Poker: Poker cheats: Strangers

Online Poker Strategy. Poker cheats: Strangers

It has been said that the best defense against poker cheating is to never play with strangers. The flaws in this logic however are:

1. Should the friend of a friend be considered a stranger and not allowed at the table?
2. What is to say that an acquaintance/buddy is not a poker cheat?
3. What about the honest poker player who doesn't cheat and just wants in on a game?

It is at the discretion of the House as to whether or not strangers are invited to games. To deny entry to strangers still allows friends of friends at the table, still allows acquaintances/buddies to cheat, and denies honest players from entering in on a game. Therefore, awareness of the fundamentals of poker cheating is still important. Excluding strangers, however, provides many honest players with a greater sense of ease.

Read more on Poker Bluffing:

Semi-bluffing
When NOT to Bluff
Using Odds when Bluffing
How to Determine if Someone Else is Bluffing

Read more on Poker Cheats:

Poker Cheats
Prepared Deck
Pot Interaction
Misrepresentation of a Hand
Marked Cards
Angling
Collusion
Dealing From a Shoe
Ending/Leaving the Game
Marked Card Protocol
Splitting Up Anglers
Swapping Decks
Alcohol
Verification
Strangers
Shifting the Cut
Palming
False Shuffling
Extra Cards
The Bottom Deal
The Second Deal
The Peek
The Mechanic's Grip