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View Poll Results: Is Online Poker Rigged?
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03-31-2017 , 02:22 PM
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Originally Posted by nick619
Hands like that make you wonder if there are super users out there. Who in the right mind raises UTG (especially full ring) with 34o? Then once raised, calls a 3bet with that hand? It's like he knew a couple of 3's were going to hit the flop. But yeah, stuff like that happens a lot on Ignition. Is it truly just a bunch of ******s playing like maniacs? Or are they super users hiding behind the anonymity that the site is known for?

Meh.....for the most part when I see a player at a table constantly hitting the boards hard with questionable hands, I just go to another table. I know you're not supposed to avoid maniacs and fish, but when they're hitting literally everything like that, are they really maniacs/fish is the question.
BB called, not UTG.

Well, sometimes it happens. They are just idiots. If you look them up you'll see they are losing players. Not saying that I am Daniel Negreanu or anything, far from it, but I wouldn't call a big 3-bet with 3 4 offsuit. It happens. It sucks when it does but you have to deal with it. On the long term you want to play with those idiots.

Not sure about Ignition, I play mainly on Stars but I am inclined to think that it's just variance on Ignition as well. I don't think any major room can operate for long with its games rigged without being detected.

I don't know what to say about superusers. I'm 100% sure that the ****** who called my 3-bet wouldn't have called a big 3-bet with 3-4 offsuit if he was a superuser and knew I had Kings.

Rigged RNG's and superusers if done, they will be caught. Needless to say that is the reason I play only on the big sites. Not only that if they do it, they will be caught pretty fast but they also have no incentive to do it.

sThe only thing I believe to be a problem is collusion. But that is done by players and not sites. They can be caught as well.
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03-31-2017 , 04:58 PM
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Originally Posted by nick619
Hands like that make you wonder if there are super users out there. Who in the right mind raises UTG (especially full ring) with 34o? Then once raised, calls a 3bet with that hand? It's like he knew a couple of 3's were going to hit the flop. But yeah, stuff like that happens a lot on Ignition. Is it truly just a bunch of ******s playing like maniacs? Or are they super users hiding behind the anonymity that the site is known for?
FWIW, in the only sites there have been proven super users (UB/AP), they wouldn't have known what was coming. They could view everyone's hole cards, but my understanding was that there was no way they could see cards that hadn't come yet. One could argue that a site wanted the ability to see hole cards in real time for testing/security purposes (it's not needed, but I can at least see a site arguing for it), but there's absolutely no reason for a site to build in the ability for anyone to see upcoming cards, except to allow them to cheat.

Not saying this makes it impossible, just that it requires a level of site complicity even beyond what happened at UB/AP. It seems like a lot of people think "super user" means they can see the board ahead of time, but that hasn't been discovered to be the case at any site.

But of course this is all a little OT for this thread anyway.
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03-31-2017 , 06:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Bobo Fett
... Not saying this makes it impossible ...
So you admit it's possible that anything is possible?

Then you have to agree with jungmit that it's possible he's right. That he's the chosen one and they are after his pennies on Thursdays?

If only he could work out how to post a graph that shows not his SN, we could possibly end this debate.
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03-31-2017 , 06:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Mike Haven
So you admit it's possible that anything is possible?

Then you have to agree with jungmit that it's possible he's right. That he's the chosen one and they are after his pennies on Thursdays?

If only he could work out how to post a graph that shows not his SN, we could possibly end this debate.
The reason u guys are confused is because you don't read. Once again for the cheap seats.
1. THEY DO NOT RIG IT FOR ANY ONE PERSON TO WIN OR LOSE
2. THEY COULD POSSIBLY RIG IT TO MAKE THE GAME MORE EVEN OVER TIME. THEY DO NOT RIG IT TO MAKE 1 PERSON WIN OR LOSE ANY PARTICULAR HAND OR TOURNAMENT
3. THE MOST PROFITABLE GAME FOR SITES IS A GAME THAT IS EVEN, BECAUSE PLAYERS WILL PLAY LONGER TO WIN OR LOSE.
4. I AM WILLING TO POST A GRAPH ON A BET BUT I WILL NOT ESCROW WITH YOUR BUDDY JUST AS I ASSUME U WON'T ESCROW WITH MY BUDDY.
5. I am not broke. But u will beleive what u want I guess
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03-31-2017 , 06:57 PM
Sorry you are so broke. You cannot even buy a functional caps lock key...

If you are bored then start another thread in the poker theory forum to see if you can have one that is not locked.

All the best.
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03-31-2017 , 07:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Monteroy
If you are bored then start another thread in the poker theory forum to see if you can have one that is not locked.
Thanks dude, you made me curious and I checked out some of his threads.

This is a nice one of him called "if you don't win you are not a winner"; http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/39...31/?highlight=

Basically what he keeps repeating about live vs online in a nutshell; forumserver.twoplustwo.com/39/small-stakes-pl-nl/rate-stakes-1487262/?highlight=

This one is called "technology"; http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/48...37/?highlight=

And in the end he concludes what everybody already knows, not smart enough I guess; http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/45...02/?highlight=
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03-31-2017 , 07:23 PM
I wonder how many people actually know the reference of

"We're getting drunk tonight Randy! "

in the first link where everyone basically ignores him. I know I do!


He is just a lonely geezer, nothing more, so it is nice when people talk to him. I tossed him a quick reply with that in mind. I just hope he comes up with better material, as his current stuff is pretty boring, even for him. Shame he is so broke.


P.S. Maybe he has been trolling the people in the software forum for years...

Last edited by Monteroy; 03-31-2017 at 07:30 PM. Reason: He should quit all forms of online poker, but should post more in the software and books forums
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03-31-2017 , 07:55 PM
Not sure what this has to do with anything but this "discussion" reminded me of this hand.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhSRORreQP4
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04-01-2017 , 01:15 AM
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Originally Posted by Mike Haven
So you admit it's possible that anything is possible?
Nope.

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Originally Posted by Mike Haven
Then you have to agree with jungmit that it's possible he's right. That he's the chosen one and they are after his pennies on Thursdays?
Yup.

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Originally Posted by Mike Haven
If only he could work out how to post a graph that shows not his SN, we could possibly end this debate.
Nope.

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Originally Posted by jungmit
The reason u guys are confused is because you don't read.
Oh, the irony.

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Originally Posted by Kelvis
This is a nice one of him called "if you don't win you are not a winner"; http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/39/small-stakes-pl-nl/if-you-dont-win-then-you-not-winner-1519331/
It takes a special snowflake to create a thread with a title that reads like a truism, yet is so incorrect.
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04-01-2017 , 06:10 AM
Just been PMed some very compelling statistical information about a rig on a major poker site, from a long-time member who wanted to run it by me before posting. I've just sent back a couple of questions; hope to have more info soon, but at this point I have to say that I'm VERY intrigued.
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04-01-2017 , 07:12 AM
I got that PM as well and it is interesting. Had some of the players I back look into it, and the results are a bit concerning, so will have to dig up some other databases to check as well to see what has changed over the years.

jungmit may have been right all along, we will see how this day progresses.
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04-01-2017 , 07:52 AM
Are the two messages above jokes ?
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04-01-2017 , 07:56 AM
No of course not.
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04-01-2017 , 09:07 AM
Regarding superusers, bots, hackers and colluders , those who have been caught are the ones who got greedy. But you've got to be pretty naive (or duplicitous) to think that this isn't widespread and going on undetected.

When the Chinese colluders on stars first got noticed the usual suspects on here dismissed it, saying it was just losing players being bitter that they where getting outplayed. Now they got caught and players where refunded but on the few times I go back it's still as bad as ever.

Watch the potripper videos and that style and pattern of play, with seemingly psychic hand reading abilities, is far from uncommon on pretty much every online site I've played on, especially at the higher stakes. IMO these players are out there and will play a small amount of hands, winning a huge amount, which can of course be put down to variance and running hot, only to disappear, never to be seen again before moving on and setting up their next account. You can call me a conspiracy theorist if you want but where there is money involved, if something can be done (and this most defiantly can) it will be done.

The rng isn't rigged but that doesn't mean that online poker isn't as dirty as hell. There's a reason why these sites are banned in lots countries (with more coming up soon) and why many people (including plenty of big names) don't play that much anymore.
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04-01-2017 , 09:12 AM
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Originally Posted by CJB82
Regarding superusers, bots, hackers and colluders , those who have been caught are the ones who got greedy. But you've got to be pretty naive (or duplicitous) to think that this isn't widespread and going on undetected.

When the Chinese colluders on stars first got noticed the usual suspects on here dismissed it, saying it was just losing players being bitter that they where getting outplayed. Now they got caught and players where refunded but on the few times I go back it's still as bad as ever.

Watch the potripper videos and that style and pattern of play, with seemingly psychic hand reading abilities, is far from uncommon on pretty much every online site I've played on, especially at the higher stakes. IMO these players are out there and will play a small amount of hands, winning a huge amount, which can of course be put down to variance and running hot, only to disappear, never to be seen again before moving on and setting up their next account. You can call me a conspiracy theorist if you want but where there is money involved, if something can be done (and this most defiantly can) it will be done.

The rng isn't rigged but that doesn't mean that online isn't as dirty as hell. There's a reason why these sites are banned in lots countries (with more coming up soon) and why many people (including plenty of big names) don't play that much anymore.

Doesn't the fact that they've been caught tell you something ?
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04-01-2017 , 09:18 AM
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Originally Posted by alex20823
Doesn't the fact that they've been caught tell you something ?
Many more don't imo.
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04-01-2017 , 10:02 AM
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Originally Posted by Monteroy
I got that PM as well and it is interesting. Had some of the players I back look into it, and the results are a bit concerning, so will have to dig up some other databases to check as well to see what has changed over the years.

jungmit may have been right all along, we will see how this day progresses.
I have seen some of the data involved here and I think this is going to be very big. It might be the day we've been waiting for.
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04-01-2017 , 12:41 PM
april fools
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04-01-2017 , 01:32 PM
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Originally Posted by ozzy8bil
april fools

If it is, it's not funny.
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04-01-2017 , 01:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Kelvis
Thanks dude, you made me curious and I checked out some of his threads.

This is a nice one of him called "if you don't win you are not a winner"; http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/39...31/?highlight=

Basically what he keeps repeating about live vs online in a nutshell; forumserver.twoplustwo.com/39/small-stakes-pl-nl/rate-stakes-1487262/?highlight=

This one is called "technology"; http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/48...37/?highlight=

And in the end he concludes what everybody already knows, not smart enough I guess; http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/45...02/?highlight=
=it's funny how on every thread some dude comes up with the trolling comment. Lol. Let's change thst right now.....instead of trolling let's make up a new word. I got it.......MONTROLLING. IT'S gonna stick I know
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04-01-2017 , 02:47 PM
I never really thought online poker is rigged but i do think its rigged.
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04-01-2017 , 03:23 PM
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Originally Posted by alex20823
I am going to put it plain and simple. For the sites to increase their revenue significantly enough, they would have to rig a big part of their deal. Do this and people will find it out. End result, you lose your business. Rig a small part of your deal as you suggested, the sites revenue increase would not worth the risk. And again, it would be discovered.

Why and how, you would ask? Well, simple. How would the site be able to make a rigged system capable of selecting hands to rig and not change the statistics of the expectancy without being able to discover it through a simple check of the HH's. There is also the risks of programers snitching out. There is also the freakin' logic that why would they do it ?

You don't seem to actually have any decent argument for the supposed rig. And also, dude, you know poker is a zero sum game. If it is rigged, it cannot be rigged against one player ( well it could, but again, too easy to discover ), it has to be rigged against all of the players. Basically, this would again mean to alter the percentages. This again would also be discovered. Basically, up until now no one has been able to discover rigs and use them to their advantage. No one besides you, apparently.

The majority of the millions of OLP players seem pleased with the deal that they are being given. Why ? Because they have enough wits to think something through before launching into insane allegations. You are a grown man, you say. Do you actually think poker sites would be able to pull off basically a worldwide scam which, by your statements, rips players off money and no one, absolutely no one from the millions of OLP players wouldn't eventually get on to something and uncover their scam ?

This is the last time I will ever ask you. Please explain your rig. And also, please post your graph and your online screen name. I want to look at the results of the most brightest poker player out there. If you will only write a pathetic excuse filled with grammar errors ( which I think you will ) and not post your results/graph/screen name, please don't respond at all. Ban yourself. And get some paranoia meds as well.

Oh, and for the audits. For Pokerstars, I know that the "no-namers" Cigital audited them. They also had a review done by Gaming Laboratories International.

But, I guess they are all in the worldwide scam that no one has ever been able to demonstrate. Clever bastards. I have to become an illuminati, start eating some lizards and maybe they will let me in the scam. I also hear that they only admit people who are up to date with Game of Thrones. Sucks for you.

I think there is a perception that employees know of a master algorithm that makes money for their employer. That just doesn't make sense. Sites will make money regardless in the form of rakes. What makes sense is individuals finding out ways to profit off sites internal programs for example if there was a software to fix hands to set up cheaters, and a way to augment or manipulate when spin and go jackpots went off, than one could simply combine the two and in 5 minutes walk away with 100k or 1M, you dont have to have 20000 hand histories to catch this, you hit a luckyjackpot and win a lucky flip. You could insert fake accounts from any country, in a jackpot gameonce out of every 100 or 200 that go off, once every 7 months and you're set. Poker is a very easy game to do this because you can hide anything in low volume through variance. Smart cheats in this day and age could hide theft this was. New lucky accounts low variance. Open a new account, play casually for a month on it than hit a unrandom jackpot. Thats my guess
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04-01-2017 , 03:57 PM
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Originally Posted by *CHOMP
I think there is a perception that employees know of a master algorithm that makes money for their employer. That just doesn't make sense. Sites will make money regardless in the form of rakes. What makes sense is individuals finding out ways to profit off sites internal programs for example if there was a software to fix hands to set up cheaters, and a way to augment or manipulate when spin and go jackpots went off, than one could simply combine the two and in 5 minutes walk away with 100k or 1M, you dont have to have 20000 hand histories to catch this, you hit a luckyjackpot and win a lucky flip. You could insert fake accounts from any country, in a jackpot gameonce out of every 100 or 200 that go off, once every 7 months and you're set. is a very easy game to do this because you can hide anything in low volume through variance. Smart cheats in this day and age could hide theft this was. New lucky accounts low variance. Open a new account, play casually for a month on it than hit a unrandom jackpot. Thats my guess

Expand on the bolded part.

And for the rest off the post : What ?
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04-01-2017 , 04:18 PM
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Originally Posted by alex20823
Are the two messages above jokes ?


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Originally Posted by alex20823
If it is, it's not funny.
If you mean because this is a srs biz thread, then you're wrong. If you mean you just don't find it funny, fair enough.

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Originally Posted by CJB82
The rng isn't rigged
Which is what this thread is about, not bots, colluders, or super users.
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04-01-2017 , 04:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Bobo Fett



If you mean because this is a srs biz thread, then you're wrong. If you mean you just don't find it funny, fair enough.


Which is what this thread is about, not bots, colluders, or super users.
Well you got me with this one. Fell for it. More glad that it was only a joke.
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