online poker weird?

[Axelus123]

has anybody noticed that online poker is wierd and you can notice patterns that can help you in the game?

 

[Kerasuss28]

has anybody noticed that online poker is wierd and you can notice patterns that can help you in the game?

It’s not weird, you just play more hands , and weird things happen faster , that’s it .

 

[monkeytilter]

Sounds like apophenia

 

[Axelus123]

hehee i notice river card is alwyas A and when dealt pair you are sure there is minimum one pair more by the table

 

[4soul]

its fine, all of them copy the mind persues

 

[Baco]

Online poker can definitely feel weird at times, mostly because you see so many hands so quickly. That high volume makes variance and short-term patterns much more noticeable than in live poker.

There are patterns you can use, but they’re usually player tendencies, not system patterns — things like population over-folding certain spots, betting too big with strong hands, or calling too wide preflop.

The key is separating real, repeatable tendencies from randomness. Focusing on solid fundamentals and adjusting to how people actually play will help a lot more than trying to read patterns in the cards themselves.

 

[Mario7]

The promising thing is you called it "weird" not "scam" or "rigged" as some people do

Perhaps we should start from defining what "weird" means? Lets say hitting one of two outers on the river is considered "weird" - it is just about 4% chance. Lets say you play life poker for 3 hours - it is about 100 hands - such "weird" thing will happen perhaps once during this session, perhaps not at all.
Play online poker instead. I usually 6-table. For me, 3 hours session means about 1000 hands - such "weird" thing is going to happen 10 times more often - it is usually several times during the session. And I am not surprised at all, no matter it happens to me or someone else. Online poker is fast indeed!

 

[kecoakbogor]

has anybody noticed that online poker is wierd and you can notice patterns that can help you in the game?

i think so, it's like we must fight for the system, not the person 😂😂

and the owner or admin from the system will always watching you, if you win a lot, they will come and take all your money LOL
real poker more interesting 😁
online poker choose the right web to play, like WPT, GG, 888, party poker 👍

 

[hardongear]

Nice it's been 20+ years and we have now moved on from scammed and rigged to "feels weird". Finally progress even if it's only an inch worth. And he I thought I'd never live long enough to see this progress. What a time to be alive.

Ok all joking aside. For over 20+ years some math geniuses with college degrees and math and other pretty very smart players with genius level IQ's have been playing poker and have like reviews well into the millions and likely even billions of hand by now. How come they haven't found anything weird?

Cheers!!!

 

[gloria_marga]

It's not strange, it's just different. If you pay attention, you can make the most of it, because most players become predictable. However, not everyone follows this rule, so, in my opinion, the difficult thing is to distinguish those who play strategically and know how to change their style of play from those who don't.

 

[nabmom]

There are absolutely patterns that you can pay attention to, but I'm talking about patterns from the other players, and not patterns in the cards themselves. Remember that our brains are primed to remember the unusual hands more than the ordinary ones; online poker deals you many hands in an hour so there is more that sticks in your mind than when you're playing live.

Learning about player tendencies can help you play better. Learning about hand ranges and pot odds can help you play the right hands. Learning about bet sizing can help you achieve your goals for the hand (because you should have a goal for every hand). I highly suggest taking a look at our poker learning series right here in this forum. Check out these two threads for lots of information:
CardsChat Learning Poker Thread Series Guide
CardsChat 30 Day Poker Training Course

It is always a good idea to post specific hands and other players here can help you understand what you might have done differently. If you are able to capture hand histories, posting them to Cash Game Hand Analysis and Tournament Hand Analysis will definitely help you advance your game.

 

[ninocabral]

Depending on how much you play, certain things will repeat themselves and this is normal

 

[Szimba1989]

Compared to what? compared to live poker, it's completely different to play if you don't see people's reactions and gestures

 

[veryluckyfish7k]

has anybody noticed that online poker is wierd and you can notice patterns that can help you in the game?

Many players notice it. But most “patterns” are just luck and variance. Online poker uses random cards the real advantage is playing correctly over time, not chasing patterns.

 

[puzzlefish]

has anybody noticed that online poker is wierd and you can notice patterns that can help you in the game?

You are going to have to be more specific than that.

hehee i notice river card is alwyas A and when dealt pair you are sure there is minimum one pair more by the table

.....aaand this is definitely not what is happening.

 

[ankurdholakiya]

I think it’s just that online poker makes variance hit you in the face faster, so some situations feel like patterns even when they aren’t.

 

[wesje33]

Love it

 

[DarkSage]

has anybody noticed that online poker is wierd and you can notice patterns that can help you in the game?

Brah, being transparent with you, 80% OR MORE of poker rooms nowadays are rigged.

People here in the forum deny it with all their souls and no proof at all kkkkkk
Don't care for them. It IS RIGGED.

However, you can still make a profit from these 'fake poker" tourneys. Learn to skip the traps, play skeptical and if you get caught by the fake system, try to have some sense of humor to deal with it. I recomend to only play freerolls, but feel free to deposit if you can afford to be robbed eventually...

I usually play on 888Poker, WPT Global and GGPoker.

- 888Poker: its the most reasonable of these 3, its the one where I feel its more balanced and actually random.

- GGPoker: I don't play so much on it, so I won't give it a veredict, but it seems to be very rigged.

- WPT Global: Pure rigged garbage. Play it knowing its manipulating the results and don't expect anything different. Once in a while they'll "give" you a win to make sure you won't abandon their garbage site. Its so obvious and funny that you'll know when its giving you the preference, because you'll hit absurd hands in sequence. I usually collect the occasional money given from WPT when they allow it and ignore the rest of their joke games. Whatever you do, don't make real deposits on this piece of crap. You WILL be robbed.

Don't mind people calling you "donkey" on this forum and making fun of you just because you identified the OBVIOUS patterns in these rigged sites. Most of them are donkeys themselves, and the rest of it are people with ZERO proof of its legitimacy just repeating what everyone else says like bots.

Good luck on your games my friend!

 

[DarkSage]

Online poker can definitely feel weird at times, mostly because you see so many hands so quickly. That high volume makes variance and short-term patterns much more noticeable than in live poker.

There are patterns you can use, but they’re usually player tendencies, not system patterns — things like population over-folding certain spots, betting too big with strong hands, or calling too wide preflop.

The key is separating real, repeatable tendencies from randomness. Focusing on solid fundamentals and adjusting to how people actually play will help a lot more than trying to read patterns in the cards themselves.

That's the bullshit they try to sell you, even though they've presented ZERO proof to support it.

The rigged sites DON'T provide you the information to test it. All they have is a "promisse" of audit companies that could EASILY be bribed. kkkkkk
So naive that its laughable, but anyways.

I myself gave up to argue with their nonsense. Let them believe in their Santa Klaus and be happy.

To me, the only way to entirely trust these sites is being BLIND.
Congratulations for having functional eyes and a brain attached to them.

 

[puzzlefish]

The rigged sites DON'T provide you the information to test it. All they have is a "promisse" of audit companies that could EASILY be bribed

It's worse than that. They just don't do a thorough job. They do the minimum required to meet what the laws say they need to do, and publish the certificate to get paid. No bribing required. They are not finding anything because they aren't really looking. Are the card distributions normal? Yes. Are the board (yes - what shows up on the community board by the river) distributions of sets, straights, boats, etc. normal? Yes. That's it for the most part.