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Firstly, many congrats on winning the 471 runner Freerolll on May 9th, fine result, that.
Now, to your question....
".....why is this site so fixed? ok your going to say it is not but I believe it is. So please don't reply saying it isn't....."
You have asked me a question, told me what my answer will be, then told me not to answer it. This has not begun well.
"...you have been playing poker for a long time and can you honestly with your hand on your heart say this and all on line poker sites are not fixed...."
Yes, I can say with my hand on my heart that this poker site is not "fixed", at least, I have no evidence whatsoever to even suspect it is, no reason to think it is, & no understanding of what the motive to "fix it" might possibly be, & I have yet to see one credible piece of evidence to suggest it is. Complaints to the contrary usually emenate from losing players. Therefore, thinking logically, no, I don't think it is fixed. Poker is not a game against the house, it is a player v player game.
Can you provide me with some credible evidence of malpractice at Sky Poker, please?
I cannot speak for other Online Poker Sites, & I don't really care what they do or don't do, that has nothing to do with Sky Poker. I have played on almost every Online poker site since the day Online poker was first invented, & have never once seen any credible evidence that any RNG was "fixed". I have seen the "superuser" affair at UB, some dubious stuff with one or two "skins" (Sky Poker is not a skin), & the recent payment processor scandal in the United States of America which 3 major US-facing sites (Sky Poker is not a US facing site) were implicated in. I've not seen one example of hands being "fixed", though, & in that time, many billions of hands have been dealt, & played. You'd think by now that someone may have spotted something if anything was amiss, no?
"....the hands that i have seen win would almost never in a live game happen....."
Do you have any evidence as to that? How much Live Poker have you played? What is "almost"? On what basis would these hands not win in Live Poker?
Please give me some examples of the hands you have seen that would not happen in Live Poker.
you said in the sky poker lesson 2 that flush's are rare when in actual fact they come along so often they are more popluar than a straights.
I don't believe I said any such thing. "Popular" means "liked, appreciated", so I suppose they could be more "popular" as they usually win, but I never said that. If we start with 2 of a suit, we will, on average, make our flush by the river 7% of the time - roughly 1 in 15. However, if we start with 2 live cards, we will pair one of them by the river nearly 50% of the time. So, in that instance, a flush is "relatively rare" - being only one seventh as likely as hitting one of our hole cards on the Board.
Can you please privide me with some evidence that flushes are more popular than straights on Sky Poker?
"Ok so if the site is not fixed....."
Good - we are making progress!
"....each hand is already decided before it is even played....."
How does that work in Live Poker, which you seem to use as your yardstick? Well, the cards are shuffled, & that's it - the cards that will appear are pre-determined. Always. But here's the thing - the dealer, & the cards he/she deals, have no idea what the players will or will not do. So the cards are pre-determined, but not the outcome. Online, there are two ways that cards are "virtually" shuffled, depending what Site you play on - once, & once only, before the hand, or, alternatively, before each street is dealt. In both cases, the board cards could be described as "pre-determined". None of which can predict what the players might do, how well or badly they will play their hand, of whether they have the best hand, but someone bluffs them off it with a worse hand. Poker is NOT about the cards that are dealt, not at all - it's about making other players fold wininng hands, or call with losing hands.
In theory, deal me bad cards, you can have good cards, but I can still beat you at poker.....
"....never go all in especially when you have AK AQ or AJ because you will almost never win....."
"almost never win"? I do not believe that is true, unless we play them badly. I believe they "quite often" win. Can you provide me with some credible evidence to suggest otherwise?
Sharkscope tells me that you have had a bad few days on Sky Poker, & I'm sorry to hear that, but just because you have run bad, or played bad, does not mean you have any right to suggest the Site is in some way acting improperly. Poker is a brutal game, but it provides highs & lows - a week ago you beat 470 players here, since then you have run or played bad. It's how poker works.
Finally, I've answered your questions with some care, now answer a question of mine, please.
If I called you a cheat, or dishonest, when you were not (& I am quite sure you are not) would you like that?
Take care now, & I hope you run good, wherever you play.
Are you going to remember to enter me in the Take on Tikay on Wednesday, i have the hat ready,
Largearce
Gary
I won an entry to the TSP classic on Thursday but i am not sure what happens with this. Do i just sit back and it will be added or do i need to chase it up with yourself or James
Many thanks for your time
Roy
But you must wear the hat whilst playing it, OK?
A whole batch of e-Mails went back & forth between James & I about this, & I've not heard any more from him, even though I tried to ring him about it on Sunday.
James awarded TWO TSP classic entries, one went to GaryQQQ who elected to play on Wednesday (17th May), but I asked him to await what date you wanted first, so I could arrange both free entries at the same time. He said he had yet to hear from you, if I recall correctly. (which is a 50/50 shot....)
So, to short-circuit this, just let me know on this Thread when you wish to play, & I'll sort it.
Please try to respond before Noon on Wednesday, so that I only have to write once to Head Office, as the system whereby I organise Free Entries is admin-heavy.
Many thanks.
Hi Tikay
Thanks for the quick response,i asked to play it on Thursday if possible
Many thanks
If you do not see your name in the Lobby by midday, give me a nudge, please.
PS - Win it!
My favourite Hotel in Cardiff is the Future Inn, right by the Grosvenor Casino, but that's 3 or 4 miles from Les Croupiers, so off the top of my head, no, sorry.
Hat will be on me head of course
largearce
You are IN tonight's TOTTY.
I have been working all day but pretty sure i am not registered for it yet...Please sort this out if your able,if not dont worry i understand your busy and this is not your priority
many thanks
I requested your free entry for tonight several days ago, & Head Office confirmed by e-Mail that it will be organised. However, they rarely (& never in the case of the TSP Classic) register Free Entries until the actual day of the Tournament, so I would expect to see your name in the Lobby shortly.
If it is not in the Lobby by early afternoon, please remind me, & I'll chase it up, but I'm sure it will be fine.
Good luck in the Event, & enjoy!
Many thanks for your help
if i cash big i will adopt a leopard
Thankyou for your response, can I just say that no I would not like to be called a cheat that would not be nice. But then again Im not a company that is trying to make a living. Look i know i have won a freeroll the other day and yes it felt good, and also losing is not a nice feeling but when your deep into a tournament and you lose by hand hand that feels unrealistic you start to question the site and when it happens so many times its hard to take.
Im sure Tikay will give you a far better reply but i think this is the norm for tourny poker.