You would be right. I used to run poker games myself. Basically home games that people find out about through meetup etc. While I never condoned cheating and

You would be right. I used to run poker games myself. Basically home games that people find out about through meetup etc. While I never condoned cheating and only made money on rake, I had dealers who would offer to cheat. They basically used anything from simple slight of hand tactics to brazenly just stealing chips. The alcohol is always free at the games and bad dealers will pass around drugs to any willing victims. Some will organize with a group of 5-6 people. They basically come in and collude with a lot of cash to rob the other 4-5 sitting at the table. Once I realized how pervasive cheaters were I stopped playing and hosting games. I was trusted by the cheats and could have worked with them. I didn't think it was worth losing morals over nor the risk. Soon the higher end games started getting straight up robbed at gunpoint.