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<blockquote data-quote="catsclaw227" data-source="post: 5536491" data-attributes="member: 14197"><p>I won't dismiss the idea that there might have been fraud done by the developers (fake AI players, programmed river cards coming out that suck out on much better hands, etc)</p><p></p><p>But playing live at one table in Vegas or Atlantic City or other Native American casinos, where there are a LOT of minnows, it's not tough to pay for your vacation, or at least get some comps, if you know what you are doing.</p><p></p><p>The Main Event of the WSOP gets televised from day 1. Anyone with 10K can get in and play. You can be the worst player in the world and get into the "televised" round of the WSOP. Getting past day 1, though. That is the initial challenge, then it's getting into the money.</p><p></p><p>I've never played in WSOP play - never had time to go to Vegas when it was going on, and never had 10K of totally disposable money to plunk down - but I've played the tables and have had consistent winnings for a weekend.</p><p></p><p>But, I did notice that the online tournaments on PokerStars where getting harder to win or get into the money. Lots of high volume players who play 8 hours a day, 5+ tables at a time, mostly european, were making some of the games more difficult. In a 45 player tourney, it became a lot more common to have a good hand of mine get sucked out on by a lesser hand - especially when I was betting my hand correctly and I end up losing a bunch of my chip stack to a donkey hand.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="catsclaw227, post: 5536491, member: 14197"] I won't dismiss the idea that there might have been fraud done by the developers (fake AI players, programmed river cards coming out that suck out on much better hands, etc) But playing live at one table in Vegas or Atlantic City or other Native American casinos, where there are a LOT of minnows, it's not tough to pay for your vacation, or at least get some comps, if you know what you are doing. The Main Event of the WSOP gets televised from day 1. Anyone with 10K can get in and play. You can be the worst player in the world and get into the "televised" round of the WSOP. Getting past day 1, though. That is the initial challenge, then it's getting into the money. I've never played in WSOP play - never had time to go to Vegas when it was going on, and never had 10K of totally disposable money to plunk down - but I've played the tables and have had consistent winnings for a weekend. But, I did notice that the online tournaments on PokerStars where getting harder to win or get into the money. Lots of high volume players who play 8 hours a day, 5+ tables at a time, mostly european, were making some of the games more difficult. In a 45 player tourney, it became a lot more common to have a good hand of mine get sucked out on by a lesser hand - especially when I was betting my hand correctly and I end up losing a bunch of my chip stack to a donkey hand. [/QUOTE]
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