Pokerstars Is Fixed

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Heh... you stole my answer. I would also like to say that I have no idea if any online site is "rigging" things, but it never ceases to amaze me how many people act like it's an impossibility. As you noted, companies like Enron and Worldcom kind of shoot down the "their making so much money, why would they risk getting caught" theory, in my opinion. I think people tend to think that the bigger and more successful a company is, the more legit they must be. I'm not sure I believe that. Considering most of these companies are offshore and the regulation process leaves a lot to be desired, I don't think you can assume they are all on the up and up. Like I said, I'm not implying that they are in fact rigged. I just wouldn't be so quick to assume it's an impossibility.

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Yup. I once wrote a post about how I couldn't understand how anyone could not even at least acknowledge the possibility of rigging and I got flamed like a mofo.

enjoy

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Again, I'm not saying it's rigged. I just don't see anything wrong with looking at things with a skeptical eye. As far as I'm concerned, online poker is Big Business. If people want to assume there's no way that online poker sites could be cheating their customers, I have no problem with that. Conversely, I can also understand how someone might look at some of the other big corporations who have been busted for corruption in the past few years alone and be a little wary. The fact that numerous offshore sportsbooks and poker sites have screwed their customers in one form or another at least leaves room for debate in my opinion.

The last thing I will say, and I don't want anyone to take this the wrong way, is that if someone is making a great deal of money playing poker on the Internet, the last thing they want to hear is that it could be rigged. That means their livelihood could be getting screwed with. I think it's human nature to lash out at an accusation like that. Oh, and there's the fact that nobody, up to this point, has been able to prove that rigging has taken place. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]