a cashout curse before tonight.................
was playing some billion hand sng of stars on a stake so kept my account empty untill monatoo shiped me a return on my stake in him
so after he sent it too me i went too withdraw it too keep account correct
ran like muck all night UNTILL i decided too reverse the cashout while i was left in one sng as it hadnt gone through and i was expecting a nasty email from stars saying
i couldnt withdraw it till i played it through then ran like god (with a few hic cups) for the next 30 minutes untill the turbo event was over
cash out curse exists i am now a believer or am i?
There must be many many people experienced this and it really does make you wonder. I tried a few of the less known sites to see if I could find what I'd call believable poker but found they got even worse. I came across one called pokerencore and found my experience on there to be what I can only describe as beyond a joke.
Thanks Tikay for nudging me in the direction of this post.
There's not much point in debating cash out curses and the like because some people will choose to believe it and we'd just go back and forth forever. Personally I don't believe in any curses.
I own and run Poker Encore along with Paul Jackson. Unfortunately people are right to be some what wary of smaller poker sites after what's happened to some in the last couple of years. We've tried to get round this by partnering our personal reputations with the backing of much larger companies. Until recently we operated in partnership with Genting and now we are partnered with Coral.
As Kinboshi said we are part of the iPoker network. All sites on the network are using exactly the same RNG. The games all operate in the same way. Some of the more well known sites on the network include William Hill, Paddy Power and Betfair.
If you are trying out a few of the smaller sites to find one with a "fair" RNG it sounds very much like you are only playing a small amount of hands before making your mind up. Downswings happen over much longer periods of time than you probably played for here and so it's not out of the ordinary for you you experience some bad luck, an outdraw or a cooler. Have you played on any other iPoker sites? Did you find their games more "true"? If so the illusion of patterns within randomness is clearly at play
I'm sorry that you didn't enjoy playing with us. All I can say is that although we are a small site we are operated in a very professional way with the backing and security of one of the UK's biggest gaming companies. Any players with queries or problems are welcome to come to me directly for quick resolutions. I can't stop you getting outdrawn but I can solve most other problems...
Good luck wherever you end up playing your poker
Karl Mahrenholz
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