internet poker

[lutonrover]

So having started playing in Feb this yr , I am convinced that internet poker is bad , addictive , unreal , and probably shouuld be banned , its soo easy to pump cash at it , and one wonders at  the  level of intregity it really attains

It is nothing like live play , bad beats are standard , and frankly I dont trust it anymore


Enough for me , ILL stick to live play from now on



Does anyone agree ?/

Rover 

[jezza777]

losing then yeah? Welcome to Blonde.

[NoflopsHomer]

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[byronkincaid]

I won a sit n go once. How can it be rigged if I won all that money? Or do you think they let you win once or twice so that you put even more money on there?

I played live once and my Royal Flush lost to 5 of a kind. gutted I was but at least I can be sure it wasn't rigged right?

[roverthtaeh]

Consider the plus points:
1) You can play completely naked.
2) You can pee in a bottle under the desk.
3) You can call other players whatever names you like.
4) You can shout profanities at the monitor.
5) You can watch TV at the same time.
6) You can play whenever you want to.
7) You can sit out while you walk the dog.
You can cross-dress, dance on your chair and eat chocolate fudge cake during a tourney.
Ban internet poker? No way Jose.

[bolt pp]

Consider the plus points:
1) You can play completely naked.
2) You can pee in a bottle under the desk.
3) You can call other players whatever names you like.
4) You can shout profanities at the monitor.
5) You can watch TV at the same time.
6) You can play whenever you want to.
7) You can sit out while you walk the dog.
You can cross-dress, dance on your chair and eat chocolate fudge cake during a tourney.
Ban internet poker? No way Jose.

completely agree, though i can only get away with number 8 on a friday/saturday night.

[roverthtaeh]

Consider the plus points:
1) You can play completely naked.
2) You can pee in a bottle under the desk.
3) You can call other players whatever names you like.
4) You can shout profanities at the monitor.
5) You can watch TV at the same time.
6) You can play whenever you want to.
7) You can sit out while you walk the dog.
You can cross-dress, dance on your chair and eat chocolate fudge cake during a tourney.
Ban internet poker? No way Jose.

completely agree, though i can only get away with number 8 on a friday/saturday night.

Having trouble buying fudge cake, huh?

[Newmanseye]

Consider the plus points:
1) You can play completely naked.
2) You can pee in a bottle under the desk.
3) You can call other players whatever names you like.
4) You can shout profanities at the monitor.
5) You can watch TV at the same time.
6) You can play whenever you want to.
7) You can sit out while you walk the dog.
You can cross-dress, dance on your chair and eat chocolate fudge cake during a tourney.
Ban internet poker? No way Jose.

completely agree, though i can only get away with number 8 on a friday/saturday night.

WOOHOOO .... Bolts back, now who's first to get a post that requires the use of a thesaurus

[totalise]

Rover,

good first post. Try playing better

regards

[bolt pp]

Consider the plus points:
1) You can play completely naked.
2) You can pee in a bottle under the desk.
3) You can call other players whatever names you like.
4) You can shout profanities at the monitor.
5) You can watch TV at the same time.
6) You can play whenever you want to.
7) You can sit out while you walk the dog.
You can cross-dress, dance on your chair and eat chocolate fudge cake during a tourney.
Ban internet poker? No way Jose.

completely agree, though i can only get away with number 8 on a friday/saturday night.

Having trouble buying fudge cake, huh?

those fudge cake dealers are pretty serious!!

They hang about in the darkest corners of the roughest estates, it takes me a while to get the bottle to approach them, especially if i'm asking them to tic me a slice till i get some money net week.

I always wake up feeling sick and guilty in the morning though, i need to move on to the less serious stuff: sponge cake,cup cake.

I once went cold tukey gave it up all together, 4 months i lasted! i had a buiscit now and then and shared a cherry bakewell with a friend but that was it.

[lutonrover]

lol i need to play 100 times better !!! my record for live play is as follows

played 146 tourneys live ,  reached 22 finals , won 3   placed 2nd once and 3rd 5 times , am up 4600 in prize money



internet tourneys  played 200 won none , reached 8 finals , lost  2150




what would you reccomend i do   I am convinced it is rigged


but hey enjoyed the replies


Rover

[kinboshi]

lol i need to play 100 times better !!! my record for live play is as follows

played 146 tourneys live ,  reached 22 finals , won 3   placed 2nd once and 3rd 5 times , am up 4600 in prize money



internet tourneys  played 200 won none , reached 8 finals , lost  2150




what would you reccomend i do   I am convinced it is rigged


but hey enjoyed the replies


Rover

Out of interest - who do you think it's rigged in favour of - and why?

[roverthtaeh]

All internet poker sites have agents working for them in secret hideaways. They register under assumed names such as, LuckyMan, RiverMan, and LuckyRiverMan. These agents are paid by the sites to play at the tables.
Meanwhile, in the back rooms, a hand-picked techno guy with bifocals and a moustache is running the random number generator software. He is on an undisclosed wage to ensure the field agents win the money.
I though everybody knew this?

[ifm]

lol i need to play 100 times better !!! my record for live play is as follows

played 146 tourneys live ,  reached 22 finals , won 3   placed 2nd once and 3rd 5 times , am up 4600 in prize money



internet tourneys  played 200 won none , reached 8 finals , lost  2150

What sort of stakes do you play both live and online?
I don't want to criticise but 22 finals from 146 is a little bit on the slender side so i wonder how you manage such a decent profit.
I never really keep records myself but i know my first year playing live i was over £8k up playing on average three times per week (sometimes as much as 7 times).
Mainly £10 rebuys.

[totalise]

played 146 tourneys live ,  reached 22 finals , won 3   placed 2nd once and 3rd 5 times , am up 4600 in prize money

internet tourneys  played 200 won none , reached 8 finals , lost  2150

I guess the field sizes are pretty differing, I mean, 22 finals (and 3 victories) out of 146 tournies and you are only up 4600? sounds like figures from tournies that start with 30 people.


Compare that to your internet tournies, nearly all of them have over 200 people in them, and after 200 tourneys you haven't won one. that would make sense. If you played 3000 tournies and still hadn't won one, then it would mean that either internet poker is rigged, or you aren't as good as you think you are. Try not to make much out of insignificant statistics. 200 means close to zero., especially in big fields.

I would recommend you keep playing, and try to figure out why you are losing, and be honest with yourself. A lot of live players tend to find that they cant win on the internet when they first start, its a different style of play. People aren't scared to lose, they dont fold QQ UTG to g'tee a one buyin profit, they dont fold every hand for 3 hours in order to "not risk their tournament life". If you do think it is rigged, then you are correct to give it up altogether, you wont play well if you dont think the playing surface is level.