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Is it the software
RAINTOWN
Member Posts: 8
I have not played poker on line for long . But early on I noticed something strange happening when players go allin.
I have noticed it on full tilt and poker stars and here infact everytime I play on line it happens.
If a player goes allin and he is called by 1 or more players if he has the weakest hand and there are cards to come (flop,turn,river) he will improve and win.Then I say the weakest hand I don,t mean a poor hand eg
player A goes allin, player B calls and player C calls
A has QQ
B has KK
C has A8s
The Ks are the fav but because the weakest hand pushed allin that hand will win and in this case the Q came on the river and the weakest hand won the pot.
IS this the way the software works to make it more exciting
I have noticed it on full tilt and poker stars and here infact everytime I play on line it happens.
If a player goes allin and he is called by 1 or more players if he has the weakest hand and there are cards to come (flop,turn,river) he will improve and win.Then I say the weakest hand I don,t mean a poor hand eg
player A goes allin, player B calls and player C calls
A has QQ
B has KK
C has A8s
The Ks are the fav but because the weakest hand pushed allin that hand will win and in this case the Q came on the river and the weakest hand won the pot.
IS this the way the software works to make it more exciting
Comments
No - it's not the way the software works, it's the way our minds work.
We expect K-K to beat Q-Q & A-8, & it usually does. So it does not register in our mind.
When the A-8 wins, because it is unexpected, it does register in our mind.
Note also that you say the "the Q came on the River & the weakest hand won". In fact the weakest hand was not Q-Q, but A-8, so the weakest hand never won.
Perversely, in Maths terms, Q-Q had the least chance of winning out of all three hands. Pre-Flop, The K-K was 58%, the Q-Q was 17.5%, & the A-8 25%.
Finally, A-8, the weakest hand of the 3, was 25% pre-flop to win that. So, it will win 1 time in 4. Compare that with hitting a number on Roulette, which is, I think, 36/1.
No hand in Poker is ever without a realistic chance. Even A-A v 2-7 is only 87.5% v 12.5%. So that's about 7/1. Nobody raises an eyebrow when a 7/1 shot wins a horse-race, but when 2-7 beats A-A people are surprised.
PS - I'm not sure why this Thread is in "Sky Poker Tour"!