Collusion
Collusion is by far the easiest, and therefore most dangerous, manner to cheat. It is virtually impossible to catch players in collusion, and even more difficult to prove it.
Exploiting Opponents' Weaknesses
A great deal is made of a skill called 'game selection' - being able to select the right game for your level of ability, for your style of play and for the quality of opponents in that game.
Short-handed Play
We've all seen it a hundred times. That annoying player who, whenever the game gets short-handed, turns into what appears to be a maniac. He's betting, he's raising, he's re-raising - and completely dominating the game. To the beginner, or to those inexperienced in short-handed play, he appears to have no idea of how to play.
False Shuffling
False shuffling allows the dealer to give the impression of mixing up the cards randomly when the cheat is actually manipulating the deck to place certain cards in certain places.
Knowing the Signs
Sleight of hand experts can perform tricks that you know before you without you noticing. Also, if you do not spot any of the 'popular' maneuvers, you may feel that they were not used when you were, in fact, cheated.
Marked Cards
Depending on how professional a cheat is, cards can be marked as outright obvious, noticeable up close, or not noticeable at all.
Poker Etiquette
Matters of poker etiquette are not rules, per se, but manners. Yet, they relate to the orderly maintenance of the game and civility among those who participate in the game.
Shifting the Cut
Shifting the cut is the sleight of hand solution around the protection of cutting the deck. Honest players developed the tendency towards cutting the deck as a way to foil second dealing, bottom dealing, and peeking.
Sleight of Hand
Much cheating occurs through the perfection of sleight of hand in manipulating cards in the deck. This is facilitated by a special manner of holding the deck to perform these cheating maneuvers. One such way of holding the deck is called the Mechanic's Grip.
Poker and the Law
Several state laws of Alaska, Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, and the Canadian Criminal Code.
|
