Home poker cheating - how common is it?

[luckyluckyjoe]

The only cheating I have personally seen at a home game was a card mechanic. We suspected that he we cheating a few games before we caught him because he was very good at it. It was a very friendly game and players did not insist on a cut by a player other than the dealer. His main mistake was winning on his deal far more than was statistically possible. He was winning over 80 percent of his deals. We had to watch him very closely to see he was dealing himself from the bottom.