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    Default String of bad beats following a cash out

    I'm not formally saying that online poker is fixed. In fact, I'm sure they (the online poker companies) go through great measures to ensure the integrity of play. But, has anyone else run across a connection between getting slaughtered by bad beats following a cash out? I'm talking pre-flop raising AA (and sometimes going all-in) just to get beat by suited JT hitting a flush, or a set from a low pocket pair, etc.

    To me it's very coincidental that everytime I cash out, for the next week or so, I get killed by those types of hands. So much so that I've tried to figure out what the odds were of getting beat like that with the hands I'm getting beaten with. On the other hand, I keep telling myself that I wouldn't be cashing out if I were losing, so it makes sense that the string of wins followed by the cash out, was followed by a string of losses. But, to me, the number of bad beat hands seems in excess.

    Just wondering if anyone else has come across this...
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    Yup, dropped $200, cashed out again and am taking a break from poker for a bit...
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    yep, i've heard the same thing from alot of people..
    happened to me too.
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    hmm, i havent noticed that yet. In fact, I had quite the opposite experience. Whenever i cash out, I tend to double my money really quickly. I cashed out 150 last week and this week I've been getting lucky with my bluff attempts turning into monsters (96o hitting 2 pairs, 24s flopping trips then turning into the only flush, etc..)
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    It has happenned to me too but I think it is because of changes in play, not from online poker being fixed. Obviously we want to play in a manner that is the most profitable at all times. However, we are human beings, not robots. After a cash out it is possible that you are thinking more about the money that you took out than on the game itself. In other words, maybe you take a second or 2 longer to make that aggressive bet and other players pick up on it.

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