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many will tend to counter-argue that they don't think they are 'intentionally' doing it...but that you can just tell that cards online aren't shuffled the same and those flops don't 'feel' the same as a hand-dealt flop.


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I basically agree, but it is nothing particular for online cardrooms. It goes for anywhere where people lose money gambling. Last time I played in a live tournament, the guy to my right told me that the current dealer always dealt flops that were either "all high" or "all low".

I don't think this talk is really keeping anyone from playing online. People who have lost money start it, and it mostly spreads among people who wouldn't play anywhay (my father, for instance "knows" online poke ris rigged). People who want to play find reasons to do so. I mean, has anyone here not expreienced someone losing couple and pots and starting to fill the chat window with "party is sooo rigged", "only on party...", "riverstared...", etc. I sometimes ask them why they play, if they think it is rigged. The most common answer is something along the lines of "It's definitively rigged, but I can win anyway...".

Ther reason that many of these players play is YOU all (and to a much lesser extent me). It's the stories of players actually earning money (and often good money) gambling. This is a dream for many, but they don't really want to hear that it takes training, reading, discipline, etc., but think that it's all pure talent, and they have IT... When they lose, the site is rigged. When they win, they are great...