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Old 05-26-2009, 12:56 PM
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This is from my Guild's poker document... for when you're doing a partner cheat.

To keep it moving, use a shorthand version of your cards.

Card Cheat Shorthand
Ace of Hearts + Three of Spades = AH 3S
Full House, Three 5’s over Two 7’s = FH 5s/7s or FH57
Straight to the Queen (8-Q) = Str 8-Q


And a few tips:

You shouldn’t bet unless you have something; either an opening pair of hole cards, an Ace, two face cards, or two sequenced cards (preferably of the same suit). You’re building on something, not praying and fishing.

If you paid the blind, it won’t hurt to check and see the next 3 cards (flop).

If everyone checks, do they have anything? After two rounds of everyone checking, go ahead and bet. If they’re all fishing for a prayer, they’ll likely fold. Should someone call you, then at least money is in the pot and you know something is in play.

Bluffing is an art. Either start early or… when next card shows potential.
(Ex. If a 6 of Diamonds, Jack of Hearts and an 8 of Spades is showing, the best you be hiding is three of a kind. So, a bluff likely wouldn’t fly. But, if three cards for a potential straight, flush or a pair are showing, you could be hiding something big.)

If you’re going to bluff, you have to keep it up. You can’t keep raising and raising, then at the last card just check. The jig is up at that point.

The game helps you with Avatar tells. If a pirate gets a good card, they will pump their fist or if they have nothing good, they will scratch their head.

If you decide to cheat, do it sparingly. Other players get suspicious if you take 30 seconds every hand to make a decision.

You shouldn’t risk card swapping for a small money game or hand; save’em until the pot is worth it. It’s hard enough to find’em.

Hold off on card swaps until the LAST round. Swapping before the flop cards may net you a pair, but if the flop would have given you a perfect flush or straight – you just missed it.

If you do cheat and win big, do yourself a favor and get up from the table; even if to just change seats. If you don’t and get caught later, all that money is GONE. The game registers each sitting as separate.