Live Poker Cheat Banned

Cheating scandal: WPT Barcelona winner disqualified day before the PPT final table - Poker News - News, Views and Gossip

cliffs
1. guy made last 10
2. after review of tapes + complaints to TD guy is banned/disQ for cheating
3. turned out he or his 'media guys' already got banned in another tournament EPT
4. his media guys apparently sweating villains cards and signalling hero

while the video/pic is not concrete proof or anything, there has been a lot of chatter around the European tour that there was something going on.

YouTube - Mano Final - World Poker Tour de Barcelona 2010 - PokerNet.es

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lol dwarfashacked

wonder how cheap i could get a life insurance policy on this guy, he's toast.

what if the cameraman's camera was sending a video feed to his phone so that he could see the actual cards

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The Guy took Theory of Poker one step too far. It's supposed to be "IF" you seen his hole cards.

This kind of stuff puts me off playing live, though at the same time I recognise that cheating is inevitable, there will always be someone who tries. I haven't played in a casino or card house, though if I do it seems fairly obvious for me to protect my cards at all times. I'd want to know who's standing around the table and where, and why. I'd complain if someone's mobile phone was on the table, or if they were constantly looking at it on their lap. In the unlikely event that I'm ever at one of those featured tables where the TV get to see the cards, I'd want to know who has access to the footage, and gaurantees that someone is responsible and accountable for the footage. I'd want to know as much as possible about the casino and it's history before I even step in there.

Thing is, why are they allowing people to hang around the table where they can see the hole cards of the players?

As for this casino in question, it's all very well them pressing charges against this German man, but I can't help feeling they would have turned a blind eye had he been French...

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Honestly, I don't understand why people actually do this. I often daydream while I'm card dead, imagining how much easier this game would be if I had some magic programme that showed me everyone's hole cards. But, if I actually had this magic programme, would I really be able to live with myself, knowing I'm stealing money off people to survive? It would take away everything that I enjoy about poker, each big pot would become a soulless criminal act, instead of a wave of euphoria followed by a loud cheer. I actually feel sorry for this German man, because he lacks integrity and honesty, qualities in a human that are far more important than wealth. He must be very unhappy, even if he is wealthy. I hope he reflects on his life while in prison, and comes out a better man. I doubt it though.

I think I'll stick to internet poker for now.

Just play online, nobody cheats there!

People try and cheat online, some people actually might succeed, but really, how can they cheat?

Either...

The poker site lacks integrity, and admins have access to hole cards etc while playing.
In this event, it seems inevitable that they will be exposed sooner or later.

Or, bots. But, bots have their pitfalls, I doubt they play optimally any more than a chess computer plays optimally (it's near optimal, but not perfect), and they are easily spotted by a poker site with integrity.

I play at pokerstars, simply because it's the largest site that stands to lose the most should it be exposed as allowing cheating. I think for the most part, at my level, there's just no point in cheating. If you're going to take the risk, you're not going to settle for like $50 a day.

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Originally Posted by OngBonga

People try and cheat online, some people actually might succeed, but really, how can they cheat?

Either...

The poker site lacks integrity, and admins have access to hole cards etc while playing.
In this event, it seems inevitable that they will be exposed sooner or later.

Or, bots. But, bots have their pitfalls, I doubt they play optimally any more than a chess computer plays optimally (it's near optimal, but not perfect), and they are easily spotted by a poker site with integrity.

I play at pokerstars, simply because it's the largest site that stands to lose the most should it be exposed as allowing cheating. I think for the most part, at my level, there's just no point in cheating. If you're going to take the risk, you're not going to settle for like $50 a day.

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hi im ongbonga?

It's scary out of the BC

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Originally Posted by OngBonga

It's scary out of the BC

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LOL nh