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homerphobe
Enthusiast
Silver Level
I played online a few years ago and built up a decent little bankroll from $50, but I quit playing because I lost faith in the legitimacy of the sites. I notices odd shifts in "luck" from time to time that just didn't seem realistic.
After becoming a member of this forum to ask some opinions on live hands I've played, I saw how many of the regulars were consistently playing online. I sent in a moderate bankroll of $100 and through a few small stakes tournaments, built up enough to buy in shortstacked into NL tables. I built my bankroll to $1650 in a couple months. Then I cashed out some FPP points that I had accumulated, and suddenly I can't win a pot nomatter how much a favorite I am. I've had big pairs beaten by one overcard or an underpair in 6 times in a row, and have won 2 races out of the last 12 or so. I can't help but notice that the curious shift in "luck" that lost me $1200 of my online bankroll happened the day after I cashed out my points.
I don't want to be one of those "online poker is rigged" people, but I'm wondering if anybody else has noticed any patterns such as this through their own experience. When I quit playing in the first place, it was because I noticed a terrible shift in "luck" everytime I cashed out. I'd cash out some of my online bankroll, and then immediately hit a sudden cold streak where I couldn't get a hand to hold up nomatter how much a favorite I was. I know these things happen, but the timing is always so suspicious that my skepticism in online legitimacy is starting to grow again.
Opinions?
After becoming a member of this forum to ask some opinions on live hands I've played, I saw how many of the regulars were consistently playing online. I sent in a moderate bankroll of $100 and through a few small stakes tournaments, built up enough to buy in shortstacked into NL tables. I built my bankroll to $1650 in a couple months. Then I cashed out some FPP points that I had accumulated, and suddenly I can't win a pot nomatter how much a favorite I am. I've had big pairs beaten by one overcard or an underpair in 6 times in a row, and have won 2 races out of the last 12 or so. I can't help but notice that the curious shift in "luck" that lost me $1200 of my online bankroll happened the day after I cashed out my points.
I don't want to be one of those "online poker is rigged" people, but I'm wondering if anybody else has noticed any patterns such as this through their own experience. When I quit playing in the first place, it was because I noticed a terrible shift in "luck" everytime I cashed out. I'd cash out some of my online bankroll, and then immediately hit a sudden cold streak where I couldn't get a hand to hold up nomatter how much a favorite I was. I know these things happen, but the timing is always so suspicious that my skepticism in online legitimacy is starting to grow again.
Opinions?