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regarding software
hibefore i start please dont think this a whinge about sky or poker software, just after a conversation with somebody it had me thinking. before playing here i used to play on another site who also used to run live games, the guy who"had his name above the door" used to come to some of these live events. one particular evening i was chatting to the guy over a beer asking him a few questionsabout the site i.e how do they moniter chat, looking out for cheats e.t.c. the subject moved onto sotware and i mentioned i played for play money(newplayer at time and learnin). having had 3 royal flushes in the first mnth i asked him how this was and in the following 3mnths playing real money hadnt had 1 at all (like i say very new and niave)he explained the software used in plaw money had a different " wow " factor built in to get new players more excited about playing poker. no harm i thought. not until recently though i thought about it some more and i am puzzled on how you can build in a higher% of "wow" hands into a random dealing of cards. surely this is like having a % payout built into a fruitmachine. the reason i bring this up is , can a site ask for a software package with a higher% of"wow" hands in real money games. this is still legal im sure, but surley this cant be a random dealing of cards. like i say this was from someone very very high up on another site. anyone who knows me know im computer thick, and just wondering if anyone in the computer world could explain how this can be
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they would probably get away with play money but real money no
2) The suite of Software Sky Poker use was not purchased, it's home produced. I don't know for sure, but I would iimagine that the same software is used across the Site, for Tourneys, SNG's, SNG's, Cash Games, & Play Money games. I cant think of a single reason why it would not be.
It is entirely possible (though rare) to get three royal flushes in a month then none for 3 months afterwards. This is just the way that random events occur.
I don't know the gentleman you are referring to but it strikes me that he was pulling your leg about the "wow" factor. This would be an extremely dubious practice.
As already stated above, anything is possible with computer programs.
It would definitely NOT be legal to program something like this into a real money situation. A lot of time and effort is spent by companies and gambling regulators to ensure that this is not the case. It would be a criminal act to do this and prosecutions would be made.
If you want to discuss any of this in more detail, please send me a PM.
Vince - did you get my PM? The 2nd one? (The one that required a longgggg answer)
I will look at it now.
Got it in one, or is that 2?
No it wouldn't be, but headquarters in Gibraltar is a good clue.
Yes, we all know the Site Pod, but it's on a Network, & that Site has no influence or control over the Network Software. None at all.
........and what applied to that site would apply to many others. I have played on that site for many years, and still do. I have won more money/tournaments on that site than any other. Many of today's top online pro's started on there and still play there from time to time.
No Pod, Internet Poker Sites do not work in the way you seem to think.
Most - bar a few (Stars, Party, Full-Tilt) are on Networks. They neither buy the software, or design it. They simply pay an upfront fee, & a percentage of the Gross take, to use it under Licence. Like a franchise. They have NO CONTROL over the Software, & even the Cage is usually operated by the Network.
Sky Poker is, like PokerStars, a "stand-alone". It was designed & programmed in-house, & nobody shares it with us. Sky Poker runs it's own Cage, too.
Now i would rather play on a independent network like SKY,because as i have said before you may as well play bingo with your cards on the others ....
And tho there has been examples in the last 10 years of rouge people working within poker sites who could see all the cards in play,,they were eventually caught. You can be 99.9999999% certain that it wont happen here, i will take those odds any day.
Look at my poker statement.......it says, "dont be scared of ghosts",if you are,, pack the game in NOW..
Next time you see your friend, you can fire his nonsense right back at him!
Get out of THAT!
PS - KIP time is NOW.