Interesting...wearthefoxhat wrote: ↑Sat May 19, 2018 4:35 pmA fairly famous online poker player bought into someone else's account at a final table, knowing the identity of 2 of the other players and colluding between hands. First prize was in the 100,000's so worth the effort, got caught, somehow...it was the tip of the iceberg.BetScalper wrote: ↑Fri May 18, 2018 1:15 pmFrom personal experience, I am not suggesting the casinos do anything dodgy but Bot/Player collusion in on-line poker is seeing new heights. There are teams of players with unconnected IP addresses running software to block the casinos spyware to catch them communicating via third party apps at the tables. I remember watching a CH4 documentary on it.Derek27 wrote: ↑Fri May 18, 2018 1:05 pm
I can't see how a casino could get away with that as the numbers and transactions are independently audited. If the casino was winning significantly more than the laws of probability suggests it would set alarm bells ringing and it's a guaranteed success for the casino anyway so there's no point in taking any risk.
I remember playing in an on-line tournament and managed to get to the final table from 7,200 players. 4 of the 9 players left were upto something for sure as the time they took to take action was near the same and their betting patterns looked like it was the same player/Bot playing.
Not complaining because I didn't win but the final 2 in the headsup were from the original suspect 4.
Also an ex world champion was a super user of a site and knew all the hole cards of the big cash game players. Won millions, until it was proven by some of the other players that the amount of hands he won was mathematically impossible. = to winning the lottery 4 times in a row.
Anyone on line with guarded access to the software can manipulate it. A small % swing would make all the difference.
One thing I find strange with on-line poker tournaments is the poker rooms initiate their own players/bots to make the minimum number of players up.
No doubt these are Bots, playing a mathematical perfect game. Doesn't mean they will win obviously but if you have 100 bots playing in a 500 player tournament then it gives the poker room a big edge.