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Originally Posted by albertGQ
He's also flopped the nut straight, turned the nut flush, only to lose to a full house on the river. I know that can happen at a house game or a casino, but its always one peculiar hand here, and another peculiar hand there
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Online you see many many more hands than at a casino or house game.
Thus, the number of bad beats you see will also increase.
However, I think most sites are rigged. Not an advantage to the house per se,
they get their money anyways, rather rigged on trying to keep people around
and drive the rake up.
Something along the lines of how long you have been a customer, plus your
skill level, plus your playing history, the amount you deposit, etc. And some
times if you are plus plus plus on all those, you win. Other times you lose.
The pendulum swings all over the place, changing every so often. The
formula on who wins may change given all sorts of conditions.
Make sure the poor players can win enough to stick around, but also
make sure the good players also win every so often to keep them around.
Can the games be audited and determined fair? Sure, not too difficult
to make sure of that too, after all if you pre-determine the outcome,
you can pre-determine 1 billion hands too. It just matters on who
gets what hands and when.
So, considering I feel the sites are all rigged, why do I play? Why not?
It's entertainment. I've withdrawn all my money and mostly play freerolls
and micro-tables with the freeroll money I make [ie. no more $200+
tourneys].
I just don't trust any of the sites to do anything for me in their current
legal situation.
Worst beat I took? Got AA , called a large raise.
AhAxKh is out. Flopped the quads! He bets, I move all-in,
he calls. He's got QhQx. [not sure why, considering the flop?]
Next two cards? Jh followed by 10h.
Unfortunately it was not one of those jackpot tables...momentary
excitement until we all realized this. heh
ers