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Originally Posted by JPFisher55
Since 2007, I have mostly played at sites like AP, Cake, FTP and Merge. I played some at Microgaming before it left the US market and some at Bodog. I play at NL25-NL200. Before this year, I averaged about 3 big blinds/100 after rake back. I never thought that any of these sites were rigged or unfair except maybe FTP because I had awful luck at FTP and won at every other site.
However, this year has been a nightmare for me. I started playing at AP and Cake. I dropped Cake and added FTP, but dropped it because it was still awful for me. I have been playing mostly at AP for the last few months and some at Carbon Poker on Merge. Still even after rake back, I am a slight loser this year and way behind on EV according to a new program for HEM called SECT. The last two days, I have flopped top 2 once when another player flopped bottom set, flopped a set that lost to a higher set hit on the turn and flopped top two pair that lost to a set hit on the turn. Plus, I had KK v. AA. The problem is that this has been typical since late March. At least, the first three months were profitable, but not great. I've gone from playing 4 tables of NL200 to 6 tables of NL50 and occasionally a table of two of NL25 which I had not played since 2007. My losing streak is now over 300,000 hands.
Sounds like you are just not a winning player. Seriously, how else can this be interpreted in a logical manner?
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Originally Posted by JPFisher55
I am beginning to wonder if FTP, AP, Merge and maybe most sites, except PS, does not deal a random deck after the flop or even after the deal to protect bad players because it has become more difficult to replace players. I have no real proof. I may just be very unlucky.
300,000 hands is a hard amount to be unlucky the whole time.
You may not be a winning player in the games you are playing.
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Originally Posted by JPFisher55
But I do know that I won at AP in 2007 and 2008 and cannot get a break on that site in 2009. Same thing happened at Cake which was so bad this year that I left it. Also, I want to play at the sites that permit HUD programs.
The games have improved over time, so while you may have been a winning player , you may not be any more if the skill level of the games have passed you by.
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Originally Posted by JPFisher55
So do you believe that any chance exists that these sites are rigging the deck after the deal or after the flop this year (when they have not in the past) because of the difficulty of players to deposit or am I just in a very unlucky losing streak?
I think the odds that multiple sites are rigging it specifically against you is 0%.
I think you may want to consider dealing what may actually be the root cause of your losing.