Are your Hole Cards Really a Secret?

Since the AbsolutePoker online cheating scandal, online cheating has become a hot topic in the Internet poker realm. The hub of the drama was not necessarily a dishonest poker player. It was more so, for lack of better description, a “computer geek” who set out to prove that the system could be beat. Maybe “hacker” might be a better word. He basically wanted to prove to senior management it could be done after they

renounced the possibility that an opponent’s hole cards could be revealed.

As a member of the Kahnawake Mohawk Canadian tribe, who considers “fair play” a top priority, AbsolutePoker acknowledged the breach and declared that all money would be refunded (which amounted to about half a million dollars taken from one party, plus even more money from other injured parties). What’s even more annoying is the online poker predator didn’t even attempt to cash out any of the fraudulent winnings.