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Playing against the computer
In a live game you play the cards you are dealt, the opponents and are assured of a random deal. To what extent does the computer programme affect the way you should play. I think it is generally acceped that the computer generated hands are not totally random in as much as the computer does not care who wins but does create hands to stimulate action and reduce the field. From my own observations there are a few things to watch out for. Certain cards keep appearing on the table, e.g. it may be Queens and sixes and for several hands these same cards repeatedly come to the table. If you identify these cards it may pay you to play hands you would otherwise fold. The second thing I have noticed is that winning hands come in runs. How many times have you folded raggy hole cards to see that had you played you would have won three or four hands on the trot. If you can spot this it is probably worth at least seeing a flop until your run has ended. Lastly, if you are behind in chips and are looking for a spot to shove, be very wary. It often happens that you wait and wait for a decent hand and when it comes you think 'at last, happy days' only to come up against a better hand or suffer a bad beat. These are the killer hands designed to get you out of the tournament. It is difficult to get away from but it may be better to just shove with a random hand and take your chances.
In a live game all the above would be utter tosh (it probably is anyway) but think about the cards, the opponents AND the computer!!!
The fact that this post was immediatly moved from General Poker Chat to Area 51 suggests that Sky are very sensitive to any suggestion that randomly generated hands are nothing more than afigment of their imagination.
In a live game all the above would be utter tosh (it probably is anyway) but think about the cards, the opponents AND the computer!!!
The fact that this post was immediatly moved from General Poker Chat to Area 51 suggests that Sky are very sensitive to any suggestion that randomly generated hands are nothing more than afigment of their imagination.
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He chat boxes and predicts the river cards when theres some all ins.
Hes very good, I think SKYs RNG has morphed and learned how to think with human characteristics and opened its own poker account, then again I am yet to see him cash any, maybe he should predict his opponents cards better instead.
Theyre all out to get you, you know, its all a massive conspiracy,
1. No other site I have played on allows posts in their forums, accusing the site of being dodgy (PKR did, but removed it) feel free to correct me here though.
2. If they did play on other sites they would see that the beats are just as frequent and just as bad. Althouh this fequency is down to your own general perception of, your own skills, how you played the hand and how good your hand was. Many players get this wrong. Otherwise we would all be breakeven players.....because no one would be bad enough to lose.
Just reading some of these threads and over the last 6 months, they have got increasingly worse in tone and direction. Several even turning into "personal" attacks on posters - either pro fixed or against.
IMO if you think it is rigged, you are a tad silly. not because you think it rigged, but because you continue to play and post here....... I once accused a mate of stealing from me, i couldnt prove it, but I certainly never let him in my house again. I belived i was right, so wasnt gonna take the risk. Dont see why people do it.
Nobody seriously believes a regulated industry has any skullduggery so we let u vent!
Sky Poker is as fixed as I am Phil Ivey
Dave
I don't believe online poker sites have a winning record in court cases!!
Surely you haven't forgotten the Ultimate Bet/ Absolute Poker scandal?
watching training videos,reading up e.t.c.
But then whats the point if its all "fixed for the rubbish players to win"?
Even though I don't believe that the cards are dealt totally randomly I continue to play because I think SKY is the best site by a long way. If I am going to play anywhere then this is the site I choose because I think all other sites employ the same tactics. Drumahai05 made a reasoned argument for a plain statement from SKY outlining their position on random deals. Everyone would welcome this and it would put the argument to bed. Of course the blind levels determine the ultimate length of a tournament but why is it that whether there are 50 or 500 players, almost every £10 and under tournament reaches the final table at the second break. In a randomly dealt game the chips would flow back and forth and a fair proportion of games would take a lot longer. I know it's possible to come back from a very small chip stack and cash but in general as the tournament progresses, the higher chip stacks get proportionately more better hands and the lower chip stacks fall like ninepins.
I don't consider the lack of random dealing as cheating and appreciate the forum to express controversial opinions.
To answer your question DAVEYZZ, it is usually a tabloid reporter who uncovers fraud, fixing and cheating in football, cricket, athletics, horse and greyhound racing, casinos, etc. etc.