Re: On-line sites are rigged!

On 02 Dec 2003 13:42:34 GMT, "Raider Fan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

>Actually, I don't know how to do the short link to old threads and I wish
>I did!  


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>This is actually the first post in one of the funniest threads I
>have ever read.  There's around 100 posts on the thread and it's well
>worth your time to go read it.  Do a search on author PokerDean for the
>thread or someone can do the short link trick here.  This guy was serious.
>
>
>On Dec 2 2003 7:20AM, Charles Hannagan wrote:
>
>> You're joking.  Aren't you?
>> On Dec 2 2003 3:20AM, Raider Fan wrote:
>> 
>> > Here's your proof!
>> > 
>> > 
>> > From: PokerDean ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
>> > Subject: STOP PLAYING ONLINE * A WARNING 
>> >  
>> >   
>> > View this article only 
>> > Newsgroups: rec.gambling.poker
>> > Date: 2003-09-11 11:16:25 PST 
>> >  
>> > 
>> > 
>> > I tried to post this earlier but it just wouldn't post, a warning to you
>> > all...
>> > 
>> > I have browsed these forums for weeks but this is my first post. I saw
>> > all of the posts about cheating online poker sites, nonetheless, I've
>> > been a winning player for many months and figured I would give it a try.
>> > After winning 150$ I cashed out of [i wont say which site, but it starts
>> > with a P hint hint] and that's where the trouble began.
>> > 
>> > Since then I have lost 500 dollars before quitting for good today. I
>> > know it was stupid gambling it away, but now I'm forced to pick up
>> > another campus job because of the thievery. Now ask yourselves, yes it
>> > could be a coincidence, but what is more likely? A player like me who
>> > has been playing 3 years in school and rarely losing at poker losing all
>> > of his money? Or a rigged site designed to help out poor players?
>> > 
>> > Here's a sample hand:
>> > I'm dealt 44 on the button, a raise in front of me, I call everyone else
>> > folds, headsup.
>> > 
>> > This is a typical situation where the thievery begins, the site knows
>> > that a headsup pot can't generate much rake, so it action flops to build
>> > the pot. Flop comes 10 6 7. Now I've been watching this guy play for
>> > about 15 hands and I determined him to be tight, there is no way this
>> > flop could have helped him. I bet he raises, i reraise, he caps. Turn
>> > comes K, now I'm a bit worried, but still think I'm in the lead, I bet
>> > he raises, I call, ok now I'm scared, I would have check called or even
>> > folded on the river, but guess what comes... you probably don't even
>> > need to, another 4. Raise/RR/cap. Guess what he turns over... 89o for
>> > the straight. Impossible, who raises with 89o without prior knowledge,
>> > what are the odds of the river card forcing me to build the pot?? I
>> > could chalk it up to coincidence if this only happened once, but its
>> > been happening over and over!
>> > 
>> > Enough of online poker, you are fools if you keep playing. The site is
>> > rigged so the only winner will be the house. It's simple economics.
>> > 
>> > TheDean
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