Hi all, first post, and since I'm a paid computer geek I figured why not post here.

In the case of most homes and businesses, if people within the building or room are connecting to the internet through the same router (whether wired or wireless) and internet account, then they will all have the same shared internet IP. The unique local IPs of each computer are private and do not go out over the internet.

There are some exceptions, however:

1. As mentioned, in a multi-dwelling unit like an apartment or dorm, there may be a lot of people with different internet accounts and wireless routers within range of each other. People could conceivably get together and each person hit a different router. These would be virtually impossible to catch as cheaters unless they did something really stupid to identify themselves as such.
   
2. Some universities actually assign each student their own static IP address that follows them around no matter where they plug-in or connect wireless on campus. In that case every PC in the room *would* have different IPs, and again would be nearly impossible to prove as cheaters.
   

But I think by far the most common method of online collusion is not between people physically nearby, but from telephone and IM chat. Buddies hook up at the same table and get on the phone/chat with each other, disclosing their hole cards, squeezing unsuspecting opponents, and dumping chips.

Also, some sites like PokerStars have no problem with other PC's in the same household with the same IP connecting and playing at the same time, you just can't play at the same table or in the same tourney. My wife has her own Stars account and we both play at the same time, but she's upstairs doing her own thing (usually SnG's), and I'm downstairs in my office doing something else. I made sure to notify Stars before she signed up, to be sure it was okay, and they told me it was fine as long as we didn't play in the same game.

Hi, how is he doing it?? 4 computers ?? or one with cheating hardand software??...... in any case im with the sixshooter guy, bust a cap, that guy was stealing money from a freeroll. smokem out... thanks for the info... Razor

Of cause the sites are tracking the IPs but if you manage to conect through diferent routers (eg WIFI of the neighbor) its no problem to play multiaccounting.

thats pretty interested stuff. after watching truckers video on u tube last night. i stayed on and was checking out all the poker scandals and cheating methods it has. it also mentions pokerstars which i was suprised by. i knew about AP and UB. what it comes down to it. there are scumbags everywhere trying to take your money whether on the internet or in person. so i guess we should all take that old warning a little more seriously "BUYER BEWARE"

mlkmn5029 wrote:i can tell u now if those accounts were usuing same ip address it would not let them into same tourney. me and my sister tried to get into a funstep 1 and an alert came up that some1 with same ip address was in tourney and it wouldn't let her register. they can play on same site but not same tourneys

That depends on the site because my mom and I have played in the same tournies before and we live in the same home

sounds dodgy

cuchi

Cheating ....

Now that's one thing that will get my attention.
If you have an opportunity to report this kind of activity, PLEASE DO. If you can take advantage of the collusion then take every chip there is to take. I have no issue playing one on one and if I loose then so be it, but if I loose because others are cheating, NOT COOL.

Please do not tolerate cheating.