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Originally posted by MissEve@Jan 3 2005, 05:24 AM
Theoretically you could get a group of people who live in different states and all get on the phone and collude but you only have a limited time to make a bet or call so you would have to have a great system. Even then I think their system would catch the irregular number of wins with the same people at the table. Plus, you would want to play higher stakes to make it worth it and by the time you get to the $100/200 tables there are fewer regular players and they would definitely notice the same people playing suspiciously. Many players use pokertracker.com which allows you to track your play and the people you have played against which would be another red flag.
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So have a great system. Cheating is hard work. Two people per room, two computers, two internet connections, one person plays, one quickly keys the cards into the system. How many places are there where you can play? How difficult is it to open multiple accounts? Do you know how much of an advantage you gain from knowing your player's cards? More importantly, how do the odds change for a team of x players when they know each other's cards? Seems this info would be easier to get by looking up than calculating.
As far as the RNG, I don't really know much about encryption or random number generators but I think the odds of profiting from collusion are much higher than reverse-engineering a random number generator that is the product of a number of random factors and including, one would guess, even more factors than they mention. For all we know, they might be using currency ratios or the japanese stock market as wildcards. How about that? Wig shorted Mizuho and you drew a pair of queens. Michelle hit the hand dryer in the women's room and your cards are as unconnected as Kevin Bacon and Gauge.
Back to MIT Blackjack. Obviously their methodology doesn't translate to poker but I think the effort they spent on not looking like cheaters is instructive. Of course, they got caught in the end. Some people DO win at poker and they win big. How do you win and not look like a cheater?