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[QUOTE="Cheetah, post: 642466, member: 28209"]
It can be either way, depending on the implementation. It is true that they use action data from users to create random "seeds', but that doesn't necessarily mean that they will use this data on each street when drawing cards.
 
For example, I have written my own simulation software and I use the random "seeds" to shuffle the deck. Once the deck is shuffled, I just pull the cards in sequential order. It is a simpler implementation than the alternative and I suspect that this is the norm. 
 
The reason for collecting user action data is to introduce TRUE randomness so that someone doesn't guess the sequence of "pseudo-random" numbers. Pseudo-random numbers is all a computer can generate. That means that after a while, these numbers repeat themselves. If someone cracks that sequence, they could use it to predict what cards will come. (This has happened at least once many years ago with a bad implementation.) The user actions are random, and they are used to make sure that there are no repeating sequences of numbers. It is, however, not necessary to apply this to each street. If you can shuffle the deck with "true" randomness, you can then just pull the cards sequentially.
 
So, most likely, the outcome of a hand is predetermined regardless of the actions of the players.
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