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Poker Book, Why Professionals Cheat
an unbeatable advantage to the dealer-player collusion cheaters.
[ 41 ] Not every house dealer cheats. In fact, most casino dealers never cheat and are probably unaware
of any professional collusion cheating occurring around them. When a collusion dealer is temporarily
relieved by a non cheating dealer, the collusion partner will sometimes leave, but will often continue
playing while waiting for the collusion dealer to return. Agreements with and payments to collusion
dealers are usually made off shift, away from the casino. Payments are by a flat rate, by a percentage of
winnings, or by a combination of both.
[ 42 ] The alert player detects and verifies illogical cheating patterns by evaluating the actions of
cheaters relative to his own playing and betting actions. But without actually playing in the game, an
outside observer, even an alertly suspicious and knowledgeable observer, cannot easily see or verify the
illogical patterns of a competent cheater . . . at least not in a short period of time. (That is one reason
why casino management is seldom aware of professional cheating in poker; few people can detect
competent poker cheating without actually playing against the cheaters in order to notice and evaluate
illogical cheating patterns.)
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