Buyin SHOULD NEVER affect odds of any card coming out plain and simple.... Play 1000 hands online and 1000 hands live and you will see a HUGE difference in the amount of aces on the flop, turn or river. 3 Outers arent as common live as they are online. people seem to forget that if you get donked by ace rag player there is no long run cause your most likely out. So the long run means squat if youve already been donked out. LOL yes as you may have already guessed im VERY skeptical of online deals. If i cant see the dealer shuffling then to me its not that random when that miracle 3 outer hits like it does soooo often online. Yes bad beats happen live but i used to play 5 nights a week live and i wouldnt see in 5 nights of live play what i see in one sng let alone a turny.. And theres really no way to argue this point as there is no way to document whats normal Live vrs online since you cant keep history or records of hands in live play.. So whats to say whats normal in live or online play, all we can go by is what the "book" says. Just a devils advocate here..