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Message: [QUOTE="sunirico, post: 2610834, member: 131055"] Cutting the deck is a security measure, sure and we're getting off topic discussing whether to trust others or not. What surprises me is that no one mentioned another purpose for cutting the deck, one which some religiously follow. I was not aware it's cut on the dealers right as I always thought the small blind, the person who gets the first card dealt gets to do the honors. None the less I believe that cutting the deck for many is a means of influencing chance. In a similar fashion to blowing on the dice in craps so to speak. By choosing the point where the deck is cut you inherently decide which portion will be on top from where the cards in play will be dealt. This also foster a sense of accepting ones fate as you chose the outcome instead of it all being left to chance... or blaming the dealer for being crooked lol. Some people only take a few cards off the top, other split the deck in three. Often you hear some upset because someone did not get their chance to cut the deck before the cards were dealt. For this purpose and not purely for the sake of security and since this is such an integral part of the ritual I thought it would not be all that strange to request from the coupler an opportunity to cut the deck. Which brings us to online poker where one cannot help to think, and many rumors abound, that the cards are rigged. For one you should know that computers are not random at all, not in any natural sense of random. When a computer gets to choose a random number between 1 and 10 for arguments sake, it will generally repeat one number. Makes sense why you see the same suite so often or all 4 aces in play for instance as the machine got stuck there. If an option for cutting the deck is introduced in online poker no one can complain that it's rigged as you decided where it gets dealt from. I think it may also bring more reality and warmth to the setting which due to it's nature lacks the spirit of live poker to a degree. Is there a place for cutting the deck in online poker? [/QUOTE]

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