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01-26-2013 , 06:40 PM
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Originally Posted by runnerrunneralday2
http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-h...167_D66D562025

Look at this. Tell me that it normal and that the hand didn't have a predetermined outcome before it played out.
Predetermined by the laws of mathematics, yes
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01-26-2013 , 06:40 PM
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Originally Posted by runnerrunneralday2
http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-h...167_D66D562025

Look at this. Tell me that it normal and that the hand didn't have a predetermined outcome before it played out.
Would you feel better about the site if that hand never beat Aces?
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01-26-2013 , 06:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Monteroy
It is absolutely real, and you will always find companies willing to make a profit on other people's fears (players pay a premium for the "insurance").

The irony is of course if any site put something like this in that riggies would think it was part of the conspiracy, even though the biggest problem with it would be the fact that it is basically another rake grab.

Good on that company for figuring out a way to get people to pay extra rake to them due to their fears of being unlucky.





Sorry Stars went to all that trouble to target you in a 50 cent tournament. They are taking your 5 cents in rake and rubbing 2 cents on each tittie and giving one to the programmer to keep his mouth shut on the crime.

Keep in mind though that most riggies belive the rig is in favor of big stacks (and you lost as the big stack).

If it makes you feel any better - Lance Armstrong lied as well.

All the best.


All the best.
They better hope that I don't become a customer as they won't be around too long...
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01-26-2013 , 06:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Bobo Fett
Would you feel better about the site if that hand never beat Aces?
I do love the site... but seriously I would feel better.
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01-26-2013 , 06:44 PM
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Originally Posted by runnerrunneralday2
I do love the site... but seriously I would feel better.
In that case, you should probably quit poker.
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01-26-2013 , 06:49 PM
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Originally Posted by runnerrunneralday2
http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-h...167_D66D562025

Look at this. Tell me that it normal and that the hand didn't have a predetermined outcome before it played out.

http://www.boomplayer.com/poker-hand...423_4391F52F63

When they want you out of a tournament and back at the tables generating rake they will do something similar too this too get you all in and out of tournament

http://www.boomplayer.com/poker-hand...391_266FE48615

You haven't played poker very much, have you ?

At least you are posting your rigged poker stories in the right place, instead of Beginners' Questions.
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01-26-2013 , 06:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Wakeup!
They better hope that I don't become a customer as they won't be around too long...
They do not help people with freerolls.

Also, You cannot really threaten them with using their marked up service too much, they mark it up just to have guys like you pay a premium for your paranoia.

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Originally Posted by Bobo Fett
In that case, you should probably quit poker.
All riggies should quit.
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01-26-2013 , 07:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Bobo Fett
In that case, you should probably quit poker.
Care too elaborate on that for me please?
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01-26-2013 , 07:05 PM
[QUOTE=AlienSpaceBat;36870179]You haven't played poker very much, have you ?

I have played enough. I am trying too get better. I tilt allot so i need too fix that part of my game.
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01-26-2013 , 07:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Bobo Fett
Would you feel better about the site if that hand never beat Aces?
And also this guy shouldn't of been shoving with A9 off pre flop it's seriously a joke that he would think he is ahead
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01-26-2013 , 07:11 PM
Sorry Stars went to all that trouble to target you in a 50 cent tournament. They are taking your 5 cents in rake and rubbing 2 cents on each tittie and giving one to the programmer to keep his mouth shut on the crime.

Keep in mind though that most riggies believe the rig is in favor of big stacks (and you lost as the big stack), so the best part is even if you won the hand it also would prove it is rigged!

If it makes you feel any better - Lance Armstrong lied as well.

All the best.[/QUOTE]


It's not that they where targeting me in this tournament, for you too think that that's what I think is a joke and you are obviously a Muppet it's the software on every tournament dealing out crap like this.
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01-26-2013 , 07:13 PM
You may find that not every player makes world class choices in the 50 cent tournaments.

You really think it is a conspiracy to rig the games, rather than a guy who either did not care about 50 cents or had no idea what he was doing?

Again, let me be clear - if you posted that hand and won it that would also be proof of rigging to many in this thread (big stack won the hand to knock someone out so they can enter a new tournament quicker).

http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-h...792_EC5C2BFE14

AA can win at times, even when two guys have them. Riggies post hands like this all the time as evidence of the rig, so what are your thoughts of this hand, the software rigged or not?



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Originally Posted by Wakeup!
It is the truth. Until you can prove me wrong, which you can't, then please shut up regarding this issue.
That is not how proof works. Guys like you lie all the time, so just because you say something does not make it a "fact."

I play $2000/$4000 - prove I do not. It is true because I say it is, and according to you that must be the truth until you prove me wrong. Correct?


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Originally Posted by Wakeup!
I play on CPN right now. The site is a nightmare. It is full of glitches and has no players above .5-1 1-2. The mtt payouts are weak. There is no real opportunity to take a consistent flow of money from the site. Do I play low stakes on the site? Sometimes. I recently won a few low stakes MTT ($5-$10) while grinding cash games and had a bank roll of over $1,000. So I started playing the higher stakes tournys. $110, 50, 30, 30, 70, 20, 50, 110 ... back to back to back to back. Amazingly I don't make money in any of them and yes, my bank roll is back to under $50 on the site. This is a repeating cycle. Yes, it could be bad bankroll management, but no, I do not care about grinding $50 a day.
If you are playing on the Cake network and are not playing on Intertops then congrats on making yet another fantastic choice...

You never provide screen names. You make promises you never keep. You may believe yourself, but that is about it.

You have no future in this industry. You talk about being a high roller with rich, powerful friends and yet you have a bankroll under $50.

Just quit already, stop deluding yourself.

All the best.

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01-26-2013 , 07:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Monteroy
You may find that not every player makes world class choices in the 50 cent tournaments.

You really think it is a conspiracy to rig the games, rather than a guy who either did not care about 50 cents or had no idea what he was doing?

Again, let me be clear - if you posted that hand and won it that would also be proof of rigging to many in this thread (big stack won the hand to knock someone out so they can enter a new tournament quicker).

http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-h...792_EC5C2BFE14

AA can win at times, even when two guys have them. Riggies post hands like this all the time as evidence of the rig, so what are your thoughts of this hand, the software rigged or not?
our stacks where 400 chip difference didn't matter who won or lost it's the same as busting being down too 400 chips when BB is 250. I don't know what too think any more It just sucks being busted like this. I would of been happy if he called with kings and hit a set but being busted like this just smells funny
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01-26-2013 , 07:30 PM
You are frustrated at the loss, that is understandable, and they actually have a specific forum for you to post hands just like this, where other players will appreciate and comment on your situation. Be sure to include why you are frustrated, that does always help.

Give it a shot, post there (and link the thread here) , and you will definitely get a response.

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/54...rags-variance/
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01-26-2013 , 08:23 PM
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Originally Posted by runnerrunneralday2
Care too elaborate on that for me please?
I hardly even know where to start. Villain is somewhere around 5% to win that hand. So he's going to win approximately 1 time in 20. Losing with AA is hardly a big deal, and having it happen once says nothing about the site. However, were AA to win every time, the site would have to be rigged. Also, if AA never lost, your shoves aren't going to get many calls.

I wasn't necessarily being literal when I said you should quit poker, but if you can't get your head around beats like this, it might be the best thing for you.

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Originally Posted by runnerrunneralday2
I tilt allot so i need too fix that part of my game.
If you get this excited over one bad beat, yeah, that's probably a pretty huge leak.

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Originally Posted by runnerrunneralday2
And also this guy shouldn't of been shoving with A9 off pre flop it's seriously a joke that he would think he is ahead
He doesn't have to be ahead.
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01-26-2013 , 08:31 PM
* * *Drop the beat on 'em

Riggie riggie riggie,Can't you see?
Sometimes your words just hypnotize me
And i just love those fancy plays
I know you think it's rigged,Yet you still play
Riggie riggie riggie,Can't you see?
Sometimes your words just hypnotize me


R.I.P the late great RIGGIE SMALLS
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01-26-2013 , 09:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Thinking Out Loud
Why is that? I would think that fact prevents a more productive discussion on this topic. Of the massive amount of posts in this thread, a figure a large percentage is stuff that probably wouldn't be allowed in more moderated threads on this site. I wonder how many posters that might have insightful things to say on this topic, on both sides, that don't bother because of some of the seeming nonsense that is allowed to go on. Whether online poker is actually "rigged" or not is besides the point to posters being allowed to freely add nothing in relation to the topic of discussion and seemingly attempt to discourage others from doing so, on either side.

If all this is better discussed in a pm, just let me know, I am just surprised to see a site like 2+2 with so many helpful threads and discussions going on, let this one go on in the manner it has.
What Bobo said.

I mod in Beginners Questions. Now, that's a fairly strictly moderated forum as things go. We don't mind beginners being told home truths, and we don't insist everyone is 100% nice all the time, but we don't allow hostility/name calling/ott trolling etc etc. We also try to keep threads more or less on topic, and not to degenerate into trainwrecks.

Many beginners overestimate their own ability, underestimate their opponents, and don't have a good handle on the math of poker. As such it isn't uncommon for a complaint that the site must be rigged against them to surface.

Nothing is guaranteed to turn a thread into a total trainwreck faster than 'My aces got cracked, it must be rigged' etc. For this reason, we don't allow discussion on this topic in that forum. Not because we are industry shills, or are covering up some conspiracy, or whatever. Simply because we try our best to keep up the content level of threads and increase signal:noise ratio.

As a result, this thread exists, as a place to discuss this stuff. Because this discussion always generates more heat than light, the moderation in this thread is lighter.
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01-26-2013 , 09:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Thinking Out Loud
Why is that? I would think that fact prevents a more productive discussion on this topic. Of the massive amount of posts in this thread, a figure a large percentage is stuff that probably wouldn't be allowed in more moderated threads on this site. I wonder how many posters that might have insightful things to say on this topic, on both sides, that don't bother because of some of the seeming nonsense that is allowed to go on. Whether online poker is actually "rigged" or not is besides the point to posters being allowed to freely add nothing in relation to the topic of discussion and seemingly attempt to discourage others from doing so, on either side.

If all this is better discussed in a pm, just let me know, I am just surprised to see a site like 2+2 with so many helpful threads and discussions going on, let this one go on in the manner it has.
Do you seriously think that a moderator reads every post in every thread in a busy forum? And then decides whether or not it should remain, whether or not the forum users complain about the post?

The Report Post button is there for users to draw attention to posts that they think should be read by a moderator in order to consider taking some sort of action. I don't remember seeing you report a post; and I can hardly remember seeing any post in this particular thread being reported. To me, that means the readers of this thread are happy with the content - albeit that it becomes a "little heated" on occasion - and that they accept that this is a controversial topic where there are adamantly opposite opinions debated in an emotionally charged manner.

Aaaand - back to searching for any reasonable evidence of rigging of the deal.
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01-26-2013 , 10:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Mike Haven
Do you seriously think that a moderator reads every post in every thread in a busy forum? And then decides whether or not it should remain, whether or not the forum users complain about the post?
To be fair, that is much more reasonable assumption than their rig beliefs that tens of thousands of doomswitches are turned on and off, with perfect results (while not getting caught), every second, 24/7 each day, given how many hands are being dealt.

I notice that 3 of the last 4 posts are from moderators, all with different colors in their name, and if that is not a pattern that must represent something to someone, then I cannot imagine what is!
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01-26-2013 , 10:28 PM
Anyway, after just finding and reading this:

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/29...games-1289880/

I don't see why all poker sites don't offer live dealer tables and tournies with a video feed or something comparable. If it's truly just about bad play, variance, etc and not the computer programming in online poker, then a live deal option seems like the perfect way to draw in even more fish that think they would be sharks if the game was not rigged.

Last edited by Thinking Out Loud; 01-26-2013 at 10:33 PM.
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01-26-2013 , 10:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Thinking Out Loud
I don't see why all poker sites don't offer live dealer tables and tournies with a video feed or something comparable.
If you were familiar with the industry you would realize that

- Every site has thought of the idea

- Every site has dismissed the idea

Some online casinos offer it as a niche product, but their dynamics are much different, as they play against the players, and they can have 100 or more people placing wagers on the same roulette spins this way.

For poker it is completely different. The cost of a live dealer along with the infrastructure needed to provide a live dealer for every 2-10 people player is completely impractical in terms of cost vs benefit. How much are you going to pay a dealer to deal 5/10 cent poker that makes the site a couple bucks in rake each hour for the 20-30 hands dealt? Remember, these dealers will not get tips.

Also, players who play online are generally not looking for such a slow product, so not only is it a bad idea from a company investment idea, but it is also not even something the market wants.

Essentially your idea is the exact opposite of Zoom Poker!


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Originally Posted by Thinking Out Loud
If it's truly just about bad play, variance, etc and not the computer programming in online poker, then a live deal option seems like the perfect way to draw in even more fish that think they would be sharks if the game was not rigged.
You have another option actually - go play live.


All the best.
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01-26-2013 , 10:35 PM
I now have Poker Tracker 3 - free trial. How do I use it track and report on improbable bad beats and what statistic(s) will convince the shills?

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Originally Posted by Monteroy
It is absolutely real, and you will always find companies willing to make a profit on other people's fears (players pay a premium for the "insurance").

The irony is of course if any site put something like this in that riggies would think it was part of the conspiracy, even though the biggest problem with it would be the fact that it is basically another rake grab.

Good on that company for figuring out a way to get people to pay extra rake to them due to their fears of being unlucky.





Sorry Stars went to all that trouble to target you in a 50 cent tournament. They are taking your 5 cents in rake and rubbing 2 cents on each tittie and giving one to the programmer to keep his mouth shut on the crime.

Keep in mind though that most riggies believe the rig is in favor of big stacks (and you lost as the big stack), so the best part is even if you won the hand it also would prove it is rigged!

If it makes you feel any better - Lance Armstrong lied as well.

All the best.
You ask for hand histories and get them, yet you still belittle, berate and go off topic.

What would be convincing evidence and how do we accumulate it?

You auto attack everyone who offers the evidence you ask for.

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Originally Posted by 3ozBacardi
Your so called proof appears to be nothing more than smokescreen and I suspect you're bright enough to realize that.

Assume A has $1000 (ignore bankroll management arguments) on account and B is taking his/her occasional (or first) shot with a $50 deposit.

Assume an all-in ($100) scenario maxing the rake at $5 where player A (overpair) has trapped B (underpair) (alternate scenario – player A flopped the nutz and managed to get player B all-in with one pair, no draw).

Pokersite causes player B to catch one of her/his two outs (or runner runner to chop), and player B keeps playing and contribute to rake. However, if B loses his/her $50 deposit s/he may not be able to redeposit for some period of time or may just chose to leave (until s/he can afford another desposit).

Believing s/he is +EV, Player A reloads and also continues to contribute to the rake, only to repeat the scenario over and over again. Instead of busting fish after fish, player A loses far more often than s/he should and the money stays in play on Pokersite to be raked over and over again. Any edge player A may have is lost to player(s) B and rake. Player A, being competent, may even hoover around break even despite endless bad beats but continues to contribute to the rake.

Is this not an optimal day for Rig Master?
Where you at Josem? Let's clear this up!

I want to add that I've tried the 'play like the fish approach', overcalling draws, middle pairs and shoving semi-bluffs and I'm not the least bit surprised how often I'm rewarded for 'making the rake'. But my logical side won't let me EXPECT to win this way so I can't reasonably risk my roll on a full blown test.

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01-26-2013 , 10:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Monteroy
If you were familiar with the industry you would realize that

- Every site has thought of the idea

- Every site has dismissed the idea

Some online casinos offer it as a niche product, but their dynamics are much different, as they play against the players, and they can have 100 or more people placing wagers on the same roulette spins this way.

For poker it is completely different. The cost of a live dealer along with the infrastructure needed to provide a live dealer for every 2-10 people player is completely impractical in terms of cost vs benefit. How much are you going to pay a dealer to deal 5/10 cent poker that makes the site a couple bucks in rake each hour for the 20-30 hands dealt? Remember, these dealers will not get tips.

Also, players who play online are generally not looking for such a slow product, so not only is it a bad idea from a company investment idea, but it is also not even something the market wants.

Essentially your idea is the exact opposite of Zoom Poker!




You have another option actually - go play live.


All the best.
It seems to me you are just looking at this from the presumption that they offer a live deal for every computer program deal but that is not the only way. I stated offer live dealer tables and tournies, not suggesting a set amount, just have that option. So they could only offer as many live tables and tournies as they see viable.

To the last statement, having live deal options at online poker sites to play using a computer from various locations at your own convenience is very different than "go play live".
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01-26-2013 , 10:57 PM
They would lose money on every "live dealer" table they offer, and the marketplace generally does not demand that product from the online poker player base. Real Deal Poker tried to do some variation of that (a room by riggies for riggies) and you can search to see how that worked out. Riggies eventually said it was rigged and it shut down quickly, since riggies represent no significant money as well (so it was not the best niche for the room to target).

I know you say you want your idea, but you have not really thought it out, and why would a company ever create this product for now?



How about this - take your idea, and create a specific plan for how many tables/what type of dealers etc.

Breakdown the estimated cost of each table (dealer cost, equipment cost, video coverage cost), and the estimated revenue to the sites.

I have explained to you why your idea is a non-starter, but I know you will never accept that (since it is not what you want to believe), so do a little work and show why your idea actually is a good one for the sites, and be prepared to answer some questions as well.

I know you will not do that, and that is another issue with your position - you will toss out ideas (or riggie theories), but will not take the time to discover whether they would actually work or not.

All the best.
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01-26-2013 , 11:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Thinking Out Loud
I don't see why all poker sites don't offer live dealer tables and tournies with a video feed or something comparable.
Wouldnt you just cry the deck is rigged after u see 54 beat AA again?

The problem is you, not the deal.
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