May

12

How To Spot A Dangerous Poker Player

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Let’s examine what we think a dangerous player is to us. Players that we respect, fear, admire, and would like to imitate, all at the same time. Most of us have heard the old saying, “If you don’t know who the fish is in the game after the first fifteen minutes, then it’s you.” Let us take this one step further, and look at it a bit differently. “If you don’t know who the most dangerous player in your game is within the first fifteen minutes, then you don’t belong in that game.” This of course does not apply if you happen to be the most dangerous player in the game. Let us assume that you are not the most dangerous player in the game, and want to know who is. What traits would look for to find out? It is just as important to know the player that you should fear in a game, as it is to know which players you can intimidate, or out-play.

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May

12

How To Detect A Poker Cheat

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As in most games, there exists a possibility of the players cheating. While playing online, you do not have to worry about someone making a false shuffle or peaking at your cards. What you have to worry about are players who play as a team, uses more than one computer, abuse the “all-in protection” or are using robots.

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