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Methods of cheating are mostly self-evident, which of course is how most dim-bulb cheaters blunder onto these tactics in the first place. One thing winning poker players need to do is be ever vigilant in spotting and helping to stamp out cheaters. Fortunately this is one place where the interests of honest winning players directly coincide with those of the casino. Cheaters try to steal money, and while that is of concern to individual players, corporate/casino interests become fanatical when their money is being stolen from them.
When discussing cheating, the first thing to do is make a distinction between effective cheating, minor cheating and ineffective cheating. While the vast majority of cheaters accomplish little or fail (or even lose when trying to cheat), effective cheaters are the real enemy. Not coincidentally, ineffective and minor cheating are easier to detect.
Online poker cheating differs in several key ways from casino poker cheating. There are four principal areas of concern:
Minor cheating - with friends telling each other hole cards on the phone or IM, but who do not share a bankroll or play together.
Idiot cheating - now less common than in the past when more cardrooms did not fold hands when players timed out
Inept collusion - where stupid partners collude together in ways so obvious that they are discovered quickly.
Expert collusion - where competent people collude in an effective way, including "self-collusion" where one person plays in the same game on two different accounts.
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