Poker S.O.S. - Influence Online Poker

Suck Out defined:

1. verb To be dealt cards that complete one's hand or improve the hand enough to win even though the hand was previously an underdog.







2. noun The situation in which a hand with a highly unfavorable chance of winning receives additional cards that improve it or complete it such that it becomes a winning hand.

Let me tell you how this software works. For those short on time there is a simple description and those that want a deeper understanding can read the technical version.

How it works Simple:
Poker S.O.S. sends signals to the random number generators of online poker rooms so that you will be dealt more often the hole cards that will be the winning hand at the river.

How it works Technical:
The standard for creating an impartial poker game online is the use of random number generation which determines the shuffle of the virtual deck of cards.

According to PokerStars.com,

"We understand that a use of a fair and unpredictable shuffle algorithm is critical to our software. To ensure this and avoid major problems described in [2], we are using two independent sources of truly random data:

· user input, including summary of mouse movements and events timing, collected from client software

· true hardware random number generator developed by Intel, which uses thermal noise as an entropy source

Each of these sources itself generates enough entropy to ensure a fair and unpredictable shuffle."

This page can be viewed in full here: http://www.pokerstars.com/poker/room/features/security/

In a research review by Cryptography Research Inc., the "seed" is discussed.

"The Intel Random Number Generator"
Cryptography Research, Inc. White Paper Prepared for Intel Corporation By Benjamin Jun and Paul Kocher

"A true random number generator TRNG uses a non-deterministic source to produce randomness. Most operate by measuring unpredictable natural processes, such as thermal resistance or shot noise, atmospheric noise, or nuclear decay. The entropy, trustworthiness, and performance all depend on the TRNG design.

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