This is a question that plagues newbies and more experienced players alike, though it may be more accurate to say that people who are new to online poker rooms are generally a little bit scared of the room’s intentions.
The question may seem innocent at first but not until one considers that it really may be unfair: it assumes that online establishments may have something to hide and want them to prove that it is not so. The truth is that online poker rooms are not that different to the ones we need to drive to. There are a few differences but generally, they all operate under the same principles and laws.
The truth is that there will always be a minority of players or rooms who do things that do not meet the requirements for ‘Do unto others as you would have them do unto you’. No industry can escape from this rather inconvenient fact, though there are always plenty of efforts by industry players to eliminate cheating in gambling, and especially in online poker rooms.
The problem, however, is not the rooms but we as players. We as humans have the ability to weed out all the normal instances and instead focus on the irregularities. This is just what our brains do. For everything. And then some. So it follows that whenever we’re faced with some irregularity we will try to make sense of it. This is the way of the world and poker players are not an exception to this rule.
These rooms would be in on one of the biggest conspiracies of our modern age if they were all rigged. The proper question that we should ask is why would any of the many reputable sites around be in on a conspiracy such as this one?
Author bio:
Piggs Peak Poker wrote this article about how fair online poker rooms are.