Can anyone suggest a toolkit or framework (or maybe an idea) that can be useful to implement secure and cheat-resistant online poker (texas hold’em) client without trusted third party server?
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What you’re asking about is called mental poker, described in this fascinating paper(PDF) by cryptographic greats Adi Shamir, Ron Rivest, and Leonard Adleman. Per their summary of results:
Note that their result only applies to two player games of poker. The paper Mental poker with three or more players extends this result to multiple players.
In short, can it be done? Probably, yes. Is it practical? Almost certainly not. You should establish or find a trusted third party instead.