Five Online Poker Myths to Discuss About

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If you’re new to the poker online world and check out any poker forum, you’re sure to see a bunch of topics with ridiculous ideas and statements about online poker. This is horrible for the new players, because they feel like they’re out of touch with the game, and might decide to not try out a poker site because of it. This post will look at some of the more popular myths regarding online poker, and we’ll prove why each is false and why it is an incorrect statement.

Myth #1 – Aces Flop too Often

This is definitely the most common online poker real money myth. Players think that Aces are on every flop, and because of that, they feel. The reason this one always pops up is that players will take a few bad beats with a big pair vs. Ax, and all of a sudden decide that Aces are way too common on flops. Then, they’ll talk to a few friends, everyone will agree, and they’ll post it online to let the world know about the travesty. In all actuality, they’re simply wrong.

Myth #2 – Pocket Aces are No Good

This one is in direct contrast with the first myth and was likely started by the same foolish players. A lot of people feel like pocket Aces are rigged, and are dealt out all the time just to increase the best online poker site’s rake. Once again, various studies have been done and have determined that it’s a ridiculous notion and that Aces win online just as often as they do at a live poker game.

This myth is always started by people who have a bad run with aces and lose a few consecutive hands with pocket aces. They get upset and decide to post about how Aces are rigged online and the poker sites must be cheating.

Myth #3 – Deposit Bonuses are Awesome

Every poker online site has a huge banner on their homepage bragging about their big poker sign up bonus. You actually have to clear the bonus by depositing your own money and playing a large number of hands. The way they’re marketed, you might think bonuses are just free money, but in fact, they’re far from it. They’re nice if you were going to deposit either way, but I wouldn’t make a deposit at a poker site just for a bonus.

Myth #4 – Too Many Big Hands are Dealt with Simultaneously

One myth that gets a lot of players fired up is as follows: they think that poker sites deal with multiple players big hands simply to increase the rake by causing huge pots to play out. This is the only myth that would have some motive to it because this would make the poker site a lot of extra money. However, once again, tests have been done, and it’s perfectly normal. The only reason it seems more common online is that you’re seeing more hands per hour, so you’ll see crazier hands more often.

Myth #5 – Some Players can See Everyone’s Hole Cards

This myth is the only one that actually has some merit to it. There are always forum threads where players post a hand history and claim that “the other player MUST have been able to see my cards.” Possible, but not likely.

Happy playing!

 

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