Fraud in card games.
The higher the poker boom in the world, more and more card fraudsters find their way onto the trading floor who want to do with the ignorance of their opponents profit. Most tricks are used to commit fraud is of fundamental nature and find application in other card games such as blackjack or baccarat.
In most casinos, there is therefore the Golden Rule, "The cards may be 
touched only by the dealer. Here, by the risk of the casino reduced to only one person - their own employees. Unfortunately, there is still a lot of tournaments / events where this rule is not taken as accurate. An open door to fraudsters ...
Mechanical methods
Physical methods
Physical methods used in general to the cards to select in any way. Be it through appropriate Folding / forms or inks and powders. In addition, there are also so-called holdout devices which, for example in the sleeve allow the hiding of cards. The risk of being caught in such devices is very high.
Inks / Powders
There are special inks and buy powder, which can cheat through special glasses or lenses in the eye-specific learning tricks, markings seen on maps. In general, this method requires a lot of preparation time, so this technique is rarely in a casino application.
Curves and folds
Small wrinkle, or fold the cards indicate where a particular card fraudsters befindent in the game. Normally the changes are minimal and the playing card to identify only by the fraudster. This method is just for paper maps very easy to implement.
Holdout Device
Holdout devices are the professional equipment of every good card fraudster. They allow cards to various parts of the body to hide and / or park. There are many different types of holdout devices: sleeve, ring, vests and cuffs holdout. All these devices require a high degree of dexterity to use them.
