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Originally Posted by JKingoff
Look, there is no way to prove it one way or the other. I do know one thing..the arrogance of you "non-riggies" is almost mind-boggling. You guys are attacking people ruthlessly as if your life depends on it. One thing I do know, and trust me, this has nothing to do with me other than pure observation...is that some people do seem to run consistently better than others. And by "run" I mean win more flips, hit more draws, get paid off on their big hands and most importantly, they manage to avoid the big suckouts. Some of these people are certainly not better players..they just seem to "run" better than most.
Now I'm sure all you "non-riggies" are going to attack me like a pack of rabid dogs for even making such "observations."
Some people run better than others? Incorrect
Over time friend, you can't fight probability. Everyone after they put in enough volume will hit almost the same amount of flushes, almost the same amount of sets, get their aces cracked close to the same amount of times, get put in similair situations etc etc
All poker is is streaks of data. Now the road I take to get to point x might be different from the road you take to get to point x. As in you might run consistently with little variance over 500k hands and I might run unbeliavably good for 250k hands and then shockingly bad for 250k hands.
But believe me, if we both play 500k hands this year and then compare notes. We will both be at point x. As in, we will have made a flush after flopping a flush draw almost the same amount of times, we will have our aces cracked almost an identical amount of times etc etc etc etc.
Whoever handles these situations best wins. Simple.
Don't just sit there and say, oh he runs better than me, he's luckier.. That's bull. If he wins more than you over a large sample it means he's a better player. And I'm not trying to be rude, arrogant or anything of the sort but... If you genuinely believe poker is luck like you have implied in your post and some are luckier than others then you will never be a really good player.
You have to learn the game, study the game and practice the game if you want success at poker. Kinda like anything in life ya know.
Last edited by arcticbeatle; 02-03-2010 at 06:20 AM.