OT: [censored] thread, June, READ RULES IN TOP POST

[microbet]

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What shoes should I get?


Shoe 1 Shoe 2

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Neither and it's not even close.

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QFT, gross. Old man shoe or some loafer/basketball shoe combo.

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Just to be clear, I don't mean they aren't good enough or fashionable or something. I mean a man should never pay $345 for some pansy ass shoe. For $345 a shoe better be good on Mt. Everest, on the moon or the bottom of the ocean or something. Something manly!!!! There, I said it.

[suzzer99]

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Lol I think everyone ignores me in this thread. Suzzer you obviously missed when I posted graphs of my $600 session at the 12s

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Does anyone hear a buzzing sound? What is that?

[Kevin8423]

Lol I didn't even see the price. I guess its just not my style but wow.

[K䲰䮥n]

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<font color="red">[CENSORED]!!!</font>

I've been waiting to see the Mötley Crüe since 1994. Tonight was going to be the night. Three hours before the gig they announce that "Tommy, Nikki, Vince and Mick are safely in Helsinki but their intruments were left in Milan. There will be no gig tonight but there will be a another one in the near future.". I'll leave the country tomorrow for a vacation so I won't be around for the second gig. [censored] this.

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u guys still like motley crue over there? wtf?

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Yes foreign countries are like time machines. This is our current #1 boxoffice:

[Slim Pickens]

I've been running bad for a while now. Coupled with the fact that I'm apparently terrible at poker, I've lost a lot of money lately. After dropping 3 buy-ins at 25NL, 2-tabling, flopping two sets and three overpairs and winning none of those hands, I sent an email to Full Tilt Support just t see what would happen.

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Dear Full Tilt Support,

Please reset my doom switch to "Not Doomed." It got flipped somehow
and I'm basically out of money now. If this goes on much longer I'll
have to quit. Thanks.

Charles
AtomicDog239

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Full Tilt's reply:
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Hello Charles,

As an avid poker player, I certainly understand your frustrations with
bad beats and general negative variance. I have myself been through
prolonged streaks of both good and bad luck.

Please be assured that our shuffle is random.

Please consider that as well as being technically close to impossible,
there is no motivation for a poker site to "rig" the deck in favor or
against a specific player. From a business standpoint, it makes sense to
keep players happy, and the best way to keep players happy is to provide
a legit, fair, and friendly game. This is why site integrity is of
paramount importance to us.

I have the feeling that you misunderstand how our business operates.
Unlike casino sites, poker sites do not earn revenue when a player loses
money. Our income is derived solely from the rake, a small percentage of
the pot that is taken from the winner of the hand. Understand that in a
very real sense, we have no interest in the outcome of individual hands.
Manipulating the dealing of cards does nothing to increase our revenue
and everything to minimize it--it would be financial suicide as a
business decision to engage in such unethical activity, ruining our
reputation. Understand that your losses are not translated into our
gains; the player who has won the money from you has gained to be sure,
but this is completely unrelated to how our revenue is derived.

Unfortunately in the short-run, variance is such a large factor in
poker, and many players will receive more than their expected average of
premium hands in terms of card distribution and consequently at times,
less than their expected average of premium hands. The same can be said
in terms of hitting flops and completing draws or having hands hold up.
It is only when dealing with very large numbers that a player's average
statistics will approach its expected average. This is where the
expression, "professionals play by the month, not by the day" is
derived.

Understand that there is no "doom switch" but there certainly is
statistical variance. It is only when speaking of tens of thousands of
hands that personal statistics begin to approach its theoretical
expectation. For players that play this game for a living, it is
imperative that they keep a very large bankroll to endure such
fluctuation. It is well known that an excellent player that may win from
1 to 2 big bets an hour playing limit can lose 300-500 big bets, and a
winning no-limit player can endure a run of 20 or more buy-in losses,
again due to variance. In sit and gos, 20 to 30 session droughts in
which a player does not cash is not uncommon. These are taken into
account, and professionals are very conscientious of when to move down
limits to lower their risk of ruination to a reasonable level. Knowledge
of these statistics will not make these players immune to bad
beats--nobody is--however, they will react better when these inevitable
bad runs do occur. Also, these same players are very honest with
themselves, analyzing when they are running bad, and when they are
playing bad. It is often the level of honesty that separates an
excellent player from someone who is merely above average.

I strongly suggest that you visit the poker forums in the link below; it
is the largest poker forum that is visited by many poker enthusiasts
such as yourself, and is an unbiased third party to our site (and any
other poker sites in business). I believe that the voice of the general
poker community will be more persuasive in dissuading you of your belief
that online poker is rigged.

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/ubbthreads.php

On behalf of Full Tilt Poker, I wish you the best of luck at the tables.
Should you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to
contact us.

Regards,

Dustin
Full Tilt Poker Team

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[dipstikdave]

if there really wasn't a doomswitch why are they trying so hard to convince you?

[K䲰䮥n]

FT should promote 2p2 to every fish out there who really thinks there's a doom switch.

[Slim Pickens]

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if there really wasn't a doomswitch why are they trying so hard to convince you?

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...and all of this running like ass started when I made my first cashout by check post-Neteller. Coincidence? I think not.

[J-P]

lol slim, I sent pretty much the same email and got the exact same reply....

the following week I ran hotter than I ever have.....hope the same happens for you.

[dipstikdave]

kool, someone finally responded to one of my posts. now i can go to bed. gn, thx slim.