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Most casual Texas holdem players don’t worry about cheating
and don’t recognize it when they see it.

This page isn’t designed to help you figure out how to cheat.
We don’t support cheating and think that every time a player
cheats it hurts the entire poker industry, not just the players
at the table where it’s happening.

The idea behind this page is so you can learn all of the ways
that cheating is possible while playing Texas holdem in an
internet poker room or in a land based casino or room. If you
know how people can cheat you can start watching for it. This
helps you protect yourself over the long course of your poker
career.

Some of these techniques cross over with others, but each is
covered by itself so you can get a complete coverage of the
topic. If you read the page straight through you may find some
similar information in a couple different sections, but it needs
to be this way so if you just skip to the section you’re
interested in it won’t force you to read something else for a
complete understanding.

Dealing with Cheating

We’ll start off by trying to answer two questions relating to
dealing with cheating at the poker table:

What do you do if you suspect someone is cheating?
What do you do if you’re 100% sure someone is cheating?

When You Suspect Cheating

Most of the time if you suspect someone of cheating you
should keep your mouth shut. You can stop playing in the game
where you suspect cheating, but making an accusation or comment
without proof is a bad idea.

Players who aren’t cheating can react in an extreme way if
they’re accused of cheating and even if you accuse someone who
is cheating, they can react in an extreme and violent way as
well.

When You’re Sure of Cheating

The first thing to do is determine if you can still make a
profit at the game even though a player or players are cheating.
If you can’t you need to stop playing in the game. Even if you
can still be profitable you have to decide if your moral values
allow you to continue playing in a game where some players are
being cheated.

We don’t get into the business of telling people what their
moral values should be, so only you can decide what’s best. Even
if you decide you can’t continue playing you need to decide if
you want to do anything about the cheating or simply stop
participating in the game.

Even if you’re 100% sure that cheating is taking
place and you have proof, it doesn’t mean you should do anything.
It can be dangerous to cross some of the types of people who
cheat at poker. You might be better off avoiding the situation.

If you’re playing in a poker room you can speak to the floor
person away from the table and tell them what you know. Then let
them handle the situation without further involvement from you.

If you’re playing in a home game or private game you should
probably keep your mouth shut and leave the game. You don’t know
how deep cheating may run and the person who runs the game may
be part of the scam. You can warn other people you know not to
play in the game, but for your safety you shouldn’t say or do
anything until you’re away from the game.

When you’re playing online and expect cheating you should
contact the support department with the table and game number
and the identity of the player or players you think are
involved. Online poker rooms have ways to track players and see
how they play in certain situations and if they always play with
the same other players.

Please Note

Some forms of cheating are almost impossible to
prove 100%. If a player shorts the pot a chip, is it intentional
or an honest mistake? What if a player states their hand value
incorrectly? Is it intentional or a mistake?

Marking Cards

One of the oldest and simplest forms of cheating is marking
cards. In a Texas holdem game if you could mark the cards in
some way so that you knew which cards were aces it gives you an
extreme advantage over time.

One way players mark cards is by using a fingernail or other
hard item to make a small dent on the cards they want to track
in some way. These marks are usually toward the corners. So if
you wanted to do this you’d make an indentation on the corners
of each ace you see.

Dealers are usually trained to recognize these marks and take
the deck or cards out of play. If this happens often the dealer
is supposed to let security or the floor know so they can start
watching the table to try to catch the person marking the cards.

In a private game or home game you need to watch for this.
Concentrate on the aces as you see them. If someone is marking
cards the aces are the only ones that offer a high enough return
on investment to risk getting caught.

Another way players may try to mark cards is with a small
needle or other sharp pointed item. They make a small hole
toward the corner of the aces.

Players have also tried to use types of invisible ink and
other mixtures in combination with special glasses or contacts
that let them see marks that the other players can’t see. Most
casino and poker room surveillance is set up so they can see
cards marked in this way. But in a home or private game it can
be impossible to detect.

Why are aces the only cards worth tracking in this way?

Aces are the most important cards in a Texas holdem game for
a couple reasons. Of course they’re the top valued card so they
occasionally win a pot because of this, but they can also be
used to make a winning kicker and if you have a pair of kings or
queens and know for a fact your opponent doesn’t hold an ace
it’s valuable. This is especially true if you have pocket kings
and the flop has an ace.

Can you think of other situations where knowing which cards
are aces and which ones aren’t could be valuable?

Not only is this information valuable in Texas holdem, it’s
equally as important in any type of poker game and blackjack.
When you’re playing blackjack you’re playing against the house,
so they have a vested interest in catching you if you try
marking the cards.

In some places you can and will go to jail if you try marking
cards.

Marked Cards

Marked cards are different than marking cards. The only
places you need to be concerned with the possibility of marked
cards are in home or private games. Marked cards have small
marks on the back of the cards that show the identity of the
card to players who know how to read them.

Instead of just the aces being tracked, most marked card
decks have every card marked. And getting your hands on decks of
these is easy. Most magic shops sell marked cards and you can
buy them on Ebay and Amazon.

It’s fairly easy to recognize marked cards if you know how to
look for them.

Put the deck of cards in the palm of your hand with the short
end of the cards up on edge against your palm. This leaves the
other short end sticking up. While watching the backs of the
cards use the thumb on your other hand to run across the cards
from the front of the deck to the back so you see the backs of
each of the cards quickly go by. It helps to put the first
finger of the same hand with the thumb you’re using against the

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