Results tagged “poker” from The Daily Nugget

An employee at Absolutepoker.com was caught cheating. He was using security flaws in the system to see his opponents' hole cards in high stakes no-limit texas hold'em online games. This allowed him to amass $700,000 in winnings. They are blaming everything on this "rogue" employee, but who knows what was really going on or how many were involved. Surely, if this can happen with Absolute Poker, it can happen at other online poker sites.

I have always questioned the fairness of the online games and now play live games exclusively. I think the temptation to cheat at the online tables is too great for both employees and patrons alike. I mean, what is to stop a team of two or three people at a table of 8-10 players from sharing their hole cards in someone's living room to improve their game against the rest of the table. This type of teaming happens all of the time, but it's online poker's little secret.

The only way to make sure you are not being cheated is to play live games at a reputable casino, period. You can see all of the communication that players are having with each other, all of the cards at the table, the dealer, the chips, everything. It's the best way to play until human evolution makes telepathy possible and the game of poker obsolete.

My friend Michael Dobrich has won $9,257 thus far by cashing in two separate WSOP events this year. He is now contemplating whether to apply his winnings towards a seat at the $10,000 buy-in Main Event to be held July 6th through July 17th. All I know is that if he does play the Main Event and gets "in the money" I am flying to Vegas to cheer him on. Good luck Mike!

Ben Affleck beat out a field of 90 poker players to capture the Commerce Casino's California State Poker Championship, a World Poker Tour event which finished this Sunday. At the final table, Affleck beat professional Stan Goldstein to win the event and a seat at the WPT Championship event at the Bellagio. I really don't like Ben--since I still think he's Matt Damon's bitch--but you gotta give him props for this one. Big ups.