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HERE IS THEIR REPLY**********Thank you for contacting Full Tilt Poker Support.
In the past players have claimed that there must be a 'cashout curse' mechanism, a system that punishes players for withdrawing funds. Besides being nearly impossible to do, we would be foolish to jeopardize our entire reputation and business in an effort to make extra money off a few players.
The so-called curse is more likely a trick of perception. Consider that a smaller bankroll will cause more panic if you lose a fixed amount of money than a larger bankroll. For example, if you have $400 in your account and lose $100, you would have lost 25% of your bankroll. While this may be somewhat troubling, it will not induce panic. If you had withdrawn $200, the same $100 loss would represent half your bankroll and will cause panic. This will lead some players to go on tilt, play progressively worse and lose more money and eventually go broke.
Unfortunately, with a smaller bankroll, your probability of ruination is much higher. If you continued to play at stakes that you may have been winning at prior to your large cashout, your bankroll may not have been sufficient to handle the swings of the game.
In other words, the cashout curse is real. But it isn't because Full Tilt threw a switch, it is just everyday statistics at play.
For a more detailed, statistical examination of the so-called 'cashout curse', this is a very thorough article:
[url]http://groups.google.com/group/rec.gambling.poker/msg/aff054bc065303a8[/url]
With regards to the authenticity of our RNG, our players provide us with constant empirical testing and verification of our RNG. Unlike live games, all online hands are recorded in the form of a hand history. With many players using tracking programs such as PokerTracker, hands are scrutinized by the poker playing community, and any deviation outside of expected variance will be found very quickly with hundreds of thousands of hands being played everyday. There are players that have hundreds of thousands of personal hand histories saved in databases, and a dysfunctional RNG would be easy to spot.
If there's anything else we can help you with, please feel free to ask. Best of luck at the tables!
Regards,
Amaan
Poker Specialist
Full Tilt Poker Support
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