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Some discussion of Ivey hack ...

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.



If 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".


Suppose 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-...




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