Skilled poker cheats

Skilled poker cheats

One of the riskiest but best paid cheats is called the cold deck.  It is called cold because of the fact that the cheat did not warm up the play first (which means its randomised).

Such decks are usually pre-prepared and will either be taken out before or after the shuffle.  The skill involved is to convince the other players that you have shuffled and dealt a legitimate hand and also making sure that you hand good hands (but not TOO good) to all the other players in order to make sure that they will want to play.

Marked cards are altered or printed in a way that will allow the cheat to know what their values are by looking at their backs.  There are as many types of marking as there are types of poker but there are some broad categories that these fall into.  One way is using marking that is based on a clock design, for example an ace will be marked at one o clock and a 2 will be marked at two o clock and so on.  Cheats may also put cards in the sun to bleach them or mark their surface with a razor.

In poker lingo, juice or daub is used to mark cards in a very subtle and undetectable way when done by an expert.  Trained cheaters will then be able to read cards from right across the table.  Also look out for cards that have been marked with fingernails or those that was bent or ëcrimpedí.