Originally Posted by
keyboarding
I think it isn't a matter of it being rigged, but rather perception.
First, you're going to see a lot more hands playing online than you would at a live game. The increased exposure to hands being played means you're going to see a lot more situations unfold that you probably wouldn't see live because you just don't have enough time with players thinking and dealers shuffling.
The second reason, and the bigger one I think, is that with online poker you can't see your opponents. You can't tell if when you push all in with AK and get called by JTs, if the guy is a fat, sweaty retard or has a kid in his lap or what. The inability to evaluate our opponents as we would live is the biggest drawback. When you get bad beat, it's not just because the cards ****ed you over, it's also because your opponent made a very questionable call in the first place.
For instance, I lost today to a guy who called my all ins on 3 seperate draws off the flop, a flush draw, straight draw, and when he has two overcards and an inside straight draw. All 3 plays were absolutely retarded by him, and I would bet anything that if I saw him in person, he probably looked like an idiot
But there's a third thing. Not only can we not see how stupid our opponents look, or how good, it's that they can't see us. They don't know if we're the kind of player who knows what the **** we're doing. Online poker takes away personality and table image, and leaves us wondering "is my opponent the kind of moron to reraise all in with A5o?"
If you're going to play online poker, my advice is almost never commit preflop. Most of your opponents are going to be idiots, and if you are a solid player you can outplay them on flops. Most onine players love leaving it to luck, pushing all in with practically anything and leaving it to luck since they don't know what the **** they are doing. Don't get caught playing Yahtzee with these assholes. See a flop and beat them with solid logic and betting.