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Originally Posted by VA Poker
eldave, I understand what you are saying and i can clearly see that you are not alone. However, in my opinion a lot of those things you are saying can be explained. There is so much bad play online that many bad beats are bound to happen and when you run really bad you run way worse than you ever will during live games, Ive been there too. I just think the only difference between internet play and live play is the way people play and solid players tend to remember the terrible beats and forget the many many times a horrible play throws you all his chips. As far as the cashout thing goes in my opinion its psychological. Lets say you play 1/2 cash games and you have 1000 in you account and decide to take 500 out. All of the sudden you only have 250 big blinds and you start to play scared because no one wants to bust. Like you said nobody knows for sure and I don't think we will ever be in agreement unless proof comes out one way or another. I just hope you and the other guys who are sure it is rigged will atleast think about what I said, I'm sure I won't convert any of you but its just something to think about.
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This is the common argument FTP will answer with and 'the bad players = mor bad beats' answer is actually completely inaccurate.
Yes, more bad beats happen when playing bad players, but you also win a shit load more as well when hands hold up as well. You'll be getting all in plenty of times often with very good equity edges and you'll grind profits.
I think PS offers a good and fair game. I don't play there but have done so in the past. Open up a few NL4 tables there, play a shit load of hands- the opposition is terrible, you'll get sucked out on from time to time by a bad player chasing against the odds, but over a few thousands hands your equity edge on these hands will SHINE through...every site I've played this has been the case and you can witness your bankroll grow.
At FTP, this doesn't happen. The bad beats keep coming, the cooler hands keep coming and eventually it gets to the point where it is enough to piss off the good humour man.
Every thread like this, someone comes on, disses people, calls them ignorant, tries to defend the site in question and they don't offer anything other than the comments like bad players = more bad beats.
Bad players= more profit, that is what bad players equals...unless you play at FTP.
I've played sessions on sites where I lose in succession and it can be annoying but you accept it as part of poker...the variance of poker, the thing that keeps the bad players coming back as they think they have a chance of winning.
FTP takes this too far, bad players do far better than they should (perhaps why the site is so popular?), winnings players win nowhere near as much as they should (
TAG players this is, those who rely on showdown winnings for the majority of their profits)....
I've played sessions and literally laughed out loud at things I've seen bad beats that come in such a small sample size, all bunched together that just literally defy logic. You know the odds and these things happen, but when it happens every 1/7 sessions you have to question the integrity of the game...
I am confident they will be exposed soon.