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  1. hummer hummer is offline

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    Sep 10th, 2008 (9/10/2008 5:14pm)


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    Who Dun It? The Rigging of Internet Poker

    Men are so simple and yield so readily to the desires of the moment that he who will

    trick will always find another who will suffer to be tricked.

    -- Niccolo Machiavelli

    Of mankind we may say in general they are fickle, hypocritical, and greedy of gain.

    -- Niccolo Machiavelli

    There you are. Innocently playing a game of online no limit hold'em. You're

    dealt what you believe to be a monster hand. You have two aces (denoted here as AA)!

    What do you do? Why, raise, of course! That's what you're supposed to do, according

    to the book. Some poor sucker calls you! And another! Wow! This is your chance to

    triple the size of your stack!

    Here's the flop. AK2 of different suits. Sweet! Bet it out!

    Even better, both players come along for the ride.

    Turn is a 2. Awesome! Top full house! You bet and some poor sucker raises!

    And the other joker comes along once again. It doesn't get any better than this.

    You smooth call, planning to break both remaining players on the river.

    The river is another King. Okay. Nut full house. Heaven help those villains if

    they have an ace, a king or a deuce. You bet, they raise, everybody gets all in.

    And you have the worst hand of the three as your opponents show KK and 22.

    You rebuy and scream in frustration.

    Should you be angry when this happens? Hell yes. The odds against one

    opponent having a better hand than you in this situation are large. The odds of two

    people having better hands are astronomical. The possibility of having two players stay

    in and both improve to quads is incredibly slim.

    And yet it happens all the time in internet poker. Why? Because it's rigged.

    Think about your own play. Haven't you seen more bizarre suckouts online than

    you have in a lifetime of home games and casino play? Where else have you seen

    people betting confidently with no pair and no draw only to go runner-runner to beat

    your solid flopped hand?

    Our analysis of dozens of hands clearly proves that this type of action happens

    online far more often than it should. That's right, proof that internet poker is rigged
  2. Rev.K Rev.K is offline

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    Sep 10th, 2008 (9/10/2008 5:24pm) in reply to hummer

     
    Originally Posted by hummer View Post

    Our analysis of dozens of hands clearly proves that this type of action happens

    online far more often than it should. That's right, proof that internet poker is rigged

    LOL dozens!!

    This is not proof. This is just sad.
  3. hummer hummer is offline

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    Sep 10th, 2008 (9/10/2008 5:26pm) in reply to Rev.K

    Inevitably, you will run into people who do not believe that internet poker is

    rigged. They're just wrong, typically because they are uninformed. People do all kinds

    of dumb things because of incomplete information. Think about it.

    The pool of ignoramuses is divided into two groups -- those who can be lead to

    the truth, and those whose mind cannot be changed by anything short of a bolt of

    lightning from the blue. The key thing to do, and this will help you in all aspects of life,

    is to determine which of these groups anyone who disagrees with you is in. Anyone in

    the latter group should just be ignored. You're probably not a deity with control over the

    elements, so don't knock yourself out trying to conjure up a thunderstorm.

    As for the former group, reason with them. Give them information. Help them

    change their mind. Feel free to pass them a copy of this e-book, at least as long as

    you're not sitting at the same poker table. You don't want them beating you with your

    strategy, do you?

    The TRUTH is out there. Don't let the haters tell you otherwise. Good luck, and

    hit those tables hard.

    The
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  4. hummer hummer is offline

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    Sep 10th, 2008 (9/10/2008 5:43pm) in reply to Rev.K

    <TABLE class=forumline cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=3 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=row2 vAlign=top align=left width=150><SPAN class=name> shawnandjenn</SPAN>
    <SPAN class=postdetails>High Card

    Joined: 02 Jun 2007
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    </TD><TD class=row2 vAlign=top width="100%" height=28><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD width="100%"><SPAN class=postdetails>: </SPAN></TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap> </TD></TR><TR><TD colSpan=2><HR> </TD></TR><TR><TD colSpan=2><SPAN class=postbody><SPAN>Poker stars is absolutely rigged. I have played on many sites and i don not see the crap i see there. You cant even trap people on the cause of masive suckouts. I had KK vs AQ on the bubble in $75 buy in. flop was
    KKA turn A river A. Thats just one of the many experiences I have had. It rewards donkeys to the fullest so they think they are good and keep reloading. I also play live and dont see anything like this. Its a joke and someone should take some action. this is our money after all!!!!!!</SPAN>    </SPAN></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
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  5. kportune kportune is offline

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    Sep 12th, 2008 (9/12/2008 8:52am) in reply to hummer

    Hummer...it's rigging me all the way to the bank! hahaha
    Glad I didn't listen to you.
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