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Let’s talk about cheating.
When you play poker in a public cardroom, are you likely to run into cheaters or angle shooters or other people trying to take unfair advantage of you? It’s a legitimate question. And it’s a question that blackjack players or craps players don’t really have to face, because any cheating activity going on at those games – short of outright theft of your money or chips – is likely to be directed against the house and not against you. The same is not true in poker, for reasons we’ve already discussed: When you play poker in a public cardroom, you’re playing against other players, and not against the house. So if they’re cheating, they’re cheating you!
First of all, let me assure you that cheating is extremely rare in low limit games, for the simple reason that this sort of crime doesn’t pay enough to be worthwhile. The amount of advantage, or edge, that a cheater can gain in a low limit game isn’t a fraction of the edge that the cheater could gain by simply playing better. That said, there are some cheaty moves that you should be on the lookout for. It’s rare, but it does happen, and it’s up to you to protect your own interest.
One form of cheating is collusion. This is where two or more players essentially gang up on an unsuspecting third player. They might do this in two ways. Passive collusion has players signaling information about …
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