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I have JJ. Raise in front of me. I reraise, another player pushes all in. A raise, then a reraise, and the guy pushes all in with A4, and flops three fours. I had 210 left, waited for A7 to push, flop was AQQ, he had the Q. So thats two hands Ive played, and trips both times for my opponent.

Second I have QQ on button. I raise 3X, of course, BB pushes his monster A8, and flops an ace. Shit. “Unlucky” again.

Today. A8 limp. You know if I raise A8, Im kicked every time. Flop comes AJ8. Pot bet, everyone folds but one guy. Im telling EVERYONE at the table how rigged UB is. Just coincidence I suppose that the next card was a J and my opponent held it.

Now you tell me, when you flop aces and eights, what is your first thought? Live, my first thought is how can I get every penny from this sucker. Online, my first thought is how will they screw me this time.

How did (seeing now the online player database has dwindled significantly) the Mircogaming network clear a 12000 player free roll in around 5 hours EVERY SINGLE TIME?

How come I watch A4 suckout all day, but AA cant win online? HMMMMMM?

How come, at a certain poker room, I played three MTTs as soon as I signed up there, got second, second again,(two river beats of course), and seventh, won 800 bucks, cashed out 700 of it, and I havent won a penny in three years since? Forgot how to play? Bad run? Guaranteed Variance? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Here are some final table beats:

UB. Three left. I get AA. I lost of course he had 66 and flopped a six. Then AK, I lost again of course, as he called my push with K2, at a final table, and turns a 2, Im out.

Poker Room. AQ. Raise, flop is rainbow with an ace. I push. He has A9 clubs. Like is it REALLY so far fetched to imagine that NONE of the other four players have an ace? You got it, turn club, river club, Im out.

Next night. Four left, I get another ace to flop, this time he runs a gutshot straight. Im out.

Now correct me if Im wrong, but wouldnt most people fold K2 on a final table at UB? Isnt the play supposed to get BETTER the further you get into a tourney? So lets recap, final table UB, three left, I get AA and AK and I lost all my chips. What, wait for a god damned royal before I bet?

Hundreds and hundreds of online poker is rigged threads, each and every one of those players just cant play, right?

So, Im up 700 bucks at this one poker room, but I STILL KNOW its rigged. And I am a WINNING PLAYER SINCE I BEGAN. Including a contract worth 5 grand of buy ins that fell through when the States pulled out.

I really like the morons who defend it. Yeah, it only took me one hand to figure out it was rigged, dummy. Or the OMG my AA lost to 55 OMG sarcasm.

Go ahead. Read Harrington’s books, then play that way online. Guaranteed YOU LOSE YOUR MONEY.

Every single on line poker room is optimized for maximum profit. Unless Bill Rini says it isnt.

@Michael, when folded around to the small blind, I don’t think the blinds’ hands are going to be too much different than random cards. People are quite likely to fold A4 and K7 in other positions, so I don’t think deck is especially “rich” just because 7 people mucked their cards.

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