Comments on: If online poker is rigged, why do you continue to play?

By: jason

jason — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 07:22:16 +0000

I think it is rigged. As soon as you get ahead a little bit , most times 3 times your buy in , the set up hand come along. My last one was ,J10 and the opponent had AK. the flop came QJ10. THis has happened to me at least 50 times. The only site that I think was the fair was Full Tilt. Unfortunatley you can not play there any more. That was the only site I cashed out on.

By: Bill Rini

Bill Rini — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 16:00:14 +0000

Other than Phil Ivey, Tom Dwan, Daniel Negreanu, etc, etc, etc?

By: Cory

Cory — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 14:08:18 +0000

Online poker is rigged without a doubt. I’ve practiced and studied poker for years and although I’m leaving the game in a positive profit margin, I’ve had far too many dominating hands lose to rags in the last year to believe it’s a fair game. I used my VIP points to play one last MTT, grinded through to an above average stack size near the bubble. I’m dealt AA and immediately think to myself “oh fvck they’re going to set me up” simply because it happens so damn much. There’s a few limpers, I raise the pot, someone reraises me, I push all in, idiot calls and shows J6o. Sure enough J-6 hits the flop and instead of ascending to near chip leader status I’m out of the game. Either one ridiculously lucky moron just busted me or the game is rigged. I choose the latter. And it’s probably why famous pro’s rarely, if ever, play online.

By: Wakeup

Wakeup — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 19:23:40 +0000

It’s rigged I have a Utube Channel Demostrating how rigged and bet inducing this shit is. If your saying It’s NOT Rigged your obv. Rigged 2 win and just here to defend your “Skills”. It’s a program…

ITS NOT IN THERE BEST INTEREST TO GIVE PPL A FAIR GAME.

THESE SITES CONSISTENTLY REWARD BAD PLAY. IF YOUR GOOD OR HAVE ANY SKILL I’D STICK WITH LIVE UNLESS YOU WANT THE RIGGED NUMBER GENERATOR TO PROOF IT 2 YOU THE HARD WAY!

By: Mike L.

Mike L. — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:21:16 +0000

Well I do believe that it is rigged, but I am not completely convinced because I do not know for sure (lack of published empirical evidence). The reason why I continue to play is because it is still profitable, just as not as profitable as it would be if they didn’t manipulate software components of the RNG to alter conditional variances to ‘even out the playing field’ so to speak (although this is still just speculation). And yes I am aware of the gaming commisions and the high-school level statistical tests that confirm that IT IS FAIR (right…) because the deviation for specific card frequencies and hands is infinitessimal with an adequate sample size (yet no one questions the validity of the tests themselves or considers the view of the long-term as a set of many adjacent short-terms that can easily be manipulated in and of themselves). Anyway, I paid my way through grad school playing poker, and although I have made respectable money from the game, I believe that I could have made considerably more if it were more legit. Oh and don’t bother calling me an idiot because my IQ is ridiculously high :P

By: steve

steve — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:30:10 +0000

ap is rigged. if you look at their cash games youl see that there are between 30 and 50 players sitting idle in the high stakes heads up tables. Like one table thats actually playing while 20 other players are just sitting and waiting when they could be playing eachother instead. Who does that

By: ally

ally — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 06:42:25 +0000

bobostonepony hit the nail on the head. anyone who claims that it is not rigged either doesn’t know much about poker and pot odds, or they are speaking on behalf of the sites. i’ve played real poker and i watch “poker at dark” on tv and the hands i see online are much more wild and have way too many good hands being tossed about. it’s too uncanny. and you ask why would a “legitimate” site risk losing their reputations by rigging games? well, that’s because they can. oviously, whatever regulating committee exists isn’t that stringent or is in on the the action, too. if it’s not government regulated, then there’s a good chance there’s shadiness involved. and do we really think that a gambling site of all sites will resist the temptation to screw over its customers? i know human nature and i know that many people will try to get away with as much as they can. the people who run poker sites aren’t known to be the touchstones of ethical behavior, so yah, i’d put my money on the sites being rigged. i’ve tried at least six sites and i feel the same way for all of them, including play money facebook poker (which is just straight pathetic that they rig play money, but not surprised).

By: Bill

Bill — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 01:24:26 +0000

Actually there are gaming commissions in online gaming. Check your facts.

By: can'tbeatemjoinem

can'tbeatemjoinem — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 22:33:21 +0000

The problem with on line casinos versus a face to face local poker room game is that there is actually a GAMING COMMISSION that regulated the play. These on line poker room in the carribean have ZERO accountablility. To use a poker term, no one keeps them in “check.” Theoretically, they could do what ever they want to gain an advantage. Not so in a regular face to face poker room. Occasionally, you might have a dealer that has a friend who plays that they are “in cahoots” with, but that is really an isolated incident. I believe that on line poker is not legitimate if you play with MORE than 2 people at a table. 1) because the poker room has an incentive to deal better hands to make more rake. 2) The more players at a table, the more chances they have to collude/chip dump. I just play “heads up” poker. I’m really not even sure that is legit….but i’ll take my chances over that then a full table. LOL

By: can'tbeatemjoinem

can'tbeatemjoinem — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 22:33:21 +0000