Online poker - is it rigged?

By Villa777 on Dec 17, 08 09:51 AM in Cards

I HAVE a conspiracy theory about on-line poker - all the conspiracy theories about the game are true.

Trawl any on-line forum and you'll find cursed players coming up with more sinister plots than a whole series of X-Files.

Some claim certain sites have a 'doom' button that can switch a rock of a player, who had been skillfully winning huge pots and mega-buck tournaments, into a hapless donkey.

Others believe that ringers secretly reel in your cash by playing incognito for the site - with the advantage that they know what cards are coming in next.

Then there is the 'cash out curse'. This goes something like the player who makes a big withdrawal will then endure an unbelievable run of bad luck until they have blown everything they had ever won.

To be honest, after playing 4,000-plus games online I've often wondered about the legitimacy of some sites.

I mean, how often can you see your full house beaten by quads, or quads beaten by a straight flush before you think something fishy is going on here?!

A recent cash game did show me that the pain of an unjust beating can strike anywhere, at any time.

During four hours of live play, I saw pocket kings whipped by pocket 10s for a ÃÂ£150 pot when the third ten flopped. An A5 beat an AK when the 5 rode in on the river, while my own pocket jacks were beaten by an AQ in a heads-up when the lady turned up on the turn.

Yet while the best hand pre-flop did not always win, I never saw what you would call a real bad beat.

No, the fact is that the really truly awful beatings take place on-line.

The difference between me and other conspiracy theorists, though, is that I believe the cold decks average themselves out in the end - so EVERY player gets a fair chance to make a profit.

But if you can't stand the heartache of losing against all the odds, there is a solution: find a site that pays a bad beat jackpot.

Losing is always painful - but not when you get paid for it!

CHECK OUT THIS BAD BEAT JACKPOT:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60D3F0n2P3I

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