Someone needs to make a sticky of explaining to noobs that on-line poker is not rigged. If it's already up there in the stickies, that's great, I just haven't had the need to read the stickies in the beginners circle for some time.

Everyone must understand that you will be dealt more hands per hour on-line than in live games. What results is your mind thinking that you see more crazy boards and bad beats than what you think you see in live games. The same shit happens in live games as you see on-line if you compared 100 hands in live and 100 hand on-line.

The sites are not rigged and they do not favor the good or the bad player for any particular reason. It's not so that the site can open up more tourneys to make more money on the rake. They do this by having the blinds increase quickly. Which is legal.

If it was rigged, ask yourself why you see the same names at the top of the leader board week after week? These guys are very skilled and they have no affiliation to the sites so there is no reason for the sites to help them win. Their skill helps them to win or at least puts themselves in the position to win.

Ghandii, you may think that you are not saying that the sites are rigged, but when you say that the sites are intentionally dealing bad beats, that's code for rigged.

BTW, variance will hit you smack in the face at some point and you will go bust if you do not stick with good solid BR management. If you are playing tourneys and cash above your roll, variance will make it so that you can't move back down because you will be broke.