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I understand the "need" for cheating but it does seem like overkill the way they cheated, at least as described. They've already got colluders, and then the auto shuffler reads the cards, and then they've ALSO got the contact lenses? Just some marked cards would have been sufficient. And then the rare time the fish catches up after being behind is your "let them win a hand and get traction". It just seems like they really went too far to control every part of the hand




What's the increased risk of cheating more?

Once you're cheating and colluding you are in danger of going to jail, and it's not clear that more cheating makes it more likely to be caught.


How could more cheating avenues not equal a more likelihood of being caught?

Car analogy--I never had to take my 1976 Olds Cutlass in because the key fob got out of sync or because the touchscreen got fried or the electronic power steering module shorted or... or .. or

More points of failure = more failure.


Is a 76 olds the car to use to make a point about reliability?

Not regarding the paintjob, certainly.

Perhaps those were different iterations of the technique over time. Start with marking cards to identify face cards, then move on to x-ray table.



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