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Top Five Most Annoying Suckouts in Online Poker
04.20.08 | Permalink | Comment?

As I sit here still simmering after losing with AKo after getting it all-in preflop versus KQo AND 42 suited (42 was tilting after a bad beat and the KQ called off 85% of their stack after the 42 raised and I re-raised all-in) and losing to BOTH hands […]
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Simulated Variance Online
11.24.07 | Permalink | Comment?

Online poker does its best to simulate the up and down swings that are mathematically probable for live-action players, mostly by delivering vastly unlikely beats upon players in predictable patterns. If you’ve had any experience online, you’ve certainly heard the complaints that online poker is rigged. While this is typically pronounced by players with limited […]
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Internet Card Shuffles are Completely Random
10.23.07 | Permalink | Comment?

Here’s a snippet from the last two tourneys across two different sites:
First three hands of the tourney are AA, AK suited, AA which for those of you who play online know is just a harbinger of doom for the rest of the tournament. So cruising right along past the money bubble and into the final […]

Top Five Most Annoying Suckouts in Online Poker