Question for DoylesRoom players

Has anyone else noticed a drastic change in this card room in the last 4 days? I was playing earlier in the week when they took the site down for a half hour to work on it. Afterwards, I found the format for the SNG's had changed.

Previously, for the micro tourneys, each level lasted ten hands & starting stack was 1k, now, ten minute levels with 2k start. I like that (rebuilding bankroll after a particularly bad run.)

I started with 18 cents I won in a freeroll (I know, pathetically small) and was playing the 10 cent tourneys & dominating. I won 50% of those & started playing the $1 tables.

I played tight & smart & worked the bankroll up to $30. Then when the format changed, I immediately started losing everything. Not just losing, but only by the most improbable bad beats, constantly, e.g. I get suited AQ & raise 4x, 1 caller & flop is AQA. I bet, he raises, I push & he shows 22. Runner, runner 2's & I lose to quads.

For the last 4 days, I have had nothing but consistently horrible beats. Quads losing to quads, straight flush losing to higher straight flush, etc.

I have never been a "Sites are rigged" person, but for the first time, I am starting to wonder.

I will concede that my win percentage was extraordinarily high prior to this so I'm asking the question, is this just the law of averages, or could sites actually have their own bots to discourage "winners" or recoup winnings?

kaiWalk said:

For the last 4 days, I have had nothing but consistently horrible beats. Quads losing to quads, straight flush losing to higher straight flush, etc.

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That sucks, but it will happen to you, no matter where you play. Too bad you weren't playing in a room with a "bad beat" jackpot, though . . . either one of these could've been good for a nice payday.

I will concede that my win percentage was extraordinarily high prior to this so I'm asking the question, is this just the law of averages, or could sites actually have their own bots to discourage "winners" or recoup winnings?

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I haven't played on DR so far, so I can't speak for that particular room, but I think it's safe to say that none of the reputable rooms use "bots". Remember, poker rooms make money not because players are winning or losing, but simply because they are PLAYING; if more people play, the room makes more money (in the form of rake and tournament fees). Anything shady/inappropriate/illegal like using bots would undoubtedly turn players away from a particular room -- they would get caught sooner or later -- so there is absolutely no incentive for the room to do so.