RFID implicated in live-streamed poker cheating scandal
@semiotix wrote: IDGAF about this guy, professional poker in general, or this or that game-enabling technology. I’m 100% open to an inductive proof of cheating here—or rather, my openness to it...
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@jandrese wrote: The problem with having the RFID reader in the cards is that it’s not typically directional. Figuring out who has what cards would be very difficult for a reader positioned more or...
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@Lee_Burch wrote: I believe the answer can be found in another historical precedent, the MIT blackjack team. Loose consistently when the stakes are low, but keep the stakes low. Win when the stakes...
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@jandrese wrote: He was way, way, outside of what pro players have achieved in the past. A person on Reddit whipped up this chart to show just how he compares to regular pros, and to potripper,...
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@semiotix wrote: RickMycroft: eta: Why the hell do they allow phones at the table? Broadly speaking, it’s because anyone with the money can enter most poker tournaments (including the biggest), and...
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@semiotix wrote: Cool. Like I said, I can totally believe cheating accusations can be made statistically overwhelming, and maybe they already have been. Can you link to the reddit thread? Purely for...
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@jandrese wrote: reddit r/poker - Mike Postle cheating explained 288 votes and 119 comments so far on Reddit I think this is the most current summary of what the internet detectives have been up to...
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@spetrovits wrote: I’d say RFID is way too short-range to provide Postle the kind of information everyone think’s he’s getting. But intercepting a video feed that shows everyone’s cards, and getting...
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@Humbabella wrote: semiotix: Broadly speaking, that’s true of how people played right before every major revolution in gameplay in any game or sport, ever. And in poker, it’s especially dangerous to...
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@Uniq wrote: That seems pretty likely, you’re right. And this is why he’s wasting his amazing talents at a relatively low limit local game instead of cleaning up on the international stage… it’s the...
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@Uniq wrote: The venue should have run a little experiment where they ran a new parallel correct feed for livestream purposes and messed with his legacy feed on occasion to see how it would change his...
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@Lanthade wrote: I’d he is reading the cards directly his reader doesn’t have to be much different than the one that the house uses. Now if the house is using multiple short range readers in the table...
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@Lee_Burch wrote: Damn - If you are going to murder someone try to avoid standing over the body with a smoking gun in your hand. What you have there is essentially a statistical certainly - you would...
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@VeronicaConnor wrote: The real takeaway here is how many tech companies have no idea about security. Building a hardware/software stack that would securely encrypt the data from the RFIDs is a...
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@RickMycroft wrote: According to that, it’s a vulnerability in the software that Stones Gambling Hall uses, that lets an outsider access their card data. No need to bring your own RFID reader when you...
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@jandrese wrote: That’s another thing. This guy isn’t a major poker player. He only plays in this one venue and only these particular streamed games. Read full topic
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@Bunbain wrote: RickMycroft: Vibrator butt-plug? This would be doubly effective as players would just chalk your wins up to presenting a highly peculiar poker face. Read full topic
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@kpkpkp wrote: beschizza: $1 says he’s using an RFID reader in his keys (close enough to read cards) connected by bluetooth to an iphone running a relevant reader app. I’ll take your bet! I am much...
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@beschizza wrote: semiotix: they figure that phones can’t be used for proper cheating. Whether this is hubris or not is a matter of perspective, I guess. If poker pros assumed phones couldn’t be used...
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@beschizza wrote: I wonder what it would have taken to conduct a sting to catch him (and any cronies) in the act? It seems likely from all the sleuthing that the weakness is the equipment that’s...
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@semiotix wrote: beschizza: If poker pros assumed phones couldn’t be used to cheat well, maybe they’ll change their minds now! Probably not a bad idea! [EDIT: somehow responded to the wrong post,...
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@kpkpkp wrote: beschizza: I wonder what it would have taken to conduct a sting to catch him (and any cronies) in the act? I would request the producer of the cards to make a couple decks where the...
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@beschizza wrote: That’s really clever. Gets the cheating player without having to worry about spotters or compromised hardware being in on the sting. Read full topic
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@deltaecho wrote: No one, not even a mediocre non-pro player, ever needs to consult a “poker app” to compute pot odds. It’s just not that difficult a calculation. If someone were using their phone to...
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