i'v been told some site's cater for some players like known pro's for instance and i've noticed a threshold on the amount u put in and no mater how many time's u buy in u loose it and why is it u win soon as u sit down then sit there for 2 hours watching it dwindle away.
2007-02-12 20:05:31 · 7 answers · asked by waynoh8873 1 in Games & Recreation ➔ Gambling
The reason a site "caters to pros" is that pros play much better poker. They aren't giving them better cards or rigging it for them, but they are just much better at playing the cards they get. They make much better, +EV decisions, and thus make more money. (By "pro" I mean any serious player that studies the game, not just people you see on TV.)
The "this site is rigged" excuse is one made by people who are not very good at the game and are shocked that they aren't making money. I was like this at first 4 years ago. I made some money playing my friends and put some money online. I couldn't believe how "unlucky" I was getting. As I studied the game more and took it more seriously, I realized that I had been playing awful poker. There are always going to be bad beats, but I didn't find the site quite so "rigged" once I started playing better poker.
While I can't pinpoint the exact reason, the fact that you say "sit down then sit there for 2 hours watching it dwindle away" tends to indicate you're too tight and unwilling to take risks. If you sit down and wait and wait and wait you will, indeed, get blinded away. Or, if you call lots of hands preflop and then just fold, you'll lose your stack even faster. It's possible the problem is totally unrelated to either of those. Either way, it's not the site's fault. Believe me, if you put effort into becoming a better player you'll see that.
2007-02-13 01:14:31 · answer #1 · answered by Sanjay M 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Online poker is not a scam; given the amount of money the house makes at the tables legitimately they have absolutely no motivation to run crooked games. Remember, especially in tournaments, someone ultimately has to win so they are going to pay out. But the house doesn't make money on who wins or loses, they make money on the rake- retaining players through bonuses etc., therefore makes a lot of sense they simply need you to keep playing. Now, online or table games, the percentages break down like this: 92 percent of all players will, in the long run, lose money. 7 percent break even or make money, just not enough to ditch the day job. The final one percent are the sharks you see on TV. Actually, I figure it's less than one percent but I'm not interested in getting into fractions. The trick is, therefore, to become the best poker player you can be. I lost a couple hundred when I started, then it turned around. I had six dollars and I turned it into two hundred dollars. I had to take some out for bills, then took 55 dollars and turned it into 450 dollars. It's a slow process at very low limits, but you can make money if you have the talent and put in the effort. Just remember, as the limits/ buy-ins go up, so does the difficulty level.
2007-02-12 21:27:34 · answer #2 · answered by wanfuforever 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wayne, who ever told you that has no clue what they are talking about. They are simply making an excuse for why they suck.
I have a friend of mine who is currently giving me some online lessons. I have personally witnessed him make over $25K since the beginning of the year. He is not a know professional, in fact he only plays part time. I have seen proof of his winnings.
He made great money on PokerRoom.com and then switched to another well known site when PokerRoom.com stopped accepting American players.
If you log on to one of the major sites you can even verify how much money players have made by looking at a final table of a major tournament and then running people's nick names through thepokerdb.com which lists all the past winnings of that person.
In order to scam people in the manner you were told about several programmers would have to be in on the scam. It would only take one of them to come forward and blow the whistle and the site would be exposed and crippled over night. Why would any multi million dollar business take this risk, when they can make a fortune playing straight?
Online poker has been big for a good five years now. In that time with as many sites as there are, I find it hard to believe that there has never been a disgruntled former employee who wanted to teach the site they worked for a lesson by proving to the world that the site cheats. Yet no such evidence has ever been shown. So for this reason I have to dismiss the idea as a conspiracy theory.
The nature of poker is that sometimes you get unlucky. I watched a friend of mine playing last night. He was well on his way to win $14,000 at the final table of a tournament on a well known site. There was a named professional playing who got knocked out before the final table with a small prize. My friend got his money in with pocket kings and his opponent was all in with pocket sixes. He hit another six on the river and knocked my friend out.
Do I think that was a deliberate move by the web site to knock my friend out? Of course not. You see bad beats like this all the time, on TV and in real life tournaments. Unless you have the absolute nuts there is always a chance someone could draw a miracle hand and beat you. This is the nature of the game. Some people who lack experience at poker believe this to be a conspiracy. When they lose their money they make up an excuse.
What needs to happen is America needs to legalize, tax and regulate online poker. That way Americans would not feel so paranoid about playing on foreign sites.
Hope that answers your question.
2007-02-13 00:53:36 · answer #3 · answered by ZCT 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I dont think its a scam. The software used for the popular poker sites are written/managed by a secure company (not the poker site itself). For example Noble Poker uses software developed by Playtech and PokerRoom is the first online poker website in history to be accredited with the eCogra seal of approval. What does that mean? Well basically this means that eCogra considers PokerRoom.com games to be fair, that PokerRoom.com operates truthfully and behaves dependably. It also means all monetary deposits are secure and prize money is always remunerated in a timely manner.
2007-02-12 20:29:47 · answer #4 · answered by j_toumeh 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No your money dwindles away if you're not so good.
I always win steadily when sober then blow it all after coming back from the pub half cut.
2007-02-13 01:07:44 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is what it is; gambling. That means that you are taking a risk. Depending on your skill, you may win big or you might lose the shirt off of your back. Unless you are incredibly rich, I wouldn't try it.
2007-02-12 20:16:03 · answer #6 · answered by snackfairy06 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
YES
2007-02-12 20:18:33 · answer #7 · answered by chav69 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋