Was this a live poker cheating scandal?! Cheating allegations need to be treated seriously & fairly, so what should you do when the dealers & floor refuse to look into your concerns?
In this video, Jonathan Little gives his take on Mike Holtz's recent video "addressing my experiences at resorts world and cheating in poker" posted on X as well as posts by Patrick Leonard (padspoker) and Eric Zheng. Mike discusses in depth several situations that took place out of Resorts World in Las Vegas, where he spotted players that were in the same friend group colluding.
The controversial ruling of the dealer & floor to not involve themselves when one player frequently lifted his cards when folding, in a way that allowed their friend to see what they had, took off online and sparked many conversations over what the dealers & floor should do when alerted of cheating concerns.
Mike also discusses how this same friend group used tactics that involved a party not playing in the tournament to watch people at the table and then communicate information in a foreign language to their friend at the table. When he alerted floor of this, the person took off running, and the floor replied saying "what do you want me to do, chase them?".
Mike Holtz also vents about the dealers at Resorts World, and how they allow people to cheat at their game by not taking accusations seriously, including name-calling whistleblowers. They also refuse to change behaviours that allow players to cheat one-another, such as pitching/dealing the cards way too high which allows players to see which cards are being dealt to any one person at the table.
The situation most people are on the fence about is the conversation started by Eric Zheng regarding collusion/cheating between friends on the money bubble of a live poker tournament. In this hand, Player A goes all-in from the Small Blind with 2.5 big blinds in their stack. Player B on the Big Blind, who is friends with Player A... FOLDS! The floor refused to involve themselves again, claiming "do you expect me to force them to call?" which has sparked outrage online.
Some people claim that the floor is correct, and that you cannot force a player to call a raise. Others feel the floor should have done more to investigate, potentially looking at the mucked cards Player B had to determine if they would logically ever fold the hand had Player A not been their friend.
Cheating in poker is bad for the game, if these scandals become more frequent it will deter people from ever playing because nobody wants to get cheated!
Check out all of the original posts here:
Mike Holtz's video: https://x.com/mikeholtzpoker/status/1900044853674963357?s=46
Eric Zheng post: https://x.com/padspoker/status/1899719047929106647?s=46
padspoker reply: https://x.com/padspoker/status/1900065662942466405?s=46
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