Is online poker fixed?

Nick P

I'm just wondering what other people think about the integrity of online poker?

I know all the reasons why it's said that online poker should seemingly show more bad beats than normal, but I can win pretty consistently live and never fail to lose online. I can't even begin to build a bankroll every time that I attempt online play again. I know that you should see more bad beats and crazy hands in general because of the fact that there are around 3x more hands dealt per hour in an online game than live. Play also is always a little bit more loose online due to the fact that people just have to click a button rather than face you in person with their embarrassment due to a bluff when they are called. I also know that it makes little sense for an online card room to have play be unfair due to the fact that their rake is capped anyway, so it does little good for them to build pots.

However, they could, especially in smaller limit games such as a $.25/.50 NL game, make a bit more money by causing bigger pots. I think they could also take stats from people and work on transferring as much money as they can to people that they know are going to continue play with said money on the site until it is raked.

The reason that I ask is this. Yesterday I sat to play and 7 hands into my game I picked up JJ....I know it was wrong to move in with, but I did it anyway. I moved in preflop and found TT and QQ calling me. Next, tonight I played again picking up QQ 12 hands into the game. I moved in after a raise, which still isn't the right thing to have done from a middle position, but nevertheless came across AA and TT again! This happens every time that I play online. Whether it's constantly to me or me watching it happen around the table. Much more than the numbers say those big hands should vs. each other. It makes no sense to me.

And to bring me to my last point. It's much easier to find large games online. Loose big games too. I'm talking $50/$100 NL and larger. In that case, why is it that professionals continue to play live rather than in their underwear behind a computer screen. It's like they know something. Even when I do see them play, like Phil Helmuth with Ultimate Bet, they just seem to be stopping in for a couple hours of fun. Like they are trying to force it to seem like online play is for real just to support a site that they have interest in. They then return to the casino floor to make their real money. Even Doyle Brunson seems to continue to play live rather than doylesroom.com. What's the deal with that?

Can anyone shed a little light on this subject? I'm dumbfounded by online poker. What are your opinions?

Answer
Interesting that the two hands you are describing are two hands in which you admitted to playing incorrectly.

You never had QQ vs AA in a live game? Then you don't play very much. I just had KK vs AA 8 hands into a tournament at the Borgata. Live, real people... so rigged.

how to run multiple instances of qq games(online multiplayer game) simultaneously?

xiaoyu

i want to login qq games with 2 or 3 accounts at same time
need help

Answer
You could always download a virtual pc onto your computer, than run it through your computer and through the virtual pc on your computer but im pretty sure that would only let you login with 2 accounts and the virtual pc is a few GB to dl, you could always try a proxy. Sry if im no help lol

heres a virtual pc download link for Windows 7 http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/download.aspx
id post a link for windows xp, vista and mac aswell but its pretty late and i dont wanna go digging, just google (OS) virtual pc download and replace (OS) with your operating system

and if you get any lag while logged into more than one account youl have x times of lag. x= how many accounts your logged into

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