CBG Poker Club

[Arsenal28]

Not sure how many I'll make but hopefully it will be a few.

BuffaloGuy27 at Poker Stars (I feel old now, I was 27 when I opened the account and now I'm 35)

[eejit101]

Ill play something, if im not busy, or making love to a man.

[freeringo]

Ill play something, if im not busy, or making love to a man.

you must mean To THE man

[datsme53]

datsme53 is my username for Poker Stars

I hear someone say that online poker is rigged. LOL! There is no basis for that at all...and no proof of it whatsoever. You want to say it is rigged? Prove it with hand histories etc.. not blind accusations. Why would a poker site rig anything? They have no vested interest in who wins ANY given pot or tourney. They make money by hosting the games. Why would they do ANYTHING that would destroy their business? My advice to ANYONE who thinks online poker is rigged in any way... DON'T PLAY! If you think it is rigged and play anyway....play money or real money... who is the fool?

[eejit101]

datsme53 is my username for Poker Stars

I hear someone say that online poker is rigged. LOL! There is no basis for that at all...and no proof of it whatsoever. You want to say it is rigged? Prove it with hand histories etc.. not blind accusations. Why would a poker site rig anything? They have no vested interest in who wins ANY given pot or tourney. They make money by hosting the games. Why would they do ANYTHING that would destroy their business? My advice to ANYONE who thinks online poker is rigged in any way... DON'T PLAY! If you think it is rigged and play anyway....play money or real money... who is the fool?

Welcome to the forum!!!

FYI - Online poker is rigged. Well, it is for me in tournaments! Though i fully believe PokerStars pro's get a decent edge. Ill fidn the hand history for you. Youll be on my side bro!

[freeringo]

rigged = situation algarythms to protect against cheating

[BruceJ]

TheTaker 49

[CBG]

Even if some or all poker sites are "rigged" for action, you have to remember that it's not really an advantage or disadvantage because it is done so constantly. I don't think there is a poker elf sitting around scratching his head wondering if he should throttle up the "more action flops" button on a day-by-day basis.

I'm not saying that's acceptable if it's happening (and I lean towards believing that it is based on my own experiences), but I'm still comfortable playing online at reasonable stakes because I don't believe anyone can use the "rigged" system to their advantage (bots that have been busted over the years are a whole different story). I've been playing since they first started offering it online and over the years I haven't been able to modify my game to accommodate for the "mega action" system that seems to be in place, and if I can't do it with all the poker I've played, I don't believe anyone else can (or at least the vast majority).

I often wonder what poker will be like when it's officially regulated, but the fact of the matter is, most of the big US companies are in talks or have already partnered up with existing software companies, which means we'll see a whole lot of the exact same thing. Hopefully we'll have some mathematical geniuses who are poker players themselves auditing the software in an official capacity once regulation is in place.

I've tried and failed miserably to play profitable poker online over the years, but I still get some enjoyment value out of it, so I'm content with that for now, at least until we have regulated options.

I think what it all boils down to is self-discipline. I mean, I can sit in a live game and happily play my one hand every hour or even every two, but it's extremely difficult for me to exercise that same kind of control when playing online. But then again, online poker is a whole different breed of poker and it's not meant to be played (nor are the "norms" supposed to be the same) as live poker.

[PANAMHIEST]

hey yall im in for a game with all the old buds! I am lafate27 on pokerstars

[freeringo]

hey yall im in for a game with all the old buds! I am lafate27 on pokerstars

it was you U I beat OH MAN I enjoyed that
and now even more

Good Game

[CBG]

Thanks to those who showed up today.

Unfortunately we had a ton of people sitting out and it screwed up the game, but I'll try to curb that from now on.

For all future games, if you register and sit out, I will remove you from the poker club.

Please only register if you plan to play.

[freeringo]

Thanks to those who showed up today.

Unfortunately we had a ton of people sitting out and it screwed up the game, but I'll try to curb that from now on.

For all future games, if you register and sit out, I will remove you from the poker club.

Please only register if you plan to play.

NO NO NO NO NO NO YOU DON'T OPEN THAT CAN OF WORMS

rethink it

[CBG]

We have added a new weekly tournament that will be held each Wednesday at 9:00 PM ET.

[eejit101]

Wtf. surely friday or saturday would make sense?

Stop making games I can never play in

[CBG]

We have added a new weekly game. This game will be on Monday at 5:00 PM ET.

[quintas]

My PokerStars player name is: quintass

thanks!

[freeringo]

Winning totals as of 2/21/12

Eejit 0
mikejjc 1
RGChan 3
Pokerkitty 2
Catlicker 2
Scarecrow 2 aka: Easymoney
Breadstik 2
BruceJ 2
Tomturkey 1
Taco ?
Panam ?
Freeringo 14

I am ashamed

[quintas]

Just curious how does the winnner actually take possession of the Amazon card?

[CBG]

Just curious how does the winnner actually take possession of the Amazon card?

The winner of each tournament is contacted via private message here on the forum and after they supply me with their email address the Amazon.com gift card is then sent to that address.

[addysaw]

HI.. Everyone

[iGaming Diva]

HI.. Everyone

Hello addysaw, welcome to CBG!

[Rachel Charlie]

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Rachel

[iGaming Diva]

Thanks for your thoughtful insight Rachel Charlie and welcome to CBG

[KurtisMckinley]

Very useful information.
Muchas Gracias.

[AKAworceracs]

lol they do it to maximize profit, which is done every day in buissness everywhere in the world, especially when no regulation is involved ... Bush jr. cut regulation on wall street and look what happened, the F'ers purposly took as much as they could, running companies into the ground and almost the entire country... knowing exactly what they were doing and what could happen from it.

I imagine the sites know they are fueled by people w gambling addicitions and people who get bored and deposit 20$ at a time, off and on ... so they design a system to appease these people.

the people that dont understand this, dont know anything about buissness, look into the stock market, people run companies into the ground everyday to make money, when it folds u know what they do?... they make another company, lol

That argument thrown out is retarded. Its not my burden to prove the sites are on the up and up, they want me to give them my money, thats on them...

go give your money to offshore book, win a couple of big scores and see what happens... u get banned... but why? the book has no investment in winning and losing, they make money on the vig/juice 10%, people win and lose, it all evens out. Thats built into the buissness plan... HA!

Im sure there have been people who have made money playing online poker in a long run... Thoses people went on a heater, then got sponsorship to play for free or have figured out the system and molded a game to grind out some $, ie multi tabling, math programs, trackers, etc (thats not really poker, thats more like being a good penny stock trader).

Thats what most people are saying when they call the sites "Rigged"