While I understand the frustration, you have to expect these situations from a system that is inherently flawed. As any programmer will tell you a computer cannot in truth generate a random number. A RNG, or Random Number Generator, is just a set of a few mathematical equations that usually use the current server time, down to the millisecond, as a "random variable" in creating a psuedo-random number to decide events in any given computer environment. While this works fine for, lets say, loot in a RPG game the effects it will have on a card game are inevitably disastrous. The game will stop playing like an actual card game and play like exactly what it is, a computer simulation of a card game.
We also know that a poker site RNG doesn't just shuffle once and deal, it continues to shuffle as the hand plays out. It will generate a new random number for each card as the hand plays out, therefore the Ac will have a different number in the deck on the flop then it did preflop so long as it wasn't dealt yet. Also some people have said that some online poker sites go one step further than a simple RNG to predicting "action cards" to speed up tournament play and to keep play more exciting. I have no idea if this is true or not but it would seem to make sense in some situations - how many times have you seen AA vs two random cards and the AA loses? I would go as far to say this happens MORE OFTEN than not, at least according to my experience.
I am not saying the sites are rigged, I am saying that based on most peoples knowledge of how a poker site works their conclusion almost always would be that it is not fair or at the very least doesn't play like a real card game. I think online poker is immensely fun and I will continue playing but keep in mind that it will not play like a live game, and you should adjust your game accordingly.
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02-09-2011, 08:17 PM #34
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