Chip dumping
Deliberately losing chips to another player — usually a friend or backer — to transfer value between accounts or stacks. It is cheating in every cardroom and on every site, and online rooms detect it through hand-history analysis.
Frequently asked questions
What is chip dumping in poker?
Intentionally losing chips to a specific opponent — calling bets with nothing, betting into a hand you know is better, or shoving to be called. The chips move without being won.
Why would anyone do it?
Three main reasons: to build one accomplice a huge stack in a tournament, to settle a debt or move money between accounts, and to launder funds through what looks like ordinary play. The last is why payment regulators take it as seriously as the poker rooms do.
How is it detected?
The play is statistically absurd, which makes it easier to spot than subtler collusion: an account that loses large pots only ever to the same opponent stands out immediately in hand-history review. Consequences are account closure and confiscation, and in laundering cases a report to the authorities.