Steve Forte arrested in possible poker scam

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If the glove don't fit, you must acquit.

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I will admit though tapping into hole card cameras would be sicko

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Whatever was going on at the Borgata, it certainly couldn't have involved hole card cameras, because the entire $5000 event (including the final table which I watched from the bleachers)was held on the regular tourny (and cash) tables, none of which are equipped with cameras. Also, LOL, at a $5000 buy-in event being "the largest poker event in the town's history"

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We are also discussing Steve's situation in the books forum. I can only imagine two possibilities so far,

1) A dealer who wore a pinhole camera up his or her sleeve was part of the scheme. There were recently arrests of a team who did this at table games. This is possible, but actually seems unlikely because its probably not worth the trouble.

2) The release said the scheme took place "off the casino floor" and was done to defraud "players, not the house". Its very possible the plan was to trap an online player by placing a trojan on his computer then play him heads up. The best time to nab a mark is by befriending him in his hotel room where his laptop is located. This seems to be the most plausible explanation so far.

[fleece_me]

They were cheating people playing other games in their hotel rooms. Why is everyone talking about taping into hole card cams. They hustle a guy to play gin in the hotel room and used the peep.

[glimmertwin]

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It would be best to cool off and not jump to conclusions.

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No it wouldn't. The name and purpose of this forum is news, views and gossip.

All unfounded speculation is encouraged.

If you want historical accuracy, go edit Wikipedia.

[cardshark]

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If you want historical accuracy, go edit Wikipedia.

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Oh, I was not aware of the fact that Wikipedia offers historical accuracy. I'll have to make a note for future reference.

[MEJG2]

Does Borgata have wireless inet? Maybe they were picking up the wirless activity and hacking into Players Computers. There is always a lot of inet players playing in their rooms when they get knocked, etc.

As for breaking into safes... They don't need that much stuff. I checked into a hotel in LV where the safe was left locked. Security came to my room with some device slighlty larger than an ipod and opened it within a few seconds. So no need for a room full of stuff to open a safe.

[pocketpared]

A hooker can run through all the combos on a 4 digit pushbutton safe in 5-6 hours while you're passed out drunk on the bed.

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Could be van eck phreaking Get a room next to a high stakes hu player, play him and profit.