[JohnGalt2341]

This poll is for SBR Poker only. Do you consider yourself Luckier or Unluckier than the average SBR Poker player?

[JohnGalt2341]

I thought for sure there would be 100's of Unlucky poker players at SBR. Guess I was wrong.

[gauchojake]

Probably about even, but there are definitely times that I get frustrated with the RNG.

[jjgold]

luck for most part in gambling always evens off

[SharpAngles]

I'm about even after running like god last night. 2 river gutshots against over pairs and 2 underpairs setting up or making a straight for big pots. Yesterday I would've voted unluckier easily but just like real world poker it evens out over the long haul.

[SharpAngles]

A lot of quiet people too afraid to admit they're luckiest around here. Look in the mirror and evaluate boys

[STAX]

I think it all evens out over the long haul for me. The only aspect I know I am unluckier than most is all in preflop hands where I am way ahead (pair over pair or AK vrs AJ type hands). No doubt I am way under in EV in these scenarios. I actually did a hand history study of all of my hands I ever played on Poker Stars. I submitted them to a guy on twoplustwo a few years back right before black friday... he filtered them down to only hands that were all in preflop using HoldEM manager, and ran a statistical test. There was somewhere just shy of a million total hands... not sure how many all in preflop hands there were. The results stated I was 2.6 standard deviations of off the normal in the wrong direction, which translated to me being in the bottom 2% in terms of luck. Yet I was ranked in the top 1% of all MTT players on the site worldwide in terms of profit/ROI, etc. Just baffled me how I could run so bad in all in preflop hands, yet still be ranked as high as I was in terms of profit. My stance on online poker being rigged has always stayed the same. I believe it is rigged, but I also believe the better players still win in the long run. They just don't win as fast as they should, and the bad players dont lose as fast as they should, if the RNG was truly random. Its all designed to keep the fish playing longer and the sharks from winning it all as fast. MAX players playing for MAX time = MAX rake

[Triple_D_Bet]

I think it all evens out over the long haul for me. The only aspect I know I am unluckier than most is all in preflop hands where I am way ahead (pair over pair or AK vrs AJ type hands). No doubt I am way under in EV in these scenarios. I actually did a hand history study of all of my hands I ever played on Poker Stars. I submitted them to a guy on twoplustwo a few years back right before black friday... he filtered them down to only hands that were all in preflop using HoldEM manager, and ran a statistical test. There was somewhere just shy of a million total hands... not sure how many all in preflop hands there were. The results stated I was 2.6 standard deviations of off the normal in the wrong direction, which translated to me being in the bottom 2% in terms of luck. Yet I was ranked in the top 1% of all MTT players on the site worldwide in terms of profit/ROI, etc. Just baffled me how I could run so bad in all in preflop hands, yet still be ranked as high as I was in terms of profit. My stance on online poker being rigged has always stayed the same. I believe it is rigged, but I also believe the better players still win in the long run. They just don't win as fast as they should, and the bad players dont lose as fast as they should, if the RNG was truly random. Its all designed to keep the fish playing longer and the sharks from winning it all as fast. MAX players playing for MAX time = MAX rake

That's the thing about being in the bottom 2% luck-wise...in a non-rigged system, about 1 in 50 people will be there. Frustrating? Yup...but far less unlikely than things which happen quite commonly.

[sinmiedo]

in the last 3 weeks , very unlucky, but is ok, is the game

[SharpAngles]

I see a few guys who need to be real with themselves and admit they're the luckiest MFers around here! No shame in admitting it boys.

[JAKEPEAVY21]

I'd say about even..I either run red hot or ice cold it seems.

[BiTeMe UsAdOj]

I see a few guys who need to be real with themselves and admit they're the luckiest MFers around here! No shame in admitting it boys.

"In all the excitement of this thread, I've forgotten if you meant Tripper or yourself. But being SBR has the most powerful RNG in the world and can blow your AA clean off... you need to ask yourself some questions: Do you feel unlucky? Can you dispense with the innuendos and name names? Well... can ya, PUNK?"

[SharpAngles]

Whenever I've played Trip he gets unlucky so its def not him. And forget about cracking AA thats standard, I'm talking this one guppy that manages to cooler me every time I flop 2 pair or a dominating tptk and puts me on so much tilt for $12 worth of points its ridonkulous

[Optional]

I had cashed just once or twice since June 1st but have managed to cash 4 of the last 6 days suddenly.

[BiTeMe UsAdOj]

I'm talking this one guppy that manages to cooler me every time I flop 2 pair or a dominating tptk and puts me on so much tilt for $12 worth of points its ridonkulous

Oh, so IOW... Beerdog.

Thought so... just confirming.

[SharpAngles]

I didn't want to name names but since you guessed it biter....

[daneblazer]

I would vote luckier if they brought back the 9pm. Taking that away was a big bad beat for me.

[Slanina]

26.60 points = $1 value(profit). So I need SBR to throw some luck my way soon. None of these 30, 40 mini cashes!

[Optional]

26.60 points = $1 value(profit). So I need SBR to throw some luck my way soon. None of these 30, 40 mini cashes!

Aren't you international Slanina?

14.25 points to the $ for sportsbookcash

[astro61200]

Poll seems pretty good, the people who picked luckier I can't disagree with. A lot of the people I see under unluckier I can't really disagree with either (though no idea who Fire is)

A couple who are in denial about if they get lucky or not, but seems pretty accurate. I fully expected everyone to say they were unlucky.

[sinmiedo]

I was told by pro player, that , once you you match the skill , is all about luck.
by the way, the player is Pat Pazzin , and the when he made the statement, thebeerdog 99 was besides me.

[Triple_D_Bet]

Poll seems pretty good, the people who picked luckier I can't disagree with. A lot of the people I see under unluckier I can't really disagree with either (though no idea who Fire is)

A couple who are in denial about if they get lucky or not, but seems pretty accurate. I fully expected everyone to say they were unlucky.

Getting lucky in poker is an easily measured quantity, for which most of us either don't have sufficient data (for others) or don't have the tools to evaluate the data we have (for ourselves). Quite a different subject is whether we believe ourselves or others lucky based on that insufficient information, and no coincidence that some of the most solid players went with option 3. JJ is the exception though; I think he's just pointing out that he doesn't play SBR poker, so his luck is even by definition

[mikejamm]

This poker software is an outright joke! Can't seem to ever catch a break and I've suffered some of the worst bad beats I've ever experienced in online poker. I've employed different strategies and playing styles and still get the same results. A lot of us have played here long enough to know what to expect and have seen this bullshit play out hundreds of times now. They should have a fuk'in motto, "Where pocket AA come to die"

Newbies and non pros get better hands, better runs and hit more rivers than any regular SBR pro. There's no fuk'in denying it and we all know the reason why.

Larger stacks will hit their card to bust out smaller short stacks every time on an RNG designed to end tourneys at a specific time.

The disconnects, fuk ups with registration, allowing certain players with no fuk'in ethics to play in multiple tourneys, absolutely ruins the integrity of any kind of true competition.

There's also the ongoing problems of ghost accounts, collusion, sbr employees who play under new or established screen names that seem to miraculously always hit their one outer.

As many times SBR has redesigned the Odds page, you'd think the poker software would see some type of improvement, but alas, same 'ol shit different day.

[4uk4life]

I play free poker on a site for a chance to win pizza. How can I not be in the luckier department. Bring on the pepperoni beeches.

Although thanks to me being stupid and taking a loan I haven't had one of those free pizzas this year....only 370 pts away and I can start winning pizza again

[Slanina]

Aren't you international Slanina?

14.25 points to the $ for sportsbookcash

No sir. I'm from the wonderfully boring state of Ohio. Out of curiousity, is there a RO for sportsbook cash? It doesn't show for us.

[Optional]

No sir. I'm from the wonderfully boring state of Ohio. Out of curiousity, is there a RO for sportsbook cash? It doesn't show for us.

yes. 5x

I dont see all your stuff either. Just the SB cash.

[astro61200]

No sir. I'm from the wonderfully boring state of Ohio. Out of curiousity, is there a RO for sportsbook cash? It doesn't show for us.

What part of OH? Been to the new casino in Cincy yet?

Also, I would like to revise my selection to my luck evens out.. run terrible in tournies but dished out some awful suckouts on the ring tables