I've played on PP off and on for a month or so. I only play Draw or 5 card stud so I can't comment on anything other than those two games. I've been on the winning side and the losing side of the table and regardless of which side I'm on, something just isn't right here. It's not constant but when it's on, it's quite apparent that something isn't right. I'll explain, but these are only a couple of recent examples of what I've been seeing, off and on, for a month now.
I was playing draw the other night and the player to my right was winning everything. He couldnt be dealt a bad hand and the draws were even better. After dropping about 70 bucks real quick I was about ready to leave. Then the player beats my full house with 4 K's. It was NOT my night. I left to play another game. I Returned a little while later and boom! Man I was on fire. Trips, trips, natural straight, natural flush, draw to inside straight, draw aces to trip kings, more trips, more straights. And then I started thinking, nobody is this lucky...and sure as hell not me! I actually started feeling bad for the other players although by that point i'd probably cleaned out the table twice.
The next day I'm at this table and one guy draws trip aces to a pair of 2's. Another guy says "hell of a draw". I asked him if he was playing the night before. He had and he noticed the same thing I just described.
I go back a couple days later and I'm sitting at a 5 card table. When I got there waiting to join the game this guy wins the hand with trip 4's. Nothing too unusual. I join, dealt a J down, first card a J and I won the hand. Next hand the guy that had won the first with trip 4's, wins with trip 5's, then trip 2's. Someone else wins a hand then someone else, then I have a pair of Q's. The first guy beats me with trip 4's. Next I get a pair of K's. I'm gonna win this one. He beats me with trip 5's! I left.
I'm not a statistical whiz but doing just a little research tells me that the occurances I've seen, as often as I've seen them, aren't probable. Even on my own hot streaks...or more like, ESPECIALLY on my own streaks!
A couple hours later I went back and thought, I'm just going to watch. Same guy is there with mostly new other players. The first hand I watch he wins with trip 4's. Next hand, trip 5's. And after a few more hands I'm thinking this is almost a replay of what I was watching when I was here 2 hours ago. I thought I was in that StarTrek episode where they're caught in the temporal loop!
Another thing I've noticed are these "transient" players who pop in, pick up 200, 300, 500 bucks and they're gone...in about 20 minutes!
Not this might all be my imagination but, to be honest, I don't have a very vivid imagination. It just seems there's something very strange going on at this place and whether winning or losing, i'm not comfortable playing there anymore.
Oh, one other thing...if you do want to go play there, it's the lower right hand seat (C) that is the hot one (see below). There's some variation and some differences in table configuarations but "C" seems to be where it's at most often.
F A
E B
D C
If anyone else has noticed any of this I'd be interested in hearing about it. I really liked playing and I don't have any experience with other sites and, sadly, now I'm reluctant to try.
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