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The issue of poker bots is an ever present one in online poker. It has basically been around from the very beginnings, and the number of companies and various websites offering poker bots for sale for has only increased ever since. For starters, I think we can rule out these offers, without a second thought. Why would anyone sell something that’s potentially worth hundreds of thousands of dollars for a few bucks? I know these sites feature rather convincing sales copy, but that does little to defeat the above logic.

Can poker bots successfully compete against real poker players at all?
Does current technology make that possible? The answer to that would have to be yes and no. Technology is certainly capable of creating a poker bot that can successfully take on the world’s best players: it has been proven and it can be done. The same way I can’t replicate NASA’s space shuttle in my back yard though, I can’t possibly create a poker bot that could achieve anything close to what it’s supposed to. The poker bot which proved its capabilities against some of the top professionals was developed in a university lab, with no efforts and costs spared. It was also programmed with help from some of the world’s top professionals, so yes, if you can pull all those resources together, you will definitely be able to create a viable poker bot. Also, you probably won’t go around selling it for on some website that screams “scam” from a mile away – I can pretty much guarantee that.
“a poker bot needs to be able to think, so a layer of AI was added on top of the odds-calculus capabilities” it sounds so simple, doesn’t it? As a person who’s worked with AI, I can tell you it’s anything but that, and a statement like that is not just an insult to reasonably smart readers but it’s also a gross underestimation of the intricacy of the game of poker.

Does this mean there are no poker bots playing online?
Unfortunately, it doesn’t. Some of the experts seem to think that the very entities which use poker botting the most are the online poker sites themselves. They allegedly do it to secure critical player liquidity (the same reason for which they offer rake rebate deals and poker propping), without which they would never survive, so the logical argument is certainly there. Most of the mainstream poker rooms make a clear case of not wanting to see any such attempts made at their tables though.

Poker rooms have a number of ways to detect poker botting, an offense which is considered of the highest degree and which is usually punished by the ceasing of all funds and by the closure of the suspected players’ accounts. One of the ways poker rooms can detect botting is through a software hook which is installed onto the client’s computer together with the client side of the software. This hook has the ability to detect programs running in the background, and it can identify poker bots too.
The solution can be tricked relatively easily though. Botters almost always use a second computer (possibly a laptop hooked up to a PC) to mimic human interaction perfectly and to keep the computer on which the software runs clean. While this move may be a strike scored by the botters, it doesn’t mean botting is anywhere as close to required minimal efficiency as some would like to believe. The poker industry has the resources to raise hell against bots and botters, and therefore I believe that commercially available poker bots are absolutely useless in today’s advanced online poker environment.

If you want to give botting a go, I’ll have to advise against it. Your bot will probably start by losing money, and it’ll continue with having your account suspended and your bankroll confiscated.

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One of the best things about online poker is the fact that you can be sat on your computer playing against real people from all corners of the globe. I was just playing at Full Tilt Poker and as I sometimes do, I hovered over the avatars to see who I was up against. I was battling it out with players from the United Kingdom, Germany, Australia, Lithuania, and of course America. People from different time zones, different cultures, speaking different languages – all sharing one common goal; to play poker and win money off one and other. Poker is a truly global game.

It’s quite sad that some countries are now effectively banning their citizens from playing online poker against the rest of the world. New laws have been (or are being) introduced by some countries to supposedly “protect the players” – but their real goal is to increase tax revenue.

Let’s look at France. The French can no longer play on many of the major online poker rooms. Okay, they weren’t supposed to be able to play at the sites legally anyway. To allow for the “opening up” of online poker, poker rooms such as PokerStars and PartyPoker have to apply for a French license if they wish to operate legally. First they have to close all existing accounts for those players. So if you live in France you can no longer player at PokerStars.com, you have to go via PokerStars.fr and play against your fellow Frenchmen. It’s a similar situation in Italy, and there’s talk of more new laws. I’m not sure how these laws will be ratified by the EU, but in the case of France, I’m sure what Mr Sarkozy wants, Mr Sarkozy gets.

I really hope that these changes don’t become commonplace. I fear this might be the future of online poker, particularly for countries that currently have an anti-online gambling stance. Regulation of online poker is the desire of many poker players, particuarly in the United States. But at what price? Do you want to play against only Americans? Or how about only players in your own state? That would suck.

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Playing no limit tournament poker in brick and mortar casinos can be fun. Often times we see starting chip stacks to blind ratios at about 100 or 200-1 in the beginning of tournaments.

Many of these tournaments give you a starting stack of 5,000 chips and start the rounds at 25-50. You have about 100 big blinds to play with. You break even for 1 round and suddenly at the 50-100 blind level you now have 50 big blinds.

Tournaments with buy ins less than 0.00 will see the structure change dramatically as you get deeper into such tournaments.

Let’s say you quadruple up during the next four rounds as you play deep stack poker and are feeling pretty good with 20,000 worth of chips.

Problem is by level 7 the blind structure now sits at 500-1000 leaving you with 20 Big Blinds. 

The rule of thumb is 10 blinds or below you push all in with your chips with a good starting hand.

With 20 big blinds left here you better be careful.

A good strategy used by successful poker players is to play tight aggressively in these middle rounds of tournaments with over 10 big blinds left.

You will find big stacks at the table are willing to gamble as they have built their stack up by taking down big hands or lucking out with high risks moves.

What I find here is that you wait for that 1 good hand and look to trap big stacks that will be looking to bully the table.

I like the early position limp with a premium hands because you may find a reraise from the big stack. Some may question why the limp but I feel is if you limp you will likely get action. There is nothing worse than getting no action with your premium hands at the middle or late in the tournament. Always raise or reraise in late position.

Of course if you don’t come across that 1 good hand and get at 10 blinds or below you will have to play the all in move with a good starting hand.

The best lesson here is to do the math and pay attention to upcoming blind levels. You may be sitting at 30 big blinds but by the next round that could get you chopped down to 10 big blinds.

It takes about 15 minutes this deep in a tournament to play 1 orbit, as the dealer has to count and push blinds, antes and big pots.

Count your chips and if you are down to 10 big blinds by the next level you better increase your playing hands and get aggressive with 15 minutes or less remaining in your 30 big blind level at this point of the tournament.

A helpful hint when playing tournaments is to get a structure sheet and do the math. A comfortable level of play is 30 big blinds. Multiply the big blinds x 30 at every level and write how many chips you need to achieve 30 big blinds at every level of play.

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Whether you have aspirations to become a professional poker player or not, most people that play Texas Holdem poker or Omaha do not play to lose. The winning cash games players have spent years honing their skills at various stakes. The same goes for tournament poker players although most of us tend to be hybrids spending time in both cash games and tournaments. The one thing that good players and successful professional poker players have in common is that they set goals.

Moving up in Stakes
When to move up in stakes is one of the most common questions that poker players have. Whether you are a beginning player or have been playing at the same cash games for a while it is always something that isn’t far from your thoughts. Everyone player is different in when they believe they are ready to move up in stakes. There is no magic formula to tell you when you are ready. For some poker players they are perfectly OK risking their entire bankroll while on a rush at the next level in stakes. However, this is not the way you want to approach building your bankroll. Moving up in stakes is about good bankroll management in addition to being capable of playing well and beating the stakes you are moving up to. Being impatient can not only bruise your bankroll but it can also lead to a lack of confidence when you move back down.

Here are a few things to consider before moving up in stakes:

Can I consistently beat the stakes I am currently playing now?
Do I have enough discipline to move back down if things do not work out?
Am I smart enough to recognize when I have been out played?

If you can answer each of these questions with a resounding “YES” then you should sit down and give it a shot at the next level. I would highly recommend that you do not risk more than 15% of your bankroll in your endeavor. That way if things don’t work out you can always build back quickly and try it again until you can “stick.”

Being Consistent
The one thing that any poker player loves to talk about in their game is that they are consistent winners. True, anyone can make that statement but when your numbers and bankroll back it up it is quite impressive. The fact of the matter is that good, solid, fundamental, consistent poker will build your bankroll faster than just about anything else. There will always be players that can shine for a day, a week, or even a few months. But the real test is how consistent a player you can be over long periods of time. When you can run deep in poker tournaments and cash out in the black from your ring games regularly then you are well on your way.

“How do I gauge consistency?”
You gauge consistency by taking accurate records of your cash games showing your wins and losses. The same goes for poker tournaments. You need to document how well you played whether you cashed or busted out early. Over time these kinds of records will show you what and where you need to improve your game. For online poker players it is all done for you in your hand history. You can even download a hand history converter and see where your mistakes were made or how well you played a particular hand. The bottom line is that all of the tools are at your disposal. It’s up to you to use them to your advantage.

Be Prepared
I know this may sound simple but the truth is that players come to the table all the time not being prepared to play. Being prepared means that you are getting enough rest to make good decisions. When your mind is tired and you lack sleep your poker game suffers because of it. It also means that you do your homework on your opponents when possible. How many times have you played in the same casino against the same players and then seen them elsewhere playing at the same tournament table with you? It happens all the time. Poker players love to play poker and that means the mental and even written notes you may have on a player can come in handy any time and any place.

The bottom line is that we all want improve our game no matter how much or little success we have. The difference between those of us that do improve our games is that we are always conscious of that fact when others may not be as diligent about it as you and I. Be good to the game and the game will be good to you.

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The worst starting hand in poker – we all have a nemesis that we seem to suck out on more than on any other starting hand. If you were to ask a player which he thought the worst poker hand was, he’d probably tell you it was the 7,2o though. Mathematically speaking, the 7,2o is indeed the king of the worst poker hands. If it catches a pair, it’s more than likely beat. If it makes a straight or a flush somehow, it’s likely to end up with a smaller one than an opponent. There’s no doubt about it, the 7,2o sucks big time. That’s exactly what strikes it OFF the list of potentially worst poker hands.

You always know what you have to do with your 7,2o: you fold it. As such, you tend not to lose any money on it, unless you’re in one of the blinds and you’re forced to give your compulsory bet up on it. Every now and then, when in the blinds and when no one is willing to up the stakes, you get a free ride with your beer-hand and hit a monster like trips or a two pair. Then you can proceed to cash in on it. At the end of the day, if you run a serious statistical observation on your 7,2o, you may realize you’re in the black on the hand in the long run – it certainly wouldn’t be surprising.

The truly worst hand is like a wolf in sheep’s clothing.
It shapes up as a relatively decent starting hand, but it turns right around and bites you in the rear end as soon as the flop is dealt. Take the J,J for instance. Sure, it’s a nice hand, one that will probably end up winning you loads of pots, but you are guaranteed to get the cold sweats whenever a Q,K or A hits the board after you commit a nice stack of dough on it. Another excellent worst hand candidate would be the K,Q. Some people hate the J,T and ask Mike Matusow what he thinks of the K,9 (woof).
All these hands are excellent possible worst starting hands, but every player has his own poison, which means that the worst possible starting hand for you is the one that you find the most difficult to play.

Finding out what your nemesis is and staying out of its way is imperative as far as your overall strategy is concerned. How do you know which hand taxes your stack the hardest? Look for unpaired high cards, one or even two gappers like T,K, or J,K. The problem with a hand like K,10 is that it makes your post flop decisions extremely difficult. Such hands do give you something, but that something may not be up to the task ahead. If you hit a pair of Ks on your K,T, you’re in trouble. Your hand may well be the best hand at the table, but it may just as easily be beaten, even by another K. Your 10 may have you in kicker-trouble, and there are few things worse than losing on account of a smaller kicker. Your K,T will also be behind any Ace-rag if the board brings nothing but bricks.

Hands like 8,7o or 4,6s are much less sneakier. They’re a lot easier to play than the above named ones, because they tend to have you faced with simple decisions after the flop. You either hit or you miss. If you miss, you muck: simple as that.
Any starting hand that you play without a rakeback deal backing you up is a bad one though. You need to get rakeback, or you have to secure some sort of a poker prop deal to make the most of the time you spend playing online. Check out rakemeback.com for the best rakeback and poker prop deals, or take a look at a poker forum where people usually openly discuss the value of such deals.

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In my previous post I was critical of one particular online room (network) for their announcement of “updates” – which put them just a few light years behind other online poker rooms, rather than many light years. But today I’ll be talking about an online poker room, Full Tilt Poker, who are the opposite, and who have just demonstrated once again how innovative and ahead of the game they are. That’s right, I’m talking about Rush Poker.

Rush Poker has been billed as “the world’s fastest poker game” – and it has certainly caused a lot of buzz in the online poker world. I won’t give a long description of the game, because you probably know about it already. But if not – in this new online poker format you join a large player pool and get moved to a brand new table to face different opponents from within this pool, each and every hand that you play. When you fold your hand, you get moved to another table and get to play a new hand. There’s even a ‘quick fold’ button for the truly impatient. It’s like multi-tabling, but all from one table. Andy Bloch (Full Tilt Pro) summed it up nicely when he said, “It’s the difference between watching TV and watching TiVo. You get to skip the commercials.”

Players at Full Tilt have flocked to Rush Poker. I’ve read many different views about Rush Poker, and I believe a lot of players are basing their initial impressions on whether they’ve won or lost at Rush Poker. For those who’ve started off winning at Rush Poker, they usually love it. For those who’ve bit hit by bad variance, they probably hate it. I’m sure there’s also a ton of players who loved it at first when they got lucky, then played a couple of losing sessions – and are left undecided. Poker players can be very results orientated, can’t they!

Well, I’ve played it a fair bit this past week, and have enjoyed both winning and losing sessions – ahead overall though, thankfully. I like a lot of things about Rush Poker, and some things I’m not so keen on. Let’s start with the positives. I really love the fact that you don’t have to worry about table image. In a regular game if you steal from the button a lot, players will notice after a while. That doesn’t happen on Rush Poker because you’re constantly switching tables and finding new players each hand. So you can steal everytime, without having to worry that you might be tagged as a persistent thief.

In Rush Poker you don’t have to wait for a hand to finish. Obviously this is just super convenient, but it also means you stop being so results orientated. Sometimes it’s nice to see how a hand played out among your opponents, but being less results orientated is a good thing – and helps keep the tilt-ometer from ticking too much. And anyway, you’ve folded so who cares if you would have won that pot, right? Let’s play the next hand!

Okay, so that’s just a couple of the positives (there are more). Now let me say what I don’t like about Rush Poker. Firstly I don’t like the fact that it promotes ratholing, because you can leave and buy-in again right away for the minimum. This is perfect for a short stack strategy, and I hate short stackers. But the good news is Full Tilt have increased the minimum buy-in from 20BBs to 35BBs.

One of the greatest thing about Rush Poker is the fact nobody can data mine you. But this is also one of the worst things too. I have no clue about my opponents, other than where they are from, their username and their stack size. Reads are an important part of online poker, and in Rush Poker it’s very hard to get reads. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t import hand histories of players I’ve never played with before (because that’s cheating!), but I do use a HUD compiled of my own personal history. Not knowing the fish from the regular, is a big drawback. However, the fact they have nothing on me either gives it some balance.

Problem the worst thing about Rush Poker is that it encourages the fish to tighten up, and wait for big hands. Of course some bad players just can’t help themselves, but in general – they can now wait for a good hand and at a rate of 300 hands per hour, they don’t have to wait too long. 

So, there’s both good and bad points about Rush Poker. I appreciate that I’ve not shared any Rush Poker strategies in this post, but that’s because I’m not yet convinced on the optimum strategy for success. Hopefully in my next post I will have come to some reasonable conclusions, and I’ll share my thoughts. But for now I’ll just say that if you’ve not yet tried out Rush Poker, then I recommend you give it a go. It could well be the future of online poker! 

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Most online poker rooms include a feature that allows you to take notes on your opponents. This is extremely useful. Even though many online card rooms have enormous user bases, you’ll be surprised to find yourself playing against some of the same players frequently. By taking notes on these players, you can categorize and remember their strategies, and you’ll be better prepared to play against them and beat them in the future.

Learning Abbreviations

When preparing to take notes on your opponents, your first step is to learn and use some basic abbreviations. The pace of play in online poker is often very fast compared to live poker, and you’ll need to be able to take notes quickly and efficiently. Some abbreviations deal with betting position; EP is early position, MP is middle position, LP is late position, BTN is button, SB is small blind, BB is big blind. Other abbreviations have to do with betting strategies; PFR is preflop raise, 3x is three times the size of the big blind, C-bet is continuation bet, Chk is check, VB is value bet.

Some abbreviations indicate the types of hands that players are pursuing; Fdrw is a flush Draw, SDrw is straight draw, Gut is a gutshot straight draw, Back is a backdoor flush draw, TP is top pair, MP is a mid pair, BP is a bottom pair. Other notes might be an indication of what to do (or what not to do) against a particular player. For example, DNB means Do Not Bluff. You can obviously change these abbreviations as you see fit. As long as the system is efficient and works for you, your note taking will be useful.

Taking Notes on Playing Styles

When you start to utilize note taking in online poker, you should begin by paying careful attention to your opponents’ playing styles. You can categorize your adversaries in one of four ways: Tight-aggressive, Tight-passive, Loose-aggressive, and Loose-passive. A tight player brings only premium hands to the flop, and only brings a hand to the showdown when it’s still strong. Looser players see more flops and often end up in the showdown with a garbage hand.

An aggressive player will bet aggressively, while a passive player won’t invest much money in the pot regardless of the strength of his hand. These qualities can be used in combination when you’re taking your notes. It is advisable to use the first few hands of a poker game to categorize each player into one of these playing styles.

Other Considerations for Note Taking in Online Poker

After you establish a note on your opponent’s general playing style, you can start asking yourself more specific questions in order to make your notes more complete. Is your opponent calling excessively? Are they pursuing draws too often? Are they paying too much to bring these draws to the flop? Do they place too much value on top pair? Are they making sure to bring a good kicker to the showdown? What is the average size of their bets, and do their betting amounts directly correlate with the strength of their hand?

Alternatively, they might be using uniform betting sizes to cover their tracks and prevent you from detecting a betting tell. These are all important things to take note of when playing online poker.

The Importance of Consistency in Note Taking in Online Poker

As you’re taking notes, you’ll be able to choose whatever format works best for you. You might decide that your note will be a description of their playing style, their average bet size, the types of hands their playing, and any other warnings to remember about that player. Whatever you choose, make sure you’re consistent. If you make a note of Do Not Bluff for one player, be sure to make the same note for every player who you’ve decided can’t be bluffed. Incomplete or inconsistent notes can be misleading when you see a player two weeks after your first encounter with him.

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Would you play poker online for real money at an unsecure poker site? Well if you’re playing on the Cereus Poker Network (Absolute Poker / Ultimate Bet) then that’s exactly what you’re doing.

On May 6th 2010, PokerTableRatings published a report detailing the discovery of a critical flaw in the Cereus Poker software. They found out that it was possible to essentially hijack somebody’s poker account and display their hole cards in real time. Here’s a video they made and posted on YouTube.

Here is the synopsis of the report by PTR:

There is a critical vulnerability in the Cereus Network software which makes it possible for an attacker to hijack poker accounts and view hole cards. The only 100% protection is to stop playing on Cereus Network until they upgrade to using SSL. To our knowledge there are no cases of this vulnerability being used to exploit actual players. We created test accounts for all proof of concept testing done during the discovery of this vulnerability. We do not have passwords to any unauthorized user accounts. The Cereus Network has been notified of this vulnerability. We will continue to report on this as it develops.

The Cereus Poker Network has responded and says “we will not rest until it is fixed. We plan to have this issue resolved within a matter of hours”.

Despite some false reporting by poker news websites and other affiliates who earn money from promoting Ultimate Bet / Absolute Poker, it is NOT safe to play at Cereus at this moment in time. If you do play on these sites then this should make you think twice about it. In fact, there’s absolutely no reason to play at these sites anyway, because they are poor quality and run by very shady companies.

To say that the Cereus Poker Network has a troubled past is putting it mildly. Back in 2007 there was the “super user” scandal at Absolute Poker, in which millions of pounds was stolen from honest poker players. At the time the owners failed to properly investigate, told blatant lies, and basically covered everything up until evidence to the contrary (courtesy of diligent 2+2 forum posters) forced them to admit the scam. Its three years since that debacle and questions still remain as to exactly how much was stolen and who was involved.

This most recent security issue might not be insider cheating like before (although considering there shady history it could be another way to scam players) but it’s still a massive issue that needs fixing and questions need to be answered. In another industry, one that is regulated, these jokers would be put out of business. Instead we’ll just get more spin from their “regulators” the Kahawake Gambling Commission and the affiliate sites that profit from keeping the AP/UB brands alive and kicking.

Amazingly the Cereus Network is among the top 10 online poker sites/networks in terms of player traffic, according to Poker Scout. How much bad press does a company need to get before they crash and burn? Unfortunately you won’t find much truthful coverage of this incident on poker news and affiliate sites if they have a banner ad or two promoting these brands. It also won’t stop Phil Hellmuth or Annie Duke associating themselves with them – just as long as they money keeps pouring in.

If you want to play online poker at sites that are secure and value integrity then I recommend PokerStars.

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Datamining is the process of extracting patterns from data. There are various products and services which datamine online poker sites, the most popular of which is PTR. They are parasites that provide detailed information about players, for a fee. Online poker players can purchase hand histories to build up a profile of people they’ve never played with before. This is clearly a major unfair advantage and the process should be stopped.

I’m 100% against these services. Supporters of these services usually say “only losers complain about them”, but I’m a winning poker player. But regardless, saying “only losers complain” should be the primary reason why they are bad for the long term health of online poker. Do we want the bad players to leave? Some people say “losers don’t care”, and while some probably don’t, I bet there are many losers/break even players who do care. These types of players are what contribute to the profits of winners, so online poker sites have to do more to protect them.

I also think this is true of table scanning software which finds the “fish” at the cash game tables. You see long waiting lists at the tables where the fish reside, with sharks circling their prey. This is unhealthy for the good of the game. Everyone knows that online poker games are tougher to beat than they used to be back in 2006, and fish should be offered better protection. Automated tools that allow sharks to pick off the fish are not good for the game.

What can online poker sites do to help prevent this abuse? There are a couple of things that could be done to prevent this and stop the online poker industry from eating itself alive. Here are a few:

Allow users to change their screen names

I’m not a fan of this option. Firstly, I am not against online poker players using their own data to build profiles of their opponents, be it via software like Hold’em Manager or from the building up notes. Allowing screen name changes would be unfair to these players who play by the rules.

More importantly, it would create an environment that makes it easier for cheats to escape detection. Yes the online poker sites would still know who the players are – but do we really trust online poker sites to regulate themselves? I don’t, and if you do then go and read about the scandals at Absolute Poker and Ultimate Bet.

Limit table observation

Limiting table observation is the answer, since this is how sites like PTR get “their” data. Critics of this approach might say “but we like to watch the pro players at Full Tilt”. Well, how hard can it be to work something into the software to allow the professionals to be observed? I don’t think it requires much effort.

In my email correspondence with PokerStars they said:

Allowing observers to view the games prior to play is a fundamental
feature of the software that cannot be removed. Players like being able to
tell their friends “hey, come sweat me on table so-and-so, I’m winning big!”

It is our goal to minimise datamining via software limitations, without
overly restricting real players who need to legitimately observe a table at
which they are not playing. Since we’re unwilling to completely remove
such features (which would be throwing out the baby with the bathwater), we
will always be engaged in a game of cat and mouse with those people that
seek to break our rules.

They say that the feature cannot be removed, but it doesn’t have to be removed. I also agree that it’s nice to watch your buddies play online poker. But there’s a simple answer to this – allow people to have “buddy lists”, and if their buddy approves, they can view tables they’re playing on. The screen names of the other players can be kept anonymous (“player 1”, “player 2”, etc). This allows the online poker sites to keep the social aspect of the game, but eliminates the parasites like PTR.

What are the online poker sites doing about datamining?

Online poker sites have known about this problem for a long time now. They keep coming up with the same generic replies; such as “We’re very close to tackling this” – but they’ve been saying this for what seems like years. I have a feeling that maybe they don’t care, but have to be seen to care. How difficult is it to tweak their table observation feature? I’m sure it’s not simple, but they have the resources to be able to do it, so they should get their act together and fix it.

If you agree then email your favourite poker site and tell them what you want!

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Well that’s if you think online poker is rigged, which I don’t. But if ever proof were needed that live poker is rigged, then here it is:



Of course it’s not rigged! As Jarred, the YouTuber who posted this video said; it’s “An Amazing Sick Hand AA vs KK vs KK!!!”

But I chuckled when I scrolled down the comments on YouTube:

“This had to be a PokerStars shuffle, no wait if it was PokerStars the 5th King would have shown up!”

“Did Full Tilt Poker shuffle this deck?”

I’m sure there are a lot more comments like these, but I usually don’t read comments on YouTube because, a) it’s usually posted by some brain dead ignorant moron, or b) it’s spam.

Perhaps I’m being overly harsh. They might have been joking about online poker being rigged. Or maybe the guys at Full Tilt/PokerStars actually did shuffle the deck for that hand. Oh man, I’m confused. Either way it’s an entertaining hand.

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