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Some discussion of Ivey hack ... http://linemakers.sportingnews.com/sport/2014-05-13/phil-ivey-borgata-lawsuit-baccarat-controversy-edge-sorting-norman-chad ht
by RockyMcNuts 12y ago
Some discussion of Ivey hack ...
http://linemakers.sportingnews.com/sport/2014-05-13/phil-ivey-borgata-lawsuit-baccarat-controversy-edge-sorting-norman-chad http://linemakers.sportingnews.com/sport/2014-05-13/phil-ive...
It's kind of a gray area.
True, as a professional gambler, he wants to find every legitimate edge.
But if you go to them repeatedly with a sophisticated attack and take them for $22m, you have to know they're going to sue you. That's part of what they consider their legitimate edge.
If I was at a poker table and there was someone who could read the backs of the cards I would probably think they were cheating me.
- thret 12y agoIf it is your poker table, in your home, with your cards, then it is your responsibility to ensure that they are fair. There is a rule in poker: "it is the player's responsibility to protect his hand".
- RockyMcNuts 12y agoSuppose I'm taking steps to hide my cards, but you take overt acts to see them, like a mirror or something? At some point a sequence of actions to defeat the protections becomes an act of fraud. Just because a lock on my door is not unpickable doesn't give everyone a license to steal everything I own. It's a gray area...once you're asking a specifically chosen dealer to do things and conceal them from the pit boss...come back and repeat it for $20m...at some point it crosses the line from taking advantage of a mistake to orchestrating a scheme to deceive and defraud. http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-10-08/judge-says-poker-champ-robbed-the-casino http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-10-08/judge-says-...