If I had a nickel for every time some poor sap cried about how “online poker is rigged” and about “too many bad beats in online poker”, I could buy up all the major poker sites and still have money left over to bribe a few senators and congressmen.
Repeat after me, losers, “Online poker sites do not cheat.”
Online poker sites are made of software. Online poker sites have random number generators that guarantee an equal distribution of cards to all players regardless of status, bankroll size or recent withdrawals. Just because you were stupid enough to slowplay your set of aces when your opponent had a nut flush does not mean that the site cheated you, it means you were stupid. Get over it.
Online poker sites do not cheat. Online poker players, however, are a different story.
Does collusion between players happen at online cash game tables? Yes. Do some players use other methods to gain an unfair advantage? Absolutely. Is it easy for such players to get away with such behavior? Not any more.
With the advent of online poker hand history data mining sites, players are able to spot which players are tough, which ones are weak, and which ones are potential cheaters. This graph helped crack the case against Absolute Bet cheater “Potripper”. The Kahnawake Gaming Commission, the certification authority behind many online poker sites, investigated numerous players, including former WSOP champion Russ Hamilton.
Between the cheating scandals and the economic downturn, online poker sites have no motive to cheat their customers. If you consider cost that both UB and AP incurred due to these scandals, in both money and public perception, you can see why poker sites want to see cheaters dealt with in the harshest manner possible. There is no such thing as a “withdrawal penalty” that harms players who take out money from their accounts. There are no such things as artificially created “action hands” to drive up the rake in a cash game. Take your losses, improve your play and come back again stronger. In the immortal words of “The Mad Genius of Poker” Mike Caro, “Don’t whine and don’t whimper, just win!”
1. casinos | June 4th, 2009 at 10:42 pm
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2. dan | January 6th, 2010 at 9:09 pm
How many times have you physically seen the random number generators that guarantee an equal distribution of cards to all players regardless of status, bankroll size or recent withdrawals? Do you believe that because that’s what sites like PokerStars and others have told you?
It’s a multi-billion dollar a year industry. There is nobody checking the companies who check the software. I have played for years. It’s definitely rigged.
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