Re: Video News Story on Dirty Poker
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Some of the cheating methods he describes clearly take place.
But he also is saying in this TV news-story that all the sites rig their games, that there are many bots out there that can beat you, that their hacks that allow you to see all your opponents cards, etc etc.
He's mixing fact with stuff that he is completely making up.
And this news-story (and the book to a lesser degree imo) hurts online-poker. Anyone seeing that story will be significantly less likely to try online-poker...and they will be more likely to tell anyone online-poker playing friends they have that they think they're crazy because everybody knows the games are rigged, etc etc.
I think it's incredibly irresponsible of the TV stations to air this flawed publicity piece for this guy's book and call it an actual news-story.
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It seems pretty clear that the guy is an opportunistic hack. Nuff said. People are also generally retarded when it comes to gambling...so I guess you can't blame TV news. They're also trying to make a buck.
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