Card Patterns in Online Poker

[Collin O'Mahon]

I've been playing Holdem extensively at PartyPoker for several months. There have been numerous occasions wherein I have been dealt the same hole cards twice in a row.

It would seem that the probability of being dealt the same hole cards twice in a row would be less in a b&m room, as the cards are physically shuffled. Physically, although the shuffling is itself a random process (if done correctly), it would seem that a proper shuffle would tend to distribute the cards differently than any previous, or subsequent, shuffle. However, the random number generators used by the online sites don't take this into account. Is this an accurate protrayal of b&m reality?