Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Collusion Continues in Online Poker Rooms

One of the disadvantages of online poker is that it's more difficult to read your opponents. It is among the most popular gamse in the world, and it pays to be a pro in it. So is it true that online poker is rigged? We need to remember that it is different than live poker in a cardroom. Hacking online poker sites is largely a myth, but there is another threat to the poker industry.

Though collusion is a problem in real cardrooms, it is a much more serious problem for online poker. It is the most widely known method of online poker cheating. If you see collusion in a cash game, you have a few options to defend yourself. However, reputable poker sites have cheating detection abilities that do not exist in brick and mortar casinos. Although I think that in general there is not an overtly amount of collusion in online poker games, I know it does exist. Collusion destroys the integrity of any poker game.

In a British report it was stated that thirteen million adults have played online poker in one form or another. Many more of them have colluded than who have been caught and busted by Pokerstars. Tax collectors will start requiring poker tournaments to report the winners' take.

Just remember that online poker is so easy when launching new client software. Online poker is NOT perfectly safe, but it is still fairly safe.