I have now decided to stop playing internet poker as I have been left in no doubt that there is something working against me.

Whether or not it is a doom switch I do not know, but I keep being dealt tempting cards such as high pocket pairs and face seemingly inocuous flops only to be outdrawn.

What I have read on pokerconduct.net only serves to increase my suspicions of this. People who dismiss this clearly have not read closely all the articles and comments on this. The accounts from those on the inside are quite conclusive.

On the site on which I play the current losing streak is absolutely unbelievable and the only explanation is that the site does not want me to win. I can think of a reason why they would not want me to do so. I am not going to let them clawback all of what I have won to date so will retain about 40% of it.

Some will say that this is rubbish, there is no doom switch or cash out curse, and will say that without evidence then any assertions are unfounded. They will say that losing after cashing out is pure coincidence. Yet many people have suffered this, so much so that it cannot be coincidence. The argument that you play more hands online and so see more suckouts is completely fallacious. Only someone on the inside would have any evidence of this but the revelations on powerpokerwizard.com are good enough for me. Although I doubt the integrity of the program they claim to have, their explanation of how sites do not use RnGs is good enough for me.

I'l stick to live poker where I know that bad beats are just that and are not manufactured. My observations of online play, my reading of comments from others and my dwindling balance are good enough to convince me that all is not as it seems.

When the industry is regulated and sites open up to outside scrutiny I may consider returning.

Best of luck to all those who continue to play - you are going to need it.