Daily /r/Poker Discussion Thread - August 21, 2019

I'm done playing on BOL (Chico Network). I just can't deal with it anymore. Laugh at me all you want but there is something unusual going on with their RNG or something. The best hand NEVER holds in huge pots of importance.

I've played 100 tourneys there, and the best hand has lost in big pots where I'm 70% or better 60%+ of the time. It's outrageous. And it isn't just me. I see it happen to other players with regularity.

Here are some perfect examples. I get KK in vs 66 for 65bb and top 5 stack right before the money bubble. 6 on the river and I bust that tourney after playing what I felt was really well for 3+ hours.

Very next tourney, I get AQ in vs KQ for 50bb with 3 tables left. K on the turn. gg.

Very next tourney, I get AA in vs AK with 2 tables left for the chip lead. He flops a straight and I'm crippled.

These are just 3 examples. In 100 tourneys, this has happened to me no less than 25 times. Maybe more. How is this possible?

I'm sick bc I think BOL has the best software and best tourney schedule on the internet for US players. But the best hand simply cannot win the really important pots there. I don't know how anyone consistently wins in tournaments there bc of this.

Laugh at me all you want but it's happened too many times to be truly random. Over these past 100 tourneys I've lost to hands that were 7% or less. And it's always the big pots. The best hands hold up in 10bb or 15bb pots. But anything 40+, something happens. I think there's some kind of dynamic to make it more "exciting" and to give players a feeling that anyone can win there. It's bullshit.

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