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There are several very important differences between playing poker live in a casino and playing poker online. The advice you get for the first will not help you when you play online because of these differences. Basically, in online poker you are playing against a computer with codes that base the players ‘moves on algorithms to win, not a live person who is using tact, misdirection, and bluffing to win. Because it is based on an algorithm, online poker is not truly random. Also with online poker being based on a computer strategy, it suffers from the same types of problems and hacking any other software can have. Several scandals have sullied the reputation for the online poker business. Staff, players, and even some of the poker sites had worked out systems to ensure frequent wins and the online system had no way to stop them. This caused the online casinos to come up with more security and different dealing, shuffling, and delivery for the online poker software.
One of the results from the scandals was the development of anti-collusion and anti-cheating software. Anti-collusion software monitors the number of times each player has won to ensure that one player is not winning too often. The software combats this problem by setting up apparent cheaters with what should be a winning hand, but that hand will lose. After so many wins in a row, the software automatically evaluates a player as cheating and will deal to stop them. Of course this does not take into account good players and may be a bad set up for an innocent player. This has the distinct disadvantage of discouraging players from winning too many hands at a time. If players do not have any incentive to keep playing because they will be set up for being successful, the game loses its appeal and point. Player who enjoy playing online can watch for the different limits of the websites and play around the restrictions.
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