Infamous Poker Cheats

There have been many instances of cheating in the history of poker, both in live games and in online play. Here are a few examples of some of the most infamous poker cheats throughout history:

1. Richard Marcus - Marcus was a professional poker player who became known for his sleight-of-hand techniques. He would often use a "chip cup" scam in which he would place a high-value chip under a stack of lower-value chips and then claim that he had won the hand. He was eventually caught and banned from many casinos.
2. Russ Hamilton - Hamilton was one of the founders of the Ultimate Bet online poker site. He was later found to have been involved in a cheating scandal in which he and others used a "superuser" account to see their opponents' hole cards and cheat them out of millions of dollars.
3. Archie Karas - Karas was a famous gambler who made millions of dollars playing high-stakes poker in Las Vegas. He was later caught marking cards in a California casino and was banned from many casinos as a result.
4. Phil Ivey - Ivey is a well-known professional poker player who was involved in a controversy in which he and a partner used a technique called "edge sorting" to win millions of dollars playing baccarat at a London casino. The casino claimed that Ivey had cheated and refused to pay him his winnings.
5. Scotty Nguyen - Nguyen is a professional poker player who was involved in a cheating scandal in which he used marked cards to cheat his opponents out of thousands of dollars in a California casino.

Here are five more examples of infamous poker cheats throughout history:

1. Ron "The Master" Harris - Harris was a computer programmer for the Nevada Gaming Control Board who used his knowledge to create a software program that would allow him to predict the outcome of certain video poker machines. He was eventually caught and sentenced to prison for cheating casinos out of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
2. "The Greek" - This anonymous poker cheat became famous in the 1970s for his ability to mark cards without detection. He would often use a small knife to scratch tiny marks onto the cards, which he could then use to identify them during play.
3. Mumbles - Mumbles was a well-known cheat in the early days of poker who would use a technique called "bottom dealing" to cheat his opponents. He would hold the deck in such a way that he could deal the bottom card to himself while making it look like a fair deal.
4. Mark "The Shark" - Mark played poker in California in the 1980s and 1990s and was known for using a variety of cheating techniques, including card marking and chip stealing. He was eventually caught and banned from many casinos.
5. John "Johnny World" Hennigan - Hennigan is a professional poker player who was involved in a controversy in which he was accused of marking cards during a game of Seven-Card Stud. He denied the accusations, but many in the poker community still question his integrity.

These are just a few examples of the many instances of cheating in the history of poker. While cheating is certainly not condoned, it has unfortunately been a part of the game for many years.