AP scandal on freakenomics blog

[elfleader]

im sure alot of you have read freakenomics, the writers have a popular blog on the new york post website and they talked about the Ap see card scandal ..and aparently one of the authors, levitt seems to be an avid poker player

http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.co...-not-to-cheat/

sorry if this has been posted

[fraac]

It's not that it hasn't been posted so much as it hasn't not been not posted.

Hubristic piffle like this is why I unsubscribed from Levitt's blog:

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(Note that I say nearly undetectable, because while that poker site probably never would have detected them, I am working with a different online poker site to develop a set of tools for catching cheaters. Even if these guys were careful, we would catch them.)

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[SGspecial]

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It's not that it hasn't been posted so much as it hasn't not been not posted.

Hubristic piffle like this is why I unsubscribed from Levitt's blog:

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(Note that I say nearly undetectable, because while that poker site probably never would have detected them, I am working with a different online poker site to develop a set of tools for catching cheaters. Even if these guys were careful, we would catch them.)

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How is this piffle? Don't you think someone with some smarts and an actual interest in catching cheaters rather than just collecting rake could increase security at online sites by a tremendous amount? This doesn't sound like any piffle I've ever seen.

[shawny boy]

I'm going to use the word "piffle" three times today. Wish me luck guys.

[luckyjimm]

From the comments:

32.September 20th,
2007
2:13 pm I’m a pro poker player, and trust me, all online sites are cheats, as are some of the players. Anyone who thinks different is a donkey.

— Posted by MikeMatosow

[Yeti]

v) It's pretty fun to think about how you would play against these guys now. i.e. if you were playing someone who could see your hole cards and played like these thiefs, and you knew this, but they didn't know you knew this, what is optimal strategy? Could you actually be +EV?? Probably not, but it's fun to think about some of the scenarios that could come up.



deanrover is a very funny man

[PocketElevens]

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talked about the Ap see card scandal ..

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Whats this about an Absolute Poker card scandal???

I DID use the search function and nothing came up for you use search nits....

[fluffpop62]

if you are using the link, why in the world didn't you look at it and realize how to spell Freakonomics?

[glimmertwin]

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From the comments:

32.September 20th,
2007
2:13 pm I’m a pro poker player, and trust me, all online sites are cheats, as are some of the players. Anyone who thinks different is a donkey.

— Posted by MikeMatosow

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That must be the Mike Matusow who doesn't know how to spell his own name.

Or the Matusow who can actually spell, rather than just thumping keys randomly.

[MJBuddy]

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From the comments:

32.September 20th,
2007
2:13 pm I’m a pro poker player, and trust me, all online sites are cheats, as are some of the players. Anyone who thinks different is a donkey.

— Posted by MikeMatosow

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That must be the Mike Matusow who doesn't know how to spell his own name.

Or the Matusow who can actually spell, rather than just thumping keys randomly.

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If he misspelled his own name, would you REALLY be surprised?

Honestly?