is full tilt rigged

[donjuan]

Um, you've never heard of a semi-bluff? How about fold equity?

[Kaps]

that type of scenario didnt just happen once....they would give me good hands preflop and after flop
and then while im aggressively raising the same person iscalling

thats my experience ....believe me im not making it up and its the same pattern at all the poker sits ive played at...but i will not mention which ones

[jjgold]

These places rely on the rakes and they want people to play to keep raking the money in so it has to be fair. The only thing they could do is disperse big hands equally over the course of time to keep players in the game and keep collecting rakes.

[jayc88]

full tilt is completely rigged
i've heard they abstract a certain amount of the pot each hand ,
fkn thieves, liars and scammers !!!

[donjuan]

that type of scenario didnt just happen once....they would give me good hands preflop and after flop
and then while im aggressively raising the same person iscalling

thats my experience ....believe me im not making it up and its the same pattern at all the poker sits ive played at...but i will not mention which ones

It's also entirely possible you were playing a donkey. Regardless, your lack of mention of stack sizes leaves out a pretty important piece of the puzzle.

[HAPPY BOY]

Clarence has a Full Tilt account. ill tell him to post on the thread with his input. plus that way JJ has something to beat off to this holiday weekend.

[captmatt]

I wouldn't be surprised if staff were playing. People call or go all in with nothing and win. I'd rather not play on that site.

[obama our lord]

Don't know if it's rigged, but it's definitely a scam. They find every manner of bullshit reasons to confiscate winnings.

[jjgold]

Most pros and experienced type players prefer live poker

[TexansFan]

Online poker is rigged only for those that lose at it. This is what I don't understand though. If someone has any doubt in their mind that something is rigged, why do they continue to play there and then complain about it?

[WileOut]

Online poker is rigged only for those that lose at it. This is what I don't understand though. If someone has any doubt in their mind that something is rigged, why do they continue to play there and then complain about it?

After about 800 games and tourneys I am up close to $7000 lifetime online and tend to lean towards the idea that online poker is rigged at some places. At others I'm not sure. It has been proven at one place, why is so far fetched for others to be doing it too?

Even though I am up, I should be up a lot more.

I have had a sequence of bad beats happen to me that would equal me getting hit by lightning more than once in my life.

And to answer your question, "If someone has any doubt in their mind that something is rigged, why do they continue to play there and then complain about it?".....I think you know the answer. The answer is that online poker is addictive to some people.

I have all but quit online. Every year I may throw in 100 bucks or so just for "fun" and try to win a lot with a little.

[TexansFan]

I've stopped playing online because I really got bored with it. I wouldn't play anywhere but FT or PS though.

[PaddyWhacked]

I play on a few different sites. I wont go so far as to say it is rigged but there are some trends and situations that feel shady. River Flushes seem to hit at an above average pace on Fool Tilt and Ultimate Beat. Pokerstars should change its name to either JokerStars or RiverStars. I have come to expect and except bad beats and bad play online. One must adapt their game to the site and situation they find themselves in. Good Luck on the tables. Paddy Whacked. Come get some.

[johnnyutah69]

i think it is rigged, too many bad beats

[johnnyutah69]

i doubt that it's rigged, they have pretty good controls over cheating. Maybe if it was an inside job but they have independent regulators.

[exstatman]

I saw many saying the house makes enough on the rake to risk any rigging, but what about SNG's? They already have their cut, so they would want the tourney to end ASAP to get more people playing more tourneys, right? I built up $200 to over $3000 in a couple weeks, but lost it back over the next couple following the same strategies. What worked to consistently cash for weeks ended up being one spot short of cashing WAY too often for a simple bad beat, IMHO. We're talking AA vs QQ and having the flop come AXX, then Q and Q; or AA vs unsuited QJ and having a flop come AK10 then X and X. Those types only seemed to come up when it for a cashing position, so I haven't played at FT since.

[andrew5]

here an example :

im holding pocket 33 .....opponent is holding 47 (offsuite)

i make a early raise pre flop and he calls me with that shit
flop comes A - 3 - 6

i check and he bets ....thats the mistake
nobody makes a bet right there hoping to catch a ****ing 5 (no way)
i raise him and he calls me

next card is a Q

i check and again he bets .....i raise and he calls

flop comes a 5

thats what im talking about ....forget the bad beats ...im talking about questionable betting patterns

what site was that on

[andrew5]

i just got flushed in 2 hands in a row on bo dog

[DrStale]

i just got flushed in 2 hands in a row on bo dog

Oh man then it's definitely rigged. I dont think two flushes in a row has ever happened in the history of poker.