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Message: [QUOTE="Pokah Man, post: 671448, member: 17723"] Why would it make me feel better? I ask - why wouldn't it make you feel better? I just would like to have the cards that are coming to come from an original shuffle - like in a real poker game - just call me old fashioned I guess - that would take some mystery out of those amazing rivers we have all seen time and time and time and time and time and time again - I am NOT getting into or saying Internet Poker is "rigged" - to me the word "rigged" is way to broad of a term to use - but - I have always suspected Poker Sites to use some methods to keep "newbs" "donks" "bad players" from losing their last dime they are playing on and leaving the Site for good - why? - here is the way I see it from a business standpoint - if most people were new players and deposited their hard earned money on a Poker Site - 1. do you think if they lost it in a matter of a day or so they would just dig back in their pocket and reload day after day after day? 2. do you think if a new player could get his win every now and then no matter how bad of a player they are would stick around for a while and play often? 3. How long would a Poker Site last if all newbs left for good soon after losing a decent amount of money? - this all may be my brain thinking too much - I dunno - but I would understand it perfectly from a business standpoint. Now onto a great example from my personal experience. As a US customer my choices became slim as to what Sites I could play at - my 2 choices were Full Tilt or Poker Stars - I was actually very loyal to Full Tilt as a regualr player - but - when all the people started playing at Stars and the buy-ins became too cheap to pass up for the reward that could be won(MTT's) I had to migrate to Stars for a while and give it a shot - OK - when I left Full Tilt to go to Stars I had exactly $5.55 in my account - I played at Stars for about 6 months as a regular - I did not even in that time open up Full Tilt once - I stayed away from Full Tilt the whole 6 months or so - ok - I decided to head back to Full Tilt and play for a change of scenery after being away for 6 months - I log in - enter into a $5.50 buy-in MTT - had a whoppin 5 cents left over after the buy-in - during the tourny I was amazingly lucky - much more than I am used to - here are just a few of the hands that I can remember the best where I got some help from the turn/river to win the hand(and not get knocked out) the cards that I dont remember and dont matter I will use a ? 1. I had KQ vs AQ - flop- QQ3 - turn ? - got all the money in - river K - 2. I had 88 vs TT - flop 8T2 - turn 2 - got the money in - river 8 - 3. i had AKclubs vs TT - flop K Tclubs 8clubs - had to gamble on the flop or fold - turn ? - river ?Club - 4. I had AA vs 77 - i slow played from UTG with no raises - flop - 7 and two blanks that did not look dangerous - I made a bet on the flop and had to call a min raise - turn A - river ? - by the time I got to the final table I pretty much felt like I could not miss a hand if a tried - I felt I could play ATC and pretty much did - I ended up coming in 1st place - and won close to $600 - so my bankroll at Full Tilt was in good shape - and to be honest since that win I have been back playing as a full time regualr again - would I have stayed at Full Tilt after being gone for 6 months and down to 5 cents in my bankroll if I had gotten knocked out before coming in the money? would just cashing and even making the money have made me as happy as a 1st place finish? If you were the owner of an upcoming Poker Site would you like to have some methods you could rely on to keep people from going totally broke and more than likely leave the Site for good? - Again - I am NOT saying its "rigged" to cheat you out of your money - BUT - I do say and think there is something in the kool-aid to keep it sweet IMO. [/QUOTE]

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