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Originally Posted by Rounding4Rent
OK, so back to square one - you believe online poker is not rigged. Good input
Rounding, perhaps some of these guys could be more polite, but don't let that distract you from their point. The fact is, there has been a lot of evidence in this thread favouring that online poker is not rigged. As far as I can recall, no one has challenged any of that evidence in this thread in any serious manner.
Meanwhile, every time someone has brought up a potential rigging scheme, there have been numerous arguments talking about why that would not be practical.
The fact is, there is a tremendous amount of data that we can collect individually. Anyone with HEM or pokertracker has a very good starting point. As spade has pointed out, I believe, they can point you in the right direction. I'm sure if you post stats, etc. and talk about your sample size, the stat guys can tell you how confident you can be in your numbers (ie: to what degree of error). If you don't know where to start, I'm sure these guys can help as well. While your personal data will be far from precise, it will give a very good indication. If all the rigtards did the same, you will get more and more samples which will help move towards even more accurate results. Plus, Spade has been working on some things which he's promised to reveal when he's done. He's given some teasers which are quite convincing. Call him a fraud if you want, but make sure to back it up if you do.
Otherwise, we have to rely to some extent on the stat guys like Spade and decide on our own whether his explanations make sense or not. Whether his arguments seem sound.
That would be much better than simply posting that the OP companies are so big and smart that they must have come up with some completely indetectable scheme that also boosts profits. Or just referring to bad beats or other dishonest things that have occured in online poker that have nothing to do with rigging.