Poker cheating

[lwlee]

Are there any books that deal specifically with poker cheating? Of course not to learn to cheat, but to protect myself. I was at MGM Grand in a 2/5NL game. One of the players complained out loud because the dealer had a weak deal. He was able to see the cards being dealt. If he had been dishonest, it could have been bad for the other players at the table.

Then a couple of days later at Orleans, at 2/5NL, another player complained that the ace of spade was marked.

Stuff like this has got me paranoid. Ever since then, I now look at the back of both my cards and I also check to see if I can make out anything when the dealer deals.

[fnord_too]

Scarne's Guide to Modern Poker talks about the mechanics of it and how to spot it.

The PokerMafia site talks about collusion.

[maurile]

The most thorough source is Steve Forte's four-volume "Gambling Protection" series of videotapes, but it'll cost you a fair amount. (You could skip the fourth volume on dice.)

A cheaper source would be Darwin Ortiz's Gambling Scams. (If you're more interested in learning to do the sleights rather than how to spot them, get Erdnase.)

[uuDevil]

You might be interested in this old thread.

[rollingdirty]

[JohnG]

pokermafia.com probably has something on it.

[Hold'me]

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Well one side note on this. I am 6'5" and almost everytime i play live i have to tell someone they are showing me their cards. I always lean real far back in my chair so people are constantly flashing me. Luckily i am honest.

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So that's where Erik Seidel and Phil Gordon get their edge from. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]