[Zetack]

Sigh.

As far as I can tell your evidence that stars is rigged is that you have hot and cold streaks, you have "familiar" flops and can sense the cards that are coming, and on certain hands when you're a big favorite (you gave two examples where your opponent had gutshot straight draws) you "can be certain" or you can "bet your ass" the card is hitting.

Ok. (1) Hot and cold streaks. Postulate, if you will, a site that is completely non-rigged with an honest rng. Statistics would tell us that you would actually expect to see a bunch of hot and cold streaks. It would be suspicious if you didn't.

2. The flop are familiar. If you see tens of thousands of hands, a lot of flops are gonna trigger that deja-vu feeling. Although there are many thousands of combinations of cards, there are actually only a handful of types of flops. See enough of em, they all start to look familiar.

2(a) Thus you can sense what's coming. Um....I doubt it. If you note down for me precisely what you sense coming for the next six months and then record what actually came, well then we can talk. [and no, "I sensed it was coming a seven to make his straight and it came an eight (see so close) and made his two pair to beat me! OMG!!!!] doesn't count as a hit.]

3. You have a big favorit hand and the guy has to hit his gutshot or whatever to win. Bet your ass all you want, if you actually track this, I suspect you will be very surprised in how off your perception is from reality.


Ok, poker could be rigged. I don't beleive Stars is, but its at least conceptually possible. However, if it is (1) I doubt they'd do it in the ways you describe and (2) You certainly are not capable of detecting it in the ways you describe.

Look, we have pattern recognition "software" in our brains. Its been an incredibly important tool for our survival as a species. The problem is, its so important to us, that the software works to find patterns even when there are none.

On the other hand, if you're simply a troll, I want my fifteen minutes back, pond scum.

--Zetack