Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Random Cards on Internet Poker - or lack therof






As me and my crack team (me and the dog) have so often pointed out in recent history there is a disturbing amount of lack of serious play on the free money tables. Case in point, tonight's bogus table.

The first hand shows some jovial poking of fun at foraster in the chat. 6s over jacks full house on a lowball game. Obviously not paying attention to the helpful messages this guy goes all in with four sixes.

The real problem with this guys lack of humanity was on the full house. Even if you think it's a high game "it" just called with an obvious killer instead of raising. The bet to call was not indicative of a killer hand. Fortunately, this means I can relax. I know it's rigged to make me lose, I don't have to spend any real effort and take many side glances at the TV and pet my crack team member.

Later in the game, if we can call it that, being short stacked I went all in and had to draw one to make a decnt hand. The "player" to my immediate left made a raise and this was called by the other active position. My 8 low beat both their 9 lows. And I swept the pot. There should have been a side pot that one of those two won.

After some ups and downs the admin got bored at toying with me and beat me with a 7 low that he drew into versus my 8 low. Both fantastic killer hands for this game.

Let's throw in a sitter that, as always, magically came back and came on like gang busters for the first few hands after sitting out dozens.

The entire scenario smelted (real word) of pre-programmed first few hands and a bored admin enjoying the chance to toggle cheat mode, then getting bored and deciding to finsih me off since I wasn't a good little monkey and folding so many hands. If the point is to make me frustrated and quit it's not working. Every waking sober moment will be spent on PokerStars. My new target will have to wait.

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