Cousins of Ron Mexico, winner of the first Blogger Poker Tourney a few weeks back, hits us up with a guest post that talks about claims of rigging in the online poker world. Got a guest post you want to share? Hit us up on Carbon Poker’s Twitter.
I’ve been playing poker online for a while. That was probably obvious. I’m the guy who won the first ever blogger poker tournament on CarbonPoker. Not just any donk off the street can accomplish something like that on his first go around.
In my many years of experience playing on the internet, I’ve tried all the sites. Some are better than others, with CarbonPoker being the best. (I’m not just saying that because it’s in the contract I signed without reading. Really.) No matter what site you’re on, there’s one constant. One platitude you’ll read in the chat box just about every time you sit down to play.
It comes after a bad beat, usually by the avatar that just lost a coinflip. The wording is oftentimes different, but the sentiment always the same – THIS SITE IS FIXED!
It’s usually phrased as a “[Site Name] Special.” Or “only on [Site Name].”
And this doesn’t just come Aces are cracked. You’ll read this after just about any superior starting hand goes down. Just the other night I was short-stacked and went all-in with Ah 10c. A big stack called and showed Ac Jc. After the 4th heart came on the flop the chat box read, “only on [Site Name] lol.”
I felt great. The site wanted me to win the tournament! I was destined to become rich! The cards were virtually stacked in my favor!
And I got knocked out about 10 minutes later.
The sad thing is that I think there might be people out there who believe what they type. People who put actual money on the internet and then assume when they lose to an underdog, that the site determined the winner. Why would you play? And what could a site possibly have to gain? It makes no sense.
Then again, what do I care? I’ve got CarbonPoker on my side.
Tags: Guest Post, Poker Hands, Tourneys
Only a fool would play anything or anywhere that they thought might be fixed.
LOL … enternaining (and accurate) post! I was not aware such journalistic skills existed in the blogger world.
Personally, I find the people that whine (yes, I’m using the ‘h’) the most understand the game the least. These people generally fail to grasp the power of position and how the game changes as the blinds climb rapidly in the later levels of online play. That said … make them your targets and take advantage of their tilt.
Its true that most gripping is just sour grapes although i do think any enlightened individual still vividly remembers the Absolute 60 minutes expose.
Very nice post. Every time I suck out and the other party gets angry, I ask, “You’ve never won like that before?” Because you play enough poker, it all evens out.