Joined: Mar '09
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just wondering if anyone here believes that internet poker isn't fair?? or is it I am just a poor player??
I only play small tables usually 25-50 cents...after a few days i have now grown my $30 deposit into $150...then I lose 43 hands in a row.....my trip queens against AA to lose to trip A's....my rockets called by an 8-4 os....to lose to a straight on the river.....etc.etc....
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Posted by crow58: just wondering if anyone here believes that internet poker isn't fair?? or is it I am just a poor player??
I only play small tables usually 25-50 cents...after a few days i have now grown my $30 deposit into $150...then I lose 43 hands in a row.....my trip queens against AA to lose to trip A's....my rockets called by an 8-4 os....to lose to a straight on the river.....etc.etc....
just wondering
If your deposit grows 500% in a few days, maybe your are just focusing on losses and ignoring your winnings? What is you bankroll at now? More than $30? Then your are winning, not loosing!
We all get in situations like that, the problem on the internet is that you play much and much more hands then you do live, so the bad beats will be much much higher as well, if you play 100 hands on the internet and after that a 100 live, you'll see that the number of bad beats will be the same. It's not rigged or anything . Just be honest to yourself and if it was a bad beat, there's nothing you can do about it, but if it's bad play, learn from your mistakes . good luck in the future with you bankroll.
Joined: Jun '09
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seems to me someone is playing over there bank roll starting at .25/.5, which will create and unstable flow to your cash flow. Grinding out 43 hands in a row would of made you tired and one bad beat (poorly played) threw you on tilt which killed you bankroll
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You can't win every hand. Going from 30 bucks to 150, you had to win a few hands yourself. And set over set or a donk hitting a monster with his junk starting hand are common things. Get used to them.
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You must try to think of a reason of why its unfair and who gains, you losing is bad for them they want you to produce rake and you cant do that with no $, so if they was to rig it im quite sure you would see lots of split pots and players with little $ hit some wins with whatever they play with. So if it is rigged you are at advantage. As the outers say dont play over your limits and the bad beats wont kill you.
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Posted by shokaku: You can't win every hand. Going from 30 bucks to 150, you had to win a few hands yourself. And set over set or a donk hitting a monster with his junk starting hand are common things. Get used to them.
God dam thats the truth. But you QQ is still vunrable so maybe you could have got away from it. I often over play vunrable hands (its one of my downfalls, for sure) But variance is real and a pain in the arse you can hit everything one day and absolutly nothing the next. I've just had a big down swing that has almost wiped me out but thats how i play and i'll never change...hahaha stick with it and you'll get it back (if your as good as you first run)..lol good hands can get you all the way in a tourny but just 1 great hand can got you knocked out, pure and simple if you can get away with a large portion of you chips still intact dumping that QQQ might be hard but can still be profitable. (wierd but)
Joined: Apr '09
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I think that everyone in poker already had an idea similar to that. I am included, there are times that we really think taht the poker online is rigged. But probably we are not thinking racionally. Probably it isnt rigged. But bad beats happens to everyone!
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Posted by crow58: just wondering if anyone here believes that internet poker isn't fair?? or is it I am just a poor player??
I only play small tables usually 25-50 cents...after a few days i have now grown my $30 deposit into $150...then I lose 43 hands in a row.....my trip queens against AA to lose to trip A's....my rockets called by an 8-4 os....to lose to a straight on the river.....etc.etc....
just wondering
Playing 25/50 tables with $30 bankroll? Excuse me but You were asking for it. Good hands don`t always win and after lucky streak there is always unlucky streak.
Joined: May '09
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I think you were lucky that you got a lucky streak before your unlucky streak. with 30$, you were playing 0.25/0.5 tables, thats poor bankroll management. u had 150 when your unlucky streak started so i don't think it will hurt much..
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Posted by SuperNoob: I think you were lucky that you got a lucky streak before your unlucky streak. with 30$, you were playing 0.25/0.5 tables, thats poor bankroll management. u had 150 when your unlucky streak started so i don't think it will hurt much..
Yes He's a lucky guy. I could loose everything at the start with a bad beat.
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If you play good tight poker, it's pretty normal to be under estimated EV because you will move in with AA when the donk calls with ATo, soner or later you will loose some of thoose hands and BAZING! you are under the estimated EV.
. Just be honest to yourself and if it was a 
