I’m new here – is online poker is fixed?

[pocketpared]

Played online for the first time last night, sslhe. One of my very first hands, flopped broadway, lost to turned quads. Of course, it wouldn't have felt any better if it was a boat. Lost 2 more times to quads for a total of 3 times in about 5.5 hrs. 1 flopped, 2 on the turn. No different than live game beats. Things happen. Playing live at Foxwoods, I remember one 17 hour session with around 3 straight flushes and 8 or 9 quads scattered among the players. Anyone without the experience may have thought the 3 quads online seemed out of the ordinary, especially when they all happened against you. If you play long enough you'll see it all. You have to, statistically.

Horrific downswing for hours after doing good early, realized it was me, made adjustments. Eked out around a 1BB/100 win. Around 3 a.m. it seemed like buses must have pulled up and dropped off loads of Europeans. Found their 3 betting oop with 52o amusing. PokerTracker was a mixed blessing. When I was up I spent more time looking at my green stats than the other players.