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Edukator99

Joined: 18.07.2010

Posts: 243

23.05.2020, 23:59 0

I got really into poker about 2011. Played like crazy for a year. Decided to come back as a pure casual gamer/fish.

Question. How is it even remotely fair that some people use HUDs like Holdem Manager which will actually show me a players hole cards when we go to show down and other players don't have access to this or even know it's happening? Nor does the rest of the table get to see them.

Meanwhile... I happened to have Equilab open and received a warning from Pokerstars.

Online poker is rife with cheating or people who have massive technological advantages over others.

Here's another question. I poker actually an honest competition? Imagine throwing all the basketball players in the world on the court and having the LeBron James' of the world hunting of weaker players so they could take their money. Yet this is the mindset of poker players. Not to play against the best but to find weaker players and take all their money.

Seems to me the best should want to play the best to prove their abilities. But that's not so profitable is it.

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VorpalF2F

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Joined: 02.09.2010

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24.05.2020, 01:05 0

Hi Edukator99,
You make some good points, and some rooms like Party and GGPoker have taken steps to remedy some of the things you mention.

The remedies they've chosen open up more doors for cheaters though.

For the most part, I think that the games are fair, and the cheaters are few.

As for the question about whether it is an honest competition or not...
:diamond: HUDs are available to everyone. If you can't afford the cost of a HUD, perhaps you need to re-think putting your money on the table.
Even if you don't have a HUD, you can see the other player's hole cards in the replayer.
Everyone sitting at the table is an adult, and as agreed to the terms and conditions.

Originally posted by Edukator99
Seems to me the best should want to play the best to prove their abilities. But that's not so profitable is it.

Tournaments are where the best play against the best -- at least on the later tables.
In the early stages though, there are a lot of players who seem to think that it's a lottery -- just shove it in and hope.

Great thoughts...
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