My doomswitch theory

[Chino46]

In regards to Ace Eleven's doomswitch survey a few days ago I'd like to say a few things.

I have become firmly convinced that the online casinos doomswitch expert players.

Many will ridicule this. Whenever the doomswitch is mentioned someone always says "why would they risk their business when they can make millions honestly", as if that statement is unquestionable. But I do question it and I suspect the truth is just the opposite. They can't make money honestly. Suppose one-tenth of a sites players are experts and nine-tenths are fish, it will only be a short period of time before the fish lose all their poker money, get tired of beening slaughtered and leave the site. Losing is no fun. Would you play day after day, week after week if you were losing? Imagine what it would be like for a bad player on a fair site.

So they doomswitch the experts so their main clientele who want to play every hand they're dealt, are happy. If the experts get frustrated and leave, well they are only a tenth of the business. The tenth that makes the rest want to quit. The sites have no choice, they would lose their business if they didn't. It makes perfect sense.

I've heard good players ridicule this idea, but I've also heard them complain that winning online is harder than in a brick and morter casino where they have to pay twice the rake, a jackpot rake, tip the dealer, and only get to play half as many hands per hour. But they offer no good explanation for why fish magically win more when they play online.

When I open an account at an online site I always start out well. I don't have a big winrate but I win consistently. Then one day after several weeks it just stops and I can never win there again. This has happened to me at five sites now. That's it for me. It's too bad. Online poker is very convenient, but there's nothing we can do. They don't want our business in the first place.

Anyway, that's my theory. Don't think it so far fetched. You know where millions of dollars are at stake, people have no problem with bending the rules a little.

Good luck. See you at the brick and mortar casino.