Collusion at the Poker Table- 2005-03-02

COLLUSION

Currently the only way to cheat at online poker is by colluding. Collusion for those who are not familiar with the term is a secret agreement between two or more parties for a fraudulent, illegal or deceitful purpose. Any one looking to cheat at a game of online poker could naturally team up with other players and via instant messenger or telephone share information about which cards they have in the hole. Once the players know each others hands they can adjust their betting strategies accordingly and give one of the best hand a better chance of winning the pot.

Inevitably a programmer with enough time on his hands would write a poker program based on the principle of collusion, hence the introduction of Poker Robot Collusion Edition.

HOW THE SOFTWARE WORKS

Poker Robot CE allows a player to use just one computer to automatically and simultaneously play up to nine seats at a ten seat poker table. The software permits players to enter details of third party proxy servers which the software uses to relay connections to the chosen Poker site. As far as the Poker site is concerned each connection is coming from a different IP address and therefore a different computer. The software’s algorithm is based on complex statistical calculations. Having a statistical algorithm on your side and knowing all nine hands provides the player with an overwhelming advantage. If the player would rather participate in the action, he can override any of the robots by simply clicking on the mouse. The only catch is that a player will need to create multiple player accounts at the chosen Poker room for each robot he wants to use.

THE POKER ROOM

Online poker rooms are aware of these types of software and have their own anti-collusion software to prevent players from colluding against or using special software to do so.

HOW POKER ROOMS DETECT COLLUSION

As well as being able to retrieve the history for every hand of online poker ever played, online poker rooms have sophisticated software tools that enable them to identify

-The frequency of two players playing in the same game;
-Unusually high win rates;
-Suspicious playing patterns

Poker rooms spend millions on security to make sure that Robots like Poker Robot Collusion edition can be detected. If a player is suspected of collusion Poker rooms will ban him for life as it’s their job to protect their player base from fraudulent activity.

I’d be curious to know how many of the major poker rooms are able to detect collusion software. My advice is simple, if you want to win at poker, just practice.

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The Guru

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