I am not a conspiracy theorist, but the amount of ridiculous bad beats that I have taken on FTP the past 6 months that I have been playing on there is fishy to say the least. I play often at brick and mortar casinos and home games and admit bad beats happen. They are a part of poker. It seems odd that I never get farther than double my buy-iin before the crap starts. I do not alter my play because I am up, so that is not why I am losing more. If someone can explain how 2 outers get hit with a frequency that SHOULD BE mathematicly improbable I am all ears. It seems like the closer I get to the end of my bankroll the more frequent they get. I have taken a hiatus from online poker for a while to regain my sanity. If you think I am just a bad player whinning, I win more than lose at the brick casinos and have never come close online, and no the players online ARE NOT BETTER. Most are worse by far, hence the bad beats. I realize that you will suffer a few more bad beats with more hands and more players playing poorly, but the frequency they occur doesn't come out in the math. Someone please explain!

Do you have poker tracker or any comparable poker tracking software?

well online poker is not quite the same as "real life" poker... Most of all because: 1) you can't look your opposers in the eyes 2) the whole thing is managed by a computer and, as complex the software can be, it will never be able to match reality..

You should set up poker tracker and track your play. With online poker you see way more hands than you would live so of course the bad beats seem to happen more online. However its not the case.

you play PLO which is high varience. Double your bankroll, play your A game and if your a winning player you will come out ahead in the long run... As stated buy HEM and analyse your play to ensure that your not leaking money in other hands you play, analyse all your hands over 30bb you have won to see if you are getting the maximum when you have winning hands..

Originally Posted by kepora

well online poker is not quite the same as "real life" poker... Most of all because: 1) you can't look your opposers in the eyes 2) the whole thing is managed by a computer and, as complex the software can be, it will never be able to match reality..

This is quite true but all the same Online poker rooms allow you to use so called "Auto Buttons" . This allows you to check what you do before you act. If another player uses, you can find out if he has good cards or not. Using buttons indicate that they don`t want to fool, though some more experienced players can use this as a tactic to bluff. If you know how to check this you cannot be disappointed so much