How much difference does it make?
When playing live, cards are burned to prevent cheating. Another consequence is that cards are removed from play that will improve your hand. We have all seen a flop come 444 or [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img],etc, so it is not unreasonable to say that the burn pile can have these same contents at times.
Online, however, there is no burn of any kind. It follows then that you are drawing to the entire deck. Therefore, miracle suck outs occur at a greater frequency than in live play. The question is, how much more often? How great is the effect on cash games vs. tourneys?
Sorry, if this has been covered, I couldn't find it.
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