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Originally Posted by evman150
Colour me jaded.
Being a poker player, bad beat stories and the "it's rigged" mantra get annoying really fast.
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It seems to me like "it's rigged" and "people might be cheating" are very different things. Personally, I don't play online--because for me, poker is recreation, and I'd much rather do it in person with my friends--but I don't think the sites are "rigged." They'd go out of business quickly if they were--people will only play a shell game a few times before they start saving their money.
But PEOPLE try to cheat all the time, both online and in live games. Because there's very little transparency, at least on the user end, it's understandable that some people are a little nervous about investing their money when they don't trust the integrity of the game. That's not to say that cheating is rampant, but my guess is it happens sometimes, and that people aren't always caught.
Either way, there's no need to get grumpy with people about it. Being a recreational poker player is not a crime.