7 Ways To Cheat Your Friends At Poker

In this article, you will learn how to master the art of cheating your friends at poker. Please, note, these “cheats” should be used at your own peril. Some people handle cheating and cheaters better then others. If you have friends prone to violence you may not want to apply what you read here. This is especially true if you are playing for real money. People tend to get more upset if they lose money on account of cheating then they do if they are playing for peanuts or pride. Either way, be careful! You may not ever want to reveal your “tricks.” If you do, make sure that it is months down the line and they are in a good mood! You may want to take them out to dinner first. Well, without further ado, let’s get started. Note: all of these tips are for games played in person.

1. Use A Phony Shuffle: This is one of the oldest tricks in the book, though it is not the easiest one to pull off without experience. You may need to grab a deck of cards a few days before the big game and practice your fake shuffle. You will want to appear to naturally and legitimately shuffling the cards, but of course you won’t be. Your goal is to get the cards that you want in the stack in such a way that you are able to deal them to yourself. Now, this may not be the best cheat to attempt to pull off amongst friends that actually understand what’s going on. Save this for your friends that don’t have a lot of experience. These will be the ones more likely to fall for it. The former, will likely punch you in the mouth if you get busted or call you a bunch of nasty names.

2. Peek At Their Cards: After a few games, suggest that everyone takes a break or announce that you need to go to the bathroom. While on your way, do your best to take a peek at your opponent’s cards. Now, you will have to be ‘Slick Willy’ here because being busted can be really embarrassing, but hey, that’s the chance you take when being a low down dirty cheat! Accept it or play fair.

3. Use the Card Up The Sleeve Trick: Now you don’t actually have to put the card up your sleeve, that’s so old school, but you can steal a card and place it in a place that isn’t obvious, underneath your leg might do. Just be careful when picking it up so that no one busts you out.

4. Stack The Deck: Because the dealer always deals to themselves last, put the cards you want, towards the end of the deck so that you are able to “legitimately’ deal them to your self. Now, this requires that you have already mastered cheat number 1, using a phony shuffle. These two will work in conjunction with each other so if you haven’t managed to perfect the phony shuffle, forget about this one. You’ll only look stupid and worse, like a cheat.

5. Get Your Friends Wasted: This one is pretty low and in order for this to work, you have to abstain from drinking. Otherwise you won’t have the advantage. Now, don’t get them sloshed unless there is a designated driver or they are staying overnight.

6. Change The Rules: If your friends have never played poker or don’t have a firm grasp on the rules, feel free to make them up to your liking. If you are feeling extra confident and get the impression that they will go for it, change them up as you go along!

7. Soft Play Your Friends: If your friends have no idea how good of a player you are, soft sell them. Make them think that you are a bumbling idiot. Play weak for a few games and then crush their weak little games into the dirt. Make them sorry that they ever came to your house and touched your cards. Now, this one is fair game for cash play. It’s not necessarily cheating, just more of a sucker play. Your friends, if they are really your friends, should understand and accept their losses like a man (or woman).

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