Poker Cheating Glasses on the Rise: Cheating in Plain Sight
Sunglasses are ubiquitous at the poker table these days. Even the biggest TV stars wore sunglasses during their rise to stardom (Chris Moneymaker, Phil Hellmuth are two examples). Why are they banned in some casinos? It could be because it is illegal to cheat with them.
Wearing special sunglasses to see invisible ink marks is the most common cheating method in poker. These sunglasses are designed to make it easy for players to read the marks on the back of the cards by filtering out the green light. The glasses are also disguised as regular sunglasses so that other players cannot easily tell you’re cheating.
A secret message app can be used to communicate with your partner as you play poker. Various apps are marketed as stock market trackers or calculators but can actually conceal a wide variety of secret messages and sexting photos. Some of these applications can geotag a false location to mask the real destination of your phone signal.
While it is not possible to stop someone cheating at poker, you can learn the signs to look out for. Knowing what to look for can help calm your mind until you can confirm your suspicions.