the draws they make
been playing on poker stars internet poker and am getting my brains beat out. you know, i have played texas hold-em now since 1991 and have won each and every year, year in and year out i have averaged 15-18 dollars per hour at this game and yet i cannot beat the internet. now, are there that much players on the internet or am i a much worse player at a computer or as has been told to me, is there cheating going on on the net? some of the draws that people make and the things they raise with and then hit right on the button is rather bothersome. i see a guy raise with 5-7 off suit and flop a straight; then later he raises with kj off and hits k,jj on the flop, raises with a pair of 4's and hits 4 on the flop. how can that be? is he just lucky beyond words or does he have someway of knowing what the flop is going to be. i have been the victim of some draws today that defy logic that someone would pay that large of a bet to try and hit a 5-1 shot or an 8 to 1 shot. i may just have to give up on the fucking internet. one of the poker writers said (i think it was brunson) there are so many ways you can be cheated he couldn't even count all the ways. blah blah blah.
on to sports. on paper, the rockies have no chance against the red sox but i will be pulling for them anyway since i am a national league fan. i found myself disliking the american league when they put in the dh because, in my opinion as a baseball purist, that is NOT BASEBALL. baseball is played with NINE players at a time and pitchers hit. the dh is only a way to let old sluggers stay in the game and draw paychecks beyond when they should. of course, when i played, way back in the last century, (lol) i could have used a dh for me since i couldn't hit my weight and i was very light at the time. i could play a wiz of a shortstop, 3rd base and i pitched several no hitters in jr. high and high school but i was worthless at the plate. i was good enough at fielding and pitching that i always was on the teams and always started but also always batted ninth. blah blah blah
why are we having debates over a year before the next election? the democrats say way too much and the republicans say nothing at all. while they are all talking, kids go on dying in iraq, our heavy handed approach to all things middle east creates new "terrorists" every day, the economy is teetering on the bring of disaster, new orleans still is in rubble, a drought is crippling the southeast and the west, the dollar is falling faster than enron stock, the real unemployment figure is probably approaching 10% t0 15% (remember, they only count as "unemployed" those who sign up for unemployment benefits in a given week and that does not count all the people who were employed in jobs in which they did not pay unemployment insurance so when they are off work it does not show up in the stats. also all the people who have exhausted their unemployment benefits but have not found a job are also dropped from the stats and then there are the cronically unemployed who have just given up), our politicians on both sides seem to be playing gotcha instead of finding ways to guide the ship of state through these troubled waters. and still they fucking talk. isn't hillary a senator? doesn't she have like something to do in washington? same with obama. most of the others are unemployed so i guess they have the time to run around the country saying nothing other than the other guy(s) is/are just dead wrong.
on the home front, we start on the stone tile tomorrow and when that is finished we will have a brand new house. the wood floors (brazilian koa) are stunning and the tile should set them off just right. means we can have a big party around the holidays. sometime i would like to let all my fans know, say 5 months in advance, of a party at my house and anyone who is in vegas at that time would be invited. so many of you have written me over the years and have said such nice things about me and my work that i think it would be just great fun to get you here to meet in person. it's a thought.
i tell you what, i sure hope i have many more years left in me, i think the best is yet to come.
my sympathy goes out to all the people in california who have been displaced by those terrible fires. i lived in the antolope valley and saw what those fires can do. if you are in any position to help them, please do so.
on to sports. on paper, the rockies have no chance against the red sox but i will be pulling for them anyway since i am a national league fan. i found myself disliking the american league when they put in the dh because, in my opinion as a baseball purist, that is NOT BASEBALL. baseball is played with NINE players at a time and pitchers hit. the dh is only a way to let old sluggers stay in the game and draw paychecks beyond when they should. of course, when i played, way back in the last century, (lol) i could have used a dh for me since i couldn't hit my weight and i was very light at the time. i could play a wiz of a shortstop, 3rd base and i pitched several no hitters in jr. high and high school but i was worthless at the plate. i was good enough at fielding and pitching that i always was on the teams and always started but also always batted ninth. blah blah blah
why are we having debates over a year before the next election? the democrats say way too much and the republicans say nothing at all. while they are all talking, kids go on dying in iraq, our heavy handed approach to all things middle east creates new "terrorists" every day, the economy is teetering on the bring of disaster, new orleans still is in rubble, a drought is crippling the southeast and the west, the dollar is falling faster than enron stock, the real unemployment figure is probably approaching 10% t0 15% (remember, they only count as "unemployed" those who sign up for unemployment benefits in a given week and that does not count all the people who were employed in jobs in which they did not pay unemployment insurance so when they are off work it does not show up in the stats. also all the people who have exhausted their unemployment benefits but have not found a job are also dropped from the stats and then there are the cronically unemployed who have just given up), our politicians on both sides seem to be playing gotcha instead of finding ways to guide the ship of state through these troubled waters. and still they fucking talk. isn't hillary a senator? doesn't she have like something to do in washington? same with obama. most of the others are unemployed so i guess they have the time to run around the country saying nothing other than the other guy(s) is/are just dead wrong.
on the home front, we start on the stone tile tomorrow and when that is finished we will have a brand new house. the wood floors (brazilian koa) are stunning and the tile should set them off just right. means we can have a big party around the holidays. sometime i would like to let all my fans know, say 5 months in advance, of a party at my house and anyone who is in vegas at that time would be invited. so many of you have written me over the years and have said such nice things about me and my work that i think it would be just great fun to get you here to meet in person. it's a thought.
i tell you what, i sure hope i have many more years left in me, i think the best is yet to come.
my sympathy goes out to all the people in california who have been displaced by those terrible fires. i lived in the antolope valley and saw what those fires can do. if you are in any position to help them, please do so.
posted by Ron Shock | 7:07 PM
1 Comments:
It is very unlikely that you are being cheated at Poker Stars, especially in the small buy-in games. The suckouts you describe are very common in these types of games, and you have to be prepared to rebuy again and again and keep hammering at them.
I think one of the reasons these players often make stupid plays is that they can remain anonymous online. It's similar to the way people seem to say incredibly stupid things when they post comments anonymously. They don't have to account for being an idiot.
Although it is possible that you might encounter some forms of cheating, such as players who are playing partners, the major internet sites have way too much to lose by trying to fix the games. If you are truly worried about cheating, I would recommend changing tables frequently and sticking to the lower limits.
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