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Eros, cheating at online poker is as simple as three or four friends on the same table playing with whoever walks in, they are in different places using second PC's with ICQ or even chatting on a conference call. Party Poker won't allow more than one user per IP per table, but that too is a pretty easy deal to get around. It is very simple to get that type of cheat going.
That is nothing compared to more institutional cheating. When you consider the money in play, getting a "house" player into tournaments to get some of the higher payouts would be a big bottom line boost to the company. If that one player knows the hole cards of everyone at the table every hand, he can pretty much run the table at any speed he likes. He doesn't have to win every hand, only has to win a few important hands to make it to the final table and soak up second or third place money. Do that on every big dollar tournament, and suddenly the profit levels explode.
There are plenty of options on how to do it. There is a huge difference between groups of players cheating and institutional corruption. We shall see how this turns out if it goes anywhere.
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