WinHoldem cheaters foiled

[sammy_g]

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I was surprised that Party can take screen shots however. I do not know enough of computers and internet, but if they are able to take screen shots and are able to write on your harddrive they could also be able to read your harddrive.

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Any program installed on your computer can do these things.

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I have all my passwords stored in a text file which probably isn't such a great idea anyway.

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Yeah, this is a bad idea for a lot of reasons. Consider using a tool like Password Safe.

[theghost]

Love to see more and more of this!

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That's what you get for cheating, scumbag.

[Greg J]

I can't help it. I am responding to that guy. I'm boored! [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

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I think I have been rejected since I put something like all you cheater suck on my signature. Dumb on my part. I am glad he lost his money -- more for the rest of us!

[Rick H]

I followed the link thru to the Party "agreement" that I never really read, but agreed to anyway. So, I read it:

<font color="red"> </font> 6. Artificial Intelligence.
We are committed to detecting and preventing software programs which are designed to enable artificial intelligence (non-human) to play on our site. Such programs are often designed to send information about cards or players to an external program. Information sent to an outside program is not permitted. The company will take measures to prevent and detect the use of such programs using methods including but not limited to screen scraping or reading the list of currently running programs on a player’s computer.


<font color="black"> </font> Since Pokertracker is an "outside" program and utilizes info from PokerParty (hand histories) and gives users an advantage over non-users, any concern over Pokertracker showing up on the verboten list? [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

[Soleo]

I think it was already discussed. PokerTracker has no real time information - only hand history which is not part of PartyPoker after it's written/sent out.

[Phil Van Sexton]

Why are all these cheaters getting warnings? They were caught running a bot, their bankroll should have been confiscated immediately. Apparently this did happen to some, but it appears most got warnings.

This screenshot idea was a great move by Party, but why warn them and let them go to the WinHoldem forums to warn others and devise workarounds?

Caught with WinHoldem = Bye Bye Bankroll. Am I missing something?

[bwana devil]

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from: Zabulus

I don't like the fact they are taking screenshots of private information...


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Wahh!

the above quote is from the WH link. I love that Zabulus is so indignant and feels violated when PP is not doing this to collect personal info but to try and prevent him from cheating. What a wanker.

[cov47]

Information isn't being sent to PT, though. Party is storing hand histories on your drive. PT is just helping you interpret them.

[teddyFBI]

But what no one here has mentioned so far is that the scariest part of WH is the cheat-card-sharing function; basically, if 2 players sit down at the same table both using WinHoldEm, the program will SHARE THE TWO PLAYERS' CARDS WITH EACH OTHER and play each hand accordingly.

[Rick H]

Tks. I wasn't too concerned, as Poker Tracker has banners from Empire and Party on their site, but still, the thought crossed my mind.