Poker Site Refuses to Act on Cheating - Page 2

William · #11 05-24-2007, 09:46 AM

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Don't flame me, but if they're announcing their cards to everyone, and each player is at his own choice whether to believe them or not, are they not just playing the standard psychological game of poker? I don't know about you, but I play at plenty of 'friend' games and there's always someone who announces that they have a pair of aces at least every other hand. It's stupid and annoying, but surely not against the rules. No?

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The average IQ of this site sinks with every new poster. How sad. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

cardman · #12 05-24-2007, 10:01 AM

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Don't flame me, but if they're announcing their cards to everyone, and each player is at his own choice whether to believe them or not, are they not just playing the standard psychological game of poker? I don't know about you, but I play at plenty of 'friend' games and there's always someone who announces that they have a pair of aces at least every other hand. It's stupid and annoying, but surely not against the rules. No?

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You must be joking. You can't be serious about this.

Sharingan21 · #13 05-24-2007, 10:44 AM

Doesn't make too much sense. Doesn't sound like very effective cheating if they're also telling everyone else at the table what they have as well. If this story is true, whatever they're doing is still bull and has to be punished if they're working together at all.

masseyis · #14 05-24-2007, 11:21 AM

I did say don't flame me - I'm only new. Oh well. But this runs very parallel to a thread on RGP about being able to accidentally on purpose show cards to other players in tournaments. Like I said, it's dumb and annoying in this case. And it would definitely ruin a game. The thing is: if they were telling the truth every time, surely you could beat them? So doesn't it even out?

I would be surprised if the site did anything about it, because they don't want to go losing customers. So they're probably reluctant to ban people. And as they'll see it, these guys are just dumb and annoying, not actually cheating. (Just as devil's advocate)

Elvis57 · #15 05-24-2007, 11:46 AM

OMG it is totally against the rules discussing ones cards while the hand is in play. There chat would be band at other sites. They can still play but not have chat.

masseyis · #16 05-24-2007, 11:58 AM

Ok. My bad. I'm only coming from friendly home games, where chatting about what you have is kind of part of the game.

I'll shut up now.

Hopey · #17 05-24-2007, 03:30 PM

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I'm only coming from friendly home games

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Imagine for a moment that you and nine of your friends are invited to a "friendly home games". You decide to play a tournament where the top 2 get paid. After a couple of hours, it is down to you, Friend A, and Friend B.

Friend A says to Friend B: "Let's screw over masseyis so that he doesn't finish in the money". Friend B agrees.

From that point onwards, they refuse to go heads up with each other, and show each other their hole cards every time you fold. For all intents and purposes, they are now playing 2 on 1.

Eventually you're first to act and you go all in with JJ. You have both Friend A and Friend B covered by a small amount. Friend A is next to act and looks at Friend B and says "I have pockets 7's, what do you have?" Friend B replies "I have pocket aces, fold so that you don't get knocked out this hand". Friend A folds, and you get severely crippled when your hand doesn't improve.

Had Friend A stayed in the hand, he would have been knocked out, you would have won the side-pot and you would have finished in the money. Instead, you eventually get blinded out and have to go all-in with rags. Friend A and Friend B both call you and verbally agree to check it down. You lose to Friend B's 72o when he makes a pair of 2's on the river. Friend A and Friend B then chop the pot and laugh at you.

Still seem fair to you?

EvanJC · #18 05-24-2007, 03:36 PM

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OMG it is totally against the rules discussing ones cards while the hand is in play. There chat would be band at other sites. They can still play but not have chat.

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this is totally off topic, but i was donking around at the casino the other night playing low limit, limit poker and the board was something like 89qj or and I said "ZOMG 10 makes a straight" just messing around, and some guy got all offended and said isomething to the effect of its illegal to comment about a hand, at all, during the hand. yeah? i just thought you couldn't talk about yours or specific players' hands.

William · #19 05-24-2007, 03:39 PM

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Ok. My bad. I'm only coming from friendly home games, where chatting about what you have is kind of part of the game.

I'll shut up now.

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Your best post so far !! Keep up the good work !!

kemystery · #20 05-24-2007, 05:57 PM

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Don't flame me, but if they're announcing their cards to everyone, and each player is at his own choice whether to believe them or not, are they not just playing the standard psychological game of poker? I don't know about you, but I play at plenty of 'friend' games and there's always someone who announces that they have a pair of aces at least every other hand. It's stupid and annoying, but surely not against the rules. No?

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you have a roll of film as your avatar, gtfo