Game Integrity, Part 1
by Douglas Zare
1 November 2007
Douglas Zare
I've been involved with assessing the integrity of online backgammon for some time. I have been planning to write a column about testing claims of cheating and unfair dice in backgammon. While I will discuss some of the foundations needed to analyze these claims fairly, the main application within this column will be to the current cheating scandal involving Absolute Poker, one of the largest online poker sites.
None of the analysis here requires more than the most basic understanding of poker, that it is a game of skill and chance involving cards. Each player has hidden cards which are not supposed to be known by the other players. There are several rounds of betting.
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Subject: Re: Game Integrity, Part 1
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SCasey
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02 Nov 2007 14:17 EST
Excellent.....
Thanks Sean
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Subject: Re: Game Integrity, Part 1
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tobaksa
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07 Nov 2007 00:02 EST
Well done Doug!
Jake
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Subject: Re: Game Integrity, Part 1
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ROYHO
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07 Nov 2007 04:44 EST
A great article. Well done and many thanks on behalf of all poker players
Roy Hollands
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gudgen
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07 Nov 2007 06:38 EST
A great article!!Open your eyes (XXX) players.
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dougie
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07 Nov 2007 10:18 EST
...an awesome and informative article, once again, by Mr. Zare.
I can think of few other authors writing today, who can match the degree of insight Mr. Zare regularly provides in his articles, which deserve the highest ratings. No scale seems adequate to evaluate his excellence and thoroughness.
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Subject: Re: Game Integrity, Part 1
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DadoHead
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07 Nov 2007 16:11 EST
Excellent article...very thorough. I was interested in this scandal and it was cool to see the case history data.
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Subject: Re: Game Integrity, Part 1
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frankb
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16 Nov 2007 17:09 EST
nothing less than excellent and insightful to read, even from a person that isn't interested in Poker at all....
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Subject: Re: Game Integrity, Part 1
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zare
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16 Nov 2007 19:05 EST
I'm glad that you all seemed to enjoy this. You can see a slight update on the situation in this CardPlayer Magazine article: http://tinyurl.com/2w2mp6.
By the way, there was an inconsistency in my figures. I said that there were 15 times Potripper folded at the first opportunity out of 111 hands, but the folds in the table add up to 14. The latter value appears to be correct. There were a few other preflop folds, where Potripper folded after initially calling or raising, and I think I had included one of those when I made the initial count.
Douglas Zare
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