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Neocheating: The Rising Menace


APPENDIX C

A $1000 Reward
to Seal the Coffin on All Cheaters

This book shows how to discover and stop all cheating, including Neocheating. And hopefully this information will eventually stop that new frightening player called the Neocheater. Certainly as more and more honest players read this book, the lid will close on all cheaters. Toward that end, a $1000 cash reward awaits the first person who can discover a practical technique (acceptable for publication in a subsequent edition of this book) that will let honest players directly beat dealer-partner Neocheating, especially in high-stake casino poker, as described in Chapters 1, X, and XI. Only with that answer will the Neocheater have no out -- no long-range survival.

That information will complete this book and eventually seal the coffin on all cheaters. With that last loophole closed, anyone who reads this book can prevent any cheater or Neocheater from operating profitably.

Statistically, the alert player knowledgeable about Neocheating can actually increase his advantage in full games (7 or more players) in which unbeatable dealer-partner Neocheating is occurring. While he cannot beat the dealer-partner Neocheaters directly, by being aware of their all-knowing betting position, he can actually gain more money from the other players than he will lose to the dealer-partner Neocheaters. By assuming the dealer always knows everyone's hole cards (thus making his partner's move always correct), a knowledgeable player can use their moves to read more accurately the other players. For example, if he reads the Neocheater for the best hand or the greatest advantage but the Neocheater suddenly folds, his folding signals that another player has a well-hidden, even more powerful hand or advantage. Such information can eventually save the knowledgeable player considerable money, especially in the "big" pots, thereby increasing his overall profits.

Or, as another example, suppose the knowledgeable player is competing with the dealer-partner Neocheater for catching the best hand, but should fold if another player has already caught an even better hand. If the Neocheater bets, the knowledgeable player can read the other player as not having caught his hand. Then if the knowledgeable player catches his hand and the Neocheater folds, the odds favor the knowledgeable player holding the best hand. He can then bet more aggressively or call a bluff more confidently against opponents with better appearing hands.

In other words, the knowledgeable player, through his awareness of Neocheating, can capture some of the advantages created by dealer-partner Neocheaters. If the game has sufficient opponents to exploit such rubbed-off advantages, the knowledgeable player can gain enough advantages to actually increase his winnings because of the Neocheaters.

Still, he cannot directly beat the dealer-Neocheaters. And, in games with too few noncheating opponents, he cannot gain enough advantages over those opponents to offset his losses to the Neocheaters.



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