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A Paradox or Mysterious Patterns of Cards Live and Online

I have seen many comments like the hands that are favored 3 to 1 always lose here or lose more than they should. Or if I am playing at FT and 3 spades flop and I have the Ace of Spade in the pocket with a blank, another spade will appear by the river and I know I will always win. Or hands that are favored to win 70% of the time should not lose 75% of the time as they do here. Or, the hands that are favored to win do win live but do not win here. And, the list of these types of comments goes on endlessly.
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All the above comments go against any of the statistics you will find based on millions of hands dealt.
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Why the paradox? Or, is there actually a paradox?
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I mean are the cards that are dealt random or are they not?
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Is the game rigged or is it not?
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Are the humans dealing at the Casinos cheating?
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Are the shuffling machines at the Casinos rigged?
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Are computer programmers at the online sites in collusion with players at the tables and deal them better hands or flops, turns or rivers?
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Or, is it because there is no such thing as a truly random number or totally safe software program?
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Or, there are favorite players that the software program has been programmed to favor?
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Or, just maybe, the people who make these type of comments just remember a few times this happens and then generalize this into a grandiose conspiracy scheme to explain why they lose so much.
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I lose a lot because I play poorly and take too many chances here because nothing is at risk.
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How about you?
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What is your best answer to this paradox?

COMMENTS

POSTED BY:
im24out

Mar 12, 09 12:41 AM

blah blah blah -how bout winning a tourny and less time whining and crying!! geez unreal!!!