Is online poker safe? An extensive poll...

[LALDAAS]

I wont even bother answering half these questions.

If you are worried about it, then dont play.

If you are not willing to loose what you deposit, Then scared money dont bet.

[tbach24]

One observation: in tourney's and SnG's, the bigger stack wins the PFAI more than he should.

[RollaJ]

ROFLMAO, I guess you hit a bad run of cards?

[OrangeKing]

I have a question related to your poll. In the first question, you list a number of poker scenarios, and then you list "other unlikely events." Using the word "other" implies that some of the things you listed are unlikely, when in fact, none are particularly unlikely to happen at all. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

[Emmitt2222]

Oh, now I get it! I should make threads to encourage all of the new posters to stay here also [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

<font color="white">Subliminal message: Everyone here gives out bad advice, online poker is rigged, you should buy 2+2 books anyway, just don't really read them. </font>

[meow_meow]

My first reaction to this poll was the same as most respondants to this thread, namely that the title is entirely misleading - this isn't a poll about whether online poker is safe, it's a poll about what way it might/is rigged - meh!

Anyway, reading through the objections and william's responses, I had the thought that perhaps this poll is actually designed to gather info from the wacky group of 2+2ers who believe in rigging, in an attempt to distill something about the psychology of those who choose to confuse acendotes with data.

In an attempt to discern which of these was the case, I browsed through OP's recent posts. While these dealt mostly with complaining about various things at various sites, there appears to be a steady current of conspiracy-type stuff, which leads me to conclude that this poll is exactly as it originally appears.

Another 5 minutes wasted.
(Unless of course OP cultivates the appearance of believing in rigging, in order to cozy up to aforementioned wacky 2+2ers)

[William]

Good thinking, do a deeper search, you're almost burning.
But please don't tell the other suckers....

[tdp]

this poll was created by a complete idiot who doesn't have Poker Tracker,no concept of math and can't possibly have much or any experience playing live.
If I were to take the first section of the poll and substitute "live" for "internet",I could answer yes to every question.Get a grip.

[William]

[ QUOTE ]
this poll was created by a complete idiot who doesn't have Poker Tracker,no concept of math and can't possibly have much or any experience playing live.
If I were to take the first section of the poll and substitute "live" for "internet",I could answer yes to every question.Get a grip.

[/ QUOTE ]

I am almost 50 years old, have played live poker most of my life (made a living from it before most of you were allowed to play in the kitchen with your grandma, have a computer engeneering degree and am a math major)

I hope this answers most of your questions. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[BradleyT]

[ QUOTE ]
this poll was created by a complete idiot

[/ QUOTE ]

You could have stopped there.