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Message: [QUOTE="dj11, post: 632484, member: 13851"] I have read the description of the method FT was using earlier this year. Oddly Phil Gordon's description of what he thinks is going on does NOT jibe with what the writen policy was when I read the posted description. Perhaps it has changed. At that time the description, which is very complicated, said that as each new game is started, a complete deck is added to the pool of decks. And that pool is shuffled. I read it to say that, for example, if there were 1000 games going on, there would be 52,000 cards in the deck. There was some hint that that mega deck was in constant shuffle, and that as a card was needed, one was provided from that mega deck, and the software decided if it was an appropriate card for the table in question. Obviously a 2nd Qh for the table would be returned to that mega deck and another card tested for suitability. There was some mention of timings made at a quantum level, and a brief explanation of how a typical RNG works, and an equally brief explanation of how that quantum timer worked in conjunction with that RNG. No algorithm's were provided, nor even any pseudo code. So we must assume someone is on top of this, and it is secret. The general overview was probably sufficiently obscure to confuse all but the most dedicated, knowledgeable hacker. So Jane Doe probably won't be a problem, but Jon Ho might. As we can imagine, the methodologies used for detailing the shuffle and deal should be as random as possible. It could easily be shown that online shuffles and deals are probably more random than live shuffles and deals. I am reminded of an article about Chris Ferguson showing that if you get a perfect shuffle 8 times in a row, you end up with a perfectly ordered deck, as if it just got unwrapped. All of this leaves us at a peculiar point. We must realize that we are at the mercy of the poker sites, that we must trust them, and someone needs to be responsible for insuring we all get as perfect a chance at a truly random shuffle as is humanly, or logically possible. I for one, make the assumption that the sites have too much to lose to allow any shenanigans to mess with their shuffles and deals. [/QUOTE]

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