Late Night Poker Online with Ninjas

...I'm sorry but I cannot help conclude that this late night online poker session is nothing more than a software controlled scam.

...lets put to oneside that I have just lost $8 to a "bot" (Software Robot pretending to be a player at the table and defined by a fellow human player as a "short stack ninja") and concentrate instead on the way the cards seem to unfold....

Now its my ever growing belief that although the cards may well not favour any particular player, it seems to me that a couple of other software tricks may be being employed.

So far I have identified two distinct traits that appear to be in force.

The Heartstopper - This is designed to draw you into playing more and more hands. Idenified by when you fold a hand that perhaps could have been played, the ensuing flop far too regularly reveals you would have made a fantastic hand had you stayed in.

Sexing Up The Flop - This makes Alistair Cambell's exploits seem like Enid Blyton at work. As the name suggests the hands are often too outrageously good at the same time. I sat down yesterday, on my third hand I was dealt AK suited. I naturally raised the stakes. Both other players went with me and we ended up "all in" The final hands revealed the other players actually had Pocket Aces and Pocket Kings. Three giant hands all at the same time !

Of course its obvious what the effect is on the value of the cut taken by the house on these huge pots. I know it sounds cynical, but you have to be a regular player to see what I mean. You get a feel for the chances, if you watch TV poker or play against friends with a real deck of cards in the real world, those hands just dont happen that often.

The thing is it would be so hard to prove it was going on. It appears there could be a kind of software dial that can be adjusted with devastating results, perhaps distributed across various tables making it impossible to detect.

There is one other unthinkable solution that may explain all of the above... maybe I am a crap player that is being gobbled up by superior skilled players, then in denial of that fact instead go looking for some insane conspiracy theory to balance my own crazy mind that would prefer to whinge endlessly on about it. Hmm, I feel a bout of introspection coming on I will keep you posted....