Why is it so hard for most of you people to think that it's atleast possible that some of these poker sites to do a few under handed things to get players? They are a business. Most business do alot of things you probably don't know about to make money. If they don't make $ they would'nt exsit. I'm not saying all of them but, I don't be so naive. I'm sure I'll get some nasty reponses to this but, would be the first time.
No one is saying that it isnt possible. I bet everyone who is opposed to the whole "
online poker is Rigged" theory would freely admit that it is possible for sites to cheat their customers out of more money if they so chose. The problem lies in the proof and sources of proof. The poker world is filled with enormous ammounts of data that is freely available. With enough computers, I'm sure you could easily datamine 1,000,000
hands a day off of
full tilt poker alone. In one month you could gather enough data to verify or disprove anything regarding online poker that you wanted. And yet, the best all of the conspirati can come up with is "I read it from a link on some dudes MySpace page, so obv. it's true" or "ZOMG, I had 5 bad beats today, that's totally not possible".
Please, give me a break. Some of the worlds greatest minds in dealing with statistical analysis are involved with poker. Yet none of them have discovered any abnormalities? Just look at how the whole UB/AP scandals*** were busted wide open. How were they caught? Because people noticed results unexplainable by normal variance. The poker community, as a whole, is incredibly intelligent, and it would not take very long at all for any sort of foul play to be recognized and immediately be out in the open.
***Please note that sites like Ultimate Bet and Absolute Poker are the exception, not the rule.
