I use percentages as oppose to number of hands. Seeing 1000 hands online vs 100 live you would clearly obviously see more bad beats and weird stuff in 1000 hands. I dont argue that not one iota. I have the problem with things like A junk vs AK AQ AJ. I might lose the bigger ace 1 in 5 or 6 hands live. Online, its just a little above 50% over 3 years worth of hands. This isnt weird, or variance, or because more people play bad hands. Its flat out because online software is rigged for action. If A7 donk loses 4 out of 5 against AJ+ he will quit playing. Or he will quit putting more money in the pot at the very least to build that rake.
I use to think the cheerleaders for online poker "never rigged" crew just knew more than me. So I worked at my game, read everything readable, even devised strategies that went totally against reason.......with success somewhat. And my conclusion is its obvious. Software isnt random at all. And cheerleaders are way way to smart to not notice exactly what I have recording every hand for 3 years. So they must have an agenda one way or another. Not mad at um. Poker rooms got to make money. Cheerleaders got to do what every they do. I just know better than to risk a single penny to online bingo. Ran $100 live up to $4850 in a year playing on occasion. Had only a few losing sessions. 1 where I just got bombed. Lost 3 coolers in 12 minutes. Didnt have 5 coolers all year. So weird stuff does happen. Online though 3 coolers/suckouts is per 6 hands played let alone per tourny or day or week.
I think you hit the nail on the head. lets face it most players (online) are pure trash donkeys but if online looses them where are they at? They wouldnt survive. It really is as simple as you just put it.
Ive had some really decent wins live and im usually final table bound, im a TAG, dont play many hands but i play them heavy preflop online it doesnt matter how heavy you play them(you have to get lucky which is sad) you have 2 or more idiots willing to gamble with 56 79 84 95 etc... and in my experience online is, against my better hands they win a helluva lot more then my hands do. But if online treated them as real cards do, then they wouldnt be playing and there wouldnt be many sites operating.
People say you have to have a large sample and i just dont buy it. 100 hands is 100 hands live or online, or 500 vrs 500. you will virtually see same results online constantly that vary from live. I love playing against those LAG players live cause you can tell there use to hitting there bs online and dont know when to back off live. Ive played against LAG players live thats never played online and they get frustrated and quit playing cause they will never have the results that keep them coming back live as they would online.
My problem online is i keep expecting results like i do live for the cards to fall the way they should.