ONLINE POKER STORIES

♠ True Online Poker Stories ♠

Matt Damon's character from Rounders was right when he said (and I'm paraphrasing here), "Surprisingly, most poker players don't remember the biggest hands they've won. However, they can vividly remember those that put a bad beat on them." It seems like the most extreme situations can happen at the online poker table with the combination of inexperienced players playing more hands than they should and seeing at least twice as many hands as you would at a casino cardroom. Sure, bad beats happen all the time at brick-and-mortar cardrooms but they aren't given as much attention for a few reasons:

Most poker stories inherently occur online these days. Most players enjoy poker from the comfort of their home at whatever hour they prefer. Thus, more hands take place online than in cardrooms. Many casino players are also afraid of ridicule when they go all-in on an inside straight draw with their 7-3 offsuit. Online players realize they are just a nameless icon on the screen, which can be both a positive and a negative at times. Hands, of course, take place more quickly online. If you're seeing 65 hands per hour online as opposed to 25 or 30 at a cardroom, you'll see twice as many bad beats. If you're playing multiple tables, it's that much more likely. On the bright side, online poker gives you twice as much action for the same amount of time investment.

The fact is that cards have no memory - digital or otherwise. At times you might feel like online poker is rigged to favor the worst hand when the money goes in and that really is a silly argument. I can think of no better way for online poker sites to flush their billions of dollars down the toilet. Can you imagine the scoop if word got out that an online poker was cheating its customers? Truth be told, the online poker site would rather everyone remain even so they have money to sit at the tables with.

Anyway, the following are true online poker stories - usually complete with graphical hand histories. While many are simply unlikely yet entertaining hands, some stories are interesting because they could only take place online (i.e. because of a misclick of the mouse). If you have a story that you'd like the world (or at least our visitors) to know, feel free to send it in for publishing.