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Just a quick question, I'm sure somebody on here will be able to answer. Do pokersites burn cards? I think that's quite good question, could be silly to some of you who know more about how they work though.
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Lol , good question ) never thought about it , but I think they do burn cards , or at least their software , formula , magic leprechaun , or whatever they use to deal us the virtual cards, if they wouldn't , they wouldn't follow the rules of texax hold'em.
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Just reading up on it, apparently they don't. People on other forums are saying it doesn't make any difference to odds, and it doesn't. But, hypothetically, say there was a site that does use burns, (I don't know any), and that they shown the burn cards on the hand histories. Now lets say there was a rigtard who lost on aa to 72 off when the flop came 777, then when the rigtard looked through their history (I doubt a rigtard would but its hypothetical) there was an ace as the burn. I think it would make a difference then.
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Posted by sadamman: Now lets say there was a rigtard who lost on aa to 72 off when the flop came 777, then when the rigtard looked through their history (I doubt a rigtard would but its hypothetical) there was an ace as the burn. I think it would make a difference then.
lol nah m8 your kidding yourself a rigtard could easy find a number of scams about that itself
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Burn cards were implemented to thwart deck stacking in the old days if i recall correctly. Typically games were played where players dealt and could stack a deck. So to prevent this they introduced the burn. With cards being virtual and the sites working from such a privileged position of consumer trust they likely figured there isnt much of a point.
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Posted by Flippedchips:
Posted by sadamman: Now lets say there was a rigtard who lost on aa to 72 off when the flop came 777, then when the rigtard looked through their history (I doubt a rigtard would but its hypothetical) there was an ace as the burn. I think it would make a difference then.
lol nah m8 your kidding yourself a rigtard could easy find a number of scams about that itself
I know but hypothetically, that could make a rigtard change. I'm talking about a blank canvas here not a particular personality.
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You have a good point there , the odds can't be influenced because , odds are calculated on the number of cards left in the pack , not the order they're dealt in , and what u said about AA and 2 7 , it goes both ways , burned or not burned , a rigtard would still rampage the forum boards. But still , I think they should be burned , it's only natural to follow the rules of texas hold'em.
) never thought about it , but I think they do burn cards 
