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The River (or...They always get there)
WYoung83:
Watchyagonnado??
AJDUK:
Total tosh OP and some of the replies.
The last 4 LIVE final tables I"ve reached (excluding BCPC lol) I got AA once on each and been cracked each time. Sometimes the longshots come in. Sometimes they come in a few in a row. If you"ve ever tried FAV backing on the horses you"ll find that favourites never seem to come in!
Sure it sucks when it happens but it isn"t rigged. Some sites are luckier for some just like some underpants are lucky for others. Play where you feel better or luckier, but don"t blame the software, the dealers or anyone else but variance (or yourself).
Jon MW:
--- Quote from: Santino67 on May 11, 2012, 14:20:49 PM ---
I"ve only been reg"d with Stars since week 1 of the online league and have to say I"m already sick sick sick, despite finishing 4th in the 1st online league. .... In that short time, and for the 5th time last night, I have lost after flopping a FH. I would never suggest for a minute that anything is rigged against me (why would it be), but I have no qualms whatsoever at suggesting that the cards dealt are nowhere near as random as it"s suggested. The large numbers of AA all in pre I"ve lost with is just horrible, way too often again (IMO) to be random
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As a point of comparison I"ve been reg"d with Stars for several years and played a couple of thousand tournaments - and in my experience sequences of bad luck and good luck even themselves out so you end up with an overall range of expected values.
--- Quote from: Santino67 on May 11, 2012, 14:20:49 PM ---
...The large numbers of AA all in pre I"ve lost with is just horrible, way too often again (IMO) to be random
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This in particular just highlights that a lot of people have got very little idea about what "random" looks like and the nature of "randomness".
Zozzy:
--- Quote from: AJDUK on May 13, 2012, 04:17:20 AM ---
Total tosh OP and some of the replies.
The last 4 LIVE final tables I"ve reached (excluding BCPC lol) I got AA once on each and been cracked each time. Sometimes the longshots come in. Sometimes they come in a few in a row. If you"ve ever tried FAV backing on the horses you"ll find that favourites never seem to come in!
Sure it sucks when it happens but it isn"t rigged. Some sites are luckier for some just like some underpants are lucky for others. Play where you feel better or luckier, but don"t blame the software, the dealers or anyone else but variance (or yourself).
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I agree that Pokerstars is random and honest. Variance and bad beats are part of the game online, just as they are in casinos.
I don"t agree with the horse racing analogy though.
There are some right Bent B*stards paying to make sure the favorite doesn"t win ;D
AAroddersAA:
My opinion fwiw is that pokerstars has probably the best card shuffled around and this includes live shufflers I never get outdrawn but I have seen some pretty sick stuff happen to others it is part of the game
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