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Old 09-06-2005, 06:14 AM
stockman stockman is offline
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I started playing on-line poker back in 2003 at a sight claiming to be the first or oldest on-line room. I had played poker on and off for many years. I have read and studied books by first-class authors and clearly understand the importance of being a solid player and playing my best all of the time. When I started playing on-line in 2003 the sites I played at were on the up-and-up. I usually played several hours a day and it provided a steady income. However, in late 2004, it was as if someone flipped a switch and changed the game. It must have been around that time when software technology allowed the sites to begin preserving the bankrolls of lesser skilled players at the expense of accomplished players. Don't forget, volumes of players and rakes are how the sites make their money. Certainly folks have noticed that none of the poker rooms come out and say "our cards are totally random (or pseudo random)." Rather, they brag about the sophistication of their RNGs and make statements relating to no statistical bias regarding the cards dealt to their players. Think about it, if the weaker hands are allowed to win more than normal, as long as it applies to all, there is no statistical bias. Everyone's cards are being manipulated the same! This negatively affects skilled players a disproportionate amount of time as they will most often be going in with the best hand. I'm very much aware of poker great Bobby Baldwin stating that draw outs are a mirage, and I agree with his logic. However, what is happening on-line goes far beyond what Baldwin refers to. I have seen a fairly long term steady income vanish overnight. It is nothing short of the proliferation of software that enables sites to manipulate cards while still being able to make sidestepping statements regarding statistical bias. When we have an on-line site that offers a true poker game and is willing to state so in no uncertain terms, that site will have more players than it can host. Yes, they will be mostly skilled players and the competition will be tough. However, most folks would much rather get out-played by a real poker player than to have the rug pulled out from under them by software engineers catering to greed. The software has effectively made players once considered "suckers" the wise ones for playing in games that are enhanced for their preservation. And for the skilled players, I expect a large portion have already abandoned on-line poker. In the end greed will lose and someone will have the guts to bring back the real on-line poker sites of yesteryear. And yes, my post will be refuted by those whose income depends on the continued shearing of the unsuspecting.
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