THE WORLD'S #1 POKER MANUAL - Card Games

Poker Book, Policies
4th year Regular --25
The data indicate that Sid doubles his losses when cheating. With his current losses in the Monday
night game totaling $20,000 per year, his cheating costs him about $10,000 per year.
3. Rejecting Cheaters (77)
Under certain conditions, cheating by others can financially hurt the good player. For example, valuable
losers might quit the game if they detected cheating. Or the game itself could be destroyed by cheating.
If necessary, therefore, the good player can eliminate the cheater or his cheating in one or more of the
ways shown in Table 22.
TABLE 22
REJECTING CHEATERS
Time of Action Form of Action Results
Indirectly, during game Make the cheater feel that he is
suspected and is being watched.
Privately, outside of game Tell the cheater that if he cheats
again, he will be publicly
exposed.
Privately, outside of game Tell suspicious players about the
cheater. Point out that he is a
loser and the best way to
penalize him is to let him play.
Privately, outside of game Form a conspiracy with other
players to collude in order to
bankrupt the cheater.
Publicly, during game Expose the cheater during the
game in front of everyone
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Cheating stops.
Cheating stops.
Cheating continues, and the
players are satisfied.
Cheater is driven from game.
Cheater quits or is expelled
from the game.