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Originally Posted by tk1133
I have a real question, that I don't know the answer too. Instead of me pounding the keyboard and making accusations with out any proof, I'll ask for an honest answer.
I know we've had pages full of how the rng's work and the "static" shuffle...But is it possible whatsoever, for the Security, Software Designer, Techs, the CEO, anybody, for them to see exactly what the outcome is of the hand dealt?(Watching a table in real time, and having something that tells them what cards are coming so that they know their' RNG is working properly?)
I know that such a feature doesn't exist at PokerStars:
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Originally Posted by PokerStars
Nobody in senior
management, none of the software developers, no support representatives.
Nobody at all. Our software simply doesn't have this functionality, as
the result of a security decision that was made when the PokerStars
software was first written many years ago (and long before [the AP/UB] scandal).
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I want to also mention there is a difference in perception for "shills" and employee for poker sites. The shills I refer to are the ones that do it and act like they're everyday players just like us. Josem prolly hates my posts, but I think he's the most credible and trustworthy of any posters on this forum that has affiliation with a poker site. Considering what he's done for the poker community.
I don't hate your posts at all. At least you're trying to consider the issues with an open mind.
Players
should question these things. You're a customer of these online poker sites, and you have a right to know what service is being delivered. You pay for it, it's your real money at stake, and you have every right to question it.
I really encourage you to question it if you have doubts. Email whatever site you play at, and ask them until you're satisfied.
The key point I've learnt through all this stuff is that human brains really suck at understanding randomness.
Statistics, and randomness, are, I think, two of the most poorly understood subjects in our society, and it's poorly understood because truly understanding this stuff runs directly contrary to billions of years of evolution.
In short, our brains are hard wired to identify patterns quickly, and rely upon those judgements. If our forebears saw a lion running quickly towards us, they needed to very quickly identify it as a threat, plot a likely path of the lion, and get out of the way... and if they didn't identify this pattern, they'd die pretty quickly. Consequently, the only people alive today are the descendants of people who were good at identifying patterns.
However, this same pattern-finding ability in our brains is what messes things up. Precisely the same thing happens in poker - people see several similar hands in a row, and our natural pattern-finding habit kicks in... but this time, it isn't really there.
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Originally Posted by suzzer99
Josem why is it that you still have not answered my question about whether your heartlessness knows no bounds?
I find that interesting.
I hadn't answered it 'cause you posted it at 2.17am my time, and I was asleep. Even I sleep.
Suzzer, I'm not heartless. You know I love reading about your bad beats in the [censored] thread, on AIM, and now here.
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Originally Posted by pen15
Sup.