What the hell does "rigged" even mean??? And what would be the point of it???

[Dominator3]

We've all heard the "rigged" debate. But when people say online poker is "rigged" in what way do they mean? Like, they have a personal agenda versus certain players and make sure they lose? WTF do people mean exactly? And, what would be the purpose of a site "cheating" player vs. player when neither represent or work for the site?

Please explain in what ways you or others think the site is rigged. And, what you think the site has to gain by cheating players.

Monster hands against each other or monster hands v suckouts creates more rake. Meaning more money for the company. I don't believe any poker site would do it because if people had "concrete" evidence they would be doomed. That being said when I run bad I bitch about it.

[TheChipTrap]

Monster hands against each other or monster hands v suckouts creates more rake. Meaning more money for the company. I don't believe any poker site would do it because if people had "concrete" evidence they would be doomed. That being said when I run bad I bitch about it.

My thing is, if you leave hands to be random (like live poker), you are going to see some suckouts and some AA vs. KK. You don't have to do anything to the software but leave it on random for this to happen. Someone's gonna play that 4-5 off suit and flop the straight vs. AA. It's hard for me to believe the majority of people complain about online beats play much live poker. I play live $1/2 an $2/5 ALL THE TIME. I see suckouts/bad beats happen EVERY SESSION. Of course I see it with less frequency because we get dealt ALOT less hands in an 8 hour session than I do multi-tabling for 2-3 hours online.

[diffused]

Monster hands against each other or monster hands v suckouts creates more rake. Meaning more money for the company. I don't believe any poker site would do it because if people had "concrete" evidence they would be doomed. That being said when I run bad I bitch about it.

I don't understand how this can be true. I mean if they were really trying to rig the game, you would see a lot more ties. I mean if a player can stay in the game longer than they can give more to the site in rake. If they lose it all in one hand then there is nothing there from that player to rake.