Why is it always Pokerstars?
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I just wonder why Pokerstars is always the bad beat haven on the net? I look at the infinity million bad beat stories on here, how many of them begin with
PokerStars Game #:
To be honest I think online Poker is valid, why would they ever need to rig the pots? Do live Casinos? No! Do the consistent winners consistently win? Yes! Shitty beats happen at all stakes, and Pokerstars makes money pending u win 1 million or lose 1 million and that basically keeps both worlds happy.
I just wonder why Pokerstars is always the bad beat haven on the net? I look at the infinity million bad beat stories on here, how many of them begin with
PokerStars Game #:
To be honest I think online Poker is valid, why would they ever need to rig the pots? Do live Casinos? No! Do the consistent winners consistently win? Yes! Shitty beats happen at all stakes, and Pokerstars makes money pending u win 1 million or lose 1 million and that basically keeps both worlds happy.
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Trust me, I've taken plenty of hands prison style at Stars, Paradise, Supreme (Wes!), Fult Tilt, Titan, Pokerroom, Party, in live games, and playing HU against the dog.
If theres poker, theres a Bad Beat waiting to happen.
Johnnie
I find that most online poker rooms are the same though. Full Tilt is horrible too.
My 2 cents...
Another reason is that PokerStars slowrolls the cards as they come out so people realize they're taking bad beats. Party just throws them all out there real quick so a lot of people don't know what hit them. Anyway, anyone that whines that online poker is rigged is basically a retard.
Ryan
sigh.
I don't know if this is bad that I am falling into the same views as BBZ...
But I thought the exact same thing when I read the OP.
First, it is not rigged. It is poker. Cards have no memory and in the short term do not abide by any statistical rules.
Second, for the people who actually do think online is rigged... Why do you still play?
True. But don't forget that luck can be angry at you!
First of all, you will see many more hands per hour online, so you will actually have a higher number of bad beats but the ratio should still be the same.
Also you will have a lot more bad players online who will chase their draws right down to the river even when they are not getting the proper odds to do so. These are the ones that really piss me off, as I hate losing to somebody who hits a gutshot straight after giving him terrible odds to call. When the Forum had their Tuesday night tournaments on Pokerstars, the caliber of poker was much better then a normal online game so you would see more good folds and less people relying on a lucky draw, therefore less bad beats than normal.
Lastly, everyone thinks that they take more bad beats then anyone else. We often forget about the great draws we get and definitely focus on the bad ones. I watch a lot of poker on tv and even the pros lose a lot of hands on the river. When we lose a coin flip on the river we all like to think we have taken a bad beat. when actually it is not. Maybe when players are all in, all 5 cards should be turned over at once.. That way we won't feel so bad when we get hosed on the river.
If we didn't have bad beats to complain about, we wouldn't have anything to talk about at the table. I know Beanie, DrTyore, Poker Queen, Haddon etc. etc. etc. never have anything to say while they are playing. This just gives them a reason to break out of their shells.
BEST....SARCASM....EVER!!
Well done!