Re: Dealing with obvious colusion at the table?
The floor is part of the problem in a lot of cardrooms. The floor people at certain places, will just filter you into the games with four people playing together, then they might get a cut from the other theifs.
As for "checking the tape" this is a joke. If you think there is collusion at the 2-5 table and ask to have the tape looked over you will be laughed at. Maybee they might do it for the higher games, but I have asked to check the tape twice, and each time I was told they couldn't. It's to the point where the people cheating know you can't do anything but move to another table. They feel pretty secure stealing your money..
The reason so many people will try to cheat is the lack fear they have of being caught. Because the floor are friends with these guys, they see them everyday, they interact with them. Soon, you as the tourist become the enemy, and there new found friends they look after. In turn the floor gets a cut, or a good tip. IF there is no way to catch the cheats, or the floor, your screwed. good luck checking the tape, at best you will be told no. You might even get laughed at.
I only play certain games in AC now. although I have become pretty good at sniffing out cheats, the more you know, the less you want to play. it's sad, almost as sad, as the life of a poker cheat.
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