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04-22-2016 , 09:30 PM
So, help me out here. Over a 1 million hand sample will jungmit (or any player) hit the flush exactly the right percentage that he should. Let' say the percentage is 33. Will some one be at 32 and someone be at 34 over this many hands. Or will everyone be exactly 33?
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04-22-2016 , 09:33 PM
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Originally Posted by downswinger
most horrendous 20 minutes
solid sample size that imo
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04-22-2016 , 09:35 PM
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Originally Posted by bot01101
So, help me out here. Over a 1 million hand sample will jungmit (or any player) hit the flush exactly the right percentage that he should. Let' say the percentage is 33. Will some one be at 32 and someone be at 34 over this many hands. Or will everyone be exactly 33?
Over an infinite number of hand samples the numbers will be the same. Anything less than that, there will always be at least a small possibility that they won't.

Last edited by SantaCruz; 04-22-2016 at 09:40 PM.
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04-22-2016 , 09:55 PM
https://snag.gy/PjfBoW

Is Intertops rigged? I've been on the nastiest losing streak, and was incorrectly not awarded this pot.
If you can't see, I have A9 off, and got it allin preflop against A8. Board was QJT76. I should have won the pot with AQJT9, but the software used the 7 as both of our kickers and I ended up losing.
Stuff like this is making me think that Intertops is rigged. I've been involved in over 10 pots at the final table where I have a dominating Ace and have lost to a smaller Ace. Really making me dejected.

https://snag.gy/JBcOpf

Literally just saw a similar thing happen. INTERTOPS, PLEASE RESPOND.
I'm not involved in this hand but...
Two guys are allin. 74ss and 53 off. Board is KJ9T6. 7 high should've won, but the pot was chopped AGAIN.
Intertops, is there a bug going on or something? Or is this site just rigged as hell.
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04-22-2016 , 11:15 PM
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Originally Posted by downswinger
Crushing on microgaming though.
You are only winning there because its rigged.
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04-22-2016 , 11:35 PM
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Originally Posted by 5thStreetHog
Absolutely. I assumed he was referring to Bovada because hes played there and specifically mentioned table caps and anonymous play.
Did Bodog lowered the table max? Its been 4 for as long as i can remember. Maybe it was 6 a long time ago...but they have had 4 for a while now.

Im more talking about stars though. Even in the recent stars threads when lowing the table max was brought up to protect the fish, its dismissed as it will never happen because it would cost them money. Its been a longtime argument and ive never seen a counter to the people making it. Could of missed them i guess.

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I don't think that there is any question that implementing a four table max there has made them more money.
Like i said i dont remember them lowering it but i got to bodog late in the game and when i was just funning.

Would lowering it to one table max make them even more money?


Im not sure the argument holds and it depends on redeposits and math and stuff.

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In theory it makes perfect sense, and I doubt they would be doing it if their numbers have shown otherwise. Winning players generally are the ones playing more than four tables. Winning players don't deposit. The site makes no money from winning players. They make their money from losing players that deposit then lose that money via rake, or even more ideally for them, the sportsbook/casino. Allowing uncapped tables greatly reduces the percentage of a depositors money the site can obtain by allowing it to flow more rapidly and in larger quantities into the hands of winning players by dramatically increasing the winner/loser ratio at the tables.
Thats been my view for a long time. Pacific Poker had it right right form the start.


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As far as the contrary being a common argument from 2+2 regs, I haven't heard any respected poster try to make that argument. I really assumed that this has become an almost universally accepted theory in the community over the last few years FWIW.
Then there are more then a few unrespected disingenuous multitablers.


Hopefully the sites keep going this way either which way. Better games...
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04-22-2016 , 11:43 PM
Love to see 888's numbers form the times when the increased their clones.
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04-23-2016 , 12:29 AM
Played a hand on bovada today that made me question the legitness of the site.. Playing 10NL zone about a 20 dollar pot. Guy shoves out of the big (i get the impression that hes tilted) i wake up with AJ i was thinking about folding but i called because he snaped all in so fast i felt that for sure he was just angry and sure enough he jams $10 with J10 off..
Flop is a brick comes out 2, 7, 9 and then he hits 2 running 10's to make a set. The cards literately came out so fast i couldn't even blink before i knew who won. I have had terrible suckouts on the site but this one is the last straw for me
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04-23-2016 , 02:17 AM
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Originally Posted by The_Kid_Stu
Played a hand on bovada today that made me question the legitness of the site.. Playing 10NL zone about a 20 dollar pot. Guy shoves out of the big (i get the impression that hes tilted) i wake up with AJ i was thinking about folding but i called because he snaped all in so fast i felt that for sure he was just angry and sure enough he jams $10 with J10 off..
Flop is a brick comes out 2, 7, 9 and then he hits 2 running 10's to make a set. The cards literately came out so fast i couldn't even blink before i knew who won. I have had terrible suckouts on the site but this one is the last straw for me
Zone poker is anonymous. I've been playing plenty of Zone. You can't possibly get the impression that a player has tilted unless you are psychic. Just chalk it up as a lesson learned. All he needed was one ten to beat you. It was just luck that you initially had him dominated. If you continue to play like that, though, you are going to go broke (as is your opponent).
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04-23-2016 , 03:45 AM
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Originally Posted by TheDefiniteArticle
solid sample size that imo
Played a game of Twister last night, and it's obvious you need only one game to show whether or not the deal is rigged.

Me: 1347 chips
It: 153 chips

The last four hands were AIPF:

Me: Q3s (56%)
It: J8s
Board: A65 T J

Me: AT (65%)
It: J5
Board: JT4 9 7

Me: KK (81%)
It: 33
Board: J93 Q Q

Me: AA (85%)
It: 95
Board: T92 2 9

As jungmit might conclude, 'I'm not saying it's rigged, but I had a 287% chance of winning when they're RPG got me good.'
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04-23-2016 , 04:51 AM
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Originally Posted by LostOstrich
He's never posting a graph because there is no graph. This guy can't even figure out how to post an image, so there's zero chance he ever got his head around the process of downloading, installing and using poker tracking software. People like jungmit are the reason there are DO NOT DRINK warnings on tins of paint.
Of course he's capable of posting a picture or a graph. He just chooses not to. It would end his fun trolling. I do not believe for a minute this guys serious. But he's amusing at least.
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04-23-2016 , 06:19 AM
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Originally Posted by batair
Did Bodog lowered the table max? Its been 4 for as long as i can remember. Maybe it was 6 a long time ago...but they have had 4 for a while now.
Yeah, it has been four for awhile. I was under the impression that they used to allow more than four tables but I could be mistaken about that. I apologize if that was incorrect.

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Originally Posted by The_Kid_Stu
Flop is a brick comes out 2, 7, 9 and then he hits 2 running 10's to make a set. The cards literately came out so fast i couldn't even blink before i knew who won. I have had terrible suckouts on the site but this one is the last straw for me
You do realize than he didn't need to runner tens to beat you right? He just hit a ten and beat you. Big deal? Not that seeing a ten ten run out would have been strange to begin with, but the way your described the beat as someone hitting runners on you seemed strange.
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04-23-2016 , 06:43 AM
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Originally Posted by randommuppet
Of course he's capable of posting a picture or a graph. He just chooses not to. It would end his fun trolling. I do not believe for a minute this guys serious. But he's amusing at least.
If he's a troll who's just playing a character then he's legitimately the best I've ever seen so hats off to him. Such a long term commitment to pretending to be stupid on the internet would be absolutely staggering.
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04-23-2016 , 06:54 AM
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Originally Posted by ChaosTheorist
https://snag.gy/PjfBoW

Is Intertops rigged? I've been on the nastiest losing streak, and was incorrectly not awarded this pot.
If you can't see, I have A9 off, and got it allin preflop against A8. Board was QJT76. I should have won the pot with AQJT9, but the software used the 7 as both of our kickers and I ended up losing.
Stuff like this is making me think that Intertops is rigged. I've been involved in over 10 pots at the final table where I have a dominating Ace and have lost to a smaller Ace. Really making me dejected.

https://snag.gy/JBcOpf

Literally just saw a similar thing happen. INTERTOPS, PLEASE RESPOND.
I'm not involved in this hand but...
Two guys are allin. 74ss and 53 off. Board is KJ9T6. 7 high should've won, but the pot was chopped AGAIN.
Intertops, is there a bug going on or something? Or is this site just rigged as hell.
Photoshop or rigged?
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04-23-2016 , 07:01 AM
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Originally Posted by batair
Would lowering it to one table max make them even more money?
Sorry, I missed this question. I dont know. I mean, you do want an ample amount of action you would think, and even losing players often like to play more than one table. Im not going to pretend I know exactly where that line of balance would lie. I will say this however, it would not surprise me the slightest bit to see a site test that format in the future FWIW. And I do think a one poker table limit would be more profitable than a twenty poker table limit for a site like Bovada which probably makes more money from their casino and sportsbook from the jump. Capping at one table would not keep a ton of recs from gambling on the site or playing poker. It would however keep a ton of net winning poker players from playing the poker tables against those said recs.

Having said all of that, what do I know? Im just hypothesizing obviously, but I do believe it seems reasonably logical at least.
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04-23-2016 , 09:24 AM
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Originally Posted by LostOstrich
If he's a troll who's just playing a character then he's legitimately the best I've ever seen so hats off to him. Such a long term commitment to pretending to be stupid on the internet would be absolutely staggering.
Lol
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04-23-2016 , 11:13 AM
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Originally Posted by The_Kid_Stu
Played a hand on bovada today that made me question the legitness of the site..
I thought you liked Bovada the most?
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Originally Posted by The_Kid_Stu
at first i liked ACR and then all the bull**** started happening and i realized how crappy the software is and then i got off the site. To be honest they are all pretty shady ... but i think bovada is the best. Just try and avoid the cash games that's where the site gets most of the rake. I have seen some crazy circus **** on those cash game tables they scream rigged.
Oh wait, no, they're all rigged
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Honestly i think Stars has got much better in the past few years with the RNG as for the American sites its god awful its so rigged its ridiculous. Bovada, ACR you name them the cash tables are designed for rake 100% nothing is fair. Last time on Bovada before i called them and screamed bloody murder untill they have me my money back i had AK cracked by AQ 3 times in one session "no joke" Everytime i would shove a Queen would hit either on the flop turn on river it never held up. THATS 73% ****ING PERCENT LOSING 3 TIMES IN A ROW ITS ALL ****ING RIGGED BOYS
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Online poker in a nut-shell https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuBvAWwRY_o

you cant win.. give up if you do win they will eventually suck the money out of you.
its all a scam and has been since day 1. Poker pro's endorse these sites for their own personal profit. The sites reward bad players and punish good ones. The bad players just winning and think they are actually good at poker and then they get sucked out go busto and reload more money into the system. GL
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Originally Posted by The_Kid_Stu
there's no reason to come and complain about the sites being rigged "trust me i have done this" there's nothing you can do about it. the only you can do is withdraw whatever money you have left and stop playing on them. i mean come-on we all know its rigged to some extent most of these sites have software that looks like its from the 90's its all suspicious and appears to be a scam if you believe so then stop playing. if people want to defend the sites than so be they can play on them whenever they want its their choice. the sad part is a lot of people do not live near casinos nor have access to poker games so they are forced to play online which is exactly what these sites want they are raping people in certain states where poker is banned "like my state" but i was smart enough to quit playing.
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I have had terrible suckouts on the site but this one is the last straw for me
We all know that's not true.
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04-23-2016 , 02:04 PM
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Originally Posted by 5thStreetHog
Sorry, I missed this question. I dont know. I mean, you do want an ample amount of action you would think, and even losing players often like to play more than one table. Im not going to pretend I know exactly where that line of balance would lie. I will say this however, it would not surprise me the slightest bit to see a site test that format in the future FWIW. And I do think a one poker table limit would be more profitable than a twenty poker table limit for a site like Bovada which probably makes more money from their casino and sportsbook from the jump. Capping at one table would not keep a ton of recs from gambling on the site or playing poker. It would however keep a ton of net winning poker players from playing the poker tables against those said recs.

Having said all of that, what do I know? Im just hypothesizing obviously, but I do believe it seems reasonably logical at least.
Alright fair enough.
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04-23-2016 , 03:46 PM
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Originally Posted by ChaosTheorist
https://snag.gy/PjfBoW

Is Intertops rigged? I've been on the nastiest losing streak, and was incorrectly not awarded this pot.
If you can't see, I have A9 off, and got it allin preflop against A8. Board was QJT76. I should have won the pot with AQJT9, but the software used the 7 as both of our kickers and I ended up losing.
Stuff like this is making me think that Intertops is rigged. I've been involved in over 10 pots at the final table where I have a dominating Ace and have lost to a smaller Ace. Really making me dejected.

https://snag.gy/JBcOpf

Literally just saw a similar thing happen. INTERTOPS, PLEASE RESPOND.
I'm not involved in this hand but...
Two guys are allin. 74ss and 53 off. Board is KJ9T6. 7 high should've won, but the pot was chopped AGAIN.
Intertops, is there a bug going on or something? Or is this site just rigged as hell.
bump
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04-23-2016 , 04:52 PM
It's definitely weird assuming those pictures are real (I'm sure they are, but there's always a chance of Photoshop), but not really rigging in the sense this thread's about. It's not really a big spooky conspiracy if they just straight up rank hands incorrectly.
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04-23-2016 , 07:52 PM
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Originally Posted by JasiuZ
Photoshop or rigged?
I didn't photoshop it but I guess there's not real way for me to prove it.
https://snag.gy/Wn2eKU.jpg
https://snag.gy/5lBTeX.jpg
Those are exact hand histories from my account. Intertops keeps weird hand histories (no visual) but it's clear from the hand history they give that I clearly won. In the second hand (I folded on the flop), the guy with 7 high won, and was clearly not awarded the entire pot.
This is so sketchy. Intertops has such a good reputation, but they obviously have some software bugs or something.
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04-23-2016 , 09:28 PM
It's probably just a glitch that needs to be reported. It's not the first time something like that has happened. There was the much talked about glitch at UltimateBet (not connected to any of the superuser stuff) that caused Phil Hellmuth to win a pot that was supposed to go to someone else. It isn't clear in this thread if anyone has notified Intertops; if not, someone should.
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04-23-2016 , 10:17 PM
I'm running at least half of what I should be getting post ante in 888 tournaments over the last year and a half and I don't trust that site at all.
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04-23-2016 , 10:42 PM
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Originally Posted by SantaCruz
It's probably just a glitch that needs to be reported. It's not the first time something like that has happened. There was the much talked about glitch at UltimateBet (not connected to any of the superuser stuff) that caused Phil Hellmuth to win a pot that was supposed to go to someone else. It isn't clear in this thread if anyone has notified Intertops; if not, someone should.
I reported it. Intertops told me they would look in to it. Probably nothing gonna happen.
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04-24-2016 , 05:09 AM
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Originally Posted by ChaosTheorist
I reported it. Intertops told me they would look in to it. Probably nothing gonna happen.
I'm not gonna click on your links, but if their software actually paid the wrong hand, you should definitely follow up on it. If they don't address it, make a post here (here meaning 2+2, not this rigged thread). But try to embed a screen shot. Safer for other people than clicking on links. And post all e-mail correspondence between you and the site.
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