What are the most frequently asked questions about cheating in poker?

Q 1. What is the best way to cheat in Texas Hold'em?

A 1. Purchase my book poker unchecked and I will explain how to play and cheat at Texas Holdem.

Q 2. Why is it called Texas Hold'em?

A 2. There's a lot of different stories about how it started out, but surprisingly the story doesn't begin in Texas as you would think. There seems to be a story from Life Magazine back in 1960's or so about a game called 'Hold Me Darling' that was becoming a big poker variant, which later became 'Hold Me' and then lastly Hold'em as the final name. No clue as to the inventor, but this seems to be the origins of the name over the last 45 years.

Q 3. What is the best Texas Holdem book?

A 3. Of course my book poker unchecked, and I'll be coming out with a few videos on how to play Texas Holdem in the near future.

Q 4. Where can a US poker player play for money?

A 4. It is illegal to play poker online if you are an American Citizen, however most of the biggest rigged poker sites will allow you to play for money on their site.

Q 5. What is the best real money poker site to play at?

A 5. A lot of players ask what is the best poker site to play at. This question is a bit difficult to answer, since it's like asking "What is the best car?". It really depends what you're looking for. If you're looking for the largest site, then Pokerstars is the most popular. Full Tilt Poker is known for having good tournament games and customer support. Or if you're on a Mac or Linux, then you'll want to visit Poker room, which offers a Java based client.

Oh you're looking for an honest poker site - LOL - that's a much shorter list - try ZERO online poker sites are honest - yes you heard it from Russ Georgiev first ... there are NO HONEST ONLINE POKER SITES.

Q 6. Do world class poker professionals play poker online?

A 6. Yes, many of the popular poker sites such as Pokerstars and Ultimate Bet have a number of poker celebrities or poker professionals that play there. Some professional poker players that play online are Phil Helmuth Jr, Phil Ivey, Annie Duke, Kathy Leibert, Howard Lederer, Gus Hansen and Daniel Negraneau to name a few. So yes, it's quite common for professionals to play poker online, and amazingly most of them never lose online yet they never win in the WSOP - you draw your own conclusions.

Q 7. Which sites do the WCP (world class players) play on?

A 7. Pokerstars, Full Tilt Poker and Ultimate Bet are the main choices for crooked poker professionals. These sites are the most rigged of all, which is what the top poker professionals are looking for. Ultimate Bet seems to attract some high stakes players, as they offer big totally rigged no limit games, but Ultimate Bet got a black mark in 2003 for some shady marketing involving the poker professionals on their site. I won't get into it here, but it caused some big names to leave the site.

Q 8. Is playing poker on the Internet safe?

A 8. In my opinion not safe at all. It is rigged like a three dollar bill. The entire purpose of an online poker site is to generate as much rake as possible, and in so doing they purposely tilt the electronic felt towards the amateur players in order to generate more rake, otherwise the pro's would clean up and the games would be ruined. Funnily enough by cheating the public the same sites that are trying to give the amateur players a little edge are losing their big games, so in fact Online Poker is now for small games only and is shrinking fast. I predict that online poker will be down to the poker junkies only within the next year.

Q 9. What is active and passive collusion?

A 9. Collusion is when players team up with each other to cheat other players. Active collusion means that players will actively work with each other to juice the pot when one of them has a winning hand. This type of collusion can range from a novice level to a highly refined level that is hard to detect. You can spot amateurish collusion when two players get into a raising war with each other and either drive all the other players out or string a caller along, then one of them suddenly folds at the end of action. Or, one of them might even go to showdown with absolutely nothing and show it to the table. As stupid and obvious at this seems, it does happen.

In the event that you honestly feel like you are playing with colluders, your best option is to purchase a box of cleanex to wipe the tears off your face. Yes there is crying in online poker, and you will do a lot of it if you play online and play well (have a winning percentage above 98%).

Passive collusion is when players work together only by sharing information that may give them an advantage over the other players. This is usually simply sharing their hands with either other, through instant messenging or cryptic messages. Online, this type of cheating is almost impossible to spot because there are no tell tale signs of passive collusion.

Lucky for you most people are too stupid to cheat effectively and even if you told them all the cards at the table they wouldn't even know how to extract as much as they should time and time again.

The fact is cheating in poker is an art, and few if any know how to paint in this world. I am a master sculptor and renowned artist in this regards so you follow my advice and you too will win a few bucks along the way.