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Peeker Is Real

Peeker is the cheat we built into this table on purpose: one dog can see the others' cards. This fall, the same cheat turned up at real high-stakes tables, for real money.

What happened

An attacker hid remote-access software inside updates for two tools that professional players use to run many tables at once, Jurojin and IntuitiveTables. The software, MeshAgent, is a legitimate IT tool. Hidden on a player's computer, it let the attacker watch the screen live, hole cards included.

Both vendors say about 30 high-stakes players were targeted, with tampered updates going out from mid-2025 into 2026. Estimates of the take run from $1.5 million to $4 million; the real figure isn't confirmed.

How it got in

No poker site was broken into. The cheat came in through software the players trusted and updated themselves. It was caught in September, when one player asked an AI agent to look over his stats and it spotted MeshAgent running on his computer.

A rule that says "no peeking" is only a request. Unless something actually stops the peek, someone will take it.

See it here

Turn on Peeker in the replayer and watch what one stolen look at the cards is worth. The crown lands on the winner before anyone bets.

Open hand 2 with Peeker on →

FULL DETAILS · RELIVE THE ATTACK

The HoldemRobots AI Training Camp takes this apart step by step. In Camps 1 and 2, you catch a cheat from the outside, then find it in the code and close the leak. Peeker, No Peeking walks through the cheat itself.

It's all done on a practice table, never on a real system. That's the point: learn exactly how the attack works, so you can spot it and stop it.

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