Protect Your Home Game From A Poker Cheat

If you like to host a home poker game, or perhaps you go to one, there is one thing you should always be on the lookout for, the poker cheat.

Unlike a casino where you have a dealer who looks out for you (you do tip the dealer whether you win or lose, correct?) at a home game all you have is yourself and your friends. You have probably played with your friends many time so you can trust them, but what about that guy your friend invited? Is he on the up and up?

One way to protect yourself is to buy a book or DVD on Poker Cheats or Card Cheats. learn the methods the cheats use.

Marked cards is one of the most popular ways. If you are playing at someone else’s home, make sure to riffle the deck while looking at the back of the cards. If you see dots, or parts of the background jump around while doing a riffle, you have a marked deck.

Sometimes the markings are invisible and can only be seen with the aid of sunglasses or contact lenses. Look for strangers in the game that wear sunglasses. Comment on how nice they are and ask if you can try them on. While trying them, look at the back of the cards to see if you can spot anything.

Another popular way to cheat is to switch decks. Most games use the red and blue bicycle cards. A poker cheat could easily set up a deck in his favor and then switch it when it is his time to shuffle. The poker cheat then does a “false shuffle” to look like he is shuffling but the cards stay in order. Now he deals out the set up deck with big hands and scores a big pot for himself. Just this one pot could make his night and then he never has to cheat again that night, watch for such a hand.

If you see something like this occur, you could always ask the player to empty their pockets to see if they are carrying a deck of the same color.

Sometimes they may have an excuse for carrying the deck. To thwart that, and if you are the host of the game, you could mark your Ace of Spades on the face. Take a photo of the marking with your cell phone. If a deck is found in the players pocket, check the Ace of Spades for the mark so you can prove the deck was switched. So the other players believe you, show them the photo of the mark and then see if the Ace in the deck has mark. This should get the others to believe you and back you when the poker cheat is thrown out.

Hopefully the tips above will help you avoid a poker cheat in your game. Please click the links below and share the knowledge with your friends, and don’t forget to leave a comment also.