Wherever you look these days there are cheating scandals with regards to online poker. The latest one with the Chinese on Poker Stars can hardly come as any surprise to anyone. I mean, I wrote countless articles on this years ago and was condemned as a doom monger but look at it now. I’m afraid when you throw bait into the sea then don’t be surprised when sharks come calling.
I have spoken to no fewer than three people recently who have said that they are seriously contemplating cheating online simply because everyone else seems to be doing it and they don’t want to be the mug who is getting fleeced. This leaves online poker in a very serious situation because at least if you got caught cheating in a live game, you then have to run the gauntlet of the other players and getting knee capped may not be out of the question.
Online and no one knows who you are and you certainly do not have to face anyone. But this on the back of Brian Townsend, Brian Hastings and now Nick Grudzien and you have to wonder where it is all leading. But human nature is human nature and greedy people and cheats inhabit this globe in the hundreds of millions so it is only natural that online poker attracts them.
Still let’s not talk about all bad news, someone asked me the other day what my poker systems entail. Well without going too much into details for obvious reasons, they have been successful for one very important reason……they can actually be seen as anti-poker. I stopped trying to play “real poker” about two years ago when I started using Poker Office (www.pokeroffice.com) and my actual game play is getting more and more removed from how I would play live every week.
My challenge to turn $100-$10k on www.888poker.com is still going along and my bankroll stands at $250. As of tomorrow I will be adjusting my play somewhat and looking to really push on this summer. I will be making some reports this week on the Vulture and Jackal as we are hoping to push on and complete the testing this month.
See you soon
Carl “The Dean” Sampson can be contacted at Carl@Pokerquest.f9.co.uk with regards his new poker systems and for coaching.
