As a magician and magic consultant for tv/ film for 30 years, i can say you are 100% spot on. None of this is new though and has been standard card cheating technique for over a hundred years. The pickup stack is dangerous in poker and pairs perfectly with the push through shuffle. Stack it on the offbeat as cards are cleared. Then fake the shuffle and then deal your winning hand.
Yeah. Poker players don’t know any of this stuff. And they should in terms of protecting themselves. But as for the legends dealer…. I was shocked the guy jammed that slug in right out in the open. And then didn’t even do a false box or the old up the ladder to show a stripping action. He just said …. “nobody’s watching… I’m just gonna go skip a few steps!” Lol.
@@HoustonCurtisKardsharp played a bit of friendly poker game when it was kind of beginning to grow on TV and yes even in non fraudulous games there is some bad beats and weird stuff.With that said i did some 100$ entry tournaments with 7-9 other guys and in of of those i am 120% convinced he dealer was a cheat.Slick with the cards,relax and i could just ask myself why would a talented professional dealer almost manipulating cards like a magician would be working in almost hidden poker room making 50$ for his evening of dealing. That one hand where only 1 card was beating my already strong hand,J of spades,has he cut for the river he paused a fraction of second and our eyes locks and i knew i was done,and i knew that he knew i was done and he turns the J of spades on the river.Finished 5th that night,on the bubble again no money for me. I won 1 week 600$ lost like 4 times and after that J of spades event that bubble me again i never went back. That indian guy was a cheat but he was very friendly not looking suspicious.
Awesome. 100 percent SPOT ON! I'm not super proud to admit this , however I first found my love of poker passing what would've been torturous long days in county jail and turned them short ( as short as a 14 hour day waiting for court could be anyways 😢😂) and in there you had guys who had their ENTIRE LIVES to perfect their craft and BELIEVE ME, they got far better than this kid and probably better than your above avg cardsharp could ever get too! This guy was terrible and your channel is awesome 👍 👍 to you for exposing him and them and 👎 to Vivaldi for putting his name out there to go to bat for at the least someone who has no biz dealing based on horrible mechanics and at worst for being a terrible cheat! ( He totally violates the old adage of " if you can't be good be good at it, " HE AINT GOOD AT EITHER!!! 🙏 TY!
One guy commented, “it’s an embarrassment to the “honest” hard working card cheats out there. Lol 😂 I must admit, that had me rolling. But yeah…. Kid was dreadful!
lol. I only use such skills for good not evil! :). And there’s probably no card room in the country who would let me deal. Lol. They’ll consult with me about how to protect a game… but my dealing days are long behind me. ;-)
I would not play in any private game in LA if you are starting out, most private games, have the use of a mechanic. That’s why mostly the same people always win. Ask Garrett why he avoids them :)
Thanks so much for this video. I play poker at a local poker house in Austin and when I heard the story of a card mechanic in a Houston it made me sick to my stomach because if this is going on in Houston, I am sure it must be going on in other card rooms. This really bad for the game of poker. Thanks again KardSharp as the mechanics are scared of people like you exposing them on the internet. And tonight when I play 1/2, I am going to make sure the dealers follow the exact steps you just showed on proper way to shuffle. If they refuse to follow protocol, I will also break protocol and stop tipping dealers who refuse to shuffle a deck properly. I am going to send your video to all the poker players in the card room tonight so everyone is aware of how serious of a problem this could be. Also going to speak to manager of card room to make sure his dealers all watch this video. You have a new subscriber!!
thank you @director2bob. Yes... keep your dealers accountable! Most dealers are on the square... and when playing low stakes, most mechanics hustling at that level will not be able to even come close to beating the normal dealing procedure. only a master level cheat can beat it...and I don't see any "Million Dollar Mechanics" looking to take down lower stakes games. But several chumps will try and guys with only one or two moves.
This is the kind of bad name poker got back in the 1800s and it took over a century to bring the game back but this will definitely put a black eye on poker again On the flip side pool is coming back 😅
Thank you very much Houston! That was by far the most valuable and important video I saw on the topic of cheating and mechanic dealers in live poker. Appreciate this, and please show us more, especially stuff about how they handle the cut card 🙏
I understand the feeling my friend! Remember, most dealers are good honest people who love the game of poker. …,But it only takes one bad apple in a dealer rotation to destroy your chances of winning. Stay sharp!
im a dealer i would never try to cheat i have too much respect for you players and the money you guys put on the table. i wish there was a gaming commission in texas that could punish the guy in this video. the worst they can do is fire him.
Happens more than you think , players pulling back bets , the table can get so busy , and so many things are happening plus , you have to make a decision on your hand , and you have to keep up with who made bets or checked on which cards ,I can see cheating easily happening for sure . Hell yea , can’t wait for your video to drop .
Thanks Houston, been a poker player for many years, have seen a lot of mechanic style dealing,.. but adding this to my knowledge is very welcome! keep them coming!
Thanks for this video, Houston! I can’t believe people are still missing this. I understand you might not be paying as close of attention when playing. However after videos such as this, it should be obvious. Makes me feel better (as a dealer), I get to see an “honest” game being played.
I have a question Houston. What do you think would happen if the guy who shot this video would have gotten up and taken it straight to the floor manager? Would the dealer have been fired on the spot?
If the floorman or card room executive understands what a push thru shuffle is, the dealer should be fired on the spot. And even if he didn’t understand what he was seeing, he should know the dealer didn’t follow standard procedure and put him under review.
I’m a dealer and I was taught to put the cut card out front but we always ALWAYS do a clear one handed cut to the cut card. Granted I have no idea how to stack a deck of cards and therefore force a one handed cut
*Thank You for doing this in 2024 dude... ESPECIALLY with our new and mysterious moneymakeresque mini poker boom complete with Full Tilt poker scumbags who should have been perma banned like hamilton & others, slithering their way slowly but surely back onto the poker scene*
I’ve always wondered about the card shuffling machines that could stack the deck. I’m aware that they cut the deck after getting them from the shuffling machine but could the cards with the RFID chips in them,be detected by a reader that could tell which seat is going to win the hand? I’ve seen some live streaming poker games that has me wondering how people can make these atrocious calls and win 40-100k in one hand. They do this several times over a few months. I’m loosing trust in the game. Thanks for your information about this.
It doesn’t need an rfid. Only a signal from a cheat who is part of the cheating team. For instance, if a shuffle master is compromised….It knows the order of the deck already…and therefore assuming it gets hacked, the following would occur. The first player on the team sends the hacker the value and suit of his first card, the hacker puts that into the software which automatically recalculates the order of the cards after the cut. Then sends the hacker the list of hands which he signals to the team who is at the table.nit it takes more than simply hacking the machine. The machine must be tampered with, which requires a lot of criminal behavior. The odds of this happening are slim. It does happen. But is very rare. If you suspect a machine has been compromised simply instruct your dealer to give the deck one table riffle shuffle after it comes out of the shuffle machine. This will thwart off any compromised knowledge from the suspected cheats.
The only other possible explanation is that,since the control room that is running the graphics for the livestream on tv,has direct communication with the dealer who is wearing a headset,the dealer is signaling to the player the appropriate actions. Once the players cards are placed in the RFID reader and the control room knows everyone’s cards,the dealer could be told what is the winning hand on the flop,turn and the river. I’m suspicious about it bc they rarely throw away a winning hand preflop and they often raise with seemingly middling hands and end up winning with both. Thanks for your previous response.
What does the placement of the cut card in front of the deck have to do with ANYTHING here? I am both a magician as well as an ex poker dealer and I do not remember placement of the cut card being specified anywhere in the standard shuffling procedure.
Many card rooms don’t enforce it, but they always do after consulting with me. Imagine (for instance) you are doing a push thru shuffle. On the last riffle you could easily make the cut coming out of the push through straight to the cut card (only if the card is already sitting out front.. .because you can’t clear your hands from the deck to grab the cut card as it would reveal the false shuffle protruding through. By having it sitting to the dealers left, it forces us to take hands off the deck and make a one handed cut. Just one of the many subtle things that allow games to get cheated when they go unchecked. If you watched the video you should understand what I’m talking about. Thanks for your question! Btw… if you deal in a card room that uses electronic shufflers, then having the cut card off to the side isn’t really necessary. But even then it’s a bad habit that should be avoided.
Thank you for making this video. I had friends that went to Vegas years ago and they could of swore there were 2 players at a table with the dealer cheating people
Anyone that loses swears they were cheated. Same people that say the NFL is scripted and the refs cheat. Interesting note: if the game is scripted, why would the refs need to cheat?
I don't think many shufflers are being used in Texas. Typically they are only leased to licensed casinos. You can buy them used, but they're expensive, so I wouldn't expect many Texas card rooms have them. at least not at every table.
Thanks for the video. I play on the east coast, and i don't ever felt any nonsense was going on, but this is great knowledge to have. I also read your book, it was a fun read
Thanks my friend. Most card rooms operate with integrity. It’s just always good to be armed with information. Sometimes when things seem “off” it’s not just a “bad beat”.
Really interesting. Even to untrained eyes this is some obviously sketchy dealing. Just the way he cuts while still holding the other end of the deck is so nonstandard. The other guy you exposed was a lot slicker. Do you think there's any risk of shuffle machines being used for cheating? The newer ones advertise the capability of sorting the deck meaning they could theoretically sort it in any order. The cut would be the only barrier to get through.
The safest way to deal with shuffling machines is to still give the cards one riffle shuffle out of the shuffler, then go to the cut. Otherwise, the cut alone is easily overcome. That cheating tech already exists. But it can’t beat one riffle then a cut.
Hacking shuffle machines to cheat requires physical access to the device, but is possible. It is unlikely anyone would have the necessary access and have the proper risk/reward to hack one at a casino poker room. I would be VERY suspicious of a shuffler at a private game.
Elite Poker Lounge, specifically the Logo you used, to represent Elite Social Club in Houston Are 2 different entities/clubs. I would’ve thought with as much investigation was done to expose the mechanics of dealers cheating, there would’ve been some due diligence on making sure you used the right Logo & Name of the Club that was cheating players.
You don’t mention the ‘Wash’ that should take place at the end of each hand before the first riffle- would that not stop the dealer selecting cards to make a slug?
@@HoustonCurtisKardsharp surely they CAN. But a casino risks losing their license if it's ever found out. That'd be extremely short-sighted considering a casino is just a money printing machine.
If a dealer is riffling the cards high and staring at the deck while doing so, there’s a strong possibility he or she is cold stacking or riffle stacking the deck.
@@HoustonCurtisKardsharp Have you ever seen at a Casino where big punters who play roulette or blackjack they always change the dealer who has many years experience who always clean out who ever it is.They known what they are doing & know how to stack the cards & roulette they can put that ball anywhere on that wheel within 3 numbers. They always use different spins,it fascinating watching & you will be amassed where the table is full the number with nothing on it always comes in.Even those shuffle machines are fixed as the cards have a metal strip in them where the chip in side the shuffle machine will be stacked for punters to lose.
I went on a blackjack heater years ago betting 5k a hand. I ran it up to 95k and then there was a dealer change. I was very superstitious about it and annoyed. But I was also young and stupid and really wanted to book an even 100k win for the night. So …. I placed one more bet. Lost. Then another and another. Next thing I know, I’ve lost the 100k and was stuck another 100k. The night ended with my casino host taking me into the watch shop at the mirage after hours and he just said…. “Pick one”. A new watch as my cancelation prize for dumping a 100k like a moron. lol.
I only play really small live games where everyone shuffles on the dealer button. I have had sessions where I had seen so many people getting dealt pockets aces it was just ridiculous. I still go there cause my winrate is insane. Those people really dont know how to play poker. So I know they cheat, but at least I still win.
Hi Chip. Good question. The wash can be manipulated. But even if the mechanic isn’t skilled enough to do it, the was only happens at the top of a set up or occasionally upon a players request. Outside of that, the board is ripe for pick up culls and discard culls allowing the mechanic to stack and control. But proper sealing and deck handling procedures can deter these methods greatly.
respect the grind, good content. but u gotta work on some basic production stuff. the audio levels r all over the place. your intro animation music is loud/normal vollume but then ur actual speaking volume is like 3 times quieter. stuff like that is as simple as giving the video a quick listen through wherever theres a new recording/audio source, and then turning up or down the gain to match the preceding clip. stuff like that goes a long way to keeping viewer retention and in turn the growth of ur channel
Oh don’t I know it! Thanks for the feedback. I actually produce television for a living in addition to poker. The result of “being in a hurry”. I wish RUclips had options like Vimeo where you could re-upload an entire replacement video without losing your analytics. Anyway… thanks for the comment. I’ll take the extra time to do the mix moving forward.
I agree. What irks me is when an ad comes on during a video and the ad volume is super hot compared to the video. I know RUclips does have a compression used to try and normalize, but I don't think out works the same on all devices. I'm curious... do you watch the videos on RUclips (like mine) on your smart TV or on a device? How are you listening to the audio?
@@PokerChazzz-lr9ig didnt play much poker but one thing i do remember is that when you are dealing you were supposed to put the cut card in front of the person sitting to your right and he would do the cut.Anytime there was someone omitting a step every other would go nuts and i couldnt really understand why as i am no cheater in any sense in anything.
Damn!! Thanks! For the most part the places I play the decks come out of the shuffler then the dealer cuts. I hope the gaming commission will fine/shuts down this place.
That’s part of the problem Judah…Texas has no gaming commission and the poker rooms there were all opened via a grey area “loophole”. I have a part 3 big report coming soon.
That’s a very reasonable request. The answer is: anything “can” be cheated. But it’s very very difficult to cheat when all steps of proper procedure are being followed. And many forms of card manipulation get ruled out. I will make a video demonstrating why the procedure is so strong.
Watching this makes me disgusted by the audacity of people who want to become "dealers", to then do shady stuff like this, IN A FKING CASINO/CARDROOM.... Doing that shit will result in you being BARRED FOR LIFE AS A DEALER. NO IFS ANDS OR BUTS.
@@HoustonCurtisKardsharp Tnx very much, enjoying watching your videos I learn about sleight of hand (how to protect my self ) and evan enyoing practicing , what I see at your channel.
How did the hand play out ? This is what happens when illegal and unregulated. I’m sure in Vegas it would be different story. No poker isn’t legal in Tx just because you take an hourly time rake over tabke rake. Several places straight up will still jail you for running a poker game.
Thanks for this video! I’ll be watching it again. Yup, I’ve seen enough desperate Villains trying to gain an edge with BS moves at the Table that Dealers or others miss. You have to prorect your vested interest and say something immediately on the spot. Don’t let them get away with it! Don’t be a sucker!
Any game where the results are measured by money increases the odds of foul play. Most well know card rooms in the country will be running square games. But when something seems “off” arming yourself with knowledge can help you immensely.
Once playing BJ dealer did not burn cards in the beginning of the deal after shuffle. Informed and he was confused and shuffled again. I felt bit embarrassed after other people gave me the look..
great breakdown of the the technique being used .. clear as day havent been to that room in around a yr and a half. there is action but the dealers are playing a lot also it definately felt "lop-sided" and that theres a group of players "on the inside" who knows how long this has been going on there..
One fanny story :although I like to practice sleight of hand and learn things that cheaters use, I don't like to play card games. About 3 years after I started learning sleights, still no one knew that I practice and learn, my wife and a few of my friends loved to play holdem and at one point my wife asked me to replace her for a few hands. And of course I had to try, after a few hands there was a pair of jacks in my lap (it's easy to replace them when no one minds that you put the cards and hands under the table, but no one expects me to cheat). In the end, I paid for the tip and the drinks and told myself that I would never play for money again, not even these kind of friendly games. It is not ok to cheat at games,and for me it is not ok to someone with this kind of exp. to gamble against noobs.
@@dvdarkman I don’t disagree. Yet it happens all the time. Which is why players should arm themselves with some basic knowledge to prevent themselves from getting cheated! Thanks for watching.
Man you deserve big props I’m working on catching them as well.. Poker House in Burlenson Tx has a female dealer who cheated right in my face and swapped burn card with River card to give a female two pair against my QQ.. I called all in pre flop and she called with 8,5 Like what???.. crazy… in the end I called her out and she denied it .. Management look at camera seen it and denied it.. and I lost out on 1st place money and points
I hope not, but his argument sure makes it look that way. I’ve given him a chance to publicly apologize like he promised he would if I proved this guy was cheating. So far, no response.
I don't have any footage but I'm from Long Beach, Ca. and played all of the Gardena clubs in the 70's and 80's. Also the Bicycle and Commerce in the 80's and 90's before moving to Texas. I played The Gardens when I was there a few years ago. The way they mix up the cards in those clubs is to spread all of the cards face down on the table and spread them all over and then pull them back into a pile before shuffling and cutting. You didn't show mixing the cards on the table before shuffling.
Great job thank you from an honest poker player! I appreciate shedding light on this situation, protect the game I love , thanks again, fuck off cheaters!
When i was a kid i practiced a shuffle like that. I stack the deck for pranks. The idea is not to shuffle a major proportion of the deck. Just like they were doing at the casino shown here.
The way I look at it is, if your shuffle doesn't look like everyone else's, you're just drawing attention. Even if your Shuffle is authentic, why would you want to draw undue attention?
It’s actually good to cut the deck off center. Usually a third from the top or bottom is best to avoid shuffle tracking. But always mixing it up randomly is probably string. If a guy can shuffle track after that, he deserves to gain the edge. lol
At Foxwoods the BBJ got up over 600k… 2 kids that came in the same car and who were never seen before or after hit it on the flop royal vs straight flush. No one even questioned it.
Playing at Harrahs/Horshoe in IA, I’ve seen some of the most delinquent handling of the cards by dealers. Decks not parallel with the table at all times; flashing cards as they exit the deck; sloppy cuts that expose cards. I’ve reported several times bad dealer performance. Players are worse. No policing the dealer or flashing their cards. I warn players beside me once that I can see their cards. After that, too bad. Some may think this is cheating, but it’s been ingrained in me to watch the cards everywhere. ( Blame my Dad. Sitting at 1st base BJ once with a sloppy dealer- in the days they physically looked at the hole card- He was doing well until the pit boss whispered in the dealers ear. Never saw another card. )
If you warn a player about flashing, and he does not heed your advice…, that player plays at his own risk. No different than a weak blackjack dealer who exposes his hole card allowing player to peek at it. As for the dirty dealing, please send me some video. Would be happy to analyze it!
Respectfully, I think you are misinterpreting my stance completely. I “personally” would warn someone every time he or she exposed his or her hole cards. Thats me. But I’m talking about “the masses”. We can’t expect, nor should we expect everyone to approach the game this way. Conversely how can you penalize someone who is fairly playing a game with no intention of cheating but inadvertently sees someone’s hole cards while making a decision about a hand? Example: If I raise pre-flop with two queens and the guy to my left, who I have warned about exposing his hole cards looks down at two aces, but exposes his hole cards in a way that clearly puts them in my line of vision, is it anymore wrong for me to lay my hand down after his re-raise than it would be if he exposed two jacks? Suppose the latter happened and I then moved all in and said out loud to the table, “I warned you about exposing your hole cards”. Should I forgo my hand because he didn’t heed my warning? I think you are mistaking the difference between someone purposely rubbernecking and trying to see someone’s hole cards vs someone who has been warned. For that matter, imagine it happening for the first time where someone exposes his hole cards in the middle of a hand with you. Do you stop the action and bring a floor person over? I suppose that is your right, but don’t you think that is an unrealistic expectation which is unfair to place on the person who is simply there to play the game? Now, if a player is drunk and playing with their cards face up on the table and no one is trying to put a stop to it.., (which I’ve seen happen at a super high stakes game in Bobby’s room at the Bellagio) then yes, I would agree with you… at that point the floor should be called to make a ruling. In the game I saw, the player was clearly inebriated, playing with cards face up against some of the most respected pros in the world and no one called the floor. No one asked him to turn his cards face down. They were going to let him go dead broke. I didn’t think it was right and I pulled the guy out of the game, more than once as he was a friend. But ultimately it’s not our job to help improve the way the guy next to us plays poker. And it’s naive to think such a responsibility should ever be put on the players in a game that is being scored by money. Sure… don’t allow rubbernecking in a game. The house can certainly create a set of rules for that. But no poker room is ever going to implement a rule where, if you’ve warned a player about exposing hole cards who keeps doing it, that you now have to close your eyes to avoid seeing them because he didn’t heed your warning. No rule will ever be enforced that punishes someone for NOT speaking up when someone is exposing his hole cards. Is it the moral thing to do? Sure. No one is disputing that. Is it realistic? Of course it isn’t. How could you even enforce such a standard? Your comment comes off as a display of self righteousness. The best advice is to know this… if I expose my hole cards, someone is gonna use that against me. So I need to learn to stop exposing my hole cards. It’s on me! And I can’t punish others for not continuing to warn me to play properly.
It is very strange that they allow dealers to even shuffle cards. There is a bunch of people who beat blackjack by watching dealers shuffle and knowing where Aces are. Could do the same thing in poker and it would be worse because there is only one deck to watch
True, but shuffle tracking for blackjack is much different in application of the Information than it would be for poker. If the dealer follows all standard procedures, the shuffle should be fair. Casinos prefer shufflers moreso because of the speed and how many extra hands it provides for the rake per hour. But yes, a weak dealer who exposes cards and shuffles sloppy, is an open target for tracking advantage play.
Shuffler companies usually lease to licensed casinos or else get purchased used and are very expensive. Plus, an unlicensed shuffler sitting in a card room where cheating is already occurring is in danger of being compromised.
Unfortunately that information was never supplied. But keep in mind, it wouldn't necessarily prove the recipient of the pot was cheating. The dealer could have been controlling the cards for a red, black flop bet amongst other players, or could have been dealing the winner to the biggest tipper at the table, etc. The hardline proof is that the dealer is cheating beyond a shadow of a doubt. Unless we catch the dealer chopping up money with a player in the parking lot, the collusion would be difficult to prove.
@@HoustonCurtisKardsharp Thanks for the video by the way. Yea I understand it wouldn't necessarily prove the player was in on it. But it'd be nice to know more context like who it was along with whether the same players had been winning consistently at that room, especially with that dealer. I know we can never underestimate people's greed and stupidity, but cheating for a side bet or better tips seems like a long shot, risk/reward doesn't make sense.
@@bccsivxx-xxivvii it all depends on the stakes. I've known cheats who ONLY cheat on prop bets. One in particular used a peek and a second deal to push the odds in the favor of his partner, they were betting a hundred bucks per flop. The cheating method gave the cheats a huge edge but didn't guarantee them to win every flop. Still, imagine how much money that can add up to over the course of a single session. About a year ago a casino (who I can't name) hired me to investigate a jackpot win. The dealer went straight from the Box (skipping the final riffle) to the cut card and dealt a jackpot bad beat hand to a notoriously big tipper. I don't know how the casino handled my findings in terms of the recipient of the jackpot, but I do know they fired the dealer.
I'm a veteran card sharp myself and trust me all this is comically plain as day to men like me😅😂😅😂 12 years in the Ohio prison system 10 years of which I was a sharp daily 6-9 hours playing poker daily. It's totally obvious it's hilarious 😅😂😅 Thank you for your expertise and for exposing clowns that dare do these sloppy ass moves on camera, complete amateurs possible magicians😅😂😅😂
This just became my favorite comment yet! Thanks for sharing. I never thought I would see anything this sloppy getting through either! The suckers are sleeping, the hustlers are thieving! Just trying to arm the players with some knowledge. Most don’t even understand what they are looking at, even though they know it feels off. And yes…. Pretty sure the legends dealer watched a 13 year old magicians tutorial on RUclips for the push thru shuffle. Lol😂. Glad you are out my friend, I wish you the best!
You'll just love the casino games 'Caribbean Stud' and 'Pai Gow Poker'. Whenever you go $25 in PGP, you get dealt three pairs or a straight and a pair or some other nonsense. But try going table max and suddenly you get King high, Queen high, etc.
The dealer the other day, the hand finished so quick he hand shuffled. the cut card was in front the deck the whole time, hmmmmmm lol. I love I noticed these things now.
Both hands should come completely off the deck after the final riffle shuffle. Then you cut with one hand. If you use two hands it’s easy to do a false cut. And if one hand remains on the deck the whole time it’s easy to cut from a held break to restore a stacked deck. I’ll demonstrate in part 3
@@HoustonCurtisKardsharp the thing i was doing when i used to have to cut,and it annoyed a lot of the guys,would be cut almost the whole deck or just a few cards and they would stare at me maybe thinking i was cheating hahaha
Many poker rooms do. It’s an expensive license and unrealistic for large tournaments though. Casinos prefer them because they spit out more hands per hour allowing more money to be made on the take. But the expense is sometimes cost prohibitive and the shuffler companies only license their machines to regulated casinos. Texas is unregulated.
So what about the elephant in the room? Does Texas not have any state regulation over these games? Have these videos gone nowhere official? If Texas has no regulation and you play in these games, in my opinion, you are a sucker. There must be rake taken, but what are the players paying for if there is no assurance that the game is totally legit?
There are always “winning players”. Whoever is partnering with the dealers in Texas, probably aren’t that sophisticated seeing as how the dealers are horrible cheats. But a good group of cheaters (pro’s) are hard to spot. One might be a huge loser in the game, another might be the most charismatic and generous, outwardly “fair” and “likable” player at the table. While another might appear to be hot or miss, gets super lucky one night and u lucky the next. But my guess is, whoever is partnering in Texas…. Are just trying to trip as hard and fast as they can with no long term strategy. “Sloppy”. Like the dealer.
I played that prime in Houston and I really felt like I was being cheated there as well. Texas is not safe. It’s unregulated poker might as well just play online.
I’ve never played in Houston, but my research tells me that Prime, along with Texas Card House and Champions are the “safest” places to play in Houston.
I’ve gambled the past 30 years of my life, I studied magic as a teen into my early 20s so I know what to look for. I’ve played at many shady places throughout the years. I just want to say that is some of the worst card mechanic skills I’ve ever seen. I’m surprised he still has his life let alone his thumbs.
Yeah…. One comment really cracked me up… a guy said … a push thru like that is giving us honest cheats a bad name. Lol. I don’t know what’s worse, his push thru or his blatant grabbing of a giant slug off the bottom and ramming it under another slug on the top. Dude had some brass balls, I’ll give him that.
A great tip…. Always watch the dealer when shuffling. Just like we watch players as they check their hole cards, you should burn this into your habits at a poker table. :)
As a magician and magic consultant for tv/ film for 30 years, i can say you are 100% spot on. None of this is new though and has been standard card cheating technique for over a hundred years. The pickup stack is dangerous in poker and pairs perfectly with the push through shuffle. Stack it on the offbeat as cards are cleared. Then fake the shuffle and then deal your winning hand.
Yeah. Poker players don’t know any of this stuff. And they should in terms of protecting themselves. But as for the legends dealer…. I was shocked the guy jammed that slug in right out in the open. And then didn’t even do a false box or the old up the ladder to show a stripping action. He just said …. “nobody’s watching… I’m just gonna go skip a few steps!” Lol.
@@HoustonCurtisKardsharp played a bit of friendly poker game when it was kind of beginning to grow on TV and yes even in non fraudulous games there is some bad beats and weird stuff.With that said i did some 100$ entry tournaments with 7-9 other guys and in of of those i am 120% convinced he dealer was a cheat.Slick with the cards,relax and i could just ask myself why would a talented professional dealer almost manipulating cards like a magician would be working in almost hidden poker room making 50$ for his evening of dealing. That one hand where only 1 card was beating my already strong hand,J of spades,has he cut for the river he paused a fraction of second and our eyes locks and i knew i was done,and i knew that he knew i was done and he turns the J of spades on the river.Finished 5th that night,on the bubble again no money for me. I won 1 week 600$ lost like 4 times and after that J of spades event that bubble me again i never went back.
That indian guy was a cheat but he was very friendly not looking suspicious.
Your channel is going to blow up if you keep making content this good. These are clear explanations and incredibly informative.
Thanks @afwaller. I enjoy it because it combines my love of production and poker. Appreciate the kind words! More to come!
Agreed!
Agree 100%
Awesome. 100 percent SPOT ON! I'm not super proud to admit this , however I first found my love of poker passing what would've been torturous long days in county jail and turned them short ( as short as a 14 hour day waiting for court could be anyways 😢😂) and in there you had guys who had their ENTIRE LIVES to perfect their craft and BELIEVE ME, they got far better than this kid and probably better than your above avg cardsharp could ever get too! This guy was terrible and your channel is awesome 👍 👍 to you for exposing him and them and 👎 to Vivaldi for putting his name out there to go to bat for at the least someone who has no biz dealing based on horrible mechanics and at worst for being a terrible cheat! ( He totally violates the old adage of " if you can't be good be good at it, " HE AINT GOOD AT EITHER!!! 🙏 TY!
@stephentimko766 thanks for your great comment!
As a mechanic myself, who was been doing for over 20 years, I can verify this video is 100% correct! The kid who is shuffling is very new to cards!
One guy commented, “it’s an embarrassment to the “honest” hard working card cheats out there. Lol 😂 I must admit, that had me rolling. But yeah…. Kid was dreadful!
Where do you deal so I can make sure to not get worked? lol
lol. I only use such skills for good not evil! :). And there’s probably no card room in the country who would let me deal. Lol. They’ll consult with me about how to protect a game… but my dealing days are long behind me. ;-)
I would not play in any private game in LA if you are starting out, most private games, have the use of a mechanic. That’s why mostly the same people always win. Ask Garrett why he avoids them :)
Thanks so much for this video. I play poker at a local poker house in Austin and when I heard the story of a card mechanic in a Houston it made me sick to my stomach because if this is going on in Houston, I am sure it must be going on in other card rooms. This really bad for the game of poker. Thanks again KardSharp as the mechanics are scared of people like you exposing them on the internet. And tonight when I play 1/2, I am going to make sure the dealers follow the exact steps you just showed on proper way to shuffle. If they refuse to follow protocol, I will also break protocol and stop tipping dealers who refuse to shuffle a deck properly. I am going to send your video to all the poker players in the card room tonight so everyone is aware of how serious of a problem this could be. Also going to speak to manager of card room to make sure his dealers all watch this video. You have a new subscriber!!
Refusing to tip dealers who don't follow procedure is a GREAT way to increase your game security!
thank you @director2bob. Yes... keep your dealers accountable! Most dealers are on the square... and when playing low stakes, most mechanics hustling at that level will not be able to even come close to beating the normal dealing procedure. only a master level cheat can beat it...and I don't see any "Million Dollar Mechanics" looking to take down lower stakes games. But several chumps will try and guys with only one or two moves.
This is the kind of bad name poker got back in the 1800s and it took over a century to bring the game back but this will definitely put a black eye on poker again On the flip side pool is coming back 😅
Was wondering if this is happening in Austin as well to dealers colluding with regs somehow
Thank you for this comment! I hope you can tell by how many thumbs up your comment got how much we appreciate you…. The honest dealer!
Thank you very much Houston! That was by far the most valuable and important video I saw on the topic of cheating and mechanic dealers in live poker. Appreciate this, and please show us more, especially stuff about how they handle the cut card 🙏
So glad you got something out of it! More to come!
This is very troubling.
When you did the “pick up cull”
I felt sick , I have seen dealers do this many times and never knew what I was seeing.
I understand the feeling my friend! Remember, most dealers are good honest people who love the game of poker. …,But it only takes one bad apple in a dealer rotation to destroy your chances of winning. Stay sharp!
im a dealer i would never try to cheat i have too much respect for you players and the money you guys put on the table. i wish there was a gaming commission in texas that could punish the guy in this video. the worst they can do is fire him.
@pushthepot we appreciate you my friend!
Happens more than you think , players pulling back bets , the table can get so busy , and so many things are happening plus , you have to make a decision on your hand , and you have to keep up with who made bets or checked on which cards ,I can see cheating easily happening for sure . Hell yea , can’t wait for your video to drop .
Great information. Thanks for keeping us up-to-date.
Thanks Houston, been a poker player for many years, have seen a lot of mechanic style dealing,.. but adding this to my knowledge is very welcome! keep them coming!
Thank you my friend! Trying to get a part 3 video out sometime today.
@@HoustonCurtisKardsharp looking forward
Been a dealer and player for years and have never ever once even seen anything resembling a mechanic but sure. I'm sure you've seen it a ton of times
Fascinating info brother! The integrity of this game is paramount. Cheating is not winning.
Fantastic video and great explanation. Learned a lot.
Was a pleasure playing with you in St Louis. Looking forward to your next visit.
Thank you my friend! I’ve been swamped, but love playing there… will definitely be back!
Thanks for this video, Houston! I can’t believe people are still missing this. I understand you might not be paying as close of attention when playing. However after videos such as this, it should be obvious. Makes me feel better (as a dealer), I get to see an “honest” game being played.
Incredible video
Fantastic editing, storytelling, transitions. Everything
Keep beating on your craft sir
Thank you very much!
Thanks for the video. Can you tell me why it's important for the dealer to do a one handed cut?
Your question will be answered in my next video!
I have a question Houston. What do you think would happen if the guy who shot this video would have gotten up and taken it straight to the floor manager? Would the dealer have been fired on the spot?
If the floorman or card room executive understands what a push thru shuffle is, the dealer should be fired on the spot. And even if he didn’t understand what he was seeing, he should know the dealer didn’t follow standard procedure and put him under review.
At Legends no
I’m a dealer and I was taught to put the cut card out front but we always ALWAYS do a clear one handed cut to the cut card. Granted I have no idea how to stack a deck of cards and therefore force a one handed cut
I’m curious, what casino trained you on that procedure and how long ago was it?
Out front isn’t the issue. When it’s out front is the issue
@@jimpryor99what??! What are you saying?
*Thank You for doing this in 2024 dude... ESPECIALLY with our new and mysterious moneymakeresque mini poker boom complete with Full Tilt poker scumbags who should have been perma banned like hamilton & others, slithering their way slowly but surely back onto the poker scene*
I’ve always wondered about the card shuffling machines that could stack the deck.
I’m aware that they cut the deck after getting them from the shuffling machine but could the cards with the RFID chips in them,be detected by a reader that could tell which seat is going to win the hand?
I’ve seen some live streaming poker games that has me wondering how people can make these atrocious calls and win 40-100k in one hand.
They do this several times over a few months.
I’m loosing trust in the game.
Thanks for your information about this.
It doesn’t need an rfid. Only a signal from a cheat who is part of the cheating team. For instance, if a shuffle master is compromised….It knows the order of the deck already…and therefore assuming it gets hacked, the following would occur. The first player on the team sends the hacker the value and suit of his first card, the hacker puts that into the software which automatically recalculates the order of the cards after the cut. Then sends the hacker the list of hands which he signals to the team who is at the table.nit it takes more than simply hacking the machine. The machine must be tampered with, which requires a lot of criminal behavior. The odds of this happening are slim. It does happen. But is very rare. If you suspect a machine has been compromised simply instruct your dealer to give the deck one table riffle shuffle after it comes out of the shuffle machine. This will thwart off any compromised knowledge from the suspected cheats.
The only other possible explanation is that,since the control room that is running the graphics for the livestream on tv,has direct communication with the dealer who is wearing a headset,the dealer is signaling to the player the appropriate actions.
Once the players cards are placed in the RFID reader and the control room knows everyone’s cards,the dealer could be told what is the winning hand on the flop,turn and the river.
I’m suspicious about it bc they rarely throw away a winning hand preflop and they often raise with seemingly middling hands and end up winning with both.
Thanks for your previous response.
What does the placement of the cut card in front of the deck have to do with ANYTHING here? I am both a magician as well as an ex poker dealer and I do not remember placement of the cut card being specified anywhere in the standard shuffling procedure.
Many card rooms don’t enforce it, but they always do after consulting with me. Imagine (for instance) you are doing a push thru shuffle. On the last riffle you could easily make the cut coming out of the push through straight to the cut card (only if the card is already sitting out front.. .because you can’t clear your hands from the deck to grab the cut card as it would reveal the false shuffle protruding through. By having it sitting to the dealers left, it forces us to take hands off the deck and make a one handed cut. Just one of the many subtle things that allow games to get cheated when they go unchecked. If you watched the video you should understand what I’m talking about. Thanks for your question! Btw… if you deal in a card room that uses electronic shufflers, then having the cut card off to the side isn’t really necessary. But even then it’s a bad habit that should be avoided.
Thank you for making this video. I had friends that went to Vegas years ago and they could of swore there were 2 players at a table with the dealer cheating people
It’s could have sworn… not could of swore
@@michaelblankenau6598its , not ...
Anyone that loses swears they were cheated. Same people that say the NFL is scripted and the refs cheat. Interesting note: if the game is scripted, why would the refs need to cheat?
What card room does not have auto shuffle machines at every table?
I don't think many shufflers are being used in Texas. Typically they are only leased to licensed casinos. You can buy them used, but they're expensive, so I wouldn't expect many Texas card rooms have them. at least not at every table.
great video! learned a lot and video is decently well produced!
Glad you got something out of it. Next one will be short and sweet... dropping tomorrow.
I have refused the go to Legends. The owner has already had issues with casino in California. 50% of room is house players
When there are that many house players, it spells, “shenanigans”. New video coming out soon. I’m going to show your comment in it! Ty
Thanks for the video. I play on the east coast, and i don't ever felt any nonsense was going on, but this is great knowledge to have. I also read your book, it was a fun read
Thanks my friend. Most card rooms operate with integrity. It’s just always good to be armed with information. Sometimes when things seem “off” it’s not just a “bad beat”.
Really interesting. Even to untrained eyes this is some obviously sketchy dealing. Just the way he cuts while still holding the other end of the deck is so nonstandard. The other guy you exposed was a lot slicker. Do you think there's any risk of shuffle machines being used for cheating? The newer ones advertise the capability of sorting the deck meaning they could theoretically sort it in any order. The cut would be the only barrier to get through.
The safest way to deal with shuffling machines is to still give the cards one riffle shuffle out of the shuffler, then go to the cut. Otherwise, the cut alone is easily overcome. That cheating tech already exists. But it can’t beat one riffle then a cut.
Hacking shuffle machines to cheat requires physical access to the device, but is possible. It is unlikely anyone would have the necessary access and have the proper risk/reward to hack one at a casino poker room. I would be VERY suspicious of a shuffler at a private game.
HI everyone. Sorry I missed the live chat. But if anyone has any questions please fire away. I'll be sure to get back to each and every one of you!
Elite Poker Lounge, specifically the Logo you used, to represent Elite Social Club in Houston Are 2 different entities/clubs. I would’ve thought with as much investigation was done to expose the mechanics of dealers cheating, there would’ve been some due diligence on making sure you used the right Logo & Name of the Club that was cheating players.
Thanks for pointing this out. I will look into it and make sure to post the mistake.
You don’t mention the ‘Wash’ that should take place at the end of each hand before the first riffle- would that not stop the dealer selecting cards to make a slug?
@simes888 the was can be controlled. But it’s a very advanced sleight. Here is an example: ruclips.net/video/4to0AUbcMSg/видео.htmlsi=2G7wYVGOpzubuVUN
Shuffler machines can’t be that expensive compared to the peace of mind players would have knowing they aren’t being cheated.
Shuffling machines are the worst! With tech these days casinos can decide what ever damn card they want to come out
@@sillysox7087 but there’s no point in the casino rigging a poker game. And plenty of places use automatic shufflers for table games.
@@ogolthorp I was referring to table games. - I know slightly off topic - but they are rigged
They can be compromised. This is true.
@@HoustonCurtisKardsharp surely they CAN. But a casino risks losing their license if it's ever found out.
That'd be extremely short-sighted considering a casino is just a money printing machine.
I've seen it. Why do dealers look at the cards so intently when shuffling?
If a dealer is riffling the cards high and staring at the deck while doing so, there’s a strong possibility he or she is cold stacking or riffle stacking the deck.
@@HoustonCurtisKardsharp Have you ever seen at a Casino where big punters who play roulette or blackjack they always change the dealer who has many years experience who always clean out who ever it is.They known what they are doing & know how to stack the cards & roulette they can put that ball anywhere on that wheel within 3 numbers. They always use different spins,it fascinating watching & you will be amassed where the table is full the number with nothing on it always comes in.Even those shuffle machines are fixed as the cards have a metal strip in them where the chip in side the shuffle machine will be stacked for punters to lose.
I went on a blackjack heater years ago betting 5k a hand. I ran it up to 95k and then there was a dealer change. I was very superstitious about it and annoyed. But I was also young and stupid and really wanted to book an even 100k win for the night. So …. I placed one more bet. Lost. Then another and another. Next thing I know, I’ve lost the 100k and was stuck another 100k. The night ended with my casino host taking me into the watch shop at the mirage after hours and he just said…. “Pick one”. A new watch as my cancelation prize for dumping a 100k like a moron. lol.
Great Video Houston !
Thank you sir!
I only play really small live games where everyone shuffles on the dealer button. I have had sessions where I had seen so many people getting dealt pockets aces it was just ridiculous.
I still go there cause my winrate is insane. Those people really dont know how to play poker. So I know they cheat, but at least I still win.
If you are winning..,, just “keep on winning!” My friend! Thanks for watching.
This is why I prefer to see a dealers wash before any riffling. Not that I play in any games where a mechanic would show up.
This is fascinating, subscribed!
Welcome!
How does washing the cards work with all this? Is that legit or can it be manipulated also?
Hi Chip. Good question. The wash can be manipulated. But even if the mechanic isn’t skilled enough to do it, the was only happens at the top of a set up or occasionally upon a players request. Outside of that, the board is ripe for pick up culls and discard culls allowing the mechanic to stack and control. But proper sealing and deck handling procedures can deter these methods greatly.
respect the grind, good content. but u gotta work on some basic production stuff. the audio levels r all over the place. your intro animation music is loud/normal vollume but then ur actual speaking volume is like 3 times quieter. stuff like that is as simple as giving the video a quick listen through wherever theres a new recording/audio source, and then turning up or down the gain to match the preceding clip. stuff like that goes a long way to keeping viewer retention and in turn the growth of ur channel
Oh don’t I know it! Thanks for the feedback. I actually produce television for a living in addition to poker. The result of “being in a hurry”. I wish RUclips had options like Vimeo where you could re-upload an entire replacement video without losing your analytics. Anyway… thanks for the comment. I’ll take the extra time to do the mix moving forward.
I agree. What irks me is when an ad comes on during a video and the ad volume is super hot compared to the video. I know RUclips does have a compression used to try and normalize, but I don't think out works the same on all devices. I'm curious... do you watch the videos on RUclips (like mine) on your smart TV or on a device? How are you listening to the audio?
Thank you for this knowledge. I’ve played at legends and elite many times and have been stolen from at both places !
I’m sorry that has happened to you my friend! Keep watching… more to come!
wow, this is amazing. thank you so much for making this great teaching lesson.
Happy you got something out of it.
I didnt know the cut card needed to be on the side not the front. I love learning new things. Thanx for the video mate!
Thanks for your comment! Glad you got something out of it!
I had no idea about that either! That info alone was a huge revelation.
@@PokerChazzz-lr9ig didnt play much poker but one thing i do remember is that when you are dealing you were supposed to put the cut card in front of the person sitting to your right and he would do the cut.Anytime there was someone omitting a step every other would go nuts and i couldnt really understand why as i am no cheater in any sense in anything.
Damn!! Thanks!
For the most part the places I play the decks come out of the shuffler then the dealer cuts. I hope the gaming commission will fine/shuts down this place.
That’s part of the problem Judah…Texas has no gaming commission and the poker rooms there were all opened via a grey area “loophole”. I have a part 3 big report coming soon.
Excellent video. Earned a subscriber 👍
I would like to see you demonstrate why the correct procedure shuffle can’t be cheated… or can it?
That’s a very reasonable request. The answer is: anything “can” be cheated. But it’s very very difficult to cheat when all steps of proper procedure are being followed. And many forms of card manipulation get ruled out. I will make a video demonstrating why the procedure is so strong.
Thankyou so much for this video. I play blackjack as a job and this can definitely be used in single deck games
More to come my friend!
Watching this makes me disgusted by the audacity of people who want to become "dealers", to then do shady stuff like this, IN A FKING CASINO/CARDROOM.... Doing that shit will result in you being BARRED FOR LIFE AS A DEALER. NO IFS ANDS OR BUTS.
where is part two ?? I cant finde it??? Love your work,pretty weerd He protect dealer when expert said otherwise..
Part 2 was a quickie! Enjoy! ruclips.net/video/m1NZc0JwJCc/видео.htmlsi=R48zgp7XUctvh3jf
@@HoustonCurtisKardsharp Tnx very much, enjoying watching your videos I learn about sleight of hand (how to protect my self ) and evan enyoing practicing , what I see at your channel.
More content coming soon! Thx for watching! Be sure to subscribe if you haven’t already!
@@HoustonCurtisKardsharp Subsribed from time I see video for deals sailing. :)
How did the hand play out ? This is what happens when illegal and unregulated. I’m sure in Vegas it would be different story. No poker isn’t legal in Tx just because you take an hourly time rake over tabke rake. Several places straight up will still jail you for running a poker game.
That's interesting. Does that mean someone could go to jail for playing there? Or that the owner or employees could go to jail for running the game?
Thanks for this video! I’ll be watching it again. Yup, I’ve seen enough desperate Villains trying to gain an edge with BS moves at the Table that Dealers or others miss. You have to prorect your vested interest and say something immediately on the spot. Don’t let them get away with it! Don’t be a sucker!
“Don’t be a sucker”. Words to live by!
Spot on ! The Dealer does not have the skills needed to cheat and not get caught. He could have still controlled the top slug with legit shuffles.
Awesome Information 🏆🏆🏆
Thank you kind sir!
A fair game of poker seems almost impossible. If it’s not dodgy computerised rng it’s dodgy dealers
Any game where the results are measured by money increases the odds of foul play. Most well know card rooms in the country will be running square games. But when something seems “off” arming yourself with knowledge can help you immensely.
This is very interesting stuff, i enjoyed it
Thank you my friend! Part 3 coming soon!
The intro edit deserves its own comment. 😛👍🏼
Thank you very much!
Thanks. I will definitely looks at the shuffle now
Once playing BJ dealer did not burn cards in the beginning of the deal after shuffle. Informed and he was confused and shuffled again. I felt bit embarrassed after other people gave me the look..
The last time I played blackjack I lost every single hand in a double deck. Statistically speaking…. That “should” be hard to do! lol
@@HoustonCurtisKardsharp yea, statistically when you double up 11 and hit 10 it should be enough… Should.. 😄
I would have turned him in and documented the time for surveillance check.
Any issues with Champions Card Room in Houston?
None that have been brought to my attention!
great breakdown of the the technique being used .. clear as day
havent been to that room in around a yr and a half. there is action but the dealers are playing a lot also it definately felt "lop-sided" and that theres a group of players "on the inside" who knows how long this has been going on there..
Yeah, seems like it’s definitely “the house” vs everyone else who walks thru the door.
One fanny story :although I like to practice sleight of hand and learn things that cheaters use, I don't like to play card games. About 3 years after I started learning sleights, still no one knew that I practice and learn, my wife and a few of my friends loved to play holdem and at one point my wife asked me to replace her for a few hands. And of course I had to try, after a few hands there was a pair of jacks in my lap (it's easy to replace them when no one minds that you put the cards and hands under the table, but no one expects me to cheat). In the end, I paid for the tip and the drinks and told myself that I would never play for money again, not even these kind of friendly games. It is not ok to cheat at games,and for me it is not ok to someone with this kind of exp. to gamble against noobs.
@@dvdarkman I don’t disagree. Yet it happens all the time. Which is why players should arm themselves with some basic knowledge to prevent themselves from getting cheated! Thanks for watching.
The federal punishment for this should be tar and feathers
Man you deserve big props I’m working on catching them as well.. Poker House in Burlenson Tx has a female dealer who cheated right in my face and swapped burn card with River card to give a female two pair against my QQ.. I called all in pre flop and she called with 8,5 Like what???.. crazy… in the end I called her out and she denied it .. Management look at camera seen it and denied it.. and I lost out on 1st place money and points
sorry that happened to you my friend!
The most logical reason Vivaldi is backing the dealer in the face of video evidence is that Vivaldi is part of the problem, not part of the solution.
I hope not, but his argument sure makes it look that way. I’ve given him a chance to publicly apologize like he promised he would if I proved this guy was cheating. So far, no response.
I've played there, this is very disconcerting
You should see the cheats at Bullet's in Austin!
Really? Can you send me some footage? Email me at stacked@kardsharp.com
I don't have any footage but I'm from Long Beach, Ca. and played all of the Gardena clubs in the 70's and 80's. Also the Bicycle and Commerce in the 80's and 90's before moving to Texas. I played The Gardens when I was there a few years ago. The way they mix up the cards in those clubs is to spread all of the cards face down on the table and spread them all over and then pull them back into a pile before shuffling and cutting. You didn't show mixing the cards on the table before shuffling.
Thanks for a great video!
Thank you for reaching out! I’ll keep em coming!
I was warned by a friend to stay away from this place and I took his advice.
~great soundtrack...thought I was at a rave in Vegas for a moment.
Great job thank you from an honest poker player! I appreciate shedding light on this situation, protect the game I love , thanks again, fuck off cheaters!
Thank you Michael! I hope you subscribe as I’m going to continue showing players like you how to protect yourself!
When i was a kid i practiced a shuffle like that. I stack the deck for pranks. The idea is not to shuffle a major proportion of the deck. Just like they were doing at the casino shown here.
Maybe it's the angle, but where the hell did he learn to do that monstrously looking push through shuffle?!
It’s definitely ugly! You still stand by elite poker lounge dealer not cheating? Dropping that vid tomorrow.
Never mind.., different Luca! Lol
@@HoustonCurtisKardsharp I must say that I was a little confused at first 😅
@@luka6257 lol. sorry about that!
The way I look at it is, if your shuffle doesn't look like everyone else's, you're just drawing attention. Even if your Shuffle is authentic, why would you want to draw undue attention?
It’s actually good to cut the deck off center. Usually a third from the top or bottom is best to avoid shuffle tracking. But always mixing it up randomly is probably string. If a guy can shuffle track after that, he deserves to gain the edge. lol
This is what is happening across Houston
What other clubs in Houston?
Not just Houston, this is typical in poker period. People have been angling since the beginning..
There
watch my next video. It will probably be out on Monday.
I wonder how many times people have done this to rig a bad beat jackpot 🤔
Many!
At Foxwoods the BBJ got up over 600k… 2 kids that came in the same car and who were never seen before or after hit it on the flop royal vs straight flush. No one even questioned it.
Automated card shuffler machines should be standard
Playing at Harrahs/Horshoe in IA, I’ve seen some of the most delinquent handling of the cards by dealers. Decks not parallel with the table at all times; flashing cards as they exit the deck; sloppy cuts that expose cards.
I’ve reported several times bad dealer performance.
Players are worse. No policing the dealer or flashing their cards. I warn players beside me once that I can see their cards. After that, too bad.
Some may think this is cheating, but it’s been ingrained in me to watch the cards everywhere.
( Blame my Dad. Sitting at 1st base BJ once with a sloppy dealer- in the days they physically looked at the hole card- He was doing well until the pit boss whispered in the dealers ear. Never saw another card. )
If you warn a player about flashing, and he does not heed your advice…, that player plays at his own risk. No different than a weak blackjack dealer who exposes his hole card allowing player to peek at it. As for the dirty dealing, please send me some video. Would be happy to analyze it!
Respectfully, I think you are misinterpreting my stance completely. I “personally” would warn someone every time he or she exposed his or her hole cards. Thats me. But I’m talking about “the masses”. We can’t expect, nor should we expect everyone to approach the game this way. Conversely how can you penalize someone who is fairly playing a game with no intention of cheating but inadvertently sees someone’s hole cards while making a decision about a hand? Example: If I raise pre-flop with two queens and the guy to my left, who I have warned about exposing his hole cards looks down at two aces, but exposes his hole cards in a way that clearly puts them in my line of vision, is it anymore wrong for me to lay my hand down after his re-raise than it would be if he exposed two jacks? Suppose the latter happened and I then moved all in and said out loud to the table, “I warned you about exposing your hole cards”. Should I forgo my hand because he didn’t heed my warning? I think you are mistaking the difference between someone purposely rubbernecking and trying to see someone’s hole cards vs someone who has been warned. For that matter, imagine it happening for the first time where someone exposes his hole cards in the middle of a hand with you. Do you stop the action and bring a floor person over? I suppose that is your right, but don’t you think that is an unrealistic expectation which is unfair to place on the person who is simply there to play the game? Now, if a player is drunk and playing with their cards face up on the table and no one is trying to put a stop to it.., (which I’ve seen happen at a super high stakes game in Bobby’s room at the Bellagio) then yes, I would agree with you… at that point the floor should be called to make a ruling. In the game I saw, the player was clearly inebriated, playing with cards face up against some of the most respected pros in the world and no one called the floor. No one asked him to turn his cards face down. They were going to let him go dead broke. I didn’t think it was right and I pulled the guy out of the game, more than once as he was a friend. But ultimately it’s not our job to help improve the way the guy next to us plays poker. And it’s naive to think such a responsibility should ever be put on the players in a game that is being scored by money. Sure… don’t allow rubbernecking in a game. The house can certainly create a set of rules for that. But no poker room is ever going to implement a rule where, if you’ve warned a player about exposing hole cards who keeps doing it, that you now have to close your eyes to avoid seeing them because he didn’t heed your warning. No rule will ever be enforced that punishes someone for NOT speaking up when someone is exposing his hole cards. Is it the moral thing to do? Sure. No one is disputing that. Is it realistic? Of course it isn’t. How could you even enforce such a standard? Your comment comes off as a display of self righteousness. The best advice is to know this… if I expose my hole cards, someone is gonna use that against me. So I need to learn to stop exposing my hole cards. It’s on me! And I can’t punish others for not continuing to warn me to play properly.
It is very strange that they allow dealers to even shuffle cards. There is a bunch of people who beat blackjack by watching dealers shuffle and knowing where Aces are. Could do the same thing in poker and it would be worse because there is only one deck to watch
True, but shuffle tracking for blackjack is much different in application of the Information than it would be for poker. If the dealer follows all standard procedures, the shuffle should be fair. Casinos prefer shufflers moreso because of the speed and how many extra hands it provides for the rake per hour. But yes, a weak dealer who exposes cards and shuffles sloppy, is an open target for tracking advantage play.
So glad to have watched this … saus a card player here in TexaSS!!
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Why do they not have auto shufflers?
Shuffler companies usually lease to licensed casinos or else get purchased used and are very expensive. Plus, an unlicensed shuffler sitting in a card room where cheating is already occurring is in danger of being compromised.
When you're wondering who to believe here: ask yourself, who has the most reasons to lie?
What a cool intro, whoever made it did an amazing job.
Thanks! Glad you liked it!
So who won the hand after that shuffle?
Unfortunately that information was never supplied. But keep in mind, it wouldn't necessarily prove the recipient of the pot was cheating. The dealer could have been controlling the cards for a red, black flop bet amongst other players, or could have been dealing the winner to the biggest tipper at the table, etc. The hardline proof is that the dealer is cheating beyond a shadow of a doubt. Unless we catch the dealer chopping up money with a player in the parking lot, the collusion would be difficult to prove.
@@HoustonCurtisKardsharp Thanks for the video by the way. Yea I understand it wouldn't necessarily prove the player was in on it. But it'd be nice to know more context like who it was along with whether the same players had been winning consistently at that room, especially with that dealer. I know we can never underestimate people's greed and stupidity, but cheating for a side bet or better tips seems like a long shot, risk/reward doesn't make sense.
@@bccsivxx-xxivvii it all depends on the stakes. I've known cheats who ONLY cheat on prop bets. One in particular used a peek and a second deal to push the odds in the favor of his partner, they were betting a hundred bucks per flop. The cheating method gave the cheats a huge edge but didn't guarantee them to win every flop. Still, imagine how much money that can add up to over the course of a single session. About a year ago a casino (who I can't name) hired me to investigate a jackpot win. The dealer went straight from the Box (skipping the final riffle) to the cut card and dealt a jackpot bad beat hand to a notoriously big tipper. I don't know how the casino handled my findings in terms of the recipient of the jackpot, but I do know they fired the dealer.
@@HoustonCurtisKardsharp Always be a good tipper, just in case 😉
who in their right mind would be okay with somebody shuffling like that.
I'm a veteran card sharp myself and trust me all this is comically plain as day to men like me😅😂😅😂 12 years in the Ohio prison system 10 years of which I was a sharp daily 6-9 hours playing poker daily. It's totally obvious it's hilarious 😅😂😅 Thank you for your expertise and for exposing clowns that dare do these sloppy ass moves on camera, complete amateurs possible magicians😅😂😅😂
This just became my favorite comment yet! Thanks for sharing. I never thought I would see anything this sloppy getting through either! The suckers are sleeping, the hustlers are thieving! Just trying to arm the players with some knowledge. Most don’t even understand what they are looking at, even though they know it feels off. And yes…. Pretty sure the legends dealer watched a 13 year old magicians tutorial on RUclips for the push thru shuffle. Lol😂. Glad you are out my friend, I wish you the best!
Notice it was the usual suspects cheating. it’s simply uncanny how often it’s from the same demographic.
Damn. I've only played at a casino with automatic shufflers. I guessed I should feel spoiled.
You'll just love the casino games 'Caribbean Stud' and 'Pai Gow Poker'. Whenever you go $25 in PGP, you get dealt three pairs or a straight and a pair or some other nonsense. But try going table max and suddenly you get King high, Queen high, etc.
Bro, when you hear that shuffle sound you trust, it is just me under the table doing false shuffle.
@kingkreole9121 😂
The dealer the other day, the hand finished so quick he hand shuffled. the cut card was in front the deck the whole time, hmmmmmm lol. I love I noticed these things now.
Shuffle machines are used in tournaments. I can’t remember the last time I played a cash game with a shuffle machine
Off the topic, I had a dealer take chips out of the pot. How I know is that I had a dealer take a $5 from a $35 pot
This is why I won't play in any poker game that doesn't use the shuffle machine.
Just remember electronic shuffling machines can also be comprimised.
This explains why house players and regulars always get pocket aces and kings all the time. I always thought they were just extremely lucky.
Huge fan! This is gonna be sick!!!!!!
That’s why you ALWAYS one handed cut. 😎🤙🏽
Both hands should come completely off the deck after the final riffle shuffle. Then you cut with one hand. If you use two hands it’s easy to do a false cut. And if one hand remains on the deck the whole time it’s easy to cut from a held break to restore a stacked deck. I’ll demonstrate in part 3
@@HoustonCurtisKardsharp the thing i was doing when i used to have to cut,and it annoyed a lot of the guys,would be cut almost the whole deck or just a few cards and they would stare at me maybe thinking i was cheating hahaha
Don't they use machines to shuffle?
Many poker rooms do. It’s an expensive license and unrealistic for large tournaments though. Casinos prefer them because they spit out more hands per hour allowing more money to be made on the take. But the expense is sometimes cost prohibitive and the shuffler companies only license their machines to regulated casinos. Texas is unregulated.
So what about the elephant in the room? Does Texas not have any state regulation over these games? Have these videos gone nowhere official? If Texas has no regulation and you play in these games, in my opinion, you are a sucker. There must be rake taken, but what are the players paying for if there is no assurance that the game is totally legit?
You make a strong point Steve. I’ll be addressing some of these concerns in my part 3 summary video on the Texas card cheating problem.
Explains why many group of players always seem to win in the same poker rooms/casinos.
There are always “winning players”. Whoever is partnering with the dealers in Texas, probably aren’t that sophisticated seeing as how the dealers are horrible cheats. But a good group of cheaters (pro’s) are hard to spot. One might be a huge loser in the game, another might be the most charismatic and generous, outwardly “fair” and “likable” player at the table. While another might appear to be hot or miss, gets super lucky one night and u lucky the next. But my guess is, whoever is partnering in Texas…. Are just trying to trip as hard and fast as they can with no long term strategy. “Sloppy”. Like the dealer.
I played that prime in Houston and I really felt like I was being cheated there as well. Texas is not safe. It’s unregulated poker might as well just play online.
I’ve never played in Houston, but my research tells me that Prime, along with Texas Card House and Champions are the “safest” places to play in Houston.
cool video
but why did the dealer such a sloppy push trough shuffle
he is not a proper card mechanic
He’s awful!
Not just in Texas it’s also happening in Florida as well ;)
Thank you 😢😢
You are very welcome! Part 3 coming soon!
Very disturbing. Good video
Great video
I’ve gambled the past 30 years of my life, I studied magic as a teen into my early 20s so I know what to look for. I’ve played at many shady places throughout the years. I just want to say that is some of the worst card mechanic skills I’ve ever seen. I’m surprised he still has his life let alone his thumbs.
Yeah…. One comment really cracked me up… a guy said … a push thru like that is giving us honest cheats a bad name. Lol. I don’t know what’s worse, his push thru or his blatant grabbing of a giant slug off the bottom and ramming it under another slug on the top. Dude had some brass balls, I’ll give him that.
Yep, he's a mechanic. All the players there should file a class action suit.
I missed the cheating , i blinked 😂😂😂😂😂
A great tip…. Always watch the dealer when shuffling. Just like we watch players as they check their hole cards, you should burn this into your habits at a poker table. :)
Even a person like me who doesn't handle cards can see what's going on.