in possession of super-user account where he could see all cards.
This man was caught because he would fold a losing hand before the flop. This was a dead giveaway.
If you are going to cheat be smart about it
Account Selling When a user sells his account to
another player (offend processional)
Big names such as Sorel, Mizzi, Chris Vaughn have all been caught cheating with this method
Kentucky Site seized 141 domain names seized Because Kentucky law bans gambling
devices Most of these sites where not owned by
people from Kentucky and few not even from this country
Eventfully overturned.
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