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People who know me know I make very good money on here for the part time basis I'm able to play.
Thanks for making me post in Area 51 *sigh*
Much, much fishier. And as far as luck goes, well ......... he's a Teacher, need I say more? He says he only plays part-time but we all know he gets at least 46 weeks holiday a year.
I've heard he honed his poker skills by taking tuck money off the children at school ....allegedly!
Just cos I control the 'doomswitch' to deal cards in my favour doesn't mean I'm fishier than a fishy fish fish.
And you call me a cardrack, pfft!
in fact even the biggest players on here cannot make close to what a teacher would earn in a year....
so if i was gambling between 500/1000 pounds a day, i would want a better ROI......
regards
toby
Point 2. Your Wrong - people Like LJamesL Lolufold etc earn more than your average teacher. I don't remember any of my teachers driving a Porcshe lol
It is a recognised fact that only 5% of poker players make a profit, and among that 5% on Sky are many making an income equivalent to that of a teacher after tax. I am sure that Phil would make even more if he gave up teaching and played poker full time, but as a family man its hard to give up the security of a proper job.
Also playing poker full time can become unsatisfying, and personally I am lucky to have a job where I can take complete breaks from the game. It also means that I dont have to rely on the poker gods to pay my mortgage and can use my winnings to build a bankroll to move up to the next level.
BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH...
have u ever heard the phrase there is none so blind as those who cannot see..
anyway i play else where ,now..with real cards...and the difference is amazing...
will see you there one day,
regards
toby
and have nt seen much of any of these big hitters for a while...
As for playing with "Real cards" Well thats just gone from lol to LMAO.....
I have quite a few friends that don't work and live off poker winnings, and I am very jelous of their lifestyle and what they can afford compared to myself.
On two other sites i play, i regually get very deep in tournaments with a lot more registered players, was only last saturday i cashed in 31st place out of 9,782 players. on the same site last night 979players and i cashed in 14th place with entry to a main event. Yet at sky i dont play any different and keep getting these bad beats, i dont even give my opponent/s the odds to call but they do.
The abuse i get on this site is unreal, yet when i have ago back or post on the forum about it i get warned or even restricted from sky.
This site in a very short time has forgotten about the small stake players, they haven 't even got the decency to reply to a very good post re- league format (not by me).
I know we all get bad beats and what goes around,comes around!! so how long would you let it ride, i think 1 month is long enough. I will now only play the freerolls till my poker points have gone and a few very selective games.
Then its Hello!! Party poker
I can hear you all now "thank f##k the scousers gone. LMAO
ANYWAY GOODLUCK ALL YOU MUPPETS.
1. Do some players make a GOOD living at online poker?
Some players certainly make a very good living at online poker. The problem occurs when they try to maintain the profits over an extended period of say 5 years. The demands that online poker makes are not at first obvious, but to continue to play the right game and keep up with the changes in the game over a long period is very difficult. I've seen very good players make a lot of money for a period, only to burn-out after a number of years. I myself made far more than any headmaster, let alone teacher, makes in a year. I had a period of two years where I was totally in the groove and it was a very profitable period for me. Many of the players I played with in the early days of online poker have bitten the dust despite being very talented. I'm still hanging-in because I have never had to rely on poker for a living, and I've really only played on a part time basis. Age has a lot to do with it as do commitments. The toll poker takes when played every day for up to 12 hours can be better sustained by folk younger than me, but it eventually gets everyone. If like me, you can play poker as an add-on to your income, then it takes less out of you.
2. Is poker rigged against any player/players?
No, it just appears to be sometimes. When it seems that way then it's time for a rest from the game. For any number of players, no matter how small, to make a living at poker shoots that argument down. The fact is that 95% of players don't make a profit over an extended period. Of the 5% who do, the amounts vary from a small profit to figures in the hundreds of thousands per year. The pyramid effect plus the rake ensure that the money ends up at the top of the game, and it all comes from those at the bottom. It doesn't need to be fixed for that to happen, it just does.
3. Is Phil12uk a luckbox?
Absolutely!
(And he is doing it the right way IMO. Having a regular income and enjoying your poker and making a profit is the best of all worlds).
I however would say that this is all clap trap and people see what they want to see, on a bad run people will claim that the site gives out too many bad beats and on a good run they will take the credit for the skills they have displayed to win all that moolah (conveniently forgetting that they have sucked out themselves along the way)
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How is the random number generator seeded, please ?
Many thanks :-)
See here for some information.
I doubt that you will find out details of how the RNG is seeded but, if you ever do, I'd be fascinated to know.