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what odds,
I'm not attempting to debate you on whether or not full tilt is rigged. As I've stated over and over I have no idea, only played 20k hands, haven't seen anything too weird but that is irrevelant. The only thing I'm 100% sure of is that you and I can't possibly know either way, so that isn't what I'm trying to debate. I was merely trying to challenge the point made by denethor that tilting the odds in favor of the guys who play poor hands means higher volume and more rake for full tilt. I know gambling and I know poker; in my opinion the guys who are consistently overplaying hands and pushing with nothing are simply using poker as another form of gambling. Every true gambler (people who play against the house over and over even though they KNOW the odds don't run in their favor) knows, the fun of gambling isn't even winning it's the thrill, it's the moment right before you find out if you hit that river card, or the thrill waiting to see if your huge bet is going to get your opponent off of his monster. Now in my opinion if a guy just loves the action, you don't need to tilt the odds in his favor to keep him around. Why cheat the guy who is there to win money and give it all to the guy who doesnt really care and just loves to gamble? Take yourself as an example, you play to win money ( I assume), you felt like you were getting a bad deal at FTP so you left. If they are consistently cheating players who are playing to win, they are all going to leave. If anything it makes more sense to cheat for the guys who play to win money so they will stay because the gamblers are staying reguardless. Do you see what I'm saying? I understand the psychology of both because I pride myself on playing the best poker I possibly can but often partake in other gambling avenues in which I know I don't have an edge. I do it for fun. Many guys take that same attitude to the poker table and those guys will play poker forever, why cheat for them and scare off the guys who are playing to win money? I'd like to hear what you think about that, but once again I am not trying to prove full tilt is not rigged. It's just my opinion that it makes no sense to rig it the way all of you suggest.
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