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Online Poker Is Rigged: Proof!

Posted by PokerBarney on 10:27PM, 24th Dec 2006
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Bet that got your attention eh?

Of course online poker isn't rigged. Besides the obvious point that it's not in the companies interest to rig it (ie, they're already making more than enough money since their costs are virtually nothing), it would be far too complicated to do it properly, and if done properly - we would know about it by now.

I think I've posted about this before, but there was a recent thread on PokerNews forum that cracked me up.

http://www.pokernews.com/poker-forum/topic1448/

This guy has a study of 5,000 hands and was assisted by a physics professor because he is "not that good in math".

Firstly, it's "maths", not "math". You wouldn't say, "I'm studying Mathematic" would you? "Maths" is a shortening of "Mathematics". Just to be clear (and pendantic :) ).

Secondly, 5,000 hands?! That's barely enough to assert whether or not you're a good player, let alone whether a random number generator is random or not. Heck, a real, truly chaotic RNG could produce 1,000 "42"s in a row and still be working properly.

This quote from the poster tickles me even more:

"Well it is rigged and I did my own inverstigation and easily determined that, ONLINE POKER IS LOTTERY POKER!!! UNLESS YOU ARE A SCAMMER! Well guess what I have perfected a scam and am proudly using it to win lot of money now.

I dont even care if you think I am bull shitting here as I recently cashed out 25k on a poker site I will leave unnamed."

So hang on, it's rigged, a scam - and now suddenly you can win and cash out $25,000? Get your story straight man!

If it were that obvious and that easy, we'd all be doing it. I thought these naysayers and unbelievers disappeared ages ago, but apparently they are still alive and kicking.

Shuffle up, (stack the deck) and deal!



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