Freakonomics Author to Attack Cheating at Online Poker

Recently the rumors of collusion and cheating at a popular online poker room have reached fever pitch, and one well known economist has joined in the discussion, partially because he has been hired to do so. Steven Levitt, the co-author of the well known book Freakonomics, has been hired to help this same online poker room to work out methods and tools to catch cheaters in the act. He mentioned this on his NY Times blog and pointed out that the cheaters were obvious in their tactics, including never losing and going after the highest stake games.