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multi accounting - how do they prove it? how do they find out?

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  1. Coookies Coookies is offline

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    Aug 31st, 2007 (8/31/2007 10:57pm)

    So how do people actually get busted out on this?? My buddy and I are playing on our laptops right now, on same connection in same tourneys and shit... we were just joking around about if they accused one of us of multi accounting or like what would happen if we both made FT.

    Anyway, how do they prove this??
  2. Coookies Coookies is offline

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    Aug 31st, 2007 (8/31/2007 11:00pm) in reply to Coookies

    lol - two minutes after i post this we get moved to same PLO MTT table....
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  3. computerb computerb is offline

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    Aug 31st, 2007 (8/31/2007 11:02pm) in reply to Coookies

    IP addresses and unique computer identifiers are two I think of right off the top of my head.
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    Aug 31st, 2007 (8/31/2007 11:05pm) in reply to computerb

    okay, so he is using one of my computers though... i just dont understand how they would ever know?
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  5. Coookies Coookies is offline

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    Aug 31st, 2007 (8/31/2007 11:10pm) in reply to Coookies

    this has me sort of freaked out, sitting at the same table from same connection at all... just weird... i mean we obviously aren't gonna cheat but it would be so easy to be looking at 8 plo hold cards - lol
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  6. rocket5 rocket5 is offline

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    Aug 31st, 2007 (8/31/2007 11:22pm) in reply to Coookies

    I just posted a long response to cigardads thing going on but apparently his post got ousted. My repsonse is in my profile though.

    To expand and not rant much more than I already have. These whiz kids travel in packs. All with laptops. I love poker and put up with it I guess. Anyone could gather up six wireless laptops all in different names in sit in a hotel room in vegas or wherever. Just a thought. I don't play in the big buy ins very often so I don't feel very affected but think about it for a second. Not even to mention the fact that SOMEONE can see everything. Do I agree with cigardad? not really. Is it possible? I don't know.
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    Sep 4th, 2007 (9/4/2007 11:35am) in reply to Coookies

    FYI

    Thank you for your email.

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  8. jackaaron jackaaron is offline

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    Sep 4th, 2007 (9/4/2007 12:27pm) in reply to addctdgmbler

    They typically don't tell poker cheats how they figure things out so poker cheats won't figure out how to beat them.

    You and your friend will probably get away with cheating only a few times before you're caught.
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