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why all the moaning about sky poker
Hi Guys,
as a lot of you will know, i have only been a member a week or so. I absolutely love this site!! have been doing nothiung but bigging it up everywhere i go and to all of my mates, even to the point when i have my next monthly tournament at my house the show will be on in my studio where the table is on the computer!
As i have delved into the forums more, i keep seeing the same thing coming up quite a lot and that is people moaning about it being rigged ..... why? i have not won every hand and every tournament i have played... sure i aint been happy about losing but i don't get up on the forums straight away and start moaning it is rigged... as it is mainly down to my play or calls most of the time!
so is it because we have players that are not as good as they think they are? or what? i just don't get it 
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I avoid looking at the area 51 posts as much as possible due to the ammount of moaning there.
These players should improve there game instead of always moaning the site is rigged.
I think people moan for the sake of moaning but most of all BAD LOSERS.....I never win and have lost loads but I suppose I'm used to it ( I hope this is'nt counted as moaning..lol).
It's just what many poker players do - moan. Honest, on any Online Site, some players moan.
It's because they want to find someone or something to blame for losing.
Here's a true story.
A man told me Sky Poker was rigged - 100%. He knew.
Got any evidence, I enquired?
He wrote back & told me that he'd played three SNG's one night, two on Sky Poker, & one on Tilt.
"And guess which was the only one I won?" he asked........Then went on to tell me. "The one on Tilt".
There. All the proof we ever needed.
I dont think I should go to area 51 because it will be too tempting to reply to some of these sarcastically
true story this ....
played a game on full tilt once and had a royal flush and still got beat!! you know what by? .....
the computer decided the other guy deserved to win and gave him 6 kings
As Mr Kendall says: poker is a microcosm of life. They'll both throw a curve ball at you many a time, it's how you handle them that counts. Yes, it's very frustrating being favourite pre and post flop, but coming out second best because someone chanced their arm (or should that be hand) and won, but you've got to be philosophical and say, okay, his turn that time, mine next.
The one and only thing to remember is that poker is just a card game. All card games involve a little skill, but are primarily decided by luck (in my opinion, anyway). The skill comes in playing the right hands in the right position, knowing when to bet, when to call and when to fold and trying to out-think your opponent. Making him believe your hand is the nuts and there's no point in him continuing. That lot play a big part in it, as you all know, but the luck factor will outweigh all of that sometimes. One of us will get what we're hoping for and the others won't - a bit like Christmas..lol.
Others have said it more eloquently and succinctly, but it's all about staying calm and getting on with the next hand, unless you've just been knocked out of The Open on the bubble after going all-in with AA and losing to a runner runner straight. You might then be permitted a mild expletive before typing the immortal letters 'nh.'
Anyway, I'm starting to ramble, so I'll take my leave.
Good luck at the tables.
Graham
Sorry couldn't resist
Your aces lose to kings. It's not your fault, it's not the kings' fault, there's only the software left! It must be to blame!
And when this software, this randomised variance, keeps kicking you in the teeth (which it will at some point, trust me) you will feel like blowing off a bit of steam too.
I'm ALWAYS in the doghouse
The same rake is paid to Sky no matter the outcome of the hand so why would Sky or any other poker site for that matter rig the outcome? Im not convinced that Multi Million pound business would risk alienating there entire playing pool in order to ......................acheive NOTHING lol
now into the point of player bots... I have no evidence that these don't exist and im not playing against them but i ask myself this question. "if i had a sure fire way of beating players and earning money without lifting a finger....... would i put that bot to work on the 5p / 10p stakes??????".........errrrmmm i think not lol
I moan and probably more than most but one thing im sure of is that the site is not rigged
It's just like turning a key in their back.
I like to look at their post count, 99% of the time it stands at '1' sometimes up to 2 or 3 if they have replied calling you a brainwashed idiot.
You can spot most of them a mile off, they usually talk in txt spk.